Volume 1: The Road to the European Emperor Chapter 4 He Can't Play Professional Basketball
"Sun Hao?"
Li Yuanwei repeated the name with a puzzled tone.
Obviously he didn't know who Sun Hao was.
At this time, Yang Wei on the side immediately explained.
He was present during the tryout and had some impression of Sun Hao.
After explaining, he stood up and walked quickly to his desk.
There is a thick stack of trial reports on the right side of the table.
He searched for it and finally took out Sun Hao's trial report from very low down.
He handed it to Li Yuanwei immediately.
Li Yuanwei sat down again and started reading.
When he was watching the first part, he looked fine and nodded from time to time, but when he finished watching the last part, he showed a look of regret.
The meaning of this action is very clear, Sun Hao should not have been selected.
Yi Jianlian looked incredulous.
Sun Hao was also surprised.
Judging from his performance during the tryout that day, he is considered a leader among the guards. Does it mean that the Guangdong Hongyuan team only wants inside players and not guards?
“He can’t play professional basketball.”
However, what neither Sun Hao nor Yi Jianlian expected was that Li Yuanwei's next sentence was very direct.
Yi Jianlian suddenly became extremely depressed and even a little dissatisfied, but he did not dare to refute.
A 12-year-old child rarely dares to refute adults.
Not to mention that he was the introverted Yi Jianlian, and the person opposite him was the sports director of a province.
"Why?"
After Sun Hao came to his senses, he spoke up and said that he didn't think there was anything wrong with his tryout performance.
"Your tryout performance was good, but your bone age test report shows that you will only grow to 1.75 meters in the future. You can't play professional basketball at this height."
Li Yuanwei didn't say much, but what he said was very certain.
"Yes, that's right. A height of 1.75 meters is a bit too short to play football, let alone basketball."
Yang Wei spoke up and echoed.
“Could there be something wrong with the test?”
Yi Jianlian asked, clenching his fists.
He mustered up the courage for Sun Hao.
"We found the best testing agency in Guangdong Province, which is also one of the top few in the country. There will definitely be no problem."
Yang Wei spoke up immediately, saying that Yi Jianlian was questioning his work and he had to clarify this in front of his leader.
Li Yuanwei nodded. He emphasized the fairness of the selection process, including the tests, which were absolutely fair.
"If you are short, you can't play professionally?"
Sun Hao asked back.
He had already resisted the urge to curse.
He knows that physical talent is a very important factor in basketball.
Even before, he was not optimistic about his career prospects after traveling through time because of this.
But he worked so hard for a month, was treated like a lunatic, and had a good performance in the tryout, and now this is what he gets?
Not even a chance?
He can't accept it!
What's more, there is nothing absolute in this world.
Well-known short players in the NBA include three-time slam dunk champion Nate Robinson, the strongest player on the planet at 1.73 meters tall, and 1.65 meters tall, Thomas.
Even without talking about the NBA, even the famous short player in China, the national team's starting point guard Gong Luming, is only 1.72 meters tall.
Even if we get closer, Li Qun, the veteran national player in the Guangdong Hongyuan team, is only 1.8 meters tall.
Short people can’t play professionally?
uncertain!
"My child, our bone age test report is absolutely professional. You have to trust our experience. We are really doing this for your own good. Go back and study hard. Don't let your parents down."
Yang Wei was a little unhappy when he heard what Sun Hao said, but since Li Yuanwei was beside him, he spoke politely.
Li Yuanwei didn't say anything, but he also tacitly agreed with Yang Wei's words.
Looking at the attitudes of the two, Sun Hao was so angry that he stood up directly.
"Then just wait and see. Within five years, you will definitely hear about me playing professionally!"
His tone was as hard as iron, and he was just short of giving them the middle finger and shouting "Drop the thunder and hug the mother".
Li Yuanwei was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the 13-year-old child in front of him, who was almost as tall as him when he stood up, could say such words.
He sensed a hint of something in Sun Hao's eyes that was not appropriate for someone of that age.
