A CBA preseason game, 20 minutes, rookie Li Yiyang conquered the Fujian fans, this is the first light of the reconstruction journey, if it is not the back line dark for too long, why is it like a long drought.
How much of a defender Fujian really lacks, let's put it this way, the last domestic defender who was able to average more than 3.5 assists per game throughout the season was Lu Xiaoming, a former assist in the 10-11 season. Why is the data set at 3.5 times, because in the entire last decade, this is the most assists per game for domestic defenders in Fujian, created by Li Jianghuai in the 17-18 season, yes, the one who is often sprayed by fans today.
Because of this, when Li Yiyang played 20 minutes against Guangzhou in the first game, Yun Qingfeng lightly sent 2 points, 12 assists and 5 steals, Fujian fans seemed to see a beam of light falling from the sky directly smashed on the defensive line. For Fujian, this new season, which has no expectations, seems to have a little more youthful and enthusiastic appearance from this moment on.
The Fujian squad currently has 21 players: Huang Yi, Tian Guisen, Fan Yuxuan, Sun Zhe, Chen Linjian, Cheng Feng, Kamilan Sidi Kejiang, Li Jianghuai, Xu Mingzhi, Fang Weibo, Li Yingbo, Liu Xucheng, Zhang Yongpeng, Ou Junxuan, Liu Fengbo, Pan Wei, Wang Yixiong, Li Yiyang, Zhuang Zhan, Adili Kurban, the last 8 are new players for this season.
Since Wang Zhelin's transfer transaction, Fujian's lineup has changed greatly.
In this deal, Fujian got 3 new players, Ou Junxuan and Pan Wei on loan, and Li Yiyang with the 6th pick in the first round. After eight seasons in Fujian, Wang Zhelin finally decided to join Shanghai, and the departure of the star made Fujian a rare rebuilding team in the CBA League, and their goal was to turn the playoffs from previous seasons upside down.
Not only Wang Zhelin, but also Yu Changchun, Hu Longmao, Wang Runfeng, Liu Huanyu, Jiang Huai, and Tang Jie left the team at the same time. Yu Changchun joined Shenzhen, Hu Longmao returned to Taipei, Liu Huanyu went to Anhui Wenyi, Tang Jie has not yet determined the next home, but the previous period in Guangdong trial training.
In order to fill the vacancy of Wang Zhelin, Fujian selected Wang Yixiong, who returned from the NCAA, to sign Junxuan from the NCAA with a zhuangyuan sign, and also signed Zhang Yongpeng, who played for Guangzhou last season, in the summer, plus the original Sun Zhe, Cheng Feng and others, barely filling the inside line. Of course, it is obviously unrealistic to expect a few hairy guys and marginal people on the team to reach the power of the MVP inside, but this is all that the Fujian management can do.
Wang Yixiong and Ou Junxuan are both 206CM, belonging to the short inner line, he is a year older than Ou Junxuan, and he is also stronger. Wang Yixiong has a certain outside projection ability, he actually has the ability to swing in the 4-5 position, in a league without defending for three seconds, it is difficult for a short and strong interior to play center for a long time. In the preseason, he and Li Yiyang blocked and dismantled, and there was a combination of bouncing outside the three-point line, and also scored a three-pointer.
In addition to the two young people, there are 31-year-old Zhang Yongpeng and Sun Zhe.
The two veterans are larger in the center position, Zhang Yongpeng 211CM and Sun Zhe 221CM, but their long careers have long proved that they cannot afford the position of a team's main center. But even so, it is always good to have veterans around young people, and Fujian may also consider playing two sets of lineups with different internal heights and completely different rhythm rates in the starting and substitute.
The decline in ability of the inner line due to Wang Zhelin's departure is unstoppable, and Chen Linjian will also have to take the lead alone. In the past few seasons, Chen Linjian is the most efficient local player in the league's three-point shooting, shooting at least 2.6 three-pointers per game with at least 41.3% three-point shooting rate for four consecutive years, and the total number of three-point points per season has exceeded 100. He has also been selected for many national training teams and has maintained the ability of quasi-national player level for many years.
