Last season's super dark horse Shanghai men's basketball team had a difficult time this season, with a record of 1 win and 2 losses in the first 3 games of the season. The difficult victory over the Tianjin men's basketball team and the tragic defeat to the Guangzhou men's basketball team and the Guangdong men's basketball team all reflect that the strength of the Shanghai men's basketball team has dropped significantly. The most important reason why the Shanghai men's basketball team struggled is that the team's internal strength is too poor. Three games rebounded and lost 26, 8 and 18 respectively!
Last season, Yabuselle was extremely impactful, he completely supported the inner line of the Shanghai men's basketball team, but this season Minaras was completely a small foreign aid to play, which is the main reason for the weakness of the Shanghai men's basketball team. In addition to Minnalas, the Shanghai men's basketball team also has an inside player Zeng Wending! In the first three games of the season, he started every game, but it was a pseudo-starter, averaging only 6 minutes per game, shooting 1 of 3 in total, and had 3 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists. In the home match with the Guangdong men's basketball team, Zeng Wending started for 5 minutes, and all the data was hanging zero! Zeng Wending's poor performance is not because he does not have enough playing time, but his state is really too bad! The Shanghai men's basketball team most needs someone on the inside to grab rebounds and defense, but Zeng Wending is basically floating on the outside line, three points can not be shot, the defense can not be defended, the Shanghai men's basketball team naturally does not give him too much playing time.
This summer, Zeng Wending renewed his contract with the Shanghai men's basketball team for 1 year, and it is reported that the annual salary is 2 million, which is his 7th season with the Shanghai men's basketball team. Zeng Wending at his peak was indeed very practical, averaging 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.0 steals and 0.5 blocks per game in the 14-15 season, and he was indeed worth 2 million in the case of scarce local interior line. However, with the increase of age, the 33-year-old Zeng Wending's state has seriously declined, averaging only 4.0 points, 3.1 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game last season, and his ability to plan and defend has been seriously degraded, completely devoid of the style of "Treasure Island Scola". With an annual salary of 2 million yuan, but only playing 6 minutes per game, Zeng Wending has also become a representative of high salary and low energy.
In fact, the Shanghai men's basketball team does not need to leave Zeng Wending with a high salary, after all, his role is already very small. In the case of the introduction of Dong Hanlin, and then strive to keep Wu Guanxi, plus Zhang Zhaoxu, the Shanghai men's basketball team can still maintain a good strength. At present, what the Shanghai men's basketball team needs most is the interior defense and protection rebounds, which Zeng Wending can't do. According to Zeng Wending's current poor performance, this is probably his last CBA season!