Because at that time, Gong not only had amazing talent, excellent ball skills and gorgeous pace, but also was known as the best second center in Asia and a really handsome and talented man. He is the only one in the history of basketball in China who deserves a "well-proportioned figure" and scares his opponents. Men are intoxicated by his skills, while women are crazy about his looks.
During his basketball career, Gong not only won the league MVP, scoring champion and best technical award, but also became an "anti-American hero" and a popular basketball star. He also talked about a vigorous love, and finally became an eternal totem of the team ... If Gong was young in today's era, he would undoubtedly become the top stream leading the trend. However, due to the different background of the times, Gong also became the "carefree king".
Any coach who has coached Gong will admit that Gong is a natural basketball star.
He was born in a real basketball family, and his father Gong was 1.86 meters tall. As a player, he played for the first team of Shandong Men's Basketball Team for 17 years, and worked as a coach for more than ten years after retiring. My mother is tall, and her height is 1.8 meters. She is not only a first-team player in Shandong women's basketball team, but also selected for the national women's basketball team. After retiring, she became the coach of Shandong women's basketball team.
Gong's amazing physical talent is created by his parents' excellent genes. He was born with very long legs. When he was in primary school, he was about the same height as a teacher. In addition to physical advantages, Gong also showed his extraordinary talent in track and field and high jump early. At that time, following in his father's footsteps was definitely Gong's most natural choice. When Gong 12 years old, he had grown to 1.82 meters. However, when Gong's father recommended his son to Jinan Army Basketball Team, the other party thought Gong was too young and refused him. As a result, football became the first officially engaged sport.
This is the basketball education in China in 1980s. Even dazzling talents will not be cultivated until their age reaches the standard. However, just like Olajuwon, who is a famous "magic dance step", his experience on the court did not delay Gong's basketball career. Instead, he has developed his solid ankle strength, smooth footwork skills, flexible coordination inconsistent with his height, and domineering spirit of not giving up on others on the court.
Gong was coached by Chen Shiyi on the football team. The Qilu star's idea of running the army is: "As long as you play, you must have the momentum of' Laozi is the best in the world', even if your opponent is the national team, you must fight with him to the end!" This tough game temperament will eventually become a valuable asset for Gong to excel on the basketball court in the future.
During playing for the third football team in Shandong Province, Gong was a teammate with the later Taishan team star and won the national invitational championship together. After seeing Gong's elegant demeanor, Chen Chengda, who worked in the Football Department of the State Sports Commission at that time, decided that he had a bright future. Gong also fantasized that he could one day contribute to China football which rushed out of Asia, but Gong's height soon reached two meters, so his parents had to plan ahead and let his son play basketball instead. Because there was no Kohler (Gong, the top scorer in Czech history, with a height of 2.02 meters) in the world football at that time, there were almost no football players in the world who exceeded 1.95 meters, and the Gong family really had no precedent for reference.
PS: According to Gong's parents, many professional teams are interested in Gong because of his excellent physical fitness, especially the football team. However, Gong's parents had an agreement with Chen Chengda at that time. If Gong was taller than 1.95 meters, Gong would be allowed to practice basketball.
In this way, China Football lost its own Kohler, and the Shandong Men's Basketball Youth Team gained a poor but fearless Gong.
Speaking of Gong,/kloc-officially started playing basketball at the age of 0/6, and joined the youth team, and later became the partner of Shandong team and national team. Ji Minshang bluntly said, "At that time, the ball was not very good, and the action was a bit ugly, but he was particularly confident."
Another teammate, Zhu, still remembers Gong's hot temper. "He was very angry. When our youth team played a formal match for the first time, the referee blew him out of the field, and he just couldn't do it anymore. On another occasion, he was blocked in a row, but he still forced a layup in a row, but he refused to accept that tone. Later, he stopped playing and simply became a professional killer! Even when we were teammates, we were a little afraid of him at that time. "
Although the foundation is very poor, but under the strict training of coach Sui Fuan (the father of China women's basketball star Sui Feifei) and his father Gong, Gong, who is gifted and extremely confident, soon learned the same skills as playing basketball at an early age. In only half a year, he was recognized by the industry in the national league and the National Games for his daring to fight, and was promoted to the first team of Shandong men's basketball team and merged into China National Youth Team.
