Chapter 578 Slam Dunk International

After spending a year at Moebius, Lin Dong now has a lot more interests and no longer just focuses on the one-third of an acre of land on the court.

In addition to daily training and competition, Lin Dong focuses more on the off-court.

Of course it’s not a cross-border play without doing your job.

First, with the help of Lao Li, he cooperated with the Dragon Country Basketball Association to sponsor a national city basketball super league called CSS.

From the lowest level U8 and U9 to U15 and U17, the competition is divided into 8 levels according to age. In order to allow more amateurs and children to participate, the competition time is set during the summer vacation so as not to delay the children. Classes and the overall duration of the format are not long either.

The city trials are concentrated within a week. Larger first-tier cities may have dozens of teams, while smaller first- and second-tier cities have at least ten or twenty teams.

But all the teams are concentrated in several courts in the same arena and they take turns playing each other. Each team plays three or four games in a row every day. One week is enough to complete all the trials. This is hosted by the local area. Fang made his own arrangements based on the number of teams that signed up for the competition.

A total of 36 cities were selected for selection, and the top two were selected to enter the city knockout round and competed in Yanjing. The event organizer sponsored all travel and accommodation expenses. From the top 32 to the finals, it took less than an extra week. It’s just time.

There are no registration restrictions. As long as you are of the right age, as long as you have a group of seven or eight people and have a basic rotation, even for low-level competitions like U8 and U9, you can already register if you can group 5 people. The registration fee is also It's very low, at most a hundred yuan per child. It not only provides local organizers with a basic venue fund, but also mainly prevents some malicious registration from wasting the quota.

This is undoubtedly aimed at real civilian children, or it is mainly based on small basketball training classes in some places, which invisibly increases the reputation of these basketball training classes and attracts attention, and only they can make money. , so that more people can participate in this industry, and it can also provide some good jobs or part-time jobs for many semi-professional or retired players.

This enables people to make a living and expand the entire market chain. This is the true meaning of grassroots basketball promotion.

The Basketball Association is responsible for coordinating and organizing with all lower-level departments. Trials between cities rely on a certain registration fee and Basketball Association subsidies to maintain the basic operation at the lowest level.

Lin Dong serves as the chairman and actual shareholder of the City Basketball League. He also sponsors and contributes funds. He is responsible for the layout of the final city knockout tournament venue and the huge bonuses for the top eight in each level, aiming to promote the attention and participation of ordinary people in basketball in China. , and also to discover more potential newcomers for Dragon Kingdom.

If you want to improve the overall basketball level of Dragon Country, you cannot rely solely on the CBA, nor can you rely solely on high school and college student leagues. Those leagues are too utilitarian and gambling, and they are basically controlled by local institutions and club owners. In manipulation, it is difficult to achieve completely fair and impartial selection.

But this kind of city competition is different. In addition to charging a small registration fee, the competition does not accept any capital injection, nor does it accept any other sponsorship. It does not even accept advertisements. Anyway, the nearly 10 million in prize money spent every year is Lin Dong paid for it privately, which is not worth mentioning in terms of his income, but it can greatly increase the participation of the whole people.

Money has always been something that Lin Dong didn't care about, but he still worked hard to earn it during those years in the United States, even risking his basketball career to break with Nike and support Under Armour.

for what? Isn’t it just so that the money earned from the United States can now be used where it really should be used? For most ordinary people, ideals cannot be used as food, but money can!

In the Dragon Kingdom, parents who care about their children most will never be stingy about spending a little money to sign up their children for such a competition during the holidays, allowing them to participate in and feel the charm of sports and make their holidays more fulfilling. , can also broaden your horizons.

For those children who are really determined to pursue a sports career, it is much more independent, faster, and more effective to follow this path than to select through the previous sports school system, or to wait for the CBA club to throw an olive branch. many.

In addition to the widespread attention of the game itself, more importantly, it is because of Lin Dong, the league chairman.

Not only is his influence unique in the global basketball field, he also has a wealthy family and is not short of money at all. He is backed by Lao Li, the chairman of the Basketball Association, and even his grandfather has a strong red color. Some of his old comrades are pregnant. In a high position.

Regardless of whether they are competing for money or power, they are already considered to be the top family in the Dragon Kingdom. Who are they afraid of?

What's more, even though it is so strong, it has no intention of touching some existing interests. Instead, it has reopened a youth league model.

When it comes to money, Lin Dong has plenty. It doesn't matter whether you have interests or not, you can't bribe him. When it comes to power, no one in the circle can forcefully suppress him. When it comes to character, it goes without saying that his own integrity is more important. What is more, he has always loved basketball; as for public opinion...not to mention, the world-recognized unique reputation in the basketball world, public opinion is Lin Dong’s home!

