June 26, 1999, MCI Center, Washington, D.C., "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Madison Square Garden, the day of the 1999 NBA League Draft, and let's welcome NBA Conference Commissioner David Stern." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 With the host's opening remarks, a big black man sat blankly in the small green room, looking at the familiar scene around him, waiting for the final draft results. "Damn, where am I? Didn't I just smoke marijuana with a bunch of fox friends and call the three of them to go happy together?" "Shirt, what's going on? Lao Tzu has been reborn?" Odom suddenly recalled, looking at the familiar scene and slightly green faces around him.

As a big man with a height of 2.08 meters, Odom has been leading the University of Rhode Island in last year's NCAA game, and although he eventually lost to the 49ers, who were not as strong as them, Odom was still proud of his performance, and in his college debut, Odom almost had a triple-double, contributing 19 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, and hit the winning shot with 5.4 seconds left before the end. In the first eight games, he led the team in points, rebounds and assists.

By the end of the season, Odom averaged 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game, making the All-Atlantic First Team and being named the Rookie of the Year. In April, he left school without saying hello to anyone. Odom has already begun preparing for the NBA, hiring Jeff Crain as his agent, which also means he has given up on college credits altogether. Odom later retreated and tried to go back to school, but was refused. In desperation, I had to choose to participate in the draft. As early as when Odom announced his participation in the draft, including the Clippers, Thunder, Kings, Grizzlies, Warriors, Knicks, Timberwolves and other teams that had the opportunity to get a lottery pick were unanimously optimistic about his future!

"The Chicago Bulls are choosing Elton Brand from Duke University!" Although he knew that there was no suspense in this choice, David Stern still paused: "Elton Brand averaged 16.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game during his two years at Duke University. In 1998-99, Brand averaged 17.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, earning him the NCAA Player of the Year award and the John Wooden Award. Welcome to our champions!"

When Elton Brand heard his name, he walked out of the little green house, and after greeting friends and family, he walked up to the front desk alone. He shook hands with David Stern。。。。。。

David Stern then began to announce the draft results, "The Vancouver Grizzlies selected Steve Francis from the University of Maryland, who played at Allegany Community College this past year, averaging 25.3 points, 7.1 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 5.3 steals per game, and his total 885 points, 187 steals and 204 free throws are all school records. The '98-99 season averaged 17 points and 2.8 steals per game for the University of Maryland. He was first in the ACC with 95 total steals and first at the University of Maryland with 45 three-pointers. In the 1998-1999 season, he led the University of Maryland to the top 16 in the United States. He was selected as the No. 2 team in the United States and the No. 1 team in the ACC. Welcome Steve!"

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The Charlotte Hornets selected Byron Davis from UCLA, who lost his final game in college, but averaged 15.9 points, 5.1 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game in the NCAA this season. He's a physical, talented defender and we welcome him!"

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The Los Angeles Clippers chose Ramar Odom of the University of Rhode Island, who nearly had a triple-double in his college debut, contributing 19 points, 14 rebounds and nine assists, and hit the winning shot with 5.4 seconds left in the game. He topped the team in scoring, rebounding, and assists in his first eight games, so let's welcome the versatile big man!" the Clippers were bullish on Odom's future, and Elgin Baylor drafted him with the fourth pick.

It finally fell to Odom, who came back to his senses, straightened his suit, hugged Jeff Crain and walked to the front desk. He shook hands with David Stern and was about to speak, but Odom had been thinking about this speech just now, and he was unprepared at all. Behind him was a video highlight of Odom's year, and Odom, who was standing on the stage, began to speak after wearing a baseball cap with the Clippers logo on it.

"Thank you very much to the Los Angeles Clippers for choosing me, and thank you to my mother, without you, I wouldn't be where I am now, mom I love you, I love you very, very much! I will use my actions to prove that I am a great player, I will be the best forward in the class of 1999, the best rookie, and I will be one of the best players in the NBA in the future, Magic Johnson is my idol, I will try to surpass him! NBA I'm coming, mom I will make you proud of me!" Odom's speech was emotionless, without any grandiose rhetoric about surpassing anyone, but it made the delegates sitting below sit like pins and needles.

"Who is this? This rookie is too arrogant, isn't it?"

"It's so arrogant, who does he think he is? Even O'Neill wouldn't dare say such a thing. ”

"What's the best player?"

"I think he didn't know if he won the lotto, and when the time came, some of the old birds gave him some color. ”

Although many people are very angry, annoyed, and disdainful, there are also many people who have a good impression of Odom's words, including ** Vicky, Don Nelson, and Pat Riley. But that doesn't include Larry Brown, who didn't show up but watched in front of the TV: "There's an unruly, megalomaniacal rookie!"

Even though the audience was already booing, Odom bowed and signaled before taking two steps back to go back.

David Stern smiled awkwardly and didn't say anything? He has seen a lot of battles, and there are countless bold words from draft players every year, what kind of speech has not been heard, and it is not for nothing that he is more arrogant than Odom's speech, but as a shrewd Jew, David Stern still maintains a consistent smile. NBA globalization is the development of David Stern, business is the most important, although the image is very important, but the big stars in the United States often have their own temper, of course, whether it is a worm or a dragon depends on the players themselves.

David Stern then began to announce the results of the draft after that, "The Toronto Raptors chose to come from 。。。。。。 Jonarison Bender: "A soy sauce man that I haven't heard much of in later generations!"

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"The Minnesota Timberwolves chose to come from 。。。。。。。。 Wally Szebiak, let's congratulate him. ”

"The Washington Wizards chose to come from 。。。。。。。。。。 Richard Hamilton, let's welcome him. "This is one of the five pistons in the future!

After Odom returned to the court, chatted with Jeff Crain for a while, watched the draft go on, sat alone and began to think slowly.

"Kohler, what should I do with you?"

Odom loved and hated Khloe Kardashian, and shook his head vigorously, "The path of the previous life must not be repeated, no matter what, I must first do my own career plan, and other emotional problems should be put aside first!" Talent is indispensable for a professional player, but basic skills determine the upper limit of a player's development, hard work, persistence, now take advantage of the youth and do not exercise skills, in order to get the greatest improvement, otherwise it is too late to regret when you are old, think about yourself in the previous life, squandered your basketball talent, after 11 years, it began to slump, slowly degenerate, and finally her wife was separated, not only wearing a big green hat and becoming the joke of the NBA, but also died tragically and was reborn! Think about Dwight Howard, who was known as the league's No. 1 center for a long time, although his mid-range shots and free throws were always below the passing line, but the media didn't care, but Howard didn't be able to train his mid-range shots and free throws until he retired, so he could only become the biggest blue-collar center in history. If Howard had a mid-range shot and free throws like Yao Ming, he could still watch himself walk to the free throw line twice and 41 times, and then hit the iron as a pawn. By the time Howard retired, his ranking was not even as good as Ewing's, let alone with Big Dream Olajuwon and Big Shark O'Neal! In Odom's view, Howard was Uncle Mu when he was young, averaging more than a dozen points and a dozen rebounds per game. ”

As familiar people came to the stage, the draft soon came to an end, looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces, "Who else is behind it?" Wally Szebiak, Ron Artest, James Poe, Andrei Kirilenko, Emmanuel Ginobili, who else is coming?" Oh, I forgot that there is also Wang Zhizhi, haha!

Eventually, Lamar Odom's eyes were set on the hulky Elton Brand and Steve Francis. Ginobili did not come to the scene!

"That's the enemy I'm going to face now, that's my opponent, okay, let's start with you, let everyone see, I'm the best big man in the class of 1999, the best rookie, let me step on you on my path to the NBA king. ”