Zhang Qingpeng

Zhang Qingpeng

Zhang Qingpeng, born in Fushun City, Liaoning Province on March 28, 1981, is a former Chinese professional basketball player and a point guard.

In 2001, Zhang Qingpeng entered Liaoning Panpan first team. In 2006, he was selected into the Chinese national men's basketball team for the first time. In 2010, he was elected the third best scorer of CBA all star game. On May 25, 2015, he obtained the master's degree of Shenyang Institute of physical education.

On September 19, 2020, Zhang Qingpeng officially announced his retirement; on October 29, China Basketball Association officially announced the training list of U18 national youth men's basketball team, with Zhang Qingpeng as assistant teacher. On November 6, Zhang Qingpeng's retirement ceremony was officially held.

Zhang Qingpeng is another excellent guard in Liaoning after Li Xiaoyong and Guo Shiqiang. After several years of experience, Zhang Qingpeng has become one of the few point guards in CBA.

Early experience

Born in 1981, Zhang Qingpeng grew up in Fushun. Although his parents were not athletes, they attached great importance to the physical training of their children. When I was in the fourth grade of primary school, the junior basketball team of Fushun sports school enrolled students from all over the city. After receiving the news, my mother sent Zhang Qingpeng to the city sports school and started regular basketball training.

Zhang Qingpeng's height at that time was no different from that of ordinary children, but Zhang Qingpeng had the characteristics of hard work, fast speed, lively mind, strong breakthrough ability and accurate long-range shot. He could play point guard or shooting guard, which deeply attracted the coaches. Therefore, Zhang Qingpeng became the absolute main force in the position of point guard in the team. Zhang Qingpeng's excellent performance soon attracted Cui Wanjun (former Liaoning Panpan coach), who was the coach of the youth team of Liaoning sports school at that time. Cui took Zhang Qingpeng to the provincial sports school, and joined Liaoning Panpan first team in 2001-2002 season, and got the opportunity to play.

Career

Liaoning period

In the 2001-02 season, Zhang Qingpeng, 20 years old, began his CBA career in Liaoning team. In 2007-08 season, in the finals of CBA League, Zhang Qingpeng's performance was eye-catching. He finished the whole 2007-08 season with an average of 16.8 points per game and three assists.

At the end of the 2008-09 regular season, Liaoning team returned to the top five all the way from the 12th place in 2007-08 season. Zhang Qingpeng, as the core of the team's backcourt, made great achievements. Zhang Qingpeng's performance has always been stable in the 34 rounds of hard fighting. Zhang Qingpeng is also the only player in the league with a shooting, three-point and free throw percentage of 190. Even "lone wolf" Marbury praised "Zhang Qingpeng is the strongest local defender in CBA". At the same time, Zhang Qingpeng ranked second in the league and first in China with a 3-point shooting rate of 114-240 (47%).

In the 2009-10 season, Zhang Qingpeng averaged 20.7 points, 3.2 rebounds and 4 assists per game. In the ten years of Liaoning team, although Zhang Qingpeng once entered the finals with the team, he still hated the finals. After joining the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Zhang Qingpeng still failed to realize his dream of winning the championship, and he is also known as the "Millennium second".

Xinjiang period

In 2010-11 season, Zhang Qingpeng once again ushered in the peak of his sports career, with an average of 21.5 points per game, ranking 10th in the league, and only Wang Zhizhi, a local player in the top nine, made 113 three-point shots, ranking 2nd in the league, and 4.1 assists per game, ranking 8th in the league. In the 2010 CBA All-Star vote, Zhang Qingpeng won the "king of votes" with 89924 votes. As the king of All-Star votes, Zhang Qingpeng made seven three-point shots in the All-Star game, contributing the highest 29 points of domestic players. At the same time, Zhang Qingpeng also won the three-point contest in midfield with absolute advantage, and Zhang Qingpeng became the third "king of three-point" in the history of Liaoning team. Zhang Qingpeng is undoubtedly the MVP among the domestic players in the All-Star competition.

In 2013-14 season, Zhang Qingpeng suffered from injuries and played 36 games for Xinjiang, averaging only 13 minutes, contributing 3.8 points, 1.1 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 0.5 steals. Both appearance time and average score have created the lowest value since Zhang Qingpeng joined Xinjiang.

In September 2014, Zhang Qingpeng had another year's contract with Xinjiang team. In order to sign Zhang Qingpeng, Beijing team bought out the contract for Zhang Qingpeng. According to people familiar with the matter, Zhang Qingpeng's expected salary is about 2 million yuan a year, but Xinjiang is reluctant to pay for him, which eventually led him to leave Xinjiang. Xinjiang team hopes to exchange Zhang Qingpeng for a player of Zhejiang Chouzhou bank team, but Zhang Qingpeng is not happy. After that, Zhang Qingpeng actively contacted min Lulei, the coach of Beijing team, and finally signed a contract with Beijing team.

