Help fly Guangdong basketball development of Hubei basketball, now what kind of situation?

The terrain of Hubei Province is roughly surrounded by mountains on the east, west and north, with lower terrain in the center and an incomplete basin slightly open in the south. The total area of the province, mountains accounted for 56%, hills accounted for 24%, plains and lakes accounted for 20%, belonging to the Yangtze River system. Hubei Province is located in the subtropics, in addition to high mountainous areas, most of the province belongs to the subtropical monsoon humid climate.

As of the end of 2019, Hubei Province governed 12 prefecture-level cities, one autonomous prefecture, and four county-level directly-affiliated administrative units, including 25 county-level cities, 36 counties, two autonomous counties, and one forest area [3-4], with a resident population of 59.27 million people and a GDP of 458,283,100,000,000 yuan, of which the value added of the primary industry was 380,909,000 yuan.

In fact, the Hubei team performed well in the Games. Since the third National Games, the Hubei men's basketball team has killed its way to the finals, once as runner-up, twice as fourth and once as fifth. At the most recent Games, the Hubei boys basketball team finished eighth in the adult division and fifth in the youth division.

But one of the most embarrassing things for Hubei is the lack of a CBA team. For a long time, Hubei didn't even have a professional team.

In 1999, Hubei briefly had a CBA team, the Hubei Meiryas. After a season of struggle, the team was forced to disband due to financial problems.

The Hubei Anzhuo Basketball Club lost the NBL promotion tournament in 2011, and the team disbanded the following year.

It wasn't until 2014 that Hubei got its first professional team (Hubei Kelboro Pro), which then played in the NBL that season.In 2015, the Hubei Kelboro team was disbanded again and the players were assigned to play for other teams.

The Hubei team actually has no shortage of talent. Early on, Zhang Yongjun (former starting guard for the national team, 20.4 points at the Seoul Olympic Stadium and fourth in the Olympics) and Tao Xiaogang (a famous CBA sharpshooter who scored 51 points in a single game).

Dai Yong (former Shandong starting point guard, later transferred to Zhejiang and other teams), Chen Kai and other role players are also from Hubei.

Dongguan New Century starters Zhang Kai and Qiu Biao around 2010 were both Hubei players, and Zhang Kai was invited by the Lakers and Kings to try out for the team in 2009.

Besides these, the CUBA and the Chinese Super League, some of Hubei's college teams have shown a lot of strength. Huazhong University of Science and Technology has finished in the top 4 of the CUBA national tournament five times, and Wuhan University of Technology has been runner-up in the CUBA national tournament twice.

Besides excellent team performance, Hubei universities have also trained a large number of excellent basketball players outside Hubei for the Chinese men's basketball team. For example, Han Dejun, Liaoning's starting center, played for Wuhan University of Technology's men's basketball team, and Wang Jing, the starting point guard captain of Dongguan's team, is also a graduate of Wuhan University of Technology (and was the first person to go professional in the CUBA). In addition, Li Gen, known as Jiaozuo James, was discovered at the Wuhan Institute of Physical Education and recommended to the professional team.

In summary, Hubei basketball may not be in the first or second tier, but it definitely belongs to the top 10 of the country's provinces, but the CBA doesn't even have a professional team.

Of course, this is related to Hubei's development direction and other objective factors. I hope Hubei will have its own professional team soon, which is important for both Hubei and Chinese basketball.

If there is a Hall of Fame for Hubei basketball, Liu Guiyi, the old man who once made Hubei basketball brilliant, is certainly one of the most qualified candidates. He not only created the myth of Hubei basketball, but also became the first head coach of the national team after the reform and opening up of China, leading the team to a second-place finish in the men's basketball tournament at the Asian Games in New Delhi.In 1999, he was one of only three unanimous winners in the selection of New China's Top 50 Basketball Players by the Chinese Basketball Association.

Wuhan Professional Basketball Club, which had high ambitions from the team's inception, hired Zheng Wu, a former national team player who was a member of the 1996 golden generation, as the team's head coach. Zheng Wu was an outstanding representative of the golden generation of men's basketball in the 1990s. He represented China twice in the quarterfinals of the Olympics and once in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. in 1994, he conceded a crucial last-minute goal against Brazil to send the game into overtime, eventually leading the team to victory, and then scored the maximum points in a crucial game against Spain to help the team reach the quarterfinals. He scored 22 points in a key game against Argentina in the '96 Olympics, tying him with Hu for the team's scoring lead. The pick is clearly a good fit:In 2014, Zheng Wu became the founding coach of newcomer Anhui Wenyi, leading the team to the Group B title and laying a solid foundation for the ensuing three-in-one finals.

The Hubei Kyle Boro Professional Basketball Club, the first professional basketball club in Hubei province, was announced by Guangdong Mei Wei Ceramics Co. in cooperation with the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau. The Chinese Basketball Association officially released the relevant approval documents last month. The first team of the club has been formed. The head coach is, and the three assistant coaches are, Lin Yaoshen and Zhao. 15 first team players have signed with the club and completed the player registration procedures with the Chinese Basketball Association, including 6 Hubei players. The club's first-team players have an average height of 198CM and an average age of 20, with strong influence and room for improvement.

Wuhan Shengfan Basketball Club was founded on September 13, 2018, focusing on the construction and development of Hubei women's basketball. Wuhan Shengfan Women's Basketball was formed by the club and Hubei Sports Bureau Basketball and Volleyball Management Center*** together. The players are Hubei youth women's basketball players, the average age of 21 years old, the average height of 182 cm. is a young team, inherited the Hubei women's team "fast, accurate, intelligent" tactical characteristics.

With the arrival of the Basketball World Cup, the Chinese men's basketball team is in full swing, but the basketball atmosphere in Wuhan is still not high. As the host of this year's Basketball World Cup, Wuhan Turnpike Sports Center has not attracted the attention of countless basketball fans as expected. There were plenty of spectators at the Russia-Nigeria game, including a large number of overseas students and foreign fans. Scola's presence in the evening didn't change anything either. The Wuhan tournament didn't go as well as it could have, a true reflection of the '19 World Cup.

Since Hubei hasn't had a cba league team in 19 years, the erstwhile Melia team became the current Shenzhen Kerbero. But Wuhan's contemporary basketball team is average and may not make it to the CBA even with future expansion.

In fact, Hubei's basketball atmosphere is not the worst, as evidenced by the Cuban circuit. But right now Hubei lacks a top league team, just like the JNU women's soccer team and the Wuhan Zar men's soccer team. Once there is a cba team, the fans will be extremely enthusiastic.

Fan enthusiasm is limited. Without policies and programs, Hubei basketball will get weaker and weaker. Just like Liaoning soccer, just because you were once strong doesn't mean you will always be strong. Someday, without good policies, things will get worse.