Over the last three years, I’ve had the pleasure of communicating with China’s No. 1 Joe Johnson fan, Yonsan Johnson. We’ve long discussed how his life and his Joe Johnson Fan Club would make a good subject for an article. Today, that story published here.
Below are some of his most recent e-mails to me. In them, you’ll see despair over the fact that Joe hasn’t replied to Tweets in a couple of years, but later you’ll also see hope – hope that Joe will help lift the Nets past the Bulls in the first round of the NBA Playoffs.
Tonight is Game 6. Brooklyn’s in Chicago, down 3-2. If Joe finally turns it on and helps the Nets topple the Bulls, expect the Chinese Joe Johnson Fan Club’s numbers to swell.
Feb 11
Hi, Evin.
how u doing?
I’m now at home with my family for the Chinese new year.
today i am writing to you just wanna talk about my recent feeling about “be a fan of Joe Johnson”.
how time flies, since that gift(Great progress on it) sent to Johnson… lost, dissappointment…
on may 18th, 2011… I found his twitter, gave him some tweets… he replyed…
after that, I would like to tweet to him… supports, greetings, just liked a friend… an ordinary friend…
I showed him the video mix links as well…
I aslo sent him some tweets on SPRING FESTIVAL’S EVE and today…. but, he never gave me the reply…
I don’t know what I was doing wrong, or why he ignored me…
at least… how can you treat your fans like that?
everytime I told myself:”Just do your best, he will know that one day…”
but… everytime you got dissappointment… even… the despair…
I’m now thinking about to give up… maybe… I’ve been doing the useless things…
OK, I can’t say to much now, it is to late…
Evin…
If one day you got the chance to meet Joe Johnson, please tell him…
he used to have a big supporter in China… really loyalty supporter…
March 6
Actually, Joe Johnson is not famous in China.
even if he went to the Nets…
people like talking about Deron Williams more than Joe Johnson…
and, you need to know, it is hard for me to do this…
I still keep on doing my things…
the video, the article, the pics to share with fans in Joe Johnson Chinese Baidu Tiebar as can be the new Joe Johnson fan club…
well, that’s it.
April 27
Hmm, Nets is in danger. I made Joe Johnson video mix Vol.3 to fans in China. Theme of it is The Clutch.
April 29
Evin…
I don’t know why…
I love this guy so badly…
He’s great…
He did a lot of jobs for the Hawks and Nets…
See…
He got some Clutch time.
Hmm… Really wanna his reply… like friend…
years passed…
Don’t know his feeling on that SPECIAL GIFT…
question was he recived it or not…
Really want to have one of his Nets game worn jersey…
memories on it.
