The Rebirth of Yao Ming and Chinese Basketball Reaching Its Peak

On July 20, 2011, Yao Ming held a retirement press conference in Shanghai. He walked off the stage with the regrets of injuries in his career and a deep sense of powerlessness about the rigidity of China's basketball system, the talent gap, and the stagnation of the league. That night, his consciousness sank into darkness, and when he opened his eyes again, he returned to the Shanghai Sports School dormitory in June 1998. His body was in the healthy state of an 18-year-old, but his mind contained all the professional experiences of the next thirteen years and all the memories of the future of Chinese basketball. This time, he not only wants to land in the NBA early, avoid serious injuries, and stand at the top of the league's center, but also uses himself as a fulcrum to promote the professional reform of domestic basketball, build a modern youth training system, open up channels for talents to rise, and ultimately lead the Chinese men's basketball team to the Olympic semi-finals in history, allowing Chinese basketball to truly reach the top of the world.