Just the day after the official registration of the big foreign aid Moland, the Liaoning men's basketball team passed on the good news again. According to the official disclosure of the Liaoning men's basketball team, Liu Zhixuan and Wu Changze, who previously missed the first stage of the CBA regular season due to injury, have represented the team in this afternoon's teaching game with the Jilin men's basketball team.
The news came as a surprise. In the latest injury report released by the CBA at the end of November, the estimated recovery time for Liu Zhixuan (fracture of the metacarpal bone in the right hand) and Wu Changze (fracture of the left palm bone) was still 15 weeks and 16 weeks. According to this recovery schedule, the two will completely miss the competition in the second stage of the regular season (December 25 to January 28, 2022), and even will not return until the third stage, which also makes Liaoning fans a little disappointed. But at present, the two have followed the team to Changchun to participate in the teaching game with the Jilin men's basketball team, which also shows that the two have recovered well from injuries.
Of course, Liu Zhixuan and Wu Changze still need time to re-adapt to the intensity of the game after recovering from serious injuries for a long time, but for Liaoning, the comeback of these two can still bring help to the team.
As a veteran of the team, 30-year-old Liu Zhixuan is the "golden oil" of Liaoning and plays an indispensable role in the team. Although the data is not prominent, and some aggression is lacking on the offensive end, Liu Zhixuan, who can prevent passing and shoot key balls, is still deeply appreciated by Yang Ming. At the beginning of last season, when Liu Zhixuan, who had enough opportunities, averaged 10.1 points, 5.9 assists, 1.3 steals and 44.8% three-point shooting per game, Yang Ming praised Liu Zhixuan: "His (Liu Zhixuan's) breakthrough, organization and defense played a very important role in Liaoning. His role is very important and the team is happy with his performance now. "It turns out that when Liu Zhixuan is more proactive, the former national player can still bring a lot of help to Liaoning at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the contribution of the defensive end is not even directly reflected by the data.
As the second phase of the regular season enters the countdown (which starts on December 25), if Liu Zhixuan can return in time, he can play point guard or point guard and small forward, and can also alleviate the pressure on Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei or Zhang Zhenlin. As we all know, Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin have basically no rest since last season's CBA league. From last season's CBA to this season's CBA, during the period, the two participated in the National Games preliminaries, the National Games main tournament and a number of national team competitions (Asian Cup qualifiers, Olympic games and World Preliminaries in November), coupled with a long period of entry quarantine and the oppressive atmosphere of the CBA system, it is not difficult to imagine that the two of them, especially Zhao Jiwei, have fatigue. Although Guo Allen got some rest time due to injury this summer, the injury has not healed, and as liaoning's offensive arrow, the high-consumption Guo Allen is also tired. With Liu Zhixuan, the backcourt and front line of the Liaoning men's basketball team can be properly reduced.
Wu Changze is equally important to Liaoning. The 00-year player, who only entered the CBA last season, has contributed to the team in rebounding, three-pointers and dynamism. Last season, he averaged 5.4 points and 3.7 rebounds in 20.3 minutes per game and shot 39 percent from three-point range. Although the performance has ups and downs, Wu Changze has become a very important rotation player in Liaoning, with more options for blocking, secondary attack and fast down. With him, the inner rotation of the Liaoning men's basketball team is more abundant, and the reserve strength of the team has also been enhanced.
At present, Liaoning has reserved Fu Hao and veteran Li Xiaoxu in the position of big forward, and the newly registered big foreign aid Moland can also play big forward. However, given that the main center Han Dejun has also consumed a lot of money for more than a year and is already 34 years old, for this reason, the newly joined team's Morland may appear more in the center position in the second stage to reduce the pressure for Han Dejun. In this way, the pressure on Fu Hao and Li Xiaoxu in the big forward position will also increase, but with Wu Changze, the rotation of the three people can undoubtedly ensure more physical fitness.
In the upcoming second phase of the CBA regular season, most teams have foreign aid, and many teams also have a double foreign aid configuration. As the leader of the CBA, the Liaoning team (12 wins and 1 loss) will also usher in more impact in the second stage, in addition to the first game against Beijing, Liaoning will also play against Guangdong and Shenzhen later. In particular, the two meetings with Guangdong are likely to directly affect the ranking of Liaoning and Guangdong (Guangdong team ranked second with 11 wins and 2 losses). Strong dialogue, with more supplements of the Liaoning men's basketball team, not only can reduce the fatigue of the main players, but also have more opportunities to win the game.
At the same time, the smooth recovery of Liu Zhixuan and Wu Changze will also be a happy annoyance for Liaoning head coach Yang Ming. In the first stage of the regular season, Yang Ming has built a stable rotation lineup and given Cong Mingchen, Yan Zhiqi, Zhou Juncheng and Yu Zechen a lot of exercise opportunities. With the comeback of these two people, Yang Ming needs to better balance the use of veterans, ensure the record and cultivate young players, and the large number of players will make Yang Ming face the "trouble of happiness". Given the importance of the second stage and the increase in the number of strong opponents Facing Liaoning, Yang Ming may have to squeeze the opportunities for young players to play.
Of course, Liu Zhixuan and Wu Changze still need time. After missing many games due to injury, whether from the perspective of avoiding another injury or from the perspective of finding their form, the two men had to use more actual combat to test the recovery effect. But with Moland, Liaoning, which will also welcome back Liu Zhixuan and Wu Changze, is still one of the teams with the most paper strength reinforcement before the start of the second stage, and if these two people can recover to the level before the injury faster, I believe that Liaoning in the second stage will also be like a tiger.