At present, the third phase of the regular season of the CBA has ended, and the next time will enter the playoffs. This season, in addition to paying attention to teams such as Guangdong, Zhejiang, and Xinjiang, many fans may also pay great attention to another strong team, that is, the Liaoning men's basketball team.
As the defending champions of the previous two seasons, Liaoning will also be hoping to compete for the title this season. However, from the current point of view, after the start of the playoffs, the Liaoning team has recently received various bad news, which may be very unfavorable for their next playoff situation.
First of all, before the arrival of this playoffs, the Liaoning team has officially announced the departure of a player, that is, Adams, a foreign aid who has just signed less than 1 month in the third stage. Adams played 5 games in the third period, played very badly, did not work hard, and had a very problematic attitude, so just after the end of the third period, the Liaoning team fired him. And after Adams left, for the entire Liaoning team, they were controversial from players to head coaches.
For example, Guo Allen has not been reported to return to the team until now. In the past two days, a physical fitness coach updated Guo Allen's training status on social media, and it can be seen that Allen has been undergoing rehabilitation training during this time, which means that Guo Allen's injury is likely not completely healed. This just confirms what Yang Ming said in a previous interview, Guo Allen is not sure whether he can come back in the playoffs, and there is no specific return date.
Once Guo Allen can't return, relying on Zhao Jiwei alone to carry the entire former team forward, if he wants to enter the finals and want to stand on the highest podium, the probability is very small. On the one hand, the first is the problem of insufficient personnel, on the other hand, the fatigue of personnel and the problem of full of injuries may lead to the possibility of the Liaoning team being eliminated in the semifinals.
In addition, coach Yang Ming has also been questioned by many fans recently. Since the end of the third phase of the game, the controversy about Yang Ming has continued, with some local fans questioning that he only uses old players, and does not know how to use young players well, and his tactics are very conservative. On the other hand, he doesn't have a lot of skills to teach these young players, and when they make mistakes, he just stares and swears, and he doesn't know much about anything else.
Under such circumstances, fans are naturally worried that Yang Ming will lead the Liaoning team to the playoffs with such a state and quality, and it is very likely that he will be upset and miss the three consecutive championships. In this regard, some fans even called on Yang Ming to step down from class and asked the management to replace assistant coach Ugo back. To be honest, from the perspective of ability, Yang Ming, a young coach, is definitely not as good as Ugo. But in terms of the team's right to speak and the sophistication of human feelings, perhaps Yang Ming may be stronger than Ugo, which is also an important reason why Ugo was suddenly replaced in the second stage.
In fact, from the current point of view, whether Yang Ming has real skills or not has to be verified by high-intensity games in the playoffs. If he can't lead the Liaoning team to defend the title this season, and there is an upset record, Yang Ming may also face dismissal after this season, so you might as well wait and see.