In 2025, the Chinese men's basketball team had just been humiliated by the South Korean team for two consecutive games in the World Cup qualifiers by a huge score. The pride of an era completely collapsed - Wu Lei closed his eyes in endless regret.
When he opened his eyes again, he returned to the university campus in the summer of 2019, when he was nineteen years old.
A cold mechanical voice sounded in my mind: "The men's basketball flag bearer system is activated - talent is given, the term is permanent, and you are offline immediately. The rest of the way is up to you."
Doncic's rhythm, Irving's ball control, Curry's three-pointers, and Kobe's will all poured into his body like a tsunami.
A month later, he spent all his savings, held a ticket to Qingdao, and stood outside the gate of the national training base.
"I want to apply for a job as a caddy or a cleaner."
Looking at the figures on the training field who had made him heartbroken in his previous life, Wu Lei knew that the key point in history was approaching - the defeat that caused Chinese basketball to fall into the abyss was just two months later.
There is no talent pool record, no professional experience, and not even a formal game record. When head coach Li Nan was shocked by the talent of this "cleaner", but could only shake his head and sigh, Wu Lei's desperate move only got an NBL trial recommendation.
Starting from the lowest level of the professional league, he started the craziest counterattack with memories of humiliation from his previous life and a talent that did not belong to this era.
The regrets of the 2019 World Cup will be repeated under his watch.
This is a thorny road from caddy to leader, from despair to glory. When he faces the South Korean team again in 2025, standing behind him is a brand new Chinese men's basketball team that makes the world tremble.