However, at that time, the Shandong men's basketball team was undergoing great changes, and both coaches and players were walking and retreating. Gong Fu, who was originally an assistant coach of Shandong team, was promoted to head coach. However, it didn't take long for Gong's father to resign voluntarily because of interpersonal relationship and record pressure. As a result, as soon as Gong Fu left, those who had a bad relationship with Gong Fu directly pointed the finger at Gong.
The increasing friction forced Gong to reluctantly leave Shandong for his father's former teammate and then head coach of Nanjing Army. Well-informed soon ended his work as the head of the military region and prepared to formally transfer Gong to the south. In other words, at that time, the Shandong team almost let go of their future team history first person.
Maybe it's because Gong is special. Those who hate him don't want to give him a foothold, and those who appreciate him will regard him as a treasure.
However, Gong's talent cannot be concealed after all. At the first city sports meeting held in Jinan, Shandong Province from 65438 to 0988, Gong, who was under 20 years old, made a blockbuster, led the Shandong team as immature as him to the finals in front of his hometown elders and won the only best player award in basketball. Seeing Gong shine brilliantly, the Shandong team who woke up from a dream immediately retained him, and the national team that was selecting materials also issued a call-up order to Gong who had only received two and a half years of formal basketball training.
However, just before Gong reported to Beijing, his career almost went in a completely different direction because of a "TV storm". According to related reports, it was Gong who watched half an episode of General Barton at home and felt unhappy after being urged to the dormitory by his mother. So he moved the TV set that was deserted by the swimming team to his dormitory to watch the second half of the episode, but forgot to inform the master. As a result, when I came back and saw that the TV was gone, I called the police directly. Later, things became so heated that he was reported to the national team that Gong had stolen the TV set.
Although this storm seems incomprehensible now, in the late 1980s, TV was still an extremely precious luxury, and watching TV was one of the few important entertainment activities at that time. If it is now, the TV captain has been neglected for a long time, and smart phones are everywhere, perhaps this huge storm that almost aborted Gong Guoshou's career will not happen.
Fortunately, it was Gong who took over as the head coach of China Men's Basketball Team. After the journey of Seoul Olympic Games, the China men's basketball team is undergoing a large-scale "exchange of blood", and the weakest insider urgently needs the injection of young blood. Therefore, Gong Hua, who was inexperienced and caught in a storm, was selected into the China Men's Basketball Team of 1989 Beijing Asian Championship.
When he entered the national team for the first time, the young Gong and those at their peak became teammates and roommates. They were joined by veteran Gong, Kuang Lubin, Sun, and Ma Jian, who was as young as Gong.
The primary goal of this China men's basketball team is to regain the temporarily lost Asian hegemony from the South Korean men's basketball team and avenge the loss to the South Korean men's basketball team in the Seoul Olympic Games and the Japanese invitational tournament.
Although the running-in time is not long, Gong, who is running like a fly, and Ma Jian, who is landing like a fly, just fit the unique tactical characteristics of this China men's basketball team, helping the China team to make it through the Asian Championship. In the end, they beat South Korea by 30 points with 102-72 and won the championship. In the last game, Faye Wong scored 3 1 and won the reputation of "Korean nemesis"! Gong, who has just reached the top of Asia, has also broadened his horizons in the contest with his predecessors, and his personal skills have advanced by leaps and bounds in the contest with masters from all over the world.
PS: By the way, coach Wang is only about 1.9 meters tall, but he often plays basketball. He used to be the core of the national team, and his playing style was very brave, so it is no wonder that he and Gong were particularly angry. Unfortunately, there are not many video recordings of playing.
