The whole Chinese team relies too much on her. If she has a cold night like this, they will lose. If she’s hot, like in her debut she made 9/9 FG, they are good. They can build a team around her but can’t make every single play thru her. She needs a better coach to teach her how to use her body.
Her "cold night" is still everyone else's monster game. She still scored 42 points (More than half the team's points) on 50% FG, 14 rebounds and 4 asts on 26 mins of play 🤣
@@YyyyJjjj17168 All the Aussies players were much better players and more physical than the China. In fact if no ZZY China team would prob lose to Japan imo
These comments surprise me. I think her height alone would have a d1 school take a chance on her imo. I’d love it if she came to the states to develop her game
Ziyu is the single reason China could keep up with Australia for the 3 quarters of the game. Clearly she needs better coaching and develop a bit more versatility but she’s only 17 yo. Hope she’ll enter the WNBA or have the opportunities to play in a higher level league.
Props to the Australian team, they boxed the shit out of her and they were much more skilled with their physicality. But that Ziyu's freethrow form isn't anything to scoff at for being 7'5. If she adds some athleticism, the ability to stay healthy and develop a post game with some drop steps, hooks and even a mid range, the other teams are cooked.
She needs to go to a US division 1 team like UCONN or IOWA to develop her skills and than go to a wnba team. She needs to be more aggressive and quicker to dominate the opposing team. Hopefully play for the new Toronto wnba team. If not, she would work well with Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever to bring a championship. Watching from Toronto Canada.
@@jkdm27 Regular size playe take 3 steps while she only need 2 steps to keep up . Her wing span cover more than a regular player therefore less movement required. Smaller players Need to work quicker while bigger require less effort. If you look at 7 feet 4 inches Zach Eddy summer game, he was able to keep pace with the smaller players. Yes, bigger players seem to be slower running from one end to another. However, when they are placed near the basket, he or she will have easy buckets and can protect the ream.
IIRC Chnese high school, while brutal (or at least more so than American high school), is hit-or-miss when it comes to English. The big problem of D1 for Ziyu is going to be the language part. UIUC would probably have a chance to get Ziyu (same conference as Iowa, B1G, with all of what that implies for the competition level). Keep in mind that Somfai (another all-tournament player) is now down to UConn, Duke or Stanford. Also by 2027 (if she goes CBA/Euroleague) or 2029 (if she goes NCAA) it's not a given that Ziyu will be anywhere close to first overall pick material. Even if she was, the Fever will likely need to trade away a key frontcourt piece or two, and mortgage their future, to get her. But how much of a step up is CBA compared to international U18?
bkb is a team game, not relying on one person. ALso coaching make a big difference. China goes big, Australia goes small, win with speed and accuracy. Only one player big is not enough to win the game, coz the rest are not relatively bigger than opponent.
She needs to pick up Kareem’s skyhook, hit the weights to strengthen up then go play for Fever and grow with CC. Think she should be able to join WNBA next year.
Do you have any idea of who the Fever would need to trade away on draft day in 2027 for that to happen? 2027 is Ziyu's draft year. But if, as you said, she gets stronger, and also gets better at dribbling and three-pointers, she'd be able to make a CBA/Euroleague roster on opening night next year.
I was impressed with Zhang during the Asia cup. She has a nice touch around the basket, good hands, nice passing, solid jumper, and a beast on defense when not in transition. Zhang need to play more physical in the paint. Use her big body to move those little girls out of the way.
i feel bad for her. international basketball competition is the "dream of everybody." it is a tough reality facing the loss to a better team. number 19 Zhang Ziyu, she's a monster down low. tough to stop. towers everybody in division A. i thought that team Japan would outrun her, gun them with shooting but oh boy, the shots won't go in. team australia had their answers and played well. Congratulations to the australian national team for getting the campionship. Congratulations to the 2nd placer team china. and congratulations to the 3rd placer team japan. next year would be interesting. (i'm still cheering for you! team captain Kokoro Tanaka! GO TEAM JAPAN!)
