Shanghai Jiushi has made a big deal for the third consecutive year, and the lineup formation is not the most luxurious, only more luxurious. Recently, the team carried out team-building activities, head coach Li Chunjiang, the core of the inner line Wang Zhelin, this summer the two major reinforcements appeared, the shark officially began to stride forward.
Only 3 coaches in the history of the CBA have brought two different teams to the finals, Shanghai is two of them, coach Li Chunjiang won 7 championships in Guangdong and sent Guangsha to the finals, while coach Li Qiuping simply won all in Shanghai and Xinjiang, becoming the only head coach in the history of the CBA to win the championship with two different teams.
The "Spring and Autumn" combination is considered to be the new sword of the Shanghai men's basketball team, but it is also believed to be the source of all trouble. Two head coaches with very different personalities and quite temperamental personalities working together are already very surprising, whether it is a chemical reaction or a physical collision, everything is still unknown.
There are also many famous celebrities in this appearance, Shanghai's champion member Zhang Wenqi, former Guangsha assistant coach Jiejun, former Shanghai men's basketball head coach Liu Peng will all be members of this luxurious coaching team.
In 2012, Zhang Wenqi, who had been retired for 5 years, was retired by the Shanghai men's basketball team for his No. 6 jersey, at that time, Zhang Wenqi was already the head coach of the Shanghai youth team. Since then, he has also worked as an assistant coach in Shanghai, and as a member of the 2002 champions and one of the three famous players in Shanghai who retired their jerseys, it is naturally reasonable for him to participate in the revival of the team.
Liu Peng coached after winning the championship in 2002 due to injury, since then took up the coaching whip, from the Shanghai youth team assistant coach to the national youth assistant coach, then to the Shanghai women's basketball coach, and finally to the Shanghai men's basketball assistant coach, 13-14 season to replace coach Ma Yuenan, to 2018 coach Li Qiuping returned, all of which were coached by him during this period.
Both coaches, Jiejun and Li Chunjiang, both liaoning, returned to Liaoning from Fujian as an assistant coach after retiring in 2007 and became deputy general manager in 2016. However, he suddenly went to the Shandong men's basketball team in 2018, became an assistant coach in the interior line, and then went to Guangsha to assist Li Chunjiang, who also came here after Li Chunjiang took charge of Shanghai.
In the coaching staff in Shanghai, only the physical fitness coach Nan Kaisheng may be a raw face in the eyes of fans. In fact, Nan Kaisheng has been working in Shanghai for many years, he is also a master's degree in sports training at the Shanghai Institute of Sport, he worked as a physical coach in the Shanghai youth team a few years ago, and now he is taking on a heavy responsibility.
The Shanghai coaching team is really luxurious, in addition to these few, the famous Liu Wei did not appear in the coaching team, but took over the youth team. Liu Wei is also an acquaintance, lu Wei in the liaoning men's basketball coaching team last season, who went to Liaoning to assist Yang Ming after announcing his retirement in 2020, he played in Shanghai for 5 seasons, and was also brought to Qingdao by Li Qiuping at the delisting conference.
Although the new signing Wang Zhelin has not yet officially announced his joining, he has already appeared in the team building activities.
Last season, Wang Zhelin averaged only 18.6 points and 10.7 rebounds per game, except for the 15-16 season when he only played eight games with injuries, which was the first full season of his career that he did not average 20+10 per game, and the points and rebounds were new lows. Of course, this does not mean that Wang Zhelin has reached a period of state decline, on the contrary, these years are still the peak of his personal career.
Despite being plagued by injuries and team records, Wang Zhelin was still able to easily complete the All-Star level inside the data. After winning the regular season MVP in the 18-19 season, Wang Zhelin regained his vitality through weight loss control and was one of the most offensively threatening interior lines in the league. Since Tang Zhengdong's move to Xinjiang, the league has not seen an MVP big center trade for nearly 10 years.
Not using his record in the playoffs to prove his ability to tackle tough problems is the biggest slot point of Wang Zhelin's current career, far greater than the criticism of professional attitudes and defensive skills, and Shanghai will provide him with an opportunity. What is worrying is that Shanghai has not been a team with good defensive discipline since Yao Ming, especially in recent years, which may amplify Wang Zhelin's shortcomings, perhaps relying on Li Chunjiang, a defensively supreme coach, to solve.
