Today, the official Weibo of the Shandong Dongwang men's basketball team released a team dynamic, and head coach Gong Xiaobin has led the whole team to start preparing for the National Games and the follow-up CBA League. Most of the main players on the first training day were already in place, Ding Yanyuhang, Gao Shiyan and assistant coach Yang Wenhai were preparing for the national training team, and Liu Yi and Si Kun did not appear on the training ground.
In the past season, Shandong team has achieved relatively satisfactory results, and Gong Xiaobin's coaching ability has been recognized. The lineup configuration of the Shandong men's basketball team is not first-class, and the overall strength is under the Xinjiang team, but they won a surprising victory in a win-and-lose knockout game and finally won the fourth place. In addition to Gong Xiaobin, the two assistant coaches Rosa and Yang Wenhai also have great merits, and they are Gong Xiaobin's right and left arms, advising him.
Rosa is a Serbian foreign coach who served as the head coach of the North Control team, and his coaching experience has brought the European team basketball concept to Shandong, which has played a very good role. In addition to the two foreign aides, Shandong does not have particularly top-notch players, the reason why they can achieve good results, relying on the team, in addition, the defensive quality of the Shandong team is also much stronger than before.
Yang Wenhai was once a player in the Shandong men's basketball team, a teammate with Gong Xiaobin, and once a relatively excellent defender in China. Since retiring from the army, he has been engaged in coaching work, good at cultivating young players, and also has a certain ability to direct games, coaching in CUBA and the National Games. His ability is relatively strong among the assistant coaches in the circle, and du Feng specially invited Yang Wenhai as an assistant coach for this Chinese men's basketball team training.
There is still some time before the National Games in September, and the training intensity of the Shandong team is not very large. In the offseason, in addition to completing the tasks of the National Games, they are to strengthen the squad and strive for better results next season.
At present, the biggest shortcoming of the Shandong team's local lineup is the forward, Ding Yanyu hang's state is unknown, Li Jingyu is not in good shape after being injured, and he is also a 30-year-old veteran, and he does not know how much he can recover next season. Therefore, Gong Xiaobin began to cultivate young players, and this summer will focus on creating two small forwards, Liu Yi and Si Kun.
Liu Yi was selected by Shandong in last summer's draft. Liu Yi is physically strong and has excellent defensive ability, and Gong Xiaobin trusts him more in the rookie season, starting 25 games and averaging 13.2 minutes per game. In the regular season match against Shanxi on January 10 this year, Liu Yi scored 20 points. Si Kun joined Shandong after being laid off by Guangzhou during the CBA window, just when Shandong lacked small forwards, And Si Kun was able to enter the rotation lineup.
Liu Yi and Si Kun are both potential strikers, and the two are currently training in Shanghai. In order to open up the Chinese market, Cannon Baker's professional training team opened a training center in Shanghai, which is specially trained for Chinese players, and Tang Jie, who is preparing to participate in the NBA draft, has also trained at this training institution.