"Little Yao Ming" Yu Jiahao only grabbed 4 rebounds in 2 games, Liao Sanning, the old horse love disciple, did not exceed 4 points in 3 consecutive games, and Fujian demon wei Li Yiyang only scored 7 points in 5 games...
The second stage of the CBA is another week of fighting, and the young rookies have staged a youth storm as always, but before they can wake up from the tenderness of the water town of Zhuji Jiangnan, they have been blown by the cold wind of Changchun. Like the change of seasons, when the harsh winter comes, many people hit the wall hard.
Known as the CBA "Yao Ming", Yu Jiahao, who is 221cm tall, averaged 13.7 points, 10.2 rebounds per game in the first stage (5th in the league), 1.2 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks (9th in the league), with a shooting rate of nearly 60%, which can be described as a turn-off and star-studded. Not only did he have excellent stats, but he still had a good performance against the defense of Beijing and Guangdong.
In the first stage, 7 double-doubles were scored in 13 games, but in the 4 games of the second stage, the first three games added up to only 13 points and 7 rebounds, and the data was quickly pulled down, and the rebounds have dropped to an average of 8.7 per game, down to 8th in the league. Only 49.7 minutes were played in the four games, and only 12.4 minutes were played in each game.
The most important factor affecting Yu Jiahao is the return of foreign aid in the second phase.
His playing time and performances have decreased significantly, directly due to the return of Zhejiang's big foreign player Nicholas Rakosevic, who played 29.3 minutes per game and finished 18 points, 15.5 rebounds and 2.8 blocks. Followed by the addition of big foreign aid from other teams, the internal confrontation intensified, and Yu Jiahao received 5 and 4 fouls respectively in less than 20 minutes against Ningbo and Shandong.
The impact of foreign aid is huge, and when Yu Jiahao has not fully adapted to the playing style and rhythm of the Zhejiang team, Liu Weiwei's coach has to divide his playing time again to adapt to the big foreign aid. Yu Jiahao's future is certainly bright, but the situation he is facing is also very complicated, the good news is that his playing time is slowly improving, and Zhejiang is gradually showing a clear vein in exploring the coexistence of him, Dawai and the team.
This wall is nothing else, it is the "foreign aid wall", and the situation of Li Yiyang in Fujian is even less optimistic. After the return of Robert Gordon, he took 39.8 minutes of time per game, and could contribute 41.8 points, 7 rebounds, 9.8 assists and 2.2 steals of the super data, Fujian again out of the "empty cut group", so there is little time left for Li Yiyang.
In 5 games, Li Yiyang only played 45.5 minutes, averaging 9.1 minutes per game, which was because he was played by Guangsha, and he played a full 20 minutes. That is to say, in the first 4 games, he averaged 0.5 points, 0.75 rebounds and 1.75 assists in 6.4 minutes per game, compared with the first stage of 9.8 points, 3.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 2.7 steals.
In these 4 games, Li Yiyang shot 0 of 3, did not score a sports goal, and made 6 mistakes. December 31 is his 23rd birthday, but he did not enjoy the treatment of the commander on the field, but felt the cruelty and ruthlessness of the professional arena from zero distance, and the gift of life was to face the challenge.
Li Yiyang is a good seedling, but like a double-edged sword, he needs Bole.
High assists, high mistakes, low shooting percentage, poor personal offensive status, Li Yiyang too need to play to accumulate experience, correct mistakes, but also need Bole to remind him how to go to the right path. But at present, Fujian's new talent training plan and the team's season goal do not seem to be in the same PPT, if you want him to go and Gordon to compete for playing time, is it difficult to help the strongman, or help him step up to the sky?
Also trapped by foreign aid and rookies, Ningbo's Ma Zhenxiang plummeted in playing time due to the addition of Vladimir Stemak, and Shenzhen had fewer opportunities for big foreign aid Jared Salinger, Wu Zihan and Sun Haoqin.
The other wall comes from the rookie itself, Jiangsu's Cui Xiaolong's foul problem is still unresolved (5.4 minutes against Beikong 2T was sent off), Shanxi's Jia Hao felt frozen for a little long, and Tongxi Zhao Baiqing lost the starting position (22 points for guangdong outbreak, I don't know if I can impress Liu Tie's guidance).
The biggest impact on the "rookie wall" is the best rookie guard in the first stage, Liao Sanning, who averaged 13.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game. The first game of the second stage continued to play steadily, but then, his playing time was reduced all the way to 20 minutes, and he scored no more than 4 points in three consecutive games.
Sylvan Lanzberg, a swinger for the new defender of North Control, is not his direct competitor, and although it will have an impact on his playing time and playing style, it is not the main one. His opponent in the same position is Wang Junjie, who has performed well recently, and 196CM can change multiple positions, and the defense is very characteristic, but the defensive efficiency of the two is actually close, which is not the most direct reason.
Liao Sanning's biggest opponent is still his own offensive feeling.
