Should Yi Jianlian really retire? Just because of his recent performance is sluggish, but who knows if Yi Jianlian is injured and enters the war? You know, in the first game of the semifinals, he shot 12 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists for Guangdong. In terms of overall performance, Yi Jianlian's performance has reached expectations, but it is precisely in the first game of the semi-finals that he has a leg strain. But in order to further cheer up his teammates, he has been "gritting his teeth" to participate in the war with injuries, don't you like such An Jianlian? However, should Yi Jianlian really retire? Let's take a look at it with the basketball brother!
Yi Jianlian insisted on taking wounds to the war
As mentioned at the beginning of the article, Yi Jianlian already had a thigh strain in the first semi-final matchup, but even so, he still did not choose to take a break due to injury, because the Guangdong team at that time had obviously reached a critical moment. Even if the semi-finals adopt the "five-game, three-win" system, we must not forget that the three core main forces of Ren Junwei, Lai duo and Zhou Peng have already seen new injury behaviors. In this case, the Guangdong team will inevitably need a veteran to continue to stabilize the military on the field. Even if Yi Jianlian has a leg strain problem, he has not yet reached the point of "not being able to play", so he has been gritting his teeth and insisting on the field.
The root cause of Yi Jianlian's sluggish performance
However, as long as it is the iron fans of the Guangdong team, they should have found the clues through the final two semi-final matches, because both his movement speed and his explosive power have dropped significantly, and the root causes of his problems on the field are two: one is that he has suffered a major injury to the tendon rupture before; the other is that he has a new injury behavior, just like Hu Mingxuan's performance at the end of the first stage of the regular season. No, just some time ago, the well-known sports blogger Mai Suifeng specially published a graphic to explain the main causes of Yi Jianlian's downturn. Especially in the last game of the semi-finals, he was pressed on the bench by Du Feng for a long time.
Injuries have become yi jianlian's biggest obstacle
But in the last two semi-finals, he only scored six and five points, which also made many black fans of the Guangdong team instantly find the target of attack, because they have set off a wave to make Yi Jianlian "retire". But here basketball brother wants to ask, do you have a brain? Although I am a fan of Beijing Shougang and Beijing Enterprises, there is obviously a reason for Yi Jianlian's downturn. If there had been no new strains on his legs, his overall performance would certainly have risen several notches. Doesn't he know that these games are the key battles that determine the survival of the Guangdong team? Even if he wants to retire, this decision is definitely in his own hands!
Guangdong will not let Yi Jianlian retire
But do you think Guangdong will easily let him retire? Yes, he has indeed reached the age of 35 this year, and he is definitely a veteran of the league. But now the Guangdong team is obviously in a very critical moment, especially this season, when they injured three players in a row, no matter how hard the young players in the team fight, they obviously can't help the Guangdong team to reach the top again. Especially their front and inside lines, their disadvantages are even more obvious. But the position of the front line is good to say, because Du Runwang, Wang Xiankai and Zeng Fanri, these young generals have been able to shoulder heavy responsibilities.
Du Feng will lead the king of Guangdong back
However, their internal line is tragic. Although they have the blessings of Zhang Mingchi and Xu Xin in terms of young generals. But they have not had many opportunities to play this season, which makes it difficult for them to share the internal pressure on Yi Jianlian and Su Wei. However, since basketball brothers can think of this problem, will Du Feng, who is the coach, think of it? This is obviously impossible, if there is no accident, in the next six months or so offseason, the young players in the team will definitely become the focus of Du Feng's training. Because he also wants to lead the Guangdong team to "return the king" in the new season! Not to mention the defeat in the semi-finals, which also completely hurt them.
Yi Jianlian is still the dinghai god needle of Guangdong
As for the wave of "retirement" set off on the Internet, whether it is Du Feng or the management of the Guangdong team! They all know very well what Yi Jianlian means to the Guangdong team today, especially at the critical moment when their internal players have not yet fully grown, and the Guangdong team needs Yi Jianlian to play for two more seasons. If Yi Jianlian really decides to officially retire in the offseason, it is not excluded that the Guangdong team will fall into the rhythm of "complete reconstruction"! But in order to let the Guangdong team successfully survive this difficulty in front of them, Yi Jianlian will definitely stick to it! Because the current Guangdong team is still inseparable from his "Dinghai God Needle"!
Yi Jianlian could fight for another two years
And as far as the current situation is concerned, in the off-season of more than half a year, not only will the injuries on players such as Yi Jianlian, Ren Junwei and Zhou Peng be alleviated from the root cause, but even Marzan Brooks will return with a high probability, which is not counting the progress made by the young players in the offseason! And when the new season comes, Yi Jianlian will also be used as the core player of the inner line, because the oil in the tank of Yi Jianlian is enough for him to burn for two more years. As for the wave of "retirement" on the Internet? The Guangdong team will only "laugh it off"! What do you think about that?