The team consisted of Yao's negotiator, Erik Zhang; his NBA agent, Bill Duffy; his Chinese agent, Lu Hao; University of Chicago economics professor John Huizinga; and the vice president for marketing at BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders.
Este equipo consistía en Erik Zhang, o negociador de Yao; Bill Duffy, o seu axente na NBA; Lu Hao, o seu axente chinés; John Huizinga, o profesor de economía da Universidade de Chicago e o vicepresidente de mercadotecnia de BDA Sports Management, Bill Sanders.