Anyone who has seen a slam dunk will remember a particularly classic scene:
Liu Chuanfeng once told Coach Anxi that he wanted to play basketball in the United States. Coach Anzai replied: "Be the best in Japan first."
At that time, the strongest team in Japan was Sanno Industry, and Eiji Sawakita was also the strongest player in this team.
There is no doubt that Eiji Sawakita was the first person in Japan.
and Sawakita Eiji’s realistic prototype is Yuta Tawa, who is called "Japanese Jordan" by the Japanese media. He also entered the NBA as a Japanese player. one person.
And Tian Wo Yongtai's success has an inseparable connection with Dayao.
At that time, Dayao entered the NBA as the top pick.
After Dayao swept the NBA, NBA teams also set their sights on Asian players, which once set off an Asian fever in the NBA.
first came from the Mavericks. He glared at Tian Wo Yongtai and invited him to participate in the summer league.
Although the media was optimistic about him at one time, Tian Wo Yongtai did not play out his own strength and was cut by the Mavericks.
Then the Nuggets also gave him a chance, but the regular season has not yet started, Tian Wo Yongta was abandoned again.
In 2004, Tian Wo Yongta signed a contract with the Sun. His official NBA debut scored 7 points and 1 assist in 10 minutes, setting a record for Japanese TV broadcast at the time.
But the good times did not last long. Tian Wo Yongta only played 3 games, and the Suns once again abandoned the Japanese defender.
In 2005, the Clippers signed him, but he was still waived before the regular season.
Tian Wo Yongtai claimed to have beaten the Chinese men's basketball team in three years, but at that time the Japanese team was hit on the ground by the Chinese men's basketball team.
is also an Asian. When Zhou Qi was only 15 years old, he scored 41 points + 28 rebounds + 15 blocks against the German youth team; Dayao basically only used one hand in the rookie training camp, and the The inside was bombed all over.
1.75 meters, this height is really not enough to watch the NBA confrontation at the time, even if many people will ask Thomas, did he score?
But Thomas is already in the small ball era, and under the tactical system of Stevens, a youth coach, he has played such data.
It is worth mentioning that in "Slam Dunk", when Zebei Rongzhi went to the United States to play, he was directly hit by a matchup.
And in 2017, 37-year-old Tian Wo Yongtai announced his retirement. In 15 years of dreaming, he touched his dream, but did not grasp it.
