Chapter 6 The first person in the NBA in China

After the summer game, the Chinese remembered two rookies, "Kobe Bryant" and "Liu Ming", in the studio of Central Television, Xu Jicheng, who had just returned from an interview in the United States, took advantage of the pause to describe to Zhang Weiping that there was a strange person in the NBA, and that person's name was "Bryant". Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 info He said that the Chinese team went to the United States to participate in the summer league to warm up for the Olympics, and he was stunned by that "Bryant". "This man will be a great man in the future." "Bryant" was selected by the Hornets that year, changed to the Lakers, and was a high school student, Zhang Weiping was brain-wrenching about his translation. Americans call their surnames on formal occasions, but "Bryant" is too ordinary, how can it be compared with the names of heroes such as "Jordan", "Malone", and "Ewing"? If the name of the strange person is not strange, it will greatly hinder the spread of deeds in the future. Zhang Weiping said to Da Xu, let's just this one, not as an example. and Liu Ming, in the summer game of the Bulls, Liu Ming made 10 three-pointers all over the court, and the Chinese team was blinded, they never thought that someone would be so accurate in the game. Since then, Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng have become fans of Kobe and Liu Ming. Of course, as a Chinese, when Zhang Weiping also asked Liu Ming if he had the intention to serve the country, Liu Ming also vaguely said that it was in the past, and both sides left phone calls, leaving opportunities for future affairs.

"Hey, boy, your tightness is not as tight as the girl I was on yesterday." Jordan scored another goal under Liu Ming's close defense.

It's October in the blink of an eye, and Liu Ming and Jordan, two people who are extremely eager for victory, have persevered in training.

Today, Liu Ming came to defend Jordan again, and was singled by Jordan again, Jordan put down the ball and began to rest. Liu Ming finally smiled, these days Liu Ming felt that his ears were about to explode, Liu Ming felt that he was deeply hit by the double blow of spirit and body, Jordan's "trash talk" made Liu Ming deeply appreciate his power. Liu Ming felt that his will had become more tenacious, and just now Liu Ming suddenly heard a "ding" sound. Liu Ming smiled knowingly, Liu Ming knew that the Three Kingdoms basketball system, which had not moved for a long time, had finally changed.

"Congratulations to the host for obtaining Mi Heng's invincible trash talk card, You Heng only has a good relationship with Kong Rong of Lu State and Yang Xiu of Hongnong. He often said: "The eldest son Kong Wenju, the youngest Yang Dezu." The rest are mediocre and not worth mentioning. Liu Ming couldn't laugh or cry after checking the card, he actually got such a card in these days' training, Liu Ming was happy after thinking about it, after all, he had gained a new ability, Liu Ming thought of this and suddenly found that he had such an idea, it wouldn't be the influence of the card, right?

In a blink of an eye, it was almost time for the press conference of the new season, and Liu Ming also learned some of the history of Chinese fighting in the NBA in previous years from his aunt Zhang Fang.

Song Tao, a name that contains great regrets. If it were not for an accidental injury, he would definitely be the first person in the NBA Asia and the first person in Chinese. Because as early as 1987, he was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 67th pick in the third round of the NBA Draft, and then the two sides signed a formal NBA contract

In the mid-'80s, little was known about the NBA in China, and the NBA was also unfamiliar with Chinese players. The reason why the Hawks knew Song Tao and selected him in the third round was due to the 1985 NBA-China Friendship Tour. In that friendly game, six NBA teams played against the Chinese men's basketball team, including Jordan's Bulls

A photo of Song Tao and Jordan in 1985

"We played seven games against seven teams in the NBA, and we didn't win a single game, and the most game we lost by more than 40 points," Song Tao recalled. I knew their star was Jordan, so I wanted to beat him in particular, but it didn't work out once. After the game, as the best players of the two teams, Jordan and Song Tao took a group photo

Although the Chinese men's basketball team and the NBA team played all seven games, Song Tao, as the best player of the Chinese men's basketball team, was named the best player of the Chinese team, and attracted the attention of many NBA teams, including the Atlanta Hawks, and finally the Hawks selected him in the 1987 draft

Song Tao signed an NBA contract

In June 1987, Song Tao successfully signed a contract with the Eagles. But unfortunately, after signing the contract, Song Tao was seriously injured in a training session with the national team, and suffered a comminuted fracture of the knee patella. That day happened to be the day before Song Tao left for Zagreb to participate in the World University Games. After being injured, Song Tao was admitted to the Third Hospital of Beijing Medical University and immediately underwent surgery

Song Tao in the men's basketball team in the 80s of the last century

At that time, Song Tao still had illusions about the NBA, but then another cruel fact completely shattered Song Tao's NBA dream, and when he was able to get out of bed and walk 100 days after the operation, he slipped and fell during a toilet, and his knee and patella were shattered into ten pieces, and he had to undergo surgery again. After that time, Song Tao's injuries never recovered

In this way, the ruthless injury ruined Song Tao's dream of becoming "the first Chinese to land in the NBA". Song Tao also subsequently retired from the national team. But it is worth mentioning that in 1988, the Chinese Basketball Association still included it in the Olympic men's basketball squad, and three days before the opening ceremony of the Seoul Olympics, Xu Yinsheng, then deputy head of the Chinese delegation, told Song Tao that Song Tao would be the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation.

With the establishment of friendly exchanges between China and the United States in the late 80s, many Chinese athletes began to aspire to go to the United States to engage in professional sports, and among them, there was a horse named Ma. A healthy all-round striker. He watched a lot of videos of Magic Johnson, the NBA's number one star at the time, and used Magic as his template

In 1988, as part of the Sino-US friendly sports exchanges, the coach of the super basketball school UCLA watched the training of the Chinese men's basketball team and admired Ma very much. Ken, who then invited him to play at UCLA and promised to play for the horse. Ken offers a full scholarship

At that time, the Sports Commission had a rule that athletes were not allowed to go abroad to play until they were 28 years old. But horses. Jian does not believe in evil, after several years of secret preparation, plus the help of a relative with a background, Ma. In 1992, Ken received his passport and received a scholarship from UCLA, much to the displeasure of all basketball officials, and he was selected for the 1992 Olympics. Ken was ordered to sit on the cold bench, but as soon as the Olympics ended. Ken successfully went abroad

But in horses. After Ken went abroad, he encountered a series of problems. First of all, UCLA does not recognize horses. Ken's junior school degree and retracted the scholarship, MA. Ken eventually moved to the University of Utah. He averaged 18 points per game in his first season, but then Utah brought in talented forward Van Horn (1997 No. 1), Ma. Ken was ruthlessly beaten into the cold bench

After graduating from the University of Utah in 1995, the Clippers invited horses. Fitness trial. In the preseason of the year, horses. Kenju averaged a relatively consistent 15 minutes of playing time. But before the start of the regular season, he lost to Brent Barry, who later became the slam dunk king, while competing for the team's last spot. With being cut by the Clippers, the horse. Healthy's NBA dreams were shattered.

Liu Ming also learned about the struggle of Chinese in the NBA in his previous life, and asked his aunt Zhang Fang some time ago, and the aunt also learned that Hu Weidong was being observed by the calf. Liu Ming is likely to become the first Chinese to enter the NBA, and will also be the first Asian to enter the NBA. Liu Ming felt a little unbelievable, thinking about his previous life when he fell in love with the NBA because of Yao Ming and became a fan of the Great Wall of China. Now everything may have changed, and Yao Ming may see Liu Ming as his own goal. Thinking about Liu Ming, I wanted to laugh a little.

Time flies. With the start of the season just around the corner, the Bulls are also preparing to start holding a press conference for the new season.