Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

China.

Today, many Chinese fans are paying attention to the NBA draft because Zhou An participated in this draft.

Although Zhou An has never played in a professional league in China, he has been to the Chinese men's basketball national team twice and has performed well in the national team. Fans are looking forward to him.

After learning that Zhou An would participate in this year's NBA draft, many fans were looking forward to him being selected by an NBA team.

In the end, he was selected by the Nets.

"Great, Zhou An was selected by the Nets!"

"Now we in China will have one more NBA player."

"I heard that Zhou Qi will report to the Rockets next season. With Zhuang Yu, Zhou Qi, and Zhou An, we now have three NBA players in China."

For a moment, the fans were overjoyed.

Although Zhou An's draft pick was a bit low, he was selected after all, and he can become an NBA player as long as he is willing.

With the addition of Zhuang Yu and Zhou Qi, there are now three Chinese players playing in the NBA. The fans seemed to be seeing the grand occasion when Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue all played in the NBA.

When Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue entered the NBA one after another, it became a grand event in Chinese basketball. Unfortunately, when Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue entered the NBA, Yao Ming was already in the later stage of his career and was plagued by injuries. He retired within a few years.

After the Yao Ming era, Chinese basketball talent declined and entered a stage of transition from the old to the new.

Especially in the past two years, the Chinese men's basketball team has relied solely on Yi Jianlian to support itself in international competitions. It can be said that it has been difficult and the results have been mediocre.

This worries the fans.

But now with Zhuang Yu, Zhou Qi, and Zhou An... Chinese fans have seen hope again, the hope of the revival of Chinese basketball.

"Unfortunately, Zhuang Yu is unwilling to join the national team."

"Zhuang Yu can't be blamed for this. Besides, even if he doesn't make the national team, his influence is still terrifying. He is the real pillar of our Chinese basketball world."

"That's right. He has done something that even Yao Ming has never done. His achievements in the NBA will be greater than Yao Ming's. No, he has already achieved greater success than Yao Ming. And he is still very young, and there are endless possibilities in the future..."

Chinese fans are very excited and have started looking forward to it.

I look forward to the 2017-2018 NBA season and to seeing Zhuang Yu, Zhou Qi and Zhou An competing on the same court.

They had waited too long for this day.

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Sharks Club.

Xiao Qingyang put down the phone. He had just called Zhou An to congratulate him on being selected by the Nets. He came to the training hall with mixed feelings.

As soon as we arrived at the training ground, our teammates surrounded us.

It was the off-season and most of the players were not there. Apart from Xiao Qingyang, there were only two young players in the gym, Wang Tong and Wang Zezhong.

"Qingyang, have you heard? Zhou An was selected by the Nets."

"Tsk tsk, I'm really curious, what kind of place is Jiangning No. 1 Middle School, which can train you, Zhuang Yu, and Zhou An at the same time."

The two said.

Xiao Qingyang said: "I just called Zhou An."

As for why Jiangning No. 1 Middle School was able to train the three of them, Xiao Qingyang had also thought about this question and came to the conclusion that it was just a coincidence and also because of Zhuang Yu.

A genius like Zhuang Yu will surely rise and soar to the sky no matter where he is as long as he is given a chance to play.

As for him and Zhou An, the fact that they have come this far is more or less related to Zhuang Yu.

Without Zhuang Yu's success, he and Zhou An would never have developed into professional players, nor would they have dared to hope for it, let alone have the resources and conditions. It was Zhuang Yu's success that set an example for them and brought them to where they are today.

Compared with Xiao Qingyang and Zhou An, Xiao Qingyang's lack of talent is not necessarily due to his good luck. Zhou An is very lucky because he has a good uncle.

It is precisely because of an uncle like Zhou Zhiming that Zhou An laid a solid foundation since childhood, giving him the opportunity to gain experience in the European league and step by step to where he is today, becoming an NBA player.

Xiao Qingyang doesn't have these, so the NBA is out of reach for him. His goal is to gain a foothold in the CBA and achieve good results.

If I could make the national team, I would have no regrets.

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Just a few days after the draft, on June 6, the 27 NBA annual awards ceremony was held in Manhattan, New York.

This is the first "NBA Awards Ceremony".

In the past, the major NBA regular season awards would be announced one after another after the end of the regular season, and various trophies would be presented during the playoffs.

However, this year the NBA chose to announce the major awards for the 2016-17 regular season at an "award ceremony" after the finals, and also invited many basketball legends and entertainment stars to attend the ceremony.

Zhuang Yu was also invited to the scene, but only he and Yang Jinsong were there. They did not bring An Xin with them, because An Xin was pregnant after all.

Soon, the award ceremony began.

Awards were announced one after another.

The most important one is naturally the "Regular Season MVP".

There are three candidates for this award, Zhuang Yu, Russell Westbrook and James Harden.

In this season's regular season games, the performances of these three players were the best.

Among them, Zhuang Yu averaged 31.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists, 2.7 steals and 0.8 blocks per game.

Westbrook averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 1.6 steals, and 0.4 blocks per game.

Harden averaged 29.1 points, 8.1 rebounds, 11.2 assists, 1.5 steals and 0.6 blocks per game.

Compared with the three, Zhuang Yu averaged the most points per game, Harden averaged the most assists per game, and Westbrook averaged the most rebounds per game. It can be said that the performances of the three of them are extremely outstanding. If it were in previous years, any one of them would have won the regular season MVP.

It's just that in the same season, all three of them performed so well, which made the selection of the regular season MVP suspenseful.

Soon, the results were announced.

After the final vote, Russell Westbrook won the 2016-17 regular season MVP. He got a total of 42 triple-doubles this season, surpassing the legendary star "Big O" Oscar Robertson's 41 times and ranking first in NBA history.

At the same time, he is also the second player in the NBA in decades to average a triple-double after Oscar Robertson.

"What a pity! If Westbrook hadn't averaged a triple-double, the regular season MVP would definitely be yours." Lopez said regretfully. He was sitting next to Zhuang Yu. His ankle injury had healed long ago, and he also came to the award ceremony today.

"Yes. Zhuang Yu's average statistics and performance on the court are actually not inferior to Westbrook. Our record is even better than the Thunder. If we take into account the performance in the playoffs, the regular season MVP should definitely be Zhuang Yu." Clarkson was sitting on the other side of Zhuang Yu. He was a candidate for the Best Sixth Man Award and had a great chance of winning, so he naturally came to the scene.

Both of them felt sorry for Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu himself felt a little regretful, but thinking about Westbrook's average triple-double, his loss was not too unfair.