After the first successful War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea in his career, Gong's career began to rise:
In the 1990 World Championship, Gong scored 5.8 points per game for China with a shooting percentage of 72.7%, helping China win twice. After the Asian Games, Gong helped China win the championship with unbeaten record, along with the melody of Asian Heroes. 199 1 Sun Bang left the team due to illness and Jiang Xingquan took over as the coach of China men's basketball team. Gong, 22, is still the main force of the team, helping the China men's basketball team beat the South Korean team again to win the championship. At the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Gong averaged 8 points, especially against Venezuela and Argentina. Gong scored 18 and 16 with 87.5% and 63.6% shooting percentage respectively.
At that Olympic Games, the men's basketball team in China ranked at the bottom, but the women's basketball team in China entered the finals historically. Among them, in the focus battle against Cuba in the semi-final, China's best player was the defender who scored 20 points, and this heroic Liaoning girl was Gong's love object.
If we can see such a pair of talented people and beautiful women falling in love on the basketball field today, people will certainly wish them the best and look forward to their future love crystallization, just like Yao Ming and Ye Li later. However, in the 1990s, the national sports team banned active athletes from falling in love, not to mention that Jiang Xingquan, the head coach of the national men's and women's basketball team at that time, was both "parents" who could not rub sand in their eyes, so Gong He's love affair was strongly obstructed and interfered, and even the two basketball stars who were heading for the peak were directly kicked out of the national team at the same time!
According to legend, the cause of the incident was that after the China women's basketball team won the Olympic silver medal in history, she had just made great achievements and wanted to visit Gong's parents in Jinan with great joy, but did not give her leave. Unexpectedly, Li Xin ignored the order and left the team and ran to Jinan without authorization ... When the China women's basketball team was preparing for the World University Games next year, Li Xin was called up by the national team again, but she chose to refuse because of her stubborn personality. Angry, he took the basketball department of the State Sports Commission to court and demanded that Gong be punished. The Basketball Department of the State Sports Commission solicited Jiang Xingquan's opinion. As a result, Jiang Xingquan, who was very worried about Gong's character, agreed and directly transferred Gong from the men's basketball team, and the two also made trouble. Regrettably, in the end, Gong He did not enter the marriage hall.
Although Gong represented the China men's basketball team in the Canadian World Championships on 1994 after the storm, he spent all the games on the bench except for playing against the United States for six minutes. China men's basketball team broke into the world's top eight historically, but he is more like a bystander than one of the founders of this glorious chapter.
It was Gong's masterpiece, the gorgeous dance steps were dreamy and smooth, and the ending means under the basket emerged one after another. His excellent range is as far as the three-point line, and his offensive skills are both face frame and back. He often sends amazing dunks in actual combat ... unfortunately, he can only watch the game in the national team, despite his good skills.
It was not until the Hiroshima Asian Games in the same year that Gong Cai had a chance to prove himself again:
In the final between China and old rival South Korea, Jiang Xingquan finally sent Gong, who had almost no chance in the group stage, in the face of an unfavorable start. I saw Gong in danger without fear. As soon as he came on stage, he was out of control like a tiger going down the mountain. First, it caused casualties through continuous personal storms, chased the score to 23 levels, and then threw off the opponent with a fast break of striding meteors. Until the second half, he defeated the whole defense line of South Korea in a different way, desperately holding the ball, making a quick layup, making up the basket in the air, shooting and hitting the board. ................................................................................................................ turned over and made a jumper. Gong scored 23 points 13 rebounds, and Hu Weidong scored 33 points, which led China to win the championship with 100-72.
It can be said that Gong is unmatched in the position of the second center in Asia at this time.
However, after regaining the Asian championship, the 25-year-old Gong couldn't help but feel a little confused. Because for him personally, no matter at home or in Asia, there is no longer a competitive environment that can promote him to go further, but because of his delicate situation in the national team, his opportunities to compete with world-class players become few and far between. Therefore, Gong Meng came up with the idea of going abroad to make a living.
1994 When attending the evening recording of Qilu Yao Yao Sports, Gong said that he had formally applied to the Provincial Sports Commission to study football in an overseas professional club. He was looking forward to it: "After a period of study, I will compete with foreign stars in Europe and America in the professional team, and my comprehensive quality and skills will definitely make new progress, which will be beneficial to the country and myself."
