The 2024 CBA Draft will be held in Beijing on the morning of July 27. Shandong men's basketball team, as a team with the top pick, this CBA traditional powerhouse, who will it choose? In fact, judging from the current situation, the champion is likely to choose 1 out of 2, and the new coach Qiu Biao urgently needs to strengthen the No. 4 position after giving up the top salary Mr. Jia Cheng, he must be much stronger than the college players. Who is this person? That is Li Xiangbo.
CBA announced the information for the 2024 draft on July 5. According to CBA, the draft will be held in Beijing on the morning of July 27. Previously, from July 22 to July 26, a draft training camp will be held. Previously, the CBA company also announced a list of eligible draft players, a total of 97 players.
In this list of 97 people, there is one person who is very special, that is, Li Xiangbo, the leading star of the Anhui Wenyi men's basketball team.
Li Xiangbo, who was born in 1999, is 25 years old and cannot be regarded as a young man in the strict sense. However, as a Shandong big man, Li Xiangbo used to be a player of the Shandong men's basketball youth team, but after he was sent to Anhui Wenyi as a whole, Li Xiangbo never had the opportunity to return to the CBA.
Curiously, in the past few seasons, Li Xiangbo has never signed up for the CBA draft. Obviously, on the NBL stage, Li Xiangbo's small life is still very comfortable, and he may not want to jump out of his comfort zone.
However, when the Shandong men's basketball team got the champion sign, Li Xiangbo actually signed up for this draft meeting. This is really unexpected. Could it be that Li Xiangbo is going for the champion? Or is it that the Shandong men's basketball team has communicated with Li Xiangbo and plans to use the champion to bring him back?
Why is it Li Xiangbo? Because the Shandong men's basketball team is rebuilding, the veteran Jia Cheng's contract expires, and there is a high probability that he will leave, regardless of whether he can play in other teams, if he wants to see Jia Cheng play again in the Shandong men's basketball team, there is a high probability that there is no possibility, Qiu Biao wants to rebuild the team, Shandong men's basketball team wants to rebuild the team, and some old players are likely to be eliminated.
Once Jia Cheng is eliminated by Qiu Biao, then the No. 4 position of the Shandong men's basketball team will be empty, do you want to count on Jiao Hailong? That's absolutely impossible. Therefore, Qiu Biao needs to find someone to fill the vacancy of Jia Cheng's departure. And Li Xiangbo, as a native of Shandong, is undoubtedly the best choice to operate him back, and the time and place are favorable, and all of them are accounted for.
In addition to Li Xiangbo, the Shandong men's basketball team may also choose one person, that is, Xie Zhijie, a guard from Beijing Sport University. As far as the Shandong men's basketball team is concerned, only Gao Shiyan can play in the No. 1 position, and after Gao Shiyan gets the top salary, it is very unstable, the Shandong men's basketball team needs to replenish fresh blood and make up for Gao Shiyan's shortcomings.
Of course, in comparison, Xie Zhijie, who competes in the college league, may not be able to compare with Li Xiangbo, who has been playing in the professional league. Compared with the No. 1 position, Qiu Biao needs to make up for the lack of the No. 4 position.
Therefore, in my opinion, the Shandong men's basketball team may win by surprise, and use a rare champion to win Li Xiangbo, so that the Shandong big man can go home and play for his hometown team, which will undoubtedly be a historical picture worthy of special mention in the history of the CBA draft.
Of course, once Li Xiangbo is not signed without the top pick, then he may be selected for the sixth pick in the second round. In any case, there is a high probability that the Shandong men's basketball team will take Li Xiangbo back from Anhui Wenyi this time.
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