Give up Sumner? Guangdong team has another candidate for fourth foreign aid, Du Feng is determined to support the new local core

This offseason, the news that the Guangdong team will introduce last season’s scoring champion, Sichuan Men’s Basketball small forward Sumner, has been spread all over the place by the media. However, Zhu Fangyu has already introduced the valuable foreign aid Salinger, NBA swingman Quinn, and powerful small foreign aid McCall. It can be said that the investment is huge.

If the Guangdong team signs Sumner again, it will not only need an annual salary of about 2 million US dollars, but also pay a large sum of money to the Sichuan team to buy out his priority renewal rights. This should be beyond the budget for the Guangdong team. For this reason, as well as the needs of the current team lineup, Du Feng and Zhu Fangyu are very likely to give up chasing Sumner.

In fact, the fourth foreign player the Guangdong team needs should be an inside player, because the team only has one genuine center, Jiao Boqiao, and Salinger is more suitable for playing the fourth position, and the inside is still relatively weak. However, as the Basketball Association's punishment for Gillenwater for taking contraband was announced, he will be suspended for three months from October 12, which means that King Gigi will be able to compete in the CBA League in early December. If Zhu Fangyu re-signs the team's scoring champion last season, it will basically have no impact on the previous rounds of the league. Therefore, it is the right choice for the Guangdong team's fourth foreign player to sign back Gillenwater.

On the one hand, Gillenwater is familiar with the Guangdong team's tactical system and has a tacit understanding with Xu Jie, Hu Mingxuan and others. There is no need for running-in and he can plug and play. On the other hand, there is no doubt about King Gigi's ability. His outstanding performance last season has also been recognized by the team and fans. Moreover, Gillenwater is cheap and high-quality. His salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars is less than one-third of Sumner's. It is still a good deal for the Guangdong team's fourth foreign player to sign back King Gigi.

Since the Guangdong team, which aims to win the championship, has given up on Sumner, who plays with a ball-carrying core, head coach Du Feng must establish the new core of the team as soon as possible for next season. Judging from the Guangdong team's series of warm-up matches during the offseason, Director Du has made up his mind to support the team's star player, and local player Xu Jie is the core of the Guangdong team. This can be clearly seen in the Guangdong team's recent games. As the team's organizational core and offensive engine, Xu Jie performed very well. He not only provided assists and revitalized the team, but Master Jie's scoring average of 20+ per game also set a new career high.

Judging from the past few seasons, the dual-core play style of Xu Jie and Hu Mingxuan of the Guangdong team has not been ideal. When two people are on the court at the same time and Hu Mingxuan controls the ball, Xu Jie's role will be severely weakened. Combined with the Asian Cup national team competition, Hu Mingxuan's outstanding performance can be concluded that Hu Mingxuan's most suitable position is the second shooting guard, not the organizing point guard.

The second position can better utilize Hu Mingxuan's super scoring ability. His outside three-pointers and breakthroughs with the ball can pose a great threat to opponents, but organizing offense is indeed not Hu Mingxuan's strength. Xu Jie is characterized by stable movement control, strong ability to organize assists, and a better view of the overall situation on the court, and his scoring and rebounding abilities are not inferior. Du Feng should be clearly aware of this problem, which is the main reason why Director Du decided to support Xu Jie as the new core of the Guangdong team.

Analyzing from the Guangdong team's lineup configuration, Sumner's ball-holding and big-core style of play is not necessarily suitable. He needs a lot of ball rights and shot rights. Sumner's style of play may affect the Guangdong team's tactical system, so giving up chasing Sumner should be one of the important reasons. In the league next season, the Guangdong team's tactics will definitely use Xu Jie as the core of the organization and the starting point of the attack. The arrival of powerful small foreign aid McCall can perfectly solve Xu Jie's rotation and substitute problems. McCall's outstanding performance in the CBA League last season has proven his ability. He also has the ability to lead the Guangdong team's second team to continue fighting when Xu Jie comes off the court to maintain the team's firepower.

Generally speaking, the Guangdong team gave up chasing Sumner and chose Gillenwater as the fourth foreign aid. Du Feng established Xu Jie as the new core of the team, which was a very correct choice. The Guangdong team, which has four major foreign players, five major national players, and a luxurious lineup, will definitely become a strong contender for the league championship next season.