This season has been a difficult one for the CBA league, and a lot of things have happened along the way that have made the CBA league questionable. The conflict between Zhou Qi and the Xinjiang team, the Xinjiang team withdrew from the CBA league and finally joined again, and the Shanghai team, which was disqualified by the league because of suspected match-fixing. This series of things shows that CBA does need to do more work professionally.
After the Shanghai team was disqualified, the Liaoning team became the favorites to win the championship, and Liaoning finally swept the championship directly. This was also the expected result, and Zhao Jiwei won the finals MVP.
The Liaoning team has two national team guards, one is Allen Guo, Asia's No. 1 point guard, and the other is Zhao Jiwei. No matter how the members of the national team change, these two are ironclad and can be selected. However, as far as the current Chinese men's basketball team is concerned, there is really no better player than the two of them on the guard line. As far as Allen Guo and Zhao Jiwei are concerned, which of the two is better, many people are a little confused.
When he was in the Liaoning team, Zhao Jiwei was the backup of Guo Allen, who could get more playing time and beautiful statistics, but after arriving at the national team, the two just switched positions. Zhao Jiwei is the starting lineup for the national team, while Allen Guo has become a substitute. So do you know why Allen Guo, the No. 1 point guard in Asia, was a starter in the Liaoning team but became a substitute when he arrived at the national team? The main thing here is that Allen Guo's own problems are too obvious, and when he is in the national team, he is easy to be targeted, so he will be allowed to play as a substitute.
First: Allen Guo can't defend
Compared with Zhao Jiwei, Allen Guo's biggest problem is his lack of defensive ability, which can be covered up by his breakthrough and speed in the CBA league, but when it comes to the national team and playing international competitions, it will become a point for other countries to target. Defending on the outside is very important, and once you can't pose a threat, it's very difficult for players on the inside. Therefore, the national team will put Zhao Jiwei, who has better defense, in the starting position.
Second: Zhao Jiwei has better organizational skills
CBA guards mostly do not have much organizational ability, look at the CBA league assist list, the top few are foreign aides, domestic defenders are not good at passing, but also rarely pass. They prefer to go to singles on their own and then finish. This is not obvious and inefficient. Allen Guo especially likes to finish the game by himself, on the contrary, Zhao Jiwei is better, more willing to share the ball, and get better opportunities through passing.
Third: Zhao Jiwei plays harder
In previous national team matches, there has always been a saying that the players did not give their best when playing for the national team. The national team matches are different from the league, there is no high treatment, and there is a risk of injury. As professional players, what they value most is salary, playing is a job for them, and they don't want to risk injury.
Allen Guo was once nicknamed "Guo Yi Point" by fans because he only scored one point in the national team competition. If compared with his performance in Liaoning, the performance of his national team is really a bit too much. Is it ability? Or does he not want to fight as hard as he did in the league, deliberately protecting himself? Zhao Jiwei, relatively speaking, when playing the national team, he still works very hard, but his talent is limited and he cannot lead the team to achieve better results.
Allen Guo and Zhao Jiwei are currently the best defenders in China, and I hope they can play their true level in the next national team games and do their best to make the Chinese team achieve better results.