29th pick in the first round: Sun Hao

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The 1.83-meter point guard, a Chinese guard, started his career in Spain, is known for his projection, first-class ball quotient, and his first step to break through is good.

He plays a bit like Damon Stoudemire, but his passing and defense are weaker, which could well be his biggest challenge adapting to the NBA.

Judging from the latest trial results, the Mavericks, Lakers, and Jazz have all expressed considerable interest in it.

It is worth mentioning that he is the youngest Champions League and La Liga MVP in Europe and the first yellow guard to participate in the NBA draft.

The reason the Lakers would pick him at this position: They need a consistent shooter.

The evaluation of this list is objective and accurate.

The 2000 NBA Draft was the standard year for the draft, but it was also known as the year with the most accurate predictions.

With the exception of Reed's counterattack, most of the players were on par with their draft picks.

Judging from this evaluation list, some clues may also be seen from it.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that the trust between the media and the team at this time is still quite high, coupled with the average quality of rookies, the result of the dual effect.

After Sun Hao finished the trial, he went to New York with Su Qun and Fu Paul.

They went to New York and met Zhang Weiping again.

It was also at this time that Sun Hao saw this draft prediction.

After seeing it, everyone's mood suddenly rose to the top.

Chinese defenders, first-round predictions, do you dare to believe this?

But now the facts are in front of their eyes!

It can only be said that Sun Hao's trial performance in the past week was too good!

They are really looking forward to that scene now, the moment when Stern publicly announced that the Lakers had selected Sun Hao.

It was definitely a moment that will go down in history.

Although it was hard to hide their excitement, they began to work separately after arriving in New York.

Zhang Weiping began to deal with the staff of the draft conference;

Su Qun is busy writing his new article, he has written many articles in the past few days, and he is waiting to pick the best one to send to China;

Fu Paul took the contact information given by Sun Hao and began to make various calls;

In contrast, Sun Hao is the most comfortable.

The tryout was over, the draft was approaching, and he didn't go to the system to train.

He leaned back on the hotel couch and watched TV boredly.

It's a way for people to release stress.

Although it is a crossing, but after five years, everything he has is for tomorrow.

Until then, it was unrealistic not to be nervous.

He kept changing programs, changing and changing, and finally switched to TNT.

TNT, which stands for Turner Television Network, is one of the well-known sports television media in the United States.

He broadcasts a lot of sporting events, the highlight of which is the NBA, which is basically broadcast around the clock.

Now it's an offseason, there are no events to broadcast, and some sports shows have become the main event.

For example, "NBA Insider", which is currently being played.

And the host Sun Hao is also very familiar.

Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and newcomer Charles Barkley.

Barkley only announced his retirement this year, and he joined TNT as soon as he retired.

His first job at TNT was with Kenny Smith on what was originally a one-man talk show.

Led by him and Kenny Smith, the show's ratings skyrocketed and it is now one of TNT's main shows.

Now the three of them are discussing the draft.

"Do you know what Stromeyer Swift can do other than jump high?"

Barkley asked, looking at Smith.

"I don't know."

Smith shook his head.

"Ernie, what about you?"

Johnson shook his head.

"I don't know."

Barkley's next sentence made Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson laugh.

"But I'm sure this guy's bounce is really terrifying, he can run and jump, like a stag, he can get into the top three with that."

Barkley teased his partner, then spoke again.

An excellent entertainment program host, memorizing is definitely not good, and it is very improvised.

But in a few short sentences, you can see that he is very easy to put in and out, and he is really talented in this area.

The focus of the discussion among the three was on hot rookies.

In addition to Swift, who was ridiculed by Barkley, the top picks are Kenyon Martin and Darius Myers.

Martin played four years at Collegiate, averaging 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game in his fourth year, was named to the All-American First Team, was named Player of the Year, and was named Defensive Player of the Year for the third year in a row.

This performance is the same as Duncan before him, and with his physical gifts, it is a sure thing that he will be selected as the top pick in the draft.

However, he sprained his leg shortly after the start of March Madness, which also opened up a lot of possibilities for Swift and Myers.

And all three have one thing in common, they are all interior players.

After Jordan's retirement, O'Neal rose and interior players began to return to the stage.

At this time, China will engage in one-size-fits-all personnel selection, which also has a lot to do with the NBA's emphasis on interior players.

After chatting about the top players and talking about the lotto, after talking about the lotto, we will start talking about dark horses.

"How do you pronounce these two words?"

Naturally, Sun Hao, who rose on a rocket, was mentioned.

However, just like Manu (Ginobili) was pronounced by them as a "menu" menu, they obviously didn't know the word Hao.

To be precise, they may not even know Sun.

