A few days ago, the CBA was also temporarily in the rest phase after the end of the second phase. As a big dark horse team that has been in the playoffs in the past two seasons, the "extraordinary rise" of the Qingdao men's basketball team is indeed eye-catching. However, after the end of the second stage, they can only achieve a record of 8 wins and 20 losses, which is indeed unacceptable for a team that broke into the top 8 last season. In fact, in terms of foreign aid selection, Qingdao still chooses Dakary Johnson, who has been seamless with the team in the past few seasons, while the small foreign aid side has chosen to abandon Adams, thus signing the famous air slash king Deez Wells, who played for Jiangsu Kendia last season.
As a result, even in the case of the return of the two foreign aides in the second stage, Qingdao did not show its strong competitiveness, only achieved 4 victories, two of which were still won against the new army Ningbo Fubang, and after the final battle of the second stage was lost to Chouzhou by 5 points, Qingdao also drew an incomplete end to its second stage with a wave of 5 consecutive defeats. The reason why Qingdao has declined so seriously is probably still very much related to the departure of Liu Chuanxing, the core of the team's internal line. In the offseason, Liu Chuanxing did not agree on the renewal of the contract with Qingdao, and chose to transfer to the Australian NBL League like Zhou Qi, unlike Zhou Qi who went to the Phoenix team is the absolute starting force, Liu Chuanxing went to the bullet team, more are playing a substitute inside line.
Liu Chuanxing, 22 years old, 2 meters tall and 25 meters tall and weighing 130KG, as a member of the guangdong youth team, Liu Chuanxing was also used by Guangdong as a bargaining chip in exchange for Su Wei in the transaction case between Guangdong and Qingdao in 18 years, and was sent to the Qingdao men's basketball team together with Shao Yinglun, Zhou Zhandong and others. In the first season, Liu Chuanxing did not get many opportunities, playing only 4 games in the whole season, and playing only 2.8 minutes. However, after Wu Qinglong entered the host in the second season, Liu Chuanxing was limited by Johnson and did not return in the rematch stage, and Liu Chuanxing was simply pushed into the starting position, and it was this unintentional insertion of willow that made Liu Chuanxing become the core of the team's internal line.
Throughout the season, Liu Chuanxing averaged 7.8 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in 17.8 minutes of playing time, and last season, because the foreign aid use policy was adjusted to 4 quarters and 4 people, Liu Chuanxing also gained more playing time, and in 21.7 minutes of playing time, he raised the data to a career-best 9.4 points, 8.1 rebounds and 1.1 blocks, and was selected for the first time in his career. Because of his deterrent power in the penalty area, Qingdao also allowed the inside line to be fully protected when letting the small outside Adams play, and when Liu Chuanxing went off to rest, Johnson could also call the wind and rain in the penalty area.
But this season, after Liu Chuanxing left the CBA, Qingdao suddenly lacked such an internal optimus prime, which also made the team unable to find a suitable interior line to match him after the little outer Wells played, and the new signing Li Yuanyu was more like a No. 4 position who could pass the ball, and his role in the penalty area was far inferior to That Of's. This also makes it possible that after the end of the second stage, Qingdao only achieved the 16th record in the league, and if they continue to swallow defeats at the beginning of the third stage, they can basically say goodbye to the playoffs!
(Luo Treasurer)