NBA: Starting CBA system

Before getting off work in the evening, Jiang Hao didn't meet anyone new to practice ball with.

"Is this still the Heat?"

Jiang Hao wondered if he was asking too much of the Heat. He felt that the other four rookies signed this year were not self-disciplined.

After grabbing Jaylen Williams who was off duty and asking a question, I learned that the other three Development League players were attending the Development League press conference today, and second-round pick Bo Yang also attended the press conference.

"The undrafted players have no human rights."

"Hehehe." Jaylen Williams smiled awkwardly. The reason here is actually quite complicated. To put it simply, two of the three players in the Development League are local college students from Miami.

Yellow players have always had little voice in the United States. Just like Jeremy Lin's game statistics in the Development League are very good, but no media has promoted him.

Tianchao’s own family actually uses the NBA as the main source of news. Jiang Hao remembers clearly that Jeremy Lin’s statistics for each NBDL game could only occupy a small space in the Basketball Pioneer.

However, Jiang Hao attended the weekend media day.

When Jiang Hao saw the faces of a bunch of Asian reporters, he knew that this was the Heat's attempt to make money from China. The media day held once a month was not a press conference. Press conferences were usually about things that happened the day before or that night, such as Competitions, such as drafts, domestic violence, cheating, fighting, holding guns, responses to scandals, etc.

Media Day is more diverse, with more and more diverse reporters coming.

Not only will they ask about the NBA, but they will also ask about your daily life and life plans, and even ask about your ideal girlfriend and political matters, which seems to be more fan-oriented.

Many players don't like this once-a-month media day, especially Jiang Hao, because compared to others, he has neither been trained by an agent, nor does he hate facing a bunch of unknown people who have to ask questions that he only knows how to communicate with. Topics for chatting with acquaintances.

But this is a business alliance, which is an important part of building a fan market.

A player should not only have skills, but also have a complete "image" of flesh and blood.

This image can be real or it can be a different kind of perfect basketball idol created by marketing in front of the media.

Take LeBron James for example. During media day interviews, he usually calls reporters to his clean and tidy villa, and then waits for reporters to arrive while flipping through a new, profound and popular book on a lawn chair.

Another example is Morant in later generations. He obviously likes playing with guns, but in front of the media he can only say that he doesn't like guns against his will.

So Jiang Hao was also forced to open a business. He had a strange face, a Chinese origin, and a handsome guy with sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes. This led to a lot of reporters gathering around Jiang Hao, and he was quite popular.

Because today is the media day of the off-season, there are no stars coming. The superstars are reporters looking for them.

James and Wade were photographed swimming in a banana boat with Paul and Anthony in New York. Bosh was also fishing in Australian waters with his Eastern Conference brother Paul George.

Only players who are still in Miami will come over and be forced to work overtime, such as Chalmers, James Jones, Turiaf, and Joel Anthony. As the younger brother, Jiang Hao introduced himself to them and said hello.

After that, there was a question and answer session for the tool man. What was his contract like, how did he get involved with the Heat, what are his expectations for the future, how much did he know about Miami, what did he most want to do, and even asked him how he learned English. of

Anyway, it fleshes out the story of Jiang Hao as a player.

If Jiang Hao becomes popular one day in the future, the NBA will have accumulated video materials to "seduce" fans into following him, instead of being typed out and fans trying to get to know him only to find that his introduction is pale.

This is similar to the principle of entertainment stars appearing in reality shows and variety shows.

This media day also made Jiang Hao's name spread in all major media, and it also made domestic fans look forward to it. It is not a 10-day short contract, but a one-season contract, okay! !

What can I do?

You can come to Miami to study!

There are really many senior high school graduates who are struggling with which school to study in the United States. After seeing Jiang Hao, a rising star, they chose to study in Miami. Even if Jiang Hao can't play in the main game, he can still watch the Development League games. .

Maybe it will accompany the rise of the next Chinese player.

However, strength is the hard foundation. Jiang Hao doesn’t even have a video highlight now, and he doesn’t have many loyal fans. Although the Haitong City Propaganda Department released news about Jiang Hao, Jiang Hao’s folks obviously only heard the name, NBA. There are many who have been passed on as MBAs.

The domestic basketball media circle is not like the nonsense on the Internet. This year's draft is really explosive. Today's fans are also very picky. Although "Basketball Pioneer", "Sports Weekly", "Slam Dunk Magazine" and other media have dedicated separate pages to Jiang Hao. to introduce.

But because it is all content collected by Jiang Hao Media Rihe from the Zhihu article, the viewing ratio is not as good as the Morris Brothers' page. More Chinese NBA fans just said "Oh", and their own players got a copy It's just a two-way contract in the NBA. Let's see how he plays first.

A certain tall man with a tall face who was recuperating in the Magic City had the same idea, but he would not wait and see in silence like the fans.

As the number one active Asian men's basketball player who is determined to be in charge of Chinese basketball in the future, Yao Ming needs to urge Jiang Hao, a young junior, to improve, so he directly @heat on Twitter and also @the new account opened by Heat for Jiang Hao. HAO-JIANG:

"You are our only hope for the Chinese men's basketball team next season."

Big Brother is under pressure! ! !

Chapter 18: Summer League Begins

Chapter 18 18: Summer League Begins

"Dayao is trying to beat the newcomers."

