China’s top prospect, Fanbo Zeng, has opted to join the G League’s Ignite team, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reports.
Zeng, an 18-year-old 6’10” forward, originally committed to national championship runner-up Gonzaga. He’ll now pursue his NBA dream in the Ignite program, which was designed for top prospects that didn’t want to go the one-and-done route in college.
Zeng, who will be eligible for the 2022 draft, is no stranger to the U.S. He played for Windermere (Fla.) Prep from 2018-20 after moving from China the previous year and was ranked as a four-star prospect.
He was recruited to the Zags by assistant coach Tommy Lloyd, who left Gonzaga to become Arizona’s head coach.
Zeng is the second highly-regarded forward to commit to the Ignite for next season. Five-star recruit Michael Foster Jr. signed with the Ignite on Friday.
The inaugural Ignite featured Jonathan Kuminga and Jalen Green, two of the top five prospects in this year’s NBA draft. However, The Athletic’s Sam Vecenie said in Charania’s story that Zeng is more of a “long-term project” than a surefire first-rounder next year.
As someone that lives in the area, I’m frustrated that I can’t see the Ignite play live…they’d have quite a fan base if given the opportunity
Ignite is located in the San Francisco area
G League Warriors is located far away from San Francisco
Wrong again. It only a 30 minute drive from SF, depending on the time of day. You can practically see where they play from SF.
I know where they’re located and I’m one town over…how would you have any idea whether I was “wrong” or not to begin with?
@Sillivan, you’re in dire need of an update from your programmer
@ABSstract I wasn’t saying you were wrong. I was saying Sillivan was wrong. I grew up one town over. My mother worked near where they will play.
You should be able to them next season. 2020 was different because of Covid-19.
Fanbo Zeng is another Johnny Juzang
Zeng has left handed Chris Bosh skills
The ceiling is Smiley-like…
Sounds like his basketball career is about to catch fire…if you know what I mean
hope this kid turns into HOFer. middle finger to china.