On October 18, 33-year-old Wu Youfa Weibo said: "I haven't played a career for 33 years, is it necessary to try again?" A free sentence, but it carries a lot of feelings.
He received an invitation from the Southeast Asian Professional Basketball League ABL. Subsequently, we saw Wu You striding onto the road to realizing his dreams: invitations, trial training, formal joining... Wu You went from being the king of street ball to a professional player.
Although it is only an ABL league that almost no one pays attention to, he has fulfilled his dream... This time, people who liked and hated him unanimously supported him. The Sect Master is also because Wu You let us experience the dreamy feeling of the ideal becoming a reality.
Real wins and losses, high-intensity confrontations, rhythms... The sense of ritual in professional sports cannot be replicated in amateur competitions.
However, everyone did not think about it. Wu You's dream that had been so hard to achieve would come to an abrupt end. On December 8, according to Weibo @Demigod Half Carter, Wu You will quit the ABL Macau Wolves, which also means that his short career is over.
Although Wu You himself did not have an official announcement, his wife Yang Shuyue's Weibo also confirmed the news of his retirement.
Why? Someone gave the explanation: play match-fixing! Wu You's last goal before the news of his retirement came out, and he played for the Macau Wolves 73-74, suffering a five-game losing streak.
Oddly enough, the Macau Wolves led by 12 points at the start of the fourth quarter, but were equalized by the other side within minutes. Then in the last moment 1 point of shame.
After the game, Wu You sent a Weibo message saying: "My basketball world has been tarnished. Hearing Wu You say this, everyone is more convinced: match-fixing! Definitely a match-fixing!
But can this be determined to be a match-fixing? The main teacher said, no. The last quarter was reversed by a dozen points, and what a normal thing. A few of their own iron opposites into a few, ten minutes in an instant is gone.
Moreover, we are not at all sure what Wu You means by "dirty". The hat of the match-fixing ball is very large, and it cannot be easily buckled in the absence of evidence. Wu You then deleted the weibo, and the Macau Wolves officially issued a statement:
What the truth is, let's wait and see how things unfold. What is certain now is that Wu You's career has ended in a hurry.
In the only 6 games of his career, Wu You averaged 1.6 points, 1.3 rebounds and 1 assist per game, and the highest score in a single game was only 5 points. On his debut, he lost a mistake.
Every minute he was there, he was facing the gap between professional and amateur. But the NBA still has a rookie wall. As the competition progressed, Wu You was also getting better.
Due to physical conditions, Wu You may have difficulty scoring. But he can use his organizational skills to give assists to his teammates.
Still, there are wonderful attacks like this! Even Wu You himself praised!
Only now, it all came to an abrupt end. Wu You's dream-chasing journey, which seemed absurd, was also ridiculed by many people. Some people say that he quit the team because of too much food.
People who say this don't realize the cruelty of professional games. You may not believe it, according to statistics, 135 of the players who played in the NBA last year are no longer in the league. How many people come in and out, no one pays attention at all.
So Wu You, has he realized his dream? Must be counted! The coach felt that it was like the 29-minute NBA career that the elder Ingram had waited for 10 years in the development league.
Even if it is like a dream of yellow sorghum, it ends in a hurry. The moment it is achievable, it is enough.
Moreover, leaving the professional arena, Wu You can do a lot more!
His career was over, but his basketball career wasn't.