Beijing Men s Basketball Official: Pre-registration for Zeng Fanbo + If you fail to compete for the NBA, you can return to the team. Zhu Yanxi may retire

On August 30, the Beijing Men's Basketball Team officially issued an announcement stating that it has completed the registration of domestic players in the 2025-2026 CBA League. In addition to introducing Zhao Rui, two new faces are Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yonghan, a post-00s player. The Beijing Men's Basketball Team official also revealed that it will pre-register for Zeng Fanbo, so that he can return to the Beijing Men's Basketball Team if he is blocked from his NBA. However, the veteran Zhu Yanxi, who has won three championships, is likely to retire and transform.

According to the registration situation announced on the CBA official website, the Beijing Men's Basketball Team has registered 16 domestic players. The official announcement of the Beijing Men's Basketball Team also wrote: "Beijing Shougang Basketball Club has completed the registration of domestic players in the 2025-2026 CBA League. In addition to Zhao Rui, there are two new faces that have attracted everyone's attention - Zhang Zhiyao and Li Yonghan. These two young players born in the 2000s will inject fresh blood and infinite vitality into the new season of the Beijing Men's Basketball Team!"

The Beijing Men's Basketball Team also introduced the situation of the two young players born in the 2000s, and they will become the fresh blood of the Beijing Men's Basketball Team.

In addition, when responding to the player's questions, the Beijing Men's Basketball Office revealed that it would pre-register for Zeng Fanbo. CBA pre-registration refers to the club's exclusive signing rights during the registration period and registering for players who are still playing in other leagues. The main purpose is to allow players who challenge overseas leagues to successfully join the already-run season when some situations happen during the season. In order to ensure the smooth progress of the registration work of CBA clubs, the CBA relaxes the registration period for some players. Players who meet the requirements can pre-register the club before August 31, and then complete the registration within 7 days after the player returns to China.

Zeng Fanbo has signed a training camp contract with the Nets, but whether he can upgrade to a two-way contract and truly enters the NBA is still unknown. He needs to prove his strength in the China Game in October.

Currently, the Nets still have two quotas for two-way contracts. After all, they have just cut off two-way contract player Tosan Erwoma, and the Nets only have Etienne one two-way contract player. Zeng Fanbo needs to compete with Grant Nelson and Teres Samuel for the remaining two-way contract quotas.

In addition, the veteran Zhu Yanxi, who was a three-time champion of Beijing Men's Basketball Team, did not register, which also means that he missed the CBA in the new season. Zhu Yanxi was reimbursed for one game due to injury last season. The Beijing Men's Basketball Team has renewed the contract for veterans with Zhai Xiaochuan and Fang Shuo, so Zhu Yanxi was unable to renew the contract for veterans and he was facing retirement and transformation.