It is not surprising that all grassroots players have lost the election. How big the gap between professional and amateur is, we can see it from the draft in recent years. Last season, Jiang Yuxing of Jilin team and Liu Shuai of Tianjin team were the mainland athletes who played the best and played the most time among the rookie. They are from NBL, which is also a professional league. Apart from different platforms, they are no different from other CBA athletes in training methods. Fang Leijun, a star of Northwestern Polytechnical University, was selected by Peking University in the draft last year. I have seen many college sports meetings in Ann. Although the young man's ability has long been famous in the local wild ball circle in Shaanxi, he only spent a symbolic season in Peking University and played very little. Now he has been away from professional basketball for many years.
Many fans complain about the selection method of professional basketball in China, and think that height should not be the only criterion for selection. Whether this selection is scientific or not is not discussed, but in fact, from sports schools to youth teams to adult teams, his training level and confrontation level are far higher than our current campus basketball training level. This gap is often much larger than the height gap we imagined. It is not the height of a professional player that determines that he is better than grass-roots and college players, but the way and intensity of training determine the great difference between amateur and professional. Take college basketball in China as an example. Their training, both in time and intensity, is generally lower than that of ordinary professional players in youth teams. Even coach Bai Jiang, who is recognized by CUBA as the "devil coach" of Central South University, has trained many Central South University men's basketball teams, but he is still far from most professional teams.
If there is a gap between college players, let alone the grassroots streetball player like Zhou Rui mentioned above. Zhou Rui scored 1 1 for the 3-pointer, although his physical examination results were good in the draft. But it is difficult for him to enter the sight of CBA teams, which usually only appear on street courts. You have to ask what it's like for grassroots stars to really play professionally. Is it really different or is the professional team biased?
At the beginning of this year, I happened to watch a Wolf Warrior game in Zhuhai. At that time, the teams that played for ABL in Southeast Asia Professional League included Zhong Xianchao and Wolf Warrior, who were known as "Foshan Jeremy Lin", and Zhuhai's opponent was Philippine Flame. There are two old Puerto Rican acquaintances in the team, one is Ramos, who is 2.20 meters, and the other is Pitman who plays for the Knicks. Jason Chung's figure can't finish the attack when he breaks through these two inside monsters, and it's unrealistic for him to organize teams in series because of his habit of playing in the open field since childhood. Although the Wolf Warrior coach knows that many fans are coming for him, he dare not use it more. Probably less than half a ball was given to him in a game, and even such a short time was only when the team was nearly 30 points behind.
Unwilling is unwilling, and there is indeed enthusiasm for returning home. In fact, I don't have much contact with these grassroots players, but I can feel their purest love for basketball in a limited time. I don't feel this in many professional athletes and echelon children. Take the famous streetball player You Wu as an example. Every time I contact him, I can feel his sincere love for basketball. Every summer, he goes to America for an internship at his own expense. He once told Ma Lao that he would do anything as long as he could practice with him during the offseason. In contrast, our young athletes are training in the closed echelon day after day, and some people have really lost their love for basketball itself. In fact, it is not difficult to understand that when we turn our hobbies into jobs, it is difficult for you to maintain more love for this sport.
Understanding belongs to understanding, but the contrast makes people look uncomfortable. You Wu's Sunset Dongdan, or Zhong Xianchao's guangdong village Tournament, has a very high attendance rate and attention, and the input from the players to the audience is quite "professional". I have been to Dongdan twice at sunset. The Dongdan basketball court, which was not big at first, was crowded with people, and all the people watching the ball were basketball fans. Standing low outside, I really can't see anything. The players really work hard on the court. In fact, they didn't win the game. They all talk with the ball because of their hobbies, but they play fiercely and the highlights are beautiful.
On the other hand, in the U2 1 Men's Basketball Championships held all over the country these days, even if the Guangdong team sent a famous player like Jeff Hu, the attendance rate was very small; In some divisions, the leading team was tied to 22-0 (I won't say which team). The coach did nothing, didn't call a time-out, and watched the game that could have been won easily lose. Players on both sides are also dejected and despondent, as if they are going through the motions, and some balls are too lazy to reach out when defending. Sometimes I have to feel sorry for them. On the one hand, they are amateurs who want to enter the industry and fight hard in the open air. On the other hand, there are also professional competitions with fixed referees, but the games they play are like routine. In fact, I sometimes wonder what it would be like if the two sides changed their environment and mentality. Although there is a good saying, don't challenge others' jobs with your hobbies, but still advise those people not to smash others' jobs when they are in their own hands.
The higher the level of the team, the more closed it is, even if it is only a college team close to the level of professional basketball. When Wang Shaojie and You Wu went to the United States to play street games, they kept chanting, "If Director Zhang knows, he will scold me to death.". There is indeed such a door between professionals and amateurs. They can't get out and you can't get in. In fact, in foreign countries, many NBA players will also participate in some unprofessional games during the offseason. For example, the Drew League has now formed a brand, and stars such as Hardenweishao James Owen have played in the Drew League in the summer.
Take us for example, even if the CBA doesn't allow players to participate in the competition, is it possible for their youth teams or U2 1 teams to have proper communication with local teams, even if it is for promotion, it may not be a bad thing. Of course, even if grassroots players are allowed to run in the draft now, we can clearly see the obvious gap between the two sides in the competitive level. But no matter how much they like it, grassroots stars are more grounded, bring their own traffic, and pay no less attention than some professional players. This has nothing to do with the level of competition. At least in basketball, they are simpler and purer. This has nothing to do with ability, but with attitude.
With the gap between the current professional league system and ability, it is difficult for any team to give grassroots stars a chance in a few years, but more and more teams have shown an open attitude towards excellent CUBA players. The top three in this draft are all from university campuses. In fact, there is nothing wrong with human reality. We ordinary people sometimes have to bow to life, but when someone challenges for their dreams, even a grassroots like Cao Zhou Fang Rui obviously can't try several times like Don Quixote, so we should applaud him.
After all, people with dreams should be respected, right