After winning the 2015-16 CBA championship, the Sichuan men's basketball team quickly opened a downward mode, affected by many factors, this season's Sichuan men's basketball team began to rot, the club will send away several of the main players in the team, including the post-00s hope star Yuan Tangwen.
This season, Yuan Tangwen was loaned to the Shanghai men's basketball team, although compared with last season in the Sichuan team, Yuan Tangwen's data has dropped significantly, but he still showed great potential in the Shanghai team.
Therefore, as early as a few months ago, it was reported that Shanghai Jiushi planned to buy out Yuan Tangwen's contract from the Sichuan men's basketball team. Although the two clubs have not yet reached a consensus on the official transfer of Yuan Tangwen, this is only a matter of time.
In the case that Yuan Tangwen has basically decided to leave the team, the Sichuan men's basketball team needs to strengthen the team's defender line through reinforcements. According to the latest news, the Sichuan club has recently officially signed Wang Xijian, a potential defender who has stayed in Europe.
Wang Xijian, born in 2002, comes from the youth youth training system of Guangsha, Zhejiang. As a player with a height of more than 2 meters, Wang Xijian can play the No. 4 position, but also can be qualified for the No. 3 position, and is a forward guard swinger with good scoring ability.
In 2018, at the age of 16, Wang Xijian was selected for the national youth team, and in this year's China-Japan-South Korea Youth Games, Wang Xijian's outstanding performance attracted the attention of many people in the basketball circle. In order to be able to quickly improve his ability, Wang Xijian chose to develop overseas.
At the beginning of 2020, Wang Xijian chose a different development path from many young Chinese players and joined the Roma Blue Star youth team in the Italian league. However, Wang Xijian's development in Italy is not too smooth, so he also chose to return to China last year to find new opportunities.
Previously, he had been training with the Sichuan men's basketball team, and because the CBA league stipulated that only by representing the team in the youth league for at least 2 years could he obtain the status of a youth player of the club, so Wang Xijian could not officially sign a contract with the Sichuan men's basketball team immediately.
In March this year, Wang Xijian was admitted to Ningbo University as a special enrollment. In this case, his future options have also become more diverse. The CBA League will re-host the U19 Youth League this summer, which also gives Wang Xijian the opportunity to officially represent the Sichuan men's basketball team in the competition.
Therefore, Sichuan Club also officially signed a contract with Wang Xijian recently, and after playing in the youth league for Sichuan team, he can qualify for the CBA league.
As a forward guard swing man who can be three or four, Wang Xijian's skills are very comprehensive, he not only has a good ability to hold the ball and shoot, but also can be competent for the task of organizing attacks in the backcourt. His joining will bring a lot of help to enrich the tactical play of the Sichuan men's basketball team.
Judging from the recent situation of the Sichuan men's basketball team, the club has begun to rebuild the team, in addition to Wang Xijian, they have also signed Zhao Rui and Duan Ruiqi, who are also from the Zhejiang Guangsha Youth Academy. These young players have become the reserve force of the Sichuan men's basketball team, hoping that they can enter the first team as soon as possible, bringing hope for the Sichuan men's basketball team to return to the peak in the future.