On January 2nd, Beijing time, a player exploded for 18 points, 10 rebounds, and 2 blocks, single-handedly crushing the dark horse! Isn't this exactly what Liaoning Men's Basketball needs? However, under Yang Ming's leadership, they let him go.
Liaoning Men's Basketball recently suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the Beijing team. Why did they lose to Beijing? On one hand, they were defeated by Beijing's accurate three-point shooting, and on the other hand, Liaoning's rebounding was completely dominated. There was a huge gap in the number of rebounds between the two teams throughout the game. A simple data comparison shows that two players from Beijing had double-digit rebounds, with Solomon grabbing 11 rebounds and Zhou Qi grabbing 10.
However, no one on the Liaoning team had more than 6 rebounds, with Han Dejun's 6 rebounds being the most, leaving the interior completely undefended. If there was a top power forward who could step up and share the burden with Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu, grabbing a few more rebounds, the situation would not be as it is now.
This is because since Zhang Zhenlin's injury, Liaoning Men's Basketball has lacked a strong frontcourt player. Fu Hao often plays too soft, his offense is fine, but he can't grab rebounds. At this moment, when we look back at today's CBA peak battle and witness Jilin, Liaoning's northeastern brothers, winning, we suddenly see the figure of someone, Zhang Zhenlin's close friend, the 24-year-old, 2.03-meter-tall frontcourt behemoth Wu Changze.
Wu Changze started for 41 minutes and 37 seconds for the Jilin team, shooting 7 for 14, including 4 for 7 from three-point range, exploding for 18 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist, and 1 block, directly crushing all the frontcourt players of the Ningbo team and not falling behind even when compared to the opponent's foreign players. Opposite foreign player Randall played 10 minutes and scored 0 points, while he directly scored 18+10. Wu Changze really knows how to play.
Looking at his stats this season, averaging 7 points and 6.7 rebounds, he's getting better and better with only 20+ minutes of playing time per game. Isn't this exactly what Liaoning urgently needs, a frontcourt superstar? If he were there, even if Zhang Zhenlin were injured and Fu Hao were soft, Wu Changze could still carry the team's frontcourt, grabbing rebounds and scoring. Moreover, this is not just a flash in the pan; he recently scored 12 points and 6 rebounds against Guangsha. If Wu Changze were there, would Liaoning Men's Basketball still be so short-staffed? He is very young and talented, yet he was personally abandoned by Liaoning's head coach Yang Ming.
A very capable player was personally abandoned by Liaoning. Now seeing how strong Wu Changze is, I wonder if Liaoning regrets letting go of such a frontcourt powerhouse. With Big C around, Liaoning wouldn't be in such trouble this year. Now they realize they're short-staffed, and the two old veterans can't hold up. But isn't Wu Changze capable of playing both the four and five positions? And isn't he much better than Ture? Not to mention that he was a good friend who joined the team with Zhang Zhenlin at the same time.