Guo Haowen, the former potential new star who joined Shanghai in the third stage of last season, finally returned to the fans' field of vision after a year of absence, although he did not play for a long time, but the talented Guo Haowen quickly adapted to the tactical system of this new owner after a short adjustment, and throughout the season, Guo Haowen played 15 games for Shanghai, averaging 13.9 points, 4.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game, and all the data set a record high since joining the CBA. After the end of the season, Guo Haowen also went to the United States for special training, wanting to impact the 2021 NBA draft, but before the official submission of draft information, Guo Haowen finally retreated, choosing to return to China to continue to play in the CBA, preparing to fight again in the next year, and according to himself, the reason for abandoning the election is because during this special training period, he saw that the gap between himself and players of the same age from all over the world was indeed too large.
Considering that Guo Haowen is only 21 years old at present, if he can get excellent experience in the CBA, it is not a bad thing to participate in the draft next year and choose to return to China. Although Shanghai continued to attract reinforcements in this offseason, following the trade with Wang Zhelin, and then successively introduced Yuan Tangwen and Ren Junwei, in Guo Haowen's position as a swingman, there was no overlapping new signing, which also allowed Guo Haowen to continue to show his talent this season.
As a 2.01 high defender, Guo Haowen is also deeply trusted by the new coach Li Chunjiang, the opening battle with Tianjin, Guo Haowen in only 18 minutes of playing time, 7 shots 4, easily got 12 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, after a period of special training in the United States, Guo Haowen did improve a lot of levels in terms of physical confrontation intensity, which also made him more comfortable in handling the ball. In the fourth round of the focus battle between Shanghai and the defending champion Guangdong men's basketball team, Guo Haowen also grabbed the limelight, although in the end Shanghai lost the opponent with 15 points, Guo Haowen showed an extremely efficient attack as a substitute (8 of 11, 5 of 7 three-pointers, 28 points, 3 rebounds and 5 assists), allowing himself to leave with his head held high.
In an earlier match between Shanghai and Beijing Shougang, the team also ushered in revenge in one fell swoop, and finally won 105-86 against Shougang to avoid the dilemma of being double-killed by the opponent. And this game Guo Haowen replaced Liu Zheng to get the starting opportunity, although the feel is not ideal, 11 shots are only 5, but Guo Haowen was invaded 10 times in the whole game, 11 times stood on the free throw line to hit 10 goals, cut 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, giving the Shougang defense line a great threat, the whole game down, +20 plus and minus value is also second only to the small outside Franklin, ranking second in the whole team, it can be said that Shanghai can get revenge and success of the key heroes.
As of now, Guo Haowen can average 17.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 3 assists per game in 24.3 minutes of playing time, shooting 62.7%, 50% and 81.4% of the three shooting rates, respectively, and all three of them have set career highs, one of which is higher than That of Franklin Jr. (Franklin 17.4 points). It can be said that he has gained the full trust of the new coach Li Chunjiang, and he himself can be regarded as repaying Shanghai's original kindness to himself with practical actions. Since the entry of Jiushi Group, Shanghai can be said to be the only one in the alliance in terms of reinforcements, not only in the veterans, mesozoic, foreign aid, the cultivation of young people has not been put down, in addition to Guo Haowen, they also promoted the youth team's Li Tianrong, Zhang Zhiyao, Dai Hao, these potential new stars, but as far as the current situation is concerned, Guo Haowen is undoubtedly the most talented of this group of young people.
For Guo Haowen, I believe that the NBA is still the stage he wants to continue to impact, and if he can grasp the opportunity to get the core of his own this season and play the peak of the CBA, it is not impossible to improve his draft market. And this year's NBA No. 6 show Josh Gidi, who is similar to his situation, is a good reference target. Both are tall defenders, and both have an all-round style, playing the price of Gidey in the NBL, letting his draft market improve all the way, and finally successfully entering the lottery area, and Guo Haowen If he can seize the opportunity, let alone the first round, at least a second round, it is not impossible.