If it were today, it would not be difficult for Gong to realize his desire to go abroad for training. Later, Ding Yanyuhang, a star of Shandong team who was excavated by him, realized this dream, but it was only an idiotic dream in the basketball world of China at that time. 1986, Song Tao, the center of the national team selected by the Eagles, did not go to the NBA because of serious injury, replacing Wang Libin of Song Tao. In order to go abroad, he went to Japan and Taiwan Province Province of China. Later, Ma Jian transferred to the Philippines to go abroad through personal relations, which was even more fate. It was not until 1996 that Zheng landed, but the basketball environment for men and women was obviously very different.
After a long and futile wait, Gong's wish finally came to nothing. His career track did not lead to a higher level of professional league, but he stayed in the domestic league and continued to dominate the country effortlessly.
Before that, Gong was nicknamed "King of Freedom" to praise his calm and natural style, but since then, he has become more and more carefree and not strict with himself outside the training ground and the stadium. However, with high basketball IQ and skillful skills, Gong can maintain a high competitive state even if he practices less or sometimes less.
1995, CBA officially started. Gong led the Shandong men's basketball team to rank fifth in the league with an average of 26. 1 9.6 rebounds 1.5 assists 1.8 steals 1 blocks. In the same year, at the Asian Championships in Seoul, Jiang Xingquan led the China men's basketball team to be crowned again and then retired. Gong took over as the head coach of the men's basketball team to prepare for the Atlanta Olympic Games, and Wang/Kloc officially entered the national team at the age of 0/8.
In order to improve Wang's basketball skills, Gong instructed Wang and Gong to play one-on-one games after daily training. It is in this process that Wang learned from his successful experience and carried it forward. At that time, Wang was young and frivolous, and practiced very hard every day, but Gong was always indifferent. Wang was puzzled and couldn't help asking the palace, "Da Bin, why don't you practice well?" Gong Xiaobin just asked faintly: "What are you practicing without challenges?"
Both of them were silent, and Gong's heart clearly had the answer, while the young Wang was still puzzling over his own answer.
1996 During the Atlanta Olympic Games, Wang soared and Gong also played well. Four games lasting more than five minutes, averaging 9.8 points and 6.5 rebounds, helped the China men's basketball team break into the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games for the first time, and was regarded as one of the representatives of the "golden generation" of the China men's basketball team.
After returning to CBA, Gong played an explosive performance averaging 28.2 points and 9.2 rebounds per game, ranking second in the scoring champion list, and the ranking of Shandong team also rose to fourth in the league. In order to make up for his missed MVP, the government specially tailored the "Best Science and Technology Award" for him. Until the 1997-98 season, the 28-year-old Gong naturally became the most dazzling star in the whole CBA, averaging 27. 1 9.3 rebounds per game, shooting 54.3% from the field, and shooting a horrible 4 1.5% from the three-point range, winning two awards, the scoring champion and the MVP. Under his leadership, the Shandong men's basketball team, which fought in the all-China class, also won the championship.
However, when it comes to Gong's most acclaimed highlight moment, it is also 1998 Bangkok Asian Games final. Because the China men's basketball team lost to the South Korean team in Riyadh 1997, and only won the third place, it vowed to finish revenge in the Asian Games in Bangkok.
In this Asian Games, Big Brother became the head coach of China men's basketball team in the past, while Gong not only became the captain of China men's basketball team, but also the flag bearer of China delegation holding the five-star red flag high. On the court, two teachers and friends led the China men's basketball team to make great strides and met the Korean team again in the final. At the beginning of the game, the China team took the lead. Among them, Gong not only made great contributions to the team in long-range shooting from outside and attacking from inside, but also shocked the imaginary counter-attacking opponent with a domineering one-handed chop in the fast break, which greatly inspired the morale of the China team and further widened the score difference.
As a result, the anxious South Korean team made more and more unexpected moves. At the end of the first half, South Korea's No.9 player elbowed Gong Meigu, and "Xiaoyao Wang" suddenly bled on the court and had to go off for treatment.
