Xi Relijiang led Tongxi with Nanjing to complete the counterattack
Nanjing Tongxi has always been one of the worst teams in the CBA, and this season under the leadership of Xi Relijiang, he became the biggest dark horse in the CBA, completed the counterattack, and defeated Guangdong for the first time in team history in the last game! In fact, when Nanjing Tongxi Club announced that Xi Relijiang was also the head coach, the outside world thought that this was a fool's errand, but Tongxi's performance in the new season hit many people's faces.
Xi Relijiang gets along with the players very well, mingles, everyone is more like brothers, without the authority of the head coach, but Xi Relijiang starts a fire, foreign aid dares to scold. Now Tongxi is very united, unity is the foundation of everything a team, and Xirelijiang has completely changed Tongxi's locker room culture.
Xi Relijiang dares to develop young players, and the use of role players is also appropriate. In order to train Lin Wei and Wang Lanrong, Xi Relijiang sacrificed his playing time. Wang Zirui, Wu Tingjia, Sun Mingyang, Li Hongpeng, Dong Hanlin, Sun Rongxiao, Liu Dong, these role players may not play in other teams, but in the hands of Xi Relijiang, they can sometimes become surprise soldiers.
Of course, Xirelijiang is also controversial, suspended by the CBA for so many games, bringing goods, and shooting jokes.
Nishi Relijiang decided to end his playing career and become a full-time head coach
After returning from the ban, Nishi Relijiang put on a suit, which meant that he would not play and become a full-time head coach. In this way, Xi Relijiang became the highest-paid head coach in the CBA, with an annual salary of 8 million. As both a player and a head coach, there is really not so much energy, the head coach has a lot of work to do, there is no time to train, last season Xi Relijiang also averaged 17.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game, this season only played 11 games, only 4 points, 2.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists per game, shooting only 30.2% from the field and 22.7% from three-point range. Competitive status plummeted.
Nishi Relijiang's early end as a player was a very risky decision
If Xi Relijiang continues to train normally, he can play at least another two or three years with his ability. Isn't it a shame to decide to end your playing career now is honestly a very risky decision? Xi Relijiang joined Nanjing Tongxi in the summer of 2020, when he signed a 4-year maximum salary contract, with an annual salary of up to 8 million yuan (Huo Nan revealed), the highest level.
Huo Nan, the former general manager of Tongxi, said that he did not support Xi Relijiang as the head coach at that time, thinking that Xi Relijiang's road would be narrow, and once he took off his shirt and put on a suit, it would be difficult to wear the shirt back in the future, after all, Xi Relijiang was 32 years old.
However, many players have chosen to retire early this season, Wang Xiaohui, Li Jingyu, Zhang Chengyu, etc., it is impossible to play basketball for a lifetime, or to consider the later life. Xi Relijiang chose to retire at his peak, will he become a famous coach in the CBA in the future?