Guangdong Southern Tigers' New Foreign Player! Standing at Only 180cm, Making His CBA Debut
Finally, there's news about Guangdong Southern Tigers' foreign players. According to authoritative domestic media reports, Guangdong Southern Tigers Club has made an offer for foreign player Darrun Russell. Russell stands only 180cm tall, is relatively thin, and weighs only 75kg; fortunately, Russell is quite young, born in 1998. Russell played for Pinar Club in the Turkish Super League this season, participating in 14 games with an average of 16.1 points and 4.7 assists per game, a two-point shooting percentage of 49.5%, a three-point shooting percentage of only 30.2%, and a free throw shooting percentage of 81%.
From Russell's data, it can be seen that he does not have a strong scoring ability, poor shooting, low three-point shooting percentage, and is mainly a small guard who breaks through. It's difficult for short foreign players to survive in the CBA, such as Felder, and Walters, who was once signed by Guangdong. Whether on the offensive or defensive end, small foreign players will be targeted. Moreover, Russell doesn't even have Walters' scoring ability, especially in terms of three-pointers. Furthermore, Russell has never played in the CBA before, so it can be said that Guangdong Southern Tigers are likely to have signed another subpar player again.
What's wrong with Zhu Fangyu's vision?
Is Guangdong Southern Tigers Club short on funds? Look at how many foreign players they've signed this season: Barton, Bazley, Jilunwate, Arms, Morland, and now Russell. It is understood that Barton and Morland are not cheap. After all these foreign players, Zhu Fangyu must bear some responsibility; he personally selected all the foreign players. The season is already halfway through, and Guangdong Southern Tigers is the only team without a small foreign player, relying solely on Xu Jie and Huang Rongqi! Yet they have three big foreign players; this approach to selecting foreign players is really incomprehensible. If Russell doesn't perform well either, what should Zhu Fangyu do next?