Do you remember him? What's the state of the inside of the rocket that stretched his foot to let Yao Ming tie his shoelaces?

Fans who know the NBA will know that the NBA has always had some unwritten rules. In order to help rookie players adapt to the NBA earlier, almost every year, rookie players are teased by teammates, even intentionally. For example, when Sun Yuegang joined the Lakers, 30 minutes before the plane took off, Kobe publicly asked Sun Yue to go to the restaurant to buy a coke and a hamburger for everyone on the team. Like chris paul, he was forced to give James and Anthony backpacks in his rookie year.

As the first foreign top player in NBA history, Yao Ming had the same experience after joining the NBA. In fact, when Yao Ming entered the NBA, team owner Francis took special care of him. Even after Yao Ming arrived in the United States, Francis personally greeted him at the airport. It is precisely because of Francis' protection that Yao Ming suffered a lot less.

However, Francis can't always be with Yao Ming. During a rookie season in Yao Ming, Yao Ming, who was sitting on the bench watching the game, was suddenly held in her arms with one foot outstretched. It turned out that the team's power forward Cato put his foot in Yao Ming's arms, and Yao Ming tied his shoelaces for Cato with great understanding. Although it is a "lesson" given by the old players to the rookie, it is really shameful to bow your head and tie your shoelaces, but "people have to do it under the eaves."

In fact, after Yao Ming joined the Rockets, most players were very friendly to him. Coupled with Yao Ming's high emotional intelligence, almost no one will be hostile to Yao Ming, but Cato is different. After Yao Ming joined the team, Cato was the main center of the Rockets. When Yao Ming joined, he was squeezed into an unfamiliar power forward position, and the tactical focus of every game was also around Yao Ming, which also made him.

However, after all, the NBA is a place to speak by strength. Yao Ming had an amazing performance in his first season in the NBA, and he worked very hard in private, and soon completely occupied the team's starting lineup. Accurately speaking, he played eleven games, completely occupied the starting line-up, and pushed Cato to the bench for about a month. Two years later, Cato, who was unhappy in the Rockets, was also sent to Orlando for magic, which became the bargaining chip for the Rockets to get McGrady.

It can be seen that Yao Ming joined the Rockets with the aura of being the No.1 scholar at that time, and was also greatly criticized and challenged. As the first foreign top scholar, many people are not convinced of Yao Ming, and Yao Ming's success in the NBA is also inseparable from his later efforts and efforts.