CBA veteran list series, today let's talk about the oldest of the league's active players, from the Sichuan men's basketball team, born on May 14, 1986, Han Shuo, who is now 38 years old, in fact, as early as last summer, Han Shuo has become the eldest brother among the active players, I thought that Han Shuo, whose contract expired last summer, would choose to retire, at that time, it may have been because the Sichuan men's basketball team sent away Yuan Tangwen and took the No. 1 position Fang Jiachen from the draft.
On January 7 this year, the Sichuan team defeated the Ningbo team at home, Han Shuo appeared for 8 minutes, contributing 1 point, 1 rebound and 2 assists, after that, Han Shuo never had a record in the CBA, at that time, some grapevine said that Han Shuo will take over Zhang Degui's coaching whip and coach the Sichuan team until the end of the season, but it is the foreign coach who really takes over the coaching whip, and Han Shuo is still a part-time assistant coach of the player. After entering the offseason, there are also some remarks that Han Shuo will become the head coach of the team in the new season, but there is no official announcement!
At present, Han Shuo has not officially announced his retirement, and there is still one year left on his contract, the Sichuan men's basketball team may follow the example of Jilin and Shenzhen, and let Han Shuo serve as the part-time head coach of the player, after all, the Sichuan team is currently in serious shortage of funds, and the boss is also considering selling the team, and the player's salary cannot be opened, and there is no extra money to hire a head coach, and the player is also the head coach, which can save a sum of expenses, and it is also in line with the team's operation strategy of saving resources and reducing flow!
Han Shuo's competitive state has fallen off a cliff this season, last season's average points per game can still go double-double, this season's average is only 5.8 points per game, which is a new low in scoring except for the first two seasons of his career, if it continues to decline at this pace, Han Shuo really has no need to continue his career, so it is not ruled out that Han Shuo will announce his retirement before the start of the new season, if he does not continue or continue to serve on the coaching staff of the Sichuan team, he may also quietly leave the public's field of vision and continue to maintain a low-key style!
In fact, Han Shuo also has a certain status in the CBA, not only because he has a 18-year career like a super long standby, but because he does have a certain strength, a 197-centimeter high point guard, so that he has a height advantage in the face of any No. 1 position in the league, scoring double-doubles in more than half of his career, has been selected as an All-Star many times, has been selected for the national training team many times, and has won the 2006 Asian Youth Championship as a main player, and has also participated in the 2007 Asian Championships. But most fans' understanding of him may still stem from the old Bayi team!
Han Shuo spent most of his career in the Bayi team, if it wasn't for the dissolution of the club, he would definitely retire in the Bayi team, but in fact, Han Shuo is not a player trained by the Bayi Youth Team, but from the Jiangsu Youth Team, after transferring to the Bayi team, he soon relied on his own excellent strength and became the core of the backfield, until the Bayi team was disbanded, Han Shuo was the main player most of the time, unfortunately because of the restriction on the use of foreign aid, although the team has a very good group of domestic players, but still missed the playoffs all year round!
Last summer, the Ningbo team recruited players from the old Bayi team, and Han Shuo was naturally among them, but Han Shuo chose to renew his contract with the Sichuan team, he left his feelings for the Bayi team in his heart, and renewed the contract with the Sichuan team I think it is also to thank the club for its kindness, after all, in the last season of the Bayi team, Han Shuo's score dropped to single digits, and everyone thought that the 34-year-old Han Shuo would retire, but he ushered in the second spring in the Sichuan team, scoring double-doubles for three consecutive seasons again, and perfectly continued his career!
We don't know if we will see Han Shuo's shadow on the court or on the sidelines in the new season, but in modern basketball, which is very popular with high point guards, I think we will often miss that as early as 20 years ago, we had a very good high point guard, his name is Han Shuo!