On December 28th, Beijing time, the second stage of the CBA league regular season continued. Recently, after losing at home to the Zhejiang team, Guangdong men's basketball team's record of 12 wins and 10 losses was no longer enough to guarantee the team's entry into the playoffs this season. However, the disadvantages of the domestic lineup in positions three and five made it impossible for Du Feng to ensure that Guangdong could adapt with a more balanced lineup to the single foreign aid system in the final quarter of the game. In response, activating a qualified domestic No. 3 position player is far more important than introducing a powerful small foreign aid. Because in the past, Guangdong lost many games because Morand couldn't play in the fourth quarter, resulting in the inside being blown up and losing the game.
In terms of the current Guangdong foreign aid lineup, although Morand, Jilunwater, Beizeli, and Les seem very strong, only Morand can handle tough battles. Jilunwater has already proved that he cannot maintain efficiency against strong opponents in critical moments during his time with the Shandong team. Therefore, after Qiu Biao introduced Chris this season, the overall strength and record of the Shandong team also soared. Beizeli currently lacks the ability for independent offense, and when targeted by opponents, he cannot achieve the desired effect. As for Les, his personal abilities are clearly not up to the qualified level of the CBA league or above. Moreover, Guangdong's remaining foreign aid salary space is limited, and it is impossible to introduce another powerful small foreign aid while retaining Beizeli, Jilunwater, and Morand.
Therefore, whether to enhance the lineup balance in decisive moments or due to restrictions on foreign aid salary space, Guangdong urgently needs to focus on supplementing domestic No. 3 positions. Recently, some attentive fans discovered that Zhang Hao, a potential front-line newcomer who has been plagued by injuries in Guangdong, has followed the team to the away game against Jilin men's basketball team. This means that Zhang Hao, who was injured in the preseason, may return in subsequent games, which is undoubtedly a championship-level addition for Du Feng. After all, Zhang Hao is currently the strongest mobile and physically best domestic No. 3 position player in Guangdong's front line, and was once considered a top CBA front-line rookie with talent not inferior to Zhang Zhenlin, Zeng Fanbo, and others.
For Guangdong men's basketball, Zhang Haofei and Zhang Wenyi lack mobility in defense on the front line, and Huang Mingyi's position choices on both offense and defense do not meet standards. At this moment, they desperately need a more mobile domestic front-line like Zhang Hao to supplement the lineup's shortcomings. Once Zhang Hao can recover and integrate into the team's tactical system with Morand, Du Feng can withdraw Jilunwater in the decisive moments of the final quarter. Pairing Morand with Zhang Hao, Xu Jie, Hu Mingxuan, and others may be the best decisive lineup for Guangdong in the future. In recent years, Guangdong has indeed been unable to cultivate qualified No. 3 and No. 5 position players in its youth training, so Zhang Hao must be promoted and receive sufficient training next.
In summary, whether the potential front-line rookie Zhang Hao can fully recover and quickly support Du Feng will directly affect Guangdong's subsequent regular-season record. The current Guangdong team is not only facing huge challenges in the foreign aid aspect but also has a No. 3 position that Du Feng and Zhu Fangyu cannot solve.