The CBA's most generous foreign aid, who is reluctant to throw away the hole in his socks, is willing to give thousands of dollars to reward his teammates
Snails and basketballs
2024-04-09 11:25Published in Yunnan
Each person is rewarded with $500 for winning, $1,000 for two dunks, and often invites teammates to dinner, and once donated $100,000 to his hometown, he is very generous to others, but very stingy with himself, has been wearing several sets of clothes provided by sponsors, and even reluctantly throws away socks with holes, this conscientious foreign aid is named Samuel Dalem Porter.
On October 25, 2015, Damham Porter was cut by the NBA's Mavericks, and more than a month later, he signed a contract with the Shanxi team of the CBA, thinking that the 34-year-old was coming to China to make money, but he did not expect that the salary was not high, and he repeatedly rewarded his teammates with money, which made the Shanxi team overjoyed.
In order for Shanxi to beat Beijing at home and repay the home fans with a victory, Durham Porter promised to reward each teammate with $500 for every win and $1,000 for each player who dunked twice in the game to boost morale.
After the game, he smiled and gave his teammates a bonus of $1,000 to Yan Pengfei, who completed two dunks. Later, against the stronger Liaoning team, he promised to invite the whole team to a high-end restaurant for a big meal as long as he won......
Compared with those temperamental and troublesome foreign players, Delham Porter seems approachable, he came to China to mingle with his teammates, and discussed with his teammates why the CBA jersey can only be printed with a maximum of 4 Chinese characters, and his name can not be written in full, only the word "Porter" can be written, and the funny tone makes his teammates laugh.
Compared with those foreign aid who even have to translate and pay for coffee and skip orders when eating, Daimpot is extremely generous. He played in the NBA for 13 seasons and earned a total of $91.59 million, which is enough for a frugal player, and he also made some investments with this money, and there is no shortage of money at all.
Some foreign aides are richer than him, but they are only generous to themselves, stingy with others, and even treat Chinese teammates as entourage, and do not treat the CBA as a professional league at all.
Unfortunately, he is a player who is stronger than offense, and his contribution on the offensive end is very limited, averaging 12.7 points, 11.5 rebounds, 0.6 assists, 1 steal, 2.2 blocks per game in the first season of the Shanxi team, and the shooting rate is 51.5%, and he failed to lead the Shanxi team to the playoffs, but the management and players like this conscientious basketball leader very much, and finally the Shanxi team chose to renew his contract with him for another year.
Unfortunately, after playing 20 games in the second season, he suffered finger and knee injuries, and had no choice but to terminate his contract amicably with the Shanxi team, and he announced his retirement after leaving the CBA. He didn't end his basketball career in the CBA, but his character and quality left a deep impression on Chinese fans, and whenever someone mentions him, they will remember that he is a good player and a good person.
In addition to being kind and helpful in the CBA, he also helped many people during his time in the NBA, especially when the earthquake occurred in his hometown of Haiti, his actions touched many people - he donated $100,000 at the first time, donated a lot of supplies, and filmed a promotional video calling on people to lend a helping hand to Haiti, NBA officials, NBA players and fans responded and provided great help to the Haitian people.
He also felt that he hadn't done enough and chose to return to the disaster area during the game, a decision that was strongly supported by the team (among other things, the NBA did a really good job of caring for people), he was the only Haitian player to play in the NBA at the time, and there were many people who knew him, and he hoped that his presence would bring encouragement to those who were suffering and help them to pick themselves up and rebuild their homes.
"I can't save the world, I can't save my country, but I can help some children and give them hope," he said. As long as there is a little help, I will not hesitate to do it. During that time, he stayed in the hardest-hit areas and did everything he could to help the Haitian people, which was so touching that the NBA awarded him the Kennedy Citizen Award for his outstanding contributions to the Haitian people during the earthquake in Haiti.
Later, he partnered with UNICEF to establish the Durham Porter Foundation, which works to help underprivileged children in Haiti. Perhaps because he had an unhappy childhood, he hopes to help more children grow up healthy when he can.
His childhood was difficult, his parents went to France to earn a living when he was very young, he stayed in Haiti to live with his grandmother, often without food and clothing, until he was 14 years old, his parents settled in Canada, he was able to go to Canada to reunite with his parents, and it was only then that he began to learn systematic basketball training.
Later, he grew to 2.11 meters, with an arm span of more than 2.20 meters, excellent jumping and flexibility, breaking the school's all-time scoring and blocking records in high school, and setting a new block record in college, making him the No. 26 pick in the first round of the NBA2001 class.
After entering the NBA, he became a rich man and immediately brought his family to live in the United States, but he himself has always been very frugal and does not let his family spend lavishly, so although his salary is not high, he has saved a lot of money, of course, he is not a miser, whenever someone needs help, he will be generous, this virtue is admirable!