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

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 a trial.

The first thing Chen Yang did after returning to China was, of course, to summarize the performance of the Chinese 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 change careers to play professional basketball. Chen Yang felt that this was a rare piece of good news in his depressed and depressed mood during the summary meeting.

Xiao Yao's change of career to play professional basketball was "bewitched" by Chen Yang, and of course he was very concerned about this matter. As soon as the summary meeting was over, Chen Yang immediately began to work on this matter.

First of all, Chen Yang has to choose a suitable team for Xiao Yao.

Although Xiao Yao played guard on offense and inside on defense in several exhibition games, it seems that he can be competent from the inside to the outside, from the first to the fifth position, but that is because all or most of the players in the exhibition game are amateurs. 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 unlikely to play forward, and the position that can be played is basically only a defender.

A team can't have just one player in a position. Any player who wants to play has to face competition from players in the same position in the team. So whether a player can play or not is closely related to the situation of players in the same position in the team. Chen Yang positioned Xiao Yao as a defender, so if he went to those teams with weaker strength on the guard line for a trial, Xiao Yao impressed the team, and the possibility of getting a professional contract from the team through the trial would be relatively greater.

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

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

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

According to the rules of Chinese professional basketball, the number of players that can play in each team in each game is twelve, which needs to be submitted at the pre-game joint meeting on the morning of the game. In other words, although the number of first-team players in the team is eighteen, there are only 12 players who can sit on the bench on the sidelines in each game, and there will always be some players who will not be able to play. As a result, while teams will basically fill up the eighteen players when they submit their first-team rosters before the start of the season, some teams will have some "make-up" personnel who will hardly make it to the twelve-man squad.

Unlike the previous CBA player registration deadline and the announcement date in September, the deadline for submitting first-team players is at the end of October before the start of the season. The season is just over a month away, and the deadline for first-team squad submissions is far away. Although the draft has long since ended and many major player trades have been completed, the transfer period of the Chinese professional basketball team is tied to the submission of the first team roster. If the player list is not submitted, the team can sign the player.

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

As for the salary space, it refers to the team salary cap. The so-called salary cap is a league that has a limit on the total salary that a team can pay to all players. However, this did not have much impact on Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao has not played professionally before, and if he signs with the team of Chinese professional basketball, he is a rookie, and the team can only sign a rookie contract with him. The league also has a salary cap on rookie contracts, which is certainly not high, and most teams have no problem signing a rookie contract with salary space.

After Chen Yang made a selection, he chose several Chinese professional basketball teams that he thought were more suitable, and personally contacted the team's management and head coach, revealing to them Xiao Yao's idea of changing careers to play professional basketball, and asking them if they were willing to accept Xiao Yao for a trial.

In Chen Yang's own opinion, instigating Xiao Yao to play professional basketball was actually an idea that he came up with on a whim that seemed a little "whimsical". After all, Xiao Yao has not undergone any systematic and professional basketball training, and he is already twenty-four years old, the team can't sign a youth team contract with him, put him in the youth team to cultivate slowly, and can only sign the first team. It's not that Chen Yang thinks it's impossible for Xiao Yao to go to a professional team for a tryout, but at least it will cost him a lot of words.

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

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 Chinese basketball fans. In many cases, popularity and topicality can be converted into benefits.

Of course, it's not like any entertainment star can bring huge benefits to the team just by going to a professional team for a tryout.

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 the foundation and possibility to play professionally through tryouts.

Secondly, unlike some idol stars who were ridiculed by fans for their basketball personality and the hype of basketball, Xiao Yao is a star who is serious about playing and playing very well. In addition, Xiao Yao has taken promotional photos for the national men's basketball and women's basketball team, written and sang the theme song for the league, and has really done a lot of things for Chinese basketball, and his image and reputation among Chinese basketball fans are very good.

Although some people still say that his trial for a professional team is hype, even if he does not pass the trial in the end, relatively speaking, the fans and the public will be much less disgusted with it than the average entertainment star.

It's just that at this time just after the World Cup, especially when some netizens on the Internet criticize the national team, Xiao Yao's comments, and he is now going to try out a professional team, which is easily interpreted by some people as his disdain or even contempt for the backcourt players of the national team who have performed poorly in this World Cup, which may cause disgust and disgust among some players, player fans and even some basketball professionals. And the club that accepts Xiao Yao to go on trial will inevitably be affected by some negative influences.

