After the end of each season in the CBA, the biggest topic of conversation is naturally the news of player transfers. Every team is engaged in an "arms race" for the new season, and if it can catch a "big fish" in the transfer market, it will bring a big improvement to the strength of the team. For example, Zhou Qi, who was previously competed by Liaoning and Xinjiang, and Adams, who has been competed by multiple teams, are obvious examples. But one player is not so lucky, a few years ago he was a sought-after internal support of CBA teams, but next season he may face a situation where there is no team to want, he is Zeng Wending, a Taiwanese player known as a "giant beast".
Speaking of Zeng Wending, many people don't know much about his skills, but they will have a deep impression of his long hair. Many fans at first glance also mistook him for a physically strong female athlete. Zeng Wending played in the Taiwan League in his early years, and over the years he was able to get the data of averaging 15+10 per game, and was one of the top center players in the SBL (Taiwan Super Basketball League), and was selected as the best team of the year many times.
In addition, he has also been selected for the Chinese Taipei Men's Basketball Team many times, and experienced the elimination of the Chinese team in the 2013 Asian Games Quarterfinals, in which they defeated the Chinese men's basketball team with the full main team.
Since the 2011-12 season, Zeng Wending has played for the CBA Shanghai team. Zeng Wending, who first arrived in Shanghai, was not the absolute main force of the team, and most of the time he played as a role player in rotation. Zeng Wending played in Shanghai for seven consecutive seasons, the most outstanding year was the 2014-15 season, when he averaged 8.8+6.3+2.5 per game. But except for that season, his performance was very average, and his subsequent transfer to Sichuan still had a mediocre performance, which caused many doubts.
Zeng Wending's performance on the court is difficult to satisfy fans, but he has repeatedly caused controversy for reasons other than basketball. In a pre-match national anthem session in the 2016-17 season, other teammates all looked up at the national flag and sang the national anthem, but Zeng Wending deliberately bowed his head in silence. Zeng Wending's move was angrily criticized by netizens, and in fact, this is not the first time he has done so. Zeng Wending even threatened on a television program after returning to Taiwan: "I only went to the mainland to make money, so why should I respect them?" ”
Although Zeng Wending is average in his ball skills and is only a blue-collar role in the CBA, he is indeed a lot of money in the Chinese mainland, and he has an annual salary of 2 million yuan when he plays for the Shanghai team. After being purged by the Shanghai team, the Sichuan team signed the 35-year-old Zeng Wending for 2 million yuan last year, which is really a mystery operation, and he only got 3 points and 2 boards last season, which made the Sichuan team suffer a big loss. Not only did he not have an outstanding performance on the field, but Zeng Wending almost did not play any role in driving young players off the field.
However, in the new CBA, we should not see Zeng Wending. His contract expired, sichuan team will not renew his contract, I believe other teams may not leave a place for such a player. On the other hand, his compatriot Lin Zhijie, although 3 years older than him, his skills and character are obviously above Zeng Wending. Lin Zhijie played for Guangsha for 10 years, was selected to the CBA All-Star Team 7 times, and his teammates have also improved significantly under the leadership of Lin Zhijie. The difference between Zeng Wending and his Fellow Taiwanese is not only strength, but also professional attitude.
It seems that the Taiwanese player who only recognizes money really has to go back to his hometown this time, the CBA is an arena, not his nursing home.