The CBA2024-25 regular season officially began, and the Guangdong men's basketball team, which reached the semifinals last season, challenged the Shanxi men's basketball team away. Because of Zhou Qi's departure and letting go of Waters and Weems, the Guangdong team's lineup list this season has changed a lot, and everyone is also curious about how the eleventh champion will perform in the new season. In the first game of the season, the Guangdong men's basketball team encountered a hard battle, facing the Shanxi team, which is known for its offense, they fought fiercely for four quarters, and finally suffered a black start with an 11-point disadvantage.
In the game, there was such a controversial picture, at the end of the second quarter, Guangdong team's small foreign aid Will Barton kicked Zhang Ning's leg during the layup, and he flew out of bounds, Du Feng was very dissatisfied with Zhang Ning's actions, so he appealed to the referee with excitement for the first time, indicating that Zhang Ning should be "seized". The pressure of the "iron-blooded leader" was still effective, and after the referee looked back, he upgraded Zhang Ning's foul to a physical violation, but also gave Du Gui a technical foul.
What Coach Du didn't expect was that this episode did not get a bargain for his team, but instead stimulated Zhang Ning's fighting spirit - the latter continued to complete the basket in the fourth quarter like a divine help, scoring 9 points in a single quarter, extinguishing the Guangdong men's basketball team's last hope of reversing. Seriously, Zhang Ning is also famous for his temper on the court, and Coach Du is very good at infecting players and boosting morale through his emotions, but he also has to find the right target, what to provoke Zhang Ning?
Another illustrative picture in the game comes from Hu Mingxuan. Xiao Hu played a team-high 36 minutes, contributing 15 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists in 5 of 11 in the sports battle, scoring and assists are the highest among domestic players. In the case that both foreign aides were present, the Shanxi team dared to have a showdown and chose to wrap Hu Mingxuan, how stretched is the offensive ability of these foreign aids?
In the preseason, Barton and Bazley also played their own roles, and when they arrived in the regular season, they all missed the stuffing: Barton was 6 of 17, got 19 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists, which seemed to be very comprehensive, but in fact, they were not very proficient in everything, and they were abandoned by the NBA for a reason; Beazley is even more top-notch, that one-handed shot turned out to be pretended, and it took 27 minutes to score 7 points, and he couldn't even solve the defense of the Shanxi team, which was strong and weak, and he was not sure if he could really stand in the CBA. Gillenwater on the bench only then reacted, dare to love me as the first foreign aid?
From this point of view, Zhu Fangyu's recruitment this offseason is really indescribable. The Guangdong men's basketball team is now facing a tight salary, as we all know, even so, the foreign aid ability that Mr. Zhu is looking for is a little too shabby. If Brother Shui was found last season, but he was a little unsuitable, then this season's reinforcements are really lacking in hard power. Under the new foreign aid rules this season, the book strength of this lineup list is really limited, and Mr. Zhu really has to think of a way. In the post-game interview, he was still talking about the team's run-in, and felt that there was no opponent to invest in rebounding protection - just these big sweet potatoes on the inside, and he still wanted to play the whirlwind of the previous set of double small foreign aids, I was afraid that I would hurt the enemy by 800 and lose 1,000 myself.
In your opinion, can the Guangdong men's basketball team complete the adjustment and return to the top in the new season? After the return of the national team, how will Zhang Ning improve, and what kind of height can the Shanxi men's basketball team come to?