In the past 2 seasons, the CBA's fastest improving interior line is none other than Li Yanzhe, or even one of them.
In the 2018-19 season, Li Yanzhe entered the CBA to play, but failed to play. In the 2019-20 season, Li Yanzhe played only 23 games, averaging only 10 minutes per game. In the limited playing time, Li Yanzhe also rarely has a bright performance, but frequently appears such as butter hands. Li Yanzhe is considered to have no cultivation value and is the mascot of the Guangzhou men's basketball team.
However, in the past 2 seasons, Li Yanzhe has become the main force of the Guangzhou men's basketball team, especially this season, he has served as a pillar in many competitions. Single-game scoring double-doubles is not uncommon, against the Jiangsu men's basketball team, Li Yanzhe got 22 points and 8 rebounds in 27 minutes of playing time. Can take on the heavy responsibility of attacking, Li Yanzhe is also very present in the defensive end, it is not uncommon to send 2 blocks in a single game, against the Qingdao men's basketball team, the number of blocks in a single game reached 3 times.
In the first two stages, the Guangzhou men's basketball team achieved a record of 18 wins and 10 losses, and Li Yanzhe made no small contribution. Quietly entering the ranks of local high-quality internal lines, Li Yanzhe today is very different from the past. The rapid progress is because Li Yanzhe has excellent physical conditions. Reaching a height of 2.15 meters, although the movement is not flexible enough, but the body is heavy, the strength is also strong, Li Yanzhe has an advantage in the penalty area confrontation. There is also a self-motivated heart, Li Yanzhe in the 2 seasons of ambition, still silently working hard, honing skills.
Playing iron needs to be hard, a person wants to succeed, and individuals need a steady stream of efforts, but they are also inseparable from the help of noble people. Li Yanzhe is no exception, and his nobleman is Guo Shiqiang. In the 2020-21 season, after Guo Shiqiang became the head coach of the Guangzhou men's basketball team, he was almost given heavy use for the first time. Initially, although Li Yanzhe played as a substitute, he did not play a lot of playing time, often playing more than 15 minutes in a single game. After the halfway point of the season, Li Yanzhe directly became the starter and continued until the end of the season.
Let Li Yanzhe fight more, and Guo Shiqiang is also very patient with him. Even if Li Yanzhe made a low-level mistake in the game, Guo Shiqiang would not abandon him, but guided him in time. Guo Shiqiang's painstaking efforts were not in vain, and with the increase of competition experience, Li Yanzhe gradually got better. Last season, Li Yanzhe often scored double figures in a single game, and in defense, his progress was also obvious.
This season, Li Yanzhe's performance has further improved, and even has the reputation of Little Han Dejun. In fact, the reason why Guo Shiqiang reused Li Yanzhe also had the idea of making him the second Han Dejun. Han Dejun has been the CBA's top killer for a long time, with infinite power and can also act as an internal gate. Han Dejun helped the Liaoning men's basketball team become a top team, and also helped the team win the first CBA championship in team history in the 2017-18 season. He is also a regular visitor to the national team, and Han Dejun has played for the country many times.
But Han Dejun also had a sad past. In the 2007-08 season, Han Dejun entered the Liaoning men's basketball team to play, but only played 16 games in his debut season. Most of the time, the game went into garbage time. In these unworthy playing hours, Han Dejun did not make good use of them, but made low-level mistakes continuously. Han Dejun is regarded as a mascot and lasted for 2 seasons, and the future is once bleak.
Pain turned to pain, but Han Dejun never gave up, but maintained hard training. Han Dejun's efforts were not in vain, he finally got a real opportunity, and seized it, gradually making a name for himself. As the former head coach of the Liaoning men's basketball team, Han Dejun's lows and climaxes, Guo Shiqiang have witnessed. Because of this, after Guo Shiqiang joined the Guangzhou men's basketball team, he had great confidence in the frustrated Li Yanzhe.
Facts have proved that Guo Shiqiang did not look at the wrong person, from the performance of the past 2 seasons, Li Yanzhe is expected to re-walk the road of Han Dejun. Guo Shiqiang proved that he is an excellent Bole and also has practical benefits. After Li Yanzhe stood out, the Guangzhou men's basketball team had one more person who could be used, and Guo Shiqiang's dispatch of troops became easier. Can let the players grow, which is also an important reason why Guo Shiqiang can change the Liaoning men's basketball team.