The Sichuan men's basketball team officially announced the change of coach, Zhang Degui stepped down, and foreign coach Branislav Ravvicentić took office. This is the second time that the Sichuan men's basketball team has changed coaches, and the last time was Zhang Degui replacing Moko. At that time, Moko led the team to start with 7 consecutive defeats, ranking first from the bottom of the CBA. The old coach Zhang Degui did not help the Sichuan men's basketball team change the predicament, and the current record is 4-35, which is still the bottom team of the CBA.
The team's record is bad, and as head coaches, Moko and Zhang Degui are not wronged. But the main responsibility is not the coach, but the management, who tossed the Sichuan men's basketball team from a playoff team to a fish belly.
In the 2020-21 season, the Sichuan men's basketball team won 26-26 and entered the playoffs as 11th. Showing signs of recovery, the Sichuan men's basketball team should have made targeted reinforcements to further enhance its strength. But the Sichuan men's basketball team does not do addition, but subtraction. At the end of the season, the Sichuan men's basketball team sent Li Yuanyu to the Qingdao men's basketball team. Li Yuanyu is the inner core of the Sichuan men's basketball team, with 35 points and 15 rebounds in a single game. Yuan Tangwen was the outside core of the Sichuan men's basketball team that season, and he had double-doubles in assists in 3 consecutive games, and he also left and was loaned to the Shanghai men's basketball team. Without the internal and external core, the Sichuan men's basketball team will not make corresponding reinforcements, and the local strength will decline visibly.
Reality quickly gave the Sichuan men's basketball team a blow. In the 2021-22 season, the Sichuan men's basketball team has once again become a bully, with only a 12-26 record. But the Sichuan men's basketball team did not learn a lesson, but continued to operate in a tossing style. Zhu Songwei is a player selected by the Sichuan men's basketball team from the CBA draft, and in only 2 seasons, he has become the team's main front. It is not uncommon to score doubles in a single game, and Zhu Songwei has scored 31 points. When the contract was renewed, the Sichuan men's basketball team did not give Zhu Songwei a satisfactory contract. Because of the CBA's lock-up clause, Zhu Songwei was unable to play for other CBA teams. Even so, Zhu Songwei did not stay in the Sichuan men's basketball team, but changed to play in the league.
In the 2022-23 season, the Sichuan men's basketball team continued to decline in the rankings, ranking third from the bottom in the CBA, but the management still made subtractions. Yuan Tangwen, who returned for a season, left again, and he officially switched to the Shanghai men's basketball team. Yuan Zhenliang also changed his court and no longer played for the Sichuan men's basketball team.
Pillar players continue to lose, but the Sichuan men's basketball team has to deal with errands in recruitment. Before the start of this season, the Sichuan men's basketball team introduced Zhang Dayu, who was already a marginal person in the Zhejiang men's basketball team and had the status of a part-time assistant coach. Lu Yiwen played very little time in the Shenzhen men's basketball team, and the Sichuan men's basketball team signed him. After these two players joined the Sichuan men's basketball team, their role was limited. As for Zhu Rongzhen and Yang Linyi, who are on loan from the Shandong men's basketball team, they almost can't play.
After continuous tossing, the strength of the local lineup of the Sichuan men's basketball team is among the lowest in the CBA. Mo Ke and Zhang Degui had no choice but to fail in front of the rice-free cook. The new coach has an extensive resume, having been the head coach of Serbia's youth team and coached several top leagues in several countries. More importantly, Ravvecentić has produced NBA Finals MVP Jokic. But it is also difficult for Ravvicentić to change the status quo of the Sichuan men's basketball team, and the probability of waiting for him is also a failure. Previously, the Sichuan men's basketball team invited Nowitzki's mentor Bowman.
Baumann coached the German men's basketball team, leading the team to the Olympics and World Championships, and Nowitzki played for him. In Asia, Bowman coached the Iranian men's basketball team and finished third in the Asian Championships. Bowman also took over the Sichuan men's basketball team after the toss, and he was expected to be the savior of the team.
In the 2015-16 season, the Sichuan men's basketball team defeated the Liaoning men's basketball team in the finals and won the CBA championship. Because the Sichuan men's basketball team has three foreign aids, Haddadi, Harris and Duntmon, the way to win the championship has been questioned, and the boss Zhou Shiqiang is also dissatisfied. In addition, Zhang Chunjun, Meng Da and other main players who won the championship were not trained by the Sichuan men's basketball team, so Zhou Shiqiang decided to start localization. The main players who won the championship have left one after another, and the main players trained by the Sichuan men's basketball team have not grown as expected, and their performance has also declined significantly. In the 2017-18 season, the Sichuan men's basketball team won 8-30, ranking second to last in the CBA. The Sichuan men's basketball team decided to change and hired Bowman.
In the face of weak strength, Bowman had nothing to do and was out of class in less than a season. In the same situation, Ravvecentić's coaching prospects are not optimistic.