Yao bụ onye na-ekwu okwu ya, Erik Zhang; onye nnọchi anya NBA ya, Bill Duffy; onye nnọchi anya ya nke China, Lu Hao; prọfesọ na-ahụ maka akụ na ụba na Mahadum Chicago, John Huizinga; na osote onye isi oche maka ịzụ ahịa na BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders. A na-ebu amụma na Yao ga-ahọrọ nọmba otu n'ozuzu ya. Otú ọ dị, ụfọdụ ndị otu NBA nwere nchegbu banyere Yao's eligibility of Evergreen Sports Inc. to serve as his agent. Nkwekọrịta ahụ nyere Evergreen 33% nke ego Yao, mana e mechara kpebie na ọ baghị uru. Mgbe Yao kpebiri ịbanye na 2002 NBA draft, e guzobere otu ndị ndụmọdụ nke bịara mara dị ka "Team Yao". Ndị otu ahụ gụnyere onye na-ekwu okwu Yao, Erik Zhang; onye nnọchi anya NBA ya, Bill Duffy; onye nnọchi anya ya nke China, Lu Hao; prọfesọ nke akụ na ụba na Mahadum Chicago, John Huizinga; na osote onye isi oche maka ịzụ ahịa na BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders.
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