On December 14, Beijing time, the CBA officially updated the registration information of foreign aid, and the Tianjin men's basketball team completed the registration for rochester and Burton, two foreign aides. In this way, Tianjin has also become another team that will use double foreign aid in the second stage of the regular season.
Both foreign aides in Tianjin are old CBA acquaintances. Rochester, who is more famous and powerful, used to be the leading scorer in the Champions League. In the 2018-19 season, he joined Tianjin and averaged 33.5 points and 9.1 assists per game, which is excellent both offensively and in tandem. That season, he scored 50+ points on 4 occasions and 40+ points in 12 single games. Against Shanxi, he scored 57 points. Facing Guangdong, which has Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng, Zhao Rui and Weems, he also got a game-high 42 points and 8 assists.
After that season, Rochester left the CBA, but Tianjin kept his priority renewal rights. This season, the two sides have also worked together again.
Burton has represented the Lakers in the NBA Summer League in the past, coming to the CBA in the 2018-19 season. In the CBA, he played for Shenzhen and is known for his projection ability. In the 2018-19 season, he averaged 24.3 points per game, shooting 44 percent from three-point range and shooting four three-pointers per game. But last season, his performance declined significantly, averaging 11.5 points per game in 20 minutes and shooting only 34 percent from three-point range and averaging 1.7 three-pointers per game. This summer, Shenzhen did not renew his contract.
Before Tianjin, the teams that had registered double foreign aid were Qingdao, Liaoning, Shenzhen, Shanghai and Ningbo. In fact, in addition to these teams, there are also some teams that are also in the configuration of double foreign aid, but they have not yet completed registration. For example, Beijing has registered Jeremy Lin, but Gibson has not registered. There are also Zhejiang and Shandong, which are also double foreign aid.
In the first stage of the regular season, Tianjin ranked 16th with 3 wins and 10 losses. With double foreign aid, can they play well in the second stage?