Water! Liao Basket played the AFC Champions League and abandoned the three top foreign aids, opened the all-Chinese class, and ignored the $250,000 bonus

An old naughty boy in the sports world

2024-05-26 00:28Posted in Guangdong sports field creators

Liaoning were the biggest winners of the CBA league this season, and they swept Xinjiang 4-0 in the finals to complete the third consecutive championship and create a new dynasty. As the overall champion of the CBA League, the Liaoning team was invited to play the AFC Champions League held in mid-June, and the opponents also included league champions from Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, Iran and other national teams, and the AFC Champions League championship trophy was as high as 250,000 US dollars.

Water! Liao Basket played the AFC Champions League and abandoned the three top foreign aids, opened the all-Chinese class, and ignored the $250,000 bonus

However, the Liaoning team did not attach importance to this game, because it took too much energy for the players to create 3 consecutive championships, they let the 3 foreign aides Moreland, Fogg and Cooper collectively miss the AFC Champions League game, and the all-Chinese class was activated. Considering the high usage rate of Zhao Jiwei, Han Dejun, Zhang Zhenlin, Li Xiaoxu and others this season, in order to keep the players healthy and physically recover, it is expected that these Liaoning champions will not play in the AFC Champions League, giving opportunities for young players to get more exercise.

On the other hand, the current CBA foreign aid is signed 1 year and 1 sign, which means that the contract relationship of the 3 foreign players of the Liaoning team will end after the finals, and they do not need to help the team play anymore, and they need to wait until the offseason to sign a new contract before playing. In the past, the Liaoning team was invited to play in similar East Asian competitions, and the main players were absent at that time, allowing young players to practice on the field.

From the perspective of CBA league development, it is necessary to recruit more league teams from other countries to increase foreign exchanges, since 2020, the Chinese men's basketball team has played too few international games, resulting in derailment from international basketball, and the 2023 World Cup has suffered many fiascos, and even the Philippine men's basketball team can't beat it. At present, the CBA league is ranked 2nd in the Asian region, which is not as good as the Japanese B League. It can be said that the overall level of the CBA league has declined is an indisputable fact, and changes need to be made in time, and the foreign aid use policy will be changed next season, and it is expected to return to the previous 4 people and 8 people, so that foreign aid has more opportunities to play.

For the Liaoning team, it is reasonable that they have no time to take care of the AFC Champions League after completing three consecutive championships, because they need to deal with multiple expiring contracts in the offseason, including Guo Allen, Fu Hao, Cong Mingchen, Yan Shouqi, Zhou Juncheng, Li Huyi, Lu Zijie and others are all contract expiring, and Han Dejun is facing team options. This means that there may be players in the Liaoning team who will leave the team, but Guo Allen has promised to retire to Liaoning, and Han Dejun has also said that he will not retire, among which Li Huyi is a rookie who has performed well this season, and Yan Shouqi is the perfect player to play the role of the local third defender, and it is expected that only Lu Zijie will leave the team.

If Liaoning wants to win four consecutive championships, then they must let the main players recuperate, so it is reasonable not to pay attention to the AFC Champions League held in mid-June.

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