In last year's offseason, the Liaoning men's basketball team did not choose to renew Mayo's contract, but continued the front rim with another small foreign aid Fogg, as the original team's fire-fighting foreign aid, Mayo replaced Stephenson in the 19-20 season, and seamlessly connected with the Liaoning men's basketball team. However, in last year's crotch pull performance in the finals, Liaoning finally chose to give up on him.
After leaving the CBA, Mayo moved to Yonex Kazan in the Russian VTB League, and just earlier in a focus battle between Yonex and CSKA Moscow, the two sides fought hard for three extra hours, and in the case of multiple teammates leaving the game for five fouls, Mayo seized the opportunity to complete a difficult mid-range shot to help Yonex win the game 105-103.
Looking at the old acquaintances who once played for their own teams shining in overseas leagues, Liao basketball fans also began to sigh: "If it is Fogg, it is absolutely impossible to shoot this key ball." As a super scorer who once killed in the Guangzhou men's basketball team, Fogg just joined the CBA in the 17-18 season, he could average a career-high 35.6 points, 6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, and in 19 years, he turned to North Control, through the transformation of Marbury, Fogg also transformed into an organizer who took passing as the first choice, and it was also because of Fogg's selfless tandem and strong defense that Liao Basket finally chose to bring him to the team.
Admittedly, in the playoffs last season, Fogg did not play at the level it should have, averaging only 17 points, 6 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate was as low as 22.7%, but compared to Mayo's defensive end, It can be said that It is a big black hole, Fogg can at least use defense to make up for the lack of offensive ability, which is the main reason why Liaoning chose to renew him instead of Mayo. In the 21 games he played for the team, in only 22.9 minutes of playing time, Fogg averaged 16.6 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and the three shooting rates reached 51.2%, 43.5% and 85.1%, respectively, in addition to the free throw shooting rate, shooting percentage and three-point shooting rate set a career high.
In fact, to be a small foreign aid such a strong team as Liaoning Basket, it is indeed a difficult thing, first of all, there are two cores of Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei in the squad, doomed to be unable to get as sufficient ball rights as other middle and lower-down teams, and in the case that the ball rights and playing time are not guaranteed, personal data will naturally not be good to see where to go, even if it was The original Hudson, it took a long time to fit perfectly with the team, and in recent years, whether it is Simmons or Stephenson, these big-name foreign aides have not been able to find a chemical reaction with Liaoning Basket. Last season, Due to the increase in age, There was a significant decline in the ability to tackle tough problems, coupled with the weakness of the defensive end, and finally broke up with the team peacefully.
As a small foreign aid who can do everything with or without the ball, and is willing to put down his body to try to defend, as far as the current situation is concerned, it is indeed a more suitable candidate for Liaoning Basketball. If the fans really want to compare him with the original Scoring Type in Guangzhou, there is really nothing to say, after all, the small foreign aid who plays in the strong team needs to make sacrifices in terms of data, just like Weems and Ma Shang in Guangdong, if only by relying on the data on the books and the inaccuracy of the occasional few games, they will judge that they can't play the key ball and are not suitable for the team, it is really a bit arbitrary.