In this summer's Men's Basketball World Cup and Asian Games, as a frequent visitor to the national team, Zhao Jiwei's performance is indeed difficult to be satisfied, and it is precisely because of his downturn that everyone began to question the gold content of FMVP, and Zhang Zhenlin, a Liao basketball teammate who played with him for the country, was also under pressure because of his poor performance in these two national team tasks.
However, back in the league, they still worked hard to prove themselves with practical actions, especially Zhao Jiwei, who did have to bear more pressure when Guo Allen was unable to play this season due to injury.
It is undeniable that Zhao Jiwei has shown his offensive ability in the past few seasons, but in the absence of Guo Allen, Liao Basket is actually only he and Ferg can rely on in the backcourt position, considering that the big foreign aid Moreland still needs a certain amount of playing time, in the case that Fergus's playing time is difficult to guarantee, Zhao Jiwei is obviously the core of the team's backcourt.
In fact, in the past three games against Tongxi, Shanghai and Shanxi, Zhao Jiwei's hand was not ideal, but in this round of Liaoning's away defeat of Qingdao, Zhao Jiwei finally ushered in an outbreak, scoring a season-high 30 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists in 11 of 16 shots. Some fans laughed and said: 30 tribute to Curry to pay tribute to Paul, worthy of Zhao Baoku!
In fact, after playing the game with Qingdao, Liao Basket will play away from home in the next three games (against Sichuan, Guangzhou, and Fujian respectively), even if Guo Allen can come back at that time, but the state is difficult to guarantee, so if Liao Basket wants to get out of these away games, it has to rely on Zhao Jiwei.
Last season, he averaged 17 per game in the playoffsZhao Jiwei, who has 7 points, is actually not a player who will be full of firepower in the regular season, but in the recent situation where the backcourt of Liao Basket is quite tight, his play is indeed very important.
In fact, after the continuous national team competitions this summer, it is a severe test for Zhao Jiwei and Zhang Zhenlin's body and mind, but so far in the season, they do not seem to have been affected too much, but take the defeat as their motivation to move forward. As a two-time FMVP winner, Zhao Jiwei's competition experience and adjustment ability are still stronger than Zhang Zhenlin's to some extent, so he also knows when to break out and stand up.
For the Liaoning men's basketball team, if you still want to hit the three consecutive championships this season, Zhao Jiwei's play may be more important than Guo Allen to some extent, because Zhao Jiwei's projection and organizational skills have ushered in a great improvement in recent years, and Guo Allen has been plagued by injuries in recent years, and the attendance rate has not been too guaranteed, but the Liaoning basketball team has become accustomed to how to play without him.