Beijing period

In the off-season of 2014, Zhang Qingpeng chose to join Beijing Men's basketball team. On October 13, 2014, in the CBA preseason Jiangxi Jiujiang station, Beijing Men's basketball team beat Jiangsu team 88-81 in extra time. Among them, Zhang Qingpeng contributed 15 points in his debut after joining Beijing Men's basketball team and quickly integrated into Beijing team. Finally, in 2014-15 season, Beijing team won the first championship in their career.

On January 31, 2015, Beijing Shougang beat Jiangsu Zhongtian 133-99 at home. Substitute Zhang Qingpeng made 4-for-5 two-point shots, 9-for-11 three-point shots, and 5-for-6 free throw shots, scoring the team's highest 40 points and breaking his personal scoring record of nearly 10 years.

After the 22nd round of the 2015-2016 CBA league match, Beijing Shougang, which is the leader of Wukesong, defeated Zhejiang Guangxia 134-104, ending the opponent's 14 consecutive wins and expanding its winning streak to 8 games. Among them, Zhang Qingpeng hit 5 3-point shots and got 21 points and 9 assists. In the 2015-16 season, Zhang Qingpeng was in excellent condition in the pre-season training, which radiated the second spring of his basketball career. Zhang Qingpeng, 35, averaged 22 minutes in midfield in 2015-16, which is the most playing time in the three seasons since 2013-14. He averaged 10 points and 2.5 assists, which is the highest in the three seasons. The 2015-16 season is also Zhang Qingpeng's contract year. Before he came to Beijing, Zhang Qingpeng signed a "2 + 1" contract with the club. With the performance of the 2015-16 season, Shougang will renew the contract with Zhang Qingpeng.

On February 4, 2016, the 2015-16 season cba league entered the 37th round. Zhang Qingpeng was really unstoppable. He played 38 minutes and 26 seconds, scored three 3-point shots, scored 22 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals. Zhang Qingpeng scored more than 20 points for the fourth consecutive game, while rebounding set a new season high. On February 22, 2016, the fourth game of the first round of the CBA playoffs started. Beijing lost 94-103 to Xinjiang at home, and stopped with a total score of 1-3. In the whole 2015-16 season, Zhang Qingpeng played 38 games for Beijing Men's basketball team, averaging 9.7 points, 2.7 rebounds and 2.4 assists.

Shandong period

On September 14, 2017, Zhang Qingpeng officially announced his transfer to Shandong high speed Basketball Club (Jinshan dongxiwang basketball club).

On February 12, 2019, Shandong defeated Beijing control 117-99. Shandong men's basketball veteran Zhang Qingpeng contributed 17 points and 8 rebounds and 5 assists in this game. His career total score broke through the 7000 point mark and reached 7005 points, surpassing Stephen Marbury's 7001 points and rising to the 12th place in the CBA history total score list.

In the 2019-20 season, Zhang Qingpeng played on behalf of Shandong Province in 34 regular season games, averaging 19 minutes per game, contributing 6.4 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2.8 assists. In the playoffs against Qingdao, the substitute played 28 minutes, 11 of 22 shots, 6 of 16 three-point shots, scored 37 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals.

On September 19, 2020, Zhang Qingpeng officially announced his retirement.

On November 6, 2020, Zhang Qingpeng's retirement ceremony was officially held.

Teaching assistant period

On October 29, 2020, in order to prepare for the 2021 FIBA Asian U18 youth men's Basketball Championship and the U19 men's Basketball World Cup, China Basketball Association officially announced the training list of U18 national youth men's basketball team. Former Shenzhen coach Wang Jianjun served as the team head coach, and Zhang Qingpeng served as the assistant coach of the second phase of the training of U18 national youth men's basketball team in 2020.

International competition

In 2004, Zhang Qingpeng, who was still serving in the national youth team, suddenly received a transfer order from the national team. For that "urgent move", the Chinese men's basketball team hired a foreign head coach for the first time. Harris and yunas asked for talents regardless of their style. There were six people competing for the guard position of the national team, including Guo Shiqiang. Even Zhang Qingpeng, who had the least qualification and experience, failed to stay. In 2005, Zhang Qingpeng, who suffered from injury and illness, was not even included in the list.

In 2006, because guard Yang Ming was injured and quit, Yunus Kazlauskas, then the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, quickly transferred Zhang Qingpeng and Zhang Yunsong into the training team. In July, Zhang Qingpeng took part in the world championships with his team, becoming the first formal world championship in his sports career. Due to Liu Wei's injury, he finally got on the court time, a total of five group games and one knockout match. In the five games, Zhang Qingpeng played for a total of 33 minutes and scored 5 points (including 1 for 10)

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