On July 2, the Liaoning men's basketball team officially released a video announcement that the team will play three warm-up games with the Shanghai men's basketball team in late July, in Shenyang, Jinzhou, and Huludao. After winning three consecutive championships, Liao Basket has been on vacation for most of the past month, and only went abroad to participate in three Asian Champions League games in the middle, but the tense atmosphere has returned recently, and the players have to find the feeling on the court and maintain good condition with warm-up games.
It is worth mentioning that there are many core players in the official video of Liao Basket, Han Dejun and Li Xiaoxu are the first two veterans to play, followed by Fu Hao and Zhao Jiwei, Guo Allen is the finale among the 5 players, it can be seen that his status and influence in the team are still stable, and he can participate in the publicity of the warm-up game, indicating that Guo Allen is likely to return at the end of the month.
In the past two years, Guo Allen has not had a very good time, and as he gets older, his body begins to call the police, and the problem of thigh strain repeatedly. In the 22-23 season, Guo Allen was able to play normally in the regular season and was in good shape, but at that time, it did not match the style of the new national team head coach Djordjevic, and it was difficult to be reused after being drafted.
Because Guo Allen was injured in the semifinals, Liao Basket played extremely hard against Guangsha, and Hu Jinqiu, who just caught up with the opponent, also broke his feet in the key battle, and Yang Ming led the team to escape from death. After that, Guo Allen missed the first two games of the finals, and the last two comebacks were mainly to give back to the fans, which actually did not have a great impact on the results of the game.
Guo Allen's experience last season was even more tragic, thinking that missing the national team would give him a chance to recuperate, but he strained again before the start of the league. After delaying again and again, Guo Allen made a comeback in the last game against Fujian in December, scoring 13 points and the efficiency was not bad, and then played a Liaoyue battle, and only played 14 minutes in the game with Zhejiang.
After March 2024, Guo Allen went to Spain for deep treatment, and it seemed that the effect was good, but he did not come back in the playoffs.
Guo Allen's contract expires this year, and his intention to renew the contract is very clear, of course, the specific contract has to be negotiated between the two parties, and Liao Basket will definitely give him enough respect.
Participating in the warm-up match this time, Guo Allen's physical state should be no problem, but he still needs to relax psychologically, and he can't be afraid of injury.
It is reported that Liaoning Basket will first play a few warm-up games with each other in Shanghai, and then return to three cities in Liaoning to play a few more games. The Shanghai team improved significantly last season, Liu Peng was corrected from the position of acting head coach, and Yang Ming appeared in the official video, he will definitely have to personally direct the warm-up game and take this rising opponent seriously.