In the dead of night, the old man lay alone in bed, looking at the twinkling stars outside the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, wondering if the people there would see the same stars and the same moon on the other side of the country.

Lao Fu couldn't sleep, the Hornets lost again by a big score in tonight's game, the opponent who beat them was the Detroit Pistons who were weak and infighting this season, causing the team to lose the game in such a shameless way, there is no doubt that Bai Xiaofei is the first person responsible, although Lao Fu also deliberately wants to excuse him in his heart, but it does have a direct relationship with Bai Xiaofei.

Statistically speaking, Bai Xiaofei played 31 minutes and scored 6 points on 3-of-7 shooting, and the most outrageous thing is that Bai Xiaofei only grabbed one rebound in the whole game! And his opponent, Ben Wallace, who is 36 years old this year, grabbed 24 rebounds in the game, including a full 10 frontcourt rebounds! His ability to control the inside line dwarfs the fledgling Bai Xiaofei.

Lao Fu, as the general manager of the team, has a huge pressure, after three games, Bai Xiaofei, as the main center, played an average of 28 minutes per game, only 4.3 points, and 3 rebounds, and the shooting rate is a clumsy 35.7%, while Bai Xiaofei's opponent can score an average of 21 points per game. 21.3 rebounds and 4.7 blocks, the outside world's criticism of Bai Xiaofei poured in like a tsunami, even if everyone could see that Lao Fu intended to promote Bai Xiaofei, but Bai Xiaofei played such an unbearable performance, which also made Lao Fu have to consider the guidance of fans and public opinion.

Is he wrong, or is everyone in the world wrong, Bai Xiaofei, is it the person he is looking for!

"Ring, ring, ring." The phone rang. The old man reached out and took the phone from the side of the closet.

It was Yao Ming's call.

Put through.

"Old man, I guess you definitely can't sleep these nights, so I called you to chat and let you relieve your loneliness."

The deep voice on the other end of the phone was joking with the old man, but the old man was in this mood and said, "How can I be joking now." ”

"I know what you're thinking."

"I'd be surprised if you didn't know," the old man chuckled twice and said, "To be honest, I know that as a rookie who has never played in a professional league at all, it will be difficult to adapt to the NBA quickly, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult, and now the pressure on my side is huge, if Bai Xiaofei continues to perform like this, the media and the outside world make it possible for me to announce my abandonment of Bai Xiaofei, after all, I can't let the team get off track, the team is for the purpose of winning." ”

"I understand, I understand," Yao Ming said in a low voice, "Old man, I have an idea. ”

"You say."

"In the next few days, my teacher is coming back from Jordan, and he may stay in Houston for a week or so, New Orleans and Houston are not very far apart, only three hours by car, I mean, I want Bai Xiaofei to go to Houston and let my teacher guide him one-on-one, although the training time is not long, but I think it will allow Bai Xiaofei to gain great wealth and experience."

"Great, I'm thinking about bringing in a teaching assistant to Bai Xiaofei recently, and the current candidate is Mutombo, but now, your teacher, this ...... Will he do that? You must know that his training camp costs a lot of money, it is said that special training is 10,000 US dollars a Friday, which is not the most important thing, the key is to look at the player's qualifications, and he will not train how much money the talented player gives him......"

"You can rest assured about this, my request teacher will never refuse, but whether Bai Xiaofei can make rapid progress in a short period of time depends on Bai Xiaofei himself, and no one can help him."

"Well," the old man nodded lightly, then tidied up the pillow, leaned his back comfortably on the head of the bed, and said, "Yao Ming, it seems that you are very optimistic about Bai Xiaofei." ”

"In fact, your heart is better than me," Yao Ming said in a deep voice, "The biggest threshold that restricts the development of Chinese and even Asians in the NBA is physical fitness, although I think we have better and more delicate skills than the vast majority of American players in the league, but the defects of physical fitness make us stand on the floor of the NBA unsteadily, I just entered the league when I weighed more than 120 kilograms, and I couldn't withstand the other party on the court, such a situation from Dazhi, to me, to Yi Jianlian, Sun Yuemo is not like this, but Bai Xiaofei is different from all of us. ”

Yao Ming paused for a few seconds, as if thinking about something, and then said, "Bai Xiaofei has an amazing physical condition that domestic players do not have, judging from his current performance, Bai Xiaofei is very unconfident now, but his lack of self-confidence is based on imperfect skills and poor performance on the court, if Bai Xiaofei has good skills, then his self-confidence will naturally be established." ”

"I've been thinking about one thing these days, whether we're pulling out some seedlings now."

"It's not a bad thing to pull out the seedlings to help grow, Bai Xiaofei is only nineteen years old this year, and he has a very huge room for growth, so that he can get in touch with professional basketball as soon as possible will also allow him to adapt to the atmosphere in this circle as soon as possible, I hope Bai Xiaofei can play in the NBA, and then replace me, called the new generation of Chinese basketball flag bearer."

"Replacing you?" Lao Fu heard that there seemed to be something wrong with Yao Ming's words, and hurriedly asked, "What do you mean by replacing you?" ”

"Old man, I feel like I can play for two years at most."

"Two years at most!" When the old man heard this, he was also shocked.

"Don't be too surprised, I know my own body very well, especially the injury to my left foot in 2009, and I still have palpitations," Yao Ming paused, and then continued, "Now, my feet are not good, nor bad, but after this season, there will be the Stankovic Cup, and the World Championships, these competitions all need me, and I will hold on for another two years, I am afraid of ......."

The old man was silent, he couldn't persuade Yao Ming, because Yao Ming is the pillar of Chinese basketball now, and the Chinese basketball national team has Yao Ming is an Olympic quarterfinals team, but without Yao Ming, it is a third-rate team in the world, Yao Ming's role in the team is self-evident, and no one can lack Yao Ming.

"I have been playing professional basketball since I was sixteen years old, I am now thirty years old, and fourteen years have passed, in these fourteen years, I have been thinking about doing my part for the country all the time, so as long as the national team has a calling, I am duty-bound, because in my heart, I have always put the word country first in my heart, but," Yao Ming changed his words and said, "However, in the matter of retirement, I want to be selfish, I have thought about the country all my life, and when I left, I wanted to think about myself because I didn't want to spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair, which was too cruel for me. ”

"You should have your own choice, Yao Ming," the old man said quietly, "In fact, in the final analysis, the burden on your body is too heavy, so we have to train more outstanding basketball players to steer the course of Chinese basketball, you don't have to think about things so pessimistically, maybe, when Bai Xiaofei rises, you will be called the most determined mentor behind him!" ”

After all, Yao Ming has already discussed the matter to the level of retirement, from the current point of view, after Yao Ming, the leader of the new generation of Chinese basketball will fall on Yi Jianlian, who is still playing in the NBA, but whether Yi Jianlian can bear this heavy responsibility is still a big question mark, Bai Xiaofei, Bai Xiaofei, when will you grow up, will you become a star, or a bubble......