Yu Jiahao is eager to play for the Chinese men's basketball team, Durant once sent him a private message to send him sneakers
Beijing time on April 16th, the 2022 Men's Basketball Asia will be held in Jakarta, Indonesia in mid-July. After the end of the CBA season, the men's basketball national players will immediately enter the preparation stage. The official website of FIBA recently wrote an article expressing his expectations for the new star Yu Jiahao.
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The Chinese men's basketball team has always produced a large number of inside talents, from Battelle, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming to Yi Jianlian, Zhou Qi, they are all impressive, and now there may be a new star to join the ranks of these seniors, he has just played in the CBA arena Finished his rookie season.
Yu Jiahao, who just passed his 19th birthday not long ago, won the title of CBA Rookie of the Year. With a height of 2.21 meters, he scored 25 points and 12 rebounds in his CBA debut, averaging 12.2 points, 8.7 rebounds and 12 rebounds per game in the season. 1.6 blocks.
Whenever fans see a rising star inside, they are always compared to Yao Ming. Like Yao Ming, Yu Jiahao was also born in a basketball family. His mother, Wang Fuying, is 1.97 meters tall and played in the Zhejiang women's basketball team. His father, Yu Leping, is 2.18 meters tall. Asian Cup.
"I have always been the tallest child in the school, since birth." Yu Jiahao once said in an interview. It is also natural to embark on the road of basketball. Yu Jiahao's parents were his original coaches.
Like all children born after 2000, Yu Jiahao also admires Yao Ming: "For me, the only player I knew when I was a child was Yao Ming." And Yu Jiahao also met Yao Ming when he was a child. "That was the first time I saw someone taller than me." Yu Jiahao said, "Yao Ming encouraged me to keep working hard and I would definitely improve."
"We only have one Yao Ming, and no one can be the next Yao Ming. Yu Jiahao wants to be himself. As long as he can work hard enough to do his best, that's enough." Yu Leping said. When Yu Jiahao was 15 years old, his family made an important decision to let him go to the United States to play high school basketball.
Yu Jiahao's high school was at Sierra Canyon Middle School, which is home to many second-generation NBA stars, such as Kenyon Martin Jr., Scottie Pippen Jr., and Wade's son Zaire and James' son Bronny.
Yu Jiahao has grown here, not just because of his height, but also because of his improving performance. "One day I was in chemistry class, and I received a private message on my phone. When I noticed the profile account of the person who sent the message, it turned out to be Kevin Durant." Yu Jiahao said, "I couldn't believe my own. Eyes, so I confirmed it again, Durant said that he saw my video on the Internet, said a lot of words of encouragement to me, and also asked my sneaker size and said he would give me sneakers."
In 2019, Yu Jiahao entered the National Youth Basketball Team to play in the U16 Asian Youth Championship, and was later called up to the men's basketball training team. In the 2021 Shaanxi National Games, Yu Jiahao won the silver medal of the U19 men's basketball team on behalf of Zhejiang. "The chairman of the Basketball Association, Yao Ming, joked with me when he presented the award to me. Although I failed to win the gold medal, I will try my best to contribute to Chinese basketball." Yu Jiahao said in an interview.
Yu Jiahao never shy away from expressing his willingness to play for his country. When he played in American high schools, he often wore red and yellow sneakers. When China held the Men's Basketball World Cup in 2019, Yu Jiahao, who was in the United States, got up early every day to follow the men's basketball national team.
At the beginning of 2021, Yu Jiahao was selected for the training list for the Asian Cup qualifiers of the men's basketball team, but he did not make it to the final list. As more young players join the Chinese men's basketball team, will Yu Jiahao stand on the field of the 2022 Asian Cup? I believe that many Chinese fans are looking forward to seeing Yu Jiahao put on the national team report for the first time on the field.
Written by Sicily Wong
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