Xu Jie picked No. 24 first? Cui Yongxi: A national teammate chose the same jersey number for the new season as me

On September 8, Cui Yongxi mentioned the topic of his jersey number in the new season in an interview with Li Qun. There was another episode that caused heated discussions from the outside world, especially since the number has been selected by teammates of another national team.

Cui Yongxi said: There is another player who thought the same as he thought. He only realized after he chose the player and he chose the same number as he did. He is also one of the national team members. Although it is a tribute to the idol, I think the heaviness of this number has made me think for two or three days. This number represents a legend.

Although the specific number and player were not disclosed, from Xu Jie's warm-up match over the past period, we can see that he has put on the No. 24 jersey, including the shooting stage of the National Games, and he also wore the No. 24 position to wear the game.

Cui Yongxi spent most of his career wearing No. 8 jerseys, but No. 8 of Guangdong Hongyuan Club is a very representative legendary number. The last one was Zhu Fangyu. He is now the current general manager of Guangdong Hongyuan Club. Since his retirement, Zhao Rui and others have not chosen No. 8 jerseys. Obviously, it is out of many considerations. Few people choose the jersey numbers of Wang Shipeng, Du Feng and Chen Jianghua.

If Xu Jie firmly chose the No. 24 jersey in the end, for Cui Yongxi, choosing another new jersey number may be part of the consideration.

Zhu Fangyu once mentioned on social media that she hopes someone can wear the No. 8 jersey, which represents inheritance.

Looking back at Kobe's career, he chose No. 8 to reveal that the reason was that No. 24 was the number that Kobe had worn in high school and his father, which had special significance to him.

Why did you choose the No. 8 jersey in the early stage?

Because I initially wanted to choose No. 33 (Jabbar's retirement number) or No. 24, but because the number was occupied, I chose No. 8‌.

Kobe mentioned in an interview with the media that the deeper meaning of No. 24 is that No. 24 represents 24 seconds of offensive time in a 24-hour day and basketball game, which means that he hopes to devote himself to the basketball career and not waste any time‌.