Chapter 17 Joint Trials
Li Hao rejected the Rockets' invitation to try out, and he didn't go to other teams for trial for the time being, but Li Hao couldn't quit the joint trial and put all his hopes on the Lakers.
Although the Lakers will not deceive Li Hao, and it is impossible to ruin the image of his business for many years because of Li Hao, Li Hao always has to give himself a guarantee.
The front of this year's joint trial is still the same, physical examination, height measurement, sports display, shooting display, but the back is different from the past, there is no 5-on-5 joint training, and it is changed to an interview for major teams, and each team can interview up to 18 people.
On May 14, Li Hao and his agent Holtz came to Chicago for a four-day joint trial, and a total of 60 players were invited to participate in the joint trial.
Li Hao was also able to become a member of the team thanks to Holtz, who worked at the NBA headquarters before becoming an agent, and it was this experience that allowed Holtz to help Li Hao successfully enter the joint tryout 60-man squad.
Although Holtz has left the NBA headquarters, his former network is still there, and after years of development, many of his former colleagues have taken up key positions.
After leaving Excel Sports Agency, Holtz was ready to jump to CAA Agency, but just when Holtz was about to join the company, she saw Li Hao.
Holtz, who aspires to become a well-known agent, is very concerned about the NCAA, but those famous players in the NCAA have been targeted by big agencies, and it is too difficult for Holtz to compete.
In this case, Holtz can only start with a little-known player if he wants to achieve his goal, and it was at this time that Li Hao appeared.
From the first time I saw Li Hao, there was a voice in Holtz's heart that frantically told you that if you sign this person, you will be able to realize your dreams, which is why you have all this now.
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Li Hao plays point guard, and there is no need to fake his height at all, as for the physical examination, Li Hao can't do it even if he wants to, the only thing that can be faked is the sports test and shooting test.
In terms of sports testing, Li Hao's data did not overwhelm everyone, but it can definitely be ranked in the forefront, in terms of shooting, Li Hao's state today is not as hot as it was on the day of the Lakers, and he missed 5 shots in the middle distance and three-pointers, and this data can also be ranked in the forefront of the trial players.
So just looking at this trial data, Li Hao's all aspects are still very good, coupled with the identity of a Chinese player, Li Hao still attracts the attention of many teams.
For example, the Rockets team, which has been paying attention to Li Hao, learned that Li Hao was in the 60-person joint trial, and the general manager of the Rockets asked him to report to Li Hao that he was a full-time scout.
Yao Ming is so fragrant, which also makes other NBA teams very jealous of the Rockets, so they want to find a second Yao Ming, but Yao Ming is Yao Ming, no matter what the future holds, there is indeed no one who can compare to Yao Ming in recent decades.
At a time when Chinese players have not failed one after another, and NBA teams have not really realized that they cannot enjoy the benefits brought by Yao Ming without Yao Ming's performance, Chinese players are very eye-catching.
In the original timeline, just a week after the joint tryout, a player named Li Muhao from Huaxia came to the NBA for a training session, which attracted the attention of 21 teams, and even the general manager of the Rockets was present in person.
So when Li Hao appeared in the joint trial and the data in all aspects were very good, it was conceivable that Li Hao received attention.
Before the 60-member joint trial, Li Hao was definitely the most unknown one, but after the joint trial, Li Hao has become the brightest boy in the audience.
After completing the first half of the trial, Li Hao was already surrounded by reporters, many of whom Li Hao still knew, because they were reporters from Huaxia, and the joint trial would have had Huaxia reporters to participate in the report, and before the joint trial, Yao Ming also gave Li Hao momentum.
Yao Mingzhi didn't say anything publicly, he just told some reporters he was familiar with, such as the National Sports Channel, no, Zhang Weiping, an old friend of Chinese basketball fans, appeared in front of Li Hao at this moment.
The current network is indeed more developed than before, but Huaxia does not pay much attention to the NCAA, and Li Hao appeared in two games, and it was not that Huaxia reporters found Li Hao, but this did not attract much attention.
"Xiao Li, can you introduce yourself to everyone" Before the joint trial, Li Hao had a phone call with Director Zhang, or Yao Ming pulled the line.
"Hello everyone, my name is Li Hao, I am a basketball player, I play the No. 1 position on the court, and I am currently participating in the NBA draft" Li Hao officially entered the eyes of the Chinese people.
After introducing themselves, everyone asked a few very regular questions, and then ended the interview, a Chinese person appeared in the joint trial is indeed worth reporting, but Li Hao has too little information, although the data of the trial is good, but it is difficult to say whether this alone can be selected.
Moreover, Li Hao is not a player in the system, so compared with the current Li Hao, these reporters in Huaxia actually pay more attention to Li Muhao, who is coming to the United States and is firmly rooted.
It is known as the Great Wall of New China.
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After saying a few words of encouragement, Li Hao separated from this group of reporters, and Li Hao's joint trial has basically ended, and Li Hao does not want to participate in the interviews of the next teams.
Holtz has collected a lot of information about this interview, and after reading these materials, Li Hao always feels that there is no meaning.
Because the questions asked by each team are the same, and there are answers to them, almost every player who participates in a joint trial will get such a copy and answer from their agent.
Of course, there are also some teams that make special arrangements, such as inviting a psychologist to analyze the player's expression and demeanor in answering questions on the spot.
But in fact, this did not help much in the trial itself, according to the words of the circle, this time it was completely a gimmick to promote the alliance.
Therefore, it does not have much impact on whether or not to participate in the interview session, and besides, after the joint trial, each team can still invite their favorite players to participate in the team trial.
No, by the end of its four-day joint tryout, Holtz had already received double-digit tryout invitations, and as a business alliance, who could say no to the scent of American knives?
Troubles came to the Lakers, and it is understandable that Li Hao participated in the joint trial for the Lakers, after all, verbal promises have no binding force at all, and Li Hao is normal to find a guarantee for himself.
But now, in the face of so many team invitations, the Lakers know that Li Hao must not refuse, because normal everyone knows that blindly refusing will only backfire.
The NBA is a business league that talks about human feelings.