The greatest tragedy in the world is the hero with white hair and the beauty in the twilight. Seeing that the honor that once belonged to him, but the young man easily took it. China has just begun to winter, but Jeremy Lin is already feeling the biting chill. The CBA season has only started three rounds, but Jeremy Lin has already seen the end. In the past three games, Guo Shiqiang's series of actions have fully demonstrated that the Guangzhou team is accepting the fact of abandoning Jeremy Lin.
After the end of last season, Jeremy Lin left the Beijing team after two years. In last season's playoffs, although Beijing had four foreign helpers, it lost to Jones, who was a single foreign helper, and Jeremy Lin averaged only 13 points per game throughout the season, which did not meet the standard of a small foreign helper. Afterwards, Jeremy Lin bluntly complained that this was the worst season of his 12-year career - not one of them.
Failure will pass, and life will go on. After leaving the Beijing team, Jeremy Lin fell into a state where no one cared. Returning to the NBA, at Jeremy Lin's age, is basically impossible. And what about the CBA League? It seems that most of the teams don't catch a cold either. After a few months of tossing and turning, Lin finally reached an agreement with the Guangzhou team and joined the Guangzhou team coached by Guo Shiqiang.
Jeremy Lin was able to join, his game experience was very much needed by the Guangzhou team, and Guo Shiqiang was very supportive of Jeremy Lin's arrival at the beginning. However, after going through the first two rounds of the preseason and the regular season, Guo Shiqiang began to realize that Jeremy Lin may really no longer be suitable for the current CBA.
This season, due to the new CBA rules, the penalty scale is more inclined to encourage confrontation. In the first three rounds, many players have already vomited bitterly about the new blow scale. However, in order to be able to integrate with international standards as soon as possible, the CBA will certainly not easily change the scale of blowing penalties, and the only thing players can do is to adapt to the referee's blowing penalties as soon as possible.
But for the 34-year-old veteran Jeremy Lin, this is precisely his biggest shortcoming. Last season, he was already at a disadvantage in the heat of confrontation. Without confrontation, without speed, and without continuous scoring ability, it is difficult for Jeremy Lin to open up the situation in the CBA by organizing tandem alone. Moreover, as he grew older, Jeremy Lin's defense also became a big criticism, the offense was inefficient, and the defense became a loophole, which may also be the reason why Guo Shiqiang gave him up for three consecutive games.
On his debut against Qingdao, Lin played 13 minutes, shooting 2-of-6 from the field, and was not very efficient on offense, scoring only six points and one board, in addition to 1 turnover and 1 foul. In the last game against Sichuan, Guo Shiqiang only gave Jeremy Lin less than 5 minutes of playing time, contributing only 2 points, 1 board and 1 assist. Two consecutive slumps also made Guo Shiqiang completely lose confidence.
So, then we saw the embarrassing scene between the Guangzhou team and the Shanxi team. Jeremy Lin made the 12-man squad for the competition, but never waited for Kwok Shiqiang's call, although judging from the live footage, Lin was wearing a race suit and pedaling his bicycle on the sidelines to maintain his best condition. Unfortunately, for his efforts, Guo Shiqiang chose to ignore it and gave the opportunity to Jordan Bell and Mason.
As the saying goes, a leaf knows autumn, Guo Shiqiang's choice in the past 3 games has given Jeremy Lin a very clear hint that the CBA may no longer belong to him on the stage. Judging from Jeremy Lin's playing time in the past three games, this may also be a signal for Jeremy Lin to leave the team.