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Xiao Yao flew back to China from the United States with his personal training team. After only one day off, he went directly to the East China Sea Sharks team that Chen Yang helped him contact for trial training.

Not long after Chen Yang returned to China, Xiao Yao contacted Chen Yang and officially replied that he was willing to try professional basketball, and asked Chen Yang to help contact the team for trial training.

The first thing Chen Yang does after returning to China is of course to summarize the performance of the Huaxia men's basketball team in this World Cup. Before his national team summary meeting was over, he received a call from Xiao Yao, saying that he was willing to switch to professional basketball. Chen Yang felt that this was a rare piece of good news in his depressed and depressed mood during the summary meeting.

Chen Yang "bewitched" Xiao Yao's switch to professional basketball, so of course he was very concerned about this matter. As soon as the summary meeting was over, Chen Yang immediately started to deal with this matter.

First of all, Chen Yang has to choose the right team for Xiao Yao.

Although Xiao Yao often played guard when attacking in several exhibition games, and stood under the basket and played inside when defending, it seemed that he was competent from the inside to the outside, from the first to the fifth position, but that was because all or most of the exhibition games were amateur players. Xiao Yao's height has an advantage among ordinary people, so it seems that he can play in any position. In the real professional arena, with Xiao Yao's height of less than 1.9 meters, it is absolutely impossible to play inside, and it is also unlikely to play forward. Basically, the only position that can play is guard.

A team cannot have only one player in one position. Any player who wants to play must face competition from players in the same position in the team. So whether a player can play is closely related to the situation of players in the same position in the team. Chen Yang positioned Xiao Yao as a guard, so if he went to teams with weaker guards for trial training, Xiao Yao would impress the team, and the possibility of getting the team's professional contract through trial training would be relatively higher.

The second step is to select a team that has the space to sign Xiao Yao.

This space includes the space for player quotas and the team's salary space.

In the Chinese professional basketball team, the number of players in the first team is limited, and each team can only have a maximum of eighteen players. Although some Chinese professional basketball teams also have their own youth teams, there is an age limit for the youth team players of the Chinese professional basketball team, and the age cannot exceed 23 years old. Xiao Yao is already twenty-four years old, exceeding the age limit of the youth team, and he can only sign for the first team if he wants to sign.

According to the rules of the Chinese Basketball Association, the number of players that each team can play in each game is twelve, which needs to be submitted at the pre-match conference on the morning of the game. In other words, although the team has eighteen first-team players, there are only twelve players who can sit on the bench in each game, and there will always be some players who cannot play. This has also caused that although the team will basically fill up the 18 players when submitting the list of first-team players before the start of the season, some teams will have some "make up" personnel who basically cannot enter the roster of twelve players.

Unlike the previous CBA player registration deadline and announcement day in September,

The deadline for submitting the list of first-team players in this world's Chinese professional basketball team is at the end of October before the start of the season. There is still more than a month before the start of the new season, and it is far from the deadline for the team to submit the list of first-team players. Although the draft has long ended and many major player transactions have been completed, the transfer period of the Chinese NBA is linked to the submission of the first-team roster. The roster is not submitted, and the team can sign the player.

Even at this time, the lineup configuration of many teams has basically been completed, but because some teams have "make up" players, there will still be room for signing Xiao Yao.

As for the salary space, it refers to the team salary cap. The so-called salary cap is the league's upper limit on the total salary paid to all players by the team. But this has little effect on Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao has never played a professional game before. If he signs with the China Basketball Team, he is a rookie, and the team can only sign a rookie contract with him. The league also has regulations on the salary cap of rookie contracts. Of course, the amount is not high. Most teams have no problem signing a rookie contract with their salary space.

After Chen Yang made some selections, he chose several Chinese professional basketball teams that he thought were more suitable. He personally contacted the team's management and head coach, revealed to them Xiao Yao's idea of ​​switching to professional basketball, and asked them if they would like to play professional basketball. Willing to accept Xiao Yao for trial training.

