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81. The beginning of everything is difficult

As Media Day unfolds, more than a dozen Chinese media outlets who obtained visas with the help of the NBA this time began to enter the Mainland Airlines Arena for interviews after the training and shooting at the imperial court station.

Zhang Hao's entry into the NBA is really a proud thing for media people in the basketball journalism industry in China.

Sports fans have a strong sense of participation and sense of substitution. Media people who are engaged in work related to this project have a stronger sense of participation and substitution. Perhaps they hope that basketball is more popular around the world than many basketball players. They can proudly say that the sport they love is the hottest sport in the world like football fans.

Also, a domestic basketball player finally entered the NBA. From a certain perspective, Zhang Hao became a "bond", giving a large number of domestic media the opportunity to sign contracts to work in the United States.

When working in the United States, it means that the salary is high... This is also the reason why those media take the initiative to make friends with Zhang Hao.

As for money, everyone makes money together, and it will not affect each other's money.

The Nets are very happy that there are so many reporters coming to interview, but the management does not pay special attention to it, because most of the people coming to China and Asia are reporters.

Most team bosses do not have much expectations for the overseas market. Now the NBA is still spending money to explore overseas markets. In Asia, South Korea and Japan have paid broadcast fees, but not much. It is just that South Korea and Japan are habitually "paying protection fees" in various fields. China's broadcast is even free, and football is the most popular sport in Asia.

The same goes for the Nets. They don’t think this represents anything. It’s just that there are so many media interviews, which is a good thing for improving players’ enthusiasm. Many players are eager to be on the news and are eager to be paid attention to.

After Zhang Hao was selected by the Nets in the domestic sports industry, the Nets, a completely unknown team in China, has become very famous in China. Even the latest addition to Inka Dell, domestic sports media have collected information to report.

I don’t know how many times the Nets’ strength and other aspects have been discussed... Most of them are just nonsense, just like the original discussion of Yao and Mai combination in time and space is regarded as a favorite to win the championship by domestic media every year.

Kenny Anderson, who is regarded as the new boss of the Nets by domestic media, gave Zhang Hao a very high evaluation: "Aix is ​​the most talented pitcher I have ever met. He will definitely become a star pitcher and his athletic ability. We are very suitable for both of us. I believe that with my experience and ability, it will help him find the rhythm of the NBA early..."

Speaking good things about Chinese players will definitely give the reporters of the imperial court station very good impression. Domestic reporters have a characteristic that they often have great kindness towards foreign players. After Kenny Anderson's answer, the reporters of the imperial court station began to ask questions related to Kenny Anderson. This is a genius second-tier show. They have also been the first-line point guard in the past two years. There are many questions to ask, and of course they will be involved in Zhang Hao from time to time.

Those who compete with Zhang Hao are not so polite. Some players with good personalities can deal with it casually, which is okay and can continue to have a smooth interview.

But some people just think that Zhang Hao is unhappy and think that Zhang Hao is a threat. It was a very happy thing to have a reporter interview, especially after playing for a few years, I was more eager to interview reporters. Many players like the news, but when they were asked about Zhang Hao, they were not happy. Although they were still worried about being a teammate and did not force bad words when they were not familiar with him, they were obviously impatient and hostile when answering questions about Zhang Hao...

Zhang Hao first accepted an exclusive interview from the imperial court station, and then Guangdong Sports. These two media may have reached cooperation intentions with the NBA officials, and the questions are routine, which promotes the interview style of Zhang Hao's Nets team.

The last interview was the special episode of high school students at CNTV.

Garnett is also one of the specials, including Sean Kemp, and three retired high school players, Moses Malone, Darrell Dawkins, and Bill Willoughby.

Although high school rookies are questioned, they are also a very good topic of hype. The popularity will not be low. Moreover, the success rate of high school rookies is actually very high. Zhang Hao and Garnett's previous high school players, only Bill Willoughby, has never been a main player.

This media is not so friendly, and asked very tricky questions about Zhang Hao's high school player and Chinese player both identities.

Pelinka has already predicted this and has already agreed with Zhang Hao how to answer.

Low-key, vulgar and accumulating strength... This is the early plan of life discussed by Zhang Hao, Pelinka, Henry Thomas.

At 11 a.m., the interview ended, Xu Jicheng found Zhang Hao.

"Aix, the environment of the team you are in... is hard to describe!" Xu Jicheng sighed after learning something from the imperial court.

"It's already very good." Zhang Hao smiled and continued: "Everything is difficult at the beginning. I should be the pioneer of Chinese basketball players going to the world. I will work harder. If I can play, I will pave the way for future players and make them relatively relaxed. Isn't it good?"

Zhang Hao just said that, but Xu Jicheng felt a sense of passion.

