Three news from Liaoning Men s Basketball Team, Yang Ming arrived in the United States successfully, Wugo joins the NBA, Zhang Zhenlin s injury update

Since the CBA entered the offseason, news about the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has been frequent. It seems that they are preparing to do a big game in the offseason because they are dissatisfied with the record last season and put in a lot of effort in the introduction of foreign aids. In recent days, three news about the movement of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team has been reported. According to the first news, coach Yang Ming and team general manager Liu Ziqing applied for a visa to the United States in Shenyang a few days ago. The two are preparing to go to the United States to watch the NBA Summer League in person, in order to find new powerful foreign players.

According to yesterday's news, Yang Ming and Liu Ziqing have arrived in the United States successfully. This time, the reason why they decided to personally inspect foreign players is that I personally believe that the main reason may be that the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team currently has limited vision for foreign players.

As we all know, the Liaoning team has always adhered to the principle of using familiarity but not rawness when looking for foreign players, such as Fergu, Moreland, Wells, Oliver, and even Hudson earlier. These foreign players are verified by other CBA teams.

However, after the team's foreign aid selection last season, the Liaoning team management has deeply realized that it is difficult to find strong foreign aids based on the limitations of existing vision alone, so it made an unprecedented decision to go to the NBA for a field trip. The second news is even more unexpected. The Liaoning Men's Basketball Team's assistant coach Ugo Lopez was revealed to have joined the NBA Cavaliers on July 3 and will serve as the team's assistant coach.

Coach Wugo has been a right-hand assistant around Yang Ming for many years, and his coaching ability is excellent. He also coached the Liaoning team as the head coach for a brief period of 2023-2024, and led the team to achieve a record of complete victory in the first phase. He is deeply trusted by the coaching staff and loved by Liaoning fans.

However, Liaoning fans don't have to worry. Joining the Cavaliers does not mean leaving Liaoning. According to reports, he is only an assistant coach for the Cavaliers' summer league. It can be understood that he went to the NBA to work part-time in the offseason.

At the same time, the official account of Liaoning Men's Basketball Team quickly announced the successful renewal of the contract with Ugo, and the team reached a three-year contract with him.

This further verifies that Ugo joins the Cavaliers just to do a short-term job, and Liaoning fans can feel at ease.

The editor personally analyzed that Ugo's NBA trip may have two purposes.

First, take advantage of the offseason to earn some extra money, and at the same time, you can take the opportunity to learn a lot of NBA concepts and tactics to ensure that you will enrich the team's tactical system more effectively after returning to Liaoning.

Second, when Ugo was the assistant coach of the Cavaliers, he could have a deeper understanding of NBA marginal players. With the help of his position, he cooperated with Yang Ming in the United States to find a new foreign player suitable for the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team.

Ugo's move can be said to kill two birds with one stone. The third news is related to Zhang Zhenlin's injury. On June 20, the Chinese men's basketball team officially announced that Zhang Zhenlin's old injury relapsed during training, so he will withdraw from the national team training. If nothing unexpected happens, he will also miss the men's basketball Asian Cup in August.

Zhang Zhenlin has been frequently attacked by injuries in the past two years, especially in the 2024-25 season, he only played 16 games in the CBA regular season due to crotch injuries. After his comeback, his condition was also very sluggish, falling from an average of 18.1 points at his peak to 13.3 points. His decline is also one of the important factors that led Liaoning to stop at the semi-finals.

The good news is that Zhang Zhenlin has now gone to the United States for rehabilitation treatment. Yesterday, a fan in the United States took Zhang Zhenlin and took a group photo.

It seems that Zhang Zhenlin has arrived in the United States at present, hoping that he can receive high-level treatment there.

It is understood that the doctor found by Zhang Zhenlin had previously treated his teammate Li Xiaoxu's injuries, and Li Xiaoxu's recovery is visible to the naked eye.

It seems that the Liaoning Men's Basketball Team still used some connections before finally deciding to let Zhang Zhenlin go to the United States for recuperation.