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First I want to introduce this event, the China basketball Hall of Fame, is the event that still not existed in China. However, if the HOF will set up, who would be the first Hall of Fame basketball player in the Chinese basketball history. You can share your pick and leave in the comment on the blog, Facebook and Twitter in AsianHoopers page.
Today's post, I'm gonna share one of my top 3 Hall of Fame player in the China, Wang Zhizhi.
Wang Zhizhi was born in 1977 in Beijing, China. His parents both are professional basketball player. In 1991, 15 year old was already about 6 foot tall, and join the Aug. 1st Men Basketball Team, which was own by the Chinese military. In 1994, he was selected as one of national player in Chinese National Team, he was also the youngest national basketball player in Chinese basketball history. In 1995, Wang play for the Chinese National Youth team in World Youth Basketball championship in Greece. The Chinese national team got rank 9th in the championship. However, Wang Zhizhi scored the second highest point in the tournament, second highest rebound and the Highest blocks. Which be chosen as the best center and best of five in this tournament.During 1996 to 2001 CBA season, Wang Zhizhi and the August 1st had their greatest years, with 6 Champion in 6 seasons in Chinese Basketball Association.
Wang also was drafted in 1999 with 36th pick in the second round by Dallas Mavericks, which the team had Steve Nash and Dirk Nowitzki. However, both Aug. 1st and Chinese National Team want let him to go until 2001 when they won their 6th Championship. However, his NBA career might easy as his expected. After a year, he was traded to the Los Angles Clippers with 3 year contract. However, it didn't go through with 3 years, in December 2003, he was signed with Miami Heats as a free agent. After 2 years, he was back to Aug. 1st.
In 2006-2007 in CBA, Wang won his 7th CBA championship title with Aug.1st, and got the MVP. In October, 11, Wang scored his high with 51 points 13 rebound 4 Assist, 3 steal and 2 blocks, a huge double-double. In 2014, Wang Zhizhi retired after the regular season. Right now, he is the coach staff in the Chinese National Team.
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