On September 2, Beijing time, as the new season continued to approach, the reinforcements of CBA teams were gradually stepping up, and after the end of the registration of local players, they began to focus on foreign aid. According to the latest news from the Tiger Basketball community, Liaoning has officially waived Mayo's priority contract renewal rights, and the latter will no longer represent Liaoning in the CBA League in the new season.
Such news may be a sad thing for Liaoning fans, because Mayo has brought great help to the team in the past two seasons, and his personality and character are also deeply loved by Liaoning fans, and his departure will definitely cause Liaoning fans to be unwilling. But the CBA as a business league, when a foreign aid does not meet the requirements of the team, leaving is also an inevitable thing.
Mayo played in 51 games for Liaoning last season, averaging 20.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 3.1 assists in 29 minutes per game, and is an important contributor to Liaoning's ability to enter the playoffs as the second in the standings. However, the regular season is after all a training stage for a strong team of liaoning's level, and their ultimate goal is to make a breakthrough in the playoffs. After entering the playoffs, The shortcomings of Mayo began to show, because of the rise in offensive and defensive intensity, his personal strength and limited skills, his lack of aggression on the offensive end, and his frequent targeting at the defensive end, bringing little help to the team, in this case, Liaoning had to rely on a group of local players to carry the offensive banner.
Throughout the playoffs, Mayo's stats dropped to an average of 12.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game, which was a struggle, which was the main reason for Liaoning to abandon him. For the Liaoning team, the championship is their constant goal in the new season, but their thinking does have to make certain changes, if Mayo continues to do nothing, then they will not be able to beat Guangdong, Zhejiang and other teams to reach the highest podium. Therefore, abandoning Mayo is also a helpless move for the Liaoning team, and they will still have new personnel to add in the future.
But giving up Mayo does not mean that they have not made two-handed preparations, according to media sources, they have targeted the reinforcement of foreign aid dante Cunningham, who has scored 74 points in a single game on the CBA field, this foreign aid is far better than Mayo in terms of personal strength and physical talent, if he can get him smoothly, then it will be a huge help for the strength of Liaoning team.
In any case, Liaoning has been a CBA championship team in recent years, and it is not surprising that they gave up a slightly weaker Mayo. So, do you think they can win Corningham? What can they achieve in the new season? Welcome to discuss it together in the comments section!