Failed to play at Gonzaga University in the NCAA, but also let the majority of Chinese fans for Zeng Fanbo missed such an opportunity to feel sorry, but after this, the NBA Development League ignited the team to throw an olive branch for it, Zeng Fanbo also chose to go to the United States without hesitation, and Beijing Shougang, who had just signed with him at the time, also expressed support for this, and wanted to enter the NBA through the development of the league, it is indeed more difficult than the NCAA, after all, in such a weak and predatory situation is more serious in the Colosseum. A forward player like Zeng Fanbo, whose independent offensive ability is not excellent, can only be blessed if his teammates do not pass the ball.
Because there are many five-star high school students such as Hardy and Foster on the ignition team, Zeng Fanbo wants to compete with these top players in the United States for playing time, and the pressure to face can be imagined. In the first game of the season between igniting the team and the South Bay Lakers, Zeng Fanbo only played 8 minutes, scoring 3 points on 1 of 3 shooting, and it was difficult to play the best performance of the season in the latest game with the Oklahoma Blues (15 minutes on the court, 8 points, 3 rebounds and 3 blocks), and as a result, Zeng Fanbo seemed to have been refrigerated by the team recently.
In the earlier match between the Ignition Team and the Salt Lake City Star, Zeng Fanbo was absent for two consecutive games, and the official news was that he had not been able to play because of his fever, if zeng Fanbo was also wearing a pair of trousers because of fever in the last game, but in this match with the Salt Lake City Star, Zeng Fanbo had changed into the special shorts for the game, it can be seen that he is ready to appear in this game, but the coaching staff does not seem to have the intention of replacing him on the field, and has not been summoned for a long time. It also made Zeng Fanbo's state on the bench obviously frustrated, especially in the last quarter, when he supported his head with his hands for a while, completely in a state of wandering.
In these 6 games to the Ignition Team, Zeng Fanbo played only 10.9 minutes, the whole team except for two veterans Amir Johnson and Coopers, it is his least playing time, and in this limited playing time, it is not easy to play a bright data sheet, he currently averages only 3 points and 1.7 rebounds per game, such an almost negligible data sheet, it is no wonder that the coaching staff has abandoned him in the last two games.
In fact, in the development of the league such a stage to play, the coaching staff is most interested in the attack, no matter how bad your defense, as long as the offense can continue, it will give you plenty of playing time, so we rarely see the kind of players who rely on defense to get the NBA call, even Watanabe Yuta, also once won 40+ in a single game during the development of the league, and the fledgling Zeng Fanbo, want to use this stage to enter the NBA, it is indeed unrealistic. The next game of the ignition team will start again on December 16, Beijing time, and the opponent is still the Salt Lake City Star, if Zeng Fanbo still can't get playing time at that time, then he can also consider packing his bags in advance and returning to the CBA at the end of the development league game.
As an Asian player, Zeng Fanbo's physical fitness is inferior to these European and American players, and from time to time he also suffers from injuries, it is no wonder that the coaching staff will lose trust in him, the road is his own choice, the result must also be borne by himself, no matter whether the future development is good or bad, I also hope that Zeng Fanbo can work hard to improve himself during this time in the United States, and do not let himself regret it.