Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, April 20th (Reporters Wang Jingyu and Wang Haoyu) I met Liu Chuanxing on an afternoon at the end of March. In the room of Zhang Beihai, general manager of Qingdao Guoxin Club, the 2.25-meter-tall center was sitting on the side of the bed and chatting about his career in basketball.
Liu Chuanxing (right) celebrates the goal. Xinhua News Agency reporter Hu Huhu photo
Born to be a "high man"
In 1999, Liu Chuanxing was born in an ordinary rural family in Puyang, Henan. His parents did not overlap with sports, and his height was average. His father was 1.72 meters and his mother was 1.63 meters.
However, Liu Chuanxing was born a big man, he was born with more than 10 catties. When he was in the fifth grade of elementary school, Liu Chuanxing was over 1.7 meters tall, which was taller than the principal. Because he stood out from the crowd, he couldn't play with his classmates, and gradually the idea of not wanting to go to school came up.
Liu Chuanxing (right) plays singles in the match. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Shadati
When he left school, Liu Chuanxing was only 11 years old. While his parents persuaded him to go back to school, they found a way for him. Sent to be a soldier? The age is too young. After staying at home for a year, Liu Chuanxing was sent to a local sports school by his parents and embarked on the road of sports.
Soon after, Liu Chuanxing met the first noble man in his life-Coach Cai Jun. At that time, Cai Jun led a team to play in Henan. After meeting Liu Chuanxing, he was very optimistic about him and measured his bone age. Under Cai Jun's recommendation, 13-year-old Liu Chuanxing joined the team preparing for the 2013 National Games in Chongqing. At that time, his height had reached 1.92 meters.
The development ofin Chongqing is not smooth. Liu Chuanxing injured his knee and the team disbanded later, but his height has grown to 1.96 meters. After returning to his hometown for a while, Liu Chuanxing's height jumped to 2.03 meters. At the beginning of 2015, with Cai Jun's recommendation, Liu Chuanxing went to the Shenzhen Sports School. At the end of the year, he was recruited by the Guangdong Hongyuan Youth Team.
Liu Chuanxing (left) defends during the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng
On a wall of Liu Chuanxing’s sister-in-law’s house, he left a trace of his growth. Except for the Spring Festival in 2013 and 2016, he was not at home,He measures his height almost every Spring Festival and draws a path on the wall. From the Spring Festival in 2010 to the Spring Festival in 2011, Liu Chuanxing grew up the fastest. That year, he grew a full 11 cm.
Sitting and practicing shooting
Because of his height, Liu Chuanxing's basketball talent is visible to the naked eye, but his excessive weight and knee injuries also follow him. Liu Chuanxing said that he belongs to the physique prone to obesity, and he absorbs very well. When he returned home from Chongqing to recuperate, he quickly became overweight. After joining the Qingdao team, he failed to control his ankle injury when he came to Beijing for rehabilitation, and his weight reached 310 kilograms at one time.
After joining the Hongyuan Youth Team, Liu Chuanxing was doing rehabilitation throughout 2016 due to overweight and knee injury. At the beginning, he couldn't run at all, so he could only follow Zhang Zhenmin, director of the Guangdong Provincial Basketball Sports Management Center, in the track and field. At that time, he was 2.08 meters tall and weighed 280 kg.
Qingdao team player helped up his injured teammate Liu Chuanxing (middle). Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
Qu Shaobin, Chen Duan and other coaches of the Hongyuan Youth Team carefully guided Liu Chuanxing. He clearly remembered that in order to avoid his knee injury, Director Chen did not allow him to stand for a long time during training. He found a stool for Liu Chuanxing to sit and practice shooting and the feel of his hands, and specially asked someone to help him pick up the ball. For about 3 months, Liu Chuanxing had 1 hour of rehabilitation training every morning and afternoon, and then sat for about 40 minutes of shooting practice. Later, as his rehabilitation progressed, he gradually transitioned from standing shooting to shooting in place, and then to running shooting.
