On October 6, Beijing time, the NBA ended 9 big games, Curry, Lillard and other superstars including Tatum and others have played, but in the course of the Raptors' big victory over the opponent Philadelphia 76ers, there is a player who has attracted a lot of attention, this person is the Japanese team's foreign star Yuta Watanabe.
After Yamura's indefinite departure, Yuta Watanabe is now the only foreigner in Japan, and he also gave a very wonderful performance in the preseason, and has a good chance to get a formal guarantee contract through his own efforts. He signed a two-year contract with the Raptors last season, but only last season was guaranteed, and the next season was not guaranteed, Yuta Watanabe had to compete with these training camp players for a position, and against the Philadelphia 76ers, Yuta Watanabe's performance could be said to be perfect. He played 16 minutes and 52 seconds, and finally shot 4 of 7, 2 of 2 outside the three-point line to slash 10 points, in addition to 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks, 5 all-around play is very exciting.
And if Yuta Watanabe can successfully gain a foothold in the NBA, his performance should be a major warning to the big devil Zhou Qi and Guo Allen, why do you say so? Yuta Watanabe is the most typical example of success in chasing dreams, he is a lost draft, before he went to the NBA Yuta Watanabe has been developing the league to play, because he was not selected at the draft. On the one hand, it may be due to his physical talent, on the other hand, it may also have a lot to do with his skin color, after all, Yuta Watanabe is a pure Asian, he is Japanese. However, after not being selected in the draft, Yuta Watanabe did not give up, and he stayed in the development league waiting for an opportunity.
Soon he went to the Grizzlies one after another, and also went to the current Raptors, he played very well when he played for the Grizzlies, but the highlight moment was last season when he was in the Raptors, averaging 4.0 points and 3.2 rebounds per game, and once cut 21 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in a single game. Before he joined the NBA, Yuta Watanabe had been working in the development league for many years, and the salary he received in the development league was only $75,000, which was more than 10 times lower than the salary he could get to play in the B League in Japan, which is not an exaggeration.
Yuta Watanabe is definitely the top salary if she returns to Japan's B-League, and it will break through 100 million yen. But he played in the United States, he can only get $75,000, he insisted on so many years, has been choosing to stay in the ocean to chase his dreams, until he was favored by the NBA team, and his hard work and hard work were exchanged for an opportunity, which is a real inspirational legend. He left his hometown to play, and for that glimmer of hope, he paid 100% of his efforts and sacrificed a lot of money. Yuta Watanabe's success should give an example to many Chinese players, Asian players are not as physically as good as those black NBA players in the United States, that is understandable, but the same Asian, is the physical quality of Chinese players inferior to Yuta Watanabe?
But how many people can make such a choice as Yuta Watanabe? Zhou Qi's going to play in australia's NBL league is already a crucial step, but at least he can guarantee an annual salary of 4 million, which is also the first salary of the NBL. Before Yuta Watanabe realized his dream in the NBA, he always got a salary of $75,000 to develop the league, and other players like Guo Allen, maybe if they are willing to develop the league and insist on fighting with Yuta Watanabe for so many years, they may also have a chance to realize their dreams. But it can only be said that for more money, they still made their own choices, so that the two sides, as the leaders of their respective Chinese and Japanese basketball, may be able to answer why the gap between Japanese basketball and Chinese basketball is narrowing, and even one day in the future, Japan will really be able to defeat the Chinese men's basketball team. For these, Yao Ming Basketball Association should also have some feelings.