Li Yueru appeared in his hometown jersey: Playing at home is a compliment to himself

"Returning to my hometown team to play is a compliment to myself." On the 11th, Li Yueru, a member of the Chinese women's basketball team and a player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA), said in Taiyuan, Shanxi, that she hopes to lead the Shanxi Zhuyeqingjiu women's basketball team to stand on the highest podium of the Chinese Women's Basketball League (WCBA).

On the same day, the Shanxi Women's Basketball Team held a press conference and departure ceremony for the 2026-2027 season. The new head coach, Spanish coach Cesar Garcia, appeared with his players. Li Yueru became the focus of the audience. This was also her first time representing her hometown team in the WCBA.

Li Yueru is a native of Changzhi, Shanxi Province. He once won the WCBA championship with Guangdong, Inner Mongolia and other teams. Joining her hometown team this time, she will join forces with the national team's main defender Wang Siyu to launch an impact on the championship. Wang Siyu said in the video, "I will go all out in the new season and leave no regrets."

On November 11, the Shanxi Zhuye Qingjiu Women's Basketball Team held a press conference for the 2026-2027 Chinese Women's Basketball League, where newly joined national player Li Yueru made an appearance. Photo by Wei Liang

In addition, there are two players from Taiwan in the team, including Lin Yuting, who has renewed his contract with the team, and newly introduced defender Peng Xiaotong. Coupled with the two newly introduced high-level foreign players Cody McMahon and Imani McGee Stafford, this team has attracted the attention of fans at home and abroad before the start of the new season.

Last season, the Shanxi Women's Basketball Team, with college players as its main team, returned to the WCBA Finals after eight years, and finally lost to the Sichuan team 2-3 and won the runner-up. As soon as the season ended, the club welcomed back meritorious coach Cesar Garcia. He helped the Shanxi team win the "three consecutive championships" and was also the man behind the Chinese women's basketball team's runner-up win in the World Cup in 2022.

"Victory comes from down-to-earth training and accumulation day after day." Cesar Garcia said that the team will strive to bring a championship ring.

Li Jianfei, general manager of Shanxi Xingrui Professional Basketball Club, said that in the new season, the club has anchored the goal of "guaranteing the top four, striving for the finals, and once again attacking the championship." "There are no shortcuts in competitive sports, and the road to victory is destined to be full of thorns, but we are ready to meet all tests." (End)