Chapter 35: Draft Meeting, Rumors
Wet water dripped from his body, Yang Di dried his hair with a dry towel and walked out of the bathroom in big pants. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
He has a majestic figure, a bronzed complexion, and no clothes on his upper body, revealing strong six-pack abs, and the muscles on his arms are one by one, and the contour lines are becoming more and more obvious.
"You've lost weight, this time. But the figure seems to be getting better and better. Katherina Carroll touched Yang Di's cheek and kissed him gently with a grin.
"No way, the effect of regular exercise." Yang Di shrugged his shoulders and hugged Carol in his arms, and Carol was like a mouse, greedily sniffing the smell of Yang Di's body.
"If you're picked by a team in a city far away, aren't we going to be in a long-distance relationship?" Carol looked at Yang Di pitifully.
"I ......"
"Don't talk, I know what you're trying to say."
Carol buried her head in Yang Di's chest and hugged Yang Di tighter, "It's always so easy to be with you, without any pressure, without any baggage." I like your pure appearance, working hard for life, fighting for your dreams, but I didn't expect that you would actually walk on the stage of your dreams one day, and this day came so quickly that I was caught off guard. ”
"Catherina!" Yang Di felt guilty in his heart, in all fairness, he had been busy training and participating in competitions, he was really not a good boyfriend, the two of them had not even traveled together, let alone done anything romantic.
"But your success makes me proud of you, makes me proud of you, and if you were to become a superstar one day, I would be your number one fan." Carol raised her head and looked at Yang Di.
Yang Di's eyes were red, he lowered his head and kissed Carol's lips deeply, and the two of them felt each other's breath and became entangled.
By this time, TNT had connected to the infield of Madison Square Garden, and the draft was about to begin.
David Stern, the league's president in a pair of round-rimmed glasses, stepped up to the front desk, and the small green room invited 15 players who could be lottery drafts, who enjoyed the glory that other draft players did not have, who could come to the draft and be able to be accompanied by relatives and friends.
In addition, there are some entertainment stars, business tycoons, owners or general managers of NBA clubs, or members of the uniform team in charge, in short, they will be on the scene on the spot, and they will use the draft pick on the spot, and at the same time make a choice of whether to trade and how to trade.
Of course, the largest number of people on the scene are of course the fans of each team, among which the fans in New York are the most numerous, after all, there is a geographical advantage.
David Stern cleared his throat and there was a round of boos.
It seems to have become a common practice to boo Stern every year, and fans don't buy it, always thinking that the league's top brass is conspiring, at least this year's championship is the Spurs and not their Knicks, isn't it?
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the annual NBA Draft."
"Last year we had a ...... And today, we're going to welcome another 60 great lads into the league......"
After a few minutes of summing up, the draft began to get down to business, and Stern pulled out the name of the representative of the top pick from the envelope handed to him by the Cavaliers earlier.
"The Cleveland Cavaliers, first pick, picked."
The scene suddenly fell silent, and several rookies sitting at the front desk had their eyes full of hope, their breathing almost stagnant, and they were extremely nervous.
"LeBron James!"
"LeBron James!" The name of the champion so-so echoed through the loudspeaker at the scene, and then with the electronic signal, it was transmitted to the television station and spread to the world.
The applause, whistles, and cheers were endless, and at this moment, his name was imprinted in the hearts of countless NBA fans.
The young boy stood up, he was wearing a pure white series suit from the wedding, and because he was too tall, he looked like he had very long hands and feet, and he looked like King Kong. The staff handed him a Cavaliers baseball cap, grinned, put it on his head, and then turned around and hugged and high-fived his mother and his friends.
After all, he is a character like the pride of the sky, and his hometown chose him affectionately without any hesitation.
James didn't see much excitement on his face, after all, all the media predicted that he would be the champion of this year before the game, and he had already been prepared.
He walked up to the front desk and shook hands with the president of the league, a smile on his face.
Then he gave a bunch of testimonials and walked off the stage, and it was the turn of the Detroit Pistons to make a decision.
In fact, the reason why this draft is expected is that there are three super rookies in total, one is LeBron James, one is Carmelo Anthony, and the other is the talented big man from Serbia, Darko Mirisic. All three are gifted and talented.
Right now, Nuggets head coach Buzderrick, who holds the No. 3 pick, is already sweating in his palms.
And when the Pistons finally got their crush on the teenager from Serbia and finally chose him, the Nuggets' uniform team boiled over at once, and they didn't hesitate to choose Carmelo Anthony from Syracuse University.
