Liaoning Basketball's Basic Disc is Solid, No Need to Worry About Winning the Championship! After Reading These Seven Points, You'll Be Clear!
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The Best Duo of Small Foreign Players!
Ferguson: Played 22 games, averaging 25.5 points + 6 rebounds + 4.6 assists
Wells: Played 12 games, averaging 24.3 points + 4 rebounds + 4 assists
Ferguson excels at strong solutions, while Wells is adept at surprise attacks! This is Liaoning's most reliable basic disc in terms of foreign players! The combination of Ferguson and Wells should be among the top in the league! Currently, the big foreign player has not arrived, and there is a lot of physical exertion, so they cannot fully unleash their firepower. However, when a qualified big foreign player arrives, without any physical concerns, that's when the double small foreign players will truly open fire!
What's even more remarkable is that these two outstanding super small foreign players have not consumed the foreign player salary space, leaving Liaoning with ample room and hints for future recruitment of big foreign players!
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The Strongest Guard Line Combination!
Zhao Jiwei: Played 11 games, averaging 11 points + 2.7 rebounds + 6.7 assists
Wang Lanyu: Played 22 games, averaging 8 points + 2.2 rebounds + 3 assists
Yan Shouqi: Played 22 games, averaging 5.4 points + 1.8 rebounds + 1.1 assists
Zhao Jiwei and Wang Lanyu are both national team guards! There are no more than ten such domestic point guards in the entire league, and Liaoning currently has two of them. Moreover, Liaoning has also reserved Yan Shouqi, who has excellent physical qualities, on the defensive end! Therefore, Liaoning has no problems at the domestic guard level!
Why is Liaoning struggling so much right now? The reason lies in Zhao Jiwei's injury. When Zhao Jiwei plays, most of the tactical starting points are in his hands. Without Zhao Jiwei on the court, many tactics are not executed well or even fail to materialize! Once Zhao Jiwei returns, he will quickly relieve the pressure on many people, and the entire team will be completely revitalized!
- The Top Three Small Forward Configuration in the Country!
Zhang Zhenlin: Played 7 games, averaging 12 points + 2.7 rebounds + assists
Yu Zechen: Played 13 games, averaging 3.2 points + 1 rebound + 0.5 assists
Zhao Lüzhou: Played 9 games, averaging 2.4 points + 1 rebound + 0.2 assists
Zhang Zhenlin was a small forward who took on both offense and defense last season, firmly ranking among the top three in the league in both offense and defense! While Yu Zechen and Zhao Lüzhou are functional small forwards, they are not suitable for all games but only for specific occasions!
Zhang Zhenlin's absence is equivalent to Liaoning directly giving up a core number three position against all teams! This makes the game more challenging for Liaoning, but it also exercises the team. Once Zhang Zhenlin fully recovers and integrates back into the team, how will others respond?
- The Most Experienced Frontcourt Combination!
Han Dejun: Played 22 games, averaging 11 points + 7.8 rebounds + 2.4 assists
Li Xiaoxu: Played 20 games, averaging 5.4 points + 4.3 rebounds + 0.8 assists
The frontcourt combination of Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu has been together for over 18 seasons! Although Han Dejun is currently 37 years old and his running and jumping abilities have significantly declined compared to his peak, his comprehensive offensive and defensive capabilities can still rank among the top five domestic centers! Li Xiaoxu's offensive and defensive abilities are seriously imbalanced, but his defensive level at the four position is definitely among the top three in the league. Last season in the playoffs, he single-handedly defended Beijing's big foreign player Leaf, which directly led to a change of teams in the new season! Although these two veterans are getting older, their abilities have only declined relative to themselves, but they are still among the top tier of frontcourt players in the league. If these two were placed on the free market, many teams would still be eager to sign them. Having these two guarding Liaoning's frontcourt provides the lowest basic guarantee!
Liaoning's domestic frontcourt reserves are not limited to these two veterans! Although Fu Hao, Liu Yanyu, and newly cultivated Zhang Chenzhi Feng seem to be struggling at the moment, they are all players with unique skills and personal characteristics. They may not be able to carry the load at the moment, but their role positioning does not apply to all teams. They have significant advantages against specific teams. In the playoffs, they turned the tables against Guangdong Hongyuan and exploded against Xinjiang's number four position, with Liu Yanyu and Fu Hao proving themselves!
- The Most Experienced Coaching Staff!
Yang Ming, many people always bring up Yang Ming's coaching experience, he must have shortcomings, indeed his coaching time is short. But ask, who else in CBA history has won three championships and one runner-up in four years? Yang Ming wasn't the commander in the playoffs when he turned the tide against Guangsha and Guangdong? Every coach has their own weaknesses, don't endlessly magnify a head coach's flaws when the team is in a low point! He's not old, stupid, or crazy, it's just that the internal and external changes this season are not favorable for Liaoning. A good cook can't make a meal without rice, once the team is fully staffed, Yang Ming can still lead Liaoning back to the pinnacle!
Ugo, saying he's the best assistant coach in the league isn't an exaggeration, right? Independently leading the team to occupy the top of the regular season standings for a long time during the 23-24 season, this is a proven head coach. If Ugo were put on the free market at this time, there would definitely be many teams willing to hire him! He and Yang Ming complement each other as a coaching duo!
- Excellent Big Foreign Players, It's Just a Matter of Money!
Liaoning is about 2millionshortoftheCBAforeignplayersalarycap,doyoureallythinkLiaoningsigninga50,000 Ture is the end? That would be a big mistake! Liaoning has a $2 million operating space, it's not that Liaoning doesn't have money or is unwilling to spend it, it's just a matter of when and how to use this money!
Due to changes in the foreign player policy this season, everyone knows that this season is absolutely a year where foreign players determine the upper limit. On one hand, Liaoning has plans for four foreign players, and constantly trying out cheap foreign players is also to reserve space for the fourth foreign player! On the other hand, Liaoning is waiting for a specific time node by not investing in big foreign players. The NBA trade deadline this season is February 6th! At that time, a large number of excellent players will appear! Good foreign players can be bought as long as there is funding!
- Large-scale Injury Problems, It's Just a Matter of Time!
The current injury list for Liaoning includes Zhao Jiwei, Zhang Zhenlin, Cong Mingchen, Liu Yanyu, and Huang Qiushi! Li Huyi and Zhang Chenzhi Feng have just returned! That means Liaoning's current results are achieved with only half of the main lineup, what's not to be satisfied with under such injury circumstances? The current league ranking is a ranking that many teams aspire to achieve!
Except for Cong Mingchen, whose return date is unknown for the time being, the injuries of other Liaoning players can all return in the short term! As long as everyone returns before the start of the playoffs, won't the lineup become rich again? Liaoning's personnel shortage is not fundamental, it's just temporary, isn't that something to look forward to?