Early in the morning, I saw the good news that Zeng Fanbo had hopes to participate in the All-Star, not the All-Star of the Development League, but the NBA's All-Star Weekend.
This year's Cleveland All-Star Rookie Challenge will reportedly take on a new format. The tournament will be divided into 4 squads of seven players for a total of 3 tournaments, 2 semi-finals and 1 final.
Each game will set a final victory score, with the final victory score of 25 points for the two semi-finals, 25 points for the final victory score for the final, and the total winning score of the three games is 75 points, commemorating the 75th anniversary of the league.
The format of this victory score should be very familiar to everyone, the past two All-Star Games have adopted this format, which is more exciting than the regular format, and the tension of one-goal victory is vividly remembered.
The Rookie Challenge will feature 28 players, including 12 rookies, 12 sophomores and 4 players from the Development League Ignition Team, the first time a Development League player has participated in the Rookie Tournament.
Each team's coaching staff will be made up of the NBA's official all-time 75 stars and assistant coaches from this year's All-Star coaching board. Each team will choose 7 players out of 28 players, which must include a development league ignition player.
In addition, the Rookie Challenge will have a "Key Ball Challenge" during the intermission of Games two and three, with 8 NBA players and development league players going to play 5-shot games at classic NBA playoff shooting points, and I guess there will definitely be Ray Allen points and Jordan last shot points.
Among the 28 players, 24 NBA newcomers will be voted by NBA assistant coaches, while 4 ignition players will be voted by the head coach of the G League, so Zeng Fanbo is likely to be selected.
Zeng Fanbo, who just celebrated his 19th birthday two days ago, has been in good shape recently, playing 25 minutes in his last game, shooting 3-of-8 from the field, contributing 6 points and 6 rebounds, including 2 frontcourt rebounds.
In the jan. 22 game, Zeng Van Bo came on as a substitute for 24 minutes, contributing 10 points on 4-of-8 performance, including two three-pointers from outside. It was Tsang Van Bo's first time scoring in double figures in the G League.
The reason why Zeng Fanbo's performance this season has been up and down, injuries occupy a large part of the reason. He has suffered various degrees of injuries to his feet and legs, and has only recently returned, and he is in good shape.
Fans who know Xiao Zeng know that he is now playing next to a group of players, and can only rely on the occasional passing of his teammates and the opportunities he has seized to attack, so it is difficult to have a big breakthrough in scoring data.
At present, Zeng Fanbo's position in the team is probably the fifth and sixth, and it is not without a chance to be selected to participate in the rookie competition. There's no doubt that if you can play on The All-Star Weekend, you can get more attention from NBA teams than playing a season in the development league.