Live broadcast, February 21st news recently, Sun Yue was interviewed in the “face-to-face” program.
When asked about “being hidden in Shougang in the last two years”, Sun Yue said frankly: “The outside world said that I was hidden in the snow, of course there are some contract reasons, including that we have differences on some things, and finally we did not reach a consensus. I am sure I have emotions in my heart at first, but what I can do is to regard these two years as a process of self-cultivation.”
Sun Yue thought: “No. I think the so-called aura and honor are milestones one by one. After that stage is over, there is only a result. I can’t live by looking at those two rings all the time. I often forget the so-called honor and never feel that I am a pair of champion King. I am a very ordinary big man in front of many people. I have what I want to do and what I want to accomplish, and I have started a new phase.”
Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers in the 40th order in the 2007 NBA draft and won the NBA championship with the team in 1999. In 2014, Sun Yue was loaned to CBA Beijing men’s basketball to help the team win the CBA championship in the current season. Sun Yue thus became the first player in history to have both NBA and CBA championship rings. In men’s basketball, 2018, Beijing canceled the contract with Sun Yue. On October 16, 2021, Sun Yue officially retired.