This is not how you play basketball. All she has is her height other than that a terrible player. I will donate my whole life savings if she ever makes it to the WNBA. No one is gonna pick her Mark my word.
@@tsh1428 I tend to agree, but let's give it a bit and see. She's only 17. UCLA had a 7'4" player named Mark Eaton. Spent two years at JC and could barely walk. John Wooden turned him into an eventual NBA all-defensive player.
@@tsh1428Laissons big baby tranquille. Vue sa taille, son entraineur l'a preserve des fractures et la loi du moindre effort qu'elle applique a reussi. Elle n'a rien a faire avec la WNBA puisqu'il vont foutre en l'air sa carriere sportive avec des coups et blessures.
@@alanfoster6589 but have you seen her play she doesn't put an effort to try and get that ball . All she does is wait for her teammates to pass the ball . If she wants to be better than, she has to put in an effort a lot, specially her body movement 🙏
As always- a great video. I hadn't heard about her. Dang she's huge! If she can develop some more speed and some moves, she will be more impressive. Since she's pretty slow and her mobility is not there, offenses can exploit that, and defenses can make sure to rebound as well as they can, and box out. I am a Liberty fan and liked Han Xu, but her game never really synched with the Liberty. I think she's actually pretty skilled-shooting, decent speed, and moves, but I don't know if she'll come back. Is she with the Chinese Olympic squad now? That's what I heard.
Decent running speed. With her reflexes, she just has to move different in defence. The problem is that she's giving away room where she shouldn't and makes other basic defensive errors that better teams exploits. That's what the opponents exploits. If she works on that, she'll be as good against the Greatest teams as she is against everyone else! Ofc good reach and good at not fouling it looks like. And at a couple of situations she moves Great with the ball.
7’3 at 17 years old and still growing. She can still grow to 8’0 and no team will have an answer😂 That said coaches need to work on her speed as smaller players blow right past her and needs to use her entire body if she knows they coming fast therefore they won’t have an off night. It’s on the coaches if they can’t figure a solution to maximize her potential but she will be a force in WNBA in few years or even now if she gets drafted
If she can palm the ball, she can potentially train to dunk, even if only a lite dunk, with one hand. It will be a lot of weight training because she is still also young & also female. Don't want to break her ankles etc too soon. 07/09/24
a big elephant is big but moves slowly. height advantage is just one factor in basketball game as we can see some small guys played very good in Olympic basketball games. the method of training for improvement start from age of five to six, not just pick for intensive training at teenage period. i can see that the giant girl rarely need to jump to get the ball and it become a habit that her colleagues just eatch and act to her move and lose the thrust during ball game ......
OZ players put their hands very close to her face. I am a shorty; I know this trick very well. The first foul is someone brushed her nose. For game plan, OZ is very good. China other players are so dumb to find space that make Zhang hard to pass the ball. It is easy for her to improve her game, a good experience.
@@xinfuxia3809 No need to complicate thing. To protect her knees. When you jump above ground, the knees sustain as much as 6 times the weight of your body when the foot impact the ground. The heavier the body the more severe of the impact loading. If she jumps, she will suffer basketball career ending injury very quick. NBA player Zion Williamson is the best example of this situation.
She is a raw recruit. In need of conditioning as well as someone who knows the game and can teach her post moves. No where near WNBA level but a few years in the college ranks (Preferably CAROLINA) and she hones her game she could definitely be something special. Amazing potential, I like her. If she ever considers coming to the states, one word two syllables: TarHeels!!!!
For some reason, there's a near-complete radio silence on college recruiting websites about her, even though, by now, it's 100% clear that everyone and their dogs in the power conferences would scramble to try to sign her... and certainly the Tar Heels.
She honestly doesn’t even look like she has an athletic bone in her body. They need to train her better instead of just relying on her height. Girl should be taught to be more aggressive as a player, she’ll be unstoppable because for now, she just seems like a regular girl who’s not into sports and is just obligated to play.
