As Yao Ming’s NBA translator, how much does Colin Pan earn every year?

2002-2003 season: 3.86 million, 2003-2004 season.

When Yao Ming was still translating for NBA Asia in 2002, he was always there due to language and cultural differences. Yao Ming is a translator. Their relationship is also a mentor-friend relationship.

1. The relationship between mentor and friend

I got this job when I was 28 years old because I wanted a different life, Colin Pan Zeng said. I was nervous at first, but gradually I became a good friend, then a close friend. Chinese is my second foreign language, and basketball is my third foreign language. At first I didn't know if I could do it well. It was Yao's kindness that made me see the light.

Colin Pan broke up with Yao in 2005 and established a deep friendship with Yao in the past three years. In order to help Yao Ming adapt to the new environment as soon as possible, he ate and lived with Yao Ming, helped him pay bills, helped him translate phone calls, and drove Yao Ming to the gym.

Two. Strive for more conditions for Yao Ming in the NBA

He spent a lot of time playing with Yao Ming. He enjoys playing Street Fighter and Crossfire. At the end of Yao's second season, he said he wanted his job to be over. A few weeks before the end of the season, Yao came to Yao Ming and said, can you stay with me all season? He wanted to make sure he could focus on basketball, and Colin said he didn't need help anymore. I'm basically a liaison but he doesn't need any distractions.

On July 20, 2011, Yao announced his retirement in Shanghai. Yao Ming invited him on stage to thank the translator who accompanied him early in his career. During the question and answer session with the media, Pan Colin once again served as Yao's translator. Although Yao's English was already fluent, the two still worked well together.

Finally, in April 1998, he was selected for the national team coached by Wang Fei and began his basketball career. In May, he went to Indianapolis to participate in basketball training at a Nike summer camp. One of his opponents was Tyson Chandler, who later became an NBA star. In the same year, as a main player of the Shanghai team, he won fifth place in the National Men's Basketball League A and was selected into the Chinese Basketball All-Star Team.