The CBA regular season has reached the 27th round, which means more than half of the regular season has passed. Compared to previous seasons, the new season's games have increased in excitement and intensity, making the matches truly thrilling. Controversial actions often occur during the games. Not long ago, the Chinese Basketball Association held a referee meeting specifically for this purpose to strengthen management in this area. However, several national-level players have already been injured, including Hu Mingxuan with a shoulder injury that will sideline him for about three months, and Jiao Boqiao with an ankle ligament rupture that ends his season. Their injuries directly affect China's men's basketball team in the upcoming World Cup qualifiers, which is a significant loss for the team.
In addition, this round saw a focus match between Liaoning Flying Leopards, aiming to defend their title, and Zhejiang Guangsha Lions, the league leaders. This could be a preview of the finals, but the game result was somewhat unexpected. Liaoning Flying Leopards could still compete with Guangsha Lions in the first half, but due to Yang Ming's tactics and personnel arrangements not being reasonable in the third quarter, Guangsha Lions locked down the victory in one quarter, trailing by more than 20 points after three quarters. Among them, their new foreign aid, Patton, performed quite well, scoring 9 points and grabbing 7 rebounds in his debut with Liaoning Flying Leopards, shooting 4 out of 9. Although this is not the performance of a top foreign aid, it is much better than Ture, and his playmaking ability is good. It is believed that with further integration, his performance will improve.
In the close victory of Guangdong Southern Tigers over Shenzhen Leopards, Du Feng demonstrated his coaching ability by allowing key players such as Xu Jie and Du Runwang to rest extensively while still managing to win the game. Xu Jie, who played the entire game while sick, only played 17 minutes, shooting 4 out of 10 for 9 points, 4 rebounds, and 7 assists. Of course, after Xu Jie came off the court, it was obvious that the team's offense would stall, and the reason for the victory was also because Xu Jie came back on the court in the last five minutes to help the team win. After the game, media figures warned Du Feng, stating that Xu Jie is currently in an overextended state of fatigue, and if he were to encounter any issues, Guangdong Southern Tigers' new season efforts would be wasted. Therefore, they are calling for Guangdong Southern Tigers to quickly introduce a small foreign aid and stop overusing Xu Jie...
Of course, Zhu Fangyu is well aware of this point and is actively looking for high-quality small foreign aids. According to well-known media figures, Deshaun Nixon, a guard player recently cut by the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves, has entered the sights of Guangdong Southern Tigers, and not just one CBA team is interested in this player. Nixon is only 22 years old and was undrafted in 2021 before joining the Houston Rockets. This season, he joined the Minnesota Timberwolves, but he only played 3 games for the Timberwolves this season, scoring a total of 1 point, 4 rebounds, and 3 assists. However, in the development league, Nixon averaged 22.3 points, 4.9 rebounds, 7.6 assists, and 2.9 steals, a performance worthy of an MVP, and he was cut by the Timberwolves just a few days ago.
This guard stands at 193 cm tall and weighs 204 catties, making him a heavy guard with outstanding scoring ability. Guangdong Southern Tigers are actively communicating with him and have offered a waiting quote, but it is still unclear whether he will join the team. This foreign aid has a nickname called "Tank God" because he started for the Houston Rockets during their tanking period and once had a game where he scored 1 point, 1 rebound, 2 assists, and 4 turnovers in 30 minutes. At that time, when the Rockets were about to win the game, he could easily lose it... What do you think of this foreign aid?
