Chapter 203: Recruiting Players
After being confirmed, head coach Li Qiu decided to relinquish his position as coach and work as an assistant to learn the tactical essence of coach Scott Brooke.
After the matter of the team coach is resolved, the team will not have much problem in the core tactics and training planning in the future.
The only thing missing now is the strength of the team's main players.
After receiving the call from the coach, Yao Ming immediately opened the address book and dialed Li Hao's phone, "Hey, Mr. Li, hello, I'm sorry to bother you so late! I just received a call from Coach Scott Brook, who said that he was preparing to come to China to serve as the coach of our Oriental Sharks......
"Oh, I already know about this, is this what Mr. Yao is calling?" Li Hao was exercising at the gym at this time, and the personal trainer in charge of sparring had long been accustomed to his sports style of often answering the phone.
"Oh, Mr. Li, I want to briefly talk about the current situation of the team, I don't know ...... over there."
On the phone, Yao Ming briefly told Li Hao some basic rules about CBA. In the CBA, foreign aid is a very important factor and can be said to be a double-edged sword.
For example, the Oriental Sharks, who did not achieve satisfactory results last season, have jumped a lot in their performance because of the invitation of "Fushen", and have become the biggest dark horse in the league so far.
"Fushen" averaged 40.2 points, 7.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists, and 2.3 steals per game, but because of this year's contract price, the two sides did not negotiate, resulting in "Fushen" being poached from other teams.
Adams, a new recruit in Xinjiang's small foreign aid position, is also a leading scorer, joining forces with Brache to start a six-game winning streak. The Liaoning team, which continued last season's foreign aid combination Hudson and Randolph, also managed to survive the difficult period when three main players were banned in the first few rounds of the league under the escort of this golden partner, who contributed an average of 56 points per game. ”
Yao Ming talked with Li Hao on the phone for a long time, and most of the topics revolved around foreign aid and how to invite it, "Mr. Li, in the CBA, foreign aid is a double-edged sword. Because foreign players occupy the most important tactical core role of the whole team and enjoy endless firing rights, the play of foreign players often determines the team's results. Basketball is a five-person sport, and countless NBA big-name foreign players who have failed in the CBA, such as Maddie, Francis, Ci Shiping, Kenyon Martin, etc., have all used the same way of making high-profile appearances and leaving the court gloomily, indicating that no matter how famous a star is, it must also fit the team's system and style of play. The most successful foreign player, Marbury, in his two seasons in Shanxi and Foshan, often fell into the dilemma of wonderful individual performance and poor team results......"
Li Hao listened carefully to the phone, he knew what the other party meant, it was nothing more than that when asking for foreign aid, it was pointless to just look for those big names. What you need to look for is those foreign players who can lead the team and can't win the game alone.
"Okay Mr. Yao, I will adopt these suggestions of yours, and I will carefully consider the selection of foreign aid for the team. ”
After hanging up the phone, Li Hao went to the bathroom to take a shower, and then drove home, using Shenhao to check the privileges and see which foreign aid to invite over, so that the overall strength of the team can be more fully played.
Li Hao has looked at many NBA players, although they have high individual potential and personal talent, and they have no problem playing alone. But from the point of view of leading the team and bringing the team to the pinnacle of victory, he is not such a handsome talent. Neither the defenders nor the centre-forwards have found the right one.
The next day, Li Hao called his team, "Hey, Mark, help me collect information from the American college basketball league and send all the resumes of those players, and it is best not to miss any of them, even the substitutes." ”
Those people in Li Hao's team are specially collecting information for him. They have become accustomed to Li Hao's style of acting, so they are very efficient. Almost in two days, about 80% of the personnel of the American college basketball league were collected.
Among these American college basketball players, Li Hao found a center with a team coordination potential of 8.9 and a point guard with a team coordination potential of 8.7 by looking at the privileges.
Since both of them are college students, they are not famous for the time being, and they have no personal industry. So Li Hao checked the mobile phones of the two, and then sent his subordinates to contact the two and negotiate the relevant contract fees and so on.
According to the information on the viewing privilege, Jamt, a center with a potential of 8.9, has just entered his freshman year this year. He loved basketball since he was a child, and he entered the University of California basketball team as a substitute. Because he had just joined the basketball team and had a misunderstanding with the coaches (black discrimination), Jammt himself was not taken seriously by the team's coach, and he was also hidden. So there are very few opportunities to play.
According to the privilege information, center forward Jammet has the potential to be a very good player, and after honing it, his future style of play is somewhat similar to Olajuwon's, with a light and agile pace and a lot of court awareness......
When Lin Xiao, the director of the department, received Li Hao's instructions, she immediately took out her mobile phone and dialed Jamt's phone.
Since it was an international call, Jammt didn't dare to answer at first. But after the English text message communication of the director Lin Xiao, the two finally got in touch with each other.
"Hey, hello Mr. Jamter, we're from the China Oriental Sharks Basketball Club. Our boss has seen your playing video and thinks you are the talent our club needs. So send me to get in touch with you and see if you're interested in playing with us?"
After listening to the phone, Jammt had a black question mark on his face, "What? Chinese basketball clubs? Your boss? Watching the video of me playing? Going to play with you? You're not kidding me, are you?"
"Of course no kidding, Mr. Jamter, our boss also said that if you want to play at our club, you can earn $1.2 million a year. And depending on your good performance in the team, the salary can be increased. ”
After listening to the English of the director Lin Xiao, Jamter, who is 216 cm tall, was stunned and couldn't say a word while holding the phone!
$1.2 million a year basketball salary! As a freshman, he didn't think about this problem at all!
"Really, really? You're not lying to me, are you? Do you have proof there?" asked Jammt over the phone.
Director Lin Xiao followed Li Hao's instructions and said to him straightforwardly, "Yes, Mr. Jamter, I will send the team information and photos to your mailbox." In addition, our boss specially instructed that in order to show the sincerity of the team, we can buy a plane ticket for you to come to China in advance, including the first two months of salary after you arrive at the team, and we can also pay it in advance. That's $200,000. ”