On the evening of April 6, Beijing time, the final round of the 2023-24 CBA regular season will be fully launched tonight. Liaoning Bengang, which has locked the regular season championship in advance, is likely to be based on training in the game with Zhejiang Guangsha at home, and before the game starts, the team's front line is also good news again - according to the CBA official in this morning's updated player registration list, Liaoning men's basketball team's newly signed small foreign aid Sherif Cooper has officially completed the registration, before the end of the regular season, he is also considered to have successfully registered the whistle, thus catching the last train of the playoffs.
According to the current rules of the CBA League, players who register before 10 a.m. on the day of the game are allowed to play during the game that day, and those who register after 10 a.m. can also represent the team after 24 hours. Therefore, in tonight's game between Liaoning men's basketball team and Zhejiang Guangsha, no matter whether Sharif Cooper plays or not, he is already qualified to represent the Liaoning men's basketball team in the playoffs.
In the just-concluded NBA Development League regular season, Sherif Cooper averaged 19.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game for the Cleveland Stormtroopers. Although the halo above Sherif Cooper's head is very brilliant, Yang Ming, the current head coach of the Liaoning men's basketball team, still maintains a rational view of his arrival.
First of all, Yang Ming admitted to reporters that he has not seen Sherif Cooper, for the expectations of the outside world, Yang Ming also hopes that fans and the media can calm down, from the perspective of the head coach, Yang Ming believes that the Liaoning men's basketball team wants to hit the three consecutive championships this season, still rely on the players in the current lineup, after all, this group of players has been running in together for a whole season, and Sherif Cooper has just arrived, can not expect a temporary player to change the fate of the team throughout the season, that is a very unrealistic idea.
It is not difficult to see from Yang Ming's words that he still has his own unique views on the performance of the Liaoning men's basketball team in the playoffs, and will not blindly adjust the lineup because of the temporary change of the team's lineup. Cooper's arrival is just an additional option for the Liaoning men's basketball team in the backcourt, when Zhao Jiwei and Fogg encounter difficulties, the coaching staff can also use Cooper to share some pressure for them, and the failure of Jalen Adams also proves that foreign players want to succeed in the CBA, not only can they rely on their past resumes, only by really lowering their profile and facing every game with a dedicated attitude, it is possible to finally succeed in the CBA league.