Playing in the NBA was exhausting enough. Then he had to come back and play in the Olympics, and now they were arranging so many activities for him that they completely ate into his time to rest.
Most importantly, even if they managed to bring in sponsors, a considerable portion of the money would probably end up in people's pockets.
Naturally, he refused outright.
Although the Basketball Association's leaders were a little unhappy about it, they couldn't say anything.
After all, Wang Yi was a man of considerable standing. Since he said he didn't want to take part in those activities, the leaders of the Basketball Association naturally wouldn't force him to.
As for the other players, they weren't as fortunate as Wang Yi.
At the leaders' insistence, they took part in all kinds of activities, continuing until mid-September.
In September, Wang Yi went to Huali Basketball School again, as he did every year.
After playing against Team America, Wang Yi had become acutely aware that developing basketball talent in China was of the utmost importance.
So, as soon as he arrived at Huali Basketball School, he threw himself into training the players.
While training the players this year, he noticed something: Wang Liang had made tremendous progress.
Wang Liang really didn't have much natural talent. He wasn't particularly fast, couldn't jump especially high, and wasn't very strong, but he had good court vision.
Wang Yi remembered that last year, Wang Liang had only just managed to play in a few county-level games with the school team. This year, he was already able to play in provincial-level games with them.
Although he was only a backup Point Guard in those provincial games, it was still tremendous progress for someone whose static and dynamic Talent were both unremarkable.
Wang Yi secretly