Now, Zhou Qi had won the CBA championship, and he had gone to America to pursue his dreams.
He smiled and said,"Zhou Qi went to the NBA. This is something worth celebrating."?There was another good news here, and that was that another Chinese player was going to the NBA.”
His words should have caused an uproar, but unexpectedly, the reporters present were puzzled and surprised.
"Who is it? Who?" A reporter shouted, as if he didn't believe that there were still Chinese players going to the NBA.
Yao Ming signaled for them not to be anxious. He smiled and said,""Mobai."
Mobai was a new and popular player in the country. There was no reason for the reporters to not know about him. The scene was instantly in an uproar.
"Really?"
"That's impossible. A freshman who has never played in the UEFA or CBA. This is a young man with no professional experience.”
"I feel like this is a joke."
The reporters at the meeting were all talking at once. Almost none of them had any confidence in Mobai. Most of them were joking. After all, Yao Ming loved to tell jokes.
When everyone saw Yao Ming's serious face, they all shut up. They felt that this wasn't a joke.
"I hereby announce that Mobai will participate in the 2017 draft." After the news ended, he immediately applied to the NBA!”(For the record, the NBA chose 2017, while the entertainment industry chose 2018.) Please focus your attention on the NBA and ignore the time spent on entertainment. Please know.)
The reporters looked at each other, confused, surprised, and stunned.
After about ten seconds, the crowd burst into screams.
Obviously, no one was mentally prepared to accept the fact that there was another Mobai going to the NBA besides Zhou Qi.
Yao Ming ignored the reporters 'reactions and introduced Mobai.
After that, it was time for the Q A session.
The reporters bombarded him with questions, but Yao Ming responded calmly.
All the questions from the media revolved around Mobai.
He questioned,
He questioned,
He was still doubtful.
They questioned whether Mobai was qualified to participate in the NBA draft, whether Mobai could attract the attention of NBA teams and be selected smoothly, and whether Mobai's ability had reached NBA standards.
Anyway, the media didn't think well of Mobai. They didn't support him, didn't understand, and didn't understand.
After the press conference ended, the Basketball Association sent Mobai an application to the NBA to participate in the 2017 NBA draft.
Mobai was a Chinese player. To the NBA, he was an overseas player.
The NBA treated foreign players very differently from American players.
The rules for foreign players participating in the NBA draft:
1. An overseas player was eligible to participate in the NBA draft after reaching the age of 22.
2. An overseas player who had never played on a university basketball team in the United States could be eligible to participate in the draft before his 22nd birthday, but he must be at least 18 years old before the draft.
3. Foreign players must send a written notice to the NBA 45 days before the start of the draft, expressing their wish to be eligible to participate in the draft. If an overseas player played for a university basketball team in the US before the draft, he would have to continue or give up his university studies.
Mobai fulfilled Rule 2. He had never participated in American university basketball and was 19 years old this year. The prerequisite was that he had to apply for it himself. That way, he would enter the third rule.
The rule was that when an overseas professional player reached the age of 22, they would automatically be eligible to participate in the NBA draft. For example, Wang Zhelin, who participated in the draft at the same time as Zhou Qi, was selected by the Grizzlies with the 57th pick in the second round. Unfortunately, he was abandoned by the Grizzlies.
Foreign players participating in the NBA draft only needed to meet the above three rules. There were no hard and fast rules on the player's individual ability.
For a player like Mobai, who had no professional experience, to dare to participate in the NBA draft, there must be something fishy going on.
Therefore, the NBA frontline reporter, Yang Weili, interviewed Yao Ming immediately.
"President Yao, there are plenty of players like Mobai in American universities. Everyone knew that Mobai didn't have any advantages, so why did he participate in the talent show? Did a certain team make a promise to Mobai?”
"This is a difficult question to answer. I hope you can forgive me.”
This Yang Weili was also stupid. He didn't understand the rules of the NBA.
According to the league's rules, the coaches and management of NBA teams were not allowed to comment on or interact with college players who had not yet confirmed their participation in the NBA draft.
In March 2007, Jordan told a scout for the Bobcats (now the Hornets) that he preferred a player who was all-rounded, adding,"The player from Texas was that kind of player. All signs showed that he was versatile." Obviously, Jordan was referring to Durant. As a result, Jordan received a $15,000 fine from the league. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge was also fined $30,000 by the league for contacting Durant's mother.
West, the godfather of the Laker team, came to China some time ago and watched Mobai's game with Yao Ming.
The media generally suspected that West had promised Yao Ming something, which was why Mobai participated in the draft.
As a result, some media outlets reported the incident to the NBA. Because it happened far away from the United States, the NBA could not investigate if West had said anything, and the NBA did not punish West.
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