The Guangdong team has been happy
Recently, for the CBA defending champion Guangdong team, it can be said that the happy event continues, the first happy thing is that the team's triple crown meritorious foreign aid Weems has officially returned to China, at present, he is in isolation, yesterday, Weems also released some interesting things about his isolation on the personal network platform. With the arrival of Weems, it was officially announced that the Guangdong team will start the journey of competing for the championship.
The second happy event, the team's backcourt Zhao Rui won the affirmation of FIBA, FIBA announced that Zhao Rui was elected as the MVP of the first window of the Asian region of the World Cup qualifiers, becoming the most outstanding player of the Chinese men's basketball team. In the World Cup qualifiers, the two games between the Chinese men's basketball team and the Japanese men's basketball team, Zhao Rui has a very good performance and has become the key gentleman of the team. In the first game, Zhao Rui handed over a comprehensive number of 10 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists; in the second game, Zhao Rui was even more hot, cutting down 27 points, 5 assists, 4 rebounds and 4 steals, including 6 three-pointers. It can be said that Zhao Rui proved himself with excellent performance, and he deserved to win the MVP award.
Zhu Fangyu signed a second foreign aid
In addition to the above two happy events, The Guangdong team also ushered in the third happy event, according to the CBA media people broke the news, Zhu Fangyu has signed a second foreign aid, he is the small foreign aid Manny Harris who played for the mountain team last season. In the 2019-20 CBA league season, Manny Harris played a game for Shandong and got 32 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks. In the 2020-2021 CBA league season, Manny Harris played 22 games for Shandong, averaging 25.7 minutes per game, delivering 22.1 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4 assists and 1.9 steals.
Judging from Manny Harris's personal data, it can be said that he is a very technical foreign aid, he can break through the basket, has the ability to shoot, can also shoot three-pointers, and also has a very good performance on the defensive end. So why did Shandong cut Manny Harris? It's also a bit confusing. Moreover, Manny Harris's playing style is very tough, last season, twice against Liaoning, he played a "god-level" performance, the first time against Liaoning team scored 43 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, the second time cut 42 points, 9 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals. Judging from his performance in the match with liaoning team, it fully shows his outstanding strength.
Will Manny Harris be the Guangdong team's title puzzle?
See, Manny Harris's performance against Liaoning, I believe everyone will understand why Zhu Fangyu signed him, as we all know, Guangdong's goal this season is to win 4 consecutive championships (Du Feng previously said that the goal is the playoffs, everyone is happy), from the current performance of the CBA teams, the Liaoning team with strong lineup strength is undoubtedly the biggest obstacle for Guangdong to win the championship, and this season is likely that Guangdong team will encounter Liaoning for three consecutive times in the finals.
Obviously, if the Guangdong team wants to compete for the CBA championship this season, it must be prepared to PK with the Liaoning team in advance, and Manny Harris happens to be a player who is not afraid of the Liaoning team, and often has a high level of play when facing the Liaoning team, and his characteristic is exactly what the Guangdong team needs very much. It can be said that if Zhu Fangyu really signed Manny Harris, then he must be an important championship puzzle for the team, and the team has won 4 consecutive championships.
Of course, in addition to Manny Harris, Zhu Fangyu is also likely to sign a third foreign aid, Marzan Brooks, however, Marzan Brooks is still in recovery, he will not be able to officially play until around February next year at the earliest, at the same time, what level he can play at that time is also unknown, so it will be a very wise approach for Zhu Fangyu to sign Manny Harris in advance.