Liu Wei
Liu Wei
Liu Wei, born in Shanghai on January 15, 1980, is a Chinese basketball player and a guard. He once played for the Shanghai shark basketball club of CBA. Now he is the team leader of the Shanghai shark basketball club. He is the third player with 10000 points in the history of CBA.
In the 2001-2002 season, Liu Wei and Yao Ming joined hands to win the CBA Championship for the Shanghai team. In the subsequent CBA League, Liu Wei has been the absolute core of the Shanghai team, and has become the main point guard of the national team. On July 1, 2014, Liu Wei officially joined Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tiger club. On June 7, 2016, Liu Wei officially joined Sichuan Jinqiang blue whale club. On July 18, 2018, Liu Wei returned to Shanghai Oriental shark club.
On August 30, 2019, Shanghai Men's basketball team officially announced Liu Wei's retirement, and held the retirement ceremony of Liu Wei's No. 8 shirt when the team's new home stadium opened. In the new season, Liu Wei will be the team leader. On November 2, Liu Wei's retirement ceremony was officially held, and his No. 8 Jersey was permanently sealed. Yao Ming presented Liu Wei with the rock award of China basketball team.
Early experience
Liu Wei got to know basketball relatively late. In the fourth grade of primary school, Liu Wei first came into contact with basketball. Interestingly, at that time, he didn't like any sports at all. Because of his neglect of exercise, Liu Wei in primary school was still a famous little fat man. Of course, because he was too tall, any basketball coach didn't ignore such a good talent, and he didn't know what to play Stage of Liu Wei a contact with basketball, thoroughly like the sport. In 1992, Liu Wei entered Luwan District Junior Sports School in Shanghai.
Sports career
CBA period
In 1994, he entered the Shanghai youth team.
In 1996, he entered the Shanghai first team. But the strength of the adult team is not comparable to that of the youth team. In the first year, Liu Wei didn't get too many playing opportunities.
In 1997-98 season, Liu Wei really ushered in his debut. That season, Liu Wei played 18 games, with an average contribution of 4.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.5 assists. He is an indispensable figure in the team rotation lineup.
In the 1998-99 season, after a season of tempering, Li Qiuping, then head coach of the Shanghai team, saw the untapped potential in Liu Wei. "Xiaozhuge" strictly abides by the principle of no doubt about the use of people and no doubt about the use of people. The next year, he transferred Liu Wei to the main point guard position of the team. Liu Wei, a new comer, has lived up to his teacher's trust and made great progress in this season. He has 11.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1.9 steals in a single season. But it is so similar to previous seasons that Shanghai team can not go further in the era of Bayi monopoly champion.
In 1999-00 season, from the third season, Liu Wei and Shanghai team began their three-year trip to the finals. They launched a tough challenge to the champion Bayi.
In the 2001-02 season, Liu Wei averaged 15.9 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, which was the highest in the previous five years. Shanghai team finally got the last laugh in the third peak match with Bayi. So far, the years of Liu Wei and Yao Ming fighting together have come to an end (CBA only). With the latter going to the NBA, Liu Wei began to assume the leadership responsibility of the team alone.
In the 2002-03 season, Liu Weichu's most high spirited season since he took office. He averaged 23.9 points, 6.7 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 2.5 steals per game. In addition to assists, his three data set the highest value in his whole career (up to the end of 2013-14 season). Unfortunately, Shanghai team only ranked 10th in the league with 11-15 results. Although Liu Wei showed more and more great general demeanor and gradually became the main point guard of the national team, the record of the Shanghai team was not very satisfactory. It was not until 2007 that the Shanghai team returned to the playoffs, but it was soon announced that it was out, and then it was the last eight for two consecutive years.
