As a veteran CBA team, the Xinjiang men's basketball team has not only been a regular in the playoffs in the top 4 in the past few seasons, but also the most powerful contender for the CBA championship after the Guangdong and Liaoning men's basketball teams.
However, after winning the championship in the 2016-17 season, the Xinjiang men's basketball team seems to have lost its pursuit of league results, especially after the former Bayi men's basketball coach Adi Jiang became the team manager, and the performance of the Xinjiang team deteriorated.
This season, although Zhou Qi, who has an iron heart, failed to join the Liaoning men's basketball team, he still left Xinjiang to join Australia's NBL League. Last season, another inner liner of the Xinjiang team, Gao Tamoteyunas, also joined the Ligue 1 for various reasons.
The Xinjiang team, which lost two major internal main forces, has dropped sharply, and the Xinjiang team that played in the first stage of the league with the all-China class has only achieved a record of 3 wins and 10 losses, ranking 17th in the league standings, if the team does not make changes, this former CBA championship team may be difficult to play in the playoffs.
In the first league offseason of the season, the Xinjiang men's basketball team signed a big foreign assistant Moldy who played for Nanjing Tongxi last season, which can be regarded as strengthening the team's internal line to a certain extent. However, for the current Xinjiang team, it is difficult for just one foreign aid to let them play a turnaround battle in the second stage of the league, catch up with the top ranked teams, and re-enter the top 12 ranks.
Therefore, while signing Morery, the Xinjiang men's basketball team is also actively looking for a second foreign aid for the team. Due to the special circumstances of this year, there are very few foreign aid options available to CBA teams. Therefore, the Xinjiang men's basketball team has not found a more suitable foreign aid.
Fortunately, some domestic basketball media recently revealed that the second foreign aid of the Xinjiang men's basketball team finally has an eyebrow. The Xinjiang new signing is Adams, who played for Qingdao last season.
As we all know, the first stop of super foreign aid Adams joining the CBA was Xinjiang. In the 2016-17 season, Adams, who joined the Xinjiang men's basketball team for the first season, led the team all the way to the playoffs, and defeated the Guangdong men's basketball team in the finals, helping the Xinjiang men's basketball team win the first CBA championship trophy in the history of the team.
After playing for the Xinjiang men's basketball team for 3 seasons, Adams switched to the Qingdao men's basketball team. In his first season with Qingdao, Adams performed quite well. However, due to an ankle injury, Adams' form dropped sharply last season.
Therefore, this season, Qingdao did not renew Adams' contract, but signed Wells, who had played for Nanjing Tongxi. After that, Adams chose to go to Europe to pan for gold, but after a circle in Europe, Adams found that he still made the most money in the CBA. So, he finally decided to return to the CBA league this season.
Previously, the North Control Team, which also lacked small foreign aid, had intended to sign Adams, and the two sides were once very close to signing a contract. Unexpectedly, Adams suddenly sat on the ground and asked the North Control Club to provide him with a contract with an annual salary of up to $3 million.
Such a high offer is completely unacceptable for the North Control team. Therefore, Adams eventually missed to join the North Control men's basketball team.
According to the latest news, in the case of not being able to find a suitable small foreign aid, the Xinjiang men's basketball team once again targeted adams, and the two sides have reached a preliminary consensus on signing the contract. It is reported that although the salary offered by the Xinjiang men's basketball team for Adams this time is less than $3 million, it is also very attractive, and the amount is likely to exceed $2.5 million.
It can be said that the Xinjiang men's basketball team has also made a bloody contribution in order to be able to enter the playoffs this season. In the case of only $5 million in the CBA's foreign aid salary cap this season, it is possible to offer such a high salary, I am afraid that it can rank in the top 3 positions of CBA teams.
And whether Adams, who got a high salary, can play the MVP performance of the finals again after returning to Xinjiang, let's wait and see...