On December 16, former NBA All-Star Thomas Jr. ushered in his debut in the G League of the American Development League, Thomas Jr.'s debut can be described as shocking the whole league, he played a total of 42 minutes in the game, 16 of 30 shots, crazy cut 42 points + 6 rebounds + 8 assists, more valuable is that Thomas Jr. did not make mistakes in the whole game.
I'm afraid all the fans didn't expect that Thomas Jr.'s first game in the G League would play super god stats. After the game, even the G League official was conquered, and the G League official posted praise for Thomas Jr.'s return! The NBA Celebrity Smile Assassin specially tweeted for Little Thomas, and the Smile Assassin said: Please know, he is Little Thomas! American journalist Duvalier Johnson believes that Thomas Jr. scored 42 points on his G-League debut, and now Thomas Jr. looks very healthy and should return to the NBA to play.
In fact, Thomas Jr. was favored by the Lakers this summer, and his performance in the training was still very good, but then the Lakers suddenly chose to sign Rondo, and Thomas Jr. failed to return to the league. Interestingly, after seeing Thomas Jr.'s performance in the G League, Bulls star Lavin said on social media, let Thomas return to the league, hold on! But in fact, the possibility of Thomas Jr. returning to the league is unlikely, Thomas Jr. is only 175cm tall, which makes him suffer at both ends of the attack and defense, and the G League is relatively selfish, not pursuing team results, defenders can have unlimited firing rights, so Thomas Jr. plays a super god battle, relying on unlimited firing rights, and there will be no team that wants to return to the league to allow him to do so, so Thomas Jr. is still hopeless to return to the NBA.
Look at the strongest 175 Thomas Jr. on the surface, the debut slashed 42 points, almost giving and taking in scoring, and Jr. Thomas and Jr. in the G League Big Rapids Kim Stephenson also ushered in their own G League formalities, Stephens cut down 18 points + 15 rebounds + 10 assists in the whole game. Thomas Jr. scored 42 points in his debut and Stephenson scored a triple-double, but to be honest, both players will struggle to return to the NBA league in the future.
I believe that many fans are more confused, can Thomas Jr. and Stephenson return to the NBA, and what does it have to do with our Chinese youngster Zeng Fanbo? Why did Zeng Fanbo say that the bad news came from? In the G League Sparks debut, Zeng Fanbo got 7 points + 8 rebounds, and then suffered a short period of injury, the last few games Zeng Fanbo has not played, according to the well-known basketball blogger "IQ is getting lower and lower unicornrnxp" reported, Zeng Fanbo is expected to return in the 18th game against the Santa Cruz Warriors.
Zeng Fanbo is only 18 years old this year, 211cm tall, mainly in the position of big forward, but Zeng Fanbo's biggest problem now is that his body is relatively thin, and his shooting is not stable enough, and his shooting rate is plummeting under physical confrontation. And now Zeng Fanbo has a bit of a glass physique, and he simply does not have the ability to survive under the physical resistance of the NBA level.
Thomas Jr. and Stephenson are both players not wanted in the NBA, and these players have played at a dominant level in the G League, but still won't win the favor of the NBA league. After Zeng Fanbo entered the G League this year, he did not play too high-profile performance, and his body was frequently injured, even if he participated in the NBA League draft next year, it was most likely to be the last place in the second round, and there was even a danger of losing the election. Therefore, the performance of Thomas Jr. and Stephenson proves on the side that Zeng Fanbo's future impact on the NBA is not a play at all.