What a blessing it is for a team to have two top defenders, Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei! Take the second game between Liaoning and Guangsha in the CBA Finals, when the starting Guo Allen is in a downturn, the substitute Zhao Jiwei can stand up to help the team, and when Guo Allen performs well, Zhao Jiwei can play "assist" for him around him, the two players are completely different from the two different styles of play, On Zhao Jiwei has the playing style of Zhao Jiwei, on Guo Allen has the style of play of Guo Allen, it is indeed rare to see these two defenders on the same field "pulling crotch".
So the question is, who is stronger, Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei? This answer may have been given by Gong Luming 7 years ago! From the perspective of playing style, Guo Allen is more like a scorer, and Zhao Jiwei is the "brain" of this team, if from the perspective of the head coach, they definitely prefer players like Zhao Jiwei, which is equivalent to the coach of the team, who can calmly and quickly judge the situation and understand the tactical arrangements and playing style of the head coach. This is not to say that Guo Allen is not good, he is definitely the top level of the league in terms of scoring, but there is a problem that if such a player does not feel good in the game, then the role on the field will be greatly reduced, not to mention that Guo Allen is a player who is very affected by emotions, the more he plays well, the more urgent he is, the more urgent he is.
Although Zhao Jiwei does not have Guo Allen's offensive ability, he is stronger than Guo Allen in terms of overall situation and organizational ability, and can always drive his teammates around him, speed up when he should speed up, stabilize when he should be stable, have a strong ability to control the situation, and rarely can see zhao Jiwei on the field "on the top", he is always the most calm person. At the Changsha Asian Championships 7 years ago, Gong Luming, then the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, put Zhao Jiwei in the starting lineup and Guo Allen on the team's bench.
Zhao Jiwei, who has the ability to organize, starts the battle, while Guo Allen, who has strong scoring ability, plays as the sixth person, so that the role of the two can be maximized. If You put Guo Allen in the starting lineup and Zhao Jiwei as the sixth person, perhaps the effect will definitely not be as good as the first plan! Gong Luming's decision and arrangement also helped the Chinese men's basketball team win the championship in that Asian Championship. But in the Liaoning team, for the sake of the team, Guo Allen is mostly the first to play, and Zhao Jiwei is on standby, but many times Yang Ming is the second half of the starting Zhao Jiwei, let Guo Allen go to the bench, in his opinion, the team is still greater than the individual! Because of the different playing styles, the characteristics of the team are different, it is really not good to say which Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei are strong or weak, playing team basketball, playing position warfare can use Zhao Jiwei, if you fight tough battles, fight glue battles, then use Guo Allen, reasonable collocation will have better results!