So, after the draft tryouts of each team, the NBA headquarters gave the Chinese media a special area and gave benefits at the draft conference, and when it came to tomorrow's draft conference, the imperial court station and Xinhua News Agency wanted to interview any player, they would fully cooperate, and they would definitely bring people to the team they wanted to interview, and that team would definitely fully cooperate.

Of course, the information that Xu Jicheng revealed to Zhang Hao was that they had been looking for Zhang Hao for a long time, and they didn't say anything else, but one more thing to say was that the league officials valued him very much in this draft.

In the face of reporters, Zhang Hao is already quite experienced, and when he tried out before, there were also so many reporters at each stop.

However, Zhang Hao was still surprised that the two current media giants in China came together, combined with what he had learned, he speculated that so many teams invited him to tryout, in addition to his personal performance in the slam dunk contest and Adidas training camp, would it be more because he was a Chinese player?

While I don't know how much of a positive impact this condition could have on his draft, he certainly enjoyed the benefits.

Originally, because of the age, Zhang Hao didn't think that he could get any benefits because he was a Chinese player, and the NBA overseas market was still undeveloped in the past few years, and he couldn't enjoy the benefits brought by the market, but now it seems that he should also enjoy some benefits.

Those editors-in-chief and editors-in-chief left after meeting with Zhang Hao, they came today to discuss cooperation with the NBA official, and after talking, they came to the work area arranged for them by the league to visit, and they just met Zhang Hao.

Originally, Zhang Hao was scheduled to be interviewed tomorrow, and those who were "officials" would not come forward in person.

In China, the head of a sub-district office has official authority......

In this regard, Zhang Hao is glad that these athletes, usually contact the media is to contact these people who work at the front line, those officials can not get involved in the relationship, it is better not to be involved, it is not good to be good, it is not good to be good, it is better not to know.

"Aix, this is my phone number from our office in the United States, and we came here this time to cover your draft, and to establish our first office in New York with the NBA, and this is my phone number in China......"

Xu Jicheng is really tired for a while, he was the first to report on Zhang Hao, and then Zhang Hao became popular, and the officials of the Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency thought that he had a way to contact Sun Ce, but he really couldn't get in touch, and he didn't leave contact information last time, and there are not many ways to contact a person this year......

Zhang Hao also gave Xu Jicheng the address of his apartment and the public phone number of the landlady this time, and will update it if there are changes in the future.

Although it was scheduled to be an interview tomorrow, but now that I have met it, Xu Jicheng also interviewed it by the way, so as to add some material to his new book.

Xu Jicheng mainly asked Zhang Hao why he came to the United States to study in high school, his previous basketball experience, and so on.

Zhang Hao also answered concisely, without revealing too many things related to his family, saying that his father liked basketball, and he was taken by the coach of Inglewood High School after participating in an unofficial junior basketball game, and came to the United States for these things.

Later, it was natural to talk about tomorrow's draft.

"As a high school student participating in the draft, I learned during the interview that some teams have the idea of selecting you, but they think that you are still a high school student, the risk is too great, and this should be a risk for you, do you think you can be selected tomorrow?"

This problem is the current predicament that Zhang Hao is encountering, indeed, high school students participating in the draft, whether it is for the team or for him personally, it is a risk, and it is a huge risk.

"I'm confident in myself, but I can't control what they choose, I can only say that I'm ready to step on the NBA court......"

The temporary interview soon ended, and Xu Jicheng added a paragraph to the special "Chasing the NBA Dream" in his "50 Years of the NBA": He is not as modest and confident as domestic athletes, but he is very polite......

Domestic reporters interviewed, this is just a small episode for Zhang Hao, will not have any impact on his draft tomorrow, although he feels that he should enjoy some of the benefits of being a Chinese player, but the Chinese market at this time has little impact on NBA teams, so small that most teams don't care at all, willing to give him a trial opportunity, that's all.

The night before the draft, the waves passed quietly, and nothing special happened, just like when Zhang Hao was trying out in the draft.

The next morning, Zhang Hao woke up early and saw that there were still 365 days left to live, and the subtitle prompt flashed, and he knew that a new day had begun.

Tonight's draft will determine his fate next!

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On June 27, 1995, at 8 p.m., at the Madison Square Garden Arena in New York, the NBA Draft began on time.

It was big news at the start, and when the Warriors actually drafted Joe Smith, the Nuggets traded for the Clippers' No. 2 pick, selecting Antonio McDyce.

Zhang Hao sat in the players' lounge...... He was also not invited to the scene, and the NBA invited a total of 16 players to the "Little Green House" this year, and these members of the Little Green House, voted for by the managers of the NBA teams, did not have him.

Only the players in the Little Green House can enter the draft site to wait, and they can also bring their families and friends to the scene.

A high school student like Zhang Hao is not treated so well, not only him, but also the thin bamboo pole next to him.

"What the hell, you're here to join in the fun? I hope you can be chosen, or it's useless for you to cry......" Garnett's mouth would never be clean, but this time there was a hint of worry in his tone.

The reason why Garnett chose to skip college is not that he doesn't want to go to college, but that he can't get into college because of his poor grades, of course, he can't afford to go to college, and he can only participate in the draft when he predicts that he has a draft market, and he initially thought that he could get into the lottery Thank God, he didn't expect McHale to promise to pick him with the 5th pick.

But he felt that Zhang Hao also skipped college to participate in the draft, which was too irrational.