"Okay, I gave up, I'm sure none of us know this, I just asked the program team, and they only told me that the spelling of this first word is sun."

Barkley is starting to get into his role again.

"The sun?"

Kenny Smith quickly read out the English dubbing of the letters.

"That's the Chinese phonetic alphabet, the ghost sun."

Barkley retorted immediately.

He is a famous sun, and he is too sensitive to this word.

"Well, do you know what he reads?"

"It'...... Let's call him the sun. ”

Barkley made Sun Hao laugh this time.

But Sun Hao may not know that another of his nicknames came into being after this episode.

"He's Chinese? Bruce.Lee？ ”

Barkley had already gestured to the camera a few times when he said this.

"I'm sure he would, otherwise how the hell did he get to the first round of the runway in a week?"

Kenny Smith took over the conversation.

"Guys, I know this."

At this time, Ernie Johnson, who had zero presence on the side, finally found an entry point.

"I heard that he blew up Steve Nash in Dallas, and I have a Chinese article here, called 'He Beat Nash,' and it's very interesting."

Johnson definitely knows Chinese, and he can also see that the words of Barkley and Smith are all for the show.

Every year's draft predictions and even comments are boring, and the yellow guard who is the first to enter the first round of predictions is definitely a big selling point worthy of careful compilation by the program team.

"Nash? come.on！ Man, I can blow him up in my suit, will that guy defend? ”

Barkley has already begun to complain about Nash.

Nash played for the Suns for two years before, and as a Suns celebrity, he felt it was really spicy, especially defensively.

"I'm not done with man, he went head-to-head with Kobe Bryant in Los Angeles for 10 rounds."

"He won?"

This time, Barkley put away his contempt.

"No, he's lost ten games in a row."

When Ernie Johnson said this, Barkley burst into laughter.

"Ernie, I've found you to be the most humorous person."

Johnson was about to say something, but it turned out to be completely gagged by Barkley.

"Which stupid X wrote this draft prediction, I really want to kick him in the ass, the Lakers will choose such a guy when their brains are bubbling."

Barkley was already slapping the table with laughter.

"He had a great tryout, he beat Reid, Eddie House, Stevenson ......"

When Barkley finished laughing, Kenny Smith spoke up.

"What kind of guys are they, none of those guys can make it to the first round, and it's a question of whether they can even be selected, what are you talking to me with this......

But before he could finish, Barkley had already gagged him again.

"Charles, Charles, he's got a good big picture of the whole game, and I've got news from other teams, not just the Lakers, it's the Mavericks, ......"

The show is starting to get a little chaotic.

Johnson and Smith tried to tell Barkley more about Sun Hao, but Barkley didn't want to hear it at all, interrupting them in various ways.

"OK, bet, I bet, this guy won't be drafted in the first round!"

Finally, Barkley slapped the table.

"A thousand dollars, who's coming?"

Barkley had a look on my headstrong face.

Although the career salary is not high among the top 50 superstars, it has more than 40 million US dollars.

Especially now that he has just retired, he is not short of money.

Johnson spread his hands and shut up, he was just an ordinary show host, and a thousand dollars was not a small amount of money for him.

"I'll come, don't be on the bill."

Kenny Smith spoke up.

He is also a famous Houston player, with a career salary of more than 10 million.

After Smith finished speaking, Barkley suddenly stopped talking.

"You regretted it?"

Smith asked.

"No, I'm wondering what I'm going to do with the thousand dollars, I'm going to win, man."

Barkley made Johnson and Smith laugh, once again setting the mood in the live broadcast room up.

……

After watching the show, because it was related to himself, Sun Hao watched it quite well.

However, as a traverser, he didn't have the slightest urge to slap Barkley in the face.

Barkley is a shivering M, the more masochistic he gets, the more excited he is.

He just wants the draft to start early, and he can't wait to go head-to-head with Kobe Bryant.

Early the next morning, Sun Hao went to New York's JFK Airport.

In this draft meeting, many people want to come to the scene to accompany him.

Because there were many people coming, he pulled Su Qun, who was writing the manuscript, over to help.

Mom and Dad arrived the earliest, if Sun Hao hadn't tried to fly around before, they would have come over a long time ago.

"Is that you?"

As soon as I got off the plane and saw Su Qun, my mother showed a look of surprise in her eyes.

Isn't this the guy who was nervous at the door that night!

"Mom, this is Su Qun, he is a reporter from Sports Weekly."

When Su Qun first met Sun Hao, he told him about the previous incident, which can be regarded as a formal introduction.

Mom had the same expression.

Dad took a long breath.

"Uncle Sun is good, Aunt Tian is good."

Su Qun is still very sophisticated, and this call is very kind.

