We originally published this last year, but with Joe Johnson’s recent selection to the NBA All-Star Team, we thought it was worth another read. Enjoy.
“I just a simple person, with little income, 24 years old young people…..
I do not care about other’s thinking, someone said I was a fool,
they would like to say: “why does yonsan spent lots of time on an
IMPOSSIBLE THING, TO BE A IDOLATER?”– Yonsan Johnson, founder of the Chinese Joe Johnson Fan Club
A life changing moment can come in a thousand packages. A car running a red light, the first cries of an infant, even a simple word of encouragement – all these have the power to send one’s days skittering in a new direction, sometimes for good. So, apparently, does the cover of a basketball magazine that sells for $4.99 at Books-a-Million.
For Yonsan Johnson, formerly Yonsan Uranus, ne Zhu Yan-Qing*, life would never be the same after seeing the cover of a Dime magazine at his military barracks in 2009. There, peering back at him he saw the eyes of a resolute, dignified foreign warrior.
The eyes belonged to Joe Johnson, then a forward for the Atlanta Hawks, an eight-year NBA veteran. In that story Yonsan read about Johnson’s great love for the single mother who’d raised him, his quiet manner on the court and a desire to stay home and play videos games rather than go clubbing.
By day, Yonsan is an electrical engineer who ekes out the equivalent of $2,400 a year in a factory in northern China. By night, though, as founder of the JJFC, he manages the Joe Johnson Chinese Baidu Tiebar, which he describes as a forum that includes almost 500 members. In this role he has accumulated and edited what is likely the world’s largest cache of Joe Johnson-related pictures and videos. His life’s dream is to one day directly speak to Johnson.
I stumbled upon Yonsan’s club while researching an article I was writing in spring 2010 on Johnson, my classmate at Little Rock Central High School. I was intrigued and explained that connection to Yonsan, and asked why he favored Johnson over flashier, more accomplished stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.
The result: two and a half years of correspondence, some of which is reproduced here. While the e-mails have been edited for space and privacy, original spelling, punctuation and grammar were kept to preserve their immediacy, sincerity and unaffected authenticity.
In Yonsan, I have found a someone with an insatiable appetite for knowledge of the world his favorite star inhabits, and I have gained a long-term pen pal from whom I’ve learned about a place many Americans know nothing about: China. But through Yonsan I have also learned about America.
Note: In America, names are considered permanent. Not so in China, where there is a tradition of acquiring and shedding multiple names through the course of life. In recent decades, educated Chinese have taken to choosing English names to enable them to better navigate the global economy. It is common for modern Chinese office workers to address themselves by their English names while otherwise conversing entirely in Chinese.
After a few introductory emails, on the first day of the 2010 playoffs, with 3rd-seed Atlanta taking on Milwaukee, Yonsan explains his world (ellipses separating text denote edited deletions):
4.17.10
Hello~
Evin.…
I will tell you the truth.
You Know, Chinese is a developing country.
with huge people about one billion and four hundred million…
Ain’t most of Chinese are rich..
The great mass of people live with a ordinary life…
For most of Chinese, It is so hard to go abroad.
Not only it is expensive, but the passport is aslo hard to authorize.
Maybe one day I can Fly to the USA.
BUT, RIGHT NOW… IT IS JUST A DREAM..
So sad…Evin, I just wonder how can I contact to Joe…
…
Would you please ask for Joe if he agree to tell me his E-MAIL adress and phone number.
maybe phone number is so hard to get.…
Aslo could help me to collect Fans words in JJFC (Joe johnson fan club) to him.
…
there are some Fans voice~
“Let’s go Hawks! It’s our time! come on! you are the best!”
“Joe~ we wish you do your best!! … we are strong backing behind you!”
“Joe~ China is a good place, Weclome to China!!”
“Joe~ Can you Stay? please do not go~ Hawks need you!!”
