Many people said Shan He was only held back by his age. Once he was old enough, he'd already have the ability to play in CUBA.
Many people wondered: if he was that good, why hadn't he gone to Huali Basketball School to pursue a career in basketball?
The reason was Shan He's family background.
His father was a giant in China's retail industry and expected him to take over the family business one day, not become a basketball player.
So his family sent him to a prestigious high school in the county, intending for him to study finance and management at university.
Shan He loved basketball from the bottom of his heart.
He also knew he couldn't refuse his parents' plans. In other words, counting both high school and university, he probably had only five or six years to play basketball.
So he wanted to shine as brightly as he could during those five or six years.
That was why, despite having far greater talent than most people, he trained much harder than the average player, too.
As a result, he displayed far greater ability on the court than ordinary players.
For the past two years, many teams had known that limiting him would be enough to limit Yude Middle School.
The problem was, he was simply impossible to contain.
In this year's four group-stage games, he averaged 27.1 points, practically defeating the other four teams single-handedly.
What did that mean?
Their entire team averaged only 60 points per game.
In other words, he scored nearly half of his team's points in practically every game.
In the NBA, that would be the equivalent of averaging over 50, nearly 60 points per game.
That showed just how formidable Shan He was.
So facing Yude Middle School would be a huge