Remember "Boss Fur", as an all-star player of the former Rockets, Yao Ming broke into the good comrade-in-arms of the NBA period, and time flies, he just turned 44 today.
Recalling the 1999 NBA draft, Francis was won by the Grizzlies with the second pick in the first round, traded to the Rockets before the 1999/00 season, and then "Boss Fur" left the NBA to sign with Beijing Shougang at the end of 2010, but soon terminated the contract.
Although Francis's career has been mixed, in his brilliant period, "Boss Fu" still won the second place in the dunk contest and qualified for the All-Star starter 3 times, of course, the most memorable thing for Chinese fans is undoubtedly his brotherly relationship with Yao Ming.
At that time, "Dayao" had just entered the league and suffered a lot of questions, but as the big brother in the team, Francis always supported this Chinese guy in front of the media, and Yao Ming also expressed his gratitude to Francis more than once.
Today, Yao Ming enjoys a very high reputation in China, and in the development of Chinese basketball, the status and presence are extremely heavy, compared with the former big brother Francis at the age of 44, but he is a bit of a waste.
What makes people sigh is that after retiring, the "Boss Fu" did not become a TV commentator like other peers, or continued to stay in the basketball circle, as an assistant coach or work in the management of other teams, and the playful Francis wantonly squandered money, ate the old money, and later became addicted to drugs, burned a lot of wealth, not only less and less money, but also the body was on the verge of emergency.
It can be seen that Francis today is very different from the peak of his career, almost not a person, not only puffy, but also extremely heavy eye bags, looking very mentally poor.
Not only that, the love life is also hit hard, just a few years ago, Francis and his wife who has been with him for many years divorced, the two children did not follow him, he also had to give huge maintenance every month, and later Francis was also taken to the police station because of suspected theft and drunk driving, which can be described as a mess!