Tomorrow at 11:00, the 3rd stage of the 2021-2022 CBA regular season will start on time, and in the two seasons of the north and south, the duel of the day is Shanxi vs Zhejiang, Beijing vs Xinjiang, in addition, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Liaoning, Guangdong and other strong teams will be dressed up.
With the parachuting of Jalil Okafor, 37 foreign aid were also gathered at this stage - despite the epidemic, the CBA's foreign aid ecology has recovered, and what kind of scenery will be played?
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Up to now, a total of 19 teams in the league have used foreign aid, and only Jiangsu has maintained the all-Chinese class;
Beijing is the only 4 foreign aid team, Jeremy Lin, Justin Hamilton, Jonathan Gibson, Barry Brown II are all in place;
The Beijing Forbidden Warriors in the same city are the only 3 foreign aid teams, and as early as the second stage, Marco Todorovic, Sylvin Landsberg and Isaac Haas have already played side by side.
At present, there are 15 teams in the league with double foreign aid, and 4 teams are single foreign aid.
In fact, most of the teams in the league in the 2nd stage are already in place, and there will be multiple 3 foreign teams in the 3rd stage, but Shanghai's Jimmer Fredette failed to join because of taking care of his family;
Maurice Endor of Zhejiang Golden Bull finally decided to go to other leagues to seek development due to his lack of understanding of the CBA's tournament system and segregation policy;
Tianjin's big foreign aid John Henson was already determined, but was eventually unable to catch up with the CBA's Phase 3 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 to fight for the right to renew the contract first, in case the possible playoffs need or next season.
The CBA currently implements a salary cap system, and the total salary of foreign aid has changed from a hard cap 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% below 1 million US dollars; 75% above 1 million to 2 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 rule of 4 times in 4 sections;
Last season's bottom 4 could use 4 quarters and 5 people, but the final quarter did not allow double foreign aid.
Despite setting up so many rules and regulations, it is still impossible to stop the enthusiasm of clubs to chase foreign aid, and Beijing has spent thousands of dollars to go to the extreme of 4 foreign aid.
People can't help but worry --
Will the influx of foreign aid eventually bring this season's CBA back to the era of foreign aid domination? Such fears are not unreasonable, and there are already ready-made examples of Phase 2.
For example, Dominic Jones of Jilin still played 35.5 minutes alone after complaining, and despite 21.9 points, 8.5 rebounds, 9.1 assists and 2.2 steals, the 39.3% poor shooting rate still caused trouble for him and Jilin, so -
The old topic of whether Jones was hurting Gilling surfaced again with his 33.8 percent usage.
Xinjiang's Arnette Mortree is even more of a model worker, he averaged 38.9 minutes per game, averaging 27.4 points, 14.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.3 blocks, but he is different from Jones, 67.2% shooting rate is high in the league, PER directly soared to 6th, can be said to be the most outstanding data and influence of the big foreign aid;
Moreay received more praise, because his 15 games supported Xinjiang's inner line with an absolute thigh-level performance, with a good result of 9 wins and 6 losses, and also returned Xinjiang to the ranks of playoff contenders.
Although Jones was also questioned, jilin won 5 consecutive victories in the closing stage of the second stage, defeating zhejiang lions, Shanxi, Beijing Forbidden Warriors, and Xinjiang in a row, and the giant killer returned strongly, calming down the controversy in one fell swoop.
At the center of public opinion is Fujian small foreign aid Robert Gordon, compared to the two just now, he is a big package, the use rate of 44.3% is high in the third place, and the average playing 39.3 minutes per game;
Gao Fei, who digested most of Fujian's balls, also contributed 41.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, 10.9 assists and 1.0 steals, and the buddies really took 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 dominated by foreign aid.
However, the thing that everyone must understand is that after the start of the second stage, the foreign aides dominated the list of usage rates, and the only local player who could squeeze into the top 10 was Guo Allen, and the top 20 was Sun Minghui, the 18th.
Fujian, Xinjiang, Jilin and other teams have become the absolute core, and the previous match between Ningbo and Sichuan, Hamad Haddadi and Vladimir Stemac almost played the whole game.
