After losing to Shougang, Guangzhou Dragon Lions suffered four consecutive defeats. The loss of this game was the most painful loss since Guo Shiqiang took charge of Guangzhou. It's not a point difference, after all, the team only lost 28 points, which is still an improvement from the 34 points lost in the match with Shougang a week ago. Instead, the score of 56 points set a record for the lowest single-game scoring in guangzhou's history. Previously, Guangzhou's lowest single-game score was 66 points.
In the match with Guangzhou Dragon and Lions, Shougang center Fan Ziming is considered to face the old master. He started 31 minutes and finished the team's second-high 14 points, in addition to eight rebounds. Fan Ziming's career began with Guangzhou Dragon Lions and was later loaned to Xinjiang for two seasons.
Fan Ziming and Guo Shiqiang are Liaoning compatriots, but when the old uncle Nan Drift first joined Guangzhou, he had to face the situation of losing Fan Ziming.
After ending the two-year loan period of the Xinjiang team, Fan Ziming returned to Guangzhou and became the object of many teams. These included teams such as Xinjiang, Shanghai and Guangdong, but in the end Shougang won the competition. In the summer of 2020, Shougang used a high transfer fee to add Zhao Yanman and Sun Haofeng to exchange for Fan Ziming.
In the past two seasons, Fan Ziming has made remarkable progress. Especially after Yannis returned to Shougang, Fan Ziming found a comfortable way to play. Averaging 14.8 points per game this season, he is the first scoring point in shougang.
As the other two people in the deal, Zhao Yanman and Sun Haofeng, their lives in Guangzhou were not good.
In the summer of 2018, Zhao Yanman was picked up by Shougang through the draft and became the first player selected by the Shougang team's historical draft conference. Zhao Yanman, who has been selected for the national youth team, has a height of 204cm and a strong body, and Shougang has placed certain expectations on him.
Although he often scored double-doubles in the reserve league, Zhao Yanman did not play a convincing performance in the team competition and did not win the trust of head coach Yannis. In the middle of the 19-20 season, there was a shortage of personnel in Shougang's inner line, and Zhao Yanman briefly entered the game list and made three appearances, averaging 3.3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game.
In the summer of 2020, Zhao Yanman was sent to Guangzhou Dragon Lions by Shougang for a permanent transfer. When he first arrived in Guangzhou, Zhao Yanman was also unable to enter the competition list. After Guo Kai's season reimbursement, Guo Shiqiang used Zhao Yanman to replace him. In the final stage of the regular season last season, Zhao Yanman also played the team's starting point. He made 23 appearances last season and averaged 2.3 points and 4.5 rebounds in 13.1 minutes per game.
Zhao Yanman has a good rebounding ability, but the offensive means are insufficient, the projection ability is limited, and the end can only rely on eating cake. After Guo Kai recovered from injury this season, he was once again reduced to a marginal player in the team. Zhao Yanman's last appearance of the season also dates back to the match against Ningbo on October 29 last year. Since then, he has disappeared from Guo Shiqiang's lineup.
This season, Guangzhou Dragon Lions have become a dark horse under the tutelage of Guo Shiqiang, and the team's lineup is relatively fixed. This season, Guangzhou's inner line is basically Guo Kai, foreign aid Li Fu, Gaota Li Yanzhe and space-type interior line Zheng Zhun constitute the main rotation. Qi Haotong, who joined xiamen University in the draft last year, was also recognized by Guo Shiqiang and entered the regular rotation lineup.
Qi Haotong and Zhao Yanman are similar in shape and similar in age. Qi Haotong's performance on the offensive end is far better than Zhao Yanman's, which is why Guo Shiqiang gave the former more opportunities in the use of priority. To Zhao Yanman's detriment, Guangzhou took in the former Bayi player Miao Guangyang and gave a 2+2 contract. This means that Zhao Yanman's living space in Guangzhou is more narrow.
Another player in Fan Ziming's deal, Sun Haofeng, was on loan for Guangzhou for two seasons.
Sun Haofeng, 21, is a high point guard, the leader of the Shougang youth team, and has also been selected for the national youth team, and was promoted to the first team in the summer of 2019. Due to the lack of competition opportunities, he was loaned to Guangzhou in Fan Ziming's transaction.
Earlier last season, Sun Haofeng made two brief appearances, which is his only league appearance so far. Since then, he has become a "missing person" under Guo Shiqiang. Sun Haofeng represented the Beijing team at the National Games last year and had a good performance.
Shougang point guards have piled up this season, with Fang Shuo, Liu Xiaoyu, Tian Yuxiang, Jeremy Lin and Gibson being regulars on the registration list. Last year's selected college players Luan Licheng and Yang Ali were difficult to enter the competition list.
Since Sun Haofeng is a loan player, if there is not enough immediate combat strength, Guangzhou is obviously unwilling to make a wedding dress for others. Guo Shiqiang would rather train college player Jia Mingru. Yang Ali, who remained in Shougang and Sun Haofeng's same age in the past two years, has received 15 appearances. Obviously, after the evaluation of the coaching team, they are more willing to leave the opportunity for cultivation to Yang Ali. After Sun Haofeng returns to Shougang, he will still face competition for incentives.