The Hope of Winning the Championship! Is Blackney the Most Suitable Forward Foreign Aid for Guangdong Team?
The second stage of the 2024-25 CBA regular season continues, with a focus on the fierce battle between the strong Guangdong men's basketball team and the dark horse Jilin team. In the end, the stronger Guangdong team defeated Jilin with a score of 106-65, thanks to the outstanding performance of Xu Jie, Gillette, Morand, Huang Rongqi and other main players. It is worth mentioning that in this game, Guangdong's main small foreign aid Les still scored no points. In the same round of games, the defending champion Liaoning team's new aid Wells scored 50 points to lead the team to victory, while Diawara from Shanxi, Brown from Guangsha, and Samna from Sichuan also scored close to 50+ points. This undoubtedly dealt a huge blow to Guangdong, and in the future Zhu Fangyu must introduce stronger small foreign aid in order to compete with these championship contenders.
In fact, even after introducing Bezley and Les, Guangdong's current four foreign aid lineup still has huge problems. Among them, Morand and Bezley are defensive foreign aids, lacking qualified and stable ball-handling ability on the offensive end. In addition, Gillette's physical fitness and style of play can only be used as the third foreign aid. Les' personal ability is currently unable to meet Guangdong's playoff requirements, and in the future Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng must introduce new scoring-type swingman foreign aid. Many fans believe that Blackney, the former starting forward foreign aid of the CBA League Tongxi team, may be Guangdong's last chance to win the championship this season.
As the former top foreign aid in the CBA League, Blackney possesses super-strong individual scoring ability, even comparable to the peak period of Masang, Jones and others. In addition, Blackney's height and wingspan can handle the small forward position, and he also has very good defensive capabilities. Referring to the current traditional powerhouse Shanghai men's basketball team, relying on powerful foreign aid Lofton has achieved a 10-game winning streak, a qualified foreign aid can indeed determine the championship of this season. Nowadays, Liaoning's foreign aid Ferg and Wells are still strong, Guangsha's Brown has basically reached the level of first-line foreign aid. Guodun from Shanxi is the strongest small foreign aid in this season's CBA League, and Shanghai's Lofton has performed phenomenally.
In addition, Lawson from Xinjiang, York from Zhejiang, Chris from Shandong, and Diawara from Shanxi are all capable of challenging for the championship. If Guangdong wants to return to the ranks of championship contenders again, it must introduce a foreign aid that can match such top-level foreign aid. To date, fans have little expectation for Zhu Fangyu's search for foreign aid, and choosing a proven forward in the CBA League is still the best choice. Previously, the top foreign aid in the CBA League, Blackney, was rumored to have been interested in Guangdong, but was intercepted by the wealthy Shanghai men's basketball team, and later could not join the CBA League due to personal reasons.
In summary, Guangdong, which has fallen out of the top eight in the standings, must introduce a championship-level forward foreign aid if it wants to quickly become a new championship contender this season. And Blackney is already the only worthwhile gamble for Guangdong at this stage, and also the most suitable new foreign aid target for Guangdong's tactical system.