I didn't deliberately promote this matter. Xu Ji and Chengdu have read the interview content of Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao once said that he wanted to help the Chinese men's basketball team go to the world, but he did not reveal his thoughtful words such as paving the way for future players.

Xu Jicheng has deeper and more complicated emotions about Zhang Hao, the 18-year-old eldest child who just graduated from high school. Think about when he was 18 years old...

In summary, this emotion is called respect!

Because of such a very difficult thing, you may express your dreams at some specific moments and will never be uttered all day long.

But this kind of casual private statement that seemed to be self-deprecating, Xu Jicheng felt respect from the bottom of his heart. Combined with his previous favor, he sublimated from appreciation + expectation to respect!

"Aix, I believe you will succeed! Working hard will definitely be rewarded." Xu Jicheng said something he didn't believe in. He did not believe in the sentence itself, but he chose to believe that Zhang Hao's efforts will succeed.

Zhang Hao was not that passionate, shook his head and said, "Trying hard may not be successful, but for me, I must work hard, and if I don't work hard, I will definitely not succeed."

Zhang Hao actually doesn't care so much about the media's comments, and doesn't care so much about what those teammates who are hostile to him say. He just wants to seize his own opportunity.

It’s that simple to play well. His goal is to seize the opportunity of the team paying attention to him.

There are also benefits to chaos. During this period, he found that the Nets' frontcourt players are really not very good. Except for Almond Gilliam's strong scoring ability, none of the other frontcourt players can score independently. In terms of strength, except Almond Gilliam, other frontcourt players may not be much better than him even if they have played for several years. He is even one of the Nets' best frontcourt players.

The core purpose is to live longer.

It just so happens that basketball is his hobby, and he has never lacked motivation!

While chatting, Zhang Hao saw that the machine jointly recorded by Guangdong Sports and Cable TV stations had been set up. He said it was a joint recording, but in fact, it was the alliance that helped Guangdong Sports invite Cable TV stations to be technical guides and film.

The content to be filmed is the first training match for the whole team this afternoon.

Everyone attaches great importance to this. At 11:30, Randy Whitman came to the training ground and the players were already gathered.

Randy Whitman has always been directed to the players and said, "The training match will be held at 3:30 pm.

Kenny, Greg, Kharid, Aix, PJ, you are the starters of Team A;

Chris, Kevin, Vaughan, Almond, Jason, you are the starter of the B team..."

The team training match was decided when the whole team gathered. The tactical training a few days ago was for this.

Butch Baird divided two starting lineups, and the other five players with contracts and five players with training camp contracts were distributed across the two teams. The characteristics of the starting lineup are clear, one is the fast attack lineup and the other is the positional lineup, while the substitutes are different. Both substitutes have players with strong athletic ability or rely on shooting skills.

Some players of the Nets are not worried about their performance in the training game. A total of 12 players are not worried. They are all guaranteed contracts, but the team still has three players with non-guarantee contracts and can be cut at any time. This is the opportunity for players who come to participate in the training camp. Although the probability of defeating these players is not high, it also puts pressure on these non-guarantee contract players.

If a certain training camp contract player does perform well and performs well in the next preseason, it is normal to replace it.

But Randy Whitman didn't have much expectations for such a situation.

Perhaps some players who have not yet obtained a contract but have strong strength will choose weak teams to compete for formal contracts, but their Nets have never been the choice of those players.

The players attach great importance to the first training match of the new season.

Especially those experienced players, they know that in a team like the Nets, there may be only one training game during training camp.

And this game has a high probability of determining the chance of performing in the preseason.

Zhang Hao is also very excited and is finally going to play the game!

This is the second game after he started cheating, and he has been itchy!

As an off-ball pitcher, he is really not good at fighting in this regard. When training in teams, if he practices the part related to him in tactics, he will have a chance to perform, but if he practices other aspects of tactics, he does not have many chances to perform, just like when he participated in the trial training.

He still remembers what Scott Collins said when he "tempted" him to the draft - only the real game is his time to play!

Moreover, he is eager to test his training results over the past year through training competitions.

Just as Zhang Hao was very excited and looking forward to the afternoon training match, the subtitle prompts came!

"Special signing player Zhang Hao has started the NBA rookie season training camp and will usher in the first team training after joining the Nets.

The starting point of your career should be the first, and the mission: start the sail and trigger it.”

"set sail:

Goal 1: Zhang Hao needs to start in the regular season opening game through training camp and preseason performances and score the highest score in the game.

Goal 2: If Zhang Hao fails to start in the regular season opening game, he must win the highest score of all substitutes in the regular season opening game.

Reward: Complete Goal 1, Reward Medal: Return to Heart (Silver); Complete Goal 2, Reward Medal: Bench Gangster (Bronze).
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