On January 2, Beijing time, according to domestic media sources, the former NBA tanhua Okafu has arrived in China and will play in the CBA League and join the Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team. Due to Okafor's outstanding background history, his arrival will bring more fans to the CBA, who also played for the Brooklyn Nets but was laid off without playing. Throughout his NBA career, Okafor averaged 19 minutes per game and contributed 10.4 points and 4.7 rebounds, and his best year was the rookie season, averaging 17.5 points and 7 rebounds per game.
The Zhejiang Guangsha men's basketball team that Okafor joined this time is a perennial strong team in the CBA League, and has maintained a strong performance so far this season, playing 17 rounds of regular season, ranking second in the standings with 14 wins and 3 losses, second only to Liaoning, and is one of the best teams in the CBA League.
The addition of Okafor will allow Zhejiang Guangsha to directly step into the ranks of the championship level, a height of 2 meters 11 has been in the NBA to cut an average of 17 + 7 data per game, I believe that in the CBA field can maximize the value of their own offensive end, is expected to cut the average of 25 + 15 data per game. Unlike the NBA, the overall defense of the CBA league is poor, and the weaknesses of Okafor's lack of defense will be covered up. Before Okafor, Beasley and Marshon Brooks, who were also depressed in the NBA because of defensive problems, have played terrible offensive performances, and the younger Okafor believes that they can do the same.
At present, Zhejiang Guangsha has another foreign aid Jarod Jones, who is 2 meters 07 in height to represent Guangsha 4 times, averaging 15.8 points, 9.8 rebounds, 2 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, more inclined to the space-type blue-collar interior line, while Okafor's type is completely different, he has a height of 2 meters 11, more than 110 kg of weight, is a pure No. 5 position, can support the Guangsha penalty area.
It is worth mentioning that in the local lineup of the Guangsha team, there was originally an MVP-level internal player, and the 24-year-old national player Hu Jinqiu, the national player, is still outstanding this season, averaging 22.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, with a shooting rate of 73%. Such an excellent Hu Jinqiu partnered with Okafor, and the Guangsha inner line will reach the top of the entire CBA League at least on the offensive end, and has the opportunity to create the first offensive interior combination of the CBA League.
Zhejiang Guangsha has been in a struggling stage for 3 years since breaking the team record in the 17-18 season and rushing to the finals, falling in the first round for three consecutive seasons, wasting the peak period of Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao and Sun Minghui, and encountering a bottleneck period is the biggest problem of this team. In the same period, the CBA League maintained the main theme of the Liao-Guangdong War, and another team in Zhejiang, the Chouzhou Men's Basketball Team, also broke the team record last season and won the 3rd place in history. There are many strong teams, Zhejiang Guangsha wants to break through and need a better lineup, the introduction of Okafor is a suitable option, And Zhejiang Lions will officially rise!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)