Dez Wells made his debut in Qingdao, trailing by one point on the start and 17 points ahead at the end of the game. The eagle inserts its wings, exercises a muscle, and swoops down, and the tiger must also be in awe of three points.
Guangzhou's Chen Yingjun started with 3 three-point shots in a row, and the Qingdao men's basketball team fell behind 0-11 in an instant, and Wu Qinglong had no choice but to pause. Dakari Johnson calmed down, averaging at least 21 points + 12 rebounds + 3 assists + 1.5 blocks per game in the past three seasons, and the continuous passing of Qingdao quickly out of the slump.
When it came to Cary to rest, Qingdao, although the situation was good, was still one point behind, at this time, new signing Wells led the order to fight. Guangzhou temporarily relaxed his mind after he threw his first three-point shot, but in such an instant, the wind and clouds on the field changed color. Wells held the ball and scored a dunk under the basket, opening the story of Qingdao's career.
Wells charged again, making fouls and hitting all 2 free throws;
Wells made a steal under the basket and quickly assisted Xu Jiahan's score;
Wells received an assist from Raymond Ande, hitting a 3-pointer;
Wells forced Wang Zhengbo to throw and score again;
Wells steals Chen Yingjun and assists Li Yuanyu;
Wells received an assist from Xu Jiahan and successfully pulled out 3 points;
Wells singled out Nathaniel Mason and hit all two free throws;
Wells broke through and crashed into Chen Yingjun and assisted Li Yuanyu again;
Wells faced Chen Yingjun, 3 points and opened his hand again;
Wells was empty for 3 points, hand to hand;
From 5 minutes and 10 seconds left in the first quarter to 5 minutes and 11 seconds left in the second quarter, Wells completed the above things in a quarter of a week, 6 of 11, 4 of 7 three-pointers, 4 free throws, 20 points, 2 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals. Qingdao went from trailing by 1 point to leading by 17 points, and yes, Qingdao won 117-100 in the end, with a point difference of 17 points.
This long series of realistic records of personal performances makes people think that they are watching LeBron James vs Pistons, the picture is extremely shocking, the confrontation is incomparable, but the picture is closer, but it seems to be light and breezy. Wells eventually scored 33 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists to help Qingdao win on his debut.
The duo of Dacari and Wells scored 50 points on their CBA debuts, but their first career collaboration was in 2015.
As early as November 15, 2015, oklahoma blue team 15-16 NBDL first game, the team's starting center is Dakari, the starting wingback is Wells, the two have 16 points, 9 rebounds and 19 points and 5 rebounds, respectively. The two worked together for two seasons on the Blue Team and together brought the team to the final.
Dakari, who was once the proud son of heaven, played the NCAA at the University of Kentucky for two years, and was once the 7th high school student in the United States, and was not selected by the Thunder until the 18th pick in the second round of the 2015 draft. He rocked back and forth between the development league and the NBA for several seasons before finally deciding to bring the talent to the CBA.
In the past few seasons in Qingdao, Dakari has successfully enabled the super giant BUFF of the "Thunder Veteran", the size of the "prehistoric giant", and the excellent combination of ball in the heavy center, allowing him to take what he wants on the offensive end. Dacari is also an excellent defensive player, scoring a triple-double last season.
Dacari's story is well known, but Wells is like parachuting into the CBA.
Wells was born in North Carolina in 1992 to the son of Pamela Wells, a former St. Augustine University player. In high school, he attended the Voice of God Academy, and with the 2010 NBA Draft pick, John Wall, who was two years older than him, became teammates and good friends, and then he transferred to Hargrave Military High School until graduation.
Although not as talented as The Elder Wall, Wells at that time was also favored by the prestigious Xavier University, the alma mater of David West and Jordan Crawford. The Musketeers reached the national championship that year, and Wells finished with 14 points and 11 rebounds in the first round, eliminating Notre Dame University, and sending CJ McCollum's super black Maris University in the second round, and did not stop until the sweet 16.
However, Wells suddenly changed schools in 2012, caused by a post-match brawl in December 2011. The NCAA lifted his one-year redshirt limit to playing as a small forward at the University of Maryland, averaging 13.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3 assists and 0.9 steals per game in 12-13, the team's top scorer. At the end of the season, the team's second-leading scorer, Alex Lane, was selected by the Suns with the 5th pick in the first round.
Wells, who decided to finish four years of college, finally went to March with the Water Turtles in the final 14-15 season. Wells contributed 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists to eliminate the University of Valparaiso Cross, and passed the first round three years later, but the second round faced the West Virginia University Mountaineers team of Jiangsu men's basketball teammate Devon Williams in the second round, and unfortunately lost.
Wells, 23, lost the 2015 NBA Draft.
