Original title: The luxurious lineup missed the quarterfinals and there have been no outstanding young players in five years. It is not easy for the Beijing Shougang team to rebuild again.
The Beijing Shougang team once again came to the time node of the team’s reconstruction. Five years ago, the Shougang team completed a huge change in the team, including the replacement of the head coach and core foreign aid. The five-year reconstruction period was a failure in the final result, and the team failed to return to its peak.
Not only that, this season, with such a luxurious lineup, he missed the quarterfinals, which is obviously a huge gap between the team’s season goals and outside expectations. At the same time, the Shougang team has not produced outstanding young players in the past five years. Qiu Tian may be the only player who has improved over the years, but if you compare the Zhejiang team, Guangsha team, Guangdong team, etc., in fact, the Shougang team has done a very poor job in this regard.
The Shougang team has come to the crossroads of team construction again, and they need to go through the process of reconstruction again, but this summer will obviously be very difficult to operate in this regard.
Chang Lin is less likely to renew his contract
Qiu Tian may get contract extension
The Shougang team’s players whose contracts expired this summer mainly include Chang Lin, Qiu Tian, Zhang Zhuo, and Liu Xiaoyu is the team’s option. Judging from the current situation, Chang Lin is unlikely to renew his contract. Qiu Tian is likely to get a contract extension. Zhang Zhuo’s situation is yet to be determined, but his hope of staying on the team is not small. It mainly depends on whether he can accept that there may not be a lot of playing time in the next few years. Whether or not the Shougang team will implement Liu Xiaoyu’s option cannot be given an accurate judgment at present, because it depends on whether the team can sign a stronger domestic defender in the next few months.
Other players have contracts. Unless it is a big transaction with other teams, just in terms of contract length, the Shougang team’s lineup framework for next season will not undergo major changes. However, after the end of next season, contracts including Fang Shuo, Fan Ziming, Wang Xiaohui, Zhang Cairen, Raymond, Tian Yuxiang, etc. will expire, and it is expected that there may be major adjustments and changes at that time.
Yannis no longer as head coach
The new coach must have experience in coaching the CBA
The Shougang team is now facing the problem of reconstruction again. The first thing that needs to be resolved is the selection of the head coach. The head coach Yannis, who had led the team for five years, is no longer the head coach of the team. Who will coach the team in the future is the most important thing to determine as soon as possible. Each head coach has different coaching ideas, ways to build a team, and criteria for selecting players. Only then can foreign aid selection and domestic players be introduced according to the situation and needs.
What type of coach does the Shougang team need? Taking into account the play style and style of the Shougang team over the years, defense is still the core of their insistence. Whether it is the earliest era when Min Lulei coached the team, or when Yanis coached in the past, the emphasis and emphasis on defense has always been the foundation of the team. There are also counter-examples in this regard. Last season, the Shougang team hired foreign coach Pajagani to coach the team, but he first lost defense and lacked time to reform in terms of offense. Leaving the handsome position.
This time the Shougang team selects the coach again, and his emphasis on and building the team’s defense will definitely occupy a very important position. At the same time, the new coach must have experience and experience in coaching the CBA. The Shougang team is not a team composed of young players, and the players need coaches who are familiar and trustworthy enough to push the line.
If you choose a handsome according to such ideas and standards, the candidate range is not very large. In contrast, Xie Libin, the assistant coach of righting again, is a choice worthy of an active attempt. Xie Libin became the coach in the rematch of the 2019-2020 season and led the team to the semi-finals. In the middle of last season, the Shougang team went through a painful period of coaching change. Xie Libin was appointed to serve as the executive coach again in a critical situation to help the team tide over the difficulties. Xie Libin has his own advantages. He is familiar enough with the Shougang team, has a good relationship with these players, and has a strong degree of trust. At the same time, Xie Libin has been the assistant coach of the team since Yanis became the head coach five years ago. He has learned and accumulated for a long time.
If you compare, can you find some inspiration from the growth trajectory of Zhejiang Guangsha team coach Wang Bo? Wang Bo has been the assistant coach of the Guangsha team since the player retired in 2013. Last season, he replaced Li Chunjiang as the team’s head coach. This season, he led the Guangsha team to the second place in the regular season. Wang Bo’s coaching style is very different from Li Chunjiang, but at least for now, coaches with different coaching styles can still lead the team to success.
But it is not enough for the Shougang team to just get to know Libin. One of the biggest problems of the Shougang team in the past five years, and one that Yannis has never been able to solve, is offense. Yannis has been emphasizing the defense-winning basketball game, and the Shougang team’s offense in recent years can only be at a medium level in the league. Under such circumstances, the rebuilt Shougang team needs to equip the local coach with a foreign assistant coach. Such a composite coaching team is a better choice under the current situation.
Defenders must have strong offensive ability
Able to blend in with the team’s style
The Shougang team has been rebuilt again, and after selecting the right coach, foreign aid must be selected. Especially guard foreign aid, which is definitely a key factor in determining the team’s season ceiling. In the past few years, the Shougang team has mainly selected Aaron Jackson and Jeremy Lin in the selection of foreign players. Their thinking and standards for selecting foreign players are more inclined to defense and organization, and their personal offensive ability will not be so high. In the past two seasons, the Shougang team has also realized the problems in this regard. The team’s solution is to introduce another defender foreign aid with good scoring ability, which can form the complementary advantages of different foreign aids, but at the same time, it also tests the coaching staff’s wisdom and on-the-spot response. Yannis is obviously not very strong in this regard, which is also an important reason for his early exit this season.
For the Shougang team, when the team’s domestic backcourt lineup is not as strong as that of the Liaoning team, the biggest change they have made in the selection of foreign aid for the defender is to adjust the thinking and standards for the selection of foreign aid for the defender. Many people think that foreign aid with strong scoring ability must be a player who plays very alone. This is actually a misunderstanding. High-level players will make corresponding changes according to the characteristics and needs of the team, and can integrate with the style of the team. The Hudson and Liaoning teams of that year are the best examples.
Therefore, if the Shougang team cannot introduce stronger domestic players in the backcourt this summer, they must choose players with stronger offensive ability in the selection of foreign defenders, and this foreign aid must have enough CBA experience. According to the current combat power and status of domestic players in the backcourt of the Shougang team, it is difficult to find players who can serve as team leaders or carry the banner at critical moments. Therefore, such on-court roles are expected to be completed and realized by foreign aid.
Finally, if the Shougang team cannot complete the introduction or trade of heavyweight players this summer, they need to adjust their season goals and reset the team’s long-term planning. Introducing high-quality players is indeed a way of thinking and the fastest way to build a team, but at least in the current CBA environment and when high-quality players are still scarce resources, this road will be quite difficult. But for a team, lowering the season target can undoubtedly give the team coach and young players more opportunities and time to grow. In the long run, this will be a more valuable asset, even if it means in the There will be a lot of external pressure in the short term. (Reporter Song Xiang, Coordinator/Du Rui)