Except that Chinese sports systems make people decide which sport to pursue at a young age. Her teammates are those who feel more like they aren't athletic at all.
When does she turn 18? That's an easy draft and stash. No need for her to play NCAA unless NIL changes. I hope she's able to stay healthy. I look forward to seeing her develop.
It's 20 for the WNBA; 18 would be for WCBA and Euroleague. I won't pretend to know how domestic players gain WCBA eligibility, but, since she's a Shandong girl, the Shandong Six Stars might have a right of first refusal on her of some kind in the WCBA.
Son entraineur lui a interdit de sauter pour ne pas se blesser. Et d'ailleur pourquoi sauter. Elle met facilement la balle dans le panier. C'est la loi physique du moindre effort.
I would take a chance on her. With good coaching anything is possible. You can't teach height. She is equivalent to 7feet 8inches male. Watching from Toronto Canada
Thanks for covering this. So many people have been drinking this girls kool aid it’s silly. If she doesn’t get more athletic and footwork when or if she ever reaches any wnba or US college competition she ll be eaten up. Will she get points? Sure but facts are facts. Not being able to run the open floor will be a huge liability. Also, playing against groups of girls and women under 6 foot gives her little problems and again in a better league she ll see that problem firsthand.
@@Bk6346 not debating that and although she is tall she still will not have the ability to run with even an avg wnba player. They ll blow by her if china will even let her play in the first place. Definitely check out the rosters she has played against because they ve all been smallish since she is in the under league
@@brya6270 I did check out Australia girls under 18 rooster and there are 2 girls at 6’4”, one girl at 6’3” and another girl at 6’2”. And by the way Zhang Ziyu is also under 18 years old like the rest of the players in that tournament. You make sound like she’s an adult playing against kids.
@@Bk6346 At her height she might as well be but she still has no important skills as of yet for the wnba. Get out of your woke mindset and just take a look at what she does. She sets, catches and shoots and that’s it. The last time I checked there a bunch of skills and at her age she has trouble walking. She will like I said be blown away by faster players like the Aussie girls did to her.
If they work on her conditioning, have her loose some weight and build some muscle & little more speed and refine her foot work in the post she will be unstoppable.
She fouled out VS austr. , and most teams like korea/ and imo japan had the chance to go at zhang indirectly by playing fast breaks because without zhang, china is literally in trouble with zhang scoring 140-150 pts the whole tourny, while the role players can shoot here and there, korea and japan would crush china w/o zhang due to better shooting. What makes me made is that they were just chucking threes vs china, no game plan just shoot a 3 and hope they drop. and nothing against the coaches/ player , BUT THEY WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT STUPID GAMEPLAN. I think like 10 for -40 attempted threes just crazy. Since Zhang is 17, I hope to see her in 18+ leagues and excited where she'll end up in the future!!!!!!! I personally think she needs a lot better coaching, running, conditioning , and fouls. She needs to dribble enough, and her passing is below avg? while she can block here and there, she doesnt feel like a shot blocker. with a better coach, shell be a lot better
I’m not even sure how long she will last playing basketball because she looks awkward just trying to keep up with everyone due to her large frame. I saw lots of videos of her before the games and I thought she only looked competitive because of her size and the opposing team was slow/nonathletic and was basically their female version of the Washington Generals. I can also see her being easily injury prone due to the wear and tear from carrying that large frame up and down the court.🤔
chinese team don't even have anyone to hold off australia's fast break. the team overall is really weak, they will get crushed by at least 40 points without Ziyu
Actually, quite ok speed for tatt height. But I assume she has been doing a lot of strength. That's something one needs with that height. That's going to affect your speed. Fast reflexes. I've seen her be as fast down on a loose ball as any small guard. If she uses the board more, it will be ridiculous!
why would you want her to dunk.. it's possible for her to get injured. so if she gets injured then what will you do?. think about the playing not what you want to see
Her mobility will never be acceptable, she’ll be as bad as the other Asian giants in the wnba. She’ll never be half as good as Liz cambage and cambage sucks.
