Shanghai has not been a top CBA powerhouse in recent seasons. But they have a tradition: they are willing to throw money, which can be called the Chinese version of the New York Knicks. In the offseason, the Shanghai team also made a big move and carried out large-scale reinforcements. They introduced Wang Zhelin, Ren Junwei, Yuan Tangwen, etc., and the foreign aid won the talented all-round foreign aid Franklin, and the strength of the team was greatly improved. But in this match against Guangdong, Shanghai was beaten to no avail. Guangdong team powered at the end of the third quarter to slowly pull the score apart. In the end, they defeated Shanghai 112:97.
In 4 regular season games, Shanghai achieved a record of 2 wins and 2 losses, and Wang Zhelin, as the captain, was highly anticipated by many fans. This season, Wang Zhelin left Fujian to join Shanghai. In Shanghai, Wang Zhelin will get more attention and more responsibilities. Fans expect Wang Zhelin to lead the team to a good result.
But the ideal is ultimately invincible to reality, and Wang Zhelin is no longer a trustworthy leader and captain at this stage. As captain, he played very softly, averaging just 18.5 points and 8.5 rebounds in four regular season games. In today's loss to Guangdong, Wang Zhelin only had 12 points and 7 rebounds, shooting as low as 33%.
The most scrappy and most wanted to win in Shanghai today must be the young man Guo Haowen, who had 28 points and 3 rebounds today and hit a number of difficult goals. He conceded only 3 goals in 11 shots, which was extremely efficient. Guo Haowen fought very aggressively today, and the attack was extremely widespread. Three points and breakthroughs are coming.
In the third quarter, Guo Haowen made a three-point shot on the outside line, and at one point narrowed the point difference to 4 points. Maybe at that moment, Shanghai fans saw the hope of a reversal. Of course, Guangdong's superior skills ultimately won. However, Guo Haowen's fighting spirit and strength have impressed many fans. The "Shanghai Knicks" continued to spend money in the offseason, but in the end only Guo Haowen was smashed. If it had known that this was the result, would Shanghai still have to make such a big effort?
Due to a turnaround in Franklin's family, he was in a bad state. The Shanghai team's attack still depends on Wang Zhelin, after all, he is the captain. But how did Wang Zhelin play this game? We have seen the data, some small details Wang Zhelin is still doing badly. We may wish to analyze Wang Zhelin's weaknesses.
Wang Zhelin is a player whose strengths and weaknesses are obvious, his offensive ability is indeed strong, but his defensive position has been bad. This is also Wang Zhelin's biggest weakness. His defensive sense can be described as terrible. Today, Zhao Rui broke through many times, and Wang Zhelin's defense was like a blank piece of paper. His positioning choices when defending and dismantling are very bad, if he is too close, he will be passed by the opponent, and too far away will give the opponent the opportunity to shoot. Considering that Wang Zhelin has played for many seasons, his defensive awareness and positioning have still not improved. That's really not true.
This is only Wang Zhelin's first question, the second problem: Wang Zhelin is getting more and more outside when attacking, and the proportion of the inside attack is getting smaller and smaller. In this game, Yi Jianlian did not play, and it is reasonable to say that Wang Zhelin has an absolute advantage in this point. However, after the whole game, Wang Zhelin did not grab any offensive rebounds. In the past three seasons, Wang Zhelin's average offensive rebounds per game have remained at about 3, and it is not an exaggeration to say that Wang Zhelin is the CBA's best player at grabbing offensive rebounds. However, wang Zhelin did not grab an offensive rebound in this game.
On the last question, Wang Zhelin has changed a lot since last season. On the offensive end, he played absent-mindedly, and a lot of the defense became inactive. Say something ugly. Wang Zhelin has no fighting spirit now, he fights like a sheep. If the center is soft and has no fighting spirit, the consequences will be very serious. Wang Zhelin and Guo Haowen today are the front and back of the coin, and Guo Haowen played extremely tough. Not afraid of confrontation, Wang Zhelin is afraid of his hands and feet, as a center player, he also shot two three-pointers on the outside line today that he is not good at. With Wang Zhelin's physical talent, it should be the best choice to attack the inner line more.
After watching this game, the Shanghai team should realize one thing: Wang Zhelin is definitely not suitable to be the captain, whether from the technical level or from the mentality level. None of him have the ability. Signing Wang Zhelin is likely to be a losing choice, Wang Zhelin can play good data in Shanghai, but he is absolutely impossible to lead the team to impact good results. If the Shanghai team wants to transform, it will also rely on Franklin and even the young player Guo Haowen. Dear readers, how do you evaluate Wang Zhelin's performance in the face of Guangdong, do you think he is a qualified leader? Feel free to leave a message in the comments section of the article.