After the Olympics, Hachimura suddenly disappeared.
Disappeared without warning, the NBA began, the Wizards claimed: Yamura was absent for personal reasons,
What exactly is this personal reason, there is still no official hammer.
Some time ago, there was a rumor that the reason why Hachimura could not return was because his family had all suffered a car accident, and he was very sad.
However, such fake news was not broken after the social media of Hachimura's younger brother posted photos of luxury cars.
Another argument gradually emerged in the anecdotes - Yamura was scolded to be depressed.
All this has to start from 2019.
That year, the Wizards selected japanese player Yamura with the eighth pick, and as the first basketball player in the history of Japanese basketball to be selected by the NBA, he caused a complete sensation in the Japanese basketball world.
In the 19-20 regular season, as a rookie, he played for the Wizards for the first time, he averaged 13.5 points and 6.1 rebounds, and in the 20-21 playoffs, he averaged 14.8 points and 7.2 rebounds per game, shooting 61.7%.
Playing such a performance in the first two years of his career means that he has more potential and space to develop in the future.
What kind of economic effects will a Japanese player playing on an NBA team have?
He was selected by 2K as the cover man for the 2K22 Japanese edition, his economic benefits were named thirteenth in the NBA by ESPN, and he even became the standard-bearer of the Japanese Olympic Games, while leading the Japanese men's basketball team to defeat the fierce rival France!
It is said that the problem lies here.
As the host, in order to show diversity and inclusiveness, Japan not only invited "mixed race" Hachimura as the flag bearer of the opening ceremony, but even let Naomi Osaka serve as the main torchbearer and was responsible for lighting the torch.
Showing the inclusiveness of the host was originally a good idea, but it caused an uproar in Japan.
A large part of the Japanese people think that the Olympic Games are fooling around, and in their view, Hachimura is mixed with other skin colors of blood, not pure Japanese, and cannot truly represent Japan.
In the eyes of many Japanese people, Naomi Osaka, who grew up in the West and even spoke Japanese, represents them better than Yamura, who grew up in Japan and spoke Japanese.
It can be seen everywhere in japan's major forums, including those that intimidate Japanese officials and those who spray Hachimura.
For Hachimura, such a blow was almost devastating, because in his own eyes, he was an authentic Japanese.
Growing up in Japan, my classmates were Japanese, my relatives were Japanese, and my friends were Japanese.
When he was selected as the Japanese standard-bearer, he said in an interview: "I never imagined that he would receive such an honor before, which is the honor of his life." ”
Unfortunately, a large number of Japanese people do not think that he is Japanese.
In this case, I can understand his depression, but I can't think of a suitable way to break the game, maybe time will change everything.
It's like time has repaired the wounds of Hachimura to some extent.
After more than a dozen games, Hachimura finally returned, and this time he will play for the NBA Development League for a period of time before returning to the rotation lineup.
We don't know exactly how long it will take, but I hope he can come back as soon as possible.