CBA overlord Guangdong men's basketball team has performed quite weakly this season, especially after entering the second stage of the league, Guangdong team only achieved 9 wins and 6 losses. Facing the old rival Liaoning men's basketball team, the Guangdong team encountered a double kill from Liaoning baskets extremely rarely.
In fact, the weakness of the Guangdong men's basketball team in the second stage of the league did not surprise too many fans. After all, compared to last season, Guangdong's main players Yi Jianlian, Zhou Peng and Ren Junfei are all one year older.
The delay in the return of super foreign aid Ma Shang from injury and the poor state of Weems, who returned to the team in the second stage of the league, also brought a lot of impact on the attacking power of Guangdong team.
You know, the second stage of the league is different from the first stage, many teams' foreign aid has been in place, while the guangdong team's foreign aid situation is not optimistic. As a result, they urgently signed new signings to Ledo in the middle of this month.
Ledo, who has just joined the team, still performed quite well, helping Guangdong team to win consecutive CBA weak teams such as Tianjin, Qingdao and Sichuan. But against Shanghai, whose strength has soared this season, Ledo's performance is not so powerful. Therefore, the loss of the Guangdong team is inevitable.
In addition to veterans and foreign aid factors, another major reason for the poor performance of the Guangdong men's basketball team in the second stage of the league is Zhao Rui's absence due to injury.
As the main point guard of the team, Zhao Rui's importance to the two ends of the Guangdong men's basketball team is self-evident. Although the Guangdong men's basketball team currently has two national-level defenders, Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie, the two obviously cannot replace Zhao Rui's role in the team. Therefore, when Zhao Rui can return from injury has played a crucial role in the next league trend of the Guangdong men's basketball team.
According to the latest news from the Guangdong men's basketball team reporter, Zhao Rui's injury has basically healed, and he has recently begun to carry out physical recovery training, after a 1-month off-season, Zhao Rui should be able to return in the third stage of the league with full blood.
In addition to Zhao Rui, the most concerned guangdong fans are undoubtedly when Ma Shang will be able to return to the team. From the current situation, Ma Shang will not return to the Guangdong men's basketball team this season. Because, according to the Guangdong men's basketball team reporter recently revealed, the Guangdong team will not introduce a third foreign aid this season.
As we all know, Ma Shang suffered a serious injury to a ruptured Achilles tendon at the end of last season, although his Achilles tendon surgery was quite successful and his post-operative recovery was also very good. But after all, Today's Ma Shang is already a 33-year-old veteran, and his physical function is not recovering as quickly as when he was young.
Referring to Yi Jianlian's Achilles tendon rupture, it took more than 1 year to recover before he officially made a comeback, and Ma Shang is unlikely to be completely cured in less than 1 year. Even if Ma Shang can come back now, neither he nor the Guangdong club will be willing to take the risk of another injury.
Therefore, the foreign aid configuration of the Guangdong men's basketball team this season is basically Weems Galledo duo, and with the economic strength of Hongyuan Club, it is unlikely that they will sign a third foreign aid with sufficient outstanding ability.
Judging from the actual situation of the current Guangdong men's basketball team, Hongyuan Club is likely to give up its goal of competing for the CBA championship this season. Because in addition to the lack of Ma Shang, a super foreign aid, there are also big problems in the inner line of the Guangdong team this season.
Yi Jianlian, who is gradually getting old, has lost the courage of that year. Veteran Su Wei's status this season has also begun to decline sharply, Zeng Fanri's ability is also difficult to reach the height of the two big brothers, and several young players in the inner line still need more games to practice.
Based on the above two reasons, the Guangdong men's basketball team wants to make a difference in the third stage of the league, and it will be very difficult. Perhaps it would be more pragmatic to change the team's goal this season from defending the championship to a four-for-three.