retire? That's right! Now the two veterans Han Dejun and Yi Jianlian have indeed entered the countdown. But if you want them to retire, it's too early. Because whether it is the Liaoning team or the Guangdong team, they are inseparable from the blessing of these two veterans. Even the Liaoning team, when they lack the blessing of Han Dejun, their internal rotation will also have new difficulties. Even the Liaoning team is in this situation, let alone the Guangdong team. According to the current situation of these two teams, they will need at least two more years to play, and then they will be able to retire safely, but can they hold out until then? Let's take a look at it with the basketball brother!
Han Dejun has been with Liaoning for 15 years
First of all, let's take a look at the situation of Han Dejun, who has been playing for Liaoning for 15 seasons, looking back on the past 15 years, he has accompanied Liaoning through countless ups and downs, he has helped Liaoning team to complete the feat of winning the championship twice, and also used his ability in the inner line to help Liaoning team through several crises. In terms of contribution, he is second only to coach Guo Shiqiang. But in the blink of an eye, today's Kung Fu Panda has reached 35 years old, whether it is his physical strength or his state, it is obviously difficult to maintain an efficient output in continuous high-intensity competitions, which we can clearly see through his performance last season!
Han Dejun could not easily give up
But even so, Han Dejun still can't easily give up in a short period of time, the reason is very simple, if there is no accident, their team's small forward Zhang Zhenlin will also choose to impact the NBA league this summer. However, when he leaves the team, it will inevitably cause their overall internal offensive and defensive strength to decline to a certain extent. Even if he plays in the small forward position, he is still a very key link in the liaoning team's inner offensive and defensive system. In this case, Han Dejun, a veteran, will inevitably need to take up more burdens. But when we look back at the new generation of liaoning team insiders, we have not found an excellent good seedling.
Liaoning needed Han Dejun to fight for another two years
Wrong! They also have a young player, Zhu Rongzhen, who was leased from Shandong, but his lease contract will also officially expire this summer. If nothing else, he will also officially return to the Shandong team. Next, it was Yang Ming's turn to be embarrassed. Because their internal line has faced the embarrassment of no successor, even if Fu Hao has risen, his height is his biggest shortcoming. As for the big foreign aid Morland? For the Liaoning team, he can only be regarded as a plus and cannot be regarded as the foundation of the Liaoning team. In this case, it is even more necessary for Han Dejun to fight for the Liaoning team for two more years, because the Liaoning team needs time to rediscover the good seedlings in the inner line.
Yi Jianlian has been working for Guangdong for 12 years
Second, let's take a look at the situation of Yi Jianlian. Although Yi Jianlian only played 12 seasons with Guangdong, during his time with Guangdong, he went to the NBA for five seasons. But it is precisely his experience in the NBA League that has made his comprehensive strength undergo a qualitative change again. And when he returned from the NBA League, he not only helped Guangdong team win the "triple crown" super god record again, he also made his career reach another peak. You know, in the past twelve years, Yi Jianlian has won countless honors! Basically, you can't count a pair of hands, but now the veteran is 35 years old.
Yi Jianlian fought again until he was injured
In addition, his Achilles tendon break in the 2019-2020 season has also allowed his overall state to be at least 30% off. But even so, he is still a very key internal gate for the Guangdong team. Especially at the critical moment when Zhang Mingchi and Xu Xin, the two internal young players, have not yet fully grown up, it is even more necessary for Yi Jianlian and Su Wei, two veterans, to join forces to re-shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Guangdong team's internal attack and defense. Even if his performance was slightly sluggish in the semi-finals last season, who knew that Yi Jianlian had strained his thigh in the first match of the semi-finals? If it weren't for further morale boost, he would have chosen to take a break from the tournament due to injury.
Yi Jianlian has done his best
But Yi Jianlian did not do this, because he wanted to help the Guangdong team create a new miracle through his own efforts. Even if they were finally eliminated by the Liaoning team for the "four kills", clear-eyed people can see that Yi Jianlian has fought to the point of "running out of food"! You know, the Guangdong team injured Zhou Peng, Ren Junfei and Lai duo in the semifinals of last season. But even so, Du Feng still used the quick attack to increase the area and the substitution tactics of multiple people almost overturned the Liaoning team. But if you let Yi Jianlian retire at this moment? That Guangdong team in the new season is really difficult to be the opponent of that group of "tiger and wolf division", especially the Liaoning team, they are obviously not what they used to be!
Yi Jianlian and Han Dejun will fight for two more seasons
But if you want to ask here, can the two veterans Han Dejun and Yi Jianlian fight for two more seasons? In the eyes of basketball brothers, this may really exist! Not to mention that in order to prolong the careers of these two veterans, Du Feng and Yang Ming strictly controlled their playing time within 30 minutes. They also completely chopped up the time of these two veterans, even if they played for more than 20 minutes, but the time was not coherent, which allowed them to reproduce their peak combat strength. Plus, in order to serve their parent team, they will be able to play for two more seasons! What do you think about that?