@back2sports yes when competing at with low level competition. You must be a Chinese who just use numbers to make a statement without considering anything
She's a netball player rather than basketball. She doesn't have the athleticism or the stamina and very slow. A Lot work would need to be done for her to be a top athlete.
God bless her sweet heart.
she played her heart out but fell short. all we can do is clap for her best efforts.
You know her or something? You know about her sweet heart?
@@anthonypearsall5851 yes that’s her mom. Do you know her?
The whole Chinese team relies too much on her. If she has a cold night like this, they will lose. If she’s hot, like in her debut she made 9/9 FG, they are good. They can build a team around her but can’t make every single play thru her. She needs a better coach to teach her how to use her body.
Her "cold night" is still everyone else's monster game. She still scored 42 points (More than half the team's points) on 50% FG, 14 rebounds and 4 asts on 26 mins of play 🤣
@@icyboy771z and they still lost which means the rest of team messed up - I blame the coach
@@YyyyJjjj17168 All the Aussies players were much better players and more physical than the China. In fact if no ZZY China team would prob lose to Japan imo
The USA obliterates them if she has a good or bad night
They should adopt Triangle offense.
Zhang still gave extrsordinary performance, but australian team is alot physically stronger than other asian team. They guard her well.
These comments surprise me. I think her height alone would have a d1 school take a chance on her imo. I’d love it if she came to the states to develop her game
some colleges are def gonna try getting her just to sell tickets cuz she has potential to be a bigger marketing player than even caitlin clark
Ziyu is the single reason China could keep up with Australia for the 3 quarters of the game. Clearly she needs better coaching and develop a bit more versatility but she’s only 17 yo. Hope she’ll enter the WNBA or have the opportunities to play in a higher level league.
@@doraemonyoung zhang ziyu needs college baskrtball, learn basketball more
She built that way no coach is gonna do shit to change that 😂😂
Props to the Australian team, they boxed the shit out of her and they were much more skilled with their physicality. But that Ziyu's freethrow form isn't anything to scoff at for being 7'5. If she adds some athleticism, the ability to stay healthy and develop a post game with some drop steps, hooks and even a mid range, the other teams are cooked.
Or maybe shoot 30-something percent from three...
Australia Team fight with the right approach and skills
Big baby ne peut pas tout faire pour ses coequipiers chinoises,qui sont mediocres. Elle ne peut pas faire tout toute seule.
Watched Ziyu against Korea it was truly amazing seeing her towering over everyone! The ball looks like a toy in her hands lol.
The referee did not blow whistles for many fouls if you are play in 0.5x speed.
Or for traveling.
She needs to go to a US division 1 team like UCONN or IOWA to develop her skills and than go to a wnba team. She needs to be more aggressive and quicker to dominate the opposing team. Hopefully play for the new Toronto wnba team. If not, she would work well with Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever to bring a championship. Watching from Toronto Canada.
You know your college basketball 🏀
@@jkdm27 Regular size playe take 3 steps while she only need 2 steps to keep up . Her wing span cover more than a regular player therefore less movement required. Smaller players Need to work quicker while bigger require less effort. If you look at 7 feet 4 inches Zach Eddy summer game, he was able to keep pace with the smaller players. Yes, bigger players seem to be slower running from one end to another. However, when they are placed near the basket, he or she will have easy buckets and can protect the ream.
@@jkdm27 too much weight to carry around basketball floor for anybody
@@Loydstardeli2017 Zach Eddy from Purdue weight 300 lbs and he can play the whole game. Big Centers learn to adjust with their weight.
IIRC Chnese high school, while brutal (or at least more so than American high school), is hit-or-miss when it comes to English. The big problem of D1 for Ziyu is going to be the language part. UIUC would probably have a chance to get Ziyu (same conference as Iowa, B1G, with all of what that implies for the competition level).
Keep in mind that Somfai (another all-tournament player) is now down to UConn, Duke or Stanford.
