Chapter five hundred and seventy seventh disappointing Xinjian team
Li Jianhui attaches great importance to the Xinjian Basketball Team, especially compared to the Tesco Football Team, the Xinjian Basketball Team is definitely like a son.
Li Jianhui attended in person when the Yan Jian Basketball Center, the main venue of the Yan Jian Basketball Team in Sham Shui Po, was put into use.
When the Tesco Football Team's main stadium in Kwun Tong, the Tesco Sports Center, was put into use, Li Jianhui did not participate.
Moreover, in the past two seasons, Li Jianhui watched the Xinjian basketball team’s games dozens of times, but only watched the Tesco football team’s games a few times.
However, despite such emphasis on the Xinjian basketball team, the results did not satisfy Li Jianhui or even the senior officials of the Xinjian department.
Last year was a little better and we made it to the North District semi-finals. This year is not so good. Not only did we not improve, but we stopped at the North District quarter-finals. It really deserves the name Xinjian Team.
On the contrary, the E-commerce football team, which is not taken seriously, has suddenly emerged this season and has now entered the semi-finals. You must know that PFLA is not divided into northern and southern regions. It is based on a points system. After that, there will be 16 or fewer points.
The top 16 are formed, and two teams compete against each other. The winner advances to the quarter-finals, then the semi-finals, and finally the semi-finals and finals.
Correspondingly, the Kowloon basketball team has entered the Southern District finals for two consecutive years, which makes the Xinjian department's senior officials feel even more humiliated.
Just as the first game of the Southern District Finals was being played in the Kowloon Sports Center, Li Jianhui, Chen Yulian, Zhou Bingqian, Cao Shuyu, Chen Xueqin and other senior officials came to the Xinjian Basketball Center and held a team development meeting, the basketball club management coaching staff and
The two core members Du Jianhong and Su Jialiang attended.
"Tonight, our Kowloon team from the same city is fighting hard on the court to enter the finals, while our Xinjian team has gone home to fish.
Is it that our team’s salary is lower than that of Kowloon team, or that our hardware facilities are worse than that of Kowloon team?
Please tell me why this situation occurs. If it is due to funding issues, it can be increased. If the hardware facilities are not in place, it can be rebuilt."
In the two years since the club was established, this was the first time they had seen Li Jianhui get angry, and they knew very well that if they couldn't come up with something today, they would be kicked out, even the two core players.
There has never been an iron rice bowl in the Xin Jian Department. Even if you are the headquarters of the group, some people will be fired, let alone them.
As for the salary and hardware mentioned by Li Jianhui, the Xinjian team is higher than the Kowloon team. In terms of player salary, the Xinjian team ranks third in the ABA league, second only to Fuji and Samsung.
Even though the main players were not seriously injured, the result was that they did not even advance to the conference semifinals. This is really unreasonable.
As the team's head coach, Jerry knows very well that he has to bear a large part of the responsibility for the team's unsatisfactory performance.
As an assistant coach of the Clippers, he discovered after two seasons that his coaching thinking and tactical system were not suitable for the ABA.
He overestimated the role of core players, or the internal and external core capabilities of Du Jianhong and Su Jialiang could not support the team's victory. They could not be the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Johnson of the Xinjian team.
Moreover, the biggest difference between the ABA and the NBA is that the ABA focuses more on teamwork and mid- and long-range shooting, while the NBA places more emphasis on core players' singles and blue-field offense.
This time in the quarter-finals, the reason why we lost was because we were killed by medium and long-range shots.
The Xinjian team's defense on the front line has quite a few flaws. Because they pay more attention to the offense under the blue, when the blue under is blocked, no pitcher steps up, and the loss is not unfair at all.
In fact, when the Xinjian team stopped in the quarter-finals of the division, Jerry knew that his coaching career with the Xinjian team was over.
The biggest difference between the ABA and the NBA is that the ABA is a league composed of multiple countries and regions with multiple cultures. The performance of these teams has long exceeded the reputation of the league itself, and they represent the cities, regions and even countries where the teams are located.
The Xinjian team’s home court is in Xiangjiang, an important financial center city in Asia. Behind it is Xinjian, one of the top forces in the Asian business community. Since the team was established, it has represented a powerful ABA team and has only one goal.
That's the champion.
If the team cannot show the strength that matches its identity, then there will inevitably be a group of people responsible for it, and the head coach will bear the brunt.
Because of his self-awareness, Jerry was also quite single. After summarizing the reasons for the team's loss and the current shortcomings, he immediately submitted his resignation to the club.
Li Jianhui also found that Jerry was a little acclimated, so he did not try to retain him. After thanking him for his contribution to the Xinjian team in the past two years, he asked the club to introduce a suitable head coach for the team in the near future.
In terms of players, Li Jianhui not only requested that some players who are not suitable for the team be traded, but also asked Du Jianhong to strengthen his mid-range shooting this summer. Su Jialiang also needs to improve his shooting, especially his mid-range and three-point shooting abilities.
A defender with only assists but no strong scoring ability cannot become a top defender, even if he wins the assist title in two consecutive leagues.
At the same time, an order was given to the club to introduce as much as possible Lv Jinqin, a member of the northern national team. This player made a good impression on Li Jianhui during the Asian Games in New Delhi at the end of last year, especially his mid- and long-range shooting ability.
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"Li Sheng, I'm afraid there are some difficulties in this regard. I'm afraid they won't let national team athletes play for clubs outside the mainland.
Moreover, Lu Jinqin is only 1.88 meters tall. If he comes to serve as a shooting guard and forms our backcourt with Su Jialiang, who is only 1.85 meters tall, we will not have a height advantage in the backcourt."
"I will communicate with you in the north. As for height, it is not a big problem. You must know that in the Asian Games at the end of last year, Lu Jinqin played as a shooting guard. Those who faced him in defense did not take advantage.
That includes several ABA All-Star shooting guards."
Seeing Li Jianhui's insistence, they could only revolve around the plan of introducing Lu Jinqin. In this case, they would need to introduce a small forward with certain shooting ability and strong defense, and at the same time, they would need to introduce a certain mid-range shooting and defensive ability.
The power forward.
In terms of substitutes, because judging from the Asian Games, Lu Jinqin is not outstanding in organizational ability, so it is necessary to introduce a point guard with strong organizational ability and a height of about 1.9 meters to serve as the team's super sixth man.
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In this way, Su Jialiang can play as a shooting guard when attacking, and continue to guard the opponent's point guard when defending, so as to avoid being at a height disadvantage when defending.
At the same time, we have also made arrangements for the forwards and the interior. We plan to talk to the current team's main power forward. If the other party is willing to play as a substitute, then we will not choose to trade. If not, we will send him away this offseason.
In short, Xinjian team will undergo a major change this summer. Except for Du Jianhong and Su Jialiang, there is no player who cannot be traded as long as they have the right chips.