Pei Songzhi of the Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms, Wei Zhi, Emperor Wu of Wu quotes the Spring and Autumn of Kyushu as follows: "Husband chicken ribs, abandon it as a pity, food has no gain, than Hanzhong, know the king's desire to return." This is the encyclopedia's classical interpretation of the word "chicken ribs". Nowadays, in the CBA League, there is such a player, he is dispensable in the team system, its role is like a tasteless "chicken rib", yes, he is the big forward who currently plays for the Sichuan men's basketball team - Zeng Wending.
As a CBA veteran, 2.04 meters tall, 34-year-old Zeng Wending, born in 1984 in Taipei County, Taiwan, graduated from Taipei Municipal Institute of Physical Education, as a basketball player, Zeng Wending won the 2001 Bao High School Basketball League Most Valuable Player. In the 2011-12 season, Zeng Wending joined the CBA League and played for the Shanghai men's basketball team for seven seasons. The 14-15 season was the peak of his CBA career, averaging 8.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.5 assists in 34 minutes per game. But after that, Zeng Wending's state declined year by year, and gradually faded out of the main rotation lineup of the team.
This season, "Little Zhuge Ge" Li Qiuping returned to the Shanghai team, and Li Qiuping, who wanted to lead the team to make a breakthrough, did not look at Zeng Wending, who was highly paid and low-energy, and the "braided brother" also lost his "job bowl". Soon, the Sichuan men's basketball team extended an olive branch to it, and if it was a treasure, it offered a pricey joining condition, and Zeng Wending entered Sichuan. However, in the new CBA season, Zeng Wending's performance is far from meeting the expectations of the new owner, averaging nearly 20 minutes per game, only 3.1 points and 2.3 boards, and 3 of the 11 games have swallowed eggs. As an inside player, Zeng Wending played "health basketball" in the Sichuan team, handed over the "one acre and three points" under the basket, and shot three points on the outside line, averaging 2.5 three-point shots per game, and the shooting rate was only a pitiful 25%.
As a Chinese treasure island player, Zeng Wending has been criticized by fans for his indifferent performance when he played the national anthem before the game. Now, with the overall decline of its offensive and defensive capabilities on the field, it has begun to play "health basketball". I have to say that the Sichuan team has "looked away" this time...