In the 1994 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games, the Chinese men's basketball team reached the quarterfinals in a row, writing a new chapter in the history of Chinese basketball, and that group of players also won the reputation of the "94 Golden Generation".
In that star-studded team, although there was a person who was not as famous as others, but Hu Weidong, Sun Jun and Liu Yudong and others all respected him and called him "boss", not only because as the captain he took good care of his teammates in the game and in life, but also because he was the best backcourt player in China and even Asia at that time, he was Wu Qinglong.
Chinese men's basketball team "golden generation"
Wu Qinglong plays a scoring guard on the court, although he weighs nearly 200 pounds, he is extremely fast and very flexible, in his own words, he is "the most capable fat man in Chinese basketball". Wu Qinglong as a player not only has excellent confrontation ability, but also has three points accuracy, which makes him not inferior to Asian opponents and even European and American defenders.
At his peak, Wu Qinglong was known as Asia's no. 1 point guard, and he also proved his strength worthy of such praise with his performance on the court. At the 1993 Shanghai East Asian Games, China met their old rival South Korea in a narrow circuit, while Wu Qinglong faced a group of South Korean defenders led by Heo Jae.
In that game, the Korean team occupied the initiative from the beginning, and until the fourth quarter of the game, the Korean team was still in the lead. At this time, Wu Qinglong stepped forward, he not only slashed 21 points in a single quarter to help the Chinese team close the point difference, but also passed Liu Yudong in the last minute of the game when facing the opponent's bag clip, and finally helped the latter to make a layup to win the game.
In the 1996 Olympic Games against Greece, Wu Qinglong once again showed his efficient scoring ability, that game, he only played 11 minutes, three-pointers 6 of 5, free throws 5 of 5, and finally bombed 20 points, such a stunning performance, even if it is put to the European and American basketball powers are rare.
In fact, Wu Qinglong's personal peak moment in the national team was the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. In that tournament, he represented the team as captain. In a total of 7 games, Wu Qinglong played a total of 169 minutes and ranked third on the team, while the 90-point total and 13 three-pointers hit in total were the second highest on the team.
In that Olympic Games, Wu Qinglong, as the team's well-deserved backcourt core, although he only scored 3 points in the first game, he quickly adjusted his state in the next game, facing Australia with 4 of 5 three-pointers, and facing Venezuela, he cut the highest single-game score of 25 points in his Olympic Games.
Later, at the 1994 World Championships and the 1996 Olympic Games, Wu Qinglong once again represented the Chinese men's basketball team. As the team's interior and forward players grew, he began to gradually unload his offensive responsibilities. However, despite his low personal scoring, his shots outside the three-point line are still extremely stable, and the three-point shooting rate of more than 50% at the 1996 Olympic Games proves that the flying knife in the Chinese men's basketball team's backcourt is still sharp.
In the national team, Wu Qinglong and Liu Yudong, Hu Weidong and Sun Jun have the best relationship, of the four Wu Qinglong is the oldest, proud and straight, as the captain of the team, he usually takes good care of several other people, and Liu Husun and the three are also convinced of Wu Qinglong, the "big brother".
Wu Qinglong and Liu Yudong
Wu Qinglong's "boss" temperament is not only reflected in the stadium, but also in life. It is rumored that he sacrificed himself to help Sun Jun get rid of the "entanglement" of female fans, and also trained Hu Weidong from a "bottle pour" to a wine table master. In Wu Qinglong's own words: "At that time, we always got together to eat and chat, and if anyone encountered something annoying, I would help persuade them." ”
Wu Qinglong not only supported the backcourt of the national team, but also returned to the Liaoning team as a well-deserved core player. At that time, he, together with Li Xiaoyong and Wu Naiqun, was known as the "Three Musketeers of the Liao Basket". He is decisive in three points at key moments, has excellent psychological quality, often saves the team from water and fire in the last moments of the game, and is the player with the hardest hand at the key moment of the Liaoning men's basketball team.
In 1999, Wu Qinglong officially retired and began to take up the coaching position. He has coached liaoning, Yunnan, Fujian, Shaanxi, Shanxi, Shenzhen, Shandong and Qingdao, and in addition to the club level, Wu Qinglong has also coached the national Olympic team and the U16 national team, and led the team to win the U16 Asian Championship.
Although he has been wandering outside for many years, Wu Qinglong has never forgotten to cultivate his homeland. Speaking of the Liaoning team, Wu Qinglong once said affectionately: "Nostalgia is unforgettable, in fact, I have always cared about the Liaoning men's basketball team, no matter where I go, I will read the news about the Liaoning team, when the coach studies the opponent is very normal, but I feel that I have a feeling that is difficult to give up." ”
At the beginning of 2012, Liaoning's poor record, Guo Shiqiang and Li Ge have been dismissed, Wu Qinglong returned to Liaoning without hesitation, and in the following games, he led the team to the 5th place in the 2012-13 regular season and fought hard with Xinjiang in the playoffs for 5 games, and finally regrettably missed the final four.
As the head coach, Wu Qinglong has a strict coaching and a hot personality, during the coaching of Liaoning, he once had a verbal altercation with Guo Allen on the field, and directly scolded the latter, which also became an interesting story in the CBA arena for a while. However, afterwards, the two broke the misunderstanding, and Guo Allen still has great respect for Wu Qinglong.
This season, Wu Qinglong and Gong Xiaobin "exchanged owners" and joined the Qingdao team. With the reinforcement of personnel, qingdao team has also changed the nature of the past fish belly, and the situation of qualifying for the playoffs is very good, of which Wu Qinglong, as the head coach, is naturally indispensable.
The departure from Shandong last season is the ninth time that Wu Qinglong has been dismissed from the CBA, and he has become the head coach with the most dismissals in the history of the CBA, and he is also known as the "tramp" coach of the CBA. However, if Wu Qinglong can lead Qingdao to the playoffs or even go further this season, he is also doomed to "shame before the snow".