“Hi Joe~ I am your Chinese Fan… you know, We love you`everyone in JJFC~ So please cheer up!…
Could you please send these words to Joe ??? they are the Fans’ Fancy words.
…
Yours,
San
4.22.10
Hi Evin,
…
What a pity! Evin,
For me, it is so hard to get Joe’s personal contact info.…
Last month, I sent an E-Mail to a cameraman.
to ask if I can get some Joe’s photo
he also told me he had no right to
give me any photo and contact info. it is legal duty…
I almost despair……
4.27.10
Hi
Evin,I have some questions about NBA Authentic Jersey. I am Confusing…
Because I really want to buy a Jersey of Joe’s,…
An Authentic Jersey will cost 2180 RMB (about ＄272.5 dollars),
…
maybe it will spend me 3 weeks work to get this Jersey.
But I listened to my friends, they tell me in America, People are so easy to buy a Jersey.
Maybe a jersey amounts to there two or three days earning…
Oh, My god…
what a huge differece between China and America……
[For the second straight season, the Hawks make the conference semifinals after beating Milwaukee in 7 games.]
5.3.10
Hello,
Evin!…
Joe’s worn jersey in season 2010 would cost $1250… Need to pre-order..
I just consider this, that’s my three months’ earning~~ HAHA!!…
I have one question~
do dirty words like “shit, fuck” are often spoke by the plays in the court?! what is these words real mean!? because last week I watch
the replay of Hawks vs Bucks 1st game.. I can hear someone said these words… aslo I hear the word
when Joe drive in to the area and He put the ball in. but I never saw any play made foul on him~ In my
mind Joe can not put these words out, he is so calm~ a man like him
will never say that words~
Haha,maybe there is something different in our mind~
maybe that is just the outside voice, not Joe’s
5.3.10
Hi,
Evin.…
… in China, Maybe it is impolite to say these words.
Teachers, Families, Friends would not like to hear curse words.
sometimes, these words may cause
fighting in people. so we seldom say them.
it is not have the relation with religious.
Maybe this is the difference between China and America~
…
5.8.10
[The Hawks lose by 43 and 14 in their first two games in the next round against the top-seeded Orlando Magic. The situation seems dire.]
Hello Evin,
…
Today is so tired.. It is my birthday, also Mother’s Day.
I will give my mother a call at 9:00 AM (Beijing Time) with Festival greeting.
Right now it is midnight…
In suppertime, My friend and I went to a restaurant have some hometown dishes.
although I’ve been in Xi’an for 7 years, I still not adapt Northern cuisine.
I came from south of China, Guizhou Province. I love spicy food very much…
So I felt good to eat hometown dishes on my birthday. that’s cool~…
… I still have the confidence in Game 3 today. Wish they could win.
Joe is too tired. And he injured hand…
Very sorry about him.…
But I hate those media repoters who did wild reports and comments.
They Blamed the faliures on Joe…
Lots of curse words…..
I cannot endure that. But I can not do anything…How about these photos? Do you see Joe’s helpless? or frustration?
….
5.9.10
Hi,
Evin.Remember the mail I sent to you about 12 hours ago??
I have some new for you…
The third game about Hawks and Magic is so terrible…
Hawks lost the game again in their Home by 30 points. that’s a hug disparity……
I talk about today’s game and those articles with JJFC members at night, some one felt disappointment
some one felt nothing,some one felt unbelievable….…
Maybe Joe hurt the fans… they put out the ATL NEWS …
Johnson on unhappy fans: “We could care less if they show up”
they can not believe Joe said these words.
How about this kind of gentleman put these words for his fans??…
… He is generally a calm person, but sometimes can be emotional.
Lost 3 games. Can he get a good mood to face fans?
Maybe after he put out these words, He felt regret.So I am worry about Joe, Wish he would have no inwardly pressure…
Just enjoy the game.
And all the fans in JJFC will give him the greatest supports!!