Chen Linjian also improved on the defensive end, which has always been criticized, and averaged 1.7 steals per game, and was also a career high in assists. Chen Linjian in the new season will inevitably become the key to Fujian's opponents chasing and blocking, and his performance also determines the lower limit of Fujian to a certain extent, but if he can't stand it, Fujian will be in big trouble.
Results are no longer the highest requirement in Fujian, they need to find a direction for the future in such a season, so Li Yiyang's brilliance will make them excited. In the past two seasons, due to the impact of the epidemic and the frequent changes of foreign aid, Fujian has greatly needed the play of local defenders in many games, and fans have long regretted that Fujian failed to win the former Xiamen University defender Yuan Tangwen, fortunately, Li Yiyang has successfully entered the team.
Li Yiyang's existence does not mean success, it is a hope.
Chen Linjian is now the absolute core of this Fujian team, he is about to start the 10th year of his career, surrounded by a group of veterans, including Tian Guisen, Zhang Yongpeng, Sun Zhe, Huang Yichao and others. However, due to the large number of young people joining in the new season, they and the original young people in the team constitute a completely different group from the veterans, and they need to find a benchmark in the group on their way to continue to grow.
What makes Fujian fans full of expectations is that Li Yiyang may become a representative player of this group, after playing all four years of CUBA, Li Yiyang, who was born on December 31, 1998, is only a few months older than 23 years old, which is the older player among this group of young people. After the experience of CUBA, especially after Yuan Tangwen left the team, he has already possessed the leadership of excellent organizational defenders, which is also a natural advantage of point guards.
Back on the pitch, Li Yiyang played a game for Fujian, but he has won the trust of the team, head coach Cui Wanjun started with Fang Weibo in 2000, but in the last attack, he chose to replace Li Yiyang to send the key bottom ball. Li Yiyang adapted to the game very quickly, after as many as four turnovers in the first half, he delivered only 1 of his 8 assists in the second half, and his excessively selfless performance even allowed some fans to attack him for assists.
Li Yiyang's advantage is his excellent organization, although his height is only 182cm, but the style of the ball is very stable, especially like to use the block to launch an attack, and in the dribble between the marches, he suddenly shifted one-handed to the flank or bottom corner to find an ambush shooter, which is his best play. Li Yiyang's personal defense is also very aggressive, but he and Fujian's team defense still need to be run-in.
Finally the question remained, Li Yiyan's personal attack.
Under today's basketball trend, the point guard is no longer a simple organization, the dual guard holding the ball is the trend, and it is difficult to truly achieve success in the backcourt without offensive threats. The same is true in the CBA, looking at some of the defenders who are brilliant today, Zhao Jiwei's three points, Wu Qian's no-ball, Sun Minghui's assault, excellent defenders need at least one of their own scoring moves to adapt to the fierce survival.
Li Yiyang's height is shorter than Zhao Jiwei, taller than Xu Jie, the most critical indicator of this height player in the attack is often projection ability, but a large number of three-point shots is not Li Yiyang's favorite way, he is better at assault, throwing and so on. However, in the professional league, the weakening of physical advantages will inevitably make these parts unable to navigate, so the key to the final test of whether Li Yiyang can succeed may be his projection ability, and he will have to compete with Fang Weibo and others in the new season.
Fujian is already a rebuilding team, if you have to say the team's results in the new season, the most important influencing factor is actually foreign aid. Robert Gordon, the super little foreign player who played for the team last season, is currently very close to returning to the team, as early as August, he was ready to return to China, last season he averaged 30.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 8.1 assists per game, and the three-point shooting rate was as high as 43%, absolutely high-quality foreign aid.
In the long run, Fujian may be the best choice to sacrifice this season to play the all-China class, but it seems that Fujian does not think so. However, at least in the first stage of Fujian, the whole Chinese class, for Young people such as Li Yiyang and Wang Yixiong, they should be able to get enough playing time, and if the effect is good, maybe the management will push the boat along the water.
The rebuilt Fujian too much needs a new blood code, if it is Li Yiyang, why not.