After the end of last season, The meritorious veteran of the Liaoning men's basketball team He Tianju also left the team, since entering the Liaoning team in 2009, He Tianju also played in this parent team for 12 years, at its peak, He Tianju was also able to hand over an average of 15+ per game for two consecutive seasons, and the three-point shooting rate could basically be maintained at about 38%, and even once received an invitation from the NBA Pelicans in the summer league, so He Tianju also had the title of "Pelican Famous Lodge", but just when He Tianju wanted to continue to cash in his talent, A succession of injuries came to the door, completely destroying a potential stock that was in the golden period of his career.
In the 16-17 season only played 1 game and then the season reimbursement, He Tianju fell into the dilemma of fighting with injuries in the next step, and it was difficult to see signs of recovery in the 19-20 season, and as a result, he was once again plagued by injuries last season, plus Zhang Zhenlin in the same position also showed great achievements, He Tianju finally abandoned by the Liaoning men's basketball team at the golden age of 30 years old. After the end of this season, Liaoning also has a veteran who will also face the risk of being abandoned by the team, and this Jun is also the veteran player of Liaoning - Liu Zhixuan.
Liu Zhixuan, 31, is actually in the year of playing, but this season has been gradually marginalized, in the playoffs only played a total of 2 games, playing time is only a pitiful 2.5 minutes, points, rebounds, assists are all 0, it can be said that there is no sense of existence. The forward-guard swinger who joined the Liaoning men's basketball team in the 12-13 season, with a height of 1.96 meters, is positioned as a 3D player in the team. Although in the rookie season did not get much playing time (only 7.1 minutes), but from the beginning of the 13-14 season, Liu Zhixuan also gradually sat in the main rotation of The Liaoning Basket, with a precise three-point shot and defensive ability, Liu Zhixuan can be said to be an indispensable front gate of the team, in the 17-18 season, that is, the year when Liaoning won the first championship in team history, Liu Zhixuan was able to deliver 6.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game when the playing time came to 28.7 minutes (the best of his career), which can be said to have made a great contribution to the team's final summit.
Although in the regular season last season, Liu Zhixuan's playing time can still be maintained at about 24 minutes, but in the team's role, compared to the past few seasons, it has obviously been weakened a lot, in the case of a significant deterioration in defensive ability, the three points are not so stable, so that in last year's playoffs, Liu Zhixuan was intentionally marginalized by Yang Ming, and this season has a more mature Cong Mingchen in the same position and the young Zhou Juncheng and gradually take on heavy responsibilities. Liu Zhixuan also completely became the dragon set of Liao Basket in this playoff.
In the first two rounds of the playoffs and Shanxi, Guangdong series, Liu Zhixuan did not catch a minute of playing time, and in the finals against Guangsha, he was only in the garbage time to get the opportunity to play, Yang Mingning can use the second-year Zhou Juncheng, also unwilling to give Liu Zhixuan a chance, this is indeed a bit embarrassing, as a veteran who has been playing in Liaoning for 10 years, this season is likely to be Liu Zhixuan's last song in the parent team.