On May 1, Beijing time, 19-year-old Zeng Fanbo will participate in the 2022 NBA draft, and in the future, Zeng Fanbo will devote himself to the plan to prepare for the draft, it is reported that Zeng Fanbo received an invitation to chicago joint trial, which is a good signal for Xiao Zeng who is ready to impact the NBA. Last year, Guo Haowen was invited to participate in the G League Elite Training Camp before the joint trial, but was not able to advance to the invited list of the Chicago joint trial. In contrast, Zeng Fanbo was recognized by the NBA team this year and was directly invited to participate in the Chicago joint trial. This means that Zeng Fanbo has NBA draft prospects, at least the possibility of being selected.
In fact, Zeng Fanbo has been preparing for the impact of the NBA for the past year, giving up the opportunity to play in the NCAA First Division, directly joining the NBA Development League's ignition team, and playing with a group of talented players with NBA prospects. According to the agreement with the CBA parent team Beijing Shougang, Zeng Fanbo needs to win a formal NBA contract this year, and if he can't achieve the goal, Zeng Fanbo will return to Beijing Shougang next season to play in the CBA League. Zeng Fanbo is only 19 years old, and there is still a lot of room for growth and potential.
On the other hand, a player can only have one chance to run in the NBA draft, and the maximum age limit is 22 years old, which means that once Zeng Fanbo cannot be selected this time, then he still wants to impact the NBA in the future, only through other means.
At this stage of the Chinese basketball world, in addition to Zeng Fanbo, there are other players trying to impact the NBA, Guo Haowen of the Shanghai men's basketball team went to the United States last year to register for the NBA draft, but the final stage chose to withdraw, and the 22-year-old Guo Haowen automatically participated in the election.
Among the players with stronger personal comprehensive strength, Zhou Qi, who has played in overseas Australian leagues in the past year, has received a summer training camp invitation from the NBA team Pacers, and is also the player who is most likely to play the NBA in the Chinese men's basketball team, but as the core of the Chinese men's basketball team, Zhou Qi also needs to represent the Chinese men's basketball team in the World Preliminary Tournament, Asian Cup, Asian Games and other events in the off-season, and the Pacers' summer training camp time conflicts, it is expected that Zhou Qi will give priority to the preparation of the national team.
After Zhang Zhenlin, 23, a 23-year-old member of the Liaoning men's basketball team, is working hard to impact the NBA and helping Liaoning win the championship, Zhang Zhenlin will rush to the United States this summer for personal training, hoping to achieve the dream of impacting the NBA by playing the NBA Summer League and the NBA Development League. Zhang Zhenlin originally had many years of experience in American school basketball, but chose to join the CBA League in the middle of playing in the NCAA First Division. Under the premise of helping Liaoning win the championship, Zhang Zhenlin will next go all out for his personal dream.
In addition to the men's basketball team, the Chinese women's basketball team is that 2 players have directly entered the highest stage, Sichuan's Han Xu and Inner Mongolia's Li Yueru will go to the WNBA next season to play, at present Han Xu has officially announced to join the New York Free Man, Li Yueru is still going through the relevant procedures, has not yet been officially announced, but I believe that the final trip can also be made. Being able to play on a platform with more excellent players and overall strength is a good thing for the development of Chinese basketball and can enhance the personal strength of players.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)