After the offseason starts, Hongyuan boss Zhu Fangyu seems to be more concerned about the players of the second team than Hongyuan’s first team. Recently, Zhu Ba personally organized several exchange matches and warm-up matches, allowing the boys of the second team to maintain their state through actual combat and improve their skills and abilities in all aspects. In a exchange match that ended not long ago, facing the Zhongshan team composed of adult players, Guangdong Hongyuan Second Team, which was the main players, finally lost to the opponent 78-81, and suffered its first defeat in this summer's warm-up match. In terms of data, "Zhou Peng's successor" Peng Shijun frantically scored 32 points, plus 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, while "Little Xu Jie" scored 13 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Although the Hongyuan Youth Team performed quite well in this game, the Zhongshan team was stronger in the confrontation, and the Hongyuan Xiaohu and others were ultimately missed the victory.
Zhu Fangyu is very tight against the youth team. After all, Hongyuan is different from other CBA teams. He basically cannot obtain fresh blood from the draft. He can only rely on his own youth training echelon to "supply blood" to the first team. This summer, Zhu Fangyu has decided to promote Huang Mingyi and Peng Shijun of the second team to the first team. The former had already trained with the team a long time ago, so it was listed as a "exempt product". Peng Shijun has been following Qu Shaobin to train and compete in the second team. Zhu Fangyu's understanding of him is far less than that of Huang Mingyi, so Zhu Fangyu has also arranged a series of warm-up matches and teaching matches for the second team to inspect the young forward. Peng Shijun did not disappoint Zhu Fangyu. In the past few warm-up games, he averaged 26 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.4 assists per game, and performed very comprehensively. In this game, facing the Zhongshan team, which consists of all adult players, Peng Shijun took on the team alone, scoring 32 points and 10 rebounds in the whole game, and also sent 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. It can be said that he has done everything he can do. Unfortunately, the overall strength of Hongyuan Second Team is indeed slightly inferior to Zhongshan City, and he was ultimately missed the reversal.
Peng Shijun proved with his strength that he was promoted to the first team, and there was no problem with another hope star Yang Yi, also made his own worth. Yang Yi, known as "Little Xu Jie", is only 16 years old this year, while the average age of the Zhongshan team opposite is about 24 years old, with an almost 8 years difference. Yang Yi, who has no advantage in height and confrontation, will indeed be more difficult to face an adult player of such height. However, with his strong strength, he still handed in comprehensive data of 13 points, 8 assists, 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Of course, Yang Yi still has many things to improve. He made three mistakes in this game. Qu Shaobin replaced him directly at a critical moment. This proves that compared to his senior brother Xu Jie, Yang Yi does have a lot to learn.
In addition to Peng Shijun and Yang Yi, other young players in Hongyuan also performed well. Front star Li Yizhen scored 13 points and 2 assists, while Li Wenhao scored 7 points. To be honest, the strength of Hongyuan Youth Team is among the top three in the National Youth League, but compared with adult teams, even semi-professional and semi-amateur teams like Zhongshan City, there is still a certain gap. After all, the confrontation and strength of adult players are indeed very advantageous.
