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Guangsha s first player to leave the team this summer: Officially announced the AFC Champions League roster, but no foreign aid was awarded. He is the inside pillar

2:47am, 5 June 2025【Football】

Since winning the championship, Zhejiang Guangsha has not been idle this offseason. Previously, the Asian Basketball Federation officially announced that the Guangsha team represented China in the Asian Basketball Championship. Since Sun Minghui, Hu Jinqiu, Zhao Yanhao, Wu Xiao and Zhao Jiaren joined the Sichuan team to participate in the National Games Men's Basketball Team, Zhejiang Guangsha basically sent young players.

Recently, Guangsha Men's Basketball Team officially announced the 11-man roster to compete in this year's AFC Champions League. In terms of foreign aid, Brown, Knight and Nanali are leading. It is worth noting that Carlton is not on the team's roster. You should know that he averaged 10 points, 6.9 rebounds and 1.3 blocks per game in the regular season, and is one of the heroes to win the championship. His absence has damaged the Guangsha team's inside line. It is speculated that Carlton should have left the team, and the specific reason is unclear. This means that Carlton has become the first person to leave the team in the offseason.

Carlton's absence also gave 35-year-old veteran Xu Zhonghao the opportunity to compete. Although Xu Zhonghao rarely performed in the finals, his competitive state was very good. In this Asian Men's Basketball Competition, it was time for Xu Zhonghao to show off himself.

In this AFC roster, it consists of seven young players born in the 2000s, Wang Xinrui, Duan Liqian, Xu Junwei, Zhao Jiayi, Cai Shulinsen, Li Zebang and Laike. This is also the young players that Guangsha team focuses on training in the future. Let's see how they perform in the AFC. As for the head coach, because Wang Bo went to Sichuan Men's Basketball Team as the head coach, Guangsha asked assistant coach Nie Jinqiang to replace Wang Bo to coach, and the two assistant coaches were Li Shengyang and Li Yang.

This year is a big year for CBA teams. For Zhejiang Guangsha, in addition to playing in the AFC Champions League, there are also the National Games, warm-up matches, summer leagues, and preseason games. The national players also have to participate in the Asian Men's Basketball Team in August, and the players have almost no rest time. This requires very high physical fitness requirements for players, and high-intensity games also bring the players the risk of injury.

This AFC Champions League is the first main event that a Chinese team has participated in 8 years. As the highest-level basketball event in Asia, it is a stage to show the basketball level of various countries. I hope the Guangsha team will play the style of the Chinese team.