整场比赛，姚明毫不留情地一次次拦下泰约的跳投。然后我上场，对着他灌篮，向他尖叫。噢，天哪———我听不懂他在说些什么，但后面他拦下球后就会击掌，示意把球传给他。他挡住了每一个对手的进攻，将投篮截住。对手们毫无办法。
The whole game he was just knocking down his jump shot, showing no emotion. Then I came down, dunked on him, and screamed at him. Amunicate, but we connected. We’ve been boys ever since. I didn’t see him again for years, but I’d call him every six months or so and set up a three-way conference call with a translator. He called me from China the day I was drafted by the Raiders to congratulate me, and when I saw him at his second All-Star Game, he gave me his jersey. The way I see it, we’re friends for life.
我们无法交流，但很要好。从那时我们成了朋友。几年没见到他了，但我大约半年给他打个电话，请一个翻译，和他开三边会议。我被招入突击者队的当天，他从中国打来电话祝贺。他在全明星队的第二场比赛我见到他时，他把球衣送给了我。在我看来，我们是一生的朋友。
After San Diego, I went to Jordan’s camp and worked as a counselor, but we played every night. In the trophy case in my home in Shanghai, I have two pictures of me with Jordan. One is the picture he took with everybody who worked or played at the camp. The other is of me walking off the court and Jordan patting me on the back. I’m smiling, but I look very skinny. One reason is that I had only $200 for the whole two-month trip. Liu Wei took something like $150 with him. The first two weeks, we didn’t need to pay for anything; Li Yaomin, the Sharks GM, took care of us. But after the Nike Camp in Indianapolis, he went back to China and took all his money with him. We were two young Chinese kids without any money, playing in places like Augusta, Georgia, and Orlando.
在圣地亚哥之后，我去了乔丹训练营，但我们还是每晚打球。我在上海家中的奖杯陈列柜中有两张我同乔丹的合影。一张是他同营地每个球员及工作人员的集体照，另一张中，我正往场外走，他拍了拍我的背，我在笑，但看上去很瘦。一个原因是整整2个月我只有200美元可用，刘炜大概带了150块。前两周，我们什么都不用付钱，大鲨鱼的总经理李耀民照顾我们。但在印第安纳波利斯的耐克训练营之后，他回国了，把他的钱都带走了。我们两个中国小孩没有钱，完全自己管自己，继续在奥古斯塔、乔治亚、奥兰多等地打球。
So for two weeks, Liu Wei and I ate nothing but 99-cent double cheeseburgers and the free breakfast they had in our motel lobby every morning. We made sure to get there very early.
因此，在两个星期里，我和刘炜只能吃99美分一个的双层干酪汉堡包，刘炜每天吃一个，我吃两个，以及旅馆里每天供应的免费早餐，我们每天都要很早跑去吃。
Liu Wei and Yao lived off of cheeseburgers and hotel breakfasts during their stay in the U.S.(Rocky Widner/NBAE/Getty Images)When another coach from China came over to check on us, he said, “You look skinny.”
“Of course,” I said.
另一位教练从中国过来看我们的时候，对我说:“你看上去皮包骨头。”“当然了。”我说。liuxuepaper.com