By the time they arrived in Atlantic City, it was already late at night, but the nightlife here was just getting started.
Atlantic City is a two-hour drive from New York, located on the Atlantic coast of South New Jersey, close to Philadelphia, and near major Eastern cities like Baltimore and Washington. It's the Las Vegas of the East, a famous gambling and tourist destination.
Yao Ming sat in the back seat of the car, feeling both excited and bewildered that he had become an NBA player, and a member of the Las Vegas Radiance, playing alongside Ah Gan.
Everything seemed dreamlike, not quite real.
Although Gan Guoyang hadn't revealed any trade details to Yao Ming before the draft, Yao knew he would most likely be traded to the Radiance, but he didn't know what the trade pieces were.
Upon learning that the trade for him involved Brad Miller and Arenas, Yao Ming felt quite a bit of pressure.
