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Announced! Zhang Boyuan joins the big franchise! Another super star withdrew from the CBA

12:25am, 28 August 2025【Basketball】

American high school Veritas officially announced that Zhang Boyuan joined. Veritas High School will compete in the strongest high school league in the United States, EYBL.

In fact, Zhang Boyuan is already qualified to represent Shanxi team in the CBA for the 25-26 season, but he chose to go to overseas leagues to improve himself, which is also a common practice for young Chinese players today.

Zhang Boyuan was born on January 22, 2007. He is 18 years old this year. He is a 2.03-meter-high forward with both athletic ability. He has represented the Chinese National Youth Team in the U16 Asian Youth Championship (23 years), the U17 World Youth Championship &U18 Asian Cup (24 years), and the U19 World Cup (25 years). He has always been the team's number one core, that is, the best among players of the same age group in combat strength and talent.

This guy was named a four-star high school student in the United States without playing a game for the local league. Now he has joined Veritas High School. If nothing unexpected happens, he will pave the way for the NCAA in the future and then naturally target the NBA.

It is particularly worth mentioning that the US media NBA Draft Room previously released the 2028 draft forecast list, showing that Zhang Boyuan was selected in the 30th pick in the first round.

In history, no Chinese forward player has ever been called in the NBA draft, and maybe someone will make history soon.

As for Cui Yongxi, who signed a two-way contract with the Nets last summer, and Zeng Fanbo, who reached an E-10 contract with the Nets this summer, were eliminated in 24 and 22 years respectively.

Speaking of Choi Yongxi, according to New York Post reporter Lewis, he is preparing to participate in 5V5 training in Los Angeles, which may be the choice of some NBA teams. Not long ago, a well-known domestic media person said in a live broadcast that Cui Yongxi's US agency team has been looking for opportunities to sign an E-10 contract.

In December last year, Choi Yongxi suffered an ACL team torn apart during the competition for the Nets Development League team, and is expected to return in September this year. So there will be more and more news about him trying to return to the NBA recently, and the whereabouts of the new season will be settled.

The Chinese men's basketball team has now emerged and has achieved good results in the runner-up in this year's Asian Cup. It seems that we are indeed gradually moving away from the storm that has formed since the 2019 World Cup.