Recently, some media people broke the news that Liaoning men's basketball genius forward Zhang Zhenlin will go to the United States in recent days to try to use the NBA development league as a springboard to impact the NBA league, so can this highly anticipated player really knock on the door of the NBA?
Clear-eyed people know at a glance that Zhang Zhenlin's path is similar to that of Zeng Fanbo before, Xiao Zeng signed a "betting agreement" with Beijing Shougang, once he is selected by the NBA team, then he will go to the NBA to play, if not, he will return to the CBA to play on behalf of Shougang.
Zeng Fanbo is not yet 20 years old, that is, he has not reached the age of 22 years old, and Zhang Zhenlin has passed this age, so if he wants to play the NBA, he can only sign with the NBA team as a free agent, and use the development league as a springboard, which is undoubtedly a good choice, which can adapt to the confrontation at the NBA level and improve personal skills.
In terms of policy, Zhang Zhenlin certainly has no problems, because his mother Wang Fang is the leader of the Liaoning Provincial Sports Bureau, so he submits the report to his mother, not to mention, Zhang Zhenlin gave up his studies at Tulane University and chose to return to Liaoning to play in the CBA to make up for the team's long-standing shortcomings in the third position, presumably this is also the result of the agreement of all parties. Therefore, now that Liaoning has won the league championship as desired, the team and Zhang Zhenlin himself have reached the goal, and it is not impossible to let Zhang Zhenlin chase his dream.
However, Zhang Zhenlin was facing an even more severe situation than Zeng Fanbo. First of all, Zhang Zhenlin is older, in terms of potential, there is not much to dig, once the combat strength is insufficient, then it will certainly not be looked at by NBA teams.
Secondly, Zhang Zhenlin was difficult to play the main force at the unknown Tulane University, especially after the departure of the old Deng Liwei, his playing time was even more pitiful, so on the one hand, it was the reason for the epidemic, on the other hand, it was the reason that there was no ball to play, so he returned to Liaoning.
More critically, although Zhang Zhenlin can ride the field with his flying physical fitness in the CBA, but if his ball control skills between his marches are placed in the development league, it is still not passed, if you want to become a 3D player, Zhang Zhenlin's projection hit rate is also difficult to meet the requirements, referring to Zeng Fanbo, in a season of the development league, it is also defined as a 3D player, but if there is no Beverley's defensive level, there is almost no sense of existence on the field.
But in general, Zhang Zhenlin took advantage of his youth to break into the United States is not a bad thing, if you can gradually improve the ball control technology and three-point shooting rate, like the original Ding Yanyuhang to get a two-way contract is not a luxury, after all, behind him is the huge Chinese market, and China has not played in the NBA for many years.
Imagine if Zeng Fanbo can be selected by an NBA team this summer, and Zhang Zhenlin can also realize the NBA dream through the development of the league, then for the Chinese men's basketball team, the "weak edge" disease that has plagued them for many years will be solved.