Yi Jianlian and Lasso's plane was a little late, and Sun Hao asked Su Qun to accompany his parents back to the hotel first.

After waiting for a while, Yi Jianlian came.

When he got off the plane, he looked left and right, trying to find someone to ask for directions and found that language communication, and he felt overwhelmed.

Fortunately, Sun Hao found him quickly, otherwise he would probably have really lost himself at the airport.

"You're going to have to go abroad sooner or later, so you should put more effort into learning English."

Sun Hao remembered and said.

In addition to personality, language is also very important.

It's not just about educating those "hao.are.you?" i.am.fine.thank.you.”。

There's a lot of tactical jargon in basketball, even the abbreviations that your teammates usually use to joke around with you in the locker room.

Sun Hao was an assistant coach in the NCAA in his last life, and he saved these processes.

But Yi Jianlian is different.

He remembers reading a report that when Yi Jianlian communicated with his teammates, he could only smile because he couldn't understand what the other party said, and the inherent impression of Americans on Chinese was labeled as shy over time.

It's true that if you don't communicate well, you can find an assistant for translation, but if you have to convey it to someone else for a joke, then the relationship will not be possible.

Don't underestimate this, the NBA is a cruel competition, if you are lucky to enter the first round, you can learn slowly, and if you are unlucky, you may be eliminated before you can learn the language.

This is also a big challenge for overseas players.

Yi Jianlian nodded seriously.

In addition to his parents, Sun Hao is the person he trusts the most.

Because Lasso's flight was not far away, Sun Hao did not leave immediately after picking up Yi Jianlian, but waited in the airport.

Although I haven't seen each other for a few days, Sun Hao has a lot of experience in trying out in the United States, and the two of them are not short of topics to talk about.

After chatting for a while, the plane was late and didn't come yet, so Sun Hao went to buy something to eat.

Lucky for them, there was a sale of roasted Thuringian red sausages at the airport.

Sun Hao had eaten a lot of this German-style grilled sausage in Spain, and it was added with the unique marjoram spice, which was not only delicious but also full of fragrance.

Sun Hao and Yi Jianlian had two sticks each, and continued to wait for the plane while eating.

"By the way, what happened to the class girl who confessed to you in junior high school?"

Sun Hao was bored and even gossiped about the past.

"Huh? I don't even know her name. ”

Yi Jianlian's face was slightly red as he spoke, and he reached out and scratched his head.

It seems a bit embarrassing to say.

Sun Hao laughed after hearing this.

He originally felt that he was miserable enough in terms of women, and it seemed that Yi Jianlian was worse than him.

But laughing and laughing, he suddenly became sad.

If he remembers correctly, Yi Jianlian's wife in history is a beautiful model, and she is five years younger than Yi Jianlian.

I don't know why, this roast sausage in the mouth...... It suddenly doesn't smell good.

By the time they finished their sausages, the late plane finally arrived.

Lasso didn't come alone, he brought his daughter with him in addition to his wife.

Sun Hao didn't know that Lasso had a daughter before!

But that's completely normal, he became the heart of the team in the last year.

Although Lasso was his mentor, the relationship was not close enough to contact his family.

"Benita, this is Sun, my proud disciple, he is three years older than you."

"My daughter, Benita."

Lasso introduced the two to each other.

Sun Hao took a closer look at Benita at this time.

The fifteen-year-old girl is about to reach adulthood, and her figure is beginning to grow full, revealing a budding stamen.

But that's the face...... Very temperamental.

European girls generally prefer the body when they are young, but not everyone has a good face.

Benita's face was slightly red when she looked at Sun Hao, and she looked a little shy.

After picking up Lasso, a group of them took a taxi back to the hotel.

It was at this time that Lasso noticed Yi Jianlian on the side.

And after finding out, he quickly asked Sun Hao about Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's talent is even more overflowing than three years ago, and he is a coach who will be moved when he sees it.

"I'd like to take this kid to the stadium later, okay?"

The more Lasso looked, the more he appreciated, and finally asked Sun Hao.

Yi Jianlian looked very shy, and Sun Hao brought it, he regarded Sun Hao as Yi Jianlian's parent.

"No problem at all."

Of course, Sun Hao will not refuse.

This is also an opportunity for Yi Jianlian.

As for Yi Jianlian, Sun Hao said that there was no problem, and he would not have a problem.

When I returned to the hotel, it was almost noon, and Zhang Weiping went to Madison Square Garden in advance to be busy, and there was no one to be seen.

Sun Hao and Su Qun dragged the rest of the people to eat a Western meal outside.

Mom and Dad are very talkative, and their fluent English shows their standard of living, and they communicate with Lasso throughout the whole process.

But that's not the point, the point is that Sun Hao can feel that Lasso has no way to let Benita contact with him.

