If you want to say who guangdong Hongyuan's most inspirational player is, many fans may think of Xu Jie. Less than one meter eight tall, he carries trust and faces doubts, from the big three of the national youth to the main defender of Hongyuan, and now he has become a player in the men's basketball team, which is indeed very inspiring. However, the editor believes that compared with Xu Jie, who was favored by Hongyuan and Guoqing at the beginning, his teammate Zhao Rui, who was recently selected by FIBA as the MVP of the World Preliminary Asia Pacific Division, is the real inspirational king! To know that Zhao Rui at the beginning even CBA youth training can not be mixed, ignored by all CBA teams, he can only join the Chinese basketball secondary league NBL youth training echelon, if it is not Du Feng and Zhu Fangyu's wisdom to see the pearl, perhaps the current Zhao Rui, really will not have a chance with the CBA, let alone play the national team, become MVP!
Maybe you don't quite believe it, but this is the truth, Zhao Rui, who is a Native of Heilongjiang, has not been invited to join any CBA team's youth training echelon, and can only become a member of the NBL team Dongguan Park lane. What is even more unfortunate is that Dongguan Park Lane announced its dissolution due to poor management, and Zhao Rui once faced an embarrassing situation of no ball to play. At this time, it was Du Feng, at the invitation of his old friend, who witnessed Zhao Rui's trial training, and he became interested in him and asked Zhu Fangyu to operate Zhao Rui to Hongyuan. 5 years ago, Zhao Rui was taken to Hongyuan by Du Feng and signed a contract with Hongyuan for a rookie with an annual salary of 200,000 yuan. Later things, we all know, Zhao Rui, who was valued by Du Feng, was a blockbuster in the rookie season, and later with his own efforts, he grew into the main defender of Hongyuan step by step, and then he was selected for the Chinese men's basketball national team and became a regular member of the national team.
In fact, at the end of the contract between Zhao Rui and Hongyuan last summer, there were many CBA giants who were interested in Zhao Rui, and teams such as Beijing Shougang and Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team, which were extremely eager for excellent local defenders, offered the maximum salary, and Beijing Shougang promised a Beijing household registration and a property. However, Zhao Rui was not moved, he refused all these invitations in one breath, and signed a Class B contract with An annual salary of 3 million yuan with Hongyuan. On the one hand, Zhao Rui has long regarded Hongyuan as a home and will not leave easily, on the other hand, Zhao Rui also believes that Hongyuan's platform is the best in the CBA, and Hongyuan has never treated the heroes badly, this year Yi Jianlian and Su Wei have vacated the maximum salary quota, just to renew the contract with a maximum salary of 6 million yuan next year.
Former CBA deserter, now become the MVP of the national team, Zhao Rui's efforts have finally paid off. In fact, after observing Zhao Rui's performance and game attitude from zhao Rui's rookie season, he believes that Zhao Rui will inevitably achieve something in the future. This is not even about technology and strength, there are many players who can play, but young players like Zhao Rui who have a never-say-die fighting spirit and an indomitable spirit really have a "basketball heart". Coupled with his originally gifted body and outstanding technology, how could Zhao Rui not be able to beat it? Of course, everyone may have higher requirements for Zhao Rui now, and the expectations for Zhao Rui are not only an "excellent defender", but an "excellent leader". After Yi Jianlian is close to retirement and Zhou Peng and Ren Junfei have entered the end of their careers, Zhao Rui is bound to take over the banner of Hongyuan and become the new leader of the team. I hope that he can maintain his original intention and strive to grow into a more outstanding Hongyuan person!