On February 22, Beijing time, in the 14th season of his personal CBA career, the 33-year-old Li Gen finally lost his job, after the beijing North Control Club officially announced that he and Li Gen terminated their work contracts, and the two sides peacefully broke up. After becoming a free agent, Li Gen also failed to reach a franchise agreement with other CBA clubs in the official registration period of February 15-18, which means that the 33-year-old Li Gen will temporarily bid farewell to the CBA.
Recently, in order to find a new job, Li Gen is trying to make a comeback in the NBL League and trying to train for Shaanxi Xinda. Shaanxi Xinda is a championship-level team in the NBL League, and the overall strength of the team is good.
At his peak, Li Gen was a first-line national player in zheng'er Bajing, won the Asian Championship championship, played in the Olympic Games, and was one of the best forward players in the domestic basketball world in a period. Li Gen's career started in Shanghai, followed by a move to Qingdao to play a price, in one fell swoop into the CBA All-Star, won the All-Star MVP, due to his own status as a college player outside the system, Li Gen relied on the high light of playing in Qingdao, to join Beijing Shougang with a high salary, during the period of playing for the Beijing team, Li Gen joined Marbury and Sun Yue to complete 2 consecutive championships. Subsequently, Li Gen has also played in Xinjiang, Shanghai and Beijing Control, during which he won a CBA championship for Xinjiang team, and currently, Li Gen has 3 championship rings in hand. It can be said that Li Gen's career resume is very rich.
But in recent years, with the invasion of injuries and the increase of age, Li Gen's competitive status has declined year by year, and after joining Shanghai on a 3-year contract in the summer of 2019, Li Gen's personal performance has been very poor, and the three-point shooting rate in the first year of joining Shanghai is only 23%, and he was directly traded to Beijing Control after the end of the season. In the key game of Beijing Control's 20-21 season for a playoff spot against Qingdao, Li Gen shot 1 of 2 and only scored 3 points and 1 rebound, completely without the appearance of the former national player. This season, Li Gen was abandoned by North Control and did not play for a long time due to injury reasons, and eventually the two sides terminated their contracts.
Considering that Li Gen used to be a first-line national player and CBA champion forward at his peak, it is inevitable that he is now reduced to finding a job in the secondary league NBL. But the NBL league is also a professional league, there is a certain level, Li Gen can also strive to return to the CBA through this platform, including Zhao Rui, Jiang Yuxing and other people who have played the NBL league in the past.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)