After 358 days of rehabilitation, Li Xiaoxu returned in the warm-up match between Liaoning and Jilin!
Last season's CBA League was full of regrets for the Liaoning team.
As the most favored team by the media last season, the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has the highest level of CBA whether it is the performance of young people, the introduction of domestic aid, or the introduction of foreign aid.
However, the young marshal Yang Ming, who fought for the first time in a wealthy battle, did not seem to be used to it.
In the finals, he lost to the more mature Guangdong team. Looking back at the entire finals process, the biggest problem exposed by the Liaoning team is the lack of inside ability.
Zhu Rongzhen's ability is not enough to appear in the finals for longer. Han Dejun's competitive state has entered an irreversible decline as he ages.
The Liaoning Men's Basketball Team had only Fu Hao as the team's fifth position in the final battle of the second game. This directly led to the team's loss of defense and the unfavorable situation of the Guangdong team's rebounding completely controlled by the Guangdong team.
However, the problem of inside lanes is not so easy to solve for the wealthy Liaolan. Before Zhu Rongzhen arrived on the team, Han Dejun did not even have a full-time substitute.
Under such circumstances, Liaoning fans also missed the team’s "domestic warcraft" Li Xiaoxu more and more. Finally, after a full 358 days of rehabilitation, Li Xiaoxu returned in the warm-up match between Liaoning and Jilin and was in very good condition.
Before being injured, Li Xiaoxu had a season average of 14.8 points and 12.8 rebounds per game, averaging 5.4 offensive rebounds per game. His tough style and excellent ability to compete for the basket make him known as the "domestic warcraft".
For the Liaoning team, Li Xiaoxu's presence greatly reduced Han Dejun's burden in the basket. But after a serious injury, Li Xiaoxu bid farewell to his athletic ability and changed from a "domestic warcraft" to an ordinary inside player. After his return, Li Xiaoxu not only reduced his ability to compete in the basket, but also greatly weakened his lethality and desire to attack. The average free throws per game has changed from 3 to 0.4, and the average offensive rebounds per game has dropped to less than 2. For a player of Li Xiaoxu's age, it may be possible to do it with willpower after a recovery period from a serious injury, but another serious injury after recovery will definitely cause great harm to the athlete's psychology.
As an inside player, physical confrontation and multiple takeoffs are compulsory courses on the court. As his age rises, Li Xiaoxu's physical function is slowly declining. Coupled with the devastation of his injuries, it is indeed something that no one can guarantee whether this domestically produced monster will return with full blood after a second serious injury.
However, even if Li Xiaoxu's body can no longer return to its peak state, his game experience and characteristics will undoubtedly help the current Liaoning team.
In the two warm-up matches against the Jilin team, Li Xiaoxu's performance made Liaoning fans very excited. It seems that the previous domestically produced Warcraft is back. In the current Liaoning team, Fu Hao can share part of the inside responsibilities.
Wu Changze and Zhu Rongzhen are still too young. If Li Xiaoxu can maintain the current state into the new season, it will undoubtedly be a perfect reinforcement for the inside of the Liaoning team. According to the current situation, it is very likely that the CBA will be carried out in all-Chinese classes in the new season.
Then, the Liaoning team, with Han Dejun, Li Xiaoxu and Fu Hao, seems to have gone from the weakness of the team to the dominant position of the team. As long as they can stay healthy in the new season, the strength of the Liaoning team will undoubtedly be stronger than last season. As the team’s big brother, Li Xiaoxu’s return can also help Yang Ming better control the locker room and unite the young players.
Li Xiaoxu is 31 years old this year, 2.08 meters tall, he is an insider, and has the reputation of "domestic warcraft".
Since being promoted to the first team in the 05-06 season, Li Xiaoxu has played for the Liaoning team for 14 seasons. At this age, Li Xiaoxu, who was supposed to be at the peak of his career, gradually faded out of people's sight because of two serious injuries.
Li Xiaoxu's first serious injury was during a physical test in the summer of 2016. He suddenly fell to the ground during the return run. After further examination by the hospital, Li Xiaoxu's condition was confirmed to be a rupture of the right Achilles tendon.
In the 15-16 season, before the injury, Li Xiaoxu once played his career masterpiece, averaging 10.8 points and 8.3 rebounds with a career second-high 54.4% shooting rate. After that injury, Li Xiaoxu kept up for a whole year before returning, and successfully helped the Liaoning team win the championship.
However, the state of Li Xiaoxu this season is not the same as before the injury. As an insider, his shooting percentage was only 41.6%, and he averaged only 5.5 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. In the following three seasons, Liu Xiaoxu never recovered his pre-injury state, and only recovered briefly in the 18-19 season.
What makes Liaoning fans unacceptable is that Li Xiaoxu did not seem to be able to escape the doom of injury. In his 19-20 season against Shanxi, Li Xiaoxu was seriously injured again, this time it was his right knee anterior cruciate ligament. And this class is another year.
Written by Sicily
