Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, December 6 (Li Bowen Du Juan) the West Hall of Shougang Basketball Center was officially opened to the fans from 8:00 to 18:00 on the 6th. Many fans came here spontaneously, to say goodbye to the former captain of Beijing Shougang team, Ji Kui, who died of lung cancer.
“I felt very uncomfortable after hearing this news. After all, he made such a great contribution to the Beijing team.” A fan aunt said to the reporter, “Thank Ji Kui for bringing a lot of joy and great honor to the Beijing fans. I hope he can go all the way.”
A female college student who is about to take the postgraduate entrance examination told the reporter: “I AM has been fond of Jiji since 2012. What I wrote on the jersey was ‘big little angel, giggle, we have always missed you, and we will always surround you ‘.”
As for Ji Di’s departure, former teammate Zhai Xiaochuan wrote in his circle of friends: “Las Vegas in July is our last meeting, where I saw your smile as usual, still so handsome, looking through the previous photos and recalling us before, I couldn’t control my emotions. Jige walked all the way.”
Good brothers and now Beijing Shougang player Duan Jiangpeng recalled through social media: “Buddy, when I saw this news, I couldn’t believe it. I never thought there would be such a day, we are all waiting for you to come back. I hope it is false news. Looking back on my first year in Beijing, you took me to the concert. The bickering, lifting, bragging, and shooting before each game. These wonderful memories are vivid in my mind. May you have no pain in another world, buddy, go all the way.”
Ji Di was born in Shenyang, Liaoning province in 1986. He was loaned to Beijing Shougang team for CBA by Liaoning men’s basketball in 2007 and transferred to Beijing permanently in 2012. In the 2011-2012 season, 2013-2014 season and 2014-2015 season, Ji Jie helped Beijing Shougang team win the CBA championship three times, and was an important member of Beijing team who won three championships in four years.