After playing in senior year, the data is not gorgeous enough, only averaging 15.1 points and 5.3 rebounds per game, Wells unsurprisingly lost. He joined the Thunder's team with Dakari, who was drafted that year, averaging 12.3 points and 8.1 rebounds per game, while Wells, who averaged 12.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game, suffered a major injury after that. In the 16-17 season, Wells, who had recovered from injury, was revived with full blood and was still in shape.
At this time, Dakari has successfully trained, developed the league killer, less than 30 minutes, averaging 18.5 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 blocks per game. He and Wells took the blue team to the first place in the West, eliminating the Santa Cruz Warriors in the first round, opposite the core of which was Jabari Brown, who had played in Guangzhou, Jilin and Jiangsu. In the finals against the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, Wells and Dacari scored in double figures, but unfortunately lost the title.
Wells is not as promising as Dacari, he is more of a fighter, but the 15-16 Season Thunder have Dion Wittes, who has a similar style. Seeing no hope in the NBA, Wells played a few games in the Greek league before the 16-17 season, and Avelino joined Serie A in 2017, his teammates include former Tianjin foreign player Hamadi Ndiaye, and in the past few years, he has also played Shanghai foreign aid James Nonali, Guangzhou foreign aid Kifer Sykes, and Fujian coach Nenad Wusinic.
How did Wells, who averages around 11 points per game in Europe, get the CBA's attention?
Dacari fulfilled his NBA dream in the 17-18 season, but was then traded and cut, and in September 18, he officially joined the CBA. Wells returned to the Blue Team at one point in the 18-19 season, then joined Pesaro in Italy (Guangzhou foreign player Dallas Moore played for) and the Philippines' Brit Brewers.
The encounter with the CBA is 2019. By the summer of the Macau Extraordinary 12 Invitational Tournament, Wells third place against Zhejiang Guangsha, despite the defeat, but played 33 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists. Prior to that, he played eight league games for the Fresh Beer Men, dropping 37.1 points, 7.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.
Guangsha's foreign aid in the 19-20 season was frequently wrong, so they remembered the strong Wells. Wearing a Guangsha jersey, in a short period of 11 games, he lived up to expectations, averaging 31.1 points, 7.6 rebounds, 5 assists and 3.2 steals per game, but unfortunately, the epidemic came.
With Sun Minghui, Zhao Yanhao and other ball holders on the outside, Guangsha instead traded his priority renewal rights to Jiangsu and exchanged it for Miroslav Radulica. Last season, Wells played again in Jiangsu with an average of 30+ (3rd in league scores) and 40+ 6 times in a single season.
Jiangsu began playing in the all-China class this season, and Wells joined Qingdao.
It's hard to imagine that Wells kept the Philippine League super performance to the CBA, but was given up continuously, Qingdao laughed and accepted the gift, and Dacari welcomed his old teammates 4 years later. Wells conquered Qingdao in only 12 minutes, and when he was 29 years old, the terrible thing was that in addition to the impact, he did not have many career three-point projections, and maintained an excellent shooting rate of more than 40%.
This group of Thunder veterans is probably the strongest of all the foreign aid combinations in the league at this stage. Dacari has averaged more than 10 free throws per game for two consecutive seasons, while Wells has averaged 6.5 free throws on 83 percent of the field in two consecutive seasons. This season's new strong team Guangzhou has a hard time saying, they are suppressed by the two major foreign aides in the opposite position, it is difficult to turn over.
Qingdao picked up a big bargain, and what they got was not Wells, who was discovered by Guangsha two years ago, but a strong foreign aid who had been training in the CBA for two seasons. When Guangzhou stubbornly chased 8 points in the last quarter, Wells stepped forward to take over the game, and a sudden shift of the ball indirectly assisted Wang Ruize to shoot three points, and then scored under the basket for two consecutive rounds of unreasonable straight shots.
In the end, when he was caught in the Guangzhou double bag, he also passed the ball to Li Yuanyu, who was vacant, indirectly assisted Shao Yinglun to score, guangzhou foreign aid Mason helplessly turned his head and sighed, and the victory was pocketed by Qingdao. With a strong body, excellent breakthroughs, a willingness to find teammates, and a defensive effort, Wells is not a super foreign aid who was suddenly discovered, but a master of successful training.
What is Wells's weakness? At this stage, in addition to not having CBA playoff experience, it is impossible to predict whether he can play against the top teams in the league, I am afraid that nothing can stop him from entering the peak of his CBA career in Qingdao. With him and Dakari, Qingdao's role players finally have the main backbone, and the ornamentality of this team has instantly improved by N grades, and future games will be very interesting.
When in Jiangsu, Wells gave himself Chinese name "Dai Xiaolong", some fans called Dakari "Black Li Kui", this set of combination punches, what strong teams will be recruited?