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Player Yiyang Li’s photo-story
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Player Yiyang Li’s photo-story
Shenzhen, Guangdong
It's the beginning.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
After the exchange match with NCAA one-armed player Kevin, Yiyang Li was interviewed by Hong Kong's ‘SPORTSOHO’ magazine, in which Li confessed that he could clearly feel the lack of strength when fighting against Kevin.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
A game from the Shenzhen Sports Cup.
Yiyang Li completed a dunk in the game.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yiyang Li looks to the camera after one of the games in the Shenzhen Sports Cup.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yiyang Li sits alone in the centre of the playground after the team's fitness training at the track and field.
Nanchang, Jiangxi
Three of the first batch of SZDESY men's basketball players went to Nanchang University. As a result, the whole team travelled to Nanchang University to play an exchange game with its varsity team. A few days before departure, Yiyang Li suffered an unfortunate finger contusion during training.
Nanchang, Jiangxi
Yiyang Li controls the ball during the game with Nanchang University men's basketball team.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
November is the sports season of SZDESY every year. The school will organise a series of sports competitions, such as tug of war.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Jumping rope is one of the team events in the SZDESY sports season.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yiyang Li said he wanted to try what the facial dunk like.
Xiamen, Fujian
The entire SZDESY Men's Basketball team travelled to Xiamen University for an exchange game. Pictured opposite Yiyang Li is his future senior Tangwen Yuan .
Dongguan, Guangdong
In the final of the 2015 National High School Basketball League Guangdong Region, SZDESY played against Dongguan Guangming Middle School. Finally SZDESY was defeated by them.
Dongguan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li cut down 30 points in this game. But was fouled 5 minutes into the final quarter. The game produced a turnaround.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
On- set footage of the SZDESY Men's Basketball team shooting their promotional photos.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
SZDESY men's basketball team shoots promotional team video.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Screenshot of an aerial shot of the video interview.
Yiyang Li was asked in the interview what basketball is to him.
He said it's the goal that can't be accomplished.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Getting ready to leave for Macau to participate in the Greater Bay Area School Basketball Exchange Tournament.
In this tournament, SZDESY represented Guangdong Province and it was also the first time that them wore jerseys with the word Guangdong printed on them.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Yiyang Li who came to watch the School Singers Competition Grand Final after getting off training.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li played in the opening game of the Guangdong Basketball League on May 20, 2016, travelling to Heyuan with Qingyuan. Qingyuan was playing in the league for the first time. Li scored 38 points in the away game and became famous.
On June 4, 2016, Yiyang Li played his first home game in Qingyuan, and the Gymnasium was packed to the rafters. After the game, Yiyang Li was interviewed by Guangdong Sports and LeTV Sports.
Guangzhou, Guangdong
The 2016 Guangdong Secondary School Basketball Championship was the 1st time SZDESY Basketball took home the Guangdong title.
This photo has been used by Yiyang Li as a Weibo avatar.
Shenzhen, Guangdong.
The 13th CSBA (China High School Men's Basketball Championship) kicked off in SZDESY. Before the game, Yiyang Li has arm discomfort and Coach Dacheng Fan relaxes for him.
Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Yiyang Li led the SZDESY Men's Basketball team against Zhuji Paitou Middle School Men's Basketball team for the 13th CSBA Championship.
In this game, Yiyang Li scored 23 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals. He led the team to win the game.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
This is the first national championship in the history of SZDESY men's basketball team. It took 1,425 days from building the team to winning the championship.
Standing beside Yiyang Li during the award presentation was his later college teammate and professional teammate, Zhan Zhuang.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
The third year of high school
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Guangdong Province's Men's Basketball Team for the China National Student Games has entered a joint practice at SZDESY. Yiyang Li does a handstand on the sidelines during a break in training.
Shenzhen, Guangdong.
Yiyang Li dunks after training.
Tianjin
After a period of joint practice, the whole team travelled to the Civil Aviation University of China to take part in an invitational tournament in order to better integrate the line-up and prepare for the preliminaries of the China National Student Games. It was Yiyang Li's 18th birthday on this day.
Tianjin
The grinding squad of Guangdong representatives played the most important game of the series against the Chinese U17 men's basketball team. In the end Yiyang Li led his team to a 5-point win.
