Recently, the FIBA Asian Basketball Championship is being held in Manila, Philippines. Now the games have come to the second stage. Chinese basketball team did not do a very good job in the past games; however, one player stood out and showed the world his talent. He is Zhou Peng.
Zhou Peng, (born November 10, 1989), is a Chinese professional basketball player who plays for the Guangdong Dongguan Bank Basketball Club of the China Basketball Association (CBA). When trained in Dandong sports school, he was selected by Zhang Zhenmin, now is the director of Guangdong Basketball Management Center, and became a member of U18 team in June, 2005. In 2008, he was on the Olympic Games training list.
Player Profile
Zhou Peng plays the small forward position though he is also capable of playing power forward. His scoring prowess is considered his best asset with his ability to take over any game on the offensive end He is good at long-range shooting. At the same time, he is also a three-point shooter, which makes him very precious in the games. Zhou Peng is also a very maneuverable player on the court. He is a defensively forward and always being a hard player in the game. His unyielding spirits finally helped him get the reorganization from the coaches.
Awards and Honors
In his basketball career, Zhou Peng has collected a number of individual and team honors, including being an MVP in Asia “Swing for the Stars” Basketball Camp in 2005, five times in a roll CBA champion from 2007 to 2011.
Zhou Peng had an outstanding performance in the past two games during the Asian Basketball Championship. When confronting the major underdog Kazakhstan, China did not try their best in the games. In the last quarter, it was Zhou Peng, who stood out and save China. In the end, China won by a narrow margin. In the game with India, Zhou Peng continued his super performance and helped China win a landslide victory. His upcoming performance is worth expecting.



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