22-year-old Lu Anyu is a Chinese-Russian mixed race. His mother is Russian and his father is Chinese. Due to his outstanding physical talent, Lu Anyu has started basketball training since he was a teenager and joined the Jilin Youth Team. In 2019, Lu Anyu represented the Changchun Second Experiment He played in the Nike China High School Basketball League and averaged 27.8 points, 4.2 rebounds and 3 steals in 6 games, winning the division's scoring and steals titles. Later, he joined the National Youth Team to compete in the World Youth Championship.
But after entering the professional arena, Lu Anyu failed to get enough opportunities to perform. In 2020, he was registered by Jilin to enter the first team and never got playing time. In 2022, Lu Anyu became a free agent and once played overseas to join the Australian nbl1 Diamond Valley Eagles. team, but also had no chance to play. In the offseason of 2023, Lu Anyu joined the CBA Tianjin Men's Basketball Team, and the two parties signed a three-year contract. He originally thought this was a turning point in his career, but unfortunately he still made 0 appearances. In the end, Lu Anyu chose to become an actor and bid farewell to professional basketball.
Lu Anyu's actor poster was released. Information shows that he has also received acting training. He studied at the performance studio of Huang Haibo and participated in many short plays.
Lu Anyu's example proves that the CBA league is not easy to mess with. Even if he is an athlete with a national youth team background, it is still difficult to gain a foothold. In particular, Lu Anyu mainly plays the guard position. His height is 1.88 meters, which is not outstanding in the CBA arena. At the same time, his personal technical characteristics have no outstanding advantages, and his shooting breakthrough is not particularly good, making it difficult to get opportunities.
On the other hand, since the CBA league held the draft, a large number of campus players have entered the CBA to compete for job opportunities. Every year, more than double digits of college players enter the CBA, which means that every year, more than double digits of college players enter the CBA. CBA players are eliminated, and most clubs upgrade youth team players every year, leaving fewer and fewer opportunities for older players. They need to perform well to stay on the team.
Guo Haowen, who is two years older than Lu Anyu and has a better resume, was once sent to the Development League this season. You must know that Guo Haowen was the core of the national youth team in the past. He scored a triple-double in the World Youth Championship and also signed up for the NBA draft. But now we are also in a difficult situation.
Competitive sports strength is the last word. As long as you are good enough, the club will not deny you the opportunity at all. However, once your ability is insufficient, you can only seek other tracks in advance to change careers. With the continuous development of the CBA League, I believe that more and more players will be eliminated in the future, forming a natural cycle!