In the 2009-10 season, Liu Wei ushered in the second spring of his career. After three seasons, he once again scored 20 points per game, and the Shanghai team reached the top four. This year, Yao Ming's identity has changed from an NBA player to the boss of the Shanghai team. It is Yao's boss's retention that makes Liu Wei, who might have left before the start of the season, choose to stay. However, this has become the last good thing for the Shanghai team. In the next four seasons, they have never been in the top four again. Although Liu Wei was still playing at the age of 33, he averaged 21.3 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
On February 27, 2011, Shanghai vs. Fujian, Liu Wei made his CBA career total more than 2000 rebounds, becoming the first CBA point guard with more than 2000 rebounds in the history of CBA. At the same time, Liu Wei, who is 1.90 meters tall, is also the shortest player in the cba16 history who rebounded more than 2000. Liu Wei only used 409 games to reach 2000 rebounds, with an average of nearly 5.0 rebounds per game in his career. Among them, Liu Wei's front court rebounding ability is very outstanding, with an average of more than 2 rebounds per game in four seasons. Liu Wei has become the first person to reach 2000 rebounds. At the same time, he has also become the first player in the history of CBA to get 6500 points, 1700 assists and 2000 rebounds. Xinjiang period
On December 31, 2011, when Shanghai played Qingdao, Liu Wei's career total score reached 7001 points, becoming the seventh player in the history of CBA with a total score exceeding 7000 points, and the first defender to achieve this achievement.
On January 8, 2014, Shanghai vs. Qingdao, Liu Wei got 11 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists. With six wonderful assists, Liu Wei's total assists reached 2002, becoming the third member of the 2000 + club in the history of CBA after Hu Xuefeng and LV Xiaoming. Sichuan period
On July 1, 2014, Shanghai Oriental shark Club issued a statement confirming that the main point guard Liu Wei joined Xinjiang Guanghui Flying Tiger club and arrived in Urumqi to join Xinjiang Guanghui team. Shanghai Oriental team expressed "thanks to Liu Wei and best wishes to Liu Wei". Liu Wei has played for Shanghai Oriental team for 17 years, which is also the longest time record for a single player to play for the same team in the history of CBA. During this period, Liu Wei got 8144 points, 2382 rebounds, 2052 assists and 802 steals. All the data are team records, among which the score is still the seventh in the history of CBA.
On June 7, 2016, Liu Wei officially joined Sichuan Jinqiang blue whale club.
On July 18, 2018, the Shanghai Men's basketball team officially announced that the team confirmed Liu Wei's formal return to Shanghai. The two sides have signed a one-year player's contract and subsequent coaching contract. Next season, Liu Wei will wear No. 8 shirt to represent Shanghai in the CBA League.
On November 13, 2018, in the game between Shanghai team and Shandong team, 38 year old Liu Wei made a jump shot in the first half and scored more than 10000 points in his CBA career, becoming the third "Mr. 10000" in the history of CBA.
NBA trial
In the summer of 2004, Liu Wei was invited to participate in the trial training of the kings and got a non guarantee contract on the eve of the NBA China game. However, the kings chose to give up signing with Liu Wei due to too many point guards in the team.
Liu Wei took part in two games on behalf of the kings team. In the first game, Liu Wei got enough performance time and was able to hit his first goal in the kings team. In the second game, Liu Wei only got 10 minutes of playing time and made three consecutive mistakes in the first three minutes of the fourth quarter, exposing his lack of experience and insufficient confrontation, which made king Coach Adelman He had to be replaced in advance.
National team experience
In 1996, Liu Wei entered the national youth team.
In 1998, Liu Wei was selected into the national youth men's basketball team again. After helping the national youth win the championship, Liu Wei was selected as the best defender for his outstanding performance. At that time, Yao Ming and Liu Wei were the only two players with CBA experience in Guoqing, and they both came from Shanghai team.
In 2001, Liu Wei was selected into the training list of the national team for the first time. Although he was not selected in the end, it was the first time that he had an intersection with the national first team.
In the 2002 World Championships, Liu Wei played in all eight games, averaging 21.3 minutes, scoring 6.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 2.5 assists. The first game against Argentina lasted 29 minutes, scoring 12 points and 3 assists, followed by 14 points and 5 assists against Turkey.
In the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, Liu Wei began to establish his position as the main point guard. His average playing time reached 27.1 minutes, far exceeding the other two point guards Guo Shiqiang and Zhang Yunsong. Liu Wei contributed 5.1 points, 3.1 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game. Nevertheless, the back line of the Chinese team in this Olympic Games has been the most severe criticism from many sides, and 24-year-old Liu Wei is inevitably involved in it.
In the 2006 World Championships in Japan, Wang Zhizhi returned to the national team, and the three centers gathered together, and Liu Wei also got more room to play. Liu Wei can send 8.2 points + 3.8 rebounds + 4.5 assists per game in this world championships, which has become nearly 1
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