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Yang Yi: 18-year-old Zhang Ziyu is 30 kilograms heavier than Yao Ming when he went to the NBA, exceeding the normal load

11:29pm, 19 June 2025【Basketball】

18-year-old Zhang Ziyu performed well in the adult arena. She scored double-digit points in the first half against Japan. She only played 14 minutes and 29 seconds in the whole game and scored 18 points and 10 rebounds easily. Her way of holding high made the Japanese women's basketball team sigh to the sky. After three warm-up matches, Zhang Ziyu averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds per game, and his playing time per game was less than 15 minutes.

Although she is only 18 years old, Zhang Ziyu's height of 2.27 meters still makes her dominant. Even if her opponent is the adult-level national team, the Chinese women's basketball team's next ten or even fifteen years of appearance is destined to be Zhang Ziyu.

However, media person Yang Yi said that Zhang Ziyu has certain health risks, and her size and weight are unprecedented! Yang Yi said: "Zhang Ziyu was 25 meters and then 300 pounds. What does this mean? Yao Yao went to the NBA in 2002 at 240 pounds. This means that the 18-year-old Zhang Ziyu was 60 pounds heavier than the 22-year-old Yao Ming! Can she stay healthy in the future? Can the knees and lumbar spine withstand it? This has exceeded the normal load. The bone density of girls is not as large as that of boys. Who has seen a girl with a height of 2.25 meters? No expert has seen it in the world."

It can be said that maintaining health and being able to play for a long time is Zhang Ziyu's most important topic at the moment. For this reason, the coach of the women's basketball team Gong Luming was very cautious when using Zhang Ziyu. Every game is less than 15 minutes. Sometimes, Han Xu, 2.11 meters and Zhang Ziyu will even partner with the double towers to reduce Zhang Ziyu's defensive pressure. These actions are all to protect Zhang Ziyu.

No one can predict the challenges Zhang Ziyu faces. After all, a female basketball player who is 2.27 meters tall has never been there before. However, Zhang Ziyu's weight and body shape are growing normally. Her parents are both professional basketball players, and their height is all because of their strong genes. Gong Xiaobin, a famous man basketball player, emphasized that Zhang Ziyu does not need to lose weight at the moment, she is developing normally. For this reason, Zhang Ziyu does not need to lose weight on purpose, keep her normal training free of injury, improve her physical fitness, and maintain her health, she is destined to be the world's top insider, a killer weapon and even a nuclear weapon of the Chinese women's basketball team. Zhang Ziyu has the opportunity to create an era that belongs to her! Looking forward to Zhang Ziyu's growth!

(Lin Xiaoxi)

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