Basketball injuries only make me stronger

Chapter 13 Anta Sponsored Competitions

"Ah, of course it doesn't mean that..."

Zhuo Mei took a sip of coffee, blinked, and suddenly realized that this sentence was inappropriate. Isn't this saying that she thinks Lian Feng has no potential?He quickly added another sentence: "Of course you have great potential! The national champion!"

"College student..." Lian Feng emphasized earnestly.

Zhuo Mei put down the coffee cup: "It doesn't matter, it's nationwide anyway. We plan to sign a group of players. This plan may fail, but there is a slight possibility to try."

"Sign? Your company wants to enter the sports circle, why don't you go directly to the NBA to sign stars?"

"Of course we will go, but Huaguo's plan is carried out at the same time. Huaguo's market is too big. Only one Yao Ming has been produced, and the Rockets have reaped huge benefits! We have seen this trend, so Plan ahead."

"Hmm... It seems that you have done a lot of homework." Lian Feng shook his head: "But... even if you want to sign players, why don't you go directly to the CBA and come to find us... well, nothing happened College students with grades?"

Zhuo Mei shook her head: "This... The CBA's training system determines that players have little mobility and there is little room for agents to play. Therefore, we are very cautious about CBA professional players."

Lian Feng understood and nodded, he was quite clear about this.

In the CBA, each team has its own second- and third-tier youth teams, and the training of club players is completely different from the NBA draft.Some players have been trained for more than ten years. If the training improves and they leave, the club must be unwilling. This is a reality.

Therefore, it is difficult for players trained by the system to leave the system.

Lian Feng thought for a while and said, "But I have to say that the real masters are all there. You signed a player with no reputation like us, but you are gambling!"

Zhuo Mei sighed helplessly: "What you said... I know it too. But there is no way, we have to implement the decision from above. So... hehe, can you help me with this?"

Lian Feng suddenly understood the business logic of CAA.

Their signing targets are all free agents outside their own system. Although they haven't made a name for themselves yet, judging from their external body shape, there must be room for improvement.

Then it adopts the form of casting a wide net, signing dozens or even hundreds, even if only one of them successfully lands in the NBA, the initial investment can recover the cost.

Moreover, this player does not even have to be very strong to enter the NBA.He only needs to stay in a certain team to guard the drinking fountain, and he can increase the attention of that team in China.For this reason, paying a little salary is nothing compared to the promotion fee required for the same promotion effect.

Next, CAA relies on its strong resource advantages, even a patron saint of drinking fountains can enhance its commercial value through various channels, so as to realize its own profits.

But judging from the memories of previous lives, even in 2021, CAA failed to make any waves in the Chinese basketball circle. Obviously their plan went bankrupt.

In fact, the direction is not wrong, but they underestimated the Chinese basketball system's monopoly on outstanding talents.Trying to find players outside the system who are good enough to send to the NBA is a joke.

No way, CAA has just set foot in the sports circle at this time, and they don't know much about Huaguo. They also came here with a trial-and-error attitude, which is understandable.

but……

This is fate, Zhuo Mei, a CAA trainee agent, has found herself.With an injury system, they shouldn't be able to find a non-professional player who is more likely to enter the NBA than themselves!
At this moment, the giant wheel of history is gently pried, and slowly rolls away towards an unknown future.

The CAA contract is very simple, and there is no need to pay anything before successfully entering the NBA.And before that, CAA will provide many competition platforms, so that the signed players can get enough exposure. If they are outstanding, they have a great chance to be discovered by scouts.At the same time, they will also negotiate with multiple NBA teams and try to facilitate signings.

After officially landing in the NBA, their charges are also lower than other brokerage companies, and their services are much better.

The only requirement is that once commercial value is generated, it must cooperate with CAA for 10 years.

This is acceptable. After all, although CAA has resources and channels, it is still a gamble. After finally cultivating a player with commercial value, he was poached in the second year. That is too much.

Lian Feng had no reason not to be tempted.

I was worried that I couldn't find a way to enter the NBA.If it develops normally, an overseas player like him is still a non-professional player, even if he is strong, it will be very difficult to enter the NBA.

Generally speaking, there are two types of overseas players entering the NBA. One is young and famous, and has been watched by scouts in professional leagues for a long time, such as Doncic and Yao Ming. , such as Antetokounmpo and Bohr.

Of course I don't want to enter the CBA transition.So according to the previous plan, it is to find a way to enter the Development League and participate in the draft after a year.But right now, CAA can provide a more convenient way, why not do it?
After successfully negotiating Lianfeng, Zhuomei was very excited and said with a smile on his face: "Great, you are the first player I successfully signed! It is worth celebrating."

Lian Feng said playfully, "Ah... there's a second? A third?"

Zhuo Mei blushed slightly: "I just started to get involved in this industry, and I don't understand many things, but of course it is impossible for an agent to sign only one player."

Lian Feng nodded. After all, Zhuo Mei is just a college student who has just graduated, and many things are still being explored.But she found herself, this coincidence is really a coincidence.

After that, the chat atmosphere became more harmonious.At the end of the date, Zhuo Mei suddenly thought of something, and said seriously: "By the way, there is a competition next week, and we invited Anta to host it."

Lian Feng suddenly became interested: "Who are the two sides in the competition?"

"It's an American super high school team. It is said that the top high school students in the United States are also in it. And on our side, you signed players to form a temporary CAA team."

Lian Feng nodded.

American high school students are very keen to participate in various competitions.If they want to enter a good university, they must gain more exposure and be recognized by the coaches of the famous sports school before they have the opportunity to receive a full scholarship.

In the regular season of the American University League, the coaches are very busy, and it is difficult to arrange time to watch the players' games live. They usually go to watch the players' games live in the summer during the offseason.Therefore, it is very necessary for players to participate in some games in the summer and show themselves in front of the coach.

Zhuo Mei continued to add: "There will be many scouts... by the way, do you have time?"

Lian Feng said: "Time? If you talk about other things, you can have no time, but if you play games, you can't have no time!"

Zhuo Mei laughed: "That's good. How about it, the day after tomorrow is the weekend, I'll take you to meet your teammates, but you only have a week to get in, okay?"

Lian Feng nodded: "No problem."

(End of this chapter)