Beijing time on February 12th, the Chinese men's basketball team officially announced that due to the intensification of the epidemic in Qatar, the Asian preliminaries originally scheduled for late February will be cancelled and the Chinese men's basketball team will take a rest. Earlier, Chinese Taipei and Malaysia had announced that they would withdraw from the competition for the Asian preliminaries, and the Japanese men's basketball team also refused to participate in the training camp, so the cancellation of the Asian preliminaries is normal. The cancellation and postponement of the Asian preliminaries also led to a series of incidents. According to domestic media reports, Yao Ming has decided that the third stage of the CBA regular season will start early, from March 24th to March 1st, and the venue of the match will still be Zhuji. In this way, the CBA as a whole will tighten the rhythm again. For the defending champion Guangdong Hongyuan, it does not seem to be good news. After all, their absolute core Yi Jianlian is still recovering. If the playoffs start early, Ah Lianhe will probably miss the chance to return to the CBA league this season!
Yi Jianlian was injured again in the finals of last season. After undergoing surgery, he immediately flew to the United States for postoperative recovery. However, the U.S. suffered a major injury that could end the athlete’s career. The recovery period is relatively long. At that time, the UAE was expected to be absent for at least 6 to 9 months. Of course, the rest of the rehabilitation plan is progressing very smoothly. The UAE even returned to China at the beginning of this year. All inspections showed that the UAE was recovering from injuries quite well. Prior to this, the CBA has also continuously updated the recovery time of the UAE. We are pleased to see that the expected return time of UAE has been shrinking. But in any case, it will take a long time for the Arab League to fully recover and recover. Based on the current situation, at least it will have to wait until early May to fully recover.
According to the previous arrangement, in order to make way for the Asian preliminaries, the CBA will have a one-month window period. The third stage of the regular season will not officially start until March 25. But now the situation has changed suddenly, the Asian preliminaries have been announced to be cancelled, and the Chinese men's basketball team does not need to participate in this competition. Therefore, the CBA can also advance the start time of the third stage of the regular season from March 24 to March 1. In this way, the playoffs are bound to end early. According to time calculations, the CBA season will also end in early May at the latest. The UAE will not officially return until the beginning of May, so that we can roughly judge,I am afraid that there is no hope for the return of the UAE this season.
Although it is not that without Yi Jianlian, Guangdong Hongyuan will definitely not be able to win. However, this season, Hongyuan’s main competitor, Liaoning Men’s Basketball Team, has received all-round reinforcements. Last time the two sides competed head-on, we also clearly saw that Hongyuan’s lineup would indeed be at a disadvantage in head-to-head encounters. If it weren’t for the Liaoning Men’s Basketball Team to appear continuously. Mistakes, Hongyuan will not easily win the game. Once the two teams meet in the playoffs, whether it is a tiebreaker or a formal series, Hongyuan seems to have little advantage. After all, without Yi Jianlian's Hongyuan, its competitiveness and dominance have dropped significantly. Now we can only hope that UAE will recover as soon as possible, and Du Feng must also prepare for Guangdong Hongyuan to finish this season when Yi Jianlian cannot return!