I will behind him forever!Yours, San
[Orlando sweeps Atlanta after a 98-84 Game 4 win]
5.13.10
Hi,
Evin.…
… For Joe, It is just over, and a little pity…
So I upload the backgound music— The crisis
to show that.. Joe needs to rest up. He is tired, I want him just to relax, Just to calm down…
This music is nice~ Like Joe……
Today, I visited Joe’s Facebook…
It seems that he have not look through it.
…I think Joe should visit his Facebook sometime.
It is very helpful from the fans’ words, fans’ encouragement…
Maybe He is playing Video game right now~
hehe…
Time for sleeping…
Yours,
Yonsan
5.14.10
Hi,
Evin
Today I want to ask you some questions about these photos…1.Look at this photo, I think Joe must be a good son. He is appreciate for his mother.
A grandness mother have a succeed son.
2.YOU KNOW Joe is very cool, And I want to know who is the people stand left? Josh Smith???
He looks like Josh very much! I really do not know who he is. Maybe Joe and Josh often have activities
together.
3.So cute right??
4. The cover of Slam magazine Two kinds. the chinese version is scaned by myself.
Joe… With the sharp eyes…
do they interesting?
…
5.18.10
Hello,
Evin…
When media published some offensive news about Joe or other NBA players, I often felt not well.
expecially Joe, I think I must get the jersey… maybe someone would like to say
“Yonsan is crazy~”
“Do you think you are seilfish? Never consider your family. although You used your own money, but how
can we accept you to buy such an expensive jersey?”
That’s correct… I almost 24 years old, still single, often think myself, maybe something relation with my
childhood..very unhappy…just stop this……
Sorry, Evin.. Maybe I am bothering you now~ and the words are so tedious..
coz, I really do not know how to express my feeling…
Maybe I felt so sorry about Joe…
Wish his things goes well…
5.21.10
Hello,
Evin.…
You ask about my work…
I remember I have told you in my E-mail about 1 month ago…
I am a designer, about Electron.. work in an institute.
But recent two years, I felt not well in my work. Sometime I felt boring…
I hate repeatedly work, but I have no choice…
For me, it is not easy to change new job…
You know, in China…
it is so hard for a student graduated from a university or college to apply for a job.
With the largest number of population,
How can you imagine there are thousands of people to compete for one job??So… Let’s talk about other theme…
Maybe I am single…
cannot understand the real meaning of my rest life.
House? Couple? Child? Car??
No, that is all I never thought before…Right now, I just want to do my thing that I enjoy…
I really want to talk and meet with Joe Johnson…
Hope my wish will come true~ Hehe~…
6.3.10
Hey,
EvinI will be crazy~~~
there is another Joe appears in Twitter.. his ID is Joe_Johnson2
Who is the real Joe Johnson?!
this man mentioned he has wife~
but, as I know Joe is still single~…
I think this must be fake~
As the personality of Joe, I think he would like to stay at home with his mom futhermore than communicates with fans~
certainly, I am not meaning he does not like fans… he just calm, do not like people to focus more on him…Yours,
San
6.24.10
[Yonsan takes it upon himself to sleuth out Johnson’s contact info. He claims to make online contact with Al Horford, one of Johnson’s teammates. Yonsan is invited to play an online game with Horford’s signed jersey as a prize. Unfortunately, his Internet connectivity sputters.]
What’s up~
Evin.…
Fortunately thing is I through Twitter to chat with AL Horford (HAWKS Center), That’s feeling good.
and AL would will to chat with me, and I joined in a online game with him and other fans who answer his question first will get his Signed Jersey.. But my net condition does not work well…. I missed the Jersey…
But I never felt sad, Just felt happy… Because, It is my first time to chat with NBA Player, and AL is kind.
good man…
Right now, I will go on to update my data of Joe’s, Still wait for him…
7.4.10
[On the same day Joe Johnson agrees to terms on a new six-year, $119 million contract with the Hawks, Yonsan receives his long-awaited Joe Johnson jersey in the mail. It is the Fourth of July.]
