No more playing! The 22-year-old center has exited the CBA! The Guangdong men's basketball team has confirmed the termination of the contract.

Wow, this is so sudden.

The man who once elbowed the 16th pick of the 25th NBA draft, Zhang Mingchi, will temporarily stop playing professional games...

A well-known domestic basketball platform has revealed:The Guangdong team has confirmed the termination of Zhang Mingchi's contract.

The registration information for domestic players for the 24-25 season shows that Zhang Mingchi originally had two years left on his Class B contract with the Guangdong team, so this is considered an early termination. According to Zhang Mingchi himself,he left the team for personal reasons.

At the same time, Zhang Mingchi stated on his personal social media that he will not sign with any team for at least the next year.

Zhang Mingchi was born on October 31, 2002, standing 2.13 meters tall with a wingspan of 2.06 meters. Before his contract termination, he played for the Guangdong team for four seasons, mainly serving as a backup role. In the last regular season, he averaged 7.6 minutes, scoring 1.5 points and grabbing 1.2 rebounds per game. His talent and ability are relatively mediocre, but coach Du Feng still gave him some opportunities.

It is worth mentioning that the Guangdong team's major foreign aid last season, Morland, has confirmed his return to the Liaoning team for the new season.

With Zhang Mingchi and Morland leaving, and Gillenwater's CBA career basically ending due to a doping scandal, it means there will be significant changes in the Guangdong team's frontcourt for the new season. It all depends on how Coach Zhu will recruit during this offseason to quickly fill the gaps left by the departure of these three players.

The Guangdong team has long lost its former influence, finishing last season's regular season with only 31 wins and 15 losses, ranking seventh in the league. After barely advancing to the second round by beating the Shanghai team 2-1 in the first round of the playoffs, they were swept 3-0 by Shanxi, making it hard to associate them with the championship title anymore.

So far, the Guangdong team has signed two foreign players: Jarell McCall, 31 years old, standing 1.96 meters tall, who was traded from the Guangzhou team and averaged 22.9 points, 5.1 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2.1 steals last season; and former NBA player Trevlin Queen, 28 years old, standing 1.98 meters tall, who played for the Magic last season, averaging 4.9 points, 1.7 rebounds, 1.2 assists, and 1 steal.

It seems that the Guangdong team is preparing to create a new "Mason + Weems" combination for the new season, as both players dominated the CBA during their peak.

What do the fans think about the Guangdong team's prospects? Feel free to share your thoughts in the comments section!