The backup shooting guard, Regius Gates, was supposedly related to Bill Gates somehow.
His family was filthy rich.
The guy believed in playing basketball for fun.
He had always believed that playing ball was all about having fun.
So when it came to those grueling, tedious practices, he never took them very seriously.
His catchphrase was, "If basketball isn't fun, I might as well go home and play video games."
Supposedly, his father ran a video game company.
So the guy was fearless and didn't care what anyone thought.
In his own words, if he didn't love basketball, he wouldn't give a damn about coaches, owners, the media, or fans.
Now, when Wang Yi told him to go in, he merely nodded.
The one coming off the court for Pang Bo was Kim Tae-hyun, the center from South Korea.
The guy was slow-footed and looked clumsy.
Aside from having a slight edge in weight and strength, he had almost nothing else going for him.
Ever since Pang Bo had joined the team last season, his playing time had shrunk dramatically.
During the second half of last season, he had been unhappy with his playing time and often gone through the motions without putting in any effort.
To head coach Dako, guys like these were a complete bunch of problem children.
Getting them to pull together was next to impossible.
Last season, he had already tried talking some sense into each of them.
But it had barely helped.
This season, he had hoped Wang Yi would handle them, but Wang Yi had only added fuel to the fire.
That had made these problem children even more of a problem.
It was easy to imagine how a bunch of guys with limited talent and a host of issues would perform once they