Also by 2027 (if she goes CBA/Euroleague) or 2029 (if she goes NCAA) it's not a given that Ziyu will be anywhere close to first overall pick material. Even if she was, the Fever will likely need to trade away a key frontcourt piece or two, and mortgage their future, to get her.
But how much of a step up is CBA compared to international U18?
bkb is a team game, not relying on one person. ALso coaching make a big difference. China goes big, Australia goes small, win with speed and accuracy. Only one player big is not enough to win the game, coz the rest are not relatively bigger than opponent.
She needs to pick up Kareem’s skyhook, hit the weights to strengthen up then go play for Fever and grow with CC. Think she should be able to join WNBA next year.
Do you have any idea of who the Fever would need to trade away on draft day in 2027 for that to happen? 2027 is Ziyu's draft year.
But if, as you said, she gets stronger, and also gets better at dribbling and three-pointers, she'd be able to make a CBA/Euroleague roster on opening night next year.
She'd make a great Husky. C'mon China, let her go. Let's go Husky's.
Huskies, friend, Huskies.
The coach only allows her to play 3 quarters a game and not allow her jumping, in case to protect her.
That pretty smart
For her size she should have more blocks but Australia is too skilled
I was impressed with Zhang during the Asia cup. She has a nice touch around the basket, good hands, nice passing, solid jumper, and a beast on defense when not in transition. Zhang need to play more physical in the paint. Use her big body to move those little girls out of the way.
i feel bad for her. international basketball competition is the "dream of everybody." it is a tough reality facing the loss to a better team.
number 19 Zhang Ziyu, she's a monster down low. tough to stop. towers everybody in division A.
i thought that team Japan would outrun her, gun them with shooting but oh boy, the shots won't go in.
team australia had their answers and played well.
Congratulations to the australian national team for getting the campionship.
Congratulations to the 2nd placer team china.
and congratulations to the 3rd placer team japan.
next year would be interesting.
(i'm still cheering for you! team captain Kokoro Tanaka! GO TEAM JAPAN!)
Aussies much taller than the Japanese team.
This is not how you play basketball. All she has is her height other than that a terrible player. I will donate my whole life savings if she ever makes it to the WNBA. No one is gonna pick her
Mark my word.
@@tsh1428 I tend to agree, but let's give it a bit and see. She's only 17. UCLA had a 7'4" player named Mark Eaton. Spent two years at JC and could barely walk. John Wooden turned him into an eventual NBA all-defensive player.
@@tsh1428Laissons big baby tranquille. Vue sa taille, son entraineur l'a preserve des fractures et la loi du moindre effort qu'elle applique a reussi. Elle n'a rien a faire avec la WNBA puisqu'il vont foutre en l'air sa carriere sportive avec des coups et blessures.
@@alanfoster6589 but have you seen her play she doesn't put an effort to try and get that ball . All she does is wait for her teammates to pass the ball . If she wants to be better than, she has to put in an effort a lot, specially her body movement 🙏
As always- a great video. I hadn't heard about her. Dang she's huge! If she can develop some more speed and some moves, she will be more impressive. Since she's pretty slow and her mobility is not there, offenses can exploit that, and defenses can make sure to rebound as well as they can, and box out. I am a Liberty fan and liked Han Xu, but her game never really synched with the Liberty. I think she's actually pretty skilled-shooting, decent speed, and moves, but I don't know if she'll come back. Is she with the Chinese Olympic squad now? That's what I heard.
Decent running speed. With her reflexes, she just has to move different in defence. The problem is that she's giving away room where she shouldn't and makes other basic defensive errors that better teams exploits. That's what the opponents exploits. If she works on that, she'll be as good against the Greatest teams as she is against everyone else! Ofc good reach and good at not fouling it looks like. And at a couple of situations she moves Great with the ball.
Thanks
Boxing out a 7’4” giant with a 6’5” center? Good luck.