For this, Zhang Hao didn't want to explain the reason, and responded: "Instead of worrying about me, you should tidy up your clothes, I estimate that you will be chosen away soon." ”

Garnett is confident that he will be drafted, and although he is not in the Little Green House, he has been promised by a team.

Zhang Hao and Garnett are not speculative, although they don't hate each other as much as they did at the beginning, but they are not the kind that can talk together when they sit together.

Instead, Pierce, who came to join in the fun, chatted with Garnett.

"Kevin, what do you guys think? Playing in the NBA straight after high school? ”

"I can't help it, I didn't get into college, I can only gamble, that guy doesn't know what to think......"

The whole lounge is very noisy, there are several such lounges in Madison Square Garden, all of them are rookies, almost all of them bring friends, some are brought with agents, Garnett brings his agent Frye Schell, who has just been signed.

Zhang Hao ignored the trolls and chatters next to him, looked at the big color TV in the lounge, and was broadcasting the opening of the draft live broadcast.

The camera pans over the little green house members, Stark House, Rashid Wallace, Joe Smith, Antonio McDyce, Damon Stoudemire, ...... And so on a total of 16 players.

After a while, Zhang Hao saw David Stern, who was still gray-haired, on the court, and there were live boos on the TV.

Zhang Hao doesn't know why, New York fans seem to be particularly fond of booing David Stern.

There was an interior pick, with Joe Smith and Antonio McDyce being drafted with the first two picks, with the Warriors selecting Joe Smith with the top pick and the Clippers selecting Antonio McDyce with the top pick.

The latter Zhang Hao was not impressed, but in the former, Zhang Hao remembered that he made Garnett's Timberwolves team without a first-round pick for 5 years.

Zhang Hao's side of every pick is looking forward to the "pie in the sky" falling on his head, and he is watching the draft intently.

There are roughly three types of players who are drafted, one is Garnett's kind of player who has the promise of a draft.

One is that there is no chance that you will be chosen to bet on your luck.

These two types are very relaxed, and the noisy environment is what they bring.

There is another category, that is, Zhang Hao, who has a chance to be selected, and the chance is not low, but he is not sure when he will be selected, and he may also be defeated, like him, there are many people in their lounge.

In the 5th place, as Zhang Hao expected, Garnett heard the exclamations of the people around him, and there was no surprised expression.

Listen to things like "That high school kid was drafted with the 5th pick" and "Is the Timberwolves crazy...... and other discordant voices, Garnett was so calm that he even wanted to laugh out loud - envy, jealousy!

The Timberwolves have already given a promise during the tryout, although Garnett is not surprised, but he is also very excited to be selected, and when the staff came to take him to the scene, he left a message for Zhang Hao: "I am in the NBA, waiting for you." ”

That said, Garnett is not so optimistic about Zhang Hao's draft journey.

That is, he got the Timberwolves' draft promise, otherwise Garnett can't be calm, what happened to him when he went to tryouts for multiple teams is actually similar to Zhang Hao, because the identity of a high school player is not valued from the beginning, sometimes no matter how well he performs, those teams will have a lot of concerns and turn a blind eye to his performance, let alone a player like Zhang Hao who plays without the ball?

No, not only the fans, the management of the teams, but even the other players who participated in the selection thought that the Timberwolves were crazy to choose him.

Zhang Hao looked at Garnett's departing back, and at this moment, he deeply felt the envy that came out of him.

What else can I do? At this moment, he couldn't do anything but wait to be flipped......

On the other side, the draft site, the draft office of the 76ers.

John Lucas looked at Starkerhouse, who was drafted by his team, and it was good, but he still missed the high school student who was too good at shooting.

Fortunately, their boss talked the word this time and got back a second-round pick with the second pick, and John Lucas looked forward to Zhang Hao not being drafted before that.

The Lakers draft office watched the Grizzlies draft Bryant Reeves with the sixth pick and the Raptors draft Damon Stoudemire with the seventh pick...... The logo man looked closer and closer to the 11th pick, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He also hopes to be scolded at the beginning, and then Zhang Hao plays well, and everyone praises him for a headwind......

Moreover, there was a team in front of him who chose a high school student, at least he would not be scolded so badly by Los Angeles fans when he selected Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao's mid-pitch is instant combat power, and the sharp eye of the logo man can see that Zhang Hao is the best batch of mid-pitchers in the NBA, even if there is only mid-pitch, it will be very useful, and Zhang Hao is only 18 years old! Athleticism is so good again.

The point is that Zhang Hao has that hand of investment, and he has such a China Investment at the age of 18, and he has developed other technologies around China Investment...... It's much easier to develop a well-rounded scoring player with an off-ball style than it is to develop a core player.

Immediately after, the Trail Blazers, who have the No. 8 pick, selected Sean Lespater.

One step closer to the 11th pick, the Bucks reached an agreement with the Bucks, who wanted a forward scorer, and the Bucks helped him select Zhang Hao, who traded Ceballos after the selection.

Although the Bucks also feel that the logo man is crazy, they naturally want to take advantage of it, and they are quite impatient, and they can't wait to choose someone for them right away.

After another 3 minutes, David Stern was on stage again.

After another wave of boos, David Stern opened the envelope with a smile on his face...... After a pause, then the smile became even worse, and even suppressed the feeling of laughter, and if you listened carefully, you could hear the irrepressible excitement in the tone of his next speech: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the 1995 NBA Draft, the New Jersey Nets were selected with the 9th pick in the first round, a high school student from China, a talented forward at Inglewood High School in Los Angeles, zhānghāo......"