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Lawson, Natol, Louis King, how competitive are the Xinjiang men s basketball team?

1:22pm, 1 October 2025【Basketball】

The adjustment and strengthening of foreign players is the focus of their respective CBA teams' offseason work. Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team, the domestic players' reinforcement "not much" in this offseason, Zhao Rui also joined Beijing Shougang. The role of foreign players is more important. Lawson has confirmed the contract renewal, Nattor will join the team, and Louis King is expected to strengthen the front line. How competitive is this adjustment?

2024-2025 season, the foreign aid of Xinjiang men's basketball team "has been a lot of trouble" Peterson was laid off for "playing alone, not defending". Edwards was not in a stable state and was troubled by injuries. He was unable to stay in the team. Sanwell was more famous than his strength because Harrell and Zhejiang were "common for a lot of controversy", but his performance in the game was disappointing. Hegens, who can defend, can connect, has poor scoring ability in independent offense and scoring, and has poor competitiveness in key games, resulting in the lack of competitiveness in key games and is troubled by injury. He was swept out of the playoffs by Liaoning and missed the semi-finals. After a season of hard work, it was "a game of nothing". The offseason lineup was adjusted again.

Lawson, 2.06 meters tall, mainly plays as a power forward. As a undraft in 2019, he played for the Austin Spurs of the NBA Development League in the 2019-2020 season, and averaged 13.6 points, 8 rebounds, and 1.4 assists per game. He joined the Korean League in the 2020-2021 season. Average of 16.4 points, 7.9 rebounds, 2 assists, played in the Turkish League. He signed with the Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team in September 2024. He played for the team in 46 regular season games, averaging 16.4 points, 10 rebounds, and 4.3 assists. His average score in the playoffs rose to 19.6 points, 11.2 rebounds, and 5.4 assists. He has solid basic skills, serious attitude towards the game, can attack internally and externally. He is not a top foreign player in the league, but at least he can guarantee the team's "lower limit". In the offseason, Qatar played in the Asian Cup, and his condition is still good. Xinjiang Men's Basketball Team applied for Lawson's "priority renewal rights". The two sides are expected to continue to cooperate in the new season.

Natol is 1.90 meters tall. As a point guard player, his breakthrough speed is his characteristic. He is efficient and averaged 17.2 points, 3.3 rebounds, and 2.8 assists per game. He joined Beijing Shougang in the midway of the 2024-2025 season. He scored 20 points in his debut and 8 assists. He performed "in the eye", but the stability of this "buddy" is real. No, the regular season averaged only 13.3 points, 5.4 assists, 2.8 rebounds, and the outside shooting percentage was less than 30%. The playoffs averaged 8.1 points, 1.7 rebounds, and 1.8 assists, with an overall shooting percentage of 44.3%. The organizational efficiency of the organizational connection is poor when playing key games, the outside shooting cannot be opened, the defense cannot stand it, and the points are slow. Liu Wei "resisted the public opinion" to sign Nathor, which is his organizational connection ability. Join Xinjiang. What is his condition? It remains to be tested in the game. Once the small foreign aid selection fails this time, Xinjiang is really "not cost-effective".

Luis King, in the 2024-2025 season at the Fujian Men's Basketball Team, as a forward foreign player, has comprehensive scoring ability and averaging nearly 20 points per game. He is likely to be recruited by Xinjiang. However, the two teams have different performance requirements, and the "tactical status" and ball rights distribution are also different. Louis King's ability remains to be tested by the game. Whether he can sign a contract has to be officially announced!

Wang Xinkai, as an old Guangdong Hongyuan player, has accurate outside projection. It is said that he will probably stay in Xinjiang through the trial training. Qi Lin has good outside shooting ability. Abudusalam, and his experience and skills are unquestionable. Wu Guanxi has already made his debut in the warm-up match. Zhu Xuhang and Li Yanzhe have recovered from injury. Who will be the fourth foreign aid in the Xinjiang team? It is directly related to the team's competitiveness. Liu Wei led the team to face a more severe game test. Can he perform strongly? Can the foreign aid choice be successful in this offseason? See you in the competition...