This child is not ordinary.
Yang Wei was also stunned when he heard it, but immediately burst into laughter.
This kid is a little bit childish, a little bit funny, and a little bit whimsical.
Five years later?
Five years later, Sun Hao was only 18 years old!
Those who can become professional players at the age of 18 are all gifted people like Yi Jianlian.
For someone like Sun Hao, it's just a daydream.
If Li Yuanwei hadn't been sitting here, he would have asked the security guard to kick Sun Hao out.
Sun Hao ignored Li Yuanwei's gaze and Yang Wei's laughter and left the office directly.
When I walked out of the stadium, I looked at the big iron logo of the Hongyuan Youth Team at the door and let out a long sigh.
If Li Yuanwei and Yang Wei had said that a month ago, he might have accepted it.
After all, he went through the same thing in his previous life.
As human beings, we always have to bow to reality.
But now everything is different, he has a system and he can do more.
Not only can he slap these people in the face, he can even change the pathology of Chinese basketball.
Height is not everything!
He can prove it and also find a way out for those who can't play basketball because of their height!
And he had also considered what he said just now.
In five years he will be 18, and there is no way he won't be able to play professionally before then.
He even has the opportunity to play in the NBA!
You should know that the NBA has not yet issued a rule that high school students cannot participate in the draft.
As long as you are good enough, you can enter the NBA to play at the age of 18!
However, now that he has been rejected by the Guangdong Hongyuan team, it is a question of where he should start his basketball career.
Hongyuan's selection criteria are also domestic selection criteria, which means that he basically has no chance in China.
Yi Jianlian hadn't come out yet, so Sun Hao found a step to sit down, thinking while waiting.
If you don't play basketball in China, then American high school is a good choice.
He was an assistant coach in the NCAA in his previous life. He is familiar with the American basketball system and will adapt quickly.
Moreover, American high schools are the source of students for the NCAA, and the NCAA is the main source of talent for the NBA draft.
Especially in this era, Stern's NBA globalization has not yet been fully launched, and the NBA draft's acceptance rate for overseas players is not high.
Except for some tall players, few overseas guards can enter the NBA. Even if they do, most of them are second-round picks and cannot play.
So in comparison, going through an American high school - the NCAA is also his most likely way to enter the NBA.
But the problem is no small one.
Basketball communication was very closed in this era. There were almost no Chinese people playing basketball in the United States, and it was even difficult.
Let’s take Ma Jian as a typical example.
This former national player, who once represented the Chinese team in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was valued by UCLA because of his outstanding performance in the Olympics and was recruited to play in the NCAA with a full scholarship.
However, the Basketball Association immediately issued a warning that if Ma Jian dared to go, he would be disqualified from representing the national team forever.
Ma Jian's choice was to go to the NCAA, where he averaged 8.2 points and 3.7 rebounds per game this season, and had a career night of 21 points and 9 rebounds in a single game.
The only price he paid was that he never appeared in a national team competition again.
And leaving aside this obstacle, how he can get an invitation from an American high school is also a problem.
You have to know that Ma Jian was selected after playing in the Olympics. If it weren't for him, the Guangdong Hongyuan team wouldn't even be able to enter the Olympics.
As he was thinking, Yi Jianlian came out of the gym.
"Brother Hao, I think they are wrong. Height doesn't determine everything. I believe you can play professional basketball."
Yi Jianlian walked towards him quickly and started talking right away.
He didn't dare say it in the office before, but this was his true inner thought.
"Well, within five years."
He added one more sentence after he finished speaking.
Hearing this, Sun Hao stood up with a smile, jumped up and patted Yi Jianlian on the shoulder.
"Believe me, I will do what I said."
Sun Hao's face was full of confidence.
A great man who wishes to remain anonymous once said that there are no roads in this world, but when more people walk, roads will appear.
He used to think this was strange, but now think about it, isn't it the roads that are made by people walking?
He will always find his own way.
