Recently, the CBA is in the offseason, but Australia's NBL league is in full swing. After the expiration of his contract with Qingdao last season, Liu Chuanxing originally wanted to stay on the team, and according to the best performance of his career that he just played last season, and also successfully became an All-Star, he really deserved a class D salary quota. However, at that time, Qingdao was only willing to sign a multi-year B contract with him, and because the salary was not negotiated between the two sides, Liu Chuanxing finally switched to the Australian NBL League and joined the Brisbane Bullets at a price of about 1.2 million yuan per year. In fact, his joining is definitely not empty, at that time, when Liu Chuanxing and Qingdao were in a stalemate on the renewal of the contract, there were media reports that an NBL team was contacting Liu Chuanxing, but did not think that things went so smoothly.
Unlike Zhou Qi, who bears the label of being the first person in the Chinese men's basketball team, he joined the Melbourne Phoenix team that placed a defender on him, and Liu Chuanxing joined the bullet, which is really a little witch compared to him. Due to the huge salary gap between Liu Chuanxing and Zhou Qi, to some extent, it also determines the importance of Liu Chuanxing in the bullet team, and it will not be high.
Sure enough, in his NBL debut, the Bullets against the Tasmanian Ants, Liu Chuanxing only got 4 minutes of playing time, during which he did not score a point, only grabbed 1 rebound. In the next 4 games, Liu Chuanxing's playing time did not exceed 10 minutes, except in the second game against the Wildcats, in the 7 minutes of playing time, 2 shots 1, won the first point of the NBL career, and the rest of the games he swallowed the duck egg in terms of scoring. It wasn't until january 15 with the Phoenix's "China Derby" that Liu Chuanxing won 11 minutes of playing time for the first time in his career, during which he had 6 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block on 3-of-5 shooting, and the only block was given to his compatriot Zhou Qi.
Although in the next two games against the Sydney Kings, Due to tactical needs, Liu Chuanxing's playing time fell below double digits again, in the game against Melbourne United on January 26, Liu Chuanxing scored 10 points and 5 rebounds on 4-of-5 shooting in 13 minutes of playing time, one of which also set a new career high for the NBL. In the latest game against the Phoenix, Liu Chuanxing also once again got 11 minutes of playing time, scored 5 points and 3 rebounds, it is a pity that this game Zhou Qi was not able to put on the game because of illness, and the "China Derby" could not be staged as scheduled.
As of now, Liu Chuanxing has gained 6.5 minutes of playing time in the Bullets, averaging 2.7 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, although the data is not remarkable, but in the last two games Liu Chuanxing has gained more than 10 minutes of playing time, it can be seen that he has gradually gained the trust of the coaching staff. It is true that in the heat of the NBL and the importance of the team, Liu Chuanxing is far inferior to Zhou Qi, but at least he has actively proved the value of his existence in the limited playing time. Regardless of whether he will continue to be reused by the Bullets team this season, at least this "outside the brigade" is indeed a good experience for Liu Chuanxing, and if he returns to the CBA later, presumably the Qingdao men's basketball team, which has a bad record, will also decisively offer him a considerable salary!
(Luo Treasurer)