In the early years of the CBA, the Bayi men's basketball team was a well-deserved hegemon. Because of the special material selection mechanism, the Bayi team was full of talents in those years, and even supported half of the national team, Liu Yudong, Zhang Jinsong, Adi Jiang, Wang Zhizhi were the outstanding representatives of the Bayi team in those years. In 1999, Wang Zhizhi, who had reached the draft age of an international player in the NBA, reached the draft age of an international player, and the Dallas Mavericks, who had not yet changed to a lone ranger, selected the number four or five swingsters from China at the draft. However, due to various reasons, the trip could not be carried out until two years later, after many mediations, Wang Zhizhi finally went to Dallas after leading the Bayi team to win that season's championship in 2001, becoming the first person in China to play in the NBA.
In order to make up for the vacancy left by Wang Zhizhi, the Bayi team immediately transferred the best newcomer winner of last season's CBA from the Shenyang Military Region, and the fourth and fifth swing man Moko, whose playing style is quite similar to Wang Zhizhi's. In fact, at this time, the 18-year-old Moko also attracted the attention of the NBA. At that time, Zhang Xinmin, the head coach of the Shenbu men's basketball team, revealed that Moko was about to participate in the NBA training camp. Zhang Xinmin said when talking about Moko that one day Moko can really join the NBA, and the Shenbu men's basketball team will never mistake people's children and can be released at any time. But due to Wang's departure, Moko, who was promoted to the Bayi team, missed the NBA training camp in 2001.
In the 2001-2002 season, mocco, who was just 19 years old, won the position of the main center of the strong Bayi team, averaging 12.4 points, 7.5 rebounds, 1.1 blocks and 1.6 steals per game, and had the same flexible pace and firepower beyond the three-point line (31% of the three-point shooting rate was already high for interior players in an era when three-pointers were not very important). Let people temporarily forget Wang Zhizhi's departure. Moko's excellent performance also made him selected for the national team squad for the 2002 World Championships, but due to the presence of the three major centers, Moko did not embark on a trip to the World Championships in the United States. (Wang Zhizhi, one of the three major centers, did not participate in that World Championship.)
But it is also because of this season's excellent performance that almost everyone thinks that Moko will be the fourth Chinese basketball player to play in the NBA after the three major centers Wang Zhizhi, Battle and Yao Ming. At that time, the famous basketball brand Reebok also sent a endorsement contract to Moko, to know that Reebok was not inferior to Nike's big brand at that time, the most famous of the reebok spokespersons is the shark O'Neal, who just led the Lakers to win three consecutive championships. People are waiting for the draft in 2003, because Moko, who was a year younger than Yao Ming, was also 21 years old.
However, it was this summer that something happened that completely changed the trajectory of Moko's entire athletic career. In the summer of 2002, Wang Zhizhi participated in the summer league of the NBA that year because his contract with the Mavericks expired, in order to seek a new contract. In the end, the yin and yang mistake evolved into Wang Zhizhi's travel time in the United States and was expelled from the national team (the specific details I have written separately before, and I will not occupy the space here). As a result, at the draft meeting the following year, because of seeing the attitude of the Chinese Basketball Association to Wang Zhizhi, the NBA team did not dare to risk choosing the fourth and fifth swing man from China who was also a soldier like Wang Zhizhi. It was not until Wang Zhizhi returned to the national team in 2006 that the NBA dared to choose Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue from China again in the 2007 draft. At this time, Moko, who was only 25 years old, also missed the golden age of entering the NBA.
However, the frustration at the draft does not seem to have had much impact on Moko, and in the 03-04 season, Moco's stats once again improved by 18.5 points, 8.5 rebounds, 1.5 blocks, 1.6 assists and 2.4 steals. After Liu Yudong's first retirement, the Konan combination of Moko and Li Nan killed all sides in the league and led the Bayi team all the way to the finals. Moco, who could accumulate five technical fouls in the playoffs, was suspended for the second game of the Finals, and eventually lost to Guangdong, who created the second dynasty of the CBA. In the summer of 2004, Moko accompanied the national team to the Athens Olympic Games and helped the national team reach the Olympic quarterfinals again after 96 years.
Since then, for two consecutive seasons, the Bayi team has been unable to beat the Guangdong men's basketball team, and has won a runner-up and a third place. It was not until the return of Wang Zhizhi in the 06-07 season that Moko and Wang Zhizhi formed a terrifying twin tower to win the league championship again. From the 02-03 season to the 06-07 season, Bayi and Guangdong met four times in the finals, and both sides won two championships, which is the famous era of military and Cantonese hegemony, and the name of "South Dufeng and North Moko" also resounded throughout the country. However, in the 07-08 season, Moko suffered a rib injury after playing 28 regular season games, and the season was reimbursed. In the semi-finals, Wang Zhizhi, who was difficult to support alone, finally lost to the invincible Liaoning team and did not qualify for the finals, and the era of military and Cantonese hegemony ended. It is also because of this injury that Moko missed the Beijing Olympic Games held at his doorstep, which has to be said to be a pity.
But it was also this injury that Moko met the beauty queen fan of the Chinese women's basketball team and got married on September 9, 2009. However, heaven does not seem to have given up the torture of tough guys along the way, less than half a year after marriage, on February 15, 2010, Wang Fan suddenly suffered a lung infarction during training and died. The day after his beloved wife's death, people suddenly saw that Moko, who was only 28 years old, was already full of white hair. I always thought that the white-headed bridge section would only appear in novels or dramas, but this time it happened to this tough guy. Moko also became increasingly emaciated, withered throughout the year, and had no intention of playing. Losing the most beloved person, a white head overnight, this is really the biggest blow in life. Moco was depressed throughout the season, playing a total of four games for the Bayi team. It wasn't until the next season that Moko put on the Bayi team's shirt again, but after repeated torture, Moko's state was much worse than before.
Later, through the introduction of his friend Du Feng, Moko got acquainted with Zhou Yafei, the queen of Asian butterflies, and Zhou Yafei took the initiative to pursue Moko, who at first had deep feelings for his deceased wife and did not agree. Later, Zhou Yafei touched Moko, and Moko finally proposed to Zhou Yafei at the wedding of his friend Zhang Qingpeng in 2012. In 2014, Zhou Yafei gave birth to a daughter, and the family was happy and happy. It was also in this year that the 32-year-old Moko ended his career early. And Moko's most admirable thing is that although he has remarried. Moko is still filial to support Wang Fan's parents, to this day.
From young ambition to frustrated NBA draft, from rising again to a white head overnight, this rare tough guy in the Chinese basketball world has always suffered from fate. Although he had worked hard enough, he never caught up with the self he was looking forward to. However, in the Chinese basketball world, almost everyone will give a thumbs up when mentioning Moko, he is synonymous with tough guys, he is synonymous with good men.
After retiring from the army, Moko has never left his beloved basketball, and he has served as an assistant coach in the Bayi team and the Sichuan team. I hope that one day, Moko can fulfill his unfulfilled dream in his disciple.