However, compared to the positive impact that Xiao Yao's "star player" can bring about in terms of ticket sales and sponsorship, and in terms of raising the team's popularity, this negative impact is not so important.

In general, the advantages of signing Xiao Yao definitely outweigh the disadvantages. Of course, the premise is that Xiao Yao can really play professionally, and the team can really "can" sign him.

Chen Yang is talking about a trial, not forcing the team to waste a place and a salary to sign Xiao Yao directly. Xiao Yao is still not good, these professionals can be judged by the trial. Since the initiative to sign is in the hands of the team, Xiao Yao is at least worthy of a chance for them to give him a trial.

Now that the start of the season is very close, it is a little troublesome for the team to arrange a trial again, 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 worth the team to temporarily arrange a separate trial for Xiao Yao.

Therefore, Chen Yangyi said that while those clubs were surprised, they all expressed their willingness to let Xiao Yao go for a trial.

Tryouts take time. Generally, it takes at least a week for a player to try out with a team. There are several teams that Chen Yang has contacted, and they are all willing to let Xiao Yao go to a trial, but it is impossible for Xiao Yao to go to a trial once for each team.

Chen Yang knew that Xiao Yao's wedding could not be canceled, and he would definitely have to wait until after the wedding was over to try out. After Xiao Yao's wedding, 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 a trial, but after contacting Xiao Yao, Xiao Yao told Chen Yang that he would not return to China until about ten days before the start of the new season, and only planned to go to one team for a trial.

Xiao Yao told Chen Yang that he was going to the United States for about two weeks of special training after the wedding. 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, and he had no opinion.

Although the number of trials for a few more teams may result in a larger signing, generally speaking, after passing a trial for one team, you will usually not go to another team for a trial. It is also a normal practice for Xiao Yao to finish his work and concentrate on preparing for a trial.

Chen Yang sent Xiao Yao the information of several clubs that were willing to let him go to the trial, and also introduced and analyzed it to him by the way, and put forward some suggestions. However, in the end, where to go for a trial, Chen Yang did not overstep his bounds, and let Xiao Yao make his own decision.

Among the several teams that Chen Yang contacted was his former parent team, the East China Sea Sharks, but the team that Chen Yang suggested that Xiao Yao try out was not the Sharks, but two other teams. The two teams that Chen Yang suggested that Xiao Yao go for trial training were one with the worst strength in the back line and the other with the worst overall strength of the team. The reason why Chen Yang suggested these two teams is that it is relatively easy for Xiao Yao to get stable playing time and even a starting position in the short term, and the other is that in the medium term, Xiao Yao is more likely to become the core of the team's Chinese players, which is completely from Xiao Yao's point of view.

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

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

Chen Yang originally didn't agree with Xiao Yao's choice, but after hearing that Xiao Yao was going to rely on the relationship of the former American professional basketball all-star to find a top trainer to form a personal training team in the United States for special training for him, Chen Yang did not persuade Xiao Yao to change his decision.

After returning to China, Xiao Yao went to the Big Shark team for trial training according to the arrangement of Chen Yang and the Big Shark Team.

Xiao Yao didn't want to make a fuss during the trial stage, he originally wanted to wait until he passed the trial and officially signed the contract before making an official announcement, so he asked the Big Sharks to keep his trial as confidential as possible, and not to notify the media first.

Hearing Chen Yang say that Xiao Yao deliberately tried out in the United States for two weeks after the wedding, and only tried out their family, the Big Sharks did not doubt Xiao Yao's determination to change to professional basketball and came to the trial. The Big Sharks didn't want Xiao Yao to think that they asked him to come to the trial for pure hype, and they also wanted him to see the team's purpose and sincerity in letting him come to the trial and signing, so they agreed.

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

Xiao Yao knew how newsworthy he was about changing his career to play professional basketball, and his request was to keep it as confidential as possible, so after the matter was exposed, he had no intention of pursuing it, and did not ask the Big Shark Club to track down the "internal staff" who broke the news, and continued to conduct the trial in accordance with the trial process of the Big Sharks team step by step.

After Xiao Yao's trial at a professional club broke out, many media asked for an interview. Xiao Yao himself was busy with trial training, so naturally he didn't have time to be interviewed. The responses of Xiao Yao's studio and the Big Sharks were very official, and the reporters didn't feel much of an attractive focus, so while digging out the real reason why Xiao Yao intended to switch to professional basketball, many media also asked the Big Sharks to come into the stadium to film Xiao Yao's trial process and report on it.

