As one of the most popular sports in the world, the value behind basketball is immeasurable. China is a country with a large population, and for years, fans have been hoping that China will produce another world-class basketball star. After Yi Jianlian left the NBA, the hope of Chinese fans has never been realized, and Zhou Qi's short NBA journey has broken the hearts of many fans, which is one of the reasons why Cui Yongxi's participation in the draft is so popular.
After all, the NBA is a local league in the United States, and their training of young people is largely in line with the requirements of the NBA, so it is also a good way to cultivate NBA talents with the help of the local training system. Tsai Chongxin Basketball Fund has developed such a training method, and in recent years, among the talents that Tsai Chongxin Basketball Fund is optimistic about, there is a young man who has attracted a lot of attention, especially his style of play, which is more in line with the NBA's requirements for blue-collar players, this person is Xun Sinan.
Xun Sinan, a young player in the class of 2026, currently plays at Windermere High School. At present, he has received offers from prestigious schools such as the University of Alabama, and once squeezed into the top 40 in the United States, a quasi-five-star high school student, and once came to the second place in the United States in the center position, which can be said to be the "hope of the whole village". According to the situation at the time, coupled with Xun Sinan's steady progress, he is likely to become a second-round pick after playing his freshman season.
However, the good times did not last long, and now the authoritative media Rivals has updated the latest national high school student rankings, and Xun Sinan's ranking has plummeted to 134th! Compared with the previous top 40, it has dropped more than 94 places, which is definitely a big blow to his personal development. Xun Sinan is not yet in his fourth year of high school, and it is normal for his ranking to fluctuate during this time, but it is definitely not good news that his ranking has dropped so much.
The reason why Xun Sinan's ranking has dropped so much is very simple, mainly two. First of all, Xun Sinan's weight gain effect is not great. At present, many high school students of the same year have begun to hang meat, but Xun Sinan is still thin, which makes his confrontation ability at a disadvantage. Secondly, Xun Sinan's offensive skills have not improved much, especially his three-point shooting ability, and the grasp of the vacancy is still not large. You must know that Xun Sinan's future positioning is the type of Jaren Jackson Jr., and no three-point ability is equivalent to self-abandonment of martial arts, so why don't others simply choose a jumping man with defensive ability like a little Jordan? In the environment of "sailing against the current" and others making progress, Xun Sinan "will retreat if he does not advance", and the sharp decline in the ranking is the reason.
In this regard, the national youth coach Li Xiaoyong has previously criticized Xun Sinan and Windermere High School for his training. Coach Li said that a big center has not yet had a tough confrontation, which is tantamount to losing his housekeeping skills. Windermere High School's emphasis on flexibility and a drastic reduction in the need for strength is putting the cart before the horse! At that time, there were still many people on the Internet who said that Li's guiding concept was backward and could not keep up with the trend, and now it seems that his criticism is very reasonable!