Shanghai team's "dedication" is officially born, he is a small foreign aid Franklin, although he has declined very badly in the current season, but if he did not help Shanghai team sort out their outside attack, Shanghai team could not start his counterattack journey. Moreover, Franklin's performance in the first two stages of the game is still not his peak state, and when the third stage comes, he will also play a stronger strength. At this time, Li Chunjiang can let go, because now he can finally impact the championship. But can Li Chunjiang's goal become a reality this time? Let's take a look at it with the basketball brother!
It was not easy for Franklin to join Shanghai
I believe you still remember that Franklin joined the Shanghai team at the end of last season. However, his joining process is full of ups and downs. According to many media reports in the second half of last year, Franklin even bought out his contract at his own expense in order to smoothly join the Shanghai team. The reason is also very simple, because the Shanghai team at that time already had the potential to become a champion strong team, not to mention the addition of Wang Zhelin, Ren Junwei and Yuan Tangwen, three local players, which further enhanced his overall bench thickness. The most important thing is that Li Chunjiang has already taken charge of the Shanghai team's shuai seal, which also allows them to have a further possibility!
Is Franklin really not working?
But here there may be fans who say that the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, because in terms of Franklin's performance in the current season, he is obviously not worthy of the title of super foreign aid, not only his offensive ability has declined a lot, but in the game he has not played the strength he should have on the outside, in terms of his comprehensive performance, he is not as good as a local defender like Wu Qian. Here we really don't know, what purpose is Li Chunjiang signing him for, is he trying to use him as a surprise soldier in the Shanghai team in the playoffs? But with his current performance, we didn't find him with such potential!
Franklin was well aware of his location
However, the basketball brother does not fully agree with this fan's view, and the reason is simple, Franklin has changed greatly in the current season, because he knows what Li Chunjiang's purpose is to sign him to Shanghai. That's right! In many cases, it is really necessary for him to use his excellent offensive ability to hold the ball and help Shanghai team break the deadlock on the outside. But more often, Li Chunjiang needs him to shoulder the heavy responsibility of organizing and tandem teams, that is, point guards, because the current Shanghai team's point guards are only Luo Hanchen, Dai Hao and Yuan Tangwen, but now they obviously can't shoulder the heavy responsibility of organizing and tandem teams, and now they can only let Franklin pick the beam.
Franklin has played his part
But judging by his performance in the first two stages of the game, he has clearly played his value, and his record of averaging 16.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 7.9 assists and 1.1 steals per game for Shanghai is the most powerful proof. In particular, the average number of assists of 7.9 points per game is the fifth in the league. And in the game, he did not only undertake the role of organizing and tandem teams like "Yuan Bu attacked", he was more often helping the Shanghai team to turn the tide, just like in the final battle before the Spring Festival, he once again showed the strength of a super foreign aid, you know, in this game, he only played for 21 minutes, and it is not too long in terms of playing time.
Franklin has paid a lot for Shanghai
But he shot a record of 22 points, 7 rebounds and 2 assists for the Shanghai team, which shows how well Franklin's performance really was. However, behind the unknown, he has paid a lot for the Shanghai team, just before the start of the season, Franklin learned the news of his uncle's death, but he did not leave the team to return to the United States, because he knew that the Shanghai team at this moment was still inseparable from his blessing, so he endured grief and led the Shanghai team to continue to move forward. But heaven's test for him is not over, just when the league is advancing at a critical moment, the bad news comes again, because his father died of illness, which caused him a bigger blow this time.
Franklin has suffered a series of blows
You must know that in just half a month, he has lost two relatives in a row, and if he chooses to return to the United States for mourning at this moment, no one will blame him. But he made a very surprising decision, that is, to accompany Shanghai to continue the rest of the season. However, on last year's Double Eleven, his father's body was buried under the gaze of relatives and friends, but he could not go to the scene to say goodbye, and who can understand this grief? But on the same day, Shanghai fought an encounter with Zhejiang. In this game, he turned grief into strength and gave Shanghai a record of 39 points, 9 rebounds, 14 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks!
Li Chunjiang will once again impact the championship
It was through this game that Franklin announced to all fans that I am still the super foreign player in the CBA league. But just recently, his wife was on the verge of being in the basin, but he also did not leave the team this time. From here, we can see how strong his professionalism really is! On this point, he deserved to be "dedicated to his work", and Li Chunjiang, after receiving his blessing, could also confidently and boldly impact the championship! What do you think about that?