subject: I GET IT!!! I GET IT!!! EVIN~~~
WHASSS UP~
EVIN!!Man, I get it~~ the game worn jersey of Joe’s… I amlost cried…
…
7.5.12
Hi,
EvinJoe finally stay in ATL, with the great contract $119 million six years~
…
[To celebrate Johnson’s good fortune, Yonsan quotes a Denzel Washington flick]
I’ve read a poem from the moive
Antwone FisherWho will cry for the little boy, lost and alone. Who will cry for the little boy, abandoned without his own. Who will cry for the little boy, he cried himself to sleep. Who will cry for the little boy, who never had it for keep. Who will cry for the little boy, who walked on burning sands. Who will cry for the little boy, the boy inside a man. Who will cry for the little boy, who knew well hurt and pain. Who will cry for the little boy, who died and died again. Who will cry for the little boy, a good boy he tried to be. Who will cry for the little boy, who cries inside of me.
7.10.10
Hi
Gentleman~…
Tell u something secret, but please donnot tell Joe~
I plan to let some of Joe’s Chinese fans to write some words on my collection Authentic Jersey (white Home), and some other things put in a box, on September I will ship it to Joe..
to give him a suprise~~~…
I think this must be the great meaningful thing in my life~
…
On Page Two, Yosan changes his name, Joe Johnson gets a new contract, a new t-shirt, a new team and much, much more.
Page Two7.11.10
[Johnson’s new mega contract stirs controversy among the members of Yonsan’s Joe Johnson Fan Club]
…
some fans in JJFC discussed about it, whether the Hawks should offer Joe this huge contract or not.
I aslo visit Joe’s Facebook (seems like not his real Facebook), AJC news, NBA HAWKS BLOG…
there were lots of message by fans, both support and objection… and aslo neutralism.
In my opinion…If he leaves: He must be got more boos from fans or Media… even said he was betrayer…
If he stayes: He aolso gets boos from some fans…
With the Huge contract, some fans will say he is not worth it, once the Hawks entered
playoffs, he always dissappear… He just stay because of the $119 million……
But, in practically, They have no choice but to re-sign Joe… really cannot imagine Joe leaves ATL…
…
I donn’t know what was Joe thinking about…
He said he would like to stay in ATL, even With the Reduced-salays…
They promised Joe the team would become better……
…how can Hawks to offer another player they want to get?
I feel a little disappointment on Joe, why don’t he do something?
Maybe he did, or the manager is a rich guy, he can afford them…But how can they improve their depth…
…
For Joe… It is time to prove himself, to be a real Leader…
these are my opinion…
I am a easily moved man, with a calm heart.. although I am 24 years old, I still like a boy…
wanna be young forever…
8.3.10
[Yonsan wants to send Johnson a JJFC T-shirt he can wear, but must first figure out the appropriate size]
Yonsan
From: 4eVr Joe~
Date: Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 3:01 PM
Subject: Sorry, Something Wrong.
To: Evin Demirel >There is 23cm height betwteen Joe an I , I just 178cm only… he is 201cm
Yonsan
8.7.10
subject: EXCUSE ME EVIN
Evin,
Sorry this is really a hard question for me.
aslo for a tailor.
Because we do not know about Joe’s body.
He can not imagine the size..
Can I use Joe’s game worn Jersey for compareation?…
There is 23cm height betwteen Joe an I I, I just 175cm only… he is 201cm
I make the wrong Size: in China an XXL is for 5-7 (190cm) people in China…
Hmmm
Really hard…
Can there have a Website to tell me about American People’s Size of Clothers.
…
8.8.10
Hi, Evin..
I just finished the design of the T-shirt..… HOW DO YOU LIKE IT??
8.27.10
Hello Gentleman,
…
… The special gift I prepare for Joe Johnson was underway… So hard, So tired, So meaningful.
