domestic players frequently traded, cba changes its pattern in the new season
2024-09-26
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on september 26, the cba held a press conference in beijing for the 2024-2025 season, at which an important statistic was announced: 65 players completed their first registration in the new season, and clubs completed 46 player trades. among the 65 first-time registered players, 27 entered the league through the draft, 36 entered the league through the club's self-cultivated player recognition, and 2 entered the league by claiming undrafted players.
zhou qi joins beijing
the cba trading market was also relatively active during the offseason, with clubs completing 46 player transactions, including 10 transfers, 21 free agent signings, 2 matching signings, 4 exclusive signing rights transfers, and 9 loans. compared with domestic player transactions during the offseason last season, the number of player transactions before the start of the 2024-2025 season remained stable, while the number of free agent claims, exclusive signing rights transfers, and player loans increased. among them, a total of 4 top-paid players were traded to new clubs and signed with top salaries through exclusive signing rights transfers (2 players), transfers (1 player), and free agent claims (1 player), reaching the highest number in history.
among all the player transactions, the transfers of zhou qi, guo ailun, chen yingjun and shen zijie, the four top-paid players, attracted the most attention from fans. the three guangdong teams lost key players during the offseason. zhou qi of the guangdong team and chen yingjun of the guangzhou team have joined the beijing team, while shen zijie of the shenzhen team will play for the beijing enterprises team in the new season. the guangzhou team introduced guo ailun, a meritorious guard from liaoning. these four players are all the star players in their respective parent teams, and their transactions will directly affect the strength of the cba in the new season.
in the new season, the cba's foreign aid policy will be adjusted from four players in four quarters to seven players in four quarters, which means that except for the last quarter, each team can use a double foreign aid lineup in the remaining three quarters. foreign aid has always played a pivotal role in the cba league. in the scoring list of the regular season last season, the top 11 players in terms of average points per game were all foreign aid. against the backdrop of the revision of the foreign aid policy, teams will definitely rely more on foreign aid in the new season, and the number of foreign aid required by each team will also increase. today, shanxi and jilin teams have taken the lead in achieving the full allocation of four foreign aids. it can be expected that more teams will follow in the footsteps of these two teams and add more powerful foreign aid.
after the teams were able to use more cost-effective foreign players, the status of domestic players in the new season's league has actually been reduced. especially for the four top-paid players who completed the transfer in this offseason, under the original foreign aid policy, it was difficult for the teams to find domestic players of the same level as them, and the teams had little room for maneuver. but now, the teams can relatively easily find foreign players with similar strengths to these four players. under the influence of the new foreign aid policy, a team with three to four strong foreign players can still play well without top national players, which also invisibly weakens the influence of top domestic players in the transfer market.
it is less than a month before the new season of the cba league begins, and all 20 teams are making final preparations before the start of the season. against the backdrop of changes in the league structure and with the help of more powerful foreign players, the new season of the cba league is sure to be more intense and exciting.
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