In June 1998, at the Madison Garden Arena in New York, the NBA draft was held here, and Tiger and Jason sat in the legendary little green room accompanied by special personnel arranged by Andy, waiting for the draft to begin. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Jessica and Andy did not appear at the draft today, Jessica originally wanted to go to Tiger's draft, but her current status is not suitable, attend some public occasions, accompanied by Andy, watch the live broadcast together at home in New York.

Managers and coaches of NBA teams came to the scene one after another. Bird also came over to talk to Tiger and Jason, although he would love to get one of them, but none of the top picks this year were willing to trade, and this year's draft is of high quality. Duncan, who joined the NBA last year, made the All-Star team in his rookie season, which makes the draft prospects of Tiger and Jason of the Wake Forest Three Musketeers very good.

David. Stern showed up on the scene, and there was a huge boo around him, and the chairman didn't care about that, and after a brief opening remark, the results were announced. "The Los Angeles Clippers used their No. 1 pick to select Tiger from Wake Forest University. Washington. "The Clippers' selection is not a surprise because they are short of people at every position. And Tiger also has such quality, he is one of the top players in his own right.

Tiger stood up and hugged Jason next to him, Carter also stood up and hugged him and congratulated him, took the Clippers hat handed over by the staff and put it on his head. Stern shook hands, had a brief conversation, stood in front of the microphone and said: "Thank you very much to the Clippers for choosing me with the top pick, I am very happy to bring my talent to the Clippers and start my NBA career here, here, I want to thank Coach Odom of Wake Forest University, Coach Mark and Beal and Coach Benjamin of Atlanta Christ High School, thank you for nurturing me, without you I would not be where I am today, thank you!" After saying that, Tiger stepped down from the stage and went to the media area at the back for an interview.

Soon David. Stern took the stage again and announced the results. The Vancouver Grizzlies selected Mike Bibby from the University of Arizona with the No. 1 pick. The Grizzlies' choice is actually expected, the Grizzlies' team lineup does not need interior players, their team core is the interior Raheem, Jason if he goes to the Grizzlies, the positions of the two will overlap, affecting the construction of the team, and Bibby is very in line with the Grizzlies' team building plan.

As a result of the Grizzlies' selection, the Denver Nuggets picked up a quality interior Jason in third place. Green. This result was a bit unexpected, before the draft, more people thought that the big man Jason was more likely to win the top pick, Jason didn't seem to be affected, and still happily took the staff member, handed over the Nuggets hat, put it on his head, and David. Stern shook hands, then stood in front of the microphone and said, "I'm so grateful to the Diggers for selecting me with the Prospects, and I'm excited to bring my talent to the Nuggets and start my NBA career here." ……”

Before Jason finished speaking, everyone didn't want to listen to it, what is the difference between this and Tiger's just now? I'm going to start thanking you non-stop, could it be that the ones that came out of Wake Forest University were all produced through the assembly line, and all of them were official speeches, just now Tiger was in the media area, playing Tai Chi with everyone, and this current performance seems to be the same as official.

Jason is very happy that he can be selected, he and the other two people grew up in a completely different environment, he was born in an ordinary black family, there are many children in the family, the standard of living is average, if it weren't for Tiger, he probably wouldn't be able to appear in the NBA at all, let alone go to college. What he wanted to say on stage was also taught to him by Andy before leaving, as an obedient and good boy, Jason really didn't memorize a word.

The results of the draft did not change much, Carter did not escape his fate, and was still taken to distant Toronto with the fourth pick, and the Celtics still chose Paul. Pierce, the Clippers selected Brian with the 22nd pick in the first round. Skinner is a big man. As individual teams made their own choices, the '98 draft college was over. The only thing is that the former parallel champion was selected by the fifth-place Warriors, and the data he swiped in the NCAA was too eye-catching, and he was a big man, and it was difficult for ordinary people to refuse this temptation.

Back at Jessica's villa, Andy arranges for someone to follow Jason to Denver, and since he still has things to attend to when he returns to Los Angeles, he follows Tiger. According to NBA regulations, they need to arrive at the team before July 1 to sign with the team, and the draft contract is stipulated, there is nothing to talk about, just need to go to the team to sign a name, and arrange the future living and accommodation. Jessica's villa in Los Angeles was given to Tiger, who rarely went to Los Angeles and the house was always empty, and now Tiger could live in it with some modifications.

Originally, Tiger and Jason were required to participate in the summer league with the team, but this year the NBA is facing a shutdown, the league has banned any basketball-related activities, free agents cannot be signed, training halls will be closed, and the team is not allowed to have contact with players. So after signing the contract, the two returned to Wake Forest, where they made an appointment with Duncan for summer training together.

Wake Forest University, which entered the off-semester, was much quieter, and in the empty training hall, Duncan hugged the two who rushed over, but Tiger avoided Duncan, and then said with a serious face: "My mother said that I should stay away from you, so as not to have a misunderstanding." ”

Duncan blinked and said with a shocked look on his face, "I should stay away from you." Man, everyone says you have a crush on me, okay? ”

"No way, my mother is stricter. Ha ha! Tiger couldn't hold back his laughter anymore. Then he stepped forward and hugged Duncan hard, but Duncan pushed away in disgust.

"Go away, I'm going to protect my chastity, you bastard, make a good meal and make up for my mental damage. Ha ha! The little joke of meeting made the feeling of combing disappear after not seeing each other for a long time, and the three of them happily decided that Tiger would take care of their meals, and then began training.

In the free time of training, Duncan taught the two of them some experience in the NBA like a big brother, both on the court and with teammates on the team, and Tiger finally learned that the legendary rookie had to carry bags for veteran players, and these are true.

In fact, players like Duncan, who joined the NBA in the first year and entered a burst of players, don't need to return to Wake Forest University in the summer to train with Tiger and them, but the friendship that the three of them have accumulated over the years has allowed him to come back to teach the two of them some experience and help them integrate into the new life faster, after all, the NBA and college are very different, and they need to slowly experience them.