The 26th round of the second stage of the 2024-25 CBA regular season continued, with a focus on the fierce battle between the strong Guangdong men's basketball team and the dark horse Shandong men's basketball team. In the end, Guangdong team, with its superior strength, defeated Shandong team 98-93 thanks to the excellent performance of Xu Jie, Jilunwote, Morland, etc. It is worth mentioning that in this game, the local main lineup of Guangdong team, including Xu Jie, Huang Rongqi, Du Runwang, Zhang Haojia, Ren Junfei, etc., all performed very well, thus making up for the team's lack of qualified small foreign aid. However, Guangdong team has officially announced the layoff of Les, and the introduction of new small foreign aid is only a matter of time.
With the arrival of the NBA league layoff time, it has been reported that the western powerhouse Minnesota Timberwolves of the NBA league have laid off the forward guard Daisen Nicks to make room for Newton. Previously, Nicks had played four seasons in the league and showed a strong core lineup play style. Judging from the game, Nicks is undoubtedly the most suitable candidate for Guangdong team's core foreign aid play style. During his time at the Rockets, Nicks once scored the highest score of 45 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists, 2 steals and 1 block with 29 shots. Although Nicks' personal ability is not enough to stand firm in the NBA league team, he is definitely an offensive core-level scoring machine in the development league. Moreover, Nicks has the standard height and wingspan of the No. 3 position, which can be competent for the attack and defense of the No. 2 position and No. 3 position at the same time.
Judging from personal characteristics, Nicks' current playing style is similar to that of Goodwin of Shanxi team. As we all know, Shanxi team has shown the strength of the biggest dark horse in the league this season with the combination of Goodwin and Diarra. In addition to the bonus of Diarra's versatile front line, Goodwin has exploded in many games against defending champion Liaoning team and other teams, and the scene of defeating opponents with his own strength is still vivid. And Nicks has a scoring explosion that is not inferior to Goodwin. Whether it is holding the ball to hurt the inside or shooting three-pointers outside the line, Nicks can basically show super explosive power. Moreover, Nicks has top-level strength confrontation, and his height close to 2 meters must be able to play the role of a big killer in the CBA league.
Previously, after signing the new aid Les, Guangdong team quickly laid him off, which undoubtedly increased the speculation of fans outside that Zhu Fangyu had found the ideal foreign aid candidate. After all, Les was originally a very good fourth foreign aid choice to replace Xu Jie. Even if he could not meet the intensity requirements of the playoffs, he could at least finish the second stage of the regular season. The reason why Guangdong team is so hasty to lay off Les is that Zhu Fangyu probably needs to free up the capital chain to sign new foreign aid. At present, it is the time for a new round of layoffs in the NBA league, and many players with strength, including Nicks, have been abandoned by the NBA league team. Guangdong team will also usher in the best opportunity to strengthen the foreign aid front line, and Nicks is temporarily the most suitable new foreign aid choice for Hongyuan.
In summary, Guangdong team currently needs a qualified holding ball attacking forward foreign aid to provide the team with the ability to fight hard in key moments. And Nicks is already the most suitable forward attacking foreign aid choice for Guangdong team's No. 2 position and No. 3 position, which may be the last championship puzzle of Hongyuan this season.