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Upset? Dark Horse Foreign Aid Finals 44 points attracted Guo Shiqiang s favor, and may become the second naturalized Chinese men s basketball team!

7:16am, 19 May 2025【Basketball】

CBA Finals G3, this season's dark horse, Guangsha foreign aid Barry Brown scored 44 points, 5 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game, leading the team to reverse Beijing, directly triggering a hot search! What's even more exciting is that the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team, Guo Shiqiang, kept a close eye on the whole process and directly spoke after the game: "We need such a player." If naturalization is successful, Brown will become the second naturalized foreign player in the men's basketball team after Li Kaile. But can this happen?

Brown's hard strength: the strongest foreign aid in the CBA?

Average 28+6+7, 26.9 points + 7.1 assists in the playoffs, and a three-point shooting percentage of 36.2% - Brown's data has crushed most CBA foreign players. The 44 points in G3 in the finals directly set a new record for active players. Compared with the embarrassment of "dribbling through half the game" in the international arena of domestic defenders, Brown's American breakthrough + European organization is simply a dimensional reduction blow.

Guo Shiqiang has long set the naturalization standard: being able to withstand pressure and scoring + defend and work hard. Brown averaged 2.1 steals per game in the playoffs, which can not only prevent and lock the opponent's small foreign aid, but also assist in preventing sweeping, forming a "internal and external double gate" with Zhou Qi. More importantly, his existence can completely liberate Zhao Jiwei and Hu Mingxuan, and upgrade from "functional puzzle" to "tactical core".

28 is at its peak, and praises the fans' "naturalization petition" and publicly expresses their "love of Chinese fans" - compared to Li Kaier's "passive naturalization", Brown's initiative makes the Basketball Association more moved.

Naturalization problem: Which one is more difficult to solve, money or identity?

Huo Nan (former CBA manager) revealed: "Brown is indeed the type Guo Shiqiang wants the most, but salary and rebate are two major difficulties. He has to cut his salary by 17%, and he has to pay for his own pocket to resign from his American nationality. The cost may be higher than the annual salary!"

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The opposition voice is also fierce:

Netizen @Zhejiang Tuge: "Naturalization is a mercenary, don't expect others to sing the national anthem. For small competitions, forget it, really be your own people?"

Media person Ji Mengnian poured cold water on: "The Basketball Association requires giving up its original nationality + learning Chinese. Whether Brown is willing to sacrifice his free time to train in training is still unknown."

Naturalization countdown: Success or failure is here to beat the finals, and Brown's FMVP is almost stable. But the real naturalization drama has just begun - is the Basketball Association willing to spend money? Bronco refused to compromise? If successful, we may be able to see the king combination of "Brown + Zhou Qi" in the 2025 Asian Cup; if it fails, the men's basketball team may miss another golden window.

This wave of operations is either a god or a spurious, and there is no intermediate option!