In Chen Yang's own opinion, encouraging Xiao Yao to play professional basketball was actually a seemingly "whimsical" idea that he came up with on a whim. After all, Xiao Yao has not undergone any systematic and professional basketball training, and he is already 24 years old. The team cannot sign him with a youth team contract, and put him in the youth team to develop slowly. He can only sign with the first team. It's not that Chen Yang thinks it's impossible for Xiao Yao to go to a professional team for trial training, but at least it will cost him a lot of talking.

But what he didn't expect was that he only mentioned that, and before he had time to "convince" them with facts and reason, those teams showed great enthusiasm, and they all expressed that they could arrange for Xiao Yao to go to trial training .

In fact, as an entertainment star, Xiao Yao's popularity and topicality in China are very high. As one of the entertainment stars most closely related to basketball in China, Xiao Yao is also very well-known among basketball fans in China. In many cases, popularity and topicality can be transformed into benefits.

Of course, it doesn't mean that any entertainment star can bring huge benefits to the team just by going to a professional team for trial training.

First of all, Xiao Yao really plays basketball very well. With the performance of three MVPs in three exhibition games at home and abroad, the voice that Xiao Yao can play professional basketball has not completely disappeared. Of course, these are not basketball professionals or just polite words from some players, but in the eyes of many basketball professionals, Xiao Yao at least seems to have this foundation and possibility to play professional games through trial training.

Secondly, unlike some idol stars who are ridiculed by fans for setting up basketball personalities and hyping up basketball enthusiasm, Xiao Yao is a star who is recognized by Chinese basketball fans as really good at playing and playing very well. In addition, Xiao Yao took promotional photos for the national men's and women's basketball teams, wrote and sang the theme song promotional songs for the league, and actually did a lot for Huaxia basketball. is very good.

Although some people will still say that he goes to a professional team for trial training, even if he fails to pass the trial training in the end, relatively speaking, fans and the public will be much less disgusted with this matter than ordinary entertainment stars.

It’s just that, at this time not long after the World Cup, especially when some netizens on the Internet brought Xiao Yao’s comments when criticizing the national team, it is easy for some people to interpret him as his criticism of the World Cup when he goes to try out a professional team. The disdain or even contempt of the backcourt players of the national team who performed poorly in the world may arouse the disgust and resentment of some players, players fans and even some basketball professionals. And the club that accepts Xiao Yao to try out will inevitably be affected by some negative effects.

However, compared with the positive impact on the economy and the promotion of the team's popularity that Xiao Yao, a "star player", can bring about, such as ticket sales and sponsorship, this negative impact is not so important.

Generally speaking, the advantages of signing Xiao Yao definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Of course, the premise is that Xiao Yao can really play professional games, and the team can really "can" sign him.

What Chen Yang was talking about was trial training, not forcing the team to waste a spot and a salary to sign Xiao Yao directly. Xiao Yaoxing still can't do it, professionals like them can judge through trial training. Since the initiative to sign the contract is in the hands of the team, Xiao Yao is at least worth giving them a chance to try out.

Now that the start of the season is very close, it is a little troublesome for the team to arrange trial training, but considering the huge tangible and intangible value that Xiao Yao's signing can bring to the team, just for this possibility, It is also worthwhile for the team to temporarily arrange a separate trial training for Xiao Yao.

Therefore, Chen Yang said that while being surprised, those clubs all expressed their willingness to let Xiao Yao go for trial training.

Trials take time. Generally speaking, it takes at least a week for a player to try out for a team. Chen Yang contacted several teams, and they were all willing to let Xiao Yao go for trial training, but it is impossible for Xiao Yao to go to every team for trial training.

Chen Yang knew that it was impossible to cancel Xiao Yao's wedding, and he would definitely have to wait until after the wedding to try out. After Xiao Yao’s wedding ended, there were still about three weeks before the start of the new season. Chen Yang originally planned to arrange for Xiao Yao to go to three teams for trial training, but after contacting Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao told Chen Yang that he would play in the I can only return to China about ten days before the start of the new season, and I only plan to go to one team for trial training.

