Wow.
Mr. Zhu finally started working,Signed a foreign player, 33-year-old Will Barton.
Everyone should be very unfamiliar with Barton, who was also a good player at his peak, and partnered with Jokic for many years as the main core of the Nuggets' backcourt, averaging 15.7 points, 5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game in his best season.
After the 22-23 season, Barton left the NBA to embark on an overseas tour, first joining the Spain league this year and then switching to the Puerto Rico league.
During the Puerto Rico League, Barton averaged 17.2 points, 4.1 rebounds and 4 assists per game, averaging 2.9 three-pointers on 39% shooting per game.
It seems that Barton, despite his age, is still a leading scorer in leagues outside the NBA.
Therefore, there is nothing wrong with the Guangdong team signing Barton, and the CBA's small foreign aid is only able to score.
Patton's height is 1.96 meters, but his arm span reaches 2.08 meters, which belongs to the swing man of the front guard, and does not conflict with Hu Mingxuan of the double guard.
In layman's terms, Barton can be seen as another Marchand, focusing on versatility.
If the Guangdong team has a small foreign aid on the wing of Barton in the new season, the biggest beneficiary is Xu Jie.
Last season, because of the existence of Waters, Xu Jie's various performances, such as playing time, scoring assists, etc., declined comprehensively compared with the 22-23 season.
The 22-23 season can be said to be the peak of Xu Jie's career so far, averaging 11.8 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, and averaging 2.3 three-pointers per game with about 40% shooting.
However, since the CBA's foreign aid policy next season has been changed to 7 people in the fourth quarter for the top 16 teams and 8 times in the fourth quarter for the bottom four teams, it may not be enough for the Guangdong team to sign Barton with a small foreign aid.
Now that two foreign players can be present at the same time in a single quarter, it means that local players like Xu Jie will only face more and more competitive pressure from now on, and they can only survive by forcing themselves to become stronger.
Both the CBA and the Chinese men's basketball team have all returned to their previous ways.
However, the way we used to be, but we were able to make it to the Olympics, as for 24 years, will it still apply? Time will tell.
The road to revival is a long and arduous one!