CBA Internet celebrity coach Xi Relijiang's record in leading Jiangsu Tongxi in recent seasons is not very ideal, but young players including Wang Lanyan and Lin Wei have got a lot of opportunities to play. The two main players of the Tongxi team were selected for the short-term training list of the Chinese men's basketball team at the same time, and received the personal guidance of the Chinese men's basketball coach Djordjevic and became a national player. Although Xi Relijiang's coaching record is not good, and his coaching ability has been repeatedly questioned, he still has a good set of skills in motivating young players and cultivating young players.
However, for Jiangsu Tongxi, who is aiming to impact the playoffs, the team's current overall strength is relatively weak, and if there is a suitable trade partner, Jiangsu Tongxi and coach Xi Relijiang will strengthen the team lineup after the trade market is opened. Recently, many domestic self-media broke the news: Jiangsu Tongxi is likely to complete a 2-for-1 deal with the old powerhouse Beijing Shougang this offseason. The specific content of this deal is: Beijing Shougang sent the main inside Fan Ziming and some cash as trading chips to get the champion guard Wang Lanyan from Jiangsu Tongxi. On July 24, 2022, at the 2022 CBA draft held in Qingdao, Wang Lanyan, a Weifang guy from Tsinghua University, was selected by Nanjing Tongxi in the first pick, becoming the 8th champion pick since the CBA established the draft conference in 2015.
This season, Wang Lanyan played 30 regular season games for Jiangsu Tongxi, averaging 15.1 points and 4.3 rebounds per game. He and his teammate Lin Wei, who was also selected for the short-term training list of the Chinese men's basketball team, formed the domestic backcourt dual core of the Tongxi team. However, Wang Lanyan's contract with Jiangsu Tongxi will expire at the end of this season, and if he cannot renew his contract with Wang Lanyan, Jiangsu Tongxi is likely to send him to other teams as a reinforcement trade chip. With the growth of age, the competitive status of the meritorious players of the Beijing Shougang team, such as Fang Shuo and Zhai Xiaochuan, has seriously declined, Zhang Cairen's growth rate is slow, and the backcourt of Beijing Shougang is in urgent need of upgrading, and even Beijing Shougang is likely to carry out a major change in the team lineup this offseason to accelerate the team's reconstruction.
The performance of young champion guard Wang Lanyan in Jiangsu Tongxi has attracted the attention of the outside world and men's basketball coach Djordjevic, and his potential and upside are huge. The arrival of Wang Lanyan can accelerate the pace of the replacement of the old and new in the Beijing Shougang guard line. And Jiangsu Tongxi got Fan Ziming, the main inside line of Beijing Shougang, in this deal. As the main inside line of Beijing Shougang, Fan Ziming was selected for the men's basketball training team many times during Du Feng's tenure in charge of the national team, and he is a national player-level insider. It has become the absolute main force of Beijing Shougang. What's more worth mentioning is that Fan Ziming and Xi Relijiang have worked together in the old club Guangzhou team, for Fan Ziming's personal ability, as the head coach of West Relijiang naturally knows very well, if this deal is reached, Fan Ziming will join Jiangsu Tongxi from Beijing Shougang and the Internet celebrity inner line Zeng Fanri formed Jiangsu Tongxi's inner twin towers, with the addition of Fan Ziming, the internal strength of the Guangzhou team will be greatly improved.
The Beijing Shougang team accelerated the replacement of the team's guard line through this deal, and from these two perspectives, this deal can be called a win-win deal for Beijing Shougang and Jiangsu Tongxi.