Although the 2021-22 CBA League has all ended, the overall champion Liaoning men's basketball team has not received any decline in the attention of fans recently, mainly because there are too many hot news in Liaoning Basketball recently.
The first hot spot to be paid attention to by Liaoning Basketball is that Zhang Zhenlin will go to the United States to participate in the G League next season, which has been confirmed by Li Hongqing, general manager of Liaoning Basketball Club.
Moreover, Li Hongqing also said that Zhang Zhenlin will stay in the United States for at least 1-2 years this time. He's not just going to play development league games, he's going to hit the NBA. If you can't play in the NBA after 1 year, you will have to go back to Liaoning to continue to participate in the CBA League.
For Zhang Zhenlin to play in the United States, many Liaoning fans still have some worries. Because of these 2 seasons, Zhang Zhenlin has become the absolute main force in the team's front line.
Especially Zhang Zhenlin, who returned to the No. 3 position this season, not only has a super level of play on the outside line, accurate three-point shots can often pull back the Liaoning basket that has been forced to the end of the road, and Zhang Zhenlin can also play a very big role in the defense of the outside line, and the opponent's foreign aid that he is staring at will often be locked by Zhang Zhenlin and cannot play a real level.
It can be said that although Zhang Zhenlin is still very young, he has now become one of the most indispensable players on both ends of the attack and defense of the Liaoning basketball outside.
However, with the maturity of Fu Hao in Liaoning Basket, he can already replace Zhang Zhenlin's position to a certain extent, as a No. 4 player, Fu Hao has developed a new skill pack for three-pointers this season, with this trick can pull more interior space for teammates.
The second hot spot of Liaoning Basket is the renewal of Guo Allen's contract; neither Liaoning Basketball Club nor Li Hongqing has made a positive response in the near future. But everyone knows that Guo Allen is the soul of the Liaoning team, and whoever goes will not leave the Liaoning basket. Therefore, Liao Basket will definitely renew his contract with Guo Allen, and will definitely provide Guo Shao with a class D maximum salary contract.
But in this way, Liao Basket's 3 maximum salary contracts have been used up, which will bring them a lot of difficulties to re-sign Zhou Qi. From this perspective, there are still many variables in Liaoning Basketball's signing of Zhou Qi next season. Because the Shanghai men's basketball team, a CBA giant team, has been staring at the big devil Zhou Qi.
Finally, there is the question of Gao Shiyan's return. Recently, Li Hongqing has made it clear in an interview with the media that Gao Shiyan will officially return to Liaoning basket next season.
As we all know, in the 2 years since he was loaned to the Shandong men's basketball team, Gao Shiyan has played the level of CBA all-star defenders and has become the absolute core of the Shandong team's guard line.
After returning to the Liaoning basket, Gao Shiyan will definitely not be able to get a lot of playing time and ball rights as he did in Shandong. He can only continue to be a substitute for Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei.
Despite this, I believe that Xiaogao will still dutifully play the role of a good team defender line rotation player. With Gao Shiyan as a super substitute, the thickness of Liao's defensive line lineup will be greatly improved, which will undoubtedly add a heavy weight to the team's defense of the title next season.