Beijing time, September 29, Jeremy Lin posted his new season makeup photo on his personal Weibo, full of smiles and looks in good condition! Even Jeremy Lin is very confident about the future of the new season in Guangdong. He said before: "I think it's to enter the top 8. I will set this goal from here because I think we have this ability."
However, Jeremy Lin's bold words were poured into the water by the comments of Guangdong team head coach Guo Shiqiang . Guo Shiqiang had previously said: " First of all, Shuhao is a professional player, he is very professional, so he works very hard in every training class and trains very hard. Including communication with our coaches, including the players, the running-in is very good. OK. We are now a young team, and he has rich experience. He can drive these young players, including passing on some of his experience to young players. It is also very, very important for our team."
From Guo Shiqiang's remarks, he does not have a particularly high expectations for Jeremy Lin. After all, in terms of current strength, the Guangdong team is not a CBA championship-level team. Whether it can enter the playoffs is still a matter of two reasons, so what Jeremy Lin can bring to Guangdong is limited!
So the question is, why is Jeremy Lin not favored now! What can he bring to the Guangdong team? As for me, I think the reason why Jeremy Lin is not favored is the decline in his own strength and the current team direction of Guangdong!
First: Jeremy Lin’s strength is no longer as good as before, and he can no longer become a foreign player for a championship team.
Why is it said that the CBA championship team no longer has too much fantasies about Jeremy Lin! So much so that he was swept out and traded to the Guangdong team?
In the 25 games that Jeremy Lin played for the Beijing Men's Basketball Team in the 2021-22 season, he scored 13.7 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.4 steals per game while averaging 22.5 minutes.
At first glance, this data is pretty good, very comprehensive data! However, Jeremy Lin is a foreign player level player, and the CBA also has very high requirements for foreign players. With a data of 13+3, it is probably unreasonable to have an annual salary of $3 million! This is also the main reason why Jeremy Lin was traded by Shougang.
Look back at the data of Jeremy Lin in the 19-20 season and Jeremy Lin in the 21-22 season, and you will find out! A player with excellent physical fitness and relying on impact strength to break through is the difference in efficiency between the ages of 31 and 33! Whether it is 's average score, rebounds, assists, steals, or shooting percentage, Jeremy Lin, , has declined a lot, which also shows that his career has indeed ushered in a decline period!
After talking about the simple basic data radar comparison chart, let’s take a look at the detailed data decline and witness how big Jeremy Lin’s decline on the court! In part, the decline in the basic data of is due to the decrease in Jeremy Lin's playing time, resulting in a decrease in the number of shots per game by 4.8 times! However, Jeremy Lin's shooting percentage has also decreased by 6.8%, which is too big! In addition, Jeremy Lin's average three-point shooting increased by 0.3 times, his three-point shooting percentage increased by 5.4%, and he averaged 0.4 more three-pointers per game! The effective hit rate dropped by 3.8%, and the real hit rate dropped by 6.8%!
This is Jeremy Lin’s current situation. His offensive efficiency has declined seriously, so it is no longer enough to become the core foreign aid of a championship team!
So why did Jeremy Lin decline so severely?
Although Jeremy Lin's three-pointer performed very strongly in CBA league last season, with a shooting percentage increase of 5.4%, the effective shooting percentage of fell by 3.8%, and the real shooting percentage dropped by 6.8%! Why has the key efficiency data of declined so much? This also talks about Jeremy Lin’s offensive choice! Jeremy Lin has never been a player who is good at three-pointers. When he was in NBA, his most important offensive method on the court was still pick-and-roll attack and ball-holding breakthrough! However, with knee injuries and age, and weakening of explosive power, Jeremy Lin’s breakthrough threat has become less and his efficiency has become terrible!
In the 19-20 CBA regular season game, Jeremy Lin's offensive data at the basket was 171 of 292 shots, with a shooting percentage of 58.6%; the offensive choice for the left middle distance was 13 of 29 shots, with a shooting percentage of 44.8%; the mid-range choice for the right middle distance was 26 of 48 shots, with a shooting percentage of 54.2%!
This statistics have declined very significantly in the 21-22 season. The inside paint area made 49 of 92 shots, with a shooting percentage of 53.3%, compared with the previous season, the shooting percentage dropped by 5.3%, and the average number of shots per game was also reduced; the shooting percentage at the free throw line position was 5 of 18 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 27.8%; the left side made 4 of 7 shots, and the right side made 6 of 22 shots, with a shooting percentage of 27.3%. Such a bad data will be difficult for Shougang to accept Jeremy Lin's valuable salary no matter what! So it is a routine operation to sweep the floor and go out! As for Jeremy Lin's three-pointer improvement, the most important area is the position at the top of the arc on the right side. Relying on the habitual pick-and-roll projection, the three-pointers without the ball on the left and right sides did not change much! It can be said that Jeremy Lin ushered in a comprehensive decline in the CBA last season!
Guangdong still takes advantage of Jeremy Lin's characteristics of organizing point guards. The country needs to cultivate organizational guards
Since the offensive ability has declined so much!
Why does the Guangdong team still want Jeremy Lin? In fact, the most important reason has been said by Guo Shiqiang! The answer is experience and Jeremy Lin’s ability to organize and attack on the court! In his first season in Shougang, fans were still amazed at Jeremy Lin’s ability to create offensive skills for his teammates on the court. His organizational skills are indeed very scarce in the CBA field!
As for the current Guangdong team lineup, there is no chance to compete with the Shanghai team and the Liaoning team and the Liaoning team for the championship. Instead, I calmed down and worked hard to cultivate young players, but a good choice! Moreover, Guangdong also let go of the soul of his team in the offseason!
Another point is that the Guangdong team's existing core backcourt Hu Mingxuan's organizational ability is really hard to describe. Although his career is a point guard, he is currently more suitable for playing in the shooting guard position.Moreover, in the past, the foreign players in the CBA were all in which the offense was greater than the organization. The organization point guard was unable to afford it in the CBA, so the organization point guard became a weakness in the domestic league and was completely defeated by the opponent in the international arena! The merciless face was complete. If Hu Mingxuan could learn some organizational skills from Jeremy Lin, a veteran? Still worth it! I believe in Hu Mingxuan’s football quotient. After all, Jeremy Lin’s football quotient is very high, let alone the ability to read games!
