Ji Le (second from right) guided on the field, photo taken by Zhou Fangping, reporter of Yangcheng Evening News
He wore four CBA championship rings and was called “CBA Cobra” by fans. After his career, he worked hard in ordinary jobs and worked as “the highest traffic inspector in China”; in the column of his Baidu entry “character relationship”, his wife was Wang Xueer, the first cheerleader of the Guangdong Southern Tigers team; He played wild balls and opened the stadium, I have done youth basketball training……
Such a colorful role is integrated, but the scene is simple and low-key, and the smile is as warm as the spring breeze. He is Ji Le, and his current role is the head coach of Shunde team of Guangdong PEARL RIVER League men’s basketball.
“It is the first time for me to be a coach and player. Shunde team is currently in the transition period between the old and the New. I want to help them with my experience. I will also play, but I hope I don’t need it.” Ji was laughing. He said that as the head coach, he hoped to build a style of play and tactical concept belonging to Shunde team within three to five years to help the construction of youth echelon.
In the first Guangdong Southern Tigers of the three successive championships team, Ji Le was not the protagonist. He took on a lot of work to protect rebounds, defense and cards on the court. He was a conscientious “blue collar”. Later, Ji Le withdrew from the CBA league due to injury, but in 2012, Guangzhou liusui team, who helped NBL league, won the championship. Later, he joined the hometown team-Guangxi Weizhuang men’s basketball and won the NBL championship in 2014. Although the resume is brilliant, it seems that Jile has never been a person standing in the C position. He is more willing or better at being an indispensable “licorice player”.
On the evening of the 10th, Jile no longer “licorice”. As the head coach, he led the team to fight against Shaoguan. Although Ji Le stood in the spotlight of the stadium, the introversion in his bones still made it difficult for people to focus on him. Out of the emphasis on the first battle, Ji le still put himself in the starting position. In less than 1 minute of the opening, he broke the ball in the back court and helped his teammates score fast and stopped their opponents. Later, he made free throws in the basket, grabbed the rebound in the front court, and shot three points from his teammates in the fake attack…… In the first quarter of the game, Ji le got a comprehensive data of 4 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assists and 3 steals, helping Shunde team outscore 30 to 15. Although the situation has been repeated since then, Shunde team finally won the opening ceremony with 93 to 82. The omnipotent Ji Le on the court made people seem to see his years of fighting for CBA.
When the game situation stabilized, Jile replaced himself. He was more nervous than playing on the court when he commanded on the court. He kept shouting his teammates running tactics and making substitution gestures according to the situation on the court. The decisive and domineering style showed a sharp contrast with the football style on the court. Maybe it was too devoted. Ji Le was still wearing a jersey command, and the referee rushed over to remind him. Ji Lehe smiled and turned to take a coat and put it on. At that moment, he replied to the image of the eldest brother who was always smiling.
Ji Le once played as a player in the men’s basketball season in Guangdong province 2020. Now he has stepped on the field again. He has a different feeling: “(as a coach) he has experienced the fierce competition of the Provincial League, the main and away competition is like returning to CBA. This feeling is really wonderful.” Just as Ji Le, who was “a year of not being confused”, said frankly that basketball was the most important thing in his life. “I started playing basketball at the age of 12, from Guangxi to Guangdong, and won the CBA championship in the Guangdong Southern Tigers team, later, I went to NBL Guangxi Wei Zhuang team to play basketball, and then to teach in Guangdong Normal University of Technology. Every step was basketball” pushing “Me Away”.
Although the victory didn’t come so smoothly, Ji Le’s coach career had a good start after all. “The role of the coach is much more nervous than that of the players. I still have a lot to summarize in this game,” Ji Le smiled again. “The stage of the Provincial League makes me regain my youth.”
Guangdong men’s basketball league War Rekindled
The first round of group matches went to war
On June 9th, PEARL RIVER · 2023 the opening ceremony and opening battle of the men’s basketball league of Guangdong province were held in Maoming gymnasium. On June 10th, the first round of the group match of the new season went to war. This year, the men’s basketball league of Guangdong province returned to the main and away game system. Each team enjoyed the cheering of fans at home and the enthusiasm for basketball was spread throughout the province. On champion King, Dongguan team was empty in the first round, while last season’s runner-up Shunde team won at home.
Shunde team defeated Shaoguan team 93-82. Although the home team won the game with a double-digit difference, the process of winning was quite tortuous. The Shunde team, which had the best strength, scored 15 points in the first quarter and expanded its leading edge to more than 20 points at the end of the half-time. But in the third quarter, the tenacious Shaoguan team launched a counterattack, playing a small climax of 31 to 14 in a single section, almost pulling the two sides back to the same starting line. In the key fourth quarter, Shunde team, which had a better strength, withstood the pressure and won the game with the help of the audience.
Another focus match in the first round was between Qingyuan team and Zhuhai team. The former was led by CBA player Zhuang Zhan, while the latter was the fourth place in the men’s basketball league of Guangdong province last season, both teams have good strength. For the two teams, it was a tough game. Zhuhai team was in the lead at the end of the first quarter, but then it was surpassed by Qingyuan team. The two teams had been fighting until the last moment. Qingyuan team made a good start by defeating the opponent with 67-58 difficulties. Xiang Guoqin of Qingyuan team scored the highest 30 points in the whole game, while Zhuang battle also scored 20 points. The excellent performance of Gemini is the key for Qingyuan team to win this duel.
In other games, Foshan team defeated Zhanjiang team 82-70, Jiangmen team defeated Shantou team 62-89, Yunfu team defeated Zhaoqing team 96-75, meizhou team fought with Yangjiang team until Canada, and finally Meizhou team won 73-70.
(WEN/Yangcheng Evening News reporter Hao Haoyu)