But he didn't worry people for long. After sewing a few simple stitches, Gong accompanied the female fans on the scene to scream wildly, staged the "Return of the King" and stepped forward to kill the South Korean team!
After the game, the head coach took the initiative to give Gong the name of "Korea's nemesis":
"South Korea is China's strongest rival in Asia. Do you know which Korean player is most afraid of China? Gong! Gong is also the most feared Korean team in China. As soon as the palace comes on stage, the coach of the Korean team will stand up because he can't sit still! "
In this way, the "King of Freedom" won a gold medal in the honor book and had a scar on his face. Even today, this is still shocking, but Gong himself is nothing.
This is Gong at his peak, and there is no solution in domestic leagues and Asian Games. In the eyes of fans and the media, he is an extremely handsome "carefree king", and in the Shandong team, he has a louder nickname-"Emperor".
The reason why the whole team can sit firmly on the "throne" is because of Gong's ruling performance, his domineering attitude, and the absolute core position and almost coquetry preferential treatment given to him by head coach Ye Peng.
During the training, Ye Dao often said to Gong, "How much is up to you?" When Gong heard this, he naturally felt that things were simple. Later, because Gong had too many friends and entertainment, sometimes the Shandong team went out to play away and got off the plane. Instead of taking the bus with his teammates, he asked his friends to welcome him.
In fact, the nickname "Emperor" was created by Ye Daoqi. Seeing how the head coach treated Gong, his teammates naturally regarded Gong as the "emperor". In the long run, Gong has formed a habit, but this habit is undoubtedly hated by Jiang Xingquan, the coach who adheres to the principle of "three obedience and one big".
1999, Jiang Xingquan came out to take charge of the China men's basketball team again, and Gong was appointed as the captain of the men's basketball team. So during the training period, the contradiction and friction between the two became more and more serious, and finally the "Karen Lake Storm" that caused a sensation in the basketball world broke out.
According to media reports at that time, Gong said: "One day after the training, I unconsciously kicked my jersey on the sidelines. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xingquan also said that I had a bad attitude and a bad mood, and even called me a black sheep! We quarreled because we couldn't stand these ugly words. "
On the other hand, Jiang Xingquan said that Gong was not needed, because he was too difficult to manage in the team and he was notoriously "prickly". He criticized Gong not only because he played football, but also because he covered him in a confrontation training. As a result, the angry palace returned the king's elbow. Plus, "He usually doesn't train hard and is always tired, so I seriously criticized him and decided to remove his position as captain and let Sun Jun take his place."
After learning that his beloved disciple had been transferred from the national team, Ye Peng took the initiative to go to Beijing to find Xin Lancheng and Jiang Xingquan, then directors of the Basketball Management Center, and apologized to Jiang Xingquan on behalf of Gong. In fact, Xin Lancheng had set the tone at that time. As long as Gong personally called Jiang Xingquan to admit his mistake, the storm passed, but "Xiaoyao Wang" refused to make this call anyway.
As a result, Gong, who reached the age of 30, was removed from the national team again, and his final peak was missed by the Sydney Olympic Games. After returning to CBA, civil strife occurred again in the management of Shandong team. Gong was once discharged from the regular rotation by the new foreign teacher Limace, and the Shandong team also accompanied their "emperor" into a trough ...
When he put on the national team shirt again, he was no longer the main force of the team. In the final of Busan Asian Games in 2002, China was magically reversed by South Korea in the last 1 minute and 57 seconds. Gong, once the "nemesis of South Korea", finally had to sit on the bench and bid farewell to his national team career with some regrets. A year later, the injured officially announced his retirement.
Looking back on Gong's career, the dust settled, and those glories and regrets finally wrote a gorgeous chapter that only belonged to that era but was not limited to that era. If he can play in the present era, he may not experience "binge drinking and singing, empty life, who is domineering?" If you are at a loss, you may be able to "jack shall have Jill", or you may be able to achieve a bigger story chapter. ...........................................................................................................................................