…
… everyday I was hard working in my office. Drawings,technologic problems, papers…
When I came back to home, I would go on with the designing of special gift.…
Most of Chinese Factory or shop can not make it. They never,ever seen this size… it’s too big.
In China, the MAX size would be XXXXL.. seldom people wears XXXL or XXXXL.
I think Joe’s must be XXXXXL or bigger.
I spent 1 week on conecting with the manufacturers which I search online.…
10.9.10
Hi,Evin
it is hard to say how busy my work was, you know electron engineer is not easy…
You mentioned that IF I still work on Joe Johnson Fan Club, The answer is YES.
How can I give up it?
We still updated info about Joe Johnson, Like: Hawks media day, Pre-Season games, and the following Regular games.
And the Digital Magazine, Joe Johnson Fan Club Digital Magazine VoL.1 will update soon.
It records Joe time from 2001 to 2010, I want all the Joe Johnson fans would get some memory from the
magazine, especially Chinese fans. we cannot have more info from interenet about Joe.
This magzine does not use in commercial events, activities, just for fans who love Johnson.
And the video 2008-2009 playoffs johnson mix was editing..
at last… You know Joe’s special gift… no body could help me to do this, T-shirt is the most difficult thing.
…
10.10.10
YES, electric engineer
Sorry, I will try to improve my English.
The T-shirt, I got the Adress of Joe with Altanta Hawks , I think I could ship it to him.
But I just worry about one thing, would he like to accpet it? and Could he receive it?
I can not give him an advanced message …
So, I can only pray to the God…
10.10.10
[I ask Yonsan if one day it would be OK if I write about our correspondence. He assents, but doesn’t consider himself a worthy subject. He later agrees.]
Thank you for your kindness article about me, but I think it was not worth to write me.
I just a simple person, with little income, 24 years old young people…..
I do not care about other’s thinking, someone said I was a fool,
they would like to say: “why does yonsan spent lots of time on an IMPOSSIBLE THING, TO BE A IDOLATER?”
NO, I am not a idolater. I just do the things with my interest, to release my whole day’s office work.
but the only thing I do just want more Chinese NBA Fans to get known about Joe Johnson.…
I just want to be a friend of him, to communicate with him by E-MAIL, MESSAGE, TWITTER……
To be a real fan.
Sometime I always think about one thing, Joe Johnson is a billionaire. Me, a chinese poor guy…
How can a billionaire accept me to be a friend, a poor Chinese people…
Maybe, it would be a dream in me… forever…
10.28.10
[Yonsan finally sends his gift package to the Atlanta Hawks. The shipping log presents a mystery.]
EVIN,
…
I had shipped the items to Joe on Oct.24th by DHL.
it cost me to much, I never thought that Air mail was so expensive.…
something puzzled me.. Please just see this words below…
17 Delivered – Signed for by : A RHODES ATLANTA, GA – USA 12:30 16 With delivery courier ATLANTA, GA – USA 07:58 15 Arrived at Delivery Facility in ATLANTA – USA ATLANTA, GA – USA 07:53
So, who is A RHODES?? Did he has the right to receive the item?
or this is his full time Job? would he sent the item to Joe???
or A RHODES is a name of some place?
10.31.10
Hi, Evin.
…
Several days passed, I have not got any reply from Joe.
I just worry…
If he can receive it or not, or he doesn’t like it?……
I just feel disappointment …
I do not want to anything from him. just show him the passion from a fan, a real fan of him…
So, should I go on with my work on JJFC?
No matter how Joe like it, I just hope he can open the Disc… to look at the magazine, the videos…
Maybe he would like to reply…
But, Where is my special gift parcel… would it throw into the garbage can?
11.2.10
I tried to contact the Hawks offcial stuff. but no answering from him,but just known about the person is a security people.
I feel biggest lost… and I want to give up…….
