The day of "Double Twelve" is the 21st day after Weems landed in Guangzhou, according to the regulations, he will lift the isolation and meet with the Guangdong men's basketball team, and the "Eleventh Champion" has also welcomed back an important part of the operation of the system.
With the gradual increase of age, the last two seasons of Weems's play is not particularly stable, especially in the three-point shot, the shooting rate once fell below 30%, but various changes, so that Weems still become the most trusted "propeller" in the key moments of the Guangdong men's basketball team.
In the 2019-20 season, due to the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, most foreign aides were difficult to return to China after the CBA resumption, and Marzan Brooks took a charter flight back to Guangdong, but was tested positive and could not play. In this way, the role of Weems, who has been staying in Dongguan, has become more and more important.
Weems lived up to expectations, in the playoffs to help guangdong men's basketball team to complete the defense of the title, especially against the Beijing men's basketball team first game, the regular season time is left, "Royal Forest Army" led by two points, just at this time, Weems changed his life against the sky, a hit board shot will drag the game into overtime, and the Guangdong men's basketball team that has eased up is difficult to get a good start! Later, he eliminated his opponent and advanced to the finals.
A similar story was played out again last season: Brooks suddenly broke his Achilles tendon in the regular season game with the Zhejiang men's basketball team, which made the Guangdong men's basketball team, which lacked Yi Jianlian, even worse, and the situation of rushing to the championship was extremely severe.
Or Weems, in a winning and losing playoff 1/4 final, he threw a shot in the last 4 seconds to kill the Beijing men's basketball team! In the final quarter, Weems won 11 points and became "Mr. Key". In the whole game, "CBA LeBron" had 25 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds, and the Guangdong men's basketball team advanced to the final four. In the finals, Weems used his height and weight advantages to suppress the sharp attacking Fergus, and also became one of the few advantages of the Guangdong men's basketball team over the Liaoning men's basketball team.
It can be seen that Weems and James on the other side of the ocean have similarities in terms of how to make a force at key moments in addition to their body shape and playing style, which also determines that even if they are about to turn 36, Weems is still the top foreign aid of the CBA, and he is still indispensable to the Guangdong men's basketball team.
In the first stage of the regular season this season, the Guangdong men's basketball team is certainly ranked second in the league with 11 wins and 2 losses, but sometimes it will suddenly "lose power" at the offensive end. After all, Yi Jianlian's injury has just healed, in order to protect him, Du Feng will not let the UAE play for too long, and the big brother is far from recovering to the best state; Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie have certain scoring ability, but they are all winning by ingenuity, not the style of opening and closing; Zhao Rui has a strong impact, but compared with Weems, it is still a certain distance away. For now, Weems' role in the Guangdong men's basketball team has not been replaced.
Therefore, the return of Weems allows the Guangdong men's basketball team to regain the "opening axe" at a critical moment, which can simply and rudely chisel through the opponent's defense line, in addition, with the whole team has been cooperating for three years, Weems has long been integrated into Du Feng's technical and tactical system, does not need too long to run in, can be plugged and played.
According to previous news, Brooks will not be able to return to the game until the beginning of next year, but with such a major injury as a tendon rupture, it is not easy to say how much "Little Kobe" can recover, and the Guangdong men's basketball team is likely to rely more on Weems like the playoffs in the previous two seasons.
When he was about to return to China, through the social dynamics of Weems, he was very excited about returning to his old club, Guangdong. In the offseason, it was rumored that the CBA would use an all-Chinese class this season, such as Motai Yunas and others can only play in the European League first, Weems also appeared in the Lithuanian league team he once played for and talked with his former teammates, just when fans speculated whether he would return to Europe, Weems finally chose to continue to wait until he was called by the Guangdong men's basketball team.
Judging from the current personnel allocation of the Guangdong men's basketball team and Du Feng's usual platoon deployment, Weems does not have to make a big package in the regular season, take a timely break, gradually recover physical fitness and state, and accumulate strength to break out in the playoffs. With Weems, Du Feng also has more tactical options, which can allow Yi Jianlian and other main forces to get more rest time. Therefore, Weems' return to the Guangdong men's basketball team is a win-win situation for all parties.
Compared with the first stage, more foreign aid will be on the stage of the CBA in the second stage: the Liaoning men's basketball team introduced Moland, the Guangzhou men's basketball team won the former NBA first-round show TJ-Lief, Feng Lai will make the Shanghai men's basketball team's internal strength stronger, and the Zhejiang men's basketball team has also officially announced its intention to foreign aid has submitted relevant information and is waiting for review... It can be seen that at the time of the increasingly fierce "arms race", the return of Weems has not left the Guangdong men's basketball team behind, and the eleven champions who have re-installed the "propeller" are still unwilling to face the existence of various princes.