A qualified team leader does not need to verbally suggest that he is the boss.

Instead, it was recognized by the teammates who reached an agreement.

James of the Cavaliers, Kobe of the Lakers, Nowitzki of the Mavericks, etc. are all qualified leaders.

Xue Ding now thinks that Roy should be the same.

With him here, there will be no internal conflicts among all young talents from the Trail Blazers.

Oden is the No. 1 pick and Ade is the No. 2 pick. These two people are quite convinced by Roy, which can also show how brilliant Roy is.

If a team's leadership abilities are not enough, it is easy to cause the team to be centrifuged.

For example, Durant of the Future Thunder.

This person who is born to be a second child was pushed to the position of Thunder boss. Westbrook was dissatisfied with him and wanted to compete with him for the eldest.

In the end, the brothers were centrifuged and the team failed.

Instead, he went to Curry's Warriors, became the fourth brother of the team again, and became brothers with Green, and then he completed his ultimate sublimation.

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"Xiao Ding, have you arrived in Houston?"

"Well, Brother Yao, I'm here, I'm in the hotel."

"Okay, then you can wait in the hotel. I will ask the driver to pick you up and I will treat you to a meal."

"Um."

Yao Ming loyally invited Xue Ding, who was in Houston for the first time, to visit his house.

Arrive at Yao Ming's house.

Xue Ding saw Ye Li and handed over the good fruits.

Xue Ding has never forgotten the traditional etiquette of his own country.

Yao Dayao has not recovered since he was injured in the playoffs.

Xue Ding was a little moved when he saw Yao Ming, who was injured at home.

Xue Ding, in his previous life, also knew that Yao Ming would announce his retirement soon.

Xue Ding felt that there were many things that should come, and would always come.

This giant who carried the Chinese men's basketball team, no matter how many fans criticized him when he played, those people couldn't change it. He made most Chinese people willing to understand the NBA. He is the greatest Chinese player in NBA history.

Xue Ding knew that it was Yao Ming who made the NBA truly enter China.

Whether the fans like Med Jordan, Iverson, Kobe, Carter, and McGrady, if it weren't for Yao Ming, most Chinese fans wouldn't have been so in-depth and meticulously understanding these superstars.

Yao Ming's greatness is not only the outstanding player's achievements, but also his character.

There are many national team competitions and they are very tired, so Yao Ming never complains.

Because he knew that China needed him.

The American super giants can just play the ball with peace of mind, but Yao Ming still has to carry the expectations of a country and the expectations of a country...

A reporter once asked a question from the American superstar.

"What would you do if you were to come to the other side of the planet, to get exposed to a brand new language and a brand new culture, and to shoulder the expectations of a country or even a continent?"

The superstar replied: "I will never do it. I don't even dare to think about it, I don't want to think about it!"

This is how Yao Ming is different from other superstars.

Yao Ming made Chinese basketball have no opponents in Asia. With him, the Chinese team almost killed even Spain...

This is a respectable senior.

At the dinner table, Xue Ding humbly asked Yao Ming for a lot of questions.

The most important one is how to deal with some issues of pressure off the court as a Chinese player.

Although Xue Ding is very mature, he was not a public figure after all in his previous life. After the start of the regular season, he had never endured such a huge spotlight...

After or before Xue Ding's game, there are always the most media reporters around him.

Every time he faces the question he has answered hundreds of times...

For example, a reporter asked, "Xue Ding, do you think you are under great pressure? The hundreds of millions of Chinese people are paying attention to your every move. How do you relieve your pressure?"

Almost all reporters who have never interviewed Xue Ding think of this problem the first time they come to mind.

From when Xue Ding was selected in the draft to the regular season, he came to Houston.

During this period, Xue Ding met reporters who had never interviewed him almost every day, and he had to answer this question at least once a day.

In total, Xue Ding has answered this question no less than 200 times.

Is Xue Ding under great pressure?

Of course it's big.

Xue Ding really felt the situation facing Yi Jianlian and Yao Ming at that time.

Most of the reporters who asked Xue Ding this question did not know that when they asked this question, they were adding pressure to Xue Ding.

In fact, for Xue Ding, becoming an excellent NBA player and being an international superstar from China is far less pressure than the pressure brought by news hype.

Seeing Xue Ding’s trouble, Yao Ming smiled.

"Xiaoding, you look very similar to me back then."

"Well, then how do you deal with this?" Xue Ding asked.

Yao Ming did not answer directly, but said with a little recollection: "When I first came out, I was quite famous, but I knew how this reputation came about. Four points of this reputation were achieved by myself playing basketball, and six points were hyped by the media," he said.

Xue Ding nodded, almost the same.

Before and after the game, the reporters around were more than the media than all the teammates. Sometimes, for rookies, this is not a benefit...

"I can bear these four points with fame that I can't bear without any burden. I even think this pressure is nothing to me, and I forget it when I get home." Yao Ming continued.

"But the media, especially the American media, have crazily put me on the headlines again and again, and have repeatedly pinned the image of the entire Asian on my head, and I can't stand it."

Yao Ming was also worried at the time and continued:

"I remember one day, there were 17 groups, and the most 30 people wanted to take photos with me at the Chinese Embassy in the United States, and I could only smile bitterly. In the past, I always thought that the embassy was a very far away place, a place that could only be seen on TV, and a very sacred place. But when I saw people lined up to take photos with me, I was really helpless."

Yao Ming sighed heavily.

"Xiaoding, since you can't control it, you can't help others to admire you, and you can't stop yourself from becoming the most popular Chinese in the United States. Then you have to let yourself get used to it slowly."

Xue Ding nodded.

"From the day when you become famous in the NBA, you will become a money tree in the eyes of businessmen. This is not something you can decide. This is the market law, I, Alian, you, are all the same."

"But no matter how much the media promotes you or how optimistic the market is, you cannot forget your duty. Don't forget your original intention of playing basketball. This is my advice."

Yao Ming finally looked at Xue Ding solemnly and said.

For this Chinese boy, Yao Ming didn't want to see him being praised to heaven and beaten to the ground.

After two consecutive triple-double games, Xue Ding now does feel these pressures.

Xue Ding replied: "Well, I know, I will focus on the stadium. I hope my fame is achieved through my own game, not by praise."

Yao Ming also nodded. This is how he handled it back then. In the end, his strength was worthy of his fame.

Xue Ding's psychological maturity is far from that of ordinary players of the same age.

“He will succeed.”
Chapter completed!