On February 8, Beijing time, in a match in the Russian VTB League, Kazan Yonex relied on OJ Mayo's whistle to shoot and kill CSKA Moscow. It is worth mentioning that in last year's offseason, the Liaoning men's basketball team did not choose to renew Mayo, but reached a contract extension with Fogg, and another foreign aid position was to choose the big foreign Eric Moland, who had played for Shanxi. Since the CBA was not yet sure whether it would use foreign aid in the new season, Mayo, who did not want to continue to wait, also took the lead in finding a home for himself, switching to Yonex Kazan in the Russian League.
As a once NBA famous Tanhualang, Mayo was once regarded as Kobe's successor at the beginning of his debut, but because of various deadly acts off the field, Mayo also drifted away from the stars, in 16 years because of violations of the NBA anti-drug regulations, he was also punished by the league for two years of suspension, it was difficult to wait until the ban time was over, Mayo could no longer be favored by the NBA, during which he successively played in many leagues, including SBL in Taiwan, NBL in China, and had the footprints of Mayo's performance. In 19 years, when Stephenson, who was signed by Liaoning Basket at that time, failed to return to the team after the resumption, and Mayo, who had just ended his ABL league contract at that time, was also unemployed, holding the attitude of trying it out, And Liaoning Basket also used it as a fire-fighting foreign aid and signed him.
But because no matter whether it was playing in the NBL, ABL or SBL, the lower leagues, it was not able to play absolute dominance, Andeo was not optimistic at the beginning of joining the CBA, but the skinny camel was bigger than The Horse, and after a short period of adaptation, Mayo quickly integrated into the Liaoning basket, and even more suitable for this championship-winning team than the predecessor Stephenson. In his first season with the CBA, Mayo delivered 28.4 points, 7.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 2.5 from the top 2.5 teams, shooting 57%, 43.5% and 84.6% from the field. Such a perfect data sheet, Liaoning Basket did not hesitate to choose to renew his contract in the offseason, and last season was limited by the policy of using four people in the four quarters of foreign aid, Andeo's average data also fell off a cliff in the case of playing time being compressed to 29 minutes, averaging only 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game.
In the playoffs, Mayo also fully exposed his weakness of not being able to play a hard battle, averaging only 12.3 points and 4.2 rebounds per game, especially in the finals with Guangdong, Mayo and Fogg played iron in succession, and also let the team miss the second championship trophy in team history. The reason why Liao Basket did not renew his contract with Mayo this season is most likely because of his crotch performance in the finals, and now in the European League, he can shine and contribute to the whistle, and I don't know if Liao Basket has begun to miss this former firefighting foreign aid.
It is true that Fogg, who was able to stay on the team, can also efficiently hand over 16.6 points this season, shooting a new 51.2% shooting rate and 43.5% three-point shooting rate in the shooting range of the belt career, but in the handling of key balls, Fogg and Mayo really have a certain gap. If it comes to such a tough battle as the playoffs, Fogg will most likely have to pull his crotch like he did in North Control before. And Mayo did show weakness in last season's playoffs, but at least when he led the team alone the previous season, he still won the proof for himself. However, this time to the overseas league, Mayo wants to return to Liaoning basket again this season, the probability is hopeless, if possible, Liaoning basket should indeed consider signing him back next season, at least as a third foreign aid supply, it is definitely a wise choice.