On October 2, Liaoning men’s basketball will embark on the journey of the new season. As the defending champion, what is the prospect of Liaoning men’s basketball in the new season? What surprises will it bring to people? When interviewed by our reporter, many basketball experts expressed their views.
Song Xiang: looking forward to the performance of Zhang Zhenlin most
Song Xiang, a basketball commentator, has been paying close attention to Liaoning men’s basketball. Song Xiang gave a high praise to the operation of Liaoning men’s basketball during the off-season: “After winning the championship last season, the most important thing in Liaoning men’s basketball is to keep the lineup intact. It should be said that the signing work of Liaoning men’s basketball this summer was very successful, and almost all the main teams were retained, which was an important basis for them to defend the championship.”
Song Xiang said frankly that there were also some uncertain factors for Liaoning men’s basketball, “for example, Zhao Jiwei and Guo Allen went to the men’s basketball and Asian Cup with China FIFA World Cup qualification, and they didn’t get a good rest and adjustment all summer, at the beginning of the new season, there may be a fatigue period coming in advance.”
“In the new season, I personally look forward to Zhang Zhenlin’s performance.” Song Xiang told reporters. In the past two seasons, Zhang Zhenlin has been cashing in his talent. During this off-season, Zhang Zhenlin went to the United States for special training. After returning, the number of the Jersey changed from the 7th to the 77th. Whether his performance could be further improved in the new season makes people look forward to it. “After this summer’s special training and playing in the summer league on behalf of the Suns, Zhang Zhenlin, who came back, made people feel stronger and more confident. In the previous two seasons, Zhang Zhenlin made progress every year, and this year was his biggest improvement. Zhang Zhenlin’s promotion in this off-season is an important basis for his performance in the new season, which will also benefit Liaoning men’s basketball.” Song Xiang said.
Niu Hongbo: Liao basket needs “decompression”
The so-called “Entrepreneurship is difficult, safeguard heritage is more difficult”, in the view of basketball commentator Niu Hongbo, as the defending champion, Liaoning will face many challenges in the new season of men’s basketball. “It is a good thing for the outside world to pay attention to Liaoning men’s basketball, but no matter the media or fans, everyone should still calmly look at the prospect of the new season of Liao basketball. The expectations should not be too high. We must master the ‘dia ‘.”
In an interview earlier, Yang Ming, the coach of Liao basketball team, also said that the team should fight with the attitude of attacking the strong teams in the new season, instead of having the mentality of “protecting the champion. Niu Hongbo strongly agrees with this: “It is the goal of Liaoning men’s basketball every year to hit the championship. No matter whether it can be obtained in the end, everyone must have a correct attitude to face it. Don’t think Liao basket must be the championship. If you can’t win the championship, you can’t.”
In recent seasons, CBA teams have entered the stage of new and old alternation. A generation of stars represented by Yi Jianlian have gradually left the highlight area. Sun Minghui, Xu Jie, Guo Haowen, yu Jiahao and other new generation players have a very rapid rise. In Niu Hongbo’s view, the CBA pattern will change to a certain extent in the new season, which is bound to bring greater impact to traditional strong teams such as Liaoning men’s basketball. “On the one hand, everyone should be full of confidence in Liaoning men’s basketball, believe in Liaoning men’s basketball, and give support. On the other hand, if you really care about Liaoning men’s basketball, don’t always talk about the words like “winning the league” and “defending the crown”. Don’t put too much pressure on the team.” Niu Hongbo said so.
Liu Xinran: hurry up and run in
“In the new season, I am very looking forward to the young players in Liaoning men’s basketball, because from the summer league to several warm-up matches, the progress of the young players in Liao basketball is obvious.” Liu Xinran, a basketball commentator and former Liao basketball player, told the reporter, “but warm-up matches and regular season matches are two different things. After the start of the new season, can these young players really play the role of a monster, it still needs further observation.”
In the summer of winning the CBA championship for the first time, more than men’s basketball main players in Liaoning were selected into the national team, which objectively had a great impact on the team’s preparations for the new season. After winning the CBA championship for the second time, Liaoning men’s basketball faced a similar situation. Liu Xinran said bluntly: “This summer, three players from Liaoning men’s basketball fought with the national team, especially Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, who had been playing all the time and had almost no rest and were very tired. In addition, Zhang Zhenlin went to the United States for special training and recently returned to China to complete the signing with Liao basket. These players are all important players in Liaoning men’s basketball, but they did not train with Liao basketball all summer. In the case of less than half a month before the opening of the new season, the extent to which the team can run in is still worrying.”
Before the opening of the new season, Liaoning men’s basketball still had two pre-season matches to play, against Shenzhen on October 6 and Shandong on October 7.
In Liu Xinran’s view, these two games are very valuable to Liao basket. “On October 10th, Liao basketball team will usher in the opening battle, leaving little time for the team to run in. These two warm-up matches are very good opportunities to practice on behalf of the competition. Liaoning men’s basketball must take advantage of these two warm-up matches so that they can meet the challenges of the new season in good condition.” Liu Xinran said.
(Liaoning Daily reporter Li Xiang)