I really want to make a simple chat with Joe by Mails or Twitters,…
it is impossible that an ordinary people can never communicate
with such basketball player…
2.18.11
[The JJFC goes on hiatus for a few months, as Yonsan works more at his day job during its most busy season.]
OK, man~
…
My target of the year is:
1. to let more people to know about Joe Johnson.
2. to get another Game Worn Jersey of Joe Johnson in season 2010-11.
3. to edit another Video about Joe Johnson in the NBA games.
4. to finish my work on Electrical products.I have a Chinese friend who study in University of South Carolina,
I think it is easy for him to help me to buy a game worn jersey…Be care for yourself, and I think you will be ok in your work. so, come on!
Yours ,
San
2.22.11
Hi, Evin
…
Today I wanna ask you a question about Jeans, I am very interesting in Jeans.
especially the Americans’, they are different with ours.
they are fashion, look very well in models.
I used to leave message to Dwight Howard, he told me one of his Jeans is True religion, it is very cool.
Can you tell me what brand of this Jean that Joe Johnson wears.
Thank you very much, he wore it and attended the 1st Annual Cartoon Network Hall of game awards~…
5.22.11
Hi,Evin
…
… Joe Johnson got his twitter, he often said some nice words …
a little pity, Joe only reply one tweet to me, just show his grateful~~~Ok, I gotta go back to my office.
see ya~Yonsan
[Yonsan later sends me the sole Tweet he has received from Johnson]
“@YonsanUranus thanks!! for the support.. i gon have to plan a trip to Japan”
12.4.11
[In May 2011, Atlanta loses in the NBA Playoff semifinals 4-2 to Chicago. In July, an NBA lockout begins as players and owners negotiate division of revenue and structure of the salary tax and luxury tax. It lasts until December, causing early-season game cancellations. The JJFC had no Hawks action to discuss, and Yonsan and I don’t e-mail each other for a few months. Meanwhile, a few NBA players – including Aaron Brooks, J.R. Smith and Kenyon Martin – sign with Chinese teams to stay sharp. ]
Hi, Evin.
For a long time that I haven’t written to you, I was busy these times…
It is a good news that NBA will come soon, I think lots of fans would be exciting.
Some players like Aaron brooks must be crazy…
because, as he came to China just one day, the news came out “LOCKOUT IS OVER!!!”…
I wish one day I could get another autographed jersey by joe himself..
Unfortunately, I just got one tweet from him since I added him by saying some fancy words…
like: “To let more Chinese fans to know about Joe Johnson is my task…”
after that, even I showed the second jersey to him, he got nothing to reply…
maybe he was too busy…
I just convinced myself, he would reply one day……
2.24.12
Let’s go! Joe Johnson Season 2012 Video MIX! From Joe Johnson Chinese fan Club!
5.11.12
[The Hawks won their first game of the 2012 playoffs against the Celtics but dropped the following three games. On May 10, Atlanta lost Game 6 83-80 and was eliminated.]
disappointment~· Hawks lost the important game…
7.19.12
[In July 2012, Johnson was traded to Brooklyn Nets. The franchise’s location, along with the Russian billionaire and globe-trotting hip hop artist who own it, give the former New Jersey-based team a distinctly cosmopolitan flair. ]
thanks very much, Evin.
I’m happy to hear lots of people who talk bout joe johnson in China now.…
the next season, I would like to buy the NETS. but what number is his? still NO.2 or NO.7????
I always think NO.2 is the best Number for him.…
I think I must the NO.1 in CHINA who have THE MOST photo of him…
Feel proud and happniess.
wish my dream will come true, wish Joe would have good memory in Brooklyn…
wish he could give me another reply…
7.24.12
AND….. TELL YOU ONE THING!!! MAKES ME Excite!!!!!
