Since reaching the playoffs last season, the Guangzhou men's basketball team under the leadership of head coach Guo Shiqiang, the new season has been soaring, after the end of the second stage of the game with a record of 18 wins and 10 losses ranked 7th in the league, if there is no accident, Guangzhou team should be able to easily lock a playoff seat!
I have to say that Guo Shiqiang is really a very good head coach, when he was in the Liaoning team, there were Guo Allen, Zhao Jiwei and Han Dejun, the top players in China, many fans did not recognize Guo Shiqiang, until the latter came to Guangzhou, the leading players such as Chen Yingjun, Guo Kai and Zhu Mingzhen and other people entered the league through the draft, and the absolute talent was certainly not as high as the Liaoning men's basketball team.
It is such a situation, Guo Shiqiang led the team to grow and improve step by step, has grown from a team ranked in the bottom few of the league, to a playoff team, if the future can get more talented players through reinforcement, I believe that Guangzhou's performance will continue to improve. In terms of using players and cultivating players, Guo Shiqiang also has his own unique place, he can always explore the characteristics of players, and reuse them, so that players can better find their own progress in the team, whether it is the current core Chen Yingjun or Zhu Mingzhen, who has just entered the league for more than a season, they play under Guo Shiqiang, and the progress they have made is obvious to all.
In addition, Zheng Zhun, a veteran who has played in the league for 13 seasons, has gradually found the most suitable playing style under Guo Shiqiang and has become an indispensable part of the team. Presumably for the current young fans, their familiarity with Zheng Zhun is not particularly high, but this player in the debut, but also had high hopes, as an inside player, Zheng Zhun has a height of 2 meters 14 meters and 2 meters 24 arm span, in the domestic interior players have been very good (Zhou Qi height 2 meters 16, arm span 2 meters 31), you can imagine how outstanding Zheng Zhun's physical condition is.
However, the thin body and confrontation ability have made Zheng Zhun have not played, and the best season of his career was in the 2016-17 season, which was that Zheng Zhun was able to contribute 13.2 points per game. In addition, as an inside player with such height and arm span, Zheng Zhun's career-high season average of only 6 rebounds per game, especially since joining Guangzhou, the highest average rebounds per game has not exceeded 5. In terms of frame protection efficiency, because of physical fitness, Zheng Zhun's defensive efficiency under the basket is not high, and the ability to protect the frame is not good, which is why he always has such good physical conditions but always plays out.
However, for a veteran who is already 30 years old, it is very unrealistic to change the style of play and gain weight again, so Guo Shiqiang simply uses Zheng Zhun as a pitcher to open up space for the field! So far this season, Zheng Zhun has averaged 1.5 three-pointers per game, shooting a career-high of 48% from three-point range, more accurate than most players in the league! Since the internal line cannot create damage, then Zheng Zhun uses the firepower of the outside line to make up for it, and his opponent does not dare to let go easily when he first fired the bullet. Nowadays, Zheng Zhun's projection ability has become an indispensable part of Guo Shiqiang's tactical system, learning from each other's strengths and complementing each other's weaknesses, so that he can contribute greater value on the field!