When it comes to the talents of Chinese players, Yi Jianlian is always the first to remember. After all, for so many years, people have always thought that he is the highest talent in Chinese basketball history. But when people talk about Yi Jianlian’s talent, one person’s talent seems to have been forgotten. This person is the first Chinese player Wang Zhizhi to land in the NBA. Strictly speaking, Dazhi’s talent may not be higher than Yi Jianlian’s, but definitely not. Lost to Yi Jianlian a lot.
As the first Chinese player to land in the NBA, Wang Zhizhi is 2.13 meters tall and has a wingspan of 2.24 meters. Although he can't compare with Gobert's wingspan monsters, he was already a leader in Chinese basketball at the time. It is worth mentioning that Yi Jianlian's height is 2.11 meters and his wingspan is 2.22 meters. The ratio of the two of them is actually similar. Some people will say that Wang Zhizhi's mobility is not good. Dazhi did not have speed after returning to China, but when he was young, Dazhi was also a chasing teenager.
During his preparations for the 1996 Olympics, Wang Zhizhi blocked Robinson, who was already an NBA superstar and one of the four major centers, in a warm-up match with the US team. This time the cover was rumored to be during the Olympic Games in the future, but even this is enough to show Wang Zhizhi's mobility back then.
Chinese player Yao Ming has been asked who is the strongest opponent in his career? As a result, Yao Ming did not mention the NBA superstars such as O’Neal, Duncan and Stoudemire, but named Wang Zhizhi. Yao Ming said that he was completely beaten and collapsed when he faced Wang Zhizhi for the first time. Technology collapsed in all directions. At that time, Wang Zhizhi's basket footsteps could be rampant in Asia, but what many people don't know is that his basket skills have not received any special training. Basically, he "secretly learned" when he was singled out with Gong Xiaobin during the preparations for the Olympic Games. of.
In his scout report that year, he even considered him to be a more worthy player than Nowitzki, because he has excellent footsteps to the basket and good shooting ability. This is for a 2.13 meter player. It is very difficult. In other words, the scouts believed that Wang Zhizhi's talent was at least not worse than Nowitzki. Someone might say that since he is so talented, why is the draft pick so low? In fact, this is not difficult to understand, after all, the NBA has always discriminated against the yellow race. You know, Wang Zhizhi's template in the draft was Kukoc, the meritorious service of the Bulls Dynasty. This is also a recognition of his talent.
As for Wang Zhizhi and Yi Jianlian who have higher talents? Perhaps the physical aspect of Yi Jianlian is better, but Yi Jianlian is far inferior to Wang Zhizhi in one point, that is, physical coordination, and the lack of coordination is the main reason why Yi Jianlian ultimately failed to become a high-level player like Wang Zhizhi and Yao Ming. Of course, this does not mean favoring one another. Without Yi Jianlian's strenuous support, the Chinese basketball in the past 10 years has been an out-and-out joke.
So it is really sad that Wang Zhizhi failed to stand up in the NBA. This can even be said to be the sadness of Chinese basketball in that era. Of course, even so, Wang Zhizhi's career is enough to describe it as great, but if he could have a basketball association chairman like Yao Ming in his time, then his and even the destiny of Chinese basketball may be changed.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-