Averaging 27.4 minutes per game, he averaged 11.9 points per game and shot 57.6/47.4 percent from the field per three-point range.
From last year's questioned "flow product" to this year's Shanxi team's main rotation.
Zhang Ning used his actual performance to punch a large number of skeptics in the face.
At the same time, he also proved that he absolutely has the strength to compete in the CBA League, raising his eyebrows and exhaling.
However, Zhang Ning turned over, and Meng Xiang, who competed with him for the title of cuba's first guard, the situation was completely different.
First, a brief introduction to Meng Xiang.
He is 1.97 meters tall, weighs 96 kilograms, averages as a front guard swingman per game, has played for Huaqiao University, has a 5-year CUBA career, and has led the team to the national quarterfinals twice.
Meng Xiang in the CUBA period is a well-deserved star player.
Accurate three-point shooting, solid basic skills, excellent dribbling skills, first-class physical fitness, coupled with a big heart that never fears the field at key moments, makes him gain a large number of fans before entering the CBA, and some people call him the first guard of cuba.
In the 2020 CBA Draft, the Shandong team originally intended to select Meng Xiang, but unfortunately was cut off by Shenzhen in the seventh pick.
Meng Xiang, who entered the Shenzhen team with the aura of a CUBA star player, did not get his own playing time and opportunities like the rest of the same year.
Last season, he made just three appearances, played only 30 minutes in total, and only got 8 points and 8 rebounds.
This season, Meng Xiang still did not get the opportunity, only played 25 minutes in last night's game against Sichuan, only 3 of 14 shots, the data is 8 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.
Although the efficiency is not high, it is better than the all-rounder.
As for whether he can continue to get so much playing time in the future, it all depends on whether Meng Xiang himself can maintain stability.
In his two-year CBA career, he played only 4 games in total.
For one of cuba's top star players, this is obviously unsatisfactory.
What's the problem?
Meng Xiang's own lack of competition experience is on the one hand, on the other hand, the reason is that there is no shortage of people in the front line of the Shenzhen team.
Shanxi is willing to reuse Zhang Ning this year, all because there is no one in the team's defender line available.
Shenzhen is different, He Xining, Gu Quan, Lu Pengyu, He Zhongmian and other players, whether it is combat strength or game experience, must be far ahead of Meng Xiang, and it is also reasonable to be hovered outside the rotation lineup by Qiu Biao.
It can only be said that the CBA and the NBA are different.
The NBA values talented young people more, as long as they are not too bad, they can be allocated a certain amount of playing time.
In the case of the CBA, it is more focused on immediate combat strength, and teams with the strength to impact playoff seats rarely spend time on young players.
Perhaps, if You let Shandong choose at the beginning, maybe Meng Xiang, now mixed better...