From the end of 2015 to September 2018, Liu Chuanxing spent nearly 3 years in the Hongyuan Youth Team. The style of the Hongyuan Youth Team is based on competition. He participates in dozens of events every year. Now Xu Jie and Du Runwang, who have won a place in the Hongyuan team, are his partners in the fight side by side. In the 2018 National U19 Youth League, Zhang Beihai met Liu Chuanxing, who had not yet served in the Qingdao club at the time. A few months later, under the leadership of Zhang Beihai, Qingdao and Guangdong completed a multiplayer deal, and Liu Chuanxing joined Qingdao from the Hongyuan Youth Team.
"Liu Chuanxing was a precondition for that transaction, and it was only with his joining this transaction that it could be concluded," Zhang Beihai said. "The Qingdao team was preparing to rebuild. After Su Wei left, we needed a big guy.His arrival is very helpful to the construction of the team. "
Fledgling
Liu Chuanxing was a little surprised when he heard the news that he was going to Qingdao. "It was really unexpected when I received the notice, because I heard three versions within a week, first it was a loan, and then it was a transfer. Let’s rent first and then transfer,” Liu Chuanxing said.
Liu Chuanxing (left) celebrates with teammate Wang Qingming. Photographed by Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han
After arriving in Qingdao, Liu Chuanxing is both a key training target and a key protection target of the club. The first task is to recover from the injury. In the 2018-2019 season, Liu Chuanxing spent most of his time in rehabilitation. The club helped him contact various rehabilitation agencies. At the end of the season, Liu Chuanxing participated in 4 games. He still remembers that the first game was playing. Shandong, "I know I made a mid-range shot, but it's gone," he said.
In the 2019-2020 season, Serbian Dimi, who has dual licenses for physical fitness and rehabilitation, joined the Qingdao Men's Basketball Team. Liu Chuanxing became his focus. Through core strength training and diet control, Liu Chuanxing’s weight was reduced from 320 kg to 260 kg. The pressure on his knee joints was relieved and his condition was getting better and better.
After successfully losing weight, in Qingdao team coach Wu Qinglong and assistant Under the guidance of coach Zhang Bin, Liu Chuanxing began to emerge in the CBA arena. Before the new crown epidemic, Liu Chuanxing averaged about 15 minutes per game. After the league rematch, the Qingdao team adopted the "All-China Class" lineup, and his playing time reached He averaged about 25 minutes per game and was suddenly pushed to the main position. Throughout the season, Liu Chuanxing averaged 7.9 points and 6.6 rebounds per game to help Qingdao team reach the quarterfinals.
Three battles against Haddadi
2020-2021 This season is the third season of Liu Chuanxing's CBA career. In the regular season that ended not long ago, Liu Chuanxing averaged 22 minutes per game, contributing 9.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 0.6 steals and 1.1 blocks, all of which set a personal record. A career high.
Liu Chuanxing (right) shoots under Haddadi's defense. Xinhua News Agency reporter Jiang Han photo
From Zhang Beihai's view, from the two regular season matches this season with the Sichuan team's foreign aid Haddadi You can see the transformation of Liu Chuanxing.On February 3, Liu Chuanxing met Haddadi for the first time, scoring only two points and 6 rebounds. On March 8, Qingdao played Sichuan again, Liu Chuanxing contributed 16 points and 4 rebounds. Looking back at the match in February, Liu Chuanxing said that he was a little messy and confused at the time, and he was much better the second time.
On April 17, Qingdao team faced Sichuan again in a playoff game. Liu Chuanxing scored 20 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks, becoming the biggest contributor to Qingdao's elimination of Sichuan team. After the game, some media described Liu Chuanxing's performance as "smashing" Haddadi, and he humbly said that he was trying to fight the Iranian star with a learning attitude.
tried to prove that he was worthy of the All-Star
's outstanding performance in Qingdao team won Liu Chuanxing more attention. Not only was he recruited by the national training team, he was also selected to the CBA All-Star lineup for the first time, and he became one of the most valuable player candidates for the regular season this season.
However, Liu Chuanxing has a clear understanding of himself. When talking about being selected for the All-Star lineup, he said: "This All-Star Game was held in Qingdao. All parties gave me this opportunity. It is not that I have achieved my true strength. I will still use more efforts to prove that I can be worthwhile. This is it."
