At 17:30 on the 30th, China women’s basketball will compete with host Australia women’s basketball in the semi-finals of the World Cup. In addition to attracting great attention from the outside world, Lauren Jackson, a 41-year-old Australian women’s basketball player, will “meet” again with Yao Ming, the current chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association “, it also reminds people of their interaction at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. 14 years have passed since this flash. The intersection between the two basketball stars in that year left a deep memory for people.
Jackson is undoubtedly the greatest player in Australia’s women’s basketball history. In WNBA’s professional arena, she was selected as an All-Star for a total of 7 times, won the season score three times, won the MVP three times, won the WNBA championship two times and won the FMVP one time, which can be described as a soft honor. Meanwhile, Jackson led the team to win the World Championship in 2006 in the world competition on behalf of the Australian national team, and helped Australia win the second place in the three consecutive Olympic Games in 2000, 2004 and 2008. In 2016, Jackson announced his retirement. Yao Ming became a member of the Naismith Hall of Fame that year, while Jackson and Wade and others were jointly selected into the Naismith Hall of Fame in 2021. In this World Cup, Jackson came back at the age of 41 and joined the top four with his teammates.
Fourteen years ago, Jackson and Yao Ming, two basketball stars, embraced warmly at the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. It was basketball that deepened their friendship. Now 41-year-old Jackson is still active in the arena. In those days, Yao Ming had already completed the role conversion and supervised the battle on the sidelines as the chairman of the Chinese Basketball Association. The two met again now, which made people sigh that time passed.