Since Zhou Qi left the NBA, this stage representing the highest level of basketball in the world has not appeared Chinese figure, many fans are pessimistic that our high-level players have broken gears, but don't be too disappointed, there are still many young players working alone, impacting the high competitive stage, such as Zeng Fanbo, who is still developing the league's dream, in today's game, this young player faces the development of the Warriors League team to score a double team to win.
Last summer, the contradiction between the young player Zeng Fanbo and Shougang in the United States attracted the attention of many people, shougang hoped that Zeng Fanbo would play for the CBA first team as soon as possible, but xiao Zeng, who was already a four-star high school student in the United States at that time, hoped to get a chance to impact the NBA. In the end, Shougang gave him a year, this year Zeng Fanbo will join the NBA Development League's ignition team, and strive to enter the NBA from a different platform like his predecessor Jaylen Green. However, it is also difficult to stand out in the NBDL, and Zeng Fanbo's road is not easy.
In his first few games this season, Zeng Fanbo did not get many opportunities, averaging 13.6 minutes per game in the first nine games, averaging 3.8 points, 1.4 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 0.9 blocks in 3.7 shots per game. Because there are many players in the Ignition Team who also participated in the 2022 Draft, their shots and ball rights are much higher than Xiao Zeng, and Zeng Fanbo's main role in the Ignition Team is defense and no-ball running position. The most difficult thing is that Zeng Fanbo missed many games due to injury throughout the season, missed three games due to a cold at the beginning of the season, and suffered a leg injury in the middle of the season, fortunately did not hurt the cruciate ligament, but also missed the shooting challenge of this year's All-Star Rookie Game, and did not come back until March.
These make Zeng Fanbo not optimistic for fans, after all, the players who can be selected in the NBA are at least the core position in the NBDL, and Xiao Zeng's tactical status and luck this year are really bad, and it is difficult to play the desired results. But the more pressure there was, the greater the rebound, Zeng Fanbo finally found himself at the end of the season, in today's ignition team against the Santa Cruz Warriors, he played 20 minutes, shooting 4 of 6, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 10 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists, showing his "selling point" - a flexible forward with scoring and defensive ability.
So Zeng Fanbo's NBA dream is far from over, at the end of the season coach Jason Hart gave him more opportunities, Xiao Zeng's playing time is no longer scattered, so there is also a chance to cultivate shooting feel, show his shooting talent, Hart once said in an interview that Zeng Fanbo is the best player to shoot in the team. NBA teams do not pay much attention to data when selecting people, once Sun Yue was not known before being selected by the Lakers, playing in the amateur league, but he actively participated in the trial training, so the team saw its potential, so the Lakers gave the opportunity to train him into a tall double guard with three-point threats.
Zeng Fanbo also has such potential, his barefoot height is more than 2.06 meters, but the speed of movement is not lower than that of the guard, as long as he can show his shooting ability in the final game, team trial, joint trial, there must be a team that is not stingy about his second round of signing willing to "scratch the lottery", just like the Grizzlies selected Wang Zhelin that year. I hope that Zeng Fanbo can stabilize his mentality and maintain his progress, and Yuta Watanabe is his example.