Basketball's reforms had proved far more difficult than Yao Ming had expected.
Not only were vested interests obstructing them, but even people who didn't know the full story were already cursing him.
Thinking of everything that was happening back home, Wang Yi let out a long sigh.
If he could still do anything for China's basketball right now, it was to play every game here to the best of his ability.
At the same time, another Chinese player had been affected by the incident.
Zhang Jiacheng.
When he was five, an accident cost him his right arm.
But he had exceptional natural talent, and he trained hard and diligently. Even with only one arm, he could dribble with ease on the court and even throw down dunks.
His dream was to play professionally.
He had endured plenty of hardship in pursuit of that dream, and faced more than his share of cold stares.
To this day, although there had been players with only nine fingers in professional basketball leagues, there had never been a one-armed player.
That showed just how difficult it was.
But after coordination among several parties, the 25-year-old was finally set to join the CBA this year.
Then the team he was supposed to join announced that it was withdrawing from the CBA permanently.
His dream had been put on hold once again.
Mitchell told Wang Yi everything that had happened. Wang Yi sighed.
Some things really were beyond anyone's control.
Back in 2020, the Nets had invited him to perform at halftime, but visa issues had ultimately prevented him from going.
Now he'd been set to play in the CBA, only for this to happen.
People called it fate.
But for him, reaching this level of skill with one arm was already deeply moving.
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