On May 8, Beijing time, Lin Zhijie stated on his personal social media that he would not retire for the time being, and on the same day, Song Xiang, a reporter from Beiqing Daily, broke the news that the Sichuan men's basketball team intended to sign the former Guangsha general.
Lin Zhijie's contract with the Guangsha men's basketball team expired this summer, and the player who played in Guangsha for a decade is known as the soul of the Guangsha team, and during his time in Guangsha, he has always been the local core of the team. In the 2015-16 season, Lin Zhijie once played an average of 18+4+3 per game, during his time in the CBA, he has been shortlisted for the CBA All-Star Game seven times, and he also won the CBA Skill Challenge At one time. Because of the flowing style of the ball and the excellent scoring ability at key moments, many fans call Lin Zhijie Guangsha Kobe.
However, with the increase of age, Lin Zhijie's state has declined significantly, and his various statistics last season have fallen to a new career low, and although his performance has improved in the playoffs, the overall offensive efficiency is still very low.
For Lin Zhijie, his skill is still there, but the physical problem is more obvious, in the high-confrontation game, he can only play 15-20 minutes, which is also doomed to him can not join the CBA's strong team. However, as a veteran, Lin Zhijie has good experience, he is suitable for a young team, and the Sichuan men's basketball team is undoubtedly such a team.
In the past season, the Sichuan men's basketball team has promoted a large number of young players from the youth team, and these young players are the main squads that won the runner-up in their youth league, so the overall strength is still very good. However, the experience and skills of this group of players still need to be improved, and if Lin Zhijie is signed, it will undoubtedly allow him to play the role of passing and helping young players grow.
However, for the Sichuan men's basketball team, their introduction of Lin Zhijie is actually facing a relatively large risk.
Last year, they signed Zeng Wending, an interior player who was abandoned by the Shanghai men's basketball team, but in a season of Sichuan, Zeng Wending played extremely badly, averaging only 3.3 points and 2.2 rebounds per game, and his joining did not make the young inner line of the Sichuan men's basketball team grow, most of the time Sichuan still relied on foreign aid and Chen Xiaodong and other old future main players. So from this point of view, the introduction of Zeng Wending by the Sichuan men's basketball team is definitely a failed attempt.
Now the Sichuan team is interested in signing Lin Zhijie, obviously they plan to give up Zeng Wending, but in the second position, the Sichuan men's basketball team actually has a veteran Meng Da, his technical characteristics are more similar to Lin Zhijie, both are 37 years old, so the significance of introducing Lin Zhijie is not large.
I don't know what the sichuan men's basketball team is for, maybe they just hope to let the two 37-year-olds lead the young players to improve.