After Wang Zhelin joined, Shanghai released Zhang Zhaoxu.
Last season, Shanghai offered Zhang Zhaoxu, who averaged 4 points and 3.9 rebounds per game, a one-year salary, which is actually a reward for the veteran's contributions in recent years. Since being injured in the physical examination unexpectedly in 2019, Zhang Zhaoxu has been greatly reduced in his state and can no longer return to the level of pre-injury, and now he is close to joining Tianjin to go to a team that is desperately short of a center, which may make him have a more beautiful end at the end of his career.
In this team building, Ou Junxuan is still in the team, as a chip for trading Wang Zhelin, he has not yet reported to the Fujian team, as mentioned earlier, this transaction has not yet been officially announced. This actually reveals another signal that Shanghai has left an option to buy back after two years in the Ou Junxuan deal, and they still have expectations for Yuanlang.
Ou Junxuan finished 5.5 points and 3.8 rebounds in 14.9 minutes last season, including 1.8 rebounds in the frontcourt, shooting 65.3% from the field. His problem was injuries in the early years of his rookie year, and he failed to overcome his body weakness, averaging 2.8 fouls per game. Putting aside all this, the 18 dunks in the season are really quite exciting, and there are many eye-catching performances in the second half of the season.
Li Tianrong, a young player in the youth team, finally appeared.
Not long ago, Li Tianrong, who was born in 2000, revealed that he was about to be promoted to the first team, and this 190cm tall defender had a very strong playing style and excellent physical fitness. Originally a beijing Shougang youth team player, he later moved to the NBA Academy in the United States, originally planning to play for the NCAA, but later signed with the New Zealand Saboteurs to play in the NBL.
In 2020, Shanghai signed him and Dai Hao, two young national youth players, in the U19 Youth League, he averaged 18.4 points and 5.4 rebounds per game to lead Shanghai to the championship, and was elected MVP, and also won the best block. Before the start of the CBA last season, he and Dai Hao and Zhang Zhiyao trained with a team, but in the end, due to reasons such as qualifications, they returned to the youth team after the start of the season.
The long-term men's basketball team not only invested heavily in the first team, but also worked very hard in terms of reserve talents, and the addition of these young players has given the Shanghai men's basketball team a potential stock that can be expected in the next few years, and the question is only when they appear on the first team. In the past, coach Li Chunjiang always shines everywhere he goes, the team's youth training will always shine, perhaps it does not represent his discernment, after all, it is not he who chooses people, but at least two points can be known, one is that he dares to give new people a chance, and the other is that he may be quite concerned about youth training when choosing a team.
The two most promising young people in Shanghai this year, Guo Haowen and Li Hongquan, are not here this time.
Guo Haowen just announced his withdrawal from the NBA draft, although it is not too good news for Guo Haowen himself, but it is undoubtedly a supplement to Shanghai's combat strength. Perhaps there has been an example of Yao Ming, the Shanghai management is quite atmospheric in supporting players to stay in the West, and seems to never hesitate, which is also the reason why many players who stay in the west are willing to join Shanghai after returning to China.
In addition to letting Guo Haowen participate in the NBA draft, Shanghai has now planned to let the newly joined young player Li Hongquan go overseas for training. Due to the impact of the epidemic, Li Hongquan did not have a good time at Caspian University, the senior student stayed in the school to compress his space, the top 4 position made him confused, after joining the CBA, he still plans to go to overseas leagues to sharpen.
Lee Hong-kwon may be like Lee Tim-young in the future, and will first go to the NBL. The 198cm tall, rough ball style and exploded physical fitness will be one of the pillars of Shanghai's re-emergence in the future. Being able to get the support of the Shanghai men's basketball team means a lot for Li Hongquan, and Shanghai sacrifices the present in exchange for the future, which is the big picture.
Shanghai under Coach Li Chunjiang has honked its horn and anchored, and the Huangpu River has a big pattern, and this Shanghai may really be different from the past.