Although his emotional experience is blank, he has experienced a lot in his previous life when he was forced to go on a blind date by his parents.

This rhythm was all too familiar to him.

And that's perfectly understandable.

Sun Hao played well in Europe, and after arriving in the United States, the trial was also smooth, and the future of the clear-eyed people was bright.

their own daughters, and their own disciples.

is like Yue Linshan and Ling Huchong in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", which are too suitable in the eyes of the elders.

It's just that Sun Hao is a little embarrassed.

Just like when he first arrived in Italy and met the salesman who handed him a note, he would turn around and throw it away, he didn't have much feeling for Benita.

Feeling, very important!

"Coach, I'll go to the court with you later!"

Before the meal was finished, Sun Hao took the initiative to propose.

He knew that the next step of the blind date would definitely be to let the two go out for a walk alone, the so-called first strike is the strongest.

Sure enough, Lasso turned his head to look at Benita, and then at Sun Hao's parents.

"Son, why don't you stay with ......"

"Go ahead, relax and unwind before the draft."

As soon as Dad spoke, he was interrupted by Mom.

Sun Hao looked at his mother, like looking at a fairy in the sky.

Sure enough, the mother still understands her son.

After eating, parents took Mrs. Lasso and Benita to Macy's, and Sun Hao, Yi Jianlian and Lasso went to a nearby stadium.

As for Su Qun, this guy is busy with his article again.

When he arrived at the court, Lasso asked Yi Jianlian to complete various technical actions according to his requirements.

This is actually a small trial site.

Sun Hao didn't know where to buy melon seeds, and became a melon eater on the side of the court.

Don't say it, it's really different from watching someone else try out on the sidelines.

If he can choose, he still likes to be the latter, and the people who eat melons are much happier.

A few minutes later, Lasso had forgotten that Sun Hao hadn't dated Benita, and he looked at Yi Jianlian like a lover.

"Sun, I'm going to take him to Spain!"

Yi Jianlian's talent is too tempting, he feels that if he polishes it, he will have the opportunity to impact the NBA lottery show in the future!

But if Sun Hao knew what he thought, he would definitely tell him to be bold!

"Well, you'll have to ask him himself."

Sun Hao didn't make decisions for Yi Jianlian this time.

Yi Jianlian scratched his head, he didn't know how to choose for a while.

"Well, I'll take you to Spain when the draft is over, and I'll make a decision after you go."

Lasso still has experience.

Yi Jianlian looked at Sun Hao.

"Go ahead, just go and see where your brother Hao has been playing for three years."

Sun Hao said with a smile.

As he thought before, the key to where Yi Jianlian goes to play is still up to him.

If you make up your mind, even if it is a system, there is a way to solve it.

After all, compared to Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian's trap is still very shallow.

Yi Jianlian nodded.

He was like a frog that had just jumped out of the bottom of a well, and he needed to see what the outside world was like.

……

The day passed quickly, and after five o'clock in the afternoon, after a brief dinner, the group headed to Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden was built in 1874 and has been renovated several times since then to become the fourth generation.

But even so, this arena is still more than 30 years old, and it is a typical "living fossil" arena.

Also known as the "Basketball Mecca", it is the mecca of basketball in the world and the home of the annual NBA Draft.

Nearly two hours before the start of the draft, many fans had already gathered in the stadium, most of whom were New York fans.

It's also home to the New York Knicks.

Today's Knicks have a number of stars such as "Gorilla" Ewing, "Mid-range King" Alan Houston, "Madman" Sprewell, Marcus Camby, "Big Mom" Larry Johnson and other stars, and they are outstanding in the East.

They only have two picks this year, 22 in the first round and 39 in the second round, and the draft is just a formality.

However, this does not hinder the enthusiasm of the New York fans, and joining in the fun and heckling is their favorite thing to do.

Sun Hao stepped into the stadium and saw the "little green house" in the center of the stadium at first sight.

The so-called Little Green Room is where the rookies who are predicted to be able to enter the lotto (top 14 picks) sit.

Each rookie has a table for their friends and family to sit in.

Sun Hao...... Of course not.

But being in the little green house is not necessarily a good thing.

Because the number of people who enter the small green house every year is basically more than 14 people, which means that someone must fall out of the lotto.

If you are drafted in the first round and go and end up in the second round, like Lewis, that's the most embarrassing.

At the back of the small green house is the media area.

TNT and ESPN are at the front and foremost positions.

Sun Hao saw Barkley's shiny head at a glance, as well as his partners Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson.

But in addition to them, Sun Hao also saw an unexpected figure.

"Magic" Johnson actually came as a special guest.

ps: Necessary foreshadowing before the draft, the next chapter of the draft.