Tang's Nike trip to Asia also included South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.

With Japan's experience, other countries have not been unable to find any street ball players to challenge Tang Wenlong's authority, and he is already the first basketball player in Asia.

On July 9, the NBA officially announced that Yao Ming had decided to retire from the NBA, causing an uproar.

On the 20th, Yao Ming officially announced his retirement at a press conference, ending his short but brilliant career in the NBA, which is regrettable.

Yao Ming's influence is huge, from 04 to 09 years in a row to become the first person on the Forbes celebrity list in China, his super high athletic skills and performance in a strong country is enough to silence anyone who doubts him, in the NBA for so many years, successfully promoted basketball in China, more and more young people because of Yao Ming to like the NBA, like the Rockets, and then like other NBA stars.

As soon as Yao Ming retired, for Tang Wenlong, he rightfully became the first brother of domestic athletes.

In fact, the debate over whether Tang Wenlong has taken over the scepter has long begun, and all parties insist on their own words, and in the 2011 Forbes China Celebrity List this year, Tang Wenlong surpassed Andy Lau, Jay Chou and other veteran acting stars, and reached the top in one fell swoop, becoming the first place on the celebrity list.

The development of professional sports in China is not mature, among the 100 stars who have entered the list, there are only six sports stars, in addition to Tang Wenlong, there are Yao Ming in 6th, as well as Li Na in 36th, Yi Jianlian in 39th, Liu Xiang in 54th and Lin Dan in 84th, compared with the situation of sports stars on the global Forbes celebrity list, it is very different.

As the most senior veteran in the basketball world, he retired, Tang Wenlong naturally wanted to be interviewed and say a few words.

Start with the last stop, Taiwan. Along the way, many media asked for interviews, but they couldn't stop them.

Reporters from the national sports media, including the four major domestic portals of Teng-Xun, Xin-Lang, So-Hu, and Net-Yi, came in a special way, aiming their long guns and short guns at Tang Wenlong. Request an interview.

"He is a legend and a mentor in my life. He has made important contributions to the development of Chinese basketball and even the world's basketball, but basketball career is only a part of the long road of life, Yao Ming can succeed in the field of basketball, and he will definitely have better development in other places in the future, bless him."

An affectionate blessing, although simple, but emotionally sincere.

At the same time, other players of the Chinese men's national basketball team were also interviewed. The generals expressed their respect for Yao Ming, and recalled that the people who fought with Yao Ming back then were also in tears.

In August, Tang Wenlong sent Fang Chuxia back to New York, and then rushed back to Beijing to officially participate in the national team training!

At this time, the NBA has been officially suspended for a month, and the NBA's stars from all walks of life are panicking. No one knows how long this shutdown will last, and there are rumors about it. This shutdown could last into next year, and if that's the case, it might not even be half a season.

The closer we get to the start of the new season, the more free agents start to get restless, and if they really don't have income, then they will lose their jobs? How can that be?

This time. Chinese professional basketball has entered the field of vision of many NBA stars, compared to going to the European Basketball League to pan for gold, the start and end time of the Chinese Basketball League is closer to the NBA, and in terms of income and treatment, it is not less than that from Europe.

The Asian Championships will be held in the city of Wuhan. In order to welcome this important event that is directly related to the entrance ticket to next year's Olympic Games, the men's basketball training camp has already begun, and there are currently 23 players in the basketball training center of the General Administration of Sports of China in Beijing, but the final squad for the Asian Championships is only 15 people.

So this is doomed, and now there are still a lot of players in the list of participants in the training camp to be screened out, which is very cruel.

Tang Wenlong and his agent team met with the officials of the General Administration of Sports on the first night, which was the first time he met the officials of the legendary Basketball Association.

Tang Wenlong is a non-drinker, he doesn't like the feeling of alcohol paralyzing his nerves, and the officials of the Basketball Association stretched out their thumbs and praised Tang Wenlong's professional demeanor.

The next day, the Basketball Association arranged for officials to take Tang Wenlong and Joe Thomas into the sports training center

On the field of the training center, the 41-year-old head coach of the national team, Bob Deng Ward, wore the classic Chinese red training uniform, personally feeding the young players of the Chinese team and shooting three-point shots.

"Faster, faster!" Deng Huade clapped his hands, and the young point guard Yu Shulong hung on the court like a wind.

"Pretty, 4.73 seconds!" Deng Huade pressed the stopwatch and praised loudly.

The young point guard Yu Shulong showed a shy smile, he likes the feeling of sprinting like this, and can give full play to his speed advantage.

Deng Huade knew that Tang Wenlong was coming over today, and he had long been familiar with the biggest star in the Chinese national team.

Tang Wenlong and Yao Ming are obviously different.

Tang Wenlong graduated from high school and went directly to the NCAA to study in college, and after entering the NBA, he did not see the humility of the Oriental people at all, and he fought bravely in everything. Deng Huade studied Tang Wenlong's college games, at that time, Tang Wenlong always had a ruthlessness to respond to the ball, and if someone beat him, he would definitely find a chance to return it.

If Yao Ming also played like Tang Wenlong in his first season, it would definitely be more than 13+8 data.

Tang Wenlong proved his ability in his rookie season, and his outstanding talent was even compared to Maddie. What is the concept of averaging more than 24 points per game in the NBA? You know, like the absolute main force of many Asian countries, you can't even be a water cooler administrator in the NBA!

With such a terrifying NBA All-Star level player, Deng Ward is happy, but at the same time, he is also very sad. He learned tactics from the American coaching system, and he knows what kind of way the American coaches will train in order to cultivate a player's spirituality, which is completely different concepts compared to the Chinese coaching system. Tang Wenlong has never played in an international game, can he adapt? Tang Wenlong has never been trained in other ways, can he adapt?

Just as his thoughts were wandering, the door of the training center was pushed open with a "creak".

The players are training very seriously, only near the door, a few players who are practicing bench press heard the sound, turned their heads, everyone is very curious, these days closed training, but no one to disturb, this time can come in, will it be him?

The "first person" that everyone had heard of but had never seen...... (To be continued.) )