The three Chinese overseas heroes: Wang Junjie refused the CBA, Lin Wei got up early to the evening market, Zeng Fanbo made his last try

In recent years, the wave of the younger generation of Chinese basketball's impact on overseas leagues has continued to surge. From the NCAA to the NBA, from the NBL to the Development League, every step of choice of players such as Wang Junjie, Lin Wei, and Zeng Fanbo has touched the expectations of domestic fans for "Chinese basketball going global".

Recently, the voices of many media people, players themselves and fans have gradually made the three players' plans for overseas study and the actual difficulties, and also reflect the complexity and difficulty of Chinese players breaking out in overseas competitions.

As one of the most popular overseas prospects, Wang Junjie's future path has formed a clear blueprint. Whether it is an exclusive interview with CCTV's "Basketball Park" or the information revealed by media person @Bai Xiaolan, he clearly stated that he "may participate in the NBA draft next year", and even if he loses the draft, he will give priority to overseas leagues (such as Australian SRP) and continue to polish it, and not consider other options until he is 24-25 years old - this means that the CBA is not within his planning scope for the time being.

This firm "outward rush" attitude is inseparable from his performance in the Asian arena: in this year's Men's Basketball Team Asian Cup, he averaged 23.5 minutes per game, with a shooting percentage of 56.1% and a three-point shooting percentage of 47.8%, and his impressive data of 13 points, 4.2 rebounds, 1.2 assists. He was not only selected as the best team in the Asian Cup, but also proved his value in adult national team-level events.

Media person @StarXia Australian Basketball further analyzed the rationality of Wang Junjie's planning: currently studying at the University of San Francisco, if he can play healthy and lock in the starting position in his junior year, he will directly test the NBA draft after the season is the best solution - if there is a draft market, stay at the team, if there is no one, withdraw and go to Australia to play SRP (NBL Player Development Program). With his experience in the Australian Center of Excellence, a new Canberra team (he has lived for two years) or a new Sydney team (many Chinese) will be the ideal place to settle down.

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fans also added that Wang Junjie has shortcomings in arm span and dynamic talent compared to black players of the same size. If he wants to gain a foothold in the NBA, he needs to improve his defense, rebounds and ball-holding ability while maintaining his shooting longboards. The upper limit in the future may be a rotation player who averages 15-20 minutes per game.

Unlike Wang Junjie's clear plan, Lin Wei, another player who announced his overseas study early, fell into the dilemma of "get up early and go to the market late".

As the first Chinese player to officially announce his overseas study after the end of last season, Lin Wei's original goal was the Australian NBL League, but media person @StarXia Australian Basketball revealed that he repeatedly missed the golden opportunity: after the door of Melbourne United was closed, the agency team failed to adjust its strategy in time - neither actively promoted trial training nor lowered salary expectations, resulting in the subsequent teams only willing to provide a contract of "DP (developing players) + part of SRP salary" (refer to Li Xianzhong's salary of more than 200,000 Australian dollars, which is far lower than this level).

NBL preseason is getting closer and closer to August 27. Even if we sign at this time, Lin Wei will have little time to adapt to the team and will have no room for performance this season.

The reason is, in addition to the timing error, the brokerage team's judgment of "the recognition of Chinese defenders in overseas markets" and even missed the opportunity to provide sincere advice from the outside world, which eventually put the overseas study plan to stagnate.

Compared to Lin Wei's passiveness, Zeng Fanbo is still making his final sprint to continue his NBA dream. His physical recovery is not clear at present, but @StarXia Australian Basketball gave specific suggestions: If you want to attack the NBA two-way contract, 1-2 games alone is far from enough. You need to recover through the US full-game ball game as soon as possible, focus on studying last season's Development League games (similar to the NBA preseason rhythm), and make good use of the window period of the Macau Games on October 10 (more than a month away) to integrate into the team's adaptation system in advance.

For Zeng Fanbo, the core task at the moment is to "prepare for the best physical condition". Only long-term preparation rather than temporary sprints can improve the possibility of extending the NBA journey.

From Wang Junjie's "steady planning", to Lin Wei's "missing timing", and then to Zeng Fanbo's "final sprint", the experiences of the three players outline different aspects of Chinese young players studying abroad: overseas are never lacking in talent, but they require accurate path judgment, professional brokerage support, and a clear understanding of their own positioning - as fans say, "NBL is suitable for training guards", "The scarcity of the inside makes Yang Hansen more advantageous", "Good agents can avoid players taking detours."

Although this road is full of uncertainty, their courage to break out of their comfort zone and challenge the upper limit of their ability is worthy of recognition. In the future, if we can avoid risks in planning and make up for shortcomings in polishing, we believe that these young players will eventually find their own position in overseas stadiums and inject new vitality into Chinese basketball.