On the way from China to New York International Airport, the national team players had fallen asleep.
They were going to participate in the World Championship in Orlando.
First, he took a plane to New York, then a private plane to Indiana.
Due to his massive size, the 226-cm tall Big Yao could only sit in the front row.
At this moment, he was holding the domestic sports newspaper in his hands. He was using the way he read the newspaper to relax his nervousness before participating in the big game.
However, when he flipped to the second page, his attention was attracted by the front page.
On it was written a rough description of his performance in the summer league.
He was not only Big Yao's senior on the national team, but also his opponent in the CBA.
It was precisely because he had left for the NBA to pursue his dreams that Big Yao and his Sharks club had successfully won the championship.
Otherwise, the CBA might still be dominated by the Capital.
Last year, he went to the NBA to pursue his dreams. He signed a contract with the Mavericks, who had selected him in the draft in 1999.
At that time, he was the first player in the country to enter the NBA.
Regrettably, just this summer, due to the expiration of his contract with the Las Vegas Mavericks (the future lone ranger), he had a conflict with the national team in terms of the time he played for the country. As a result, he was banned by the national team and removed from the team.
The specific disagreement was that they generally hoped to play in the summer league, not return to China for training, and not participate in the Asian Games in September and October of that year.
However, the national team asked Dazhi to return to the team before the World Championship to participate in training and warm-up for the national team.
For the sake of a new contract, he had decided to represent the Warriors in the summer of 2002 to participate in the summer league. Unfortunately, he could not stay.
Next summer, he would make a comeback and represent the Clippers in the Summer League. He would use his good performance to win a contract with the Clippers.
However, after that, Dazhi's situation in the NBA was not ideal. He was mixed in with the Clippers and the Heat, but it was difficult to get an important position. In the end, he was terminated early by the team.
Of course, this was for the future. What Yao saw now was the reports of the Golden State Warriors 'summer league.
At this time, he had already fallen out with the national team, but the country would continue to pay attention to the first domestic player to make it to the NBA.
"Six games, an average of 14.5 points and 6 rebounding?”
Big Yao subconsciously felt happy for his opponent, teammate, and senior.
Although he didn't know if such results would lead to a new contract, the data was indeed good. He sincerely hoped that he would be able to stay in the NBA.
This way, they would continue to be rivals in the future.
When he continued reading, a familiar yet unfamiliar name instantly jumped into his eyes.
"Duke? He actually joined the NBA?"
"Averaged 26.8 points, 16.4 rebounding and 4.6 blocked shots? No way! Is he that fierce?"
Big Yao was shocked by Duke's report. He rubbed his eyes in disbelief.
A guy who had been his sparring partner for a day and was four or five years younger than him had not only joined the NBA, but he had also performed twice as well in the summer league. It was amazing.
What happened during this period?
The young face of the past appeared in Dayao's mind.
In his memories, he only had a deep impression of his unparalleled strength. He did not know anything else about his other abilities.
Now that the other side had quietly produced such excellent statistics in the summer league, he was shocked.
Find an opportunity to chat with him.
After Da Yao calmed down, he made a plan.
"What are you looking at?"
Sitting next to Dayao was the middle-ranking agent, Zhang Mingji. Seeing that he was reading the newspaper with great interest and was even muttering something, he was a little puzzled and stretched his neck to take a look.
Big Yao just smiled and didn't say anything. He stared at Duke's photo carefully.
Zhang Mingji first saw the general report and nodded. He was not surprised by this person's performance. However, when he saw Duke's report, he was even more surprised than Yao.
He knew this young man named Duke.
Back then, he was the one who accepted the interview. Because of his extraordinary strength, he was moved.
Unfortunately, they had only worked together for a short day.
However, he also knew that other than his extraordinary strength and height, he was useless. Otherwise, he would have taken him under his wing.
But now, the data and performance in the report blinded his titanium dog eyes again, making him feel incredulous.
Could it be that this kid had improved so much in just a few months?
Or was the standard of the summer league too low for any Tom, Dick, or Harry to play like this?
However, he didn't believe that Duke could improve so much in just two or three months.
It was too far-fetched.
It could only be assumed that the standard of the summer league was too low, which gave Duke the space to play.
That must be the case!
He refused to admit that he had misjudged the situation and missed the opportunity to become a talented player's agent.
Thinking of this, he smiled disdainfully and suggested to Big Yao,""Big Yao, stop looking and rest early.”
"When we get to New York, we still have to take a private plane. It's so tiring!”
Big Yao nodded, put away the newspaper, and closed his eyes to rest.
However, in his mind, he was trying hard to recall Duke's appearance, and he was curious.
The time they had worked together was too short, so they had lost the opportunity to understand each other better.
Will we really become opponents in the future?
How interesting!
The corners of Dayao's mouth unconsciously revealed a smile.
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