Tianjin
New Year's 2017.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Happy graduation, high school player Yiyang Li!
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li represented Qingyuan in the Guangdong Provincial League in 2017.
Zhaoqing, Guangdong
Yiyang Li makes a warm-up dunk before the final of the Guangdong Secondary School Basketball Championship.
This was his last game wearing the No. 10 uniform of SZDESY. Because Yiyang Li had a pivotal role in the development of the SZDESY Men's Basketball team, after his graduation, Coach Tian of the SZDESY Men's Basketball team retired the No. 10 uniform of SZDESY and did not allow his underclassmen to use it in official games.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
The Guangdong Provincial Men's Basketball Team of the 13th China National Student Games started its training at the Junior High School of SZDESY.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Training on the outdoor field on the eve of departure for the China National Student Games. This means that Yiyang Li's training life at Shenzhen No.2 Experimental School is coming to an end.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Before the semi-final match of the China National Student Games.
Yiyang Li still chose the No. 10 uniform for this series. It was learnt two days ago that Yiyang Li will wear Fujian's No. 10 uniform in his rookie season in the CBA (Chinese Basketball Association ).
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
Yiyang Li and Jie Xu, both Guangdong nationals and guards of similar ages and styles, combined to win the 13th China National Student Games Mens' Basketball Championship for Guangdong. After the tournament, Yiyang Li went to Xiamen University to start his university baskeyball career. A year later, Xu Jie was promoted from the Hongyuan youth team to the first team and officially started his professional basketball career.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang.
Yiyang Li with Guikun Tian, head coach of the Shenzhen No. 2 Experimental School Men' basketball team.
In 2013, a year after the team was built, Coach Tian noticed this player from Qingyuan - Yiyang Li - on someone's recommendation, and tried to recruit him by all means. With the gradual improvement of the team's staffing, the team began to enter the upward stage, and Yiyang Li also became the absolute core player of it.
I heard that when Coach Tian approached Yiyang Li's parents and said that he would take him to Shenzhen to study and train, they didn't believe him. In the end, they agreed only after Coach Tian persuaded them three times.
Xiamen, Fujian
Training at Xiamen University.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li represented Guangdong in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Cup.
This is Yiyang Li's first time to return to Guangdong to play after going to university.
Xiamen, Fujian
The 20th CUBA Fujian grassroots tournament, Xiamen University vs Huaqiao University.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
Due to a broken finger, Yiyang Li did not travel with the team to the Southeast Region for his rookie CUBA season. Instead, he returned to Guangdong to recuperate from his injury, and brought back to SZDESY by the way.
This was the last time Yiyang Li returned to the venue of SZDESY Junior High School. The men's basketball team had been training in the junior high school before the high school gym was built. Now the SZDESY junior high school has been knocked down and rebuilt.
Zhaoqing, Guangdong
After finishing his 20th CUBA tour, Yiyang Li returned to Guangdong to represent Qingyuan in the Guangdong Provincial League. This game was the first provincial league game he played in 2018.
It was only a day before the game that he found out that he had brought the wrong colour jersey, and got someone to take a special flight from Xiamen to send it over.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li hosts group rivals Heyuan in Qingyuan
Heyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li travelled with Qingyuan to play on the home court of Heyuan. This is the arena where Yiyang Li slashed 38 points on May 20, 2016.
Guangzhou, Guangdong
Yiyang Li came to Guangdong University of Technology with Xiamen University to participate in the invitational tournament.
This was the first time Yiyang Li played in Guangdong as a Xiamen University player.
Guangzhou, Guangdong
Yiyang Li happy to be back racing in Guangdong
Xuzhou, Jiangsu
The 21st cuba Southeast Regional kicked off at China University of Mining and Technology in Xuzhou, Jiangsu.
Xuzhou, Jiangsu
Yiyang Li banged his shoulder in the semifinal match against China University of Mining and Technology. As a result, he did not play in Xiamen University's Southeast Final against East China Normal University. In the end, Xiamen University won the match.
Hangzhou, Zhejiang
The 21st cuba national round of 32 tournament started at Zhejiang University.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
After finishing the CUBA, Yiyang Li returned to his alma mater, SZDESY. This is the first time Yiyang Li returned to his school after the completion of the new basketball court in the high school of SZDESY.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li represents Qingyuan in the 2019 Guangdong Provincial League.