In the statistics list, Abdul Shalam Abdul Reshiti is ranked first among local players 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, with four foreign players in front of him;
Even Chen Yingjun, who averaged 10.0 assists per game, could only rank behind Gordon and Kay Felder;
Not only that, the top position of the 5 big data list, including blocks and steals, 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 ball rights and unlimited firing rights;
The teams in the middle of the league rely on foreign aid to formulate reasonable playing methods, such as the Shanxi running bombardment led by Kai Feld, the three-point attack of Tianjin Shuangxiaowai, the Xinjiang inner line attack carried by Morey, etc., and foreign aid has become the vanguard of the team's attack;
Is it that, as many years ago, the CBA has become the absolute dominant league for foreign aid?
This is not the case.
This depends on the strong team with better records -
The role of foreign aid in these teams is still very sufficient, but the Needle of the Sea God is often a local player.
Shenzhen has become strong because of Aszia Booker and Jared Salinger, but the real core is Shen Zijie, who defended the inside line, and during his absence, Shenzhen suffered four consecutive defeats and fell out of the top 4.
Guangzhou, which continues to rise this season, is more obvious, Nathaniel Mason did not perform well in the early stages, and can only serve as Chen Yingjun's assistant, and after the arrival of big foreign aid T.J. Lief, he formed a golden partnership with Chen Yingjun;
Chen Yingjun averaged 38.9 minutes per game this season, averaging 19.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, even if the 2 foreign players have played very well since then, there is no doubt that Chen Yingjun is the leader of the team.
Looking at the top 4 teams, the use of foreign aid can better reflect the trend of the season.
Zhejiang has been trying to find ways to reduce the pressure on Wu Qian, Nicholas Rakosevic has grown rapidly, and Eric Green has not cashed in on his strength - so far, the number one person in Zhejiang Golden Bull is undoubtedly Wu Qian, who currently averages 18.1 points per game to rank First, and the first defensive task of more teams when encountering Zhejiang is to lock wu qian.
Shanghai, which suddenly reached no. 2 in the league, has two outstanding foreign players, Noah Vonle is a regular in the league's top 5 goals; Jamal Franklin is the triple-double king in CBA history, but the key to the rise of Shanghai Beach is not them, not even Li Chunjiang, but Wang Zhelin, who has turned perfectly.
The king's statistics this season are 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 Zhejiang Lions have no foreign aid to enter the top 20 of the usage rate list, but the local lineups of these two teams are very strong, with multiple national and quasi-national players.
Liaoning's regular season has been dominated, with Kyle Fogg and Eric Morland being treated directly as blue-collar players – only championship favourites can have that.
The situation in Zhejiang is slightly different, in view of the troubled situation that there are foreign aides 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 worked as a space forward, which has made him and the team all complete -
Jones averaged 17.9 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.4 steals, 0.8 blocks per game, threw 2.8 three-pointers per game with a 40.0% shooting rate, and even shot 71.0% of the three-point range in a single wednesday when he was on the best of the week.
Zhejiang Lions also finished third with 22 wins and 6 losses.
The blue-collarization of foreign aid is the goal of changing the foreign aid policy.
The direction is right, but the destination cannot be reached in one step, which must face the big package of foreign aid from the currently ranked teams; and in the strong teams, there is another trend:
Guangdong has perfectly adapted to changes in foreign aid policies during the recent three consecutive championships, creatively increased the use of foreign aid, and maximized the development of foreign aid capabilities, and Marzan Brooks 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, just explaining that Guangdong is not simply relying on foreign aid, but is the perfect chemical reaction between the system and foreign aid.
Obviously, the performance of Guangdong during the 3 consecutive championships 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 sessions, only the playing time needs to be adjusted.
Nowadays, even if Guangdong wants to find 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.
epilogue
The addition of 37 foreign players will make the CBA Phase 3 game more intense:
Downstream teams rely on foreign aid, midstream teams rely on foreign aid, upstream teams drive 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 team wants 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 era of foreign aid domination, but foreign aid is still the person who changes the tide of the war.
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