Tirohia te wāhanga i raro nei, kātahi ka whakautu i te pātai i muri mai i te reo kotahi me te wāhanga:  Passage: I pehia a Yao kia uru ki te tuhinga NBA i te tau 1999 na Li Yaomin, te kaiwhakahaere tuarua o te Shanghai Sharks. I whakaawe ano a Li i a Yao ki te haina kirimana mo Evergreen Sports Inc. hei kaihokohoko. Ko te whakaaetanga e tika ana ki a Evergreen ki te 33% o nga whiwhinga a Yao, engari i whakatauhia te kirimana i muri mai kaore i te whaimana.I te wa i whakatau ai a Yao ki te whakauru ki te tuhinga NBA 2002, i hangaia he roopu kaitohutohu i mohiotia ko "Team Yao". Ko te roopu ko te kaitohutohu a Yao, a Erik Zhang; tana kaihoko NBA, a Bill Duffy; tana kaihoko Hainamana, a Lu Hao; te kaiwhakaako o te Whare Waananga o Chicago, a John Huizinga; me te perehitini tuarua mo te tauhokohoko i BDA Sports Management, a Bill Sanders. I matapae whānuitia a Yao kia kowhiria te tokomaha o te katoa. Heoi, i āwangawanga etahi kapa e pā ana ki te āhei NBA o Yao no te mea o te kore o te CBA e tukua Yao tākaro i roto i te United States. I muri tata i Wang Zhizhi whakakahore ki te hoki ki Haina ki te tākaro mo te tīma motu, a i muri i te rāhuitia i te tākaro mo China, te CBA whakaritea e Yao e kia hoki ki te tākaro mo te tīma motu. I mea hoki rātau e kore rātau e tuku i a ia kia haere ki Te Hononga o Amerika, ki te kore ia e tangohia e ngā Houston Rockets i te tuatahi. I muri i te whakamana mai a Team Yao ka tohua e nga Rockets a Yao me ta raatau tohu tuatahi, ka whakaaetia e te CBA i te ata o te kaupapa kia purei a Yao i te US. I te wa i tohua ai e nga Rockets a Yao me te tohu tuatahi o te kaupapa, ko ia te kaitakaro tuatahi o te ao i tohua tuatahi i te katoa kaore ano kia takaro i te poitūkohu o te US.  Pātai: He aha te kaihoko i hainatia e Yao hei hua o te mana o Li?
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