@@icitnow she needs to improves her basketball shooting& low post moves near the basket
@@jaylucas8352 6 foot 5 inches woman center, help, help, no mas, mo mas
7’3 at 17 years old and still growing. She can still grow to 8’0 and no team will have an answer😂 That said coaches need to work on her speed as smaller players blow right past her and needs to use her entire body if she knows they coming fast therefore they won’t have an off night. It’s on the coaches if they can’t figure a solution to maximize her potential but she will be a force in WNBA in few years or even now if she gets drafted
Did you grow another 9 inches after 17?
La niña de Australia la marco muy bien, muy hábil utilizando sus recursos, empujoncitos, le tocaba los brazos sutilmente,
If she can palm the ball, she can potentially train to dunk, even if only a lite dunk, with one hand. It will be a lot of weight training because she is still also young & also female. Don't want to break her ankles etc too soon.
07/09/24
a big elephant is big but moves slowly. height advantage is just one factor in basketball game as we can see some small guys played very good in Olympic basketball games. the method of training for improvement start from age of five to six, not just pick for intensive training at teenage period. i can see that the giant girl rarely need to jump to get the ball and it become a habit that her colleagues just eatch and act to her move and lose the thrust during ball game ......
OZ players put their hands very close to her face. I am a shorty; I know this trick very well. The first foul is someone brushed her nose. For game plan, OZ is very good. China other players are so dumb to find space that make Zhang hard to pass the ball. It is easy for her to improve her game, a good experience.
What's she got? A one inch vertical "leap". If she figures a way to jump it'd be "holy cow"!
She was told not to jump in any circumstance to avoid opponents put a foot under her to cause twisted ankle.
@@xinfuxia3809 No need to complicate thing. To protect her knees. When you jump above ground, the knees sustain as much as 6 times the weight of your body when the foot impact the ground. The heavier the body the more severe of the impact loading. If she jumps, she will suffer basketball career ending injury very quick. NBA player Zion Williamson is the best example of this situation.
她可以跳跃，但是这会增加她受伤的风险。教练为了保护她不允许她在比赛中跳跃
Doesn’t need to jump. Standing reach is like 9’8” high probably. Women can’t jump that high to challenge her
So the coach allowed other players to jump because the are immune to injury, really a stupid reason.
She is a raw recruit. In need of conditioning as well as someone who knows the game and can teach her post moves. No where near WNBA level but a few years in the college ranks (Preferably CAROLINA) and she hones her game she could definitely be something special. Amazing potential, I like her. If she ever considers coming to the states, one word two syllables: TarHeels!!!!
Definitely huge potential for wnba with some development. 44 16 and 4 is a massive stat line
For some reason, there's a near-complete radio silence on college recruiting websites about her, even though, by now, it's 100% clear that everyone and their dogs in the power conferences would scramble to try to sign her... and certainly the Tar Heels.
She honestly doesn’t even look like she has an athletic bone in her body. They need to train her better instead of just relying on her height. Girl should be taught to be more aggressive as a player, she’ll be unstoppable because for now, she just seems like a regular girl who’s not into sports and is just obligated to play.
"Obligated"? In China?
@@alanfoster6589couldn’t be
Except that Chinese sports systems make people decide which sport to pursue at a young age. Her teammates are those who feel more like they aren't athletic at all.
Reminds me of Will Chamberlain back in the day.
Bullshit
When does she turn 18? That's an easy draft and stash. No need for her to play NCAA unless NIL changes. I hope she's able to stay healthy. I look forward to seeing her develop.
It's 20 for the WNBA; 18 would be for WCBA and Euroleague. I won't pretend to know how domestic players gain WCBA eligibility, but, since she's a Shandong girl, the Shandong Six Stars might have a right of first refusal on her of some kind in the WCBA.
Saffron still owns them all.
She is young, but is not agressive. The aussie were pushing her around, Image if she pushed her weight around. Just 17 she can be good.
Reminds of the time Harlem globetrotters going up against in the lakers in the 1940s
Australians flying around her like mosquitoes
Oh Geno would absolutely lose his mind lol
wtf is she doing at 1:55 she's 7'3 JUST POST EM UP AND BACK EM DOWN!!
