Basketball: Starting from the Rodman template

Chapter 70 Trial Training Begins

"Before each team's trial training, the league will also hold a special joint trial training, but with this, we can skip this link and not participate in the joint trial training..."

Johnson shook his phone.

He refers to the text message of the eight teams with the top ten picks in this year's first round that have offered Woody a trial olive branch.

"but……"

"Even so, we still have too many teams to try out!"

"A total of 8 teams, buddy, I took you to try out with the Lakers before. If we really go to these teams for tryouts, there will only be more, not less, tryouts, especially for these teams with high picks. They don't want to waste their hard work for a year!"

Woody showed a terrified expression.

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

That was tiring enough!
It doesn't matter if he is just tired, but the problem is that being tired will easily affect his state, and the trial training at that time will also involve traveling, mental fatigue and physical fatigue.

"So, man, we need screening!"

After Johnson finished speaking, he laughed.

Trial invitations for the top ten picks are something that no rookie can ask for, and now they actually have to choose and reject invitations from some of the teams.

It's really embarrassing!
The optional show conference is that the higher the popularity, the greater the momentum, and the greater the room for choice.

Woody's current momentum can be said to keep pace with the "Peerless Twins". They have a choice, and Woody naturally has a choice.

Johnson expressed his point of view: "Man, first of all, before choosing, I have to say that the No. [-] pick in the draft is an honor, but sometimes the draft position is not critical. The most important thing is to choose a team that is more suitable for you!"

"Some teams don't even know what their purpose is for choosing this player. Just like the Bulls in 99, they took the hottest Elton Brand at the No. 4 pick at the time, but in the next year they still used the No. 01 pick in the first round to select Marcus Fisher at the power forward position. In [-], they used the No. [-] pick in the first round. Eddie Curry, and even picked up Brand, and traded for Tyson Chandler... They were just hoarding insiders, but they didn't think about how to do it. Go develop this player!"

"For such a team, we must pass first!"

The reason is also very simple:
Woody is a high school student!

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

Woody nodded in agreement.

But the most important thing is that the Cavaliers hold the No. [-] pick this year...

The reason...

"Then there is the team market...Wu, you are a Chinese player, and you are destined to be more attractive to the Chinese market than other players in the league. Apart from Yao Ming, the commercial endorsement from China must first consider Ni, 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 your 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 well the impact of city size on a player!
The same player with 20 plus 10 is a "super giant" in Los Angeles and an "all-star" in Milwaukee...

This speaks to Woody's heart.

He came here for money, and the bigger the city, the bigger the market, and he could bear his growing "star disease"!
This is why he knew that the "No. [-] lottery" belonged to the Cavaliers, so he didn't insist on becoming the No. [-] pick.

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

After reaching an agreement 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 at the power forward position. Last year, they selected Duke University’s “talented guard” Jay Williams with the second pick last year.

Then the Milwaukee Bucks were also ruled out for a simple reason:
The city is too small!

6 teams remaining.

The Cavaliers hold the "No. [-] lottery" and Akron is right next to Cleveland. This is called a "geographical complex" in the United States. Johnson actually doesn't like the Cavaliers, but he must respect Woody's "second hometown."

Detroit's ball market is not big, but there is Ben Wallace, who has a close relationship with Woody, which makes it easier for Woody to integrate into the entire team.So even though it's a small ball market, in the hearts of Woody and Johnson, the priority is very high!

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

Including Toronto.

Although it is not a big ball market in the NBA sense.

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

And since owning Vince Carter, the attendance rate of the Canadian Airline Center Stadium has soared, and it has always been among the top ten in the league.

The biggest reason that really makes the Toronto Raptors a small city is because there is no ESPN there, and for most American players, that is going abroad to play, and they need to apply for a passport and stay abroad at all times!
Woody does not have this trouble, on the contrary, he has a huge advantage:

You must know that 10% of Toronto's population is composed of Chinese, and they will definitely go to watch Woody play on the spot spontaneously!
With popularity outside the arena, are you afraid that no sponsorship or endorsement will come to your door?
In this way, Woody and Johnson finalized the team for the next trial training, and Johnson began to contact the other party to determine the time.

On May 5, Woody and Johnson officially embarked on the road of trial training.

Their first stop is the Cleveland Cavaliers holding the "No. [-] lottery".

What's interesting is that the afternoon Woody and "Magic" Johnson arrived in Cleveland, the league issued a ticket to the Cavaliers because someone reported that the Cavaliers management tried out LeBron James in advance and gave the latter a promise.

In the NBA, contacting rookies in advance is an illegal operation, so the league issued a 10 fine to the Cavaliers.

"It seems that the LeBron James team is very afraid of us!"

As soon as they arrived in Cleveland, the league issued tickets. It was neither too early nor too late. At this moment, Johnson would have been a "social butterfly" for so many years if he didn't see the tricks in it!

"Why don't you have a showdown with your old teammates, we really have no interest in the No. [-] pick!" Johnson joked on the way to Quicken Loans Arena.

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

Akron is about a 45-minute drive from Cleveland, not too far away. He looked in the direction of Akron and felt that he could see the sky in Akron.

After staying in Los Angeles for nearly two months, the prosperity there broadened Woody's horizons. When he returned here, one thing he was sure of was that Cleveland couldn't contain his "star disease"!
This place is so broken!
　I will write about the talent show tomorrow, and the book will be on the shelves at 12:[-] noon the day after tomorrow. I would also like to ask my brothers to support me a lot, I am very grateful.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)