Xinhua News Agency, Fuzhou, May 1st issue: Behind the MVP is the transformation of the team-interview with Wang Zhilin, the most valuable player in the CBA regular season
Xinhua News Agency reporter Lin deleng, Wu Jianfeng
2018-2019 season, for 25-year-old Wang Zhilin, undoubtedly unforgettable. In this season, his Fujian team made its first playoff in 7 years, and he himself won the title of MVP (most valuable player) in the first regular season of his career.
At the end of the CBA season, Wang Zhilin enjoyed a rare leisure time at home. During this period, he accepted an exclusive interview with Xinhua news agency reporters.
MVP dispute: Guo Allen, who is also an enemy,
this season’s CBA regular season MVP competition is very fierce. The competition is mainly between Wang Zhilin and Guo Allen. Finally, wang Zhelin won Guo Allen with a total score of 353:329. According to personal data, Wang Zhilin’s performance in the regular season is undoubtedly the best of domestic players, with 24.6 points and 13.7 rebounds recorded in the game, both of which are the highest in China. In terms of team performance, he led the team back to the playoffs and experienced the first playoff performance of his career.
Before the first playoff game in Fujian men’s basketball, CBA officials awarded Wang Zhilin the regular season MVP trophy at the home of Fujian men’s basketball, the trophy was handed over to Wang Zhilin by Liu Yudong, the “God of War” who also came from Fujian. For this experience, Wang Zhilin said: “First of all, I think this is everyone’s recognition of me. MVP is what all players want to fight for, and it is also a new God of War Cup. As a Fujian native, Liu Yudong was able to hand me this trophy personally. This feeling is really very different.”
For his transformation in this season, Wang Zhilin said that it was still the result of the team’s efforts. “Personal data has not been greatly improved. Scores and rebounds have increased slightly. The most important thing is the progress of the whole team. Maybe even if I played well a few years ago, the team’s performance was not very good, so everyone would not pay much attention to it. This year, everyone worked together to improve the team’s performance. Naturally, everyone felt that Wang Zhelin had made great progress this season. In fact, it was the progress made by everyone to achieve this effect.” Wang Zhilin said.
When it comes to MVP, Guo Allen is a topic that cannot be bypassed. The two not only competed with each other in the selection, but also staged a spark-splashed confrontation in the playoffs. Although Fujian team failed to compete with Liaoning team and failed to win the top four, Wang Zhelin’s strong performance in this series still got many favorable comments. For this opponent, Wang Zhelin said: “The competition relationship is actually the competition between teams. We all play for our respective teams. The purpose on the court is to win or lose. Privately, we are all very good friends, and we are going all out to play the game on the court.”
NBA: I woke up and found that I was chosen
as the elite palace of professional basketball. NBA has always been Wang Zhilin’s goal. In 2016, Wang Zhelin, who didn’t expect to be selected by NBA, was favored by Memphis Grizzlies and was selected by the 57th team.
“Before the draft, there was no preparation for this because of injuries. I woke up and found that I was chosen. I was still very happy. For me, I also got a kind of recognition. Thank you very much.” Recalling the situation at that time, Wang Zhilin said.
From the age of 22 in that year to the age of 25 now, Wang Zhelin, who was gradually mature, played a brighter performance on the court, and the speculation about his landing in NBA gradually increased.
As for his NBA prospect, Wang Zhilin said, “I don’t think I can go if I want to go first. It must be my goal. If I have the chance, I will seize this opportunity to try.”
Since 2013, Wang Zhelin has experienced a low ebb and created glory along with China’s men’s basketball southern expedition to the north. He said that there are many differences between himself and the world’s top players, including physical confrontation, competition experience and personal skills.
Life: “Eating Chicken” hits “super trump card”
The life of professional players is very simple. In his spare time, Wang Zhilin likes playing games with friends. Recently, the popular “chicken eating” is one of his favorites. Wang Zhelin, who is tall, is also unambiguous in terms of fine game Operation. At present, it is already the “super trump card” level (high level in the game).
“Our life is actually relatively simple. It has always been the training competition that occupies the time. In fact, only mobile phones can play with it after leisure. We have little time to go out, and most of the time is occasional entertainment.” Wang Zhilin said.
As for the relationship between training and games, Wang Zhilin is very calm, saying that as a professional player, he knows how to deal with the balance between leisure and training. “Pre-game training won’t play for so long. Play one or two, relax, and have a rest when it’s time to rest.” He said.
In terms of reading books, Wang Zhilin likes suspense and reasoning books. Recently, he just finished reading “White Night Tour”. As a basketball player, Wang Zhelin also has his own idols. They are Paul Gasol and Wang Zhizhi. As for the reason, he said: “Both of them are very skilled players. They have always liked watching and imitating their playing style since childhood. Both of them are worth learning.”
For this season, Wang Zhilin said Yi Jianlian was his most admired opponent. “As a player of his age, he can still maintain such a high competitive state. I think it is really worth learning from our young players.” Wang Zhilin said.
Looking forward to the next season, Wang Zhelin did not want to set a specific goal, saying that he would first lock the goal in the playoffs and move forward step by step.