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Zhao Rui officially trained with Beijing Shougang! With tacit understanding and three-point accuracy with the Twin Towers, Xu Liming is looking forward to the ace killer weapon again

12:28am, 30 September 2025【Basketball】

Beijing Shougang once again completed a major signing this offseason, and the team signed national defender Zhao Rui with a large amount, further enhancing the team's rotation strength on the back line. In the past two seasons, in order to build a championship-winning formation, Beijing Shougang has successively introduced three top stars, Zhou Qi, Chen Yingjun and Zhao Rui. Last season, Beijing Shougang reached the finals. After the lineup strength has been improved in the new season, it has once again become a favorite to win the championship. It is worth mentioning that Zeng Fanbo, the core of Beijing Shougang's forward line, competes in the NBA in the new season. If he can stay in the NBA, he will miss the CBA in the new season. Beijing Shougang must be prepared to be Zeng Fanbo absent. With only two main players, Zhai Xiaochuan and Raymond, Zhao Rui is likely to swing to the position of a small forward.

Zhao Rui has not participated in the team training since joining Beijing Shougang. Today, Beijing Shougang held an open training class, and Zhao Rui also made an official debut. Judging from the first cooperation in training, Zhou Qi and Chen Yingjun did not participate in the joint training, and Raymond, Fang Shuo, Fan Ziming, Zhang Cairen, Qiu Tian and others conducted joint training with Zhao Rui. Judging from Zhao Rui's first training state, his cooperation with his teammates has become increasingly chaotic, and he has passed the ball continuously to assist Fan Ziming and Qiu Tian. During the personal shooting training session, Zhao Rui also hit wing three-pointers many times, continuing his good competitive state.

After the training, Zhao Rui also accepted an interview on publicly. He said that his integration with the team is not a big problem. Recently, the running-in with the team is mainly based on technical and tactical running-in, and his cooperation with Director Xu is also very harmonious. The style of strictly governing the army is like returning to the national team.

In the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team in the past two seasons, Zhao Rui's overall attendance rate is not high. He only played 41 games in two seasons, basically all of which were injured and stopped and failed to perform as expected. However, in this summer's Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup, Zhao Rui regained his top defender form, played for six games, averaged 23.3 minutes per game and contributed 13.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 0.3 steals, with a shooting percentage of 42.4%, a three-point shooting percentage of 35.5%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 90.9%. In the semi-finals against New Zealand, Zhao Rui even scored 7 of 11 shots and scored 24 points, 6 assists, 2 rebounds and 1 steal, becoming the number one hero for the victory of the Chinese men's basketball team. It was also after Zhao Rui re-energized this time that the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team finally decided to trade him at a high position, and Beijing Shougang eventually introduced Zhao Rui with a large amount. After the start of the new season, although Beijing Shougang lacks the forward core Zeng Fanbo, the team's current lineup is still very competitive in the championship. The back line has Chen Yingjun, Zhao Rui, Fang Shuo, Zhang Cairen and Jermain, the forward line is Spellman, Zhai Xiaochuan, Raymond, Zhang Zhiyao and Fan Yiming, and the inside line is Zhou Qi, Fan Ziming and Qiu Tian. In addition, the team has two foreign players that have not been finalized. Beijing Shougang, with Zhao Rui, Chen Yingjun and Zhou Qi as the core, will be the biggest threat to Zhejiang Guangsha, Guangdong Men's Basketball Team and other teams in the new season.