Prato, September 22, 2024 – From Prato, where he was born, to the United States, via Varese In short, the rise of Wei Lun Zhao, the basketball player born in 2005 (who turned 19 on September 8), seems to be continuing at full speed, given that after leaving Italy and arriving in the United States he was selected a few days later. He is the first choice for Cold Hearts: he will play in “Extra League“.
It is a youth league that was created in Atlanta In 2021, which in recent years has represented an alternative to the promises of youth in the NBA (and beyond). A new chapter in Zhao’s career: At 182 cm tall and weighing 74 kg, he had already made his debut in Serie A in 2021/22, and was not yet 17 years old. openjobmitis varese (In the city where he grew up).
Over the past few seasons, he has increased his appearances to five, and has also managed to score the first three points and make his debut European Cup. He had cut his teeth in Serie B and was supposed to lead the youth team of the Lombard club in recent months also in the U-19 national finals in Chiusi, but in the end he chose not to participate in the competition to respond to an invitation from the technical commissioner of the Chinese senior national team Saša Djordjevic.
It could also have been his decision that damaged relations With Lombard CompanyThere was talk of Bayern Munich’s interest in him, before a rapprochement with Varese to renew the contract was assumed.
But in the end he chose the radical solution, which was to change the country and the continent. But who knows, this choice might be a good one: the NBA, the most prestigious basketball tournament in the world, is not that far away from a certain point of view. It will be up to him to earn that in the coming years, with top-level performances.
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