The first 18 rounds of the 2021-22 CBA regular season have all ended, and the Liaoning men's basketball team is currently ranked first in the league with a record of 16 wins and 2 losses, followed by Zhejiang Shuangxiong Golden Bull and Guangsha, and 4-6 places are Shanghai, Shanxi and Guangdong. For the management of Liaoning Basketball, this achievement is now an affirmation of their work in the past 2 years, not only finding two foreign assistants who are suitable for the team system, Ferge and Morland, but also experiencing a short painful period, and the new and old handover of the front position of Liaoning Basketball has also been successfully completed. It is understood that in addition to the 31-year-old veteran Li Xiaoxu, head coach Yang Ming also has 5 "cards" in his hand, such as Zhang Zhenlin, Wu Changze, Fu Hao, Yu Zechen, and Cong Mingchen.
To borrow a phrase from Du Feng's coaching, almost all CBA coaches now envy the depth of the Liaoning basketball lineup. Although there is a bit of a joke between the words, after all, the two CBA giants of Liaoning and Guangdong have a very good private relationship, but it has to be admitted that the current lineup structure of Liaoning Basketball is indeed another notch higher than last season, and in the eyes of many CBA industry insiders, this team is one step closer to the second crown in their team history. Faced with the Nets slashing 30+5, the efficiency value of the CBA no. 2, the two of them could have helped Liaoning limit Weems.
As we all know, Roma was not built in one day, and the management of Liaoning Basketball was also through continuous exploration, as well as its own solid youth training system, to finally usher in the current set of relatively balanced offensive and defensive lineups, it should be mentioned that during this period, Liaoning Basketball also missed a lot of high-quality players, of which the more representative ones are Lance Stephenson and Jonathan Simmons. Let's talk about Stephenson, the disciple of the fans. In the summer of 2019, the master and brother joined Liao Basket with an almost sky-high salary, this player with the attribute of the nerve knife on his body was highly expected by the outside world, and many people hoped that the master and brother could use their personal ability to help Liao Basket complete the score in the case of the opening of the situation like the meritorious foreign aid Hudson.
According to statistics, the master and disciple made 29 appearances for Liaoning basketball in the 2019-20 season, averaging 26.7 points + 7.4 rebounds + 3.8 assists + 1.1 steals per game, shooting 52.2% from the field. Facts have proved that according to the strength of the master and disciple, it is not difficult to cut a high score in a game in the CBA, but due to the existence of Guo Allen, the two Liao basket backcourt cores have a great conflict in playing style, coupled with the professional attitude of the master and brother at that time was controversial, Yang Ming even said bluntly when he was a commentator, the state of the master and brother on the field was too lazy, especially on the defensive end, Yang Ming suggested that the master and brother should go to see how Hudson used to defend.
In order to ensure the normal progress of the league, the CBA adopts a closed game system, and the fate of the master and brother and the Liaoning basket ends here, and OJ-Mayo becomes the new small foreign aid candidate. It is reported that the agent of the master and disciple later contacted the management of The Liaoning Basket, but because Yang Ming has taken charge of the coaching whip, in the foreign aid selection work, the Liaoning Basket especially respects Yang Ming's opinion, referring to the overall performance of the 2019-20 season, the Liaoning Basket finally did not cooperate with the master and brother again. Sources from the official, recently, the master and brother signed a 10-day short contract with the Pacers, in an NBA regular season game that ended today, facing the Nets led by Durant, Harden and Irving, the master and brother played 32 minutes off the bench, 12 of 19 shots, cut 30 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists (20 points in the first quarter).
Let's talk about Simmons, to be honest, Simmons's fame is no less than that of his brother, although he was an NBA no-no-no- draft, but under the tutelage of Spurs coach Popovich, Simmons gradually grew into the top defensive wing of the NBA, and the 2017-18 season is his career masterpiece, averaging 13.9 points + 3.5 rebounds + 2.5 assists per game in the regular season. Similar to the situation of his brothers and sisters, Simmons has not been playing in Liaoning for a long time, making a total of 16 appearances last season, averaging 9 points, 2.4 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. According to reports at the time, the reason why Liaoning basket gave up Simmons, in addition to freeing up energy to sign Fergus, a more important reason is that Simmons's physical condition did not meet the requirements of the coaching staff.
But now looking back, Liaoning basketball should give Simmons a little more time, after joining the Shanxi men's basketball team this season, Simmons can currently average 17 points + 4.2 rebounds + 5 assists + 1.6 steals per game, and the efficiency value (PER) is second in the CBA, second only to Qingdao super foreign aid Wells. It is worth mentioning that in the two head-to-head meetings between Shanxi and Guangdong this season, Simmons has played a brilliant performance, averaging 18.5 points + 4.5 rebounds + 5 assists + 1.5 steals + 1 block per game, because of the height and weight are not losses, so Simmons is not behind in front of Guangdong foreign aid Weems.
In fact, fans who have watched the CBA Finals in the past two years should know that Weems is the offensive strong point that Liaoning basket has never been able to solve, which is equivalent to falling twice in the same place. It's not that having Simmons and his brother's liao basket will definitely be able to beat Guangdong, but at least it won't make Weems score so easy. One is a strong player with 20 points in a single quarter in the NBA, and the other is a defensive player who can compete with Weems in the CBA regular season, just imagine, if in the past two Finals series, there are brothers and sisters and Simmons on the front line of the Liaoning basketball, Weems' scoring means are bound to be limited, and the Liaoning basket may be able to win one/two of them. Do you think this year's lineup can limit Weems? Welcome to leave a comment below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.