Become famous in the Olympics, and once surrounded by scandals, 39-year-old former national player of men s basketball, Sun Yue, is now completely different from two people

That summer in 2008, on the basketball court of the Beijing Olympics, the scene of Sun Yue blocking Howard became a famous scene in the hearts of countless Chinese fans.

At that moment, he not only became famous in one battle, but also became the most imaginative existence on the back line of the Chinese men's basketball team in that era.

But unfortunately, the good deck he once held was beaten to pieces by himself step by step.

The ball skills did not meet expectations, and the relationship was messy.

His story has never been a thriving all the way, but has been ups and downs and turbulent.

Now, at the age of 39, he is no longer the "Great Sage" who was in the limelight back then. His sharpness has long been restrained, but he has become more calm and calm.

Falling from the halo, from the love field to the stadium, Sun Yue was once the pride of heaven.

No matter from any perspective, he is the kind of person who "cheats" at the starting point of his career.

He was over 1.6 meters tall at the age of 9, and it was destined to be an ordinary person in his life.

Sun Yue's parents are both retired basketball players. In this family, basketball is not only a sport, but also a "inheritance".

He entered Cangzhou Sports School at the age of 8. At the age of 14, he did not go to the provincial sports school due to family economic pressure, but was recommended to Beijing Aoshen, the most special team in the history of Chinese basketball.

Sun Yue

Ao Shen is not a local team, nor does it belong to the Sports Bureau.

As a purely private team, the boss Li Su at that time claimed that he was "selling the pot" and wanted to develop his own basketball system.

They introduced American training methods, invited blacks to train, and each player had a "exclusive teacher".

Sun Yue is here, it can be said that she is completely built according to the American point guard.

You should know that almost no one in China is willing to put a player above two meters in the back position.

But the gods dared, this way of training "desperate against the will of heaven" has just made the "Sun Dasheng" who plays elegantly and has a broad vision of passing the ball.

He started quickly, but the problems also laid the groundwork early on.

At that time, the Olympic God and the Basketball Association were incompatible, which led to many times of Sun Yue's national team summoning. In those years, his pace of life was "not going to the competition, not entering the system, not being restricted."

It is this kind of days that are free from the regular league that makes Sun Yue slowly become "excessive" outside the stadium.

The 2008 Beijing Olympics was his personal highlight.

He blocked Howard and Anthony on the defensive end, and for a while he was in the limelight.

All tennis fans cheered for him, and even the sales of his national team jerseys once quadrupled.

But the peak is often the starting point of the downhill road. After

, Sun Yue never really entered the "match state" again.

During the Lakers, he was cut after the end of the season because he could not adapt to the intensity and played very few times.

Then, he had the opportunity to go to Europe to develop, but he stubbornly chose to continue playing "wild ball" with the God of Ao.

Sun Yue

In the absence of systematic training, his competitive state is getting worse every year.

At the same time, off-site scandals began to follow.

In 2009, first at the Asian Championships, the Chinese team lost to Iran and only won the runner-up.

fans were already angry, but as soon as the "Smile Skies" on the podium came out, he became the target of public criticism.

In September of the same year, Sun Yue was revealed to be alone late at night with young model Zhang Ruyi. What's even more embarrassing is that this time point is only a few months after he and his first love Gu Chen broke up.

The relationship was originally attracting much attention, but now it is involved in a scandal again, and the public's favorability has almost evaporated overnight.

In this series of events, Sun Yue's "romantic image" began to be deeply rooted.

He is no longer the national player who blocked Howard, but a "scandalous athlete".

cannot play the ball, and reputation declines. The talent and glory of the past seem to be just a flash in the pan.

The good deck of the game was played to pieces by myself.

Sun Yue blocked the shot

From a romantic national player to a "dad coach"

If Sun Yue's first half of his life was a cool drama of "invincible at the beginning and lost later".

Then the second half of him is a slow but hard-watched "life drama".

The last little "favorite" of the outside world for Sun Yue may have been on his marriage.

In 2012, Sun Yue registered to marry Chen Lu, a model.

The beginning of this relationship is quite a bit like "a prodigal son returns and does not change his gold."

Chen Lu has a good background, studied art since childhood, and later transformed into a model, and soon became a little famous in the circle.

The union of the two was hailed as a model of the "golden boy and jade girl" at that time.

Sun Yue and Chen Lu

Especially on the wedding day, Kobe, who was far away in the United States, recorded videos to send blessings, which added a strong mark to this marriage.

A few years after marriage, Chen Lu transformed into a fashion designer and achieved certain achievements in her career.

Sun Yue performed rebirth in the CBA Beijing team, helping the team win two consecutive championships.

On social platforms, couples often took photos, and Chen Lu even responded to black fans and spoke for her husband many times, which was called a "husband-protecting maniac".

But the problem never seems to have really gone.

By the end of 2020, some netizens discovered that Chen Lu had deleted all the photos of Sun Yue, and no longer had any life scenes of the four in the family of social updates..

Immediately afterwards, some media photographed Sun Yue traveling with a strange woman late at night, and the scandal broke out again.

Sun Yue

This time, they chose to remain silent.

In 2021, Sun Yue retired and officially ended his professional player status.

What is even more shocking is that it is said that Sun Yue left the house with nothing and left all his house, car and property to Chen Lu, while he lived alone with his son.

From a professional athlete wearing a battle robe, he has become a "dad" wearing a vest and practicing football with his children on the playground.

He started to exercise, turned down most business activities, and devoted himself to youth training.

Spend money to open a basketball training hall and personally lead the young players to practice. Start with basic skills and teach them over and over again.

Sun Yue

In his words, it is not that the children are not in good health, but that no one tells them how to understand basketball.

He also occasionally appears on the show, but never talks about personal matters.

In "My Home Stadium", "Hengdian Basketball", "This! In shows such as "Slam Dunk", he never mentioned the glory of the past, but only talked about his current feelings.

even went to act in "Lychees in Chang'an" directed by Dapeng in 2023, playing a small official.

Although there are not many scenes, he asks the director's details on the spot every day, striving to "do his best".

This is completely different from the great sage who was said to be "impatient and unfocused".

And netizens' views on him have gradually changed.

He never came out to wash his face, nor did he come out to cry and tell the past.

He chose not to explain, not to defend, and to work hard.

It is hard for you to not respect such a person again, not because he did a great job, but because he really changed.

Source: The Paper December 7, 2024 Report on "Exclusive Interview | Sun Yue: In the second half of life, I want to create a system for Chinese basketball"

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Conclusion

Sun Yue's life is indeed wonderful, and his life's ups and downs cannot even keep up with some novels.

He was once gifted and radiant, but because of his self-discipline and choice, he played this good deck step by step.

He was once the most anticipated person on the Chinese back line, but he also personally destroyed the potential of the "strongest defender".

But luckily, he did not completely sink.

After experiencing marriage failure, retirement loss, and heavy scandal pressure, he chose to live in a low-key manner and work hard to repair it.

He no longer preaches the past in a high-profile manner, nor does he earn tears by "remember killing", but just seriously becomes a father, a coach, or a mature man.

In the past, Sun Yue was the "Great Sage" on the court, and now Sun Yue is the "Old Sun" in real life.

Perhaps, he can't jump up and cover Howard anymore, but he has learned how to catch the ball of life steadily.