In the midsummer of 2000, the land in western Liaoning was scorching hot from the poisonous sun, and the earthen basketball court in Zhangwu County, Fuxin was so scorched by the sun that a puff of fine soil would rise up when stepped on. Liu Biao, who was 1.98 Meters tall, was wearing old sweatpants that had been washed white and the trousers were much too short. He stepped barefoot on the hot clay court, holding a rubber basketball with the skin rubbed off in his hand. The energy in his eyes was stronger than the sun above his head. No one could have imagined that this "big tall guy" who had worked his way up from the dirt courts in a poor county would stand under the spotlight of Madison Square in the future and become an Oriental tower that would tremble the entire NBA; no one could have imagined that this "biaozi" who spoke with a Western Liaoning accent and had a straightforward temper would become the most "crazy" legend in the history of Chinese basketball with his unyielding determination to enforce the terms of dominance of the Chinese Basketball Association.