Xiao Yao told Chen Yang that after the wedding, he would go to the United States for about two weeks of special training. When Chen Yang heard that Xiao Yao was going to the United States to find professionals for special training so that he could try out in a better state, he had no objection.

Although it is said that if more teams try out a few more teams, the number of signings may be larger, but generally speaking, after passing the trial training of one team, they usually will not go to another team for trial training. It is normal for Xiao Yao to complete his work and concentrate on preparing for a trial training.

Chen Yang sent Xiao Yao the information of several clubs that were willing to let him go for trial training, and also introduced and analyzed it to him by the way, and made some suggestions. However, Chen Yang didn't go overboard on which one to try out in the end, and let Xiao Yao make up his own mind.

Among the teams that Chen Yang contacted was his former home team, the East China Sea Sharks, but Chen Yang suggested that the team that Xiao Yao should try out was not the Sharks, but two other teams. Chen Yang suggested that Xiao Yao go to the two teams for trial training, one is relatively the weakest in the back line, and the other is relatively the weakest in the overall strength of the team. The reason why Chen Yang suggested these two teams is because it is relatively easy for Xiao Yao to obtain stable playing time and even a starting position in the short term, and the other is because Xiao Yao is more likely to become the core of domestic players in the team in the medium term. From Xiao Yao's point of view.

As a result, Xiao Yao did not follow Chen Yang's suggestion, but chose to go to the East China Sea Sharks for trial training.

Of course, Xiao Yao chose the East China Sea Sharks for trial training not because it was Chen Yang's former home team, nor because this team had sent him a trial training invitation a few years ago, but simply because the East China Sea Sharks were in the team. Shencheng. Xiao Yao's company and studio are all in Shanghai, and his residence after marriage is also in Shanghai. He chose Donghai Shark just because he didn't have to move, which would save a lot of trouble.

Chen Yang originally didn't agree with Xiao Yao's choice, but after hearing that Xiao Yao was going to use the relationship of the former NBA All-Star to find top trainers in the United States to set up a personal training team to give him special training, Chen Yang He didn't persuade Xiao Yao to change his decision anymore.

After returning to China, Xiao Yao went to the Sharks for trial training according to the arrangement of Chen Yang and the Sharks.

Xiao Yao didn't want to make a fuss during the trial training period. Originally, he wanted to wait until he passed the trial training and officially signed a contract before making an official announcement, so he asked the Sharks to keep his trial training as secret as possible and not notify the media yet.

Hearing from Chen Yang that Xiao Yao specially trained in the United States for two weeks after his wedding, and only tried out his family, the Sharks did not doubt Xiao Yao's determination to switch to professional basketball and his sincerity in coming to try out . The Sharks didn't want Xiao Yao to think that they asked him to try out just for hype, and wanted him to see the team's purpose and sincerity in letting him try out and sign the contract, so they agreed.

It's just that I didn't expect that an "internal staff member" of the club would still expose the news in advance.

Xiao Yao knew the news value of his switch to professional basketball, and his request was to keep it as secret as possible, so after the incident was exposed, he had no intention of pursuing it. He did not ask the Shark Club to track down the "internal staff" who broke the news. Continue to conduct trial training step by step according to the trial training process of the Sharks.

After Xiao Yao's trial training in a professional club broke out, many media asked for interviews. Xiao Yao himself was busy with trial training, so naturally he didn't have time to accept interviews. The responses from Xiao Yao’s studio and the Sharks were very official, and the reporters felt that there was not much attractive focus. Therefore, while digging out the real reason why Xiao Yao intends to switch to professional basketball, many media also raised concerns with the Sharks. Entering the venue to film Xiao Yao's trial training process for reporting requirements.

Many teams have media opening hours for training, and it is not that there have been videos of team training on the Internet and in the media. Although the player trial training is different from the team training, considering Xiao Yao's star status, this matter does not seem to be completely impossible.

