To say that the biggest "dark horse" in the CBA this season, it is definitely the Shanxi men's basketball team, who ever wanted to offseason, the team successively sent away Franklin and Ren Junwei two cores, but the record did not drop but rose, currently with 14 wins and 4 losses occupy the fifth position in the league!
After Franklin was injured last season, the team's record was greatly affected, and even though the latter completed his comeback in the season, it still could not change the team's fate, and Shanxi ultimately missed the playoffs. In the offseason, the team did not choose to continue to keep Franklin, but instead signed the former Guangsha team's foreign aid Field, and sent away Ren Junwei shortly before the start of the season, knowing that in the past few seasons, Ren Junwei was the team's well-deserved core of the interior.
Without Ren Junwei on the inside, veteran Ge Zhaobao took on the heavy responsibility and completed the task well, averaging 19.7 points and 7.7 rebounds per game so far this season, supporting the team's interior attack. The original coach left by the offseason top salary also ushered in an outbreak, averaging 17.4 points per game and shooting 47% from three-point range! Field, who replaced Franklin, also played a good leadership role, using his personal ability to revitalize the team, which is the main reason why the Shanxi team can achieve such good results!
Since the beginning of the new season, a total of 7 players in the Shanxi team have averaged more than double-digit points per game, namely Field (24.7 points), Ge Zhaobao (19.7 points), Yuan Shuai (17.4 points), Jonathan Simmons (17 points), Zhang Ning (12.1 points), Xing Zhiqiang (11.8 points), Yan Pengfei (10.9 points). The number of teams scoring in double figures per game, pressing liaoning, Guangdong and other strong teams, ranking first in the league, which is one of the reasons why Shanxi can succeed this season, the team can score a lot of people.
The arrival of the team's second foreign aid Jonathan Simmons is a icing on the cake for the Shanxi team, his all-round type and flanking defensive ability can provide great help to the team, to know that Simmons joined Shanxi in the five games, the team has not yet tasted a defeat, including the powerful Guangdong team and Shougang team. Thanks to the Shanghai team for poaching Franklin, giving the Shanxi team the opportunity to sign Field, thanking the Liaoning team for last season's "no grace", so that the Shanxi team successfully "picked up the leak" Simmons, with the current team, how far can the "dark horse" Shanxi men's basketball team go this season?