Zhu Fangyu is quietly making a fortune, and the small foreign aid may add one more person! Du Feng will reappear in the lineup for three consecutive championships!

First of all, I would like to ask everyone, after signing three foreign players, McCall, Quinn and Sullinger, what kind of foreign player should the current Guangdong men's basketball team sign? Is he a frame-protecting five-position foreign aid? Or small foreign players like Wimes and Ma Shang? Welcome to discuss and exchange in the comment area!

Everyone may have different opinions on this issue, but now it seems that Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng are inclined to sign another small foreign aid! Attentive fans may have noticed that Zhu Fangyu did not appear on the sidelines in the last two warm-up games. As the team's general manager, what more important thing can make him temporarily leave the team? There is a high probability that it is about the signing of foreign aid!

Quinn’s recent actions of “following” Sumner on social media may have confirmed this fact. Previously, Sumner had announced on his personal social media that he had joined the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team. However, he later deleted the post, triggering speculation about changes in the deal. And Quinn didn't follow Sumner's social accounts at the time. Now, Quinn has signed a contract with the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team, and suddenly followed Sumner on social media. There is no doubt that the Sumner deal between the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team and the Sichuan Men's Basketball Team seems to have ushered in a new turning point.

In fact, it was far from smooth sailing for the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team to acquire Sumner. After announcing that he had joined Guangdong for the first time, relevant media people also issued articles confirming the transaction, including the transaction information column on a certain platform. However, subsequently, all related developments were deleted one by one. This series of operations confused fans.

Behind the Sumner transfer turmoil, on the one hand, it is the financial difficulties faced by the Sichuan Men's Basketball Team, and on the other hand, competitors are raising prices! According to the official website, the Sichuan team only reported Sumner’s priority renewal rights for one foreign player this offseason. For the Sichuan Men’s Basketball Team, which has an extremely tight capital chain, Sumner’s priority renewal rights have become one of the team’s most valuable assets. There is no doubt that they want to use the scoring champion’s signing rights in exchange for a considerable transfer fee!

According to reports from media sources, before the news of Sumner joining the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team, CBA teams had inquired about Sumner’s signing rights from Sichuan, and one of them was a northern team with a state-owned enterprise background. Therefore, there is a high probability that the first transaction was urgently stopped because a team raised the price, causing the transaction between the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team and the Sichuan Men's Basketball Team to stagnate.

If it were the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team in the past few seasons, fans would not have any hope when such a situation occurs. After all, the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team has never had the ability to make money, but this year is different. The Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team’s operations during this offseason can be described as generous. In terms of foreign aid, the team has signed three powerful foreign aids in Sullinger, McCall and Quinn. In terms of domestic aid, they also spent a lot of money to get Jiao Boqiao and Cui Yongxi! Looking at it this way, it’s not surprising that Sumner’s signing rights were obtained through bidding!

Perhaps some fans may have questions. Already having McCall and Quinn, why did the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team choose to sign another small foreign player? In fact, the reason is very simple. Du Feng wants to reproduce the lineup system that won three consecutive championships. Each foreign player has its own unique tactical value. Sullinger is the anchor inside, Quinn is an NBA-level scorer, and McCall is a top player on both offense and defense. And Sumner - last season's CBA scoring champion, averaging 36 points, 6.6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.1 steals per game - will become Guangdong's most threatening offensive firepower from the outside. Perhaps in the view of Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng, since they cannot find two foreign players like Wilms and Ma Shang, they should directly look for three players with similar playing styles to them.

From a strategic perspective, the reason why the Guangdong Men’s Basketball Team pursues Sumner at all costs stems from the painful lessons of last season’s playoffs. The team was swept by the Shanxi team in the playoffs, and the lack of hard-hitting ability on the outside is considered to be the key reason. Sumner's ability to break through with the ball can effectively share the organizational pressure of Hu Mingxuan and Xu Jie and enrich the Guangdong team's offensive methods. At the same time, Sumner can also allow Du Feng to reactivate the classic "five up and five down" tactics. With the speed of small foreign players such as Sumner and McCall, Guangdong can strengthen its defensive counterattacks and recreate the fast-playing whirlwind of the past. Another point that cannot be ignored is that signing Sumner also has the consideration of "preventing strong enemies from receiving strong reinforcements." As a scoring champion who has proven his ability, if Sumner does not join Guangdong, he is likely to be signed by other championship rivals, directly threatening Guangdong's championship.

Looking back on the three consecutive championships that year, the scene of Wilms blocking the Beijing Men's Basketball Team twice seems to be right in front of us. Sumner's value to Guangdong lies not only in his scoring ability of 36 points per game, but also in his ability to solve key balls. In the stalemate stage, his singles with the ball and pull-up jump shots after the pick-and-roll can become Guangdong's weapon to break the scoring drought like Wilms and Ma Shang did back then.

Guangdong’s feat of signing Wimes, Ma Shang and Beasley at the same time demonstrated the club’s determination to compete for the championship at all costs. Now, Zhu Fangyu and Du Feng's crazy pursuit of Sumner once again proves the Guangdong Men's Basketball Team's desire for the 12th championship trophy.