On April 23, Beijing time, recently, according to the report of China Sports News, a few days ago, the China Sports Museum collected the signed sneakers donated by Yao Ming, chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association, and the deputy director of the China Sports Museum, Jin Jin, accepted the donation on behalf of the museum and issued a collection certificate to Yao Ming. Yao Ming's signature sneakers will also be on display in the exhibition center of the China Sports Museum in the near future.
Yao Ming in the picture is wearing a black tracksuit and looks much more energetic than before. But Yao Ming, standing next to the curator, is still a behemoth, more than 50 centimeters taller than the curator, and the curator obviously belongs to the type of small bird. The 41-year-old Yao Ming's height of 2 meters and 26 meters and a weight of 400 pounds occupy half of the photo, no matter where Yao Ming walks, he is that bright existence!
Nowadays, the development of sports is inseparable from the attention of the majority of athletes, sports workers and all sectors of society, and Yao Ming, as the president of the Basketball Association, has also taken up this responsibility, made his own contribution to the sports museum, and also set an example for other players. In fact, every athlete, their sports experience, patriotic feelings, sportsmanship are condensed in this precious collection, and yao Ming's donated sneakers contain what meaning?
First of all, Yao Ming, as the representative of Chinese basketball in the past few decades, has led Chinese basketball into a new era, so the sneakers that fight side by side also represent Yao Ming's complete sports career, and even more represent Yao Ming's life! Yao Ming is the greatest basketball player in Chinese history, and his greatness began with a pair of sneakers!
In 1998, Yao Ming, as the main player of the Shanghai team, won the 5th place in the National Men's Basketball A League and was selected as a Chinese basketball star team. From here, Yao Ming's professional basketball career began here. In 2002, Yao Ming was selected by the Rockets as a champion, the first Asian champion in the history of the NBA, and then Yao Ming began his 9-year NBA journey.
After Yao Ming chose to retire, the Rockets not only retired Yao Ming's jersey, but also successfully entered the Hall of Fame, which is the biggest affirmation of Yao Ming's career. Many players have been unable to be inducted into the Hall of Fame after many years of retirement, and Yao Ming was inducted into the Hall of Fame along with O'Neill and Iverson, and became the first Asian player in history to be inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Later, Yao Ming chose to return to China and continue to shine in the basketball world, serving as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. A new CBA league for the Chinese people to make a wonderful appearance, but also look forward to Chinese basketball under the leadership of Yao Ming can go further.
In addition, everyone also knows that strictly speaking, Yao Ming does not have his own signature shoes, because as a center Yao Ming, such a large tonnage center player wears shoes that are very heavy and need a lot of extra protection. Therefore, it is not easy to make a pair of shoes for Yao Ming, and it is precious to get "big shoes" like Yao Ming!
Speaking of sneakers, Yao Ming also had a story in the sneaker contract he received. Yao Ming as an outstanding basketball star, once an NBA star, the year of the Show, Yao Ming naturally also received a lot of sneaker endorsement contracts, could have worn a famous foreign sports brand Yao Ming but rejected the other party, chose the sincerity of reebok, Yao Ming has Chinese should have the backbone and integrity!
At that time, a famous foreign sports brand for Yao Ming to make an "insulting" offer was rejected, and only gave Yao Ming two hours to consider, refused there was no opportunity to cooperate, and the negotiations between the two sides also reached an impasse. This attitude of "more than one for you, not more for you, less for you" completely angered Yao Ming. At this time, the top level of Reebok brought full sincerity, and the two sides reached a consensus and signed a 7-year and $50 million endorsement contract.
Facts have also proved that Yao Ming deserves to get such a sneaker endorsement contract, because Yao Ming has played his own value in the NBA career. So that later a famous foreign sports brand wanted to "intercept" Yao Ming, but Yao Ming still abided by the spirit of the contract and continued to work with Reebok, such a big player, completely refreshed the overseas players' cognition of Chinese basketball.
With the improvement of living standards, more and more people pay more attention to sports projects, but also pay more attention to the cultivation of young people's sports interests, and the China Sports Museum is shouldering the responsibility of inheriting Chinese sports culture and carrying forward the Chinese sports spirit. Yao Ming's donation of sneakers this time is also inspiring more young people to understand basketball, learn basketball, and continue more talents for the basketball cause. Hats off to this big man with high emotional intelligence and to the legend of Chinese basketball!
(Lin Xiaoxiang)