This season's NBA draw conference has ended, the first sign belongs to the Magic, the Thunder get the list, the Rockets get the probe, these rotten teams have gained what they want, but China's 1st talent, Zeng Fanbo, who has a great chance to impact the NBA this year, suddenly withdrew from the NBA unified examination - joint trial.
Sources show that he will not travel to Chicago, but will stay in California for solo training.
According to the news of American journalist Shen Yang, Zeng Fanbo's physical condition did not have any problems, and the reason why he withdrew was because he had been given the opportunity to try alone.
At that time, Zeng Fanbo showed his talent in front of the general managers of 30 teams. The agency runs a trial separately, directly facing those general managers, which may be his best chance to prove himself.
Although the words are reasonable, but as the saying goes, one more choice is one more hope, after all, in this invited list of single-weight players, 75%-80% will get the possibility of being selected, why did Zeng Fanbo refuse to jointly practice? Some analysts have given 4 possibilities.
1. Zeng Fanbo is a super or top rookie
There are also many players in the history of the NBA who have refused to jointly try, they are amazingly talented, they think they can make steady progress to the lottery, and even the top 10 or even the top 3, including the Warriors' Wiggins, the 76ers' Embiid and other stars, are other teams to rush for players. And is Zeng Fanbo such a player?
Zeng Fanbo was born in 2003, 19 years old, 2 meters 07 tall, weighs 86 kilograms, and plays the forward position.
During his high school spelling for the Windermere Reserves, Tsang was named a four-star player and was named to the Florida First Team.
In 2021, he was favored by the NCAA's top school Gonzaga, but with the departure of Gonzaga's assistant coach, he chose to repent, and finally signed a contract with the development league ignition team.
This season, Zeng Fanbo played 13 games in the Development League's Ignition Team, averaging 21 minutes per game, scoring 5.8 points and 2.8 rebounds, and the 19-year-old was the first day of Chinese basketball. Although the data is ordinary, he still got a joint trial invitation from the NBA official. You know, the NCAA has thousands of college players who can't get that opportunity.
This is enough to show that Zeng Fanbo has a superiority, we say that we may not become a starter, but it is also possible as a stable substitute, not to mention growing to Harden's level, growing to the level of "demon knife", it is also possible.
2. He is hiding his strength.
Zeng Fanbo's selling point is athleticism and 3D attributes, he shot 40% of the three-point shooting rate in the development league this year, and with only 13 minutes on the court, he delivered 0.8 blocks, which is extremely efficient.
Zeng Fanbo is good at running and jumping, and can be competent in multiple positions. At present, the representative of the all-round players in the NBA is James, 37 years old, who can still play an average of about 30 points per game. Zeng Fanbo is only 19 years old, and the future is infinitely bright.
Coupled with the unique Background of the Chinese Market, it seems that there is no shortage of markets. Zeng Fanbo just used this to conceal his strength and avoid being problemed by the team, and then lower the price.
3. He has received verbal promises from a certain team.
Recently, an NBA draft columnist believes that Xiao Zeng may be selected with the 40th pick.
The 40th pick is the Second Round No. 10 show, which is much higher than the NBA draft picks before the two core centers of the Chinese men's basketball team today, Zhou Qi (43rd overall) and Wang Zhizhi (57th pick).
Now, according to media reports, the Lakers, Lone Rangers, Nets and other teams have a strong willingness to Zeng Fanbo. If you really gave Zeng Fanbo a verbal promise, it is not too surprising.
4. His strength is not good, and he is afraid of revealing the stuffing in the joint trial.
The draft report given by Alan Lug, a draft expert on the NBAscoutinglive website, commented on Zeng Fanbo like this:
A two-striker with sportiness and skilled skills, he is versatile on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends and has a very attractive prospect.
Versatile scorers who can shoot from any angle on the field, as well as potential passers and extremely talented blockers.
Running without the ball is good and opens up space for the team that selected him.
Possession, ball dealer, passing vision and selfless style of play have the potential to become an organizational striker.
But the disadvantages are very fatal: one is the lack of experience in the game; the other is the lack of proficiency in possession.
He has yet to prove how far he can persist in his confrontation with high-level athletes, which limits his draft market to some extent. When the opponent is targeted defensively, it is easy to lose the ball in the process of advancing with the ball.
The NBA is the highest talent reserve base in basketball, extremely confrontational, these two shortcomings, but also directly all his advantages, become a bubble.
In general, Zeng Fanbo's prospects are bright, and whether he can successfully break into the NBA depends on his own efforts.