Jalil Okafor parachuted into the CBA, which is the 37th foreign aid in the league this season, although the epidemic has been blocked, but the CBA's foreign aid ecology has recovered, what is the scenery of the third stage?
So far, a total of 19 teams in the league have used foreign aid, and only Jiangsu has sent an all-Chinese class. Beijing is the only four-foreign team, With Justin Hamilton, Jeremy Lin, Jonathan Gibson and Barry Brown all in place, while North Control is another team with three foreign players, Marco Todorovic, Sylvin Landsberg and Isaac Haas have already started to play side by side in the second phase.
The league currently has 15 teams with double foreign aid and 4 single foreign aid teams.
In fact, in the second stage, most of the league teams were already double foreign aid, and there were originally a number of three foreign aid teams in the third stage, but Shanghai's Jimmer Fredette failed to join because of taking care of his family, and Zhejiang's Maurice Endor finally decided to go to other leagues because he did not understand the segregation policy of the tournament system.
Tianjin's big foreign player John Henson was already sure to arrive, but was unable to catch up with the third stage of the competition due to flight problems. Shandong also recently reported the signing of the third foreign aid, but also mentioned that the foreign aid can not play because of visas and other issues, which is actually more for the priority renewal of the right to prepare for possible playoff needs or next season.
The CBA currently implements a salary cap system, and the total salary of foreign aid has changed from a hard hat of $7 million last season to a soft cap of $5 million. At the same time, the adjustment fee is paid at the tiered rate for the part exceeding the salary cap, which is 50% above 1 million US dollars; 75% of more than 1 million US dollars; and 150% above 2 million US dollars.
The league also stipulates that each team can sign up to 4 foreign players, but must play according to the rules of 4 sessions and 4 players, the last 4 of last season can use 4 sessions of 5 people, and the last quarter does not allow double foreign aid. However, despite setting up so many rules and regulations, it is still impossible to stop the enthusiasm of the league teams to chase foreign aid, and Beijing has spent thousands of dollars to win four foreign aides.
There are fears that the influx of foreign aid will eventually turn the league back into a foreign aid dominance.
Such fears are not without merit, and there are already ready-made examples in the second phase. Gilling's Dominic Jones is still alone, averaging 35.5 minutes per game, and despite scoring 21.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 2.2 steals, the 39.3% poor shooting rate still bothers him and Gilling, and the question of whether Jones is hurting Gilling surfaces with his 33.8% utilization rate.
Xinjiang's Arnette Mortree is a model worker, averaging 38.9 minutes per game, averaging 27.4 points, 14.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks per game. With a shooting percentage of 67.2%, it ranks 3rd in the league, and PER directly soars to the 6th place in the league, which can be said to be the most outstanding data and influence in the league.
Moree has received more praise, because in the 15 games he played, he supported Xinjiang's inner line with an absolute thigh-level performance, with a record of 9 wins and 6 losses, bringing Xinjiang back to the ranks of playoff contenders. Although Jones was also questioned, in the closing stage, Jilin won 5 consecutive victories, beating Guangsha, Shanxi, Beikong and Xinjiang in a row, and the return of the giant killer calmed the controversy.
In the middle of the public opinion is The Fujian small foreign aid Robert Gordon, compared to the first two, he is more extensive, the use rate of 44.3% is high in the league third, and he plays 39.3 minutes per game. Digesting most of the ball rights in Fujian, Gao debut averaged 41.1 points, 6 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1 steal, which can be said to be really hard-earned money, but the record of 4 wins and 11 losses made him unable to stand up straight, but was criticized for squeezing the position of local players.
Obviously, the fans don't want to see a league that is absolutely dominated by foreign aid.
However, it must be said that after the start of the second stage, foreign aides dominated the use rate list, and the only local player who could squeeze into the top 10 was Guo Allen, and the other in the top 20 was Sun Minghui, who was 18th. Like Fujian, Xinjiang, Jilin and other teams, foreign aid has become the absolute core, after the Ningbo and Sichuan wars, Hamad Haddadi and Vladimir Stemac both played almost the whole field.
On top of the data list, Abdul Salam is the first local player with 22.1 points per game, but he still has 8 foreign players in front of him. Tao Hanlin averaged 12.3 rebounds per game, and there were 4 foreign players in front of him, even Chen Yingjun, who averaged 10 assists per game, could only rank behind Gordon and Feld. Not only that, including blocks and steals, the capital of the 5 big list is already foreign aid.
