SHENYANG, China, Aug. 2 (Xinhua) — All-Star level guard Guo Ailun requested Tuesday to go away Liaoning Flying Leopards after serving the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) champions for 12 years.
Guo, 29, knowledgeable the membership of his intention by means of his agent workforce by e-mail on Tuesday, citing for higher growth of himself and higher service for the Chinese nationwide workforce as the explanations to go away.
Guo is in Europe now on a coaching tour with the Chinese workforce after he missed the Asian Cup final month.
According to the agent workforce, Guo desires to have extra contribution to the nationwide workforce because the pivot of the again court docket throughout subsequent yr’s FIBA World Cup, which serves because the qualifying event for Paris 2024.
After failing to qualify for the Tokyo 2020, Guo realized he must put extra strain on himself and discover greater challenges, his agent workforce famous.
There is not any CBA membership up to now giving any supply to Guo.
Guo additionally expressed his gratitude to the Liaoning Flying Leopards membership and thanked the native followers, who had already tagged him because the icon of Liaoning basketball.
Guo led Liaoning to 2 CBA championships and received the National Games twice prior to now decade. He averaged 21.5 factors, 6.5 assists and three.7 rebounds throughout the 2021-22 CBA season when Liaoning beat Zhejiang Lions 4-0 within the Finals.