She's adding new skills so that the team doesn't always rely on her to be at the rim. Imagine if she practices her three's, just like Yao.
@@robwebnoid5763yao body broke down after everybody dunk on him he wasn't that good of defense
I don't think you should compare her to Shaq, try Sim Bhullar.
she's the only grown up!
For her size she moves very well. But she is not jumping at all.
Son entraineur lui a interdit de sauter pour ne pas se blesser. Et d'ailleur pourquoi sauter. Elle met facilement la balle dans le panier. C'est la loi physique du moindre effort.
Do you think she'd actually end up at a D1 school?
No
I would take a chance on her. With good coaching anything is possible. You can't teach height. She is equivalent to 7feet 8inches male. Watching from Toronto Canada
@@kimquan1373 hell nawl
Thanks for covering this. So many people have been drinking this girls kool aid it’s silly. If she doesn’t get more athletic and footwork when or if she ever reaches any wnba or US college competition she ll be eaten up. Will she get points? Sure but facts are facts. Not being able to run the open floor will be a huge liability. Also, playing against groups of girls and women under 6 foot gives her little problems and again in a better league she ll see that problem firsthand.
The tallest Australian girl is 6’4”. The average WNBA center is 6’4” and only 2 current NBA men players are taller than her. She is ridiculously tall.
@@Bk6346 not debating that and although she is tall she still will not have the ability to run with even an avg wnba player. They ll blow by her if china will even let her play in the first place. Definitely check out the rosters she has played against because they ve all been smallish since she is in the under league
@@brya6270 I did check out Australia girls under 18 rooster and there are 2 girls at 6’4”, one girl at 6’3” and another girl at 6’2”. And by the way Zhang Ziyu is also under 18 years old like the rest of the players in that tournament. You make sound like she’s an adult playing against kids.
@@Bk6346 At her height she might as well be but she still has no important skills as of yet for the wnba. Get out of your woke mindset and just take a look at what she does. She sets, catches and shoots and that’s it. The last time I checked there a bunch of skills and at her age she has trouble walking. She will like I said be blown away by faster players like the Aussie girls did to her.
Height matters in some sports !
Yes it does
If they work on her conditioning, have her loose some weight and build some muscle & little more speed and refine her foot work in the post she will be unstoppable.
Shiels is so good for AUS
And maybe the other player in this tournament that would get any kind of WNBA minutes...
She fouled out VS austr. , and most teams like korea/ and imo japan had the chance to go at zhang indirectly by playing fast breaks because without zhang, china is literally in trouble with zhang scoring 140-150 pts the whole tourny, while the role players can shoot here and there, korea and japan would crush china w/o zhang due to better shooting. What makes me made is that they were just chucking threes vs china, no game plan just shoot a 3 and hope they drop. and nothing against the coaches/ player , BUT THEY WERE SO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT STUPID GAMEPLAN. I think like 10 for -40 attempted threes just crazy. Since Zhang is 17, I hope to see her in 18+ leagues and excited where she'll end up in the future!!!!!!! I personally think she needs a lot better coaching, running, conditioning , and fouls. She needs to dribble enough, and her passing is below avg? while she can block here and there, she doesnt feel like a shot blocker. with a better coach, shell be a lot better
she only had 4 fouls vs Australia.
She is big , she is to slow and she traveling a lot , but she can improve and Australia won the game at the end
More like China was lost without her on the court; China was +5 with Ziyu on the court.
If she can develop a hook shot!? It will be much easier for down in the post
I’m not even sure how long she will last playing basketball because she looks awkward just trying to keep up with everyone due to her large frame. I saw lots of videos of her before the games and I thought she only looked competitive because of her size and the opposing team was slow/nonathletic and was basically their female version of the Washington Generals. I can also see her being easily injury prone due to the wear and tear from carrying that large frame up and down the court.🤔
Send her to learn and train with Hakeem.
