The CBA playoffs round of 4 is about to begin, respectively Zhejiang VS Shenzhen and Liaoning VS Guangsha, at present, Liaoning team seems to have no opponents, and has a good chance to win the 2023 championship. And the Guangdong team left the game sadly, in the third game of the series of 8 to 4, the Guangdong team once trailed the Guangsha team by 12 points, under the leadership of Ma Shang and Hu Mingxuan set off a frenzy of chasing points, the difference was only 2 points, but at the key moment, Hu Jinqiu won consecutive rebounds in the front, Sun Minghui also scored the winning 3 points, the dust of the game settled, and the Guangdong team lost 1-2 to the Guangsha team and was eliminated.
Guangdong has reached the last four of the CBA for 20 consecutive years, and now that record has been interrupted, with Zhou Peng's departure and Yi Jianlian's near-retirement, the Guangdong dynasty is a thing of the past, and the giants are facing disbandment, and it seems difficult to keep this core lineup. And the national player Zhao Rui also posted in the middle of the night, he mentioned parting ways, because Zhao Rui's contract with the Guangdong team expired in the offseason, so in the outside world, Zhao Rui is likely to leave the team and play for other teams.
Zhao Rui wrote, "True strength is not forgetting, but accepting. Accept parting ways, accept the impermanence of the world, accept loneliness and frustration, accept sudden powerlessness, accept your own imperfections, accept confusion, insecurity, anxiety and regret. Adjust your state, find the strength to keep going, and become a better version of yourself."
Zhao Rui looks very likely to leave the team, in fact, there have been many rumors about Zhao Rui in the past season, his contract with Guangdong has expired, as for whether to renew, this also needs to be discussed by both parties. Moreover, there is another reason why Zhao Rui is likely to leave the team, and his mentor Du Feng will also leave the Guangdong team with a high probability.
It is reported that after all the CBA games in the 22-23 season, the Guangdong team is facing a very difficult problem, that is, the contract of 10 people in the team expires, in addition to the core guard Zhao Rui, there are also big brother Yi Jianlian, head coach Du Feng and other young players, and the contracts of three foreign assistants Marchand, Hamilton and Muhammad have also expired, I don't know if they will return to the Guangdong team.
Now the biggest suspense is whether the 36-year-old Yi Jianlian will retire, he has been playing in the CBA for almost 20 years and is also the spiritual leader of the Chinese men's basketball team. Yi Jianlian's performance in the series G3 is difficult to say, it is indeed too bad, only 3 points, and was completely exploded by Hu Jinqiu, and there is almost no threat to catch the ball in the low post. If Du Feng let Hamilton play a few more minutes in the final stage, Guangdong has a very good chance of winning, but this game may be the last game of the UAE, Du Feng still decided to let Yi Jianlian play a life and death moment, which is also a respect for the UAE.
If Yi Jianlian retires, the dynastic era of the Guangdong team will be completely over, and Du Feng will basically leave, followed by Zhao Rui and other cores. For Zhu Fangyu, he has too many things to deal with in the offseason, the Guangdong team is in the most critical period, and how to tide over the difficulties also needs to be well pondered.
The Liaoning team is as strong as the Guangdong team in the previous two years, and if Yang Ming leads the team to win this year's championship, then the Liaoning dynasty is coming. Moreover, Allen Guo and Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin and other national players are at the peak of their careers, it seems that the Liaoning team even has a chance to complete the great cause of 3 consecutive championships, if there is a team closest to the Guangdong team, it is the Liaoning team led by Yang Ming.