Recently, the NBA2024 draft is in full swing. The drafts that attracted more attention from Chinese fans include Choi Yong-hee and Bronny, and the reasons for the attention are clear: Choi Yong-hee is a local draft player from the CBA, while Bronny is in the spotlight because of James.
The latest development of the two drafts is that Choi Yong-hee has been out of the joint tryout, and the latest news about the Bronny joint trial is actually "Bronny joint tryout performed well". By analyzing Bronny and Choi Yong-hee's 2024 draft, let's talk about the essential attributes of the NBA as a commercial basketball league, that is: commercial activities with basketball as a medium.
The positioning of business alliances determines that problems must be considered from business logic
The NBA is a business league, and knowing this, it is easier to understand Bronny's draft hotspots and trends, and he will most likely be selected by the NBA league, even if it is a second-round pick. Why? This has little to do with Bronny's stats in the NCAA. The conclusion is that as long as James is still playing in the NBA, then Bronny can create enough topics to continue to build James's big IP, and then the attention of the NBA will be further enhanced. That's business logic!
After all, it doesn't cost much to choose Brownie, but the business benefits in exchange are huge.
The Chinese market is huge, why Choi Yong-hee was not selected
In fact, the NBA pays great attention to the Chinese market, and when you selected Chinese players such as Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian, and Zhou Qi, you had the Chinese market in mind. The business logic of this market is: how about the market increment brought by the selection of Choi Yong-hee? Obviously, the NBA thinks that this is a mediocre gain. In fact, for the NBA, as long as Ding Yanyuhang is horizontally analogous, this value can be judged. Then, if the business logic does not work, players need to be "admitted" through pure competitive strength to enter the NBA, and in this regard, Cui Yongxi is indeed very insufficient.
Side-by-side comparison of Choi Yong-hee and Brownie
Maybe judging from the talent of Choi Yong-hee and Brownie, the gap between the two is not big, or basically the same. However, the situation of Choi Yong-hee and Brownie is very different, so we must think about this problem from the perspective of business logic.