Du Feng's Early Experience

Du Feng's basketball road is ups and downs. In elementary school, Du Feng practiced speed skating and high jump. I didn't expect to be fascinated by playing basketball when I was in middle school, and I was almost brushed off because I was not tall enough to enter the sports school.

Du Feng applied for the basketball major in Xinjiang Sports School in the second day of junior high school. At that time, Du Feng's height 1.78 was the shortest among all the students who applied for the exam, which was 2 cm lower than the minimum height 1.80 of the sports school. In terms of figure, Du Feng is also the thinnest. Not only is the physical condition poor, but Du Feng's physical foundation is not enough. In the 3000-meter endurance race, Du Feng fell behind all the students who applied for the exam. Du Feng was brushed off on the spot because of various unqualified conditions. At that time, in order to fulfill her son's wish, Ms. Du, who worked in Xinjiang Sports School, spared no expense to save face and begged coaches and leaders again and again. The school gave Du Feng one last chance: bone age measurement. The results of bone age measurement surprised everyone. Du Feng's bone age is 3 to 5 years younger than his peers. It is this only reason that Du Feng struggled to catch the last bus of basketball major in Xinjiang Sports School.

From 65438 to 0996, Du Feng was introduced to Beijing Sport University by acquaintances because he could not play in Xinjiang sports team. After studying in the university for half a semester, it's time for Guangdong Hongyuan Youth Team to recruit coaches. Du Feng went to apply with a teacher in the university, and Du Feng was attracted by Hongyuan Youth Team.

In China basketball at that time, there were very few players with college degrees or junior college degrees. Du Feng, who was 15 years old, was mistaken for the youngest player.