In the impression of the majority of fans, whether it was once called Shandong East and West King, or now called Shandong Expressway, Shandong men's basketball team is a team with flesh and blood and backbone. Even if the team's performance has fluctuated, everyone's love for this team has not decreased in several years. However, today's Shandong men's basketball team, especially last night's Shandong men's basketball team, is indeed a bit disappointing, because the team not only lost 97-125, but also lost to some extent. The whole game lost 28 points, and the first quarter lost 29 points in a single quarter, also in the first quarter, once behind by 34 points, and in the fourth quarter, if it is not Shanghai Jiushi's intention to collect troops in advance, the difference between the two sides may reach more than 50 points. After all, the point difference between the two teams has reached 49 points in the course of the game, and if the Shanghai men's basketball team goes all out, it is still normal for such a score to appear.
What gave people some comfort was that Tao Hanlin, who played some tough performances in the game, expressed his feelings through his personal social account after the game. And he also affirmed the criticism of the team by the fans and fully accepted it. It can be seen that no matter how good or bad the competitive state is, how the performance in the game is, and how the team has a problem that is difficult for fans to accept, as the new captain of the team, Tao Hanlin is still the key person in this Shandong men's basketball team to maintain self-motivation and a correct view of honor and disgrace. He has been working the field to continue to become a member of the Chinese men's basketball national team, and it has also become a driving force for him to maintain an upward posture.
We must admit that in the days when I was guided by Xiaobin and led this team, even if the performance of the team was also up and down, and most of the positions in the team, there was a lack of players with real outstanding talent, but it was such a group of players, under the pinch of Gong's guidance, still played the integrity of the team. And in the case of the team encountering experience difficulties and facing salary arrears, everyone still fought to the top four positions in the CBA League. It can be seen that for this team with a good tradition, there are many problems in the whole team today. One of the problems is the atmosphere of the coaches leading the team. To some extent, it is not that Xu Changsuo's guidance ability is not good, or the work is not responsible, nor is the new head coach Gong Luming not want to manage the team well, this seems to be a lot of responsible persons, everyone can not really unify to a core person around the state, but let the problem of Shandong men's basketball team become more and more prominent.
In addition, there is another problem that is also very prominent, that is, the Shandong men's basketball team does have some emotional matters in the process of recruiting foreign aid. Their two existing foreign aides, Hudson and Giron Water, are in a situation where their physical fitness and individual combat ability are declining, as is their ability to work with their teammates. When he pays attention to personal singles, his ability is not enough to support. When you want to play team basketball and your style is not adaptable, Hudson's original experience has become a negative growth value of the team's strength. It may be that when playing against some teams in the middle and lower reaches of the strength, the Problem of the Shandong Men's Basketball Team, including Hudson, cannot be exposed, or it is not very obvious. In front of the Shanghai Jiushi, which has now been strengthened and the coach has been replaced by Li Chunjiang, it is obvious that this disadvantage of the Shandong men's basketball team has been over-magnified. Another foreign player, Giron Water, has more problems than Hudson, and it can be said that his style of play belongs to the type that can be the icing on the cake and cannot be sent in the snow. It's not that he doesn't work hard, it's that he really doesn't have enough ability. For example, in the match with Shanghai Jiushi, he played for nearly 17 minutes, shooting 3 of 8, 0 of 3 three-pointers, only 8 points, 3 rebounds, 3 blocks, and 5 turnovers, maybe when the team played the key ball, he had no chance to stand on the court. And such a style of player, of course, does not bring any benefit to the overall strength of the team.
Whether the future Shandong men's basketball team can compete for a playoff spot is unknown. But for this team, it may really be time to say goodbye to the past and make adjustments in all aspects. It is just that in which way this adjustment will begin, we do not know. At least from the perspective of the situation of double foreign aid, it is really necessary to consider substitution.