Fubon Warriors heavily recruit Taiwanese point guard Cha Yucheng, Xu Jinzhe hopes to help him obtain local identity

Fubon Warriors held a media day event on the 1st, where new member Cha Yoo Sung and new team uniforms were unveiled.

The Fubon Warriors made a big splash before the start of the season by recruiting 22-year-old Taiwanese point guard Cha Yucheng, becoming the last piece of the puzzle to return to glory. Team leader and head coach Xu Jinzhe said that he got in touch with Cha Yucheng during the Jones Cup and found that he has a strong desire to represent Taiwan and hopes to speed up his acquisition of local status in the national team.

Cha Yucheng wore Taiwan's white team jersey for this Jones Cup. Xu Jinzhe happened to be a ball commentator for the broadcast unit during the Jones Cup. He revealed that he met Cha Yucheng's agent at the stadium at the time. "He happened to be an agent I was very familiar with in the CBA. He took the initiative to come to me and asked me if I was interested in (Cha Yucheng). I thought he was going to Saint Mary's College, but the agent said we could talk."

Xu Jinzhe pointed out that his agent revealed that Cha Yoo Sung has a strong desire to play for the national team. "His agent thinks it may be difficult for him to get a passport at the age of 19, but I told him that there are many exceptions now, including Abbasi, Joe (Lin Shuwei), and there are more in the Philippines."

The Warriors announced that they had signed a multi-year contract with Cha Yoo-sung. However, regarding the details of the contract, including the length and price, Xu Jinzhe said, "After all, we must respect the agent and the players. This involves their privacy and is not convenient to disclose. The term part is just to help him obtain national team status."

Regarding the signing of Cha Yucheng, which caused some fans to wonder why there is no need for a draft, Xu Jinzhe once again emphasized that PLG's Chinese players do not need to go through the draft and can freely sign with the team. "The league has always encouraged every team to find Chinese players. Maybe TP has their own determination, and they may have to draft or use a different method, but we, P, have encouraged teams to find Chinese players from overseas and return to Taiwan from the first year."

The Fubon Warriors currently have two Chinese-American players, Che Youcheng and Lin Junyou, and three foreign students, Mobaye, Jonathan, and Mohsen. According to PLG regulations, each team's player registration list must have two Chinese-Americans and one foreign student, or one Chinese-American and two foreign students. The registration list is two Chinese-Americans and one foreign student, or one Chinese-American and two foreign students, but there can be at most one foreign student on the court.

Xu Jinzhe said in this regard that the professional arena is about healthy competition and survival of the fittest. He also revealed that due to the participation of Cha Yucheng, he told the players in the first and second positions during practice yesterday, "Tighten your skin a little. Don't think that everyone can play. You must study hard and seriously."