On December 14, it was reported that on the morning of the 14th, Guangdong Hongyuan Club officially announced that the 37-year-old foreign aid Weems returned to the club and will wear the No. 24 jersey this time.
Previously, Weems played for the Guangdong team for 4 years and led Hongyuan to win three CBA championships. Weems is 1.98 meters tall, has comprehensive skills, plays from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, is fast, breaks through sharply, can pass the ball, and assists even more than Marchand, who was born as a pure point guard, and has a high shooting percentage. At his peak, Weems averaged 23 points and 6.4 assists per game, and his personal ability was outstanding.
In 2022, as Weems gets older and his form declines, the Guangdong team breaks up with him amicably. Weems joined Shanxi last season and played in just 29 games, averaging 9.2 points and 1.9 assists in 13 minutes per game, the most in a single game, before being dropped late in the season.
This season, Yi Jianlian retired, Zhou Qi joined, Zhao Rui left the team, and the Guangdong team had a shortage of personnel.
On December 14, Weems updated social media and announced his return to the Guangdong men's basketball team. In the video, Weems came to the general manager's office of Guangdong Hongyuan Club to sign the contract.
Weems, dressed in casual clothes, signed a thick club contract and smiled.
Weems laughed and said, "I'm going home! I'm signing a contract." I'm back baby！”
After signing the contract, Weems took a photo with the club's general manager, Zhu Fangyu, and Weems stressed again, "I'm home! Weems is back. ”
At present, the owner of the No. 13 jersey of the Guangdong men's basketball team is Peng Shijun. As a result, Weems decided to wear the number 24 jersey instead.
Weems wrote on his personal Weibo: "Hello everyone, I'm Weems, and after returning to the CBA this season, my jersey number will be changed from No. 13 to No. 24. Let me explain the reason for changing the number: My sister was the first person in the family to play basketball, and she influenced me to choose the same number 24 as her at the beginning of my basketball career. So until the number 13, I actually wore number 24 all the time. This fortunate return means a new start for my career, so I chose the 24th to motivate and inspire myself, and I hope that I can continue the legend of the 24th! Thank you for your understanding and support! Love everyone!"
In this regard, netizens said, "Welcome home sonny, can our Zhou team also ......"
"Is it okay to have a fourth alien who is physically very good in age?"
"Is there a fourth foreign aid, it's very important"
"You'd better sign me another big center!"
"Can there be a young and strong outside!
"Team Zhou! Sign Team Zhou back!"
"Signed Su Wei before the three consecutive championships, changed Ma Shang in the middle of the season, and chose Zhang Wenyi this year, which is not questioned. So don't jump to conclusions, haven't you been slapped in the face by Mr. Zhu enough times?"
"Let's fight here until the last day, and draw the best wishes for the story"
"Hopefully No. 29 is the No. 9 rookie comeback ceremony."