In the first two stages of the CBA, the most eye-catching local defender was None other than Chen Yingjun. Against the Shandong men's basketball team, Chen Yingjun had 26 points and 22 assists, which was the first time this season that a player in the CBA had a double 20 data. It is put into the entire history of the CBA, Chen Yingjun's data is very gold-rich. Before Chen Yingjun, only 3 people had scored + assist double 20 data in a single game.
Former Guangsha men's basketball core, CBA regular season MVP Fortson has done it twice. In the 2016-17 season, Fortson scored 22 points and 20 assists in a single game when playing against the Shandong men's basketball team. In the 2018-19 season, Fortson scored 21 points and 20 assists against the Tongxi men's basketball team. Franklin, a foreign aid to the Shanghai men's basketball team, has done it twice when playing in the Shanxi men's basketball team. Another player is Pago, who scored 43 points and 20 assists in a single game while playing for the Guangsha men's basketball team.
Among the local players, only Chen Yingjun did it, and he made history. Creating more than one history, Chen Yingjun has reached 17+ assists in three consecutive games, becoming the first person in CBA history. In three consecutive games, he had 19 assists against the Beijing Control men's basketball team, 22 assists against the Shandong men's basketball team, and 17 assists against the Shanxi men's basketball team.
In the end, in the first two stages of the CBA, Chen Yingjun averaged 10 assists per game, ranking first in the local area. More than the local first guard Guo Allen, that is, Zhao Jiwei, who is known as the domestic Paul, has assisted the number of assists, and is also under Chen Yingjun. In addition to passing well, Chen Yingjun's offense is also very powerful, averaging 19.9 points per game. Chen Yingjun quietly became a super defender and entered the ranks of local super giants.
The reason for such an achievement is largely because Chen Yingjun met Guo Shiqiang. In the first three seasons of his CBA career, Chen Yingjun was also able to play some high-level games, averaging double figures per game for three consecutive seasons. Because of the speed, Chen Yingjun broke through with infinite power and could enter the opponent's penalty area to score points. But Chen Yingjun's over-reliance on breakthroughs has also led to his sometimes acting like a headless fly, with extremely fluctuating performances, and it is not uncommon for a single game to reach 20 points, and often scores in single digits. At that time, Chen Yingjun was a good defender, but he did not have anything to do with the top.
In the 2020-21 season, after Guo Shiqiang became the coach of the Guangzhou men's basketball team, Chen Yingjun began to make rapid progress. Chen Yingjun greatly improved his shooting ability, shooting 39% from three-point range that season. This season, Chen Yingjun's three-point shooting rate has risen to 41%. With more offensive means, Chen Yingjun is difficult to defend, and this season's average score per game has risen to 19.9 points, which is a big increase from before.
At the same time, Chen Yingjun's passing ability has also improved significantly. In the 2019-20 season, Chen Yingjun averaged 4.8 assists per game, rising to 7.4 last season and 10 this season. Can attack and pass, Chen Yingjun can also play key balls, often standing up when the team is in difficulty.
He can make progress, and Chen Yingjun has also thanked Guo Shiqiang for his guidance many times. Chen Yingjun can be made better because Guo Shiqiang is experienced. Guo Shiqiang was a defender in his player era and a top defender in the league. With the Chinese men's basketball team in the Olympic Games, Guo Shiqiang is also accustomed to big scenes. After retiring, Guo Shiqiang coached the Liaoning men's basketball team, coached Yang Ming, Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei and many other top defenders, and was also very experienced in training defenders.
Guo Shiqiang also did not train Chen Yingjun in vain, and after the latter played a super giant level, Guo Shiqiang had one more signature player in his hands. This is also the key to the strength of the Guangzhou men's basketball team in the absence of the introduction of super giants, Guo Shiqiang has the ability to make existing players stronger.