Wang Yue didn't have an agent, so finding him really wasn't easy. Every team could only contact him through Davis, the school's head coach.
But Wang Yue turned down every invitation to a tryout. He wanted to keep everyone guessing until the group workouts.
A lot of people thought he was crazy. He was actually waiting until the group workouts? How could a team pick him without knowing his exact stats?
His decision left American fans baffled, and even fans back home were worried.
Back home, it would be seen as undisciplined and disorganized. Unless Wang Yue could become a world-class basketball player like Yao Ming, he wouldn't be called up to the national team, no matter how good his results were.
In fact, because of his behavior, the domestic basketball association didn't contact Wang Yue right away.
But nobody could get in touch with him, so all the fans could do was worry on his behalf.
Wang Yue did as he pleased, and most people had no idea where to look for him. Then one day, a fan who liked both basketball and billiards unexpectedly found out where he was going. That was how fans learned that Wang Yue had gone to watch a nine-ball tournament!
This left a lot of fans wondering: why would a basketball player go watch billiards? Was that the secret behind Wang Yue's accurate shots?
The news quickly reached China. Many people there hadn't even known nine-ball tournaments existed. They had always thought billiards was just a casual pastime.
The domestic media seemed to spot a business opportunity, and quickly explained the billiards scene in China. They even arranged a broadcast of a billiards match.
Tencent Sports reacted fastest. They sent a reporter to the nine-ball tournament and bought the rights to broadcast the