On January 29, Beijing time, the first day of the second phase of the CBA, the teams will also usher in a rare rest period, in this more than a month of fighting, there have been many teams ashore in advance to lock up the playoffs, including the new local tycoon Shanghai men's basketball team that continues to invest heavily this season. As of now, they are temporarily in second place in the league with a record of 23 wins and 5 losses, and in the entire second stage, they have only lost 2 games, and Shanghai has won against Shenzhen, Guangdong and Chouzhou, which are the top 6 teams.
This season, the Shanghai men's basketball team replaced the manager with Li Chunjiang, a CBA coach who had coached Guangdong and Guangsha, because he did not like to use new people in Guangsha before, so this time his entry into the team was also cautiously optimistic from the outside world, but after really coming to the team, Li Chunjiang really helped the team to dig up two new people. In addition to Guo Haowen, who joined the team last season, another "young player in Macao" who was promoted from the youth team this season, Li Tianrong, has also become an important player under Li Chunjiang. Li Tianrong, who recently turned 22, before joining the CBA, had briefly played for the New Zealand Saboteurs of the Australian NBL League, although he did not get many opportunities there, but he did open his eyes to Li Tianrong's experience in the competition.
Li Tianrong, who was signed by Shanghai last season, because the CBA has a clear stipulation that youth players must stay for a year before they can be promoted to the first team, so he can only go to the youth league first, and there Li Tianrong really showed his "stand out" side and successfully won the MVP award of the youth league. After successfully promoting to the first team with this halo this season, Li Tianrong was also lucky to get 12 minutes of playing time in his first CBA game, that game Shanghai beat Tianjin 120-94, Li Tianrong in this limited playing time, 7 shots 2 of 7 to score 6 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists. Although from time to time by Li Chunjiang "spit fragrant", but Li Tianrong is still lucky to get playing time, in the first stage of the two games with Qingdao, Tianjin, he scored 20+ high points in succession, on November 5, again in Tianjin, Li Tianrong also scored a season-high 27 points.
After entering the second stage, Li Tianrong's limelight is even more pressure on Guo Haowen, and he has played well at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, facing the defending champion Guangdong men's basketball team in the final battle, Li Tianrong shot 9 of 14 in 28 minutes of playing time, and won 21 points, 2 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks. In a defensive round, a chasing cap sent to Guangdong veteran Ren Junfei directly ignited the shanghai bench, and it did not fall behind in the opposition to Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie, who had gradually gained a foothold in the CBA.
As of now, Li Tianrong can average 10.6 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.2 assists per game, and the three shooting rates have reached 57.6%, 42.3%, 91.3%, respectively, successfully joining the 180 clubs, if it were not for the loss of a free throw against Jiangsu Kendia on January 18, Li Tianrong would really be able to keep his free throw shooting rate at 100%. As a rookie who has been reused since his infancy, Li Tianrong really has the possibility of becoming "Sun Minghui of Shanghai" under the careful tutelage of Li Chunjiang.
(Luo Treasurer)