Since Yao Ming retired from the NBA, NBA games have been difficult to attract the attention of ordinary Chinese fans. Although Zhou Qi has also played for the Rockets since then, because of his own strength, he almost became a water dispenser player in the Rockets, playing two seasons in the NBA, he only played 19 games, and then hastily quit the NBA. Fans are keen to see Chinese players playing in the NBA, and several news stories from the recent past have cheered fans. According to media reports, Zeng Fanbo, Zhang Zhenlin, Yu Jiahao, Guo Haowen, four players have planned to go to the United States for special training to impact the NBA.
Among these four players, the most popular fan is Zhang Zhenlin. Zhang Zhenlin joined the CBA for the past two seasons, his performance on the field is very eye-catching, often staging earth-shattering dunks in the game, last year also won the All-Star Dunk Contest championship, last year he also helped the Liaoning men's basketball team to win the second championship in team history. Many fans think that with Zhang Zhenlin's physical qualities, he is indeed a bit condescending if he stays in the CBA all the time. Many fans even think that Zhang Zhenlin already has the strength of the NBA, and he should appear in the world's top basketball game. However, two days ago, a scouting report poured cold water on the fans mercilessly, and it turned out that Zhang Zhenlin was still some distance from the NBA.
According to basketball reporter Song Xiang, NBA scouts have actually been paying attention to Zhang Zhenlin's movements, and also gave Zhang Zhenlin's scouting report in December last year. The report pointed out that Zhang Zhenlin is very physically talented, even better than many American professional players, he is very fearless in the game, likes to hit the basket, and even can complete the dunk in front of many foreign aides, and his dunk is often selected for the CBA's highlights. However, Zhang Zhenlin has many shortcomings, his ball holding ability is not good, and it belongs to the level below the average. Therefore, Zhang Zhenlin's independent offensive ability is relatively weak. In addition, Zhang Zhenlin's defensive ability is average, and the defensive position and timing need to be improved. There is also Zhang Zhenlin's three-point shot is also unstable.
This scouting report can be described as a sharp point to point out almost all of Zhang Zhenlin's shortcomings. Zhang Zhenlin's biggest disadvantage is that his independent offensive ability is relatively weak, and in this playoff, it can also be seen that Zhang Zhenlin's offensive scores are basically assisted by Zhao Jiwei and Guo Allen, or the secondary attack of grabbing offensive rebounds by himself, and there is a fast attack score after stealing the opponent. It is precisely because of the weak ability of independent offense that Zhang Zhenlin's average score per game is not very high, and he has averaged about 14 points per game in the two seasons of the CBA.
When it comes to Zhang Zhenlin's defensive ability, many fans may feel that Zhang Zhenlin often stages a stealing opponent in the game, and his defensive ability should be very good. This season, Zhang Zhenlin averaged 1.5 steals per game in the regular season and 1.8 steals per game in the playoffs, both in the top 20 of the league. However, a good steal does not mean that the player's defensive ability is excellent, just like Iverson has won the steal king for many seasons, but his defensive ability can only be considered average. In fact, Zhang Zhenlin's lateral movement speed is not fast, and the weak side defense often cannot keep up with people.
Finally, there is Zhang Zhenlin's three-point problem, this season Zhang Zhenlin's three-point projection ability has been greatly improved compared to last season, and in the 9 games of the playoffs, his three-point shooting rate is as high as 45.1%, even 5% higher than Zhao Jiwei. But Zhao Jiwei can be called a shooter, but Zhang Zhenlin is not, the reason is that his three-point stability is too poor. Zhang Zhenlin can throw more than five or six three-pointers in a game, and can also lose all of them in subsequent games. In the second playoff game with Shanxi, Zhang Zhenlin shot 8 of 12 three-pointers, but in the next two games with Guangdong, his three-pointers totaled only 5 and 1. In the first two games of the Finals, his three-point total of 3 of 10 shots was indeed very unstable.
In addition, Zhang Zhenlin is currently 23 years old, and it is really difficult for players of this age to impact the NBA. However, as long as Zhang Zhenlin is willing to work hard and continue to sharpen his skills, I believe he still has a chance to be favored by NBA teams.