Earlier, the Shanghai men's basketball team defeated the North Control men's basketball team 118-104, to be able to double-kill the opponent this season, winning is naturally a happy thing, but the team's core small foreign aid Franklin in this game is still not recovered, in the 18 minutes of playing time, 11 shots only 4, only 13 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, and the team's highest 4 mistakes, the offensive aggressiveness continued to decline at the same time, the proud insertion organization tandem also failed to play. Since entering the second stage, Franklin has only scored more than 20+ in 2 games, and even 3 games have not even scored double digits, and it is true that the return of Vonle is indeed a reason, but it is not an excuse for his downturn.
In the offseason, Shanghai signed three foreign aides in one fell swoop, and Franklin was the first to arrive at the team, in order to leave the Shanxi men's basketball team in the offseason, he even paid the transfer fee out of his own pocket to leave Shanxi and join Shanghai, the purpose is to prove that he is a top xiaowai who can play a hard battle, but after suffering a serious waist injury in the game against Beijing Shougang last season, Franklin did have a sharp decline in his state after his return, and it is difficult to get rid of the defenders through the first step. However, since There was only one foreign aid in Shanghai in the first stage, Franklin, who had enough playing time, also handed over 2 or 30+ points from time to time, and the number of assists basically remained in the double digits.
However, in the second stage of their own playing time was gradually divided by the big foreign aid Von Lay, Franklin's overall performance also showed a certain decline, in the second stage Franklin only 22 minutes of playing time, the average data per game also fell to 14.6 points, 5.9 rebounds and 5.8 assists, I don't know if Franklin intentionally retained himself, or the state is really not as good as before, the original can attack can defend can be tandem "all-round warrior", the current proud advantage has disappeared, speed, Breakthroughs, shots, even the most basic free throws are not good, it is really a bit of a failure to live up to the team's expectations of him.
In recent games, careful fans can find that Li Chunjiang in the final stage of the final tiebreaker almost let the big foreign Feng Lai dominate the game, and Franklin can only be a spectator on the bench, he was not smart at that time, now there is really a bit of a taste of six-veined Excalibur, in the case of losing the ability to break through strongly, Franklin can only use three-pointers and fouls to get points, which is similar to the current Lin Shigang Lin, but where the shooting accuracy is inaccurate, Franklin had a hard time contributing much on the offensive end, and in the case of Yuan Tangwen gradually finding organizational inspiration in the second phase. Franklin's assist broke through double digits in only one game in the second phase.
As of now, Franklin has averaged only 17.4 points, 7.5 rebounds and 9 assists per game, shooting only 42.7%, 29.9% and 83.9% of the three shots, respectively, one of which is a career low, and it is difficult to imagine that this is the killing god who has cut 3 or 40+ in the past few seasons.
I believe that for the Shanghai men's basketball team, the goal of this season is definitely not just to enter the playoffs so simple, if they really want to go further, Franklin such a small foreign aid who can't play a hard battle, really have to meet Liaoning, Guangdong, Chouzhou, Guangsha these strong teams, Shanghai is estimated to really only rely on old acquaintance Fredette!