In 1992, outside CCTV in Beijing in the late autumn, NBA president David Stern clutched a sweaty videotape and was worried about opening up the Chinese market; in the open-air court of Shanghai Luwan Stadium, 17-year-old Lin Mo was using a fadeaway jumper to crush the ridicule of the "Iron Shadow" and "Smiling Protector of the Basket" from black fans.
Standing 1.95 Meters tall, he spends time on the court practicing shooting at five o'clock in the morning every day, and dismantles the technical moves of Jordan and Magic late at night. The innate basketball instinct in his mind allows his breakthroughs to be as agile as Iverson's, and his defensive predictions are far superior to those of his peers. When the National Youth Basketball Championship started, the Shanghai team faced the defending champion Bayi team. Lin Mo, who came off the bench, completed the reversal with an incredible performance of 42 points, 8 three-pointers, and 6 steals, and even shouted "Go to the NBA and defeat the 'God'".
His game highlights were unexpectedly released on CCTV simultaneously with NBA tapes. Not only did Stern see the dawn of the Chinese market, but the name "Oriental Godslayer" began to resound in the basketball world. From the streets of Shanghai to the NBA arena, Lin Mo carried his obsession with basketball and fought against height prejudice, doubts and "god" opponents. With every jump and every goal, Lin Mo rewrote the Eastern map of basketball in the 1990s and wrote his own legendary basketball journey.
