According to well-known media personality San Tu Dai Ci, the 2.24-meter center Boban will join Zhejiang Guangsha to strengthen the team's last shortcoming. It is well known that due to the foreign aid policy of 4 quarters and 7 people, teams aiming for the championship basically have a configuration of tall domestic inside players + foreign aid. However, Zhejiang Guangsha has experienced a significant decline in Xu Zhonghao's form, although they are still ranked first. Relying solely on Hu Jinqiu to support the inside is far from enough, especially after losing to Shanxi Fenjiu. The Guangsha management realized how important it is to have a full-sized No. 5 position player with a strong presence in the paint, so they quickly signed Boban.
Boban is currently 36 years old and played for the Rockets last season. During the offseason, he went to Europe to play but was cut by Fenerbahce due to his slow mobility. Although he is no longer young and cannot play high-intensity games, he is expected to be more than capable of guarding the paint in the CBA, considered an enhanced version of Haddadi. If Boban can create chemistry with the team after joining, Zhejiang Guangsha will choose to keep one between Knight and Carlton and replace a wing ball-handling foreign aid. With their luxurious domestic player lineup, Zhejiang Guangsha's paper strength is undoubtedly the team closest to the championship trophy this season.
Before the Liaoning-Guangdong battle, Guangdong men's basketball head coach Du Feng revealed Hu Mingxuan's injury. Hu Mingxuan will rest for three months due to a shoulder injury, so he will definitely miss the second stage. However, with Guangdong men's basketball's current four foreign aid configuration, especially the addition of Morland and Bazley, two defensive anchors, they have completely solved the team's defensive loopholes. Adding Xu Jie's excellent performance, Hu Mingxuan can fully recover without rushing back and exacerbating his condition. With Zhang Hao's return and Morland's presence, Guangdong men's basketball will have a clear advantage in rebounds against Liaoning men's basketball. Coach Du Feng may even send Wang Shaojie and Xu Xin to take turns to wear down Liaoning's only center Han Dejun. It will be difficult for Liaoning's weakened lineup to match up against the strong Guangdong men's basketball, so Guangdong men's basketball is likely to take the victory away from the away game.
According to Jiangsu media, Nanjing Tongxi will sign and cut one foreign aid, signing guard Marcus-Sheff and cutting Freund. However, this move has caused strong dissatisfaction among Tongxi fans. The team's problem lies in the inside, where there has been no progress in finding an inside foreign aid, yet they continue to change their perimeter foreign aids like a revolving door, not addressing the fundamental issues. For a team like Tongxi, which is an internet celebrity team, the biggest problem is the owner personally getting involved as an internet celebrity. They inform the fans about everything themselves, lacking professional operators. When the team performs well, they take all the credit, but when the results are poor, they blame the coaches directly. Such operational standards make it difficult for Tongxi to transform into a strong team.
After finishing their away trip, Xinjiang men's basketball main center Li Yanzhe was injured, limping, causing concern among fans. Due to the lack of substitutes in the inside, Li Yanzhe has taken on most of the playing time, and consecutive fatigue battles have made it difficult for his legs to bear. After Wu Guanxi underwent knee surgery and was out for the season, if Li Yanzhe were to fall again, Xinjiang men's basketball would lose all hopes of contending for the championship. Therefore, Xinjiang fans are calling on the team to quickly sign a big foreign aid to provide Li Yanzhe with sufficient rotation and rest time. At this stage, maintaining the health of the main players is the most important, after all, the playoffs are the biggest battlefield for Xinjiang men's basketball.