When Wang Yi arrived at Huali Basketball School, classes had already been underway for two weeks.
That was one thing he didn't like about Huali Basketball School: it followed the same schedule as ordinary schools.
Normally, this was when Wang Yi should have been heading to the United States to begin training camp.
But there was no helping it. He could only postpone his trip to the United States by a month.
At the basketball school, he occasionally taught theory classes.
He didn't say much in those classes, but what he did say was all practical advice.
He talked about fighting spirit and the spirit of basketball.
He talked about never giving up before the final second.
Other teachers had covered these topics too, but the students always felt they were just talking in theory.
After all, the students had barely watched them play.
Wang Yi, on the other hand, was right there in front of them. He had real game experience to back up what he said, so the students loved listening to him.
During practical classes, he taught the players training methods and game skills.
They were the accumulated lessons of more than a decade of training and playing basketball.
They were incredibly useful to the students.
Nearly every student in the school was a fan of Wang Yi. On top of that, his classes were lively and full of practical advice, with no unnecessary chatter.
And during breaks, he often told them amusing stories from on and off the court in the NBA.
Like how Cooper tested positive for pregnancy during a drug test, only for it to turn out he'd used his girlfriend's urine to cover for himself.
Like how Tracy McGrady's dog bit a neighbor, who then took him to court.
And how Robinson, the