Does the Xinjiang men's basketball team really need Arslan?

Arslan has joined the Xinjiang men's basketball team.

Before the start of the third stage of the CBA League, the whereabouts of the former Bayi men's basketball players were mostly revealed, among them, the Xinjiang men's basketball team headed by Adi Jiang, the son of Adi Jiang, Arslan, who selected Adi Jiang, was undoubtedly more concerned - the Xinjiang men's basketball team has not been officially announced as of the 26th. The CBA has another pair of "father and son files", of course, which is the reason for its attention, but looking at today's Xinjiang men's basketball team, whether Arslan is really suitable for the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and whether the Xinjiang men's basketball team really needs Arslan, it may still be a problem.

Arslan, who appeared in the CBA in the 2014-2015 season, spent his previous CBA career in the Bayi men's basketball team, and as of the end of the 2019-2020 season, he played a total of 195 games for the Bayi men's basketball team, of which a total of 23 games started. Throughout the CBA, he averaged 8.1 points and 2.1 assists per game, and in the 2019-2020 season, Arslan averaged a career-high single-season 10.9 points per game.

Arslan, who has been a substitute for the team most of the time, was the favorite three-pointer player in the Bayi men's basketball team last season. In his 44 games, he made 249 three-pointers topped the team, hitting 79 three-pointers and ranking first on the team.

The above is only some of the most basic data about Arslan, but it is enough to explain the technical characteristics of Arslan. He's a player who's more perimeter on offense — last season, Arslan averaged 3.8 two-pointers and 5.7 three-pointers per game.

From this point of view, after joining the Xinjiang men's basketball team, Arslan's support for the team on the offensive end is obviously more from the outside. For the Xinjiang men's basketball team, which has averaged only 26.6 three-pointers per game this season and ranks 15th among all teams, the arrival of Arslan will obviously enhance their "firepower" in the outside attack.

But speaking of which, it may be necessary to talk about Arslan's three-point shooting percentage. Arslan, who shot 32.9 percent from three-point range in his entire CBA career, shot 31.7 percent from three-point range last season, and even in last season's Bayi men's basketball team, his three-point shooting percentage could only rank fourth — the players who preceded him were Ning Hongyu (45.5 percent), Ma Yong (39.1 percent) and Raymond (33.8 percent).

In this season's Xinjiang men's basketball team, there are as many as 8 players with a three-point shooting rate of more than 32.0%, and Tang Caiyu, Qi Lin and even Liu Lipeng, who are recuperating from injuries, the three-point shooting rate is all close to or even more than 40%, which also shows from one side that if Arslan's feel is not suddenly "bursting", his outside attack is not what the Xinjiang men's basketball team urgently needs.

In fact, in the Xinjiang men's basketball team to select Arslan at the same time also gave up Wang Zhengbo, such a one in and one out, but also basically means the arrival of Arslan, in fact, is to "squeeze" the original position of Wang Zhengbo. But the problem is precisely here, Wang Zhengbo, who does not have many opportunities to play, after all, still has a 40.0% three-point shooting rate, just from the perspective of shooting rate, whether it is Arslan or Wang Zhengbo is more suitable for today's Xinjiang men's basketball team, it is really a problem.

In the second stage of the CBA, the Xinjiang men's basketball team used More dehao as the team's starter, so that Zeng Lingxu, who is more experienced but has been fighting with injuries, serve as the team's substitute, from this point of view, the arrival of Arslan will actually share the playing time with these two players. However, Arslan averaged only 2.1 assists per game in his CBA career, whether compared with Yu Dehao (5.7 assists per game this season) or Zeng Lingxu (7.6 assists per game this season), Arslan is obviously at a disadvantage in organizing the offensive link.

It must also be said that in the third stage and even the subsequent CBA, Clark will also control the offensive power of the Xinjiang men's basketball team for a certain period of time, and even if Arslan can get playing time, it is already very difficult for him to assume the responsibilities of a defender and a pitcher - but this is back to his three-point shooting rate.

Of course, looking at a player with an old eye is indeed not objective and fair enough, whether Arslan is suitable for the Xinjiang men's basketball team, and whether the Xinjiang men's basketball team needs Arslan, can only be verified through the game. Therefore, it may be time to send blessings to another "father and son file" in the CBA arena, wishing them to help the Xinjiang men's basketball team achieve better results.