U see this Tee.. I asked my friend in US to ship me one~ looks cool right????
hahahaha~
7.25.12
i got the confidence on joe… no.doubt, he and Williams would have some good reaction…
…
he could get more fans, more sounds of “we love Joe Johnson or Joe Cool…” this can make him more confidence as well. so, give him the time, he needs to ajust, needs to prove…
when asking about the first time to read joe johnson’s news, it was in 2006… yes WC2006. u might not know that internet had not populizer in China, and that time i was just in military academy, it was not easy for us to get some news… the real meaningful time was i got the magazine Dime Chinese version in 2009.
the cover of the book is Johnson, and article inside… I love it very much…
8.1.12
[In July, Yonsan flies to England to watch an airshow featuring planes from all around the world. It’s his first time out of China, on a $2,000 flight for which he’d spent years saving. During the trip, he befriends an Englishman who tells him his chosen surname might include a phonetic faux pas.]
Evin,
…
As you know I put URANUS in my last name.
yes, my english name is YONSAN URANUS.
one of them told me I should change the last name. he asked me to look up the meaning of URANUS… i know it is a star in the space.
it doesn’t mean anything. it just a designation.…
in China, Uranus means: the great, the respectful… All the description are good..
So,can you tell me whats wrong with URANUS in your world? thank you.
8.6.12
Hi,
Gentleman~
You got check this:http://www.youtube.com/user/zhuyonsan/videos
Videos about Joe Johnson, Clipped by Yonsan.
coz of the difference culture and custom between US and China.
Hip-hop music is not as popular as pop music.
that’s why I do not like to use a Hip-Hop.
then, you will see the video in 2011, some fans in US would laugh at me…
that’s obvious, I am Chinese……
By the way, finally… I found the reason… URANUS has another meaning “your butt”, so the man told
me to make a change… I really didn’t know this meaning… a little conplicated…
So, I think Johnson might suit for me,
it is a good name, and also show my great respect to Joe Johnson…
EPILOGUE
I have twice told Joe Johnson about Yonsan and the Chinese Joe Johnson Fan Club. On both occasions he said it was pretty cool, and an honor. He said having a fan club half the world away was something he could have never imagined as a child.
In 2010, he told me he traveled once to China, after the 2006 FIBA World Championship, and visited three or four cities including Hong Kong.
“I had a great time over there,” he said. “It was like nothing that you’ve ever seen before. It was nuts. They really embraced us as basketball players and as Americans. It was a great feeling.”
There is great excitement among the member of the JJFC and Joe Johnson Chinese Baidu Tiebar over Johnson’s inaugural season in Brooklyn.
11.09.12
The title is still: TO SHARE, TO CHAT, TO DO… WHATEVER YOU LIKE ABOUT JOE JOHNSON.
We certainly wish people around in the world join in to talk about joe johnson.
And I just do the same thing: to let more Chinese to know about Joe Johnson though my videos.
When talking about the NBA games, I could only watch some in sunday.
through internet. we didn’t have direct broadcast about BROOKLYN NETS on TV..
I think Chinese media would like to focus on Jeremy Lin, Kobe bryant, MIAMI HEAT, THUNDER too many.
NETS fans in China felt really angry with Coach Johnson.
they thought the coach could not help the team to win, they didn’t have good tactics…
they felt disappointment with Deron williams, he got lots of turnovers.
and whats wrong with LOPEZ’s rebounds? especially in the game with Minnesota Timberwolves.
fans were satisfied with Joe Johnson’s playing.
someone think Joe should do something more but not the 2nd roles.
[He expounds on this in a follow-up email]
… Joe should take more balls when playing. No doubt the team has Deron Williams and Brook Lopez first. but I think Joe is an important one as well. Joe has the ability to help their guys to win. So “the 2nd role” could be noted as “the good assistant of DW and BL”.
An award-winning obituary writer, Evin Demirel left that field to focus on sports and society. He’s written for Sync, Arkansas Life, SLAM, Slate, The Classical and the New York Times. He Tweets @evindemirel and indulges in rampant Arko-centrism at thesportsseer.com, where he has Yonsan’s most recent thoughts on the Nets’ first-round series with the Bulls.
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