If the news had been leaked before Xiao Yao came to the trial training, the media reporters would have asked to enter the arena for filming. Maybe the Sharks might agree to allow the media reporters to enter the arena to film and report after asking Xiao Yao for his opinion. But the media got the news after Xiao Yao had tried out for two days. Just because of these two days of trial training, the Sharks didn't even ask Xiao Yao's opinion. They disagreed at first, and directly rejected the media's request.

Generally, when players come to the team for trial training, the first thing to do is a physical examination, and then the physical examination. Some physical examination items are also carried out during the physical examination. After Xiao Yao finished the physical examination and physical examination, the results of the physical examination surprised the management and coaches of the Sharks. Coupled with Xiao Yao's performance in the training session for the next two days, the coaching staff of the Sharks basically believed that Xiao Yao was a "monster", a monster that the team could use as a secret weapon at the beginning of the new season .

Since it has the possibility of being the team's secret weapon in the new season, the team will naturally not allow Xiao Yao's trial training to be seen by other teams, so that Xiao Yao's situation will be known to others in advance. Therefore, the Sharks not only rejected the request of media reporters to enter the arena to film and report, but also found and dealt with the staff who leaked the news. video.

Even if Xiao Yao is a star, the team has no obligation to disclose his trial training process to the media and the public. The Sharks did not agree with the media reporters entering the field to shoot, and the media reporters had no choice.

The video of Xiao Yao's trial training could not be photographed, but Xiao Yao's trial training of a professional team has been confirmed by all parties, and this topic has been on the hot search for several days, and it has continued until the Xiao Yao's trial training is over.

A few days later, while the media and the public were waiting for news of the results of Xiao Yao's trial training, the Sharks officially announced that they would hold a press conference to sign a contract with Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao has never played a professional game, he is not the No. 2 pick at the top of the draft, and he is not a star player in the league. Signing Xiao Yao is just a rookie, not a heavyweight signing. It seems like a bit of an overkill to hold a signing conference for a rookie rookie player alone, but considering Xiao Yao's popularity, especially the recent popularity of this matter, it seems that the Sharks hold this press conference is nothing more than a normal thing.

When the Sharks notified the media, they had already mentioned that it was a signing conference, which meant that Xiao Yao had passed the trial training. many.

Xiao Yao's signing with the Sharks is a sports event, and it should be a matter of concern to the sports media. The Sharks only notified some familiar sports media. However, due to Xiao Yao's identity, many entertainment media who heard the news on the day of the press conference also came uninvited and asked for interviews. After discussing with Xiao Yao, the Sharks let in all comers.

The process of the press conference is relatively fixed. The host introduced at the beginning, the general manager, head coach and Xiao Yao of the Sharks made speeches respectively, and then the two parties signed the contract. After signing the contract, there was also a session where the general manager of the team and Xiao Yao took a photo together holding the jersey with Xiao Yao's name and the number of the jersey he will wear in the team. But because there are a lot of reporters here today, and the expressions of the reporters are eager to try, they obviously have a lot of questions, so today's press conference has a question-and-answer session for reporters, and the session of holding the jersey for a group photo is put at the end.

Whether it is the sports media or the entertainment media, the most concerned thing is of course the reason why Xiao Yao suddenly switched to playing basketball. As soon as the questioning session started, this question was thrown to Xiao Yao. Naturally, Xiao Yao would not tell the story of how Chen Yang bewitched him, but only said that he wanted to try the experience of a professional athlete.

Next, there are also many questions about Xiao Yao's performance in the trial training, and these questions are mainly aimed at the team. The team's general manager and head coach were asked a lot of questions. However, for these questions, the team is clearly prepared. Even for questions like whether the team signed Xiao Yao to see Xiao Yao's fame and influence as an entertainment star, the team's answers are hard to pick. fault.

After nearly an hour of media questioning, the press conference finally came to the last item.

When Xiao Yao and the general manager of the team raised the No. 23 jersey he will wear in the team to the media reporters, the flashlights on the scene immediately lit up.

"This is the beginning of the new journey!" Facing the countless reporters below holding up their cameras, Xiao Yao, who kept smiling, exhaled in his heart and secretly said.

(End of the book)

Nine Heavens Emperor

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