With such a chairman who controls the situation and holds great power, it is obviously impossible for anyone to put their hands into this league.

When the league was first established, Lin Dong had already roped in Stephen, tied up the Lloyd training base, and established a scouting company, determined to discover various basketball talents in the Dragon Kingdom.

The name is also very casual - Slam Dunk International.

In the eyes of everyone else in this world, this is indeed a very casual name, Slam Dunk represents basketball.

As for International...

After all, their trainers, scouts and even managers come from all over the world, and they are not only focused on Dragon Country, but also on the entire Asian and European youth training. Of course, they will also pay attention to American youth basketball. This is a profit-making organization.

Just like the first day of the establishment of this company, the first player Lin Dong personally went to sign was actually an American.

That was a substitute player of the US team who just lost to Serbia in the 2007 World Youth Championship - Stephen Curry.

With a thin body and short stature, although he wanted to join Duke University and join Old K after graduating from high school, Old K and his coaching team unanimously believed that his body was too thin and not suitable for the tough confrontation of the NCAA, so he was rejected on this ground.

This is probably the lowest point in Stephen Curry's life. If he follows the original timeline, he will join Davidson College this year, but Lin Dong's timely intervention has changed the life trajectory of this future superstar who lost in the World Championships.

After signing with Slam Dunk International, he entered Seattle University according to Lin Dong's arrangement. While receiving all the professional training and special funding from Slam Dunk International, he also signed a career planning contract arranged by Slam Dunk International, which made Stephen Curry almost a reserve player for the Supersonics...

Of course, in addition to Curry, some young players in European youth competitions are also in Lin Dong's target, such as Jokic, who just won the Sombor Primary School League Championship this year... The little guy is only 12 years old this year, but he is already 179 cm tall. If he follows his original life trajectory, he should join the youth team of Mega Leks in the Serbian League in three years, but after being signed in advance by Slam Dunk International, he has persuaded his parents to let Jokic go to Spain for special training and prepare to join Mobis' youth team.

After all, it comes from the future, and many information advantages are simply unique to scout companies like Lin Dong.

So, international means globalization, which is easy to understand for others.

But probably only Lin Dong himself knows that international is international, but naming the company "Slam Dunk" is not just about an action. After all, it all originated from the comic book he saw on the bookshelf when he was a child in another world...

The company has few people and is divided into only three departments. One is the observation department, which is responsible for observing all game videos of various youth basketball leagues around the world and discovering potential pedestrians from them.

The second is the manager department. Once the observation department finds something, they will be responsible for communicating with the children and their parents, and try their best to provide them with professional manager services. At least, they will also plan clearer goals and paths for children who are interested in professionalization, which is completely free.

Of course, as long as you are signed by Lin Dong's company, it is basically equivalent to embarking on a professional path, and all kinds of professional procedures on the side of the Basketball Association will naturally be green lights all the way.

Finally, there is the training department that was transferred from the Lloyd Training Base. It signed a long-term contract with Lin Dong and is responsible for training elite players of different ages discovered by their company.

As long as they are good seedlings discovered by Lin Dong, the basic route is to go to the Lloyd Training Base for a full year or two of closed training. Then, according to their age, the stronger ones will be sent to the United States to play in the NSAA, and the slightly inferior ones will be sent to European youth competitions or recommended to some well-known domestic universities. Even for the younger age group, as long as the parents agree, Slam Dunk International will also cover their training expenses throughout their youth, arrange various competitions and training, and be purely professional.

Slam Dunk International is not pure charity. Training is training, but the expenses will also be divided into "sponsorship" and "loan". Either you sign a contract with me when you are successful in the future, and use a not-too-large commission to let me slowly earn it back in a five-year professional contract or a ten-year professional contract, or you jump out of the contract, then please pay all the previous training expenses. Of course, the fees will increase according to the international interest rate, and a lot of liquidated damages will also be compensated.

If you don't play well, then you should just accept that Slam Dunk International is blind and admit defeat. As long as you really leave the basketball circle, you won't be asked to pay it back. But for a boss like Lin Dong who has a vision for the future, this kind of blindness is only a minority after all, and he can afford to pay it back.

But no matter what, it always provides unlimited possibilities for many children in Longguo who live at the bottom and have no chance to get in touch with professional basketball.

Domestic basketball fans are all cheering for this.

Putting aside the promotion paths and training conditions that they once dared not think of, whether they are ambitious professionals or just want to play on the wild court, there are always many people who love basketball. Who doesn't want to spend a little money to form a team and go to such a big competition environment to see what their true level is?

The four consecutive NBA championships, the runner-up in the Olympics, and the Champions League have already made basketball very popular in Longguo.