Dayao still has a lot of fans around the world on Twitter. He mentioned his little brother like this, which instantly increased Jiang Hao's popularity in the global basketball circle. Everyone knew that there was an undrafted Chinese player who was signed by the Heat.

Some people also went to Twitter King James and left messages saying to take good care of our little Jiang and so on.

Heat is pressure, and Jiang Hao naturally understands Dayao's meaning.

Although Dayao couldn't give direct guidance, this move was "helping" Jiang Hao.

The popularity has been given to you, and every second you can play in the Heat will be amplified. Compared with the only hope, Dayao posted this post as Wang Zhao, and Jiang Hao, who has never posted a tweet, within an hour Added 30,000 followers.

"By the way, didn't he join the national team?"

"Anyway, whether it's the hope of China's national men's basketball team or the hope of China's players in the NBA, it's all about hope."

The most heated discussions in the comments below are all in Chinese. Some people say that the national team has entered a dark age after Dayao retired from the national team. Dayao is looking for a successor to China's men's basketball team, while others say that Dayao is the hope of China's players in the NBA.

Jiang Hao knew at a glance that Yao was referring to himself as the hope of heaven in the NBA.

The darkest era of men’s basketball? ? Wherever he is now, Ah Lian, Wang Qizhu and Ba are all playing. He is the one who has truly seen the darkest era of the men's basketball team that even naturalized players can't guide!

If the men's basketball team needed him urgently, people from the Basketball Association would have come looking for him long ago.

"YAO sent you a tweet, haha. Are you stressed?"

After attending the media day, Jiang Hao met Sean Battier in the locker room who came to say hello. As an old teammate of YAO and a star signed by Peak, Battier will naturally pay a little attention to this guy after receiving a lot of dividends from Tianchao. A newcomer from the same team from China.

"Fortunately, it's not as stressful as you."

"Haha, what, you can still steal my position? Many fans have sent me messages, and just now a Chinese media asked me to teach you more."

"You're not afraid of being better than your master, brother."

"You play your best and lead me to win the championship."

Jiang Hao's humorous words made Shane smile with his hands on his hips. He thought Jiang Hao was joking, but Jiang Hao was actually telling the truth.

Battier's position really overlaps with his. If Jiang Hao wants to join the Heat rotation, James Jones and Battier will be lined up above him.

Of course, there is a systematic Jiang Hao who dares to think so. Battier will not think that an undrafted two-way contract player will pose any threat to him, and even gave him what Yi Jianlian wanted to say to Jiang Hao.

"Yi Jianlian doesn't have your phone number. He just sent a message asking me to tell you something in person."

"Okay~"

Sure enough, Yi Jianlian is an i person, which is completely opposite to YAO’s approach of putting pressure on Twitter.

"He told you not to think that signing a contract is a sure thing, but to think more about whether the next season will be the only opportunity you can seize in your life!"

"I know, that's why YAO said that I am the only hope of the Celestial Empire."

Jiang Hao naturally knew that this was his only chance in this life. He knew it from his previous life. He only came to the United States once and if he failed, he would never have another chance.

And the fans and Battier in front of them may not know.

But Jiang Hao, YAO, and YI all knew their situation very well.

Jiang Hao clearly understood the situation of the three of them.

In the NBA next season, Jiang Hao is really the only Chinese who can play!

Sun Yue was waived by the Knicks a year ago and has never had a chance to play in the NBA since then.

Dayao's knee injury is out for the season, and he may not be able to play for the Rockets next season.

Arab League was waived by the Wizards last year, and he has not yet decided whether to find a job in the NBA or return to the CBA. Anyway, fans think that Kong Yi will definitely play in the NBA, and he also has the ability.

But Jiang Hao knew that he had returned to Dongguang and played for several years and gained a lot of honors.

He remembers it too clearly, because he was the first victim in his previous life. Although the Arab League was briefly signed back by the Mavericks when he returned to the CBA, he was always unaccustomed to the NBA. In the end, he simply competed with the kings, seven pigs, and eight pigs every year in the CBA. The championship has become a big mountain that dominates all CBA teams.

Every time Sujiang and Dongguang meet, Jiang Hao will be blocked by the Arab League. It is a bug for Yi Jianlian, who is equivalent to a big foreign aid, to go to any CBA team.

From this point of view, it is indeed the hope of the whole village!

"Anyway, congratulations to you, little star. I will come to watch the Summer League in a few days. I hope your performance will be as good as you say."

Shane finished speaking to Yi Jianlian and left.

Starting from today's media day, Jiang Hao has completely entered the world of basketball circles.

Whether it's praise or criticism, we'll see you on the field!

"JIANG, the first window is here, be prepared."

One day later, Jaylen Williams gave Jiang Hao a form.

The NBA has announced the specific schedule for the 2011-2012 summer league. The summer league is a stage for teams to inspect new players.

The tournament will be played in Las Vegas from July 8 to July 18 for a total of 11 days, and all 30 teams will play at least 5 games.

The Heat's summer league lineup naturally includes Jiang Hao, a two-way contract player for the home team, Bo Yang, last year's undrafted player, European center Mikel Gladness, several rookies from the Development League, and several veterans who were temporarily signed to the summer league for observation.

The head coach is the chief assistant coach Juwan Howard. Starting tomorrow, Jiang Hao and his team will go to Las Vegas for training to prepare for this summer league.

"Why don't you find an agent? There should be many Chinese agents vying to be your agent."