The next Chinese defender is expected to enter the NBA! Xu Jie s successor is over, and he scored 19 points against Canada

After Yang Hansen was selected by the NBA Trail Blazers at the 16th pick, it caused heated discussion among domestic fans. Many fans think it is too difficult for our guard to gain a foothold in the NBA, because the three first-round picks Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Yang Hansen are all inside towers, which is also the biggest problem that the Chinese men's basketball team currently has. The back line lacks a real core and is a leader-level player. And at this moment, at the U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, the explosion of a new star genius defender seemed to make people see hope.

On June 29, in the just-concluded U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, the Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team lost to the Canadian Men's Basketball Team 72-80 in the opening match. According to the schedule, at 17:45, the Chinese Men's Basketball Team will continue to challenge the German Men's Basketball Team in Group B. Obviously, this is also a very difficult challenge.

However, in this game of losing to Canada, our team played a super defender, who is Zhu Zheng, who is only 17 years old. In this game, he played in 25 minutes and scored 6 of 13 shots and scored 19 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 steals, and his efficiency value +8 is also the first in the team. Zhu Zheng showed what world-class defender level is, with ball breakthroughs, attacks, mid-range shooting, defense, and organizational ease. He gives people the feeling that he is very experienced and doesn't seem to be only 17 years old.

In addition, compared with the guard Yang Yi produced by Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, the shooting rate of 1 of 7 shots in the whole game was sluggish to only 14%, and the efficiency value is -16, which is also the last in the team. In other words, Yang Yi seriously dragged the U19 men's basketball team down. If his offensive efficiency is qualified, the Chinese team is really expected to win in this game. Yang Yi is also regarded as Xu Jie's successor, but based on this performance, he and Xu Jie are still far apart. Yang Yi will not be reused next season, and he is likely to be listed as a bargaining chip by Zhu Fangyu.

At the decisive moment, Zhu Zheng dared to take the ball to attack, and even helped the Chinese team reduce the score disadvantage to 5 points at one point. However, due to the mistakes of the whole team, the Chinese U19 men's basketball team still regretfully lost to the Canadian men's basketball team.

Many fans may not know much about Zhu Zheng. This player has been playing in the United States before. He is a mixed-race person, his father is Chinese, and his mother is Jamaican. Two years ago, Zhu Zheng also joined Alabama A&M University, which belongs to the NCAA Division I league. Moreover, he has received basketball scholarships from several league universities and secondary league universities. Zhu Zheng settled in China in December last year, and in February this year, Zhu Zheng was officially selected for the training camp of the Chinese U19 Men's Basketball Team. Zhu Zheng's Chinese is not very good. At this stage, he is only at the elementary level at elementary school. He needs to be trained when speaking and writing, so his overall style of playing is still more American-style defender style.

However, Zhu Zheng has always loved China very much. He knows that he has a deep-rooted blood relationship with China, so he has expressed his desire to play on behalf of the Chinese team many times while playing in the United States, which is also his goal to continuously improve himself. Zhu Zheng, who is 1.80 meters tall, showed his talent and strength when he came to the Chinese men's basketball training camp. He was regarded by the coach as a real terminator. He has a high ball quotient on both offense and defense, and it is also worthy of the outside world's expectations. American scouts and coaches evaluated him for his strong ability to combine human-ball, and the template is Trae Young, who is the coach on the court and can always lead the team to victory.

Finally, I personally think Zhu Zheng has a good chance to become the next Chinese defender to enter the NBA. Don’t forget that Yang Hansen shines on the stage of the National Youth World Cup and is focused on NBA scouts. Later, Yang Hansen enters the CBA league and is also the focus of the Trail Blazers scouts. This is why the Trail Blazers selected Yang Hansen. Therefore, as long as Zhu Zheng can maintain his current high efficiency and grow 10 cm tall, he will accumulate his personal skills in the next one or two years, he will have a good chance of being selected in the NBA draft.