He was the first Japanese player to enter the NBA, before him there was no Asian guard in the NBA, when he made history, known as "Japan Jordan", once threatened to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team in three years, his name is Tian Wo Yongtai, how is his real level like fire?
On October 5, 1980, Yuta Tian was born in Kanazawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, under the influence of his sister, he began to play basketball from an early age, and received a more systematic basketball training, basketball skills far exceeded his peers, in high school he basically swept all opponents, won 9 consecutive championship trophies, became a hot basketball genius in Japan, with high commercial value, once and Knicks star Yuin shot an advertisement in Madison Garden.
Shooting an advertisement at the Knicks home gave Tian Wo Yongtai a seed, since then he has entered the NBA as the only goal, he continues to polish his basketball skills, has a good passing technique, a good sense of passing and a wide field of vision is good at jump shots, but unfortunately his height is finally fixed at 1 meter 75, height is a fatal hard injury.
If He develops in Japan, he can have a bright future, and his basketball skills are enough to make up for the shortcomings of his lack of height, but he wants to challenge the impossible, give up the great development prospects in China, choose to study at Brigham Young University Hawaii, and want to get the attention of NBA teams by playing NCAA.
In the first two years of the NCAA, Tian Wo Yongtai almost did not get the opportunity to play, from the third year, he slowly gained a stable playing time, averaging 7.6 points and 6.6 assists per game, this year's lone ranger who favored international players invited him to participate in the summer league, his sharp breakthrough attracted the attention of some teams, and later the Nuggets signed him, but he only played 3 preseason games before he was fired by the Nuggets.
Nearly a year later, the Suns threw an olive branch to Tian Wo Yongtai, and the two sides signed a one-year contract, but Tian Wo Yongtai only got 4 appearances, averaged 4.3 minutes per game, averaged 1.8 points, 1 rebound and 0.8 assists per game, similar to Sun Yue's statistics in the Lakers, and he was fired again soon after.
The following year, Heta signed with the Clippers, but did not get a chance to play, and after more than a month he was sacked again, and since then he has not won the favor of NBA teams, he played in the NBA Development League for two years, then played in the ABA (American Basketball League) for two years, and then returned to Japan.
The experience of staying in the United States makes Tian Woyong too confident, he once threatened to lead the Japanese men's basketball team to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team in three years, he has been selected for the national team 6 times, the first 3 times are representing the junior group, the last 3 times only 1 is the world's major competition, that is, the 2015 men's basketball Asian Championship, his performance is not good, only 5 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists per game, this performance is a joke to beat the Chinese men's basketball team.
The most brilliant period of Tian Wo Yongtai was in high school, he did not have a satisfactory life in the United States to chase dreams, when he returned to Japan to develop, he had passed the peak period, although he played a good performance, but failed to help the Japanese men's basketball team to achieve good results.
A player with a height of 1 meter 75 dares to give up the great development prospects of the country to chase his dream in the United States, which is really rare. And he has signed with NBA teams many times and officially played 4 games in the NBA, which shows that his ball skills are indeed excellent, so that the NBA team still signed him in the case of his serious lack of height, and it is not too much to get the title of "Japan Jordan".