Another four years, the Chinese Basketball Association is about to usher in a change. For a time, speculation about the ownership of the leader was swirling, after all, Chinese basketball had fallen into a trough, and someone had to pull it back to the high ground. Whether Yao Ming can be re-elected and who will stand out is unknown. But the poison sir knows that many friends hope that Yao Ming will return to his hometown.
After six years of retirement, the 37-year-old Yao Ming became the president of the Chinese Basketball Association, the youngest helmsman in the history of Chinese basketball. The Basketball Association is a social organization, and the president of the Basketball Association does not even have an administrative title, but some people want to use it as an official position. Yao Ming is famous, one of the most influential players in the world, who earned a lot of US knives when playing, and also had sky-high endorsements after retiring. The "little giant" who combines wealth and fame has re-emerged as the chairman of the Basketball Association, so some people think about it, saying that he wants to be an official and wants to be crazy. The nationality of Yao Ming's daughter and wife has also become the handle of their criticism.
Fortunately, facts speak louder than words, and criticism did not set off any waves, until the 2019 World Cup, Yao Ming was pushed to the cusp of the storm. In the crucial round of the men's basketball World Cup group stage, the final moment of China's game against Poland, Zhou Qifa's sideline ball mistake buried the game. Next against Nigeria, the Chinese men's basketball team failed to win the victory and did not qualify for the Olympic Games, which almost sentenced the Chinese team to a "death sentence": since the Chinese sports delegation returned to the Olympic Games in 1984, the Chinese men's basketball team was absent for the first time.
Zhou Qi became a sinner, and was ridiculed as a Polish center who stole cakes. Li Nan became a sinner, and was ridiculed for playing the "diamond horn" trick. Yao Ming did not evade responsibility, and when he answered the question "If the responsibility must be borne by someone, who would it be" after the game, he said only one word in a categorical manner - I. But this does not seem to be enough to calm the people's anger, or some people want to criticize two sentences: "What a stupid decision to train troops in the World Cup." Inviting Li Nan to be the head coach, I think I want to cultivate cronies. ”
After the World Cup, the CBA has frequently had referee controversies. The new hatred and the old hatred are calculated together, and Yao Ming is pushed into the center of the public opinion storm. Yao Ming's management may be improper, and it is no harm to spit on two sentences. But to question his motives and intentions, that is, to eat dry charcoal and blacken his conscience.
Everyone knows that Yao Ming is a basketball genius once in a century, but what you may not know is that he did not like basketball when he was a child. Yao Ming's arms are short, his toes are particularly long, and he is easily injured by being stepped on. Cardiopulmonary function is also difficult to support his body, and even one ear has not been able to hear any sound because of the wrong vaccine. Therefore, Yao Ming in his childhood did not like basketball and completed mechanical training on the field every day. He didn't find happiness or determination until he saw a picture of his mother.
In the photo, Yao Ming's mother, Fang Fengdi, stands on the podium, which is a photo of her winning the bronze medal in the basketball game of the Asian Games in Tehran. Yao Ming was deeply moved by this photo: "Originally, if you play basketball well, you can go out for the country." Yao Ming has a strong interest in basketball, and playing for the country has become his life belief. Before landing in the NBA in 2002, Yao Ming wrote a letter of guarantee to the Chinese Basketball Association, promising to obey the basketball coordination at any time. After this, everyone knows, whether it is the World Championships or the Olympic Games, as long as a phone call, Yao Ming immediately returned to the team.
For Chinese basketball, Yao Ming sacrificed his career. Six months before the Beijing Olympics, Yao Ming suffered a stress fracture and needed to undergo nearly 1 year of recuperation after surgery. That season, Yao Ming averaged 22 points and 10.8 rebounds per game, and after returning from normal injury, he could get a big contract of hundreds of millions of dollars. But in order to play the Beijing Olympics, Yao Ming chose to make a hasty comeback, and the angry Rocket team doctor pointed to his nose, "You are so obstinate, you will not be able to play in the future."
"If I can't represent my country in the Olympic Games this time, it will be the biggest regret of my life," Yao Ming said with this sentence to suppress the team doctor. Surgery at the end of February, training in May, and returning to the national team at the end of July. Dragging the left foot of four steel nails, Yao Ming jumped up to grab the board again and again, and fought with the opponent again and again, and brought the Chinese men's basketball team from the "death group" to the top 8 of the Olympic Games. In the match against the German team, Yao Ming's foot was actually injured. He took off his shoes after the game, and his feet were bloodstained.
Years of conquest had overdrawn Yao Ming's body. In December 2010, he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot and was reimbursed for the season. On July 20, 2021, Yao Ming announced his retirement, when he was not yet 31 years old and locked in an NBA career of 8 seasons. "Big Dream" Olajuwon played for 18 seasons; the strongest opponent O'Neal, played 19 seasons. Howard, who was destroyed by a back injury, is still fighting with the Lakers. Yao Ming could go further and achieve higher honors, but he chose to achieve Chinese basketball.
At a private dinner party, sports commentator Yu Jia asked him why you want to be the president of the Basketball Association, which is obviously a hot potato. Yao Ming only said one sentence: "If a country lives and dies by profit, it is better to avoid it because of misfortune and happiness." "If it's good for the country, I can live or die. How can we escape because of calamities, and be possessed when we see blessings? Yao Ming is willing to devote his life to revitalizing the heart of Chinese basketball, which has existed before and is now, and will never change, whether he is a player, an official or an ordinary person.