If you want to say which team is the nemesis of Guangdong Hongyuan, this season's Tianjin men's basketball team has the most right to speak. This season, it has played against Guangdong Hongyuan four times, and the Tianjin men's basketball team has 3 wins and 1 loss. In the final battle, the Tianjin men's basketball team defeated Guangdong Hongyuan 113-112 in overtime, and in this crucial battle, foreign aid David James made meritorious contributions again, and sent a fatal block at a critical moment to help the Tianjin men's basketball team fight for this victory. This season, David James faced Guangdong Hongyuan in four games, averaging 43.5 points and 15.5 rebounds per game, and became a super foreign aid in the second year of the CBA, Zhang Qingpeng finally found the core of the team.
David James has become a CBA super foreign player
David James played an average of 33.7 minutes per game this season, contributing 26.5 points, 13 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1 steal and 0.7 blocks, shooting 36.7% from three-point range, averaging 2.8 three-pointers per game, shooting 84.9% from the free throw line and 49% from the field. It is worth mentioning that this is only David James's second season in the CBA, he has adapted well to the high-intensity confrontation in the CBA, and at the same time provoked the Tianjin men's basketball team to be the offensive beam, not only able to hold the ball on the court to kill the inside, but also has excellent three-point shooting ability, David James is a spatial interior lineman, able to play multiple positions on the court.
In addition, David James is also the number one nemesis of Guangdong Hongyuan this season, and Guangdong Hongyuan has met four times, David James contributed 25 points, 10 rebounds and 5 assists, 51 points and 15 rebounds, 63 points and 21 rebounds, 35 points and 16 rebounds, these four games, David James hit a total of 19 three-pointers, showing strong dominance. Whether facing Jordan Bell or Zhou Qi, David James can play competitively, play his value and role well on the court, and live up to Zhang Qingpeng's trust.
In today's period when high-quality foreign aid is very scarce, the Tianjin men's basketball team can have high-quality foreign aid like David James, which is enough to reflect Zhang Qingpeng's selection vision. Unlike many foreign players, David James does not have any star in the team, can get along with his teammates on and off the field, is willing to do dirty work on the field, and has excellent execution on the field, which is the main reason why the coaching staff looks at this big foreign player.
Zhang Qingpeng found the core of the team
David James is only 27 years old this year, there is a high ceiling in the future, Tianjin men's basketball team has a rising momentum this season, Li Rongpei, Zhang Yunmeng and other players have made significant progress this season, as long as the Tianjin men's basketball team introduces a high-quality small foreign aid partner David James next season, Zhang Qingpeng has every chance to lead the team back to the playoffs.