All drama didn't move her body to go for a ball and then she cries😅
2:50. Look at her travel. Hop, hop. Refs looking elsewhere.
How she will last. She moves like un oiled robot robot.
So do I
She think this is unfair...imagine if she was allowed to dunk😂😂
chinese team don't even have anyone to hold off australia's fast break. the team overall is really weak, they will get crushed by at least 40 points without Ziyu
Iba parin mabilis gumalaw...
Laki lng tlg... Wlang bilis gumalaw... Kya huli agad ng laro...
women zach edey
Hey China, basketballis a team game.
So you saying if she was in the Australian team they would not use her the same way as the main shooter? Jeez
yellow mamba !
She needs better coaching lazy foot 🦶 work. Potential is there add speed and drop weight beast mode starts Good luck 🍀 🏀🏀🏀
She's so slow and uncoordinated.
Actually, quite ok speed for tatt height. But I assume she has been doing a lot of strength. That's something one needs with that height. That's going to affect your speed. Fast reflexes. I've seen her be as fast down on a loose ball as any small guard. If she uses the board more, it will be ridiculous!
这没办法，并不是所有人都能够成为奥尼尔或者姚明。我想她应该是世界上最高的女篮运动员了。这样的身高和体重，能运动已经很不容易了
You better hope so 🤣
Not so much about just winning but the sportsmanship. Team Aussie has it all!
Why doesn’t she dunk?! WTF 🤬 dunk the ball 🏀!!!!
why would you want her to dunk.. it's possible for her to get injured. so if she gets injured then what will you do?. think about the playing not what you want to see
She may be a giant, but her game is boring since she doesn't dunk the ball
😳
Australian players are rude and rough just to win.
Her mobility will never be acceptable, she’ll be as bad as the other Asian giants in the wnba. She’ll never be half as good as Liz cambage and cambage sucks.
You better hope so 🤣
Ask yourself how mobile are Griner or Cardoso, or even Dydek when she lived.
Dydek was perhaps the closest thing to Ziyu, athleticism-wise.
@@A350Airways Griner and Cardoso are light years ahead of her in terms of MOBILITY and FLUIDITY, plz.
Not an ncaa d1 level talent imo
She won MVP over Somfai, yet Somfai is now down to 3 top D1 schools, with Somfai being.on the all-tournament team.
😂😂😂😂❤
She needs to work on her body.
WNBA
Talk too much
Oh yeah, that's a dude all day...
So basically, she’s big for nothing…
42 points & shot 50% that's nothing .......?
46 pts and 18 rebounds is nothing ? Explain something then lol
At 7’3” those should be her stats EVERY game!! Hell, Hanna Stuelke did that…so did Audi Crooks and they’re way shorter…ijs 🤷🏾♂️
@@jaylucas8352she was basically getting rebounds off her kisses lol
You can almost always subtract 2 inches from the height given. So she is probably only 7'1".....a real shrimp.
Terrible player. Too slow. Cant jump. Lazy to do a simple layup to get the ball in.
she is mvp .
42 PTS and shot 50% - yes that is awful
@back2sports yes when competing at with low level competition. You must be a Chinese who just use numbers to make a statement without considering anything
China’s strategy for the entire tournament……… Zhang gets under the basket. Zhang gets the ball. Zhang shoots the easy 2.
Who can play with you, if you can slam dunk without jumping? 😅
She's a netball player rather than basketball. She doesn't have the athleticism or the stamina and very slow. A Lot work would need to be done for her to be a top athlete.
张子宇：姚明说了什么呢,？ 美国高格是打后卫, 两年前我在UA-cam 告诉你要跑跳, 但有些自称專家的人说你年记還小怕你傷了你的脚骨, 拿了 U18 世界杯 MVP 没用還是吗？輸给澳洲袋鼠国, .柯比较姚明小格但 是NBA誰較强呢？看韓旭她也是能運球, 遠投, 中投, 瘦身对你較好.
额。。。。。。这。。。。。
Big and tall but lack of flexibility.
The coach doenst know how to play the game.