In the 2021 CBA All-Star Game, Southern Stars coach Du Feng (front left) communicated with Northern Stars player Liu Chuanxing (front right) after the game. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng
Liu Chuanxing admitted frankly that he encountered a lot of ups and downs on the basketball road, met many nobles, and also encountered some doubts. When faced with doubts, he thought about retreating, and he also had doubts about whether he could play out, but afterwards, he couldn't just retreat like this.
Liu Chuanxing doesn't talk to his parents very much when it's not going well. "They live in the countryside and don’t understand the situation outside. They don’t understand much when they say it. They only worry about more, so they try to digest it by themselves or talk to friends. After all, sometimes it’s better to say it. However, they do. Time can also tell."
Liu Chuanxing told reporters that rural incomes are very low. When the family sent him to Chongqing and Shenzhen to play golf, he basically "did the whole family" and borrowed a little money. Now his development in the CBA League is relatively stable, and his family's financial situation is better than before. Liu Chuanxing has an older sister who is seven or eight years older than him.Work in my hometown. He occasionally talked to his sister about his basketball, and her sister gave him a lot of support and encouragement.
Look at "Yao Shark" and domineering
Liu Chuanxing is now 2.25 meters tall and is one of the closest players in the CBA league to the height of Yao Ming, the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. Liu Chuanxing said that he had specifically watched the "Yao Shark Showdown" between Yao Ming and O'Neill, and it was indeed the feeling of "Mars hitting the earth".
In the game video that year, there was a scene that left a deep impression on Liu Chuanxing. "The chairman got up and was'cap' by O'Neal when he was playing in the low post, and the second ball went in. Sometimes a hook is easy to be'cap', just press your head directly and smash it. It's not a foul, it's me. To score a goal, to save yourself, you need that kind of domineering."
The 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, Liu Chuanxing watched the TV broadcast. The Chinese men's basketball team did not get the right to qualify for the Olympics. He felt a little surprised and regretted. He said that if he has the opportunity to play for the country in the future, he will definitely go all out.
Data map: On March 21, the North Star team player Liu Chuanxing (left) and his teammates celebrated the score in the CBA All-Star Game. Published by Xinhua News Agency (photographed by Li Ziheng)
Looking to the future? Step by step
In 2018, when Liu Chuanxing first arrived in Qingdao, he would be recognized by some fans when he went out. Now, more fans know him, and people often ask him for autographs and group photos.
Talking about his talents, Liu Chuanxing said: "God gave me a height, and the others have to work harder."
Looking into the future, Liu Chuanxing hopes to move forward step by step and follow the coach's arrangements. He said that it was good to not have so much attention before, because there was no negative news at that time.
Sometimes someone on the Internet praises or sprays himself, Liu Chuanxing will also check it out. "It's not just looking at praise or spray, I only listen to things that are useful to me, and I can think."
Liu Chuanxing (left) celebrates scoring with his teammates. Photo by Xinhua News Agency reporter Li Ziheng
In Liu Chuanxing's view, his good performance on the court depends on the opportunity given by the team. If he is not playing well, he will find the reason from himself. It is normal for good and bad to have ups and downs."I think more openly, and I am basically happy every day."
When the new crown epidemic broke out last year, the Qingdao team was training in Serbia. In a warm-up match, Liu Chuanxing met a big man whose height, weight and age were similar to him. I heard from the opposing coach that he is also a player capable of playing in the Champions League, and for some reason he has not played a formal game for a long time. It was this big man who easily scored more than 30 points in the warm-up match against the Qingdao team.
"After confronting him, I felt that there was a big gap between me. At that time, I thought, go back and continue to work hard," Liu Chuanxing said.
In the quarter-finals of the CBA playoffs on the evening of the 19th, Qingdao team lost 98:111 to Zhejiang team. Liu Chuanxing finished the season with 15 points and 13 rebounds. He said: "Go back in the summer and continue to work hard, hoping to have a better performance next season."
Source: Xinhua News Agency
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