On October 30, in the ninth round of the CBA regular season, the Guangdong team lost to the Zhejiang team 96-97. In this game, the performance of defender Hu Mingxuan was very low. He played for 23 minutes and got 2 points and 1 rebound. He only hit 1 in 4 shots and lost all 4 free throws, this includes two key free throws missed at the last moment.

After the game, Hu Mingxuan’s mother sent a message late at night to support his son because of the extreme remarks of some netizens.

Hu Mingxuan’s overall performance dropped significantly this season. When his average playing time was basically the same as last season, his average score dropped to 7.9 points, the two-point hit rate was only 45%, and the three-point hit rate dropped to 28%.

Although Du Feng, the head coach of Guangdong team, has not called the roll, he has pointed out the serious problems that some young team members including Hu Mingxuan have now. Du Feng said: “The performance of young players is not enough, mainly because their investment in summer is not enough. Our training time in the competition area is limited. I think you can put your mobile phone, game, or other things in your hand a little, and then devote yourself to every preparation. Secondly, the strength of the league matches is still very high. In two days and one match, everyone needs to be more focused. In fact, it is also for their good. I hope they can improve faster and bring more help to the team.”

Hu Mingxuan’s depressed performance triggered doubts and criticisms from the outside world. Such a voice “wave” reached its peak after the match on October 31. Hu Mingxuan’s mother stood up and spoke for her son. She said publicly: “My son didn’t play well on the court and didn’t play well. As a fan who loves basketball, he can be criticized, we can also correct him, and we all accept it modestly! Why attack us with vicious language, unsightly PTU rumor and slander!”

Objectively speaking, when a player shows an obvious decline in state or excessive fluctuation in performance, criticism from the team and the outside world is a way to motivate the player to improve to a certain extent. But if you use language to attack or even slander, it will only gradually destroy the players’ career.

In recent years, including Zhou Qi, Li Meng and others have experienced cyber violence, which has also had negative effects on them to varying degrees. A professional player, when there is a big ups and downs, the criticism and finger of the outside world is just a part of his career growth.

Whether you can actively face these critical voices, regard it as the motivation to motivate yourself, and will decide whether he can correct his own problems as soon as possible. At the same time, the fans have certain expectations for the players. The correct incentive method is not to destroy a player by cyber violence. How to help the players grow in a better way is worth pondering.

Text/Our reporter Song Xiang co-ordinated/Du Rui