"Before the teams tryout, the league will also hold a joint trial, but with this, we can skip this part and not participate in the joint trial......"

Johnson shook his phone.

He was referring to the eight teams that have already offered Woody a tryout olive branch with a top-10 pick in the first round this year.

"But ......"

"Even so, there are still too many teams that we have to try!"

"A total of 8 teams, man, I took you to the Lakers for a trial in advance before, really wait for us to go to these teams for a tryout, there will only be more trials, no less, especially these teams with high picks, they don't want to waste their hard work for a year!"

Woody gave a worried expression.

That trial really tired him, if there were more formal training sessions than that day......

That's tiring enough!

It doesn't matter if you're tired, but the problem is that when you're tired, it's easy to affect your state, and when the time comes, the trial will also have a journey, mental fatigue and physical exhaustion, under the "double pressure", if the performance of the trial is not good enough, just because of his heat, I'm afraid that there will be doubts immediately, which will affect his market.

"So, man, we need to sift!"

Johnson laughed when he said this.

Tryout invitations from top-10 picks, something that no number of rookies could ask for, and now they have to make a choice and turn down offers from some of these teams.

That's enough to be beaten!

The optional show conference is that the higher the heat, the greater the momentum, and the greater the room for choice.

Woody's current momentum can be said to be on a par with the "peerless double pride", they have a choice, and Woody naturally has a choice.

Johnson made his point: "Man, first of all, before choosing, I have to say that the top pick in the draft is an honor, but the draft pick is sometimes not critical, and the most important thing is to choose a team that is more suitable for you! ”

"Some teams don't know what they chose this player for, like the Bulls in '99, they took Elton Brand, who was the hottest player at the time, but the next year they still used the No. 4 pick in the first round to select Marcus Fisher at the power forward position, and in '01 they used the fourth pick in the first round to pick Eddie Curry, and even took Brand in exchange for Tyson Chandler...... They're just hoarding the inside, but they're not thinking about how to develop this player! ”

"Such a team, we have to be the first to pass!"

The reason is simple:

Woody is a high school student!

The atmosphere in the team is clear, the management goals are clear, and the training plan for the players is clear enough, which is the most suitable environment for high school students to grow!

Woody nodded in agreement.

But the most important thing is that it is the Cavaliers who have the top pick this year......

Why......

"Then there's the team market...... Wu, you are a Chinese player, destined to be more attractive to the Chinese market than other players in the league, in addition to Yao Ming, the first consideration of commercial endorsements from Huaxia must be you, but you are not like Yao Ming, you have no fan base in China, so the city you join must not be too small! ”

"And in terms of exposure, the bigger the city, the more developed the media industry, if you want to become a better player, in addition to personal performance, you have to have the media pay for you!"

This is Johnson's second point of view, as a Los Angeles player, he knows too much about the size of the city and the impact of a player!

The same 20-plus-10 player is a "supergiant" in Los Angeles and an "All-Star" in Milwaukee......

This is something that speaks to Woody's heart.

He came for money, and a bigger city has a bigger market to carry his expanding "star disease"!

This is also the reason why he knew that the "champion sign" was from the Cavaliers, so he did not insist on becoming the champion.

Not to mention whether he can compete with LeBron, Woody himself has no idea of playing for the Cavaliers.

After agreeing on these aspects, Woody and Johnson began to screen the team.

First of all, Chicago was excluded, in the past five years, they have been crazy about "raising Gu" in the power forward position, and last year they used the list to choose Duke University's "talented guard" Jay Williams, there are too many newcomers in the team, and they are all high-pick rookies, such a team, the current winning culture is definitely not good, in such a team, Woody, who has only been practicing for a year, is prone to great interference.

Then the Milwaukee Bucks were also ruled out, and the reason for the exclusion was simple:

The city is too small!

The remaining 6 teams.

The Cavaliers hold the "No. 1 pick", and Akron is on the edge of Cleveland, which is called a "geopolitical complex" in the United States, Johnson actually doesn't look down on the Cavaliers, but Woody's "second home" must be respected.

Detroit doesn't have a big market, but there is Ben Wallace, who is close to Woody, so it is easy for Woody to integrate into the team. So although it is a small ball market, in the hearts of Woody and Johnson, the priority is very high!

The remaining four teams, the Toronto Raptors, the Miami Heat, the Washington Wizards and the New York Knicks, are all real big cities.

Including Toronto.

It's not a big ball market in the NBA sense though.

Because of Toronto's unique climate, people there prefer ice hockey, but it's a city with a population of millions, and there is a market, but there are not enough stars to drive that market.

And since owning Vince Carter, attendance at the Canada Route Center has skyrocketed, and it has always been in the top 10 in the league.

The biggest reason why the Toronto Raptors are a small city is because there is no ESPN there, and for most American players, it belongs to playing abroad, you have to apply for a passport, and you have to stay abroad at all times!

Woody doesn't have to worry about this, on the contrary, he has a huge advantage:

You must know that 10% of Toronto's population is made up of Chinese, and they will definitely spontaneously go to watch Woody play!

With popularity off the field, are you afraid that there will be no sponsorship and endorsement to come to your door?

In this way, Woody and Johnson finalized the team that was going to prepare for the trial, and Johnson began to contact each other to determine the time.

On May 17, Woody and Johnson officially embarked on the road to tryouts.

Their first stop was the Cleveland Cavaliers, who held the "No. 1 pick".

Interestingly, on the afternoon that Woody and "Magic" Johnson arrived in Cleveland, the league issued a fine to the Cavaliers because it was reported that the Cavaliers management had tried out LeBron James early and promised the latter.

In the NBA, early contact with rookies is a violation, so the league issued a 100,000 fine to the Cavaliers.

"It looks like the LeBron James team is very jealous of us!"

As soon as they arrived in Cleveland, the league issued a ticket, neither early nor late, but at this time, Johnson couldn't see the catty in this, and he had been a "courtesan" for so many years!

"Why don't you have a showdown with your old teammates, we really don't have much interest in the top spot!" On the way to the Quickfinance Arena, Johnson joked.

Woody smiled, didn't speak, and turned his head to look out the window.

Akron is about a 45-minute drive from Cleveland, which is not too far, and he looks in the direction of Akron and feels like he can see the sky of Akron.

After spending almost two months in Los Angeles, where the bustle of Los Angeles broadened Woody's horizons, one thing he was sure of was that Cleveland couldn't afford his "star disease"!

This land, Tepo!