After that, the Raptors, who were the fourth pick, chose Chris Bosh from Georgia Tech. The young interior player is seen as having the same potential as Garnett.
It was the Miami Heat's turn.
Ahead of Pat Riley are two rookies, Chris Carman and Dwyane Wade.
It stands to reason that Chris Carman's draft market is far better than Dwyane Wade, after all, a scoring guard like Wade, who is a senior and only 1.93 meters tall, relies on explosiveness but has serious injuries, and has unstable mid-to-long-range shooting, there has never been a similar play in history before.
But some time ago, Pat Riley specially invited Wade to come to Miami for a trial, and recognized Wade's ability and potential in the trial.
He had a hard time to choose, and time was running out.
"Help me call Tim Glover." Pat Riley said to his assistant Stan Van Gundy.
"Yes." Van Gundy quickly took out the phone, pressed the number with his fingers quickly, and dialed.
The phone went through, and Tim Glover's voice came from the other end.
"Tim, Dwyane Wade and Chris Carman have all trained with you before, who do you think has the potential to become a superstar?"
Tim Glover, a trainer far away in Jordan's training camp, suddenly flashed to the 1984 draft, and the Trail Blazers regretted missing the picture of Jordan selecting Sam Bowe. He replied solemnly: "Dwyane Wade has the potential to become a superstar. ”
"Dwyan-Wade? Tim, you know, we've been looking for a big man in Miami and we only had 25 wins last season! ”
"I know you want big guys, but who you're asking me about has the potential to be a superstar."
Pat Riley took a deep breath, "Okay, I got it!" ”
He hung up the phone and said to Stan Van Gundy next to him, "Help me write Dwyane Wade's name and we'll bring this lad back to Miami!" ”
So at the fifth pick, the Heat unexpectedly gave up a high-quality big man like Chris Carman, and instead chose a short quartile with little shooting ability, which broke the first upset of the day and caused an uproar.
Wade stood up excitedly, his cheeks let out a sigh of relief, and he took the baseball cap that represented Miami, as if in a dream, but forced himself to calm down, and he wanted to shout out loud.
Of course, this is not an unusual occurrence in the draft, and almost every year, there will be high-pick teams who choose to gamble.
So naturally, the Clippers chose Chris Carman, a super big man who averages 20+10 plus 3 blocks per game from the University of Michigan.
"The Chicago Bulls, who were the seventh pick, chose Kirk Hinrich, from the University of Kansas."
At this time, in the box of the Heat team, Van Gundy smiled: "I was also present at Dwyan's trial, although his shooting ability is average, but the breakthrough is really like a lightning, and his core strength is very strong, his sense of position in the air, and his balance are first-class, and he can become the team's knife player at worst." ”
"No, I chose him to become a superstar, and no other achievement will achieve my goal. Stan, there's really not much time left, and next year, I won't be able to continue coaching. Pat Riley said deeply, a tired look on his face.
"Pat, then you ......"
"I guess the team management will arrange for you to be my replacement, you should be the head coach next season, I don't have to gamble, I also hope to choose a big man steadily and slowly rebuild, it's really time to wait, the pressure is huge."
"So in the second round, our goal?"
"Stan, have you visited our website recently?"
"What?" Van Gundy was intimidated by Pat Riley's leapfrogging thinking.
"There's a lot of buzz on the gossip board, you know?"
"Gossip board?"
"A Chinese player who hasn't played any professional games and has beaten players in the draft who are far above him in the draft."
"You're talking about the Chinese player, Yang Di?"
"yes, do you know what he did before he played a low-level match?"
Stan Van Gundy shook his head, "I don't know. ”
"He's a professional chef, he's still working part-time for others, and he's the third-youngest rookie in the class, if not cheating, behind LeBron James and Milicic. And on the gossip board, there is news of him everywhere, he is controversial, he was originally at the University of Wisconsin, and then he was fired for playing coaching. ”
"Hit the coach!" Stan Van Gundy's eyebrows furrowed deeply, and a wave of disgust subconsciously rose. interrupted the gushing, somewhat excited Pat Riley: "Pat, with all due respect, such an unruly player, I'm afraid it's ......"
"Stan, how can you think that, don't you think his story is a lot like that of a guy -- Dennis Rodman?"
"Rodman didn't touch a basketball before he was 19, worked as a security guard at the airport, fooled around all day, stolen, fight, and drugged, and in my opinion, his business was nothing at all, and what if he really had potential?"
Van Gundy said helplessly: "Then you have only one Pippen left now to re-form the Big Three." ”