In his last four games, he has made 39 shots and only hit 12 of them, and even more outrageously, in the last 3 games, he shot only 6 of 22, even 3 of 3 from three-point range, and 0 of 5 from the free throw line. His personal offensive inefficiencies in the first phase still didn't see any glimmer of improvement, and on the contrary, it seemed to get worse, like Russell Westbrook's career, where the lid of the basket was getting harder and harder to open.
Lao Ma will not easily shake Liao Sanning's starting position, his organizational talent has long been proven, the potential is worth looking forward to, but he is a little lost in heavier defensive pressure and worse shooting, and North Control has made adjustments. Landsberg and Wang Junjie will replace Liao Sanning at different times, so that his playing time will be reduced, and the road is still under his feet.
Measuring the stadium with his own feet, the rookie walking the overlord step is Shanghai's Li Tianrong, from the first stage of the back journey, he used one after another violent buckles and shocks, won the reputation of "Xiao Wei Shao", but also won the trust of Li Chunjiang's guidance. In the four games that began in the second stage, he scored three more double figures and staged many wonderful dunks.
Li Tianrong is the first player to find the positioning of several hot rookies, he is on the field only to impact, desperately defend, and finally the team will repay his efforts. He currently averages 11.3 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 59.4%, which is only a very small drop from the first stage, because he only took 2 points in the 15 minutes against Xinjiang.
Li Tianrong, who is full of impact, is putting himself in the competition position of the best newcomer.
Although the overall numbers have fallen slightly, he has maintained extreme efficiency so far, with a three-point shooting rate rising to 47.2%, 6 of 12 in the second stage, and a 100% shooting rate on the free throw line, which is among the 180 clubs. His effective shooting percentage is 4th highest in the league and 17th in the plus-minus league.
Among all the rookies, Li Tianrong has excellent physical fitness, outstanding efficiency, and the biggest advantage is the stable team training system, which can only be said that he is extremely lucky to meet Li Chunjiang's guidance and this rising Shanghai. In a few more sprints, more people will face this super rookie, and he deserves to be nominated for best rookie.
Finding the right positioning, this has always been the key word for rookies, in addition to Li Tianrong, Sichuan's Zhang Dianliang almost perfectly transformed himself into the No. 4 position with large foreign aid. He has scored in double figures in 3 games in the second stage, and has scored 18 points in the last two games, shooting 15 of 19, 4 of three points, and the efficiency is amazing, and Sichuan's draft this season is really a treasure. Tongxi's Liu Dong also performed well, scoring 26 points and 10 rebounds against Tianjin.
The most surprising thing is probably Qingdao's Lu Junhu, a 205cm tall, 22-year-old big forward who has played at least 25 minutes in each of his last three games. Due to the arrival of Dez Wells, Qingdao tried to match him with a small lineup with projection space, Lu Junhu is the key player in the inside line of this lineup, and the defensive potential he shows may even be a big weapon for the future deployment of Qingdao lineup.
Lu Junhu's performance made Wu Qinglong's coach very happy, and in the latest game of North Control, Lu Junhu was put into the starting lineup again since the first 3 games of the season. He immediately returned the favor and gave a big gift to the coach who trusted him, shooting 5-of-8, 13 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, and Qingdao won 20 points over North Control.
The two newcomers in Guangdong who do not show the mountains and dew have also been concerned recently, Zhang Mingchi is still stable in a limited time, and Xu Xin, who is 226cm tall, has finally shown the true face of Lushan. Just after his 18th birthday, Xu Xin is currently the youngest player in the CBA.
Against Tongxi, Xu Xin got 21 minutes of playing time, 13 points, 7 rebounds, 1 steal and 4 blocks, and his height was powerful on the defensive end. More optimistic is his ability to move and consciousness, two quick attack follow-ups, one two-handed dunk, one wreaking havoc on the basket, why Guangdong fans are so expecting him, there is a reason.
The ability of the 11 champions Guangdong to stand alone in the world is youth training, Zhang Mingchi and Xu Xin have a lot of opportunities for training, at this stage it is difficult to expect them to become the main force like Yu Jiahao, Liao Sanning and others, but they should have their own way. As long as you can find a position under The guidance of Du, the future will be a beautiful picture.
The return of foreign aid will inevitably affect the overall attack and defense of the team, of course, it will also affect the growth environment of rookies, such as Li Yiyang, Ma Zhenxiang and other people's time has dropped sharply, and they must re-adapt to the rhythm and positioning. But for rookies such as Li Tianrong, Zhang Dianliang and Lu Junhu, foreign aid has brought new opportunities, they have found the right position, and the game is more and more smooth.
The challenges of life are always like this, the basketball world rolls forward, just like 2022 replaced 2021, there is no time for rookies to hesitate, they can only be strong, brave and smart to find a solution. Re-see the needs of the team, appear in the right position, the foreign aid wall, the rookie wall is just a layer of window paper.
In 2022, the future will always belong to young people, but we must work harder to catch up with the future.