US media predicts the 28th NBA first-round pick! Zhang Boyuan scored 8 three-pointers and scored 35 points in the US high school competition

On October 12, Chinese player Zhang Boyuan’s Veritas Academy participated in 4 games of the Great Western Fall Classic. Zhang Boyuan hit 8 three-pointers in the fourth game and scored a new high of 35 points.

The specific performance is as follows:

First game vs layton 6 points

Second game vs brighton 12 points

Third game vs bingham 18 points

Fourth game vs lehi 35 points

Zhang Boyuan only went to the United States for more than a month and received offers from four NCAA universities

The details are as follows:

NCAA D1 Washington State University offer

NCAA D1 school UCR offer from University of California, Riverside

NCAA D1 University of Texas at El Paso offer

NCAA D1 University of California, Berkeley offer

In this year's U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, Zhang Boyuan averaged 14.7 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.1 assists per game.

According to the 2028 NBA Draft prediction by the American draft media NBA Draft Room, Chinese player Zhang Boyuan will be selected with the 30th overall pick in the first round of 2028.

Zhang Boyuan's main performances in FIBA ​​games in the past two years are as follows:

2025 U19 World Cup: 14.7 points, 5.1 rebounds, 1.1 assists and 1.4 steals.

2024 U17 World Cup‌: Averaged 17.1 points and 4.6 rebounds per game, shot 40.7% from three-point range, and scored 28 points in a single game against Lithuania.

2024 U18 Asian Cup‌: Led the team to third place and was selected into the best team of the tournament, averaging 17.2 points per game.

FIBA's official website rated him as the 14th rising star in the world in the U19 World Cup, saying he "will definitely join the Chinese national team in the future."

It is worth mentioning that Yang Hansen was noticed by the Trail Blazers because of the U19 Men's Basketball World Cup, and was followed for 2 years. In this year's draft, the Trail Blazers selected him with the 16th overall pick.