Chinanews client, Beijing, October 17 (Reporter Li He) The smoke of the Liao-Guangdong battle in the CBA finals last season has not yet cleared, and the scene of the two teams fighting on the field is still vivid.
Today, exactly two months later, the new CBA season will set sail again.
Although there is only a short offseason to make adjustments, but the league is constantly changing, the CBA teams are also showing their strengths this summer.
On June 20, 151 days later, the 2019-2020 season China Men's Basketball Professional League (CBA) officially restarted.
The picture shows Nanjing Tongxi Vs Zhejiang Guangsha, paying tribute to medical staff before the game.
Image source: Visual China
Reforms keep moving forward during the epidemic
The upcoming 2020-21 season is destined to be an extraordinary season.
After the suspension and rematch of the league, although the pace of CBA has been delayed, it has not stopped.
On the contrary, this season's CBA will usher in more changes.
The new season of the CBA League will be divided into four stages, of which the first two stages are regular seasons.
According to the arrangement, the 12 rounds of the first stage, 120 games will continue to be played in Zhuji, Zhejiang Province in a tournament system.
In contrast to the shortest 63-day offseason in history, it is the longest season in history. According to the plan, the number of CBA regular season rounds will increase to 56 rounds this season, with a total of 560 games, an increase of 20% in the regular season. The schedule spans 6 months, starting from the opening day on October 17th and ending in early May 2021.
Whether it is the rounds of the competition or the duration of the regular season, it has created a CBA historical record.
Under the leadership of Yao Ming, the pace of CBA reform has not stopped due to the epidemic.
Data map: Yao Ming watched the battle.
Image source: Visual China
In addition, a number of competition rules have also changed.
Among them, the foreign aid policy has the greatest impact on the league situation.
The CBA has already introduced a new foreign aid policy plan before this season. It plans to implement the “4 quarters and 4 attendees” foreign aid plan this season. The foreign aid use rules of each team in the new season will generally follow the previous plan, but combined with the current epidemic environment , CBA has fine-tuned its foreign aid policy and set a buffer period.
It not only continued the CBA company's previous plan for foreign aid policy adjustment, but also allowed the teams to reserve room for adjustment and response during the epidemic.
According to the previously announced "Regulations on the Registration and Registration of Players in the CBA League for the 2020-2021 Season", the window period of the new season will allow teams to trade players that have completed registration, and can claim free agents.
This will be the first time in CBA history to allow mid-season player mobility.
These changes in the competition rules will definitely add more suspense to the league structure in the new season, and are also a key step in the commercialization of the league.
Data map: Fan Ziming and Li Muhao show jerseys.
Photo courtesy of Beijing Shougang Basketball Club.
The large flow of personnel affects the alliance structure
According to CBA's statistics, during the offseason of more than two months, the CBA teams completed a total of 62 player transactions, also setting a historical record.
Among them, there were 17 transfers, 34 free agent signings, and 11 loans. In the previous two seasons, player transactions were 43 and 42 respectively.
In the frequent movement, Beijing Shougang has successively recruited two high-centers, Fan Ziming and Li Muhao, which not only alleviated the team’s years of internal vacancies, but also allowed them to have the strongest internal configuration in the past 10 years. Li Muhao and Fan Ziming are also in their respective positions. Different stages of their careers ushered in more suitable development space;
Li Gen being traded to Beijing Enterprises is a win-win situation.
Image source: Li Gen Weibo.
With frequent mobility, he signed a ten-million-level contract with the Shanghai team last season, but his performance and sense of team presence are not satisfactory.
So in the offseason, Li Gen was traded to Beijing Enterprises, which not only eased the salary pressure of the Shanghai team, and allowed them to continue to recruit in the free market to introduce powerful internal aids such as Liu Zheng and Kolan Bek.
And Lee Gen was able to come to a team where he could play more roles...
They are the most representative beneficiaries of the player turnover this summer.
This season is the first season of the CBA League officially using standard contracts. The win-win results of such teams and players are naturally the results that the league management hopes to achieve under the new contract policy.
Furthermore, a more open player mobility market will also create a more balanced competitive environment for the league.
What kind of competitive situation the CBA League will be in the new season is worth looking forward to.
The picture shows Yi Jianlian was injured and fell to the ground without contact.
Image source: Visual China
"Leader Brother" is absent from the torch in this season?
Before the start of the new season, the CBA League released the latest injury report.
The report shows that Yi Jianlian is expected to be absent for 30 weeks, which also means that he is basically certain that he will not play in the new season.
The eldest brother of Chinese basketball in 10 years missed the season in this way for the first time at the age of 33.
This is naturally a pity, but can Yi Jianlian’s injury spur the rise of a new generation to complete the "torch handover"?
Last season, Zhou Qi, who returned to the CBA, lost only 1 vote to Yi Jianlian and missed his first MVP of his career; while the 2018-19 regular season MVP Wang Zhelin was affected by the team's record and failed to defend his title; while the Liaoning team's performance throughout the season The ups and downs are exactly the same as their leader Guo Ailun.
The picture shows Hu Mingxuan of Guangdong team and Guo Ailun of Liaoning team in the game.
Image source: ICphoto
These few players who are most expected to become the new banner of the Chinese men's basketball team in the early years, can they show their abilities and become the rulers of the new season when the "big brother" is absent due to injury?
In addition, in fact, Guo Ailun, Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin, they can be regarded as the "Mesozoic" players in the league.
This season, a large number of newcomers have poured in: Ou Junxuan, who returned from studying abroad, was selected as the No. 1 pick in the CBA draft. Zhang Zhenlin, who had previously been selected to the Chinese men's basketball team, performed well in the preseason.
At the same time, whether Sun Minghui, Wu Qian and others, who are in hot form after the rematch of last season, can continue to improve this season and compete in the "handover" will also be announced in the season.
Data map: Li Nan.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Jimin
On the court side, Yang Ming, the league's youngest coach, and Li Nan, who became the head coach of the CBA team for the first time, will also become the focus of attention.
Against this background, can there be teams that have emerged to take advantage of the situation and "snipe" the Guangdong team for two years?
Or was Du Feng strategizing and creating the Hongyuan Dynasty?
Many questions are waiting for the answers to surface, so starting today, look forward to the reveal of the mystery.
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