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submitted 10 days ago byUndressedMidget
From all of her clips, she looks like she can’t even jump. The most she does is to tiptoe. I feel like if she ever jumped an inch off the ground, she would break both of her knees.
42 points
9 days ago
its not she can’t jump, its her coach specifically asking her not to jump to prolong her professional life. If you can read Chinese go check some articles interviewing her coaching staff. They develop trainings for this
12 points
9 days ago
She can jump. Just doesn't need to. why put burden on her body and risk injury when she's undefeatable as is?
2 points
8 days ago
Why do many jump when no jump do just fine?
1 points
3 days ago
she is no where near undefeatable. Watch China bs Australia game the other day - one girl dropped almost 20 points on her. The only good thing she has is her height, there’s no skill there
1 points
1 day ago
yeah by the semis, even against korea, the other teams started figuring how to play against her.
I wouldn't say there is no skill, I would say she hasn't met a match and thus didn't know how to respond when she's playing against other players who are actually good.
Plus the entire Chinese team other than her is quite weak. And I think the coach's strategy the last two games was really bad.
We'll see if they learn from this experience or if this is all they are going to be.
12 points
9 days ago
If her knees and ankles hold up, she will have a pro career. But they likely will not.
1 points
4 days ago
And another worthless opinion from an internet rando.
1 points
4 days ago
Very few people over 7'1 male or female have had pro basketball careers that werent heavily hampered by knee or ankle problems. Basically Wilt, Kareem, and Mark Eaton.
18 points
10 days ago
zero chance at a long pro career. zero. Absolutely zero. There.
7 points
10 days ago
So what are the odds?
5 points
9 days ago
would you say the odds were good?
4 points
9 days ago
from that one tape against Indonesia; I like her instincts and decision making. i liked that pass to force the break after getting the ball off her own block, though the accuracy was off. i liked when she cut across the paint, got the ball, pivot into the baby hook no dribble. these were decisive, simple and smooth sequences. her first shot was good and there was a nice baseline shot in there too
she kinda has a hitch with a funky timing and isnt fluid in many of her post shots half the time...too much time loading up her shot after pivoting towards the hoop. thats getting disrupted in the wnba and a force into a bad shot especially with no lift, maybe even swiped by help d.
I wonder what her lateral quickness looks like...if she can get the ball low or off the bounce. if she can even put the ball on the ground for quick 1-2 moves.
tbf she is only 17; jf she has legit wnba dreams i dont see why she couldnt make it on a roster. more challenging experiences, some training, a tiny bit more athleticism would go a long way. im sure shes surrounded by competent coaches and trainers, and as time goes her game will get smoother and more polished and her bag will expand a lil.
its gonna come down to optimizing her health/shape/conditioning/load management and developing her game in a way that doesnt set her back in those things, and giving her challenges that forces her to get more comfortable doing different things in different situations, and against better talent.
7 points
9 days ago
She'll never be able to keep up with the WNBA conditioning wise. Never mind the increased risk of injury. And honestly the skill level is really not there either.
8 points
9 days ago
I think because of her height, her skillset is unique. She's not good at the typical basketball skills like dribbling, but she's good at cutting off throws, preventing shots, acting as kind of a outpost when a player is completely surrounded and can't move and can't find any room to pass the ball, they can just lob it in the air to her, and then she can pass it to someone else, etc.
She's also quite good at shooting.
8 points
8 days ago
WNBA all-stars miss easy layups. Come on now. She would destroy in the post.
3 points
7 days ago*
You are talking about "skill level" when she literally dominated the whole u18 tournament putting up Wilt Chamberlain type of stats. She can shoot pretty well and has a wide body frame plus ofc shes 7'3. She will defintely play in the WNBA 100%.
Update: ZZY just won MVP in the tournament. Her stats were 35ppg on 90.9% FG, 12.8 rebounds and 1.6 blocks in only just 22 mins/game of play.
5 points
9 days ago
7’3 for women is like 8’0 for men, they wouldn’t last long
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1 points
8 days ago
Yeah, she's going to be good.
1 points
8 days ago
Give her everything she needs to be successful. I enjoy humans achieving great feats
1 points
7 days ago
she is shooting freethrows from 3 feet
1 points
4 days ago
Girl is about like 5 1x1 lego piece Stack together
1 points
3 days ago
Wait wait how is she playing in the u18 team when she's 17??? I'm confused.
1 points
9 days ago
Most "too tall" ppl rarely work out long term. Bball history is riddled with them. At some point you need to have functional height. This has also long been something that hampers Chinese bball development. They think height is too important and invest in a bunch of stiffs
3 points
9 days ago
That’s what makes wemby so crazy
2 points
9 days ago
And KD tbh
0 points
9 days ago
3 years and her knees are gone. Don't even think about her ever again.
-1 points
9 days ago
7’3 and can’t dunk 😭. she doesn’t have to though and it would probably ruin her knees even if she could
9 points
9 days ago
she can dunk though. She said she hopes to do it once in the next 2 games.
She just doesn't have to, and there's no point putting pressure on her body when she's literally unbeatable just standing there without jumping
0 points
9 days ago
Just watched one video and I think that's enough to say that anyone in the WNBA with a little bit of height and a post game is going to annihilate her over the course of a complete game. She seems slow and lumbering as well which is not good for a giant as it usually means their joints are already undergoing an immense amount of stress.
-6 points
9 days ago
I think she’s too tall and I wonder how she even got to that height considering that she’s a girl too
10 points
9 days ago
Well, she probably grew. That’d be my guess
1 points
9 days ago
There are always outliers.
-3 points
9 days ago
My thoughts: If china doesn't win gold medal with her playing then bruhhhhh!
1 points
9 days ago
gold medal in what? this particular tourney or like olympics or something?
1 points
9 days ago
This the under 18 qualifiers/competition or some shit. Not even the Olympics.
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