Dongguan, Guangdong
Yiyang Li participated in the 2019 Guangdong Provincial League King of Basketball (equivalent to the All-Star Game) as the "Qingyuan King of Basketball".
Shenzhen, Guangdong
2019 YCBA/CUBA Final Four Match, Xiamen University vs Guangdong Hongyuan. In the end, Xiamen University won.
Facing Guangdong Hongyuan, Yiyang Li scored 13 points and 8 assists.
Shenzhen, Guangdong
In early 2020 becuase of Covid-19, unable to return to school, and the game was suspended.
SZDESY players spontaneously organised a friendly match with a civilian team.
Quanzhou, Fujian
In the 22nd CUBA National Tournament (due to the Covid-19, there were no divisional tournaments, and the top 12 teams from the four regions of the 21st tournament were brought together directly), Xiamen University encountered rival Peking University in the round of 16 to 8. Peking University sent the game into overtime at the last minute and eventually won the game to advance to the last eight.
Xiamen University unfortunately ended up in the round of 16.
Qingyuan, Guangdong
The 2020 Guangdong Provincial League adopted a tournament system in consideration of Covid-19 prevention and control.
In the end, Qingyuan took the third place, which is the best result achieved since participating in the provincial league.
Chongqing
2021 CUBA All-Star Game, Yiyang Li followed the Peak Team's joint practice.
Shanghai
The 23rd CUBA Southeast Region kicked off at Shanghai University of Engineering and Technology.
The focus of the battle for the top spot in the group was between Xiamen University and Ningbo University.
With one minute left in the game, Yiyang Li left the court with five fouls. In the end, Xiamen University won the game without any danger.
Yiyang Li scored 20 points and had 15 assists.
Xiamen, Fujian
The second round of the CUBA Elite Eight match between Xiamen University and Taiyuan Institute of Technology started at the Mingpei Gymnasium of Xiamen University. This was Yiyang Li's last home game in his university career.
Yiyang Li scored 18 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, the only triple-double in this year's CUBA Men's Basketball Tournament.
Xiamen, Fujian
Yiyang Li attends a retirement ceremony at Xiamen University's home court after the CUBA Elite Eight game, and
Embracing Coach Jiyong Zhang of Xiamen University Men's Basketball.
Suzhou, Jiangsu
Yiyang Li and Lanqin Wang, both guards in the class of 2017, have been famous since their high school days. They were jokingly called "South Li and North Wang" by the fans. After entering the university, the two have been frequently discussed and compared by fans. This game was the 23rd CUBA semi-final, the first and only time that "South Li and North Wang" faced each other in the CUBA.
In the end, Lanqin Wang's Tsinghua University won the game. Yiyang Li had 25 points and 8 assists.
Suzhou, Jiangsu
This was Yiyang Li's last game in the CUBA, the third place game against Beijing University of Chemical Technology. Yiyang Li scored 25 points, 11 assists and 5 steals in the game, leading Xiamen University to win and achieve the third place in this year's league, tying the best result in the history of Xiamen University Men's Basketball Team. In this year's CUBA, Yiyang Li collected the league's assists and steals with 131 assists and 37 steals.
Qingdao, Shandong
Yiyang Li represented Fujian with Xiamen University in the Men's Basketball University Division of the 14th China National Student Games. This was the last game of the series, and the team chose to work out the younger players and did not put three players from the class of 2017 on the court.
This was the last time Yiyang Li played as a student player.
Since then, there has been no more student player Yiyang Li on the field.
Qingdao, Shandong
Yiyang Li came to the hotel of the players after the school games, ready to go to Qingdao Guoxin Sports Centre for the rehearsal.
He said he soiled the tee while eating, and the ID was a bit of a "cover-up".
Qingdao, Shandong
Two hours before the 2021 CBA Draft, Yiyang Li is in his room finishing his attire.
Qingdao, Shandong
Yiyang Li was selected by Fujian Xunxing Club with the sixth pick in the first round of the 2021 CBA Draft.
He became the first CBA player in the history of Shenzhen No.2 Experimental School .