In the first round of the playoffs, Beijing Shougang was swept out by Jilin 2-0, which surprised many fans and basketball media.
After all, Shougang has beaten their opponents twice in the regular season, and Shougang and Jilin Club have invested in the team in the past two seasons, and the value of Shougang players is much higher than that of Jilin team.
So, how much money has Shougang invested in the team in the past 2 years? According to a well-known basketball media person in Beijing, Shougang Club has invested 300 million yuan in the introduction of local players and foreign aid in the past two seasons, as well as the payment of players' salaries.
In contrast, the Jilin team, as the weakest economic club in the CBA league, their investment is only 30 million yuan. That is to say, Shougang's investment is exactly 10 times that of the Jilin team.
The club's investment is getting bigger and bigger every year, but the team's performance is indeed worse than a year. What happened to shougang club? Is the current Shougang still the Shougang team that won 3 CBA championships in 4 years? On this issue, perhaps Qin Xiaowen, chairman of Shougang Club, has the most say.
Qin Xiaowen, who returned from the United States in 2016, joined Beijing Shougang and began to serve as the general manager of the club. After taking over Shougang, Qin Xiaowen began to rebuild the team in a big way, and the "Iron Lady" of the Chinese basketball world shouted the slogan of "bringing back a championship for Shougang within 3 years".
Since then, a number of meritorious players when the team won the championship have been cleared out of the team, and Marbury, Morris, Li Gen, and Sun Yue have all left the team. The meritorious coach of the Shougang team, Min Lulei, was also demoted to become the head coach of the Shougang team, and his successor was the Greek coach Yannis.
Although Min Lulei, as the "head coach" of the team, can still watch on the court, he has lost his voice in the team. In a match for the Shougang team, Lao Min, who did not hold back for a while, was driven to the audience because he shouted a few words to the players, and he could never return to the team.
Yannis's arrival transformed the Shougang team into a CBA team known for its iron-blooded defense, and the team pursued an overall basketball style of play. Therefore, although the club has not spent less money on reinforcements, it has never brought in a particularly capable foreign player.
In order to strengthen the shortcomings of the team's internal line, Shougang spent a lot of money last season to introduce two local interior players, Li Muhao and Fan Ziming. This season, the club set a CBA league record, signing 4 foreign players in one go.
According to the well-known basketball media person, the annual salary of Shougang's four foreign aides exceeds 10 times that of Jilin Team Jones, but none of their roles in the team can match Jones.
However, it is such a costly Shougang team that has been defeated by opponents in a row when facing Jilin team with only a single foreign aid and only 7 players to rotate, and has ended this season's playoff journey early.
Such a result also brought to the peak the dissatisfaction of Beijing fans with the Shougang team and Qin Xiaowen, who has been promoted to the chairman of the club.
Although after being eliminated by Jilin team, Shougang coach Yannis immediately announced his resignation. But everyone knows very well that the Shougang team has achieved such a bad result this season, and the first person responsible is Qin Xiaowen and not Yannis.
In fact, the senior management of Shougang Group is dissatisfied with Qin Xiaowen's series of operations in the past 2 years, and the elimination of Jilin in the playoffs has also become a fuse. Recently, there are also rumors that after the Shougang team was swept 2-0 by the Jilin team, the top management of Shougang called and reprimanded Qin Xiaowen for the first time.
And this also seems to indicate that Qin Xiaowen's days in Shougang have not been long, although she still has a contract with Shougang Club, but Yannis can resign, why can't Qin Xiaowen resign? And where will Qin Xiaowen go next? I believe that there will soon be a difference, because the reconstruction of the Shougang team is imminent...