And this new competition, new system, and new promotion system, which had nothing but benefits, became popular all over the country overnight under Lin Dong's endorsement, with league and scout advertisements posted on almost every street and alley in the country...

Basketball became completely popular in Dragon Country.

When Lao Li said his famous saying, "Basketball is the number one sport in the Dragon Country," frankly speaking, he was somewhat lacking in confidence.

After all, the results are not as good as those of table tennis and women's volleyball, but now, this sentence has become a solid fact. Whether it is from the psychological level of national acceptance or the popularity of national participation, basketball is the first. The only thing that is still lagging behind A little bit of heat, maybe just an Olympic champion!

"Wow, that guy in Rongcheng named Xiao Jiaoji is so powerful! Sina has a video of him!"

"How old is the child? He looks like he is only eight or nine years old."

"U8! I think the U8 champion this time must be from Chengdu. His teammates are also very strong."

"I heard that Slam Dunk International has sent people to contact Diamondback's family. If he is signed by Slam Dunk International, my God, I can't even imagine what this kid will achieve in the future..."

"If you are so powerful, why would you call me a rookie..."

"You don't understand the humor of Sichuan people... But there are many young players in Sichuan who are good at basketball. What's the name of the rookie on the same team? Jing, Jing?"

"Jing Hanyi! Yes, that kid. Although he is not as good as a rookie, it seems that the little guy will not reach 8 years old in a few months. Yesterday when he played against Yanjing Haojing Sports, he actually made 5 of 5 3-pointers. With interference and escape, you dare to believe it!”

"Are all children today so powerful..."

"Haha, the world of basketball is great! After all, our Chairman Lin is the best in the world. I feel that our youth basketball is no longer inferior to those Americans."

"The U13 guy named Guo Ailun is amazing. He seems to be a regular player of the Liaoning Youth Team."

"Wang Zelin from Modu Sports is also very good, and he is also from U13! I think the championship and runner-up of U13 this year will be between these two teams."

On the Internet, discussions about the City Basketball League have almost never stopped since the day the game started.

Even the CCTV Sports Channel broadcast several high-profile finals live without exception. Although they were just a bunch of kids, the ratings were extremely high.

Seeing those children whose fur has not yet fully grown appearing in the CCTV camera, the parents of those children are extremely proud.

Academic performance? Let’s step aside for now. It’s summer vacation anyway. Is it more important to go to a cram school than to be on CCTV to glorify one’s ancestors? Not to mention Lin Dong's huge bonus. If he really wins the championship, it can easily equal the annual income of an ordinary family in this era!

Some parents who hate iron are watching TV excitedly while pulling their children to point: "Look! Look! As big as you... No! Smaller than you! Everyone else is You have signed a contract with Slam Dunk International, you have taken photos with the God of Basketball, and you have made a lot of money for your parents to realize your life dreams! What are you still doing? Go downstairs and go around! Run one lap around the Second Ring Road and come back. Don’t ask why, just run one more lap. You and I are so enthusiastic right now! By the way, buy me some food and drinks from Tianfu Shaoxing on Xinglong Street... Seventeen kilometers? I don’t care how far you are, I only eat from that place!”

Various young and famous children have stimulated more parents to be willing to send their children to this road and pay more attention to their children's health.

Teams that are mainly based on basketball training courses or small clubs have gained exposure, popularity, and commercial success, which has also stimulated more people to devote their energy and youth to the basketball career of Longguo.

Basketball courts are popping up all over the country. The so-called dragon country characteristic of a pharmacy at fifty steps has also become a new characteristic of a basketball gym at five hundred steps.

There are too many people playing basketball, and more and more people like this sport. This is no longer limited to the idol effect of Lin Dong, the former basketball god.

More often than not, one enthusiast leads a group of enthusiasts around him, and a father who loves basketball leads a family that loves basketball...

The creation of an environment never happens overnight.

In the era of Lin Dong's other world, by 2028, the Dragon State has a basketball atmosphere close to the current one, which originated from the big explosion and reform of the Basketball Association at the end of 25, just like the Dragon State's strict inspection of football The environment was the same, and it took another three years to usher in the destruction and then the restoration.

But now... because of Lin Dong's intervention.

Whether it is his own achievements in the field of basketball, the sense of honor and confidence he has brought to the people, or the fact that he holds a large number of shares in Under Armor and is worth tens of billions of dollars to fill the vacancies in the Dragon Country youth competition and select talents. , driving the national basketball atmosphere and so on.

The Dragon Country basketball environment that should have been in 2028 in another world has been brought forward a full twenty years. It is even more popular, more positive, and better than the basketball world in another world!