Although Zhou Qi suffered an injury in the fourth quarter, fortunately, with Waters' excellent performance, the Guangdong men's basketball team still won the city derby with a 105:93 reversal to avoid two consecutive defeats. The reason why the Guangdong men's basketball team was able to reverse and score 32 points Waters can be said to be a great contribution, and in comparison, Brooks, who had started before, was "abandoned" by coach Du Feng in this game. Brooks' performance in consecutive games was extremely sluggish, and he was completely reduced to the third foreign aid in this game, and even had little effect on the team.
It is undeniable that Brooks's strength used to be absolutely the top in the league, but with the increase of age and serious injuries, Brooks has now been completely reduced to mediocrity, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he can only be regarded as a second-rate foreign aid in the league at best. Even if there was 30+ triple-double data before, it seemed to be more like a return to the light, and after that, it completely fell into the slump. As long as Brooks starts, almost all of them will fall into passivity, and Brooks will often be abandoned at critical moments.
In fact, after the end of the first phase, the rumors about cutting Brooks did not go away, and since the fans and the media have seen the clues, it is impossible for coach Du Feng and general manager Zhu Fangyu to be indifferent. It is reported that the Guangdong men's basketball team has communicated with Brooks and is considering buying out the contract between the two parties. Although Brooks was the team's former champion, the team must make a trade-off if they want to win the championship, after all, the team's performance is directly related to the team's interests.
Then there is the fact that Brooks occupies a lot of room for new foreign players, and if he is cut, he can choose foreign players who are more suitable for the team and more powerful. The reason why there has been no progress in recruiting has nothing to do with the fact that Brooks occupies a lot of salary space. As one of the league's top foreign players, Brooks also has to accept being abandoned, and the decline in competitive form is too obvious, not only does it not play a decisive role, but even the most basic ability to get rid of defense no longer exists.
Brooks' performance declined badly last season, but it seems that the team still extended his contract in the offseason due to the friendship between the two parties, and also offered a sincere annual salary. But now Brooks has become a burden to the team, even if the performance of the local players is not as good, not to mention the new offseason signing Waters, who has performed more than one notch higher than him on the court. Even if coach Du Feng still trusts him, the team's record is also visible to the naked eye.
For Brooks and the Guangdong men's basketball team, the termination of the contract is probably the best result at present, not only can get rid of Brooks, but the Guangdong men's basketball team can use this fund to find stronger foreign aid, and at the same time, Brooks can have a new start. Just like Zhu Fangyu, the general manager of the team, said, the team can take the opportunity to introduce better foreign aid, whether it is in terms of personal strength or technical and tactical play, so that the team's strength can be qualitatively improved, and more important chips can be added on the road to the championship.
To tell the truth, if the Guangdong men's basketball team wants to win the championship, it must make changes in foreign aid, in addition to Waters, Weems and Brooks must choose 1 of 2, especially Brooks can be cut. At the same time, in terms of recruitment, it is only necessary to introduce a powerful striker foreign aid, Zhou Qi on the inside, Hu Mingxuan, Xu Jie, and Waters on the outside, and the only weakness of the team is the strength of the striker. Although Weems has returned, his strength has long been not as good as before, if Brooks's money is exchanged for forward foreign aid, Zhu Fangyu's heroic words for the championship will come true again, and Liao Basketball, Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team, Zhejiang Shuangxiong, etc. will tremble because of this.