The brutality of the NBA

Chapter 32, ask Yao Ming.

A qualified team leader does not need to verbally imply to others that he is the boss.

It was recognized tacitly by the teammates who reached a consensus.

James of the Cavaliers, Kobe of the Lakers, Nowitzki of the Mavericks, etc. are all qualified leaders.

Now Xue Ding thinks that Roy should be too.

With him around, there will be no internal conflicts among the young talents of the Blazers.

Oden is the No. [-] pick, and Adelaide is the No. [-]. The two are also quite convinced of Roy, which can also explain Roy's brilliance.

If a team's leadership ability is not enough, it is easy to cause the team to be centrifugal.

For example, Durant of the future Thunder.

This person who was born to be the second child was pushed to the position of the boss of the Thunder, and Westbrook refused to accept that he wanted to compete with him for the number one.

In the end, the brothers were separated and the team failed.

Instead, he went to Curry's Warriors, became the team's fourth child, and after becoming brothers with Green, he completed his ultimate sublimation.

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"Xiao Ding, have you arrived in Houston?"

"Well, brother Yao, I'm here. I'm in the hotel."

"Okay, then wait at the hotel, I'll ask the driver to pick you up, and I'll treat you to dinner."

"Ah."

Yao Ming kindly invited Xue Ding, who came to Houston for the first time, to his home as a guest.

We arrived at Yao Ming's house.

Xue Ding saw Ye Li and handed over the bought fruit.

Xue Ding did not forget the traditional etiquette of his own country.

Dayao has not recovered since he was injured in the playoffs.

Xue Ding was a little moved when he saw Yao Ming who was injured at home.

Xue Ding in his previous life also knew that Yao Ming would announce his retirement soon.

Xue Ding felt that there were many things that should come, and they would always come.

This giant who carried the Chinese men's basketball team, no matter how many fans hated him when he was playing, those people can't change that he made most Chinese people willing to understand the NBA. He is the greatest Chinese player in NBA history.

Xue Ding knew that it was Yao Ming who made the NBA truly enter China.

No matter whether the fans like Michael Jordan or Iverson, Kobe, Carter, Tracy McGrady, if there is no Yao Ming, most Chinese fans will not know these superstars in such a deep and detailed way.

Yao Ming's greatness is not only due to his outstanding achievements as a player, but also his character.

The national team played a lot and was very tired. Yao Ming never complained.

Because he knows that China needs him.

The super giants of the United States can play well with peace of mind, but Yao Ming has to carry the expectations of a country.

A reporter once asked an American superstar a question.

"If you were to travel to the other side of the world, exposed to a new language and a new culture, and at the same time shoulder the expectations of a country, or even a continent, what would you do?"

The superstar replied: "I definitely won't do it, I won't do it, I don't even dare to think about it, I don't want to!"

This is the difference between Yao Ming and other superstars.

Yao Ming has made Chinese basketball completely unmatched in Asia. With him, the Chinese team even almost eliminated Spain.
This is a respectable senior.

At the dinner table, Xue Ding also asked Yao Ming a lot of questions humbly.

The most important of these is how to deal with the pressure off the court as a Chinese player.

Although Xue Ding is considered very mature, he was not a public figure in his previous life. After the start of the regular season, he has never received such a huge spotlight...

After or before Xue Ding's every game, the media reporters around him are always the most.

Each time he faced a question that he had already answered hundreds of times.
For example, a reporter would ask, "Xue Ding, do you feel that you are under a lot of pressure? Hundreds of millions of Chinese people are very concerned about your every move. How do you reduce your pressure?"

Almost all reporters who had never interviewed Xue Ding thought of this question first.

After Xue Ding was selected in the draft, he came to Houston in the regular season.

During this time, Xue Ding encountered reporters who had never interviewed him almost every day, and he had to answer this question at least once a day.

In total, Xue Ding has answered this question no less than 200 times.

Is Xue Ding stressed?

Of course big.

Xue Ding really felt the situation Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming faced at that time.

Most of the reporters who asked Xue Ding this question did not know that they were putting pressure on Xue Ding when they asked this question.

In fact, for Xue Ding, the pressure to become an excellent NBA player and an international superstar from China is far less than the pressure brought by news hype.

Seeing Xue Ding troubled, Yao Ming smiled.

"Xiao Ding, you are very similar to me back then."

"Well, how did you deal with this?" Xue Ding asked.

Yao Ming did not answer directly, but said with a little reminiscence: "When I first came out in the first year, I was somewhat famous, but I knew how to get this fame. Four points of this fame came from my own playing. Six of the points that were played out were hyped up by the media."

Xue Ding nodded, almost.

Before and after the game, there are more reporters around than the media than all the teammates combined. Sometimes, this is not a good thing for rookies.
"I can bear the four points of fame gained by playing basketball without any burden. I even think that this kind of pressure is nothing to me, and I will forget it when I go home." Yao Ming continued.

"But the media, especially the American media, frantically put me on the headlines again and again, and put the image of the entire Asian on my head again and again, and I can't stand it."

Yao Ming was also distressed at the time, and then continued:

"I remember one day, there were 17 groups, and the largest group of 30 people wanted to take a photo with me in the Chinese embassy in the United States. It's a sacred place that you can only see on TV. But when I see people lined up to take pictures with me, it's really helpless."

Yao Ming sighed heavily.

"Xiao Ding, since you can't control it, you can't stop others from admiring you, and you can't stop yourself from becoming the most popular Chinese in America, then you have to let yourself get used to it."

Xue Ding nodded.

"From the day the NBA becomes famous, you will become a cash cow in the eyes of businessmen. This is not something you can decide. This is the law of the market. I, the United Arab Emirates, and you are all the same."

"But no matter how much the media praises you and the market favors you, you must not forget your duty and your original intention of playing basketball. This is my advice."

Yao Ming finally looked at Xue Ding solemnly and said.

For this Chinese boy, Yao Ming didn't want to see him being promoted to the sky and then beaten to the ground.

After two consecutive triple-doubles, now Xue Ding really feels the pressure.

Xue Ding replied: "Well, I know, I will put my mind on the court, I hope my fame is based on my own game, not boasting."

Yao Ming also nodded. That's how he handled it back then. In the end, his strength matched his fame.

Xue Ding's psychological maturity is far from that of ordinary players of the same age.

"He will succeed."

This is Yao Ming's conclusion after communicating with Xue Ding.

(End of this chapter)