Li Hao declined the Rockets' invitation to try out and has not tried out with other teams for the time being. However, it is impossible for Li Hao to withdraw from the joint trial and put all his hopes on the Lakers.
Although the Lakers will not deceive Li Hao, and it is impossible for Li Hao to destroy his image that he has managed for many years, Li Hao always needs to give himself a guarantee.
The beginning of this joint trial is still the same, including physical examination, height measurement, sports display, and shooting display, but the back part is different from the past. There is no 5-on-5 joint training and it is changed to interviews with major teams. A team can interview up to 18 people.
On May 14, Li Hao came to Chicago with his agent Holtz and started a four-day joint trial. A total of 60 players were invited to participate in this joint trial.
Li Hao became one of them thanks to Holtz. Before becoming an agent, Holtz worked at NBA headquarters. It was this experience that allowed Holtz to help Li Hao successfully enter the joint trial training. 60-man roster.
Although Holtz has left NBA headquarters now, his former relationship network is still there, and after years of development, many of his former colleagues have already held important positions.
Originally, Holtz was not that quick to sign players on her own. After leaving Excel Sports Agency, Holtz was preparing 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 the famous players in the NCAA have been targeted by big agents, and it is too difficult for Holtz to compete.
Under this situation, Holtz had no choice but to start with less famous players if he wanted to achieve his goal, and at this time Li Hao appeared.
From the first moment he saw Li Hao, there was a voice in Holtz's heart that told you crazily that if you sign this person, you can realize your dream, and that's why everything is happening now.
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Li Hao plays a point guard, so there is no need to fake his height. As for the physical examination, Li Hao can't fake even if he wants to. The only ones he can fake are the athletic test and the shooting test.
In the sports test, Li Hao's data did not surpass everyone, but he was definitely at the forefront. In terms of shooting, Li Hao's state was not as hot today as he was with the Lakers. He missed 5 mid-range and three-point shots. , and this data can also be ranked at the forefront of trial players.
So looking at this trial training data alone, Li Hao is still very good in all aspects. Coupled with his status as a Chinese player, Li Hao still attracts the attention of many teams.
For example, the Rockets, who have been paying attention to Li Hao, learned that Li Hao was among the 60 names in the joint trial. The general manager of the Rockets asked Li Hao to report to him before the scouts inspected Li Hao full-time.
Yao Ming is so popular that other NBA teams are very jealous of the Rockets and want to find a second Yao Ming. But Yao Ming is Yao Ming. No matter what the future holds, no one can compare with Yao Ming in recent decades. .
Before Chinese players failed one after another, and before NBA teams truly realized that without Yao Ming's performance, they would not be able to enjoy the benefits brought by Yao Ming, Chinese players were very eye-catching.
In the original timeline, just one week after the joint trial, a Chinese player named Li Muhao came to the NBA for a training class. As a result, it attracted the attention of 21 teams, and even the Rockets general manager was present in person.
So when Li Hao appeared in the joint trial and had very good data in all aspects, it is conceivable that Li Hao received attention.
Before the joint trial of 60 players, Li Hao was definitely the most unknown one, but after the joint trial, Li Hao has become the brightest player in the game.
After completing the first half of the trial training, Li Hao was already surrounded by reporters, many of whom Li Hao knew because they were reporters from China. The joint trial training would have been covered by Chinese reporters, and in the joint trial training Before, Yao Ming also built momentum for Li Hao.
Yao Ming didn't say anything publicly. He just told some reporters he knew well, such as the National Sports Station. No, Director Zhang Weiping, an old friend of Chinese basketball fans, appeared in front of Li Hao at this moment.
The Internet is indeed more developed now than before, but China does not pay much attention to the NCAA. When Li Hao played two games, it was not that no Chinese reporters discovered Li Hao, but this did not attract much attention.
"Xiao Li, please introduce yourself to everyone." Before the joint trial training, Li Hao had had a phone call with Director Zhang, and it was Yao Ming who had the connection.
"Hello everyone, my name is Li Hao. I am a basketball player. I play the No. 1 position on the court. I am currently participating in the NBA draft." Li Hao officially entered the attention of the Chinese people.
After introducing themselves, everyone asked a few very common questions, and then ended the interview. The appearance of a Chinese in the joint trial training is indeed worth reporting, but there is too little information about Li Hao. Although the trial training data is good, the It’s hard to say whether he will be selected based on this alone.
Furthermore, Li Hao is not a player within the system, so compared to the current Li Hao, these reporters in China are actually more concerned about Li Muhao, who is coming to the United States and has a strong foundation.
It is known as the New Great Wall of China.
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After saying a few words of encouragement, Li Hao parted ways with the reporters. Li Hao's joint trial training was basically over, and Li Hao did not want to participate in the subsequent interviews with each team.
Holtz has collected a lot of information about this interview, but after reading the information, Li Hao always felt that it was meaningless.
Because the questions asked by each team are similar, and these questions all have answers, almost every player participating in the joint trial will receive such information and answers from their agent.
Of course, some teams will make special arrangements, such as inviting psychologists to analyze the player's expression and behavior in answering questions on the spot.
But in fact, this is not of much help to the trial itself. According to insiders, this is just a gimmick to promote the league.
Therefore, whether or not to participate in the interview session has little impact. Besides, after the joint trial training, each team can still invite the players they like to participate in the team trial training.
No, by the end of the four-day joint trial, Holtz had already received double-digit trial invitations. As a business alliance, who can refuse the scent of a beautiful knife?
The troubles came to the Lakers. It was understandable that Li Hao participated in the joint trial with the Lakers. After all, verbal promises have no binding force at all. Li Hao found a guarantee for himself to be normal.
But now, faced with invitations from so many teams, the Lakers know that Li Hao cannot refuse, because everyone knows that blind refusal will only be counterproductive.
The NBA is a business league, and it’s about human relationships.
