Chapter 34: The Chosen One

Yu Fei openly recruited agents, indirectly announcing that he would forego his college eligibility to enter this year's NBA Draft.

In Quentin DiMio's view, it was too subdued. Given Yu Fei's local prestige, he could have made a big splash by inviting media from the State of Washington to a press conference and then announced his draft decision just like Kobe Bryant did in his time.

Looking back on Kobe's approach, Yu Fei considered it reckless and frivolous. Kobe had announced his intention to bring his talents to the NBA in front of dozens of media outlets, nonchalantly wearing sunglasses.

Back then, people saw Kobe as too ostentatious and flamboyant, and his actions brought him many negative reviews.

Actually, it was a move made out of necessity, because, by the standards of the time, Kobe didn't have the immediately obvious super talent like Kevin Garnett. Promoting himself in this way was one of Kobe's strategies to get noticed by more and more people.