There is no doubt that even if the foreign aid policy becomes 4 quarters and 4 people, the CBA is still dominated by foreign aid, especially the relatively low-ranking team, which has absolute control over the ball and unlimited firing rights. The teams in the middle of the league rely on foreign aid to formulate reasonable playing methods, such as Feld-driven Shanxi running bombardment, Tianjin double small outside the three-point offensive, Moldy carried by the Xinjiang inner line attack, etc., foreign aid has become the vanguard of the team's attack.
As many years ago, the CBA seems to have become the absolute dominant league of foreign aid, but the reality is not so, in the stronger teams with better records, the role of foreign aid is still very sufficient, but the team's fixed sea god needle has become a local player. Shenzhen became stronger because of Aszia Booker and Jared Salinger, but the real core of the team is Shen Zijie, who defended the inside line, and during his absence, Shenzhen suffered four consecutive defeats and fell out of the top four.
The rise of Guangzhou this season is more obvious, Nathaniel Mason did not perform well in the early stages, can only be Chen Yingjun's assistant, after the arrival of the big foreign aid TJ Lev, and Chen Yingjun formed a golden partnership. Chen Yingjun has averaged 38.9 minutes per game this season, averaging 19.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10 assists and 1.4 steals per game, and even though the two foreign players have played very well since then, there is no doubt that he is the leader of the team.
Today, in the top four teams, the use of foreign aid can better reflect the trend of the league.
Zhejiang has been trying to find ways to decompress WuQian, Nicholas Rakosevich has grown rapidly, and Eric Green has not cashed in. The number one person on this team is undoubtedly Wu Qian, who currently ranks first in the team with 18.1 points per game, and the first defensive task of more teams in the face of Zhejiang is to lock up Wu Qian.
Shanghai, who suddenly reached the second place in the league, has two outstanding foreign players, Noah Vonle is a regular player in the league's top 5 goals, and Jamal Franklin is the historical triple-double king, but the key to the rise of this team is not them, or even Li Chunjiang's guidance, but Wang Zhelin, who has a perfect turnaround. The king's data this season is generally lower, but the block rate is a new career high, and the attack at key moments is even more impressive.
As mentioned above, Liaoning and Guangsha have no foreign aid to enter the top 20 of the usage rate list, and the local lineups of these two teams are very strong, with a number of national and quasi-national players. Liaoning rode in the regular season, Kyle Fogg and Eric Morland were directly used as blue-collar players, which only the championship hot team can have.
The situation in Guangsha is slightly different, in view of the troubled situation of having foreign aid in the past few years is not as good as no foreign aid, they are very cautious this season, and Jarrod Jones from Shenzhen has honestly taken the salary of foreign aid and done the work in front of the space. This is a complete for him and Guangsha, averaging 17.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.8 blocks per game, throwing 2.8 three-pointers per game with a 40% three-point shooting rate, and he even shot 71% of the week's best wednesday points in a single week, which is terrifying.
Making foreign aid blue-collar is also the goal that the league hopes to achieve by changing its foreign aid policy.
The direction is right, but the destination cannot be reached in one step, which must face the large package of foreign aid from the currently ranked teams, and there is actually another trend among the strong teams. Guangdong has perfectly adapted to changes in foreign aid policies during the triple crown, creatively increased the use of foreign aid, and maximized the development of foreign aid capabilities, and Marzan Brooks finally became the best foreign aid in an average of more than 20 minutes per game last season.
Such a story also makes some fans very confused, whether Guangdong is dependent on foreign aid in the end, and whether the league has become a foreign aid league again. Obviously, Guangdong's victory last season answered such a question, Ma Shang was injured, Jason Thompson joined, and Guangdong just explained that they did not rely solely on foreign aid, but precisely the perfect chemical reaction between the system and foreign aid.
Obviously, the performance of Guangdong during the triple crown is more like a case, they are the team that has maintained the combination of foreign aid in the league for the longest time, from 6 people in 4 quarters to 4 times in 4 quarters, only the playing time needs to be adjusted. Nowadays, even if Guangdong wants to get back to that state, it is already very difficult, and the situation of foreign aid to play the world will never become the standard for strong teams.
All in all, the addition of 37 foreign aides will make the CBA League game more intense, the downstream team relies on foreign aid, the midstream team relies on foreign aid, the upstream team drives the foreign aid, the impact of 4 quarters and 4 people has formed inertia, and the rise of strong teams is now more dependent on the outbreak of local players. Of course, the championship teams all want omnipotent foreign aid, but the reality is that it is difficult to fight with two fists and four hands, and foreign aid is only a sword that cuts through the air, and the sword bearer can really decide the victory or defeat.
The CBA will not change back to the league dominated by foreign aid, but foreign aid is still the person who changes the game, and the third stage is more worth looking forward to.