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at 23:55 beijing time on september 20, the nba team brooklyn nets announced through its official weibo that it had signed a two-way contract with chinese teenager choi young-hee.

cui yongxi also posted on weibo on september 21, "thank you all for your concern and support for me this summer. signing with the nba brooklyn nets is a brand new beginning for me. it is a dream come true and gives me the opportunity to represent china on the highest stage of world basketball."

choi young-hee, born on may 28, 2003 in nanning, guangxi, is 199 cm tall and plays as a small forward.

in august 2022, choi young-hee completed the cba domestic player registration information for the first time on behalf of the long-lions basketball club.

on april 7, 2023, choi young-hee was elected the best rookie player of the month for the fourth phase of the 2022-2023 cba league.

on october 6, 2023, he represented the country and won the third place in the men's basketball group of the 19th asian games in hangzhou.

on february 7, 2024, choi young-hee was selected for the new chinese men's basketball asian cup qualifiers. on april 25, 2024, choi young-hee issued a statement through his agency that he would sign up for the 2024 nba draft. on june 28, the nba draft ended, but he was not discouraged by the failure to be selected. he posted on weibo, "thank you for staying up late for me. there is no time to regret. it's time to take another step forward." he then signed an exhibit-10 contract with the nba portland trail blazers.

as the chinese face of this year's summer league, choi young-hee left a deep impression with his active running and defense in limited playing time. he played three games for the trail blazers, played a total of 21 minutes and scored 9 points.

choi young-hee's agent team said that choi young-hee's excellent performance in the nets' tryout and his shining points on and off the court in the summer league made the nets offer him a two-year two-way contract. after comparing the contract offers from other nba teams and considering his own development prospects, he finally chose to sign with the nets.

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