Many teams have media hours for their training, and it's not uncommon for videos of teams training to appear on the Internet and in the media. Although player tryouts are different from team training, considering Xiao Yao's star status, this matter does not seem completely impossible.

If the news was exposed before Xiao Yao came to the trial, the media reporters put forward a request to enter the scene to shoot, maybe the big shark team may also agree to the media reporters to enter the scene to shoot and report after asking Xiao Yao himself. But the media got the news after Xiao Yao had been on trial for two days. Just by virtue of the two-day trial, the Big Sharks team did not ask Xiao Yao's opinion, they disagreed in the first place and directly rejected the media's request.

Generally, when a player comes to the team for a tryout, the first thing to do is a physical examination, and then a physical test. Some physical tests are also performed at the same time as the physical examination. After Xiao Yao did the physical examination and physical test, the results of the physical test surprised the management and coaches of the Big Sharks. Coupled with Xiao Yao's performance in the training session over the next two days, the coaching staff of the Big Sharks basically decided 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 is possible to use it as the team's secret weapon in the new season, the team will naturally not allow Xiao Yao's trial to be seen by other teams, so that Xiao Yao's situation will be known by others in advance. Therefore, the Big Sharks team not only refused the request of media reporters to enter the venue to shoot and report, and found and dealt with the staff who leaked the news, but also strictly controlled the training venue, and strictly ordered the club's staff not to shoot a video leaking Xiao Yao's trial without permission.

Even if Xiao Yao is a star, the team is not obligated to disclose his trial process to the media. The Big Sharks did not agree to the media reporters entering the venue to film, and the media reporters had no choice.

Xiao Yao's trial video can't be filmed, but Xiao Yao's trial of the professional team has been confirmed by all parties, and this topic has really been on the hot search for several days, and it has continued until the end of Xiao Yao's trial.

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

Xiao Yao has never played in a professional game, he is not the top of the draft list, nor is he a star player in the league, signing Xiao Yao is just signing a rookie rookie, which is not a heavyweight signing. It seems to be a bit of a fuss to sign a development conference for a rookie rookie player alone, but considering Xiao Yao's own popularity, especially the recent popularity of this matter, it seems normal for the Big Sharks to hold this press conference.

When the Big Sharks notified the media, they had already said that it was a signing conference, which means that Xiao Yao had passed the trial, which is not in suspense, but the media present at this press conference was still far more than the Big Sharks expected.

Xiao Yao's signing with the Big Sharks is a sports event, and it should be something that the sports media care about. The Big Sharks also 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 were also invited and asked to enter the interview. After the big shark team discussed with Xiao Yao, all the people who came refused were let in.

The process of the press conference is relatively fixed. The host opened the introduction, and the general manager, head coach and Xiao Yao of the Big Sharks team spoke separately, and then the two sides signed the contract. After the contract was signed, there was also a photo session where the general manager of the team and Xiao Yao held up the jersey with Xiao Yao's name printed on it and the jersey number that will be worn in the team. However, because there are a lot of reporters here today, and the reporters' expressions are eager to try, and there are obviously a lot of questions, so today's press conference has a question session from reporters, and the link of holding a photo with a jersey is put at the end.

Whether it is the sports media or the entertainment media, the most concerned is of course the reason why Xiao Yao suddenly switched to basketball. At the beginning of the question session, this question was thrown to Xiao Yao. Xiao Yao naturally didn't tell Chen Yang about his bewitchment, only that he wanted to try his experience as a professional athlete.

Next, there are a lot of questions about Xiao Yao's performance in the trial, 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 has obviously been prepared for a long time, even for the question of whether the team signed Xiao Yao to value Xiao Yao's fame and influence as an entertainment star, the team can't find anything wrong with it.

After nearly an hour-long question-and-answer session with the media, the press conference finally came to the last item.

When Xiao Yao and the team's general manager lifted the No. 23 jersey he was going to wear in the team to face the media, the flashing lights at the scene immediately lit up.

"A new journey, this can be regarded as the beginning!" Facing the countless reporters holding cameras below, Xiao Yao, who kept smiling, exhaled in his heart and said secretly.

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