{"id":153139,"date":"2025-08-03T02:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=153139"},"modified":"2025-08-03T02:24:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T06:24:31","slug":"nets-new-tradition-fanbo-zeng-signing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2025\/08\/03\/nets-new-tradition-fanbo-zeng-signing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets Start New Tradition With Electric Scorer’s Signing"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Brooklyn Nets are continuing their commitment to China’s growing hoops scene and have signed Fanbo Zeng<\/a> to an Exhibit 10 contract on Saturday, per HoopsHype insider Michael Scotto<\/p>\n

Zeng is a three-level scorer, averaging 14.7 points (on .530-.409-.779 splits) per game for the Chinese Basketball Associations’s Beijing Ducks in 2024-25. As the Nets now have 21 players under contract, he faces an uphill battle in his efforts to be on the team’s roster for the 2025-26 season opener. It’s also worth mentioning that he’ll “miss the upcoming Asia Cup after Team China determined he has not yet recovered sufficiently<\/a> to compete,” per People’s Daily, China on X<\/em>. “The 22-year-old suffered a hard fall during the CBA Playoffs in April and was later diagnosed with a fractured lower vertebra.”<\/p>\n

However, Brooklyn’s depth is weakest at power forward, which is his primary position.<\/p>\n

Nets Start New Tradition With Fanbo Zeng Signing<\/h2>\n

The Nets adding a Chinese prospect could become tradition<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last August, they gave young wing Jacky Cui<\/a> a chance to make his mark, offering him a two-way contract<\/a>. Just three months after joining Brooklyn he tore his ACL<\/a> while on assignment with their G League affiliate. Prior to Cui, it had been 14 years since a Chinese player was on the roster; then the New Jersey<\/em> Nets traded Yi Jianlin<\/a> to the Washington Wizards. Next year, it could be 7-footer Sinan Huan, a four-star prospect<\/a> with offers from programs like Florida.<\/p>\n

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Just In: The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a deal with Fanbo Zeng, one of the best prospects in the CBA, sources told @hoopshype<\/a>. The 22-year-old, 6\u201910\u201d forward averaged 14.7 points on 53% from the field and 41% from 3-point range, 4.6 boards and 1.6 blocks with the Beijing Ducks. pic.twitter.com\/oI2tHxuBlo<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Michael Scotto (@MikeAScotto) August 3, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n