In order to prepare for the Asian Cup qualifiers in mid-to-late June, the Chinese men's basketball team announced a new training list, after missing the CBA throughout the 2020-21 season due to Achilles tendon injuries, Guangdong center Yi Jianlian was successfully selected, and some sources revealed that Yi Jianlian played more of the role of the big brother in the team this time, and under the influence of injury, Du Feng would not easily let him participate in high-intensity competitions.
If Yi Jianlian is a surprise in this 27-man roster, then the failure of Guangdong defender Zhao Rui can be called a pity. Teacher Su Qun revealed in a recent interaction with netizens that Zhao Rui was not selected because of the strength problem, during the 2019 Men's Basketball World Cup, Zhao Rui was punished by the Chinese men's basketball team for the "team uniform incident", and could not appear in the international competition in a short period of time, and Zhao Rui paid a painful price for his carelessness.
It is worth mentioning that the Japanese Basketball Association announced the men's basketball training list almost on the same day, including 4 overseas players such as Hachimura, Yuta Watanabe, Yudai Baba, and Feiyong Watanabe. One of the core of the Japanese men's basketball team, with ball holding + three-point skills, he is the ideal puzzle for the Liaoning basket to rush the championship.
Unlike the two rising stars of Hachimura and Yuta Watanabe, the 29-year-old Zhang Ben Tianjie has long become one of the core of the Japanese men's basketball team.
Zhang Bentianjie is 1.98 meters tall and weighs 95 kilograms, and his boss plays as a striker on the court. In 2008, he represented Japan in the Asian Youth Championship, becoming the first Chinese player to be naturalized by the Japanese men's basketball team.
At the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, Zhang Bentianjie led the team to a 79-72 victory over the Chinese men's basketball team, and in 7 games of the Asian Games, Zhang Bentianjie could deliver 8.1 points and 1.5 rebounds in less than 14 minutes of average playing time, which is the absolute core of the Japanese men's basketball team's forward position.
In terms of technical and tactical characteristics, Zhang Bentianjie can attack with the ball, and in the Japanese league, he can be seen many times carrying the defense of foreign aid in the inner line to score 2+1. In addition, Zhang Bentianjie, who started defensively, also has a stable three-point shooting technology, and the shooting rate can be guaranteed at about 35% all year round.
There is a saying that Zhang Bentianjie's type of 3-4 player is precisely the ideal puzzle on the road to winning the championship.
Lost to Guangdong in the finals for two consecutive times, the problem of the Liaoning basketball front line was infinitely amplified by Guangdong foreign aid Weems, although Zhang Zhenlin joined this year, but after 3 finals, Weems was still able to average 26.3 points, 10.0 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.
The reason why Guangdong head coach Du Feng dared to say in an interview that "the team did not practice offense much during the finals, and has been practicing defense" is not because Weems, the strong point of attack, cannot be solved.
Liaoning Basketball needs to dig out a forward player with characteristics like Zhang Bentianjie in this offseason, with solid defensive skills and a certain offensive means, so that it has the opportunity to break the wrist with the defending champion next season.
At present, Zhang Zhenlin is very likely to become the final answer in the 3-4 position of Liao Basket, and the physical talent does crush Zhang Bentianjie, but in terms of offensive stability + defensive habits, Zhang Zhenlin still has a long way to go.
It should be mentioned that Zhang Ben Tianjie was born in a Liaoning sports family, and his father Zhang Jian was once a member of the Liaoning basketball team, if he did not choose to go to Japan to develop, Zhang Tianjie (formerly known) may have already appeared on the CBA in a Liaoning basketball suit.
In the past 15 years, although a number of talented talents have emerged, but also missed such excellent players as Zhou Peng, Wang Shipeng, Zhou Qi, Zhang Bentianjie, Liaoning Basketball management in the strict grasp of youth training at the same time to learn from the experience of talent loss, with a more professional "draft" team, in order to ensure that the best batch of children can stay in Liaoning basket to play. Thank you for reading and interest, welcome to leave a message below to discuss.