Three days ago, Zhao Weilun posted such a dynamic on Weibo: "Gather strength and meet the next challenge!" "Now what exactly is this challenge, the answer is revealed, Zhao Weilun is going to fight from Europe to United States."

Zhao Weilun announced that he will join the OTE alliance through the draft. This OTE alliance, you may have heard of it. The Thompson brothers, who ran last year and were both drafted with high picks, came from this league.

This year's star show, Saar, also played in the OTE league before going to play in the NBL in Australia. The OTE league is aimed at the league of 16-20 year olds, inviting some well-known high school players in the United States to participate, relatively speaking, 19-year-old Zhao Weilun is relatively old among them.

You can think of the OTE league as a springboard and transit point for high school players to go to a bigger stage, and since attracting top high school players like the Thompson brothers, the OTE league has attracted a lot of scouts to watch the game, and it has gotten better and better.

If he successfully joins the OTE League, Zhao Weilun will face off against a group of five-star high school students next season, which will definitely be a good thing for personal improvement. As for whether to choose to go to the NCAA or challenge for a higher stage after playing in the league, there are definitely more options to go to United States.

Although only 19 years old, Zhao has been playing in Europe for many years and joined Varese FC at the age of 5 to train. He has always played in the youth system of Varese FC. He made his debut for the first team at the age of 16 and officially joined the first team at the age of 17.

Last year, Zhao Weilun's name began to be known by more and more fans, he was selected for the U19 national team, participated in the U19 World Youth Championships, and averaged 9.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, shooting 46.5% from the field and 46% from three-point range.

Compared to his European peers, Zhao Weilun actually played average at the World Youth Championships, with highlights such as 25 points against Canada and low points such as 0-of-4 shooting against United States. Zhao Weilun's playing time is not fixed, and the ball is sometimes too much, which causes him to not play the ideal game.

Zhao Weilun, who grew up in the European youth training system since he was a child, has very solid basic skills, stable projection, and excellent transmission and control skills at the same age. He plays at a good pace, knows how fast and slow he can control the tempo, and plays with confidence.

Of course, due to the natural height disadvantage, Zhao Weilun is easy to be targeted on the defensive end, and his physical confrontation ability is average, and there is no good way to face the block, dismantle and change defense. This time to go to the United States, improving physical fitness and confrontation ability should be the most important thing, which determines whether Zhao Weilun can go to a higher level of league development.

It may be difficult for Zhao Weilun to continue to grow taller, but he can continue to improve himself in other aspects. I think Van Vleet is a great role model to continue to improve his shooting and tackling ability and to have his place in a strong turf.

In the summer of this year, Zhao Weilun was also selected for the men's basketball training team, but because of his late arrival in the team, he only participated in the internal warm-up game with the Macau Black Bears, appeared for 5 minutes and 23 seconds, and scored 6 points on 2-of-3 shooting. Zhao Weilun, who didn't get too many opportunities, also left the training team early.

Zhao Weilun has always been regarded as the hopeful star of the Chinese men's basketball team, but it is still early to talk about this. Judging from Zhao Weilun's personal plan, he should not have thought about returning to China for development at this stage, even with his potential, it is not difficult to get the core position.

Fighting from Europe to United States, this proves that Zhao Weilun never lacks the courage to challenge himself. I hope that everything goes well for Zhao Weilun in the United States, and we can hear more and more news from Zhao Weilun in the future.