The draft began, and at this moment, the lights on the scene slowly dimmed, and the official promotional video of the 2018 draft began to be played on the large LED screen in the middle of the stage.

The 2-minute promo is very shocking and exciting, and the rookies who appear in the film are basically the top picks predicted by major websites, such as Deandre Ayton, Marvin Bagli, Luka Doncic, Trae Young and Jaren Jackson Jr.

At the beginning of the video, the fans at the scene couldn't hold back the excitement in their hearts, and the screams were even more intense, one after another.

After the promotional video, NBA commissioner Adam Shaw walked out of the backstage with a speech and a straight suit, although he was slightly thin but full of energy, with a standard smile on his face.

As soon as Xiao Hua appeared on the stage, the atmosphere of the whole scene instantly exploded, cheers, whistles and boos were intertwined, and they resounded throughout the stadium for a while.

Xiao Hua also leaned forward slightly, with one hand on the side of his ear, making a gesture of listening to the applause, "What are you talking about, I'm very handsome!" Then he smiled.

"Shh......h

Xiao Hua stood there and accepted it calmly, waited until the scene was quiet, and then began his opening remarks.

"Good evening and welcome to the 2018 NBA Draft at Barclays Center in New York, Brooklyn Night starts now!"

In the next two minutes, Xiao Hua began to pour chicken soup violently, bluffing the rookies in the audience.

Mainly by giving examples to illustrate what draft pick is not important, but hard work is the most important. Leonard was also drafted with the 15th pick, but he won the MVP of the Finals in the third year and won the best defensive player for two consecutive years.

After Xiao Hua's opening remarks, he turned around and entered the backstage, and since then, the annual draft meeting has officially kicked off.

At this time, the draft picks of all teams this time were shown on the big screen, and all the players who participated in the draft this time were also played in the form of a list.

For the players, the draft is a test and a pedal, an opportunity for them to step onto the NBA, the world's highest basketball stage.

If selected, they will become a member of the NBA, and their status will change, and they will stand on the NBA court in the future, competing with many NBA stars and competing for championships.

If they don't make the cut, their future basketball path could be difficult. It is difficult to go to Shu and it is difficult to go to the sky.

Li Yang's heart was also hanging in his throat all of a sudden.

Although he knew that he was unlikely to be drafted too far forward, the nervousness grew as the draft progressed.

"Click!!"

The cameras of the domestic media network broadcast were also aimed at Li Yang's location at this time.

At the same time, in Tencent's live broadcast room, commentators Ke Fu and Yang Yi also began to talk about Li Yang's draft predictions.

They first touted Li Yang, and then expressed some pessimistic attitudes from time to time, singing red face and black face at one time, and they were in harmony with the mud the whole time.

At this time, the Phoenix Suns icon with the first pick appeared on the large LED screen in the middle of the stage, and the five-minute countdown next to the icon began to scroll.

After the Suns made their final selection, Adam Shaw stepped out from behind the stage once again.

On the stage, Adam Xiao Hua's expression became serious, and the entire arena also quieted down, and everyone looked at Xiao Hua with wide eyes.

Xiao Hua cleared his throat, glanced at the envelope in his hand, and announced directly: "In the 2018 NBA Draft, the first pick in the first round, the Phoenix Suns selected ...... DeAndre Ayton from the University of Arizona! ”

"Oh......"

As soon as the words fell, there was a burst of exclamations at the scene, and then a voice of "sure enough".

It's no secret that the Phoenix Suns will select Ayton with the first pick in the first round, as can be seen from Ayton's absence from training camp and the Suns' reticulence.

Another point is that Ayton was very calm from the beginning today, and obviously knew the result in advance.

It's not hard to guess from these places that he and the Sun must have reached an agreement.

In the continuous applause, Ayton stood up with a smile on his face, and it was no surprise that he was selected in the first pick!

Seeing Ayton being selected first, Marvin Bagley at the next table was obviously a little lost and his eyes were a little lonely......

Then Ayton turned around and hugged his mother, then hugged his college coach and friends, took the cap with the Suns logo handed over by the staff next to him, put on the hat, and walked to the rostrum to shake hands with Xiao Hua.

Looking at Ayton on the stage, Li Yang's mother immediately turned pale and said depressedly: "How can it be this big guy, shouldn't it be our Xiao Yang?" This Suns team is too visionless! ”

"Mom." Li Yang rolled his eyes speechlessly.

In fact, Li Yan is not the only one who thinks like this, all the relatives, friends and fans who support Li Yang think so in their hearts.

In the gymnasium of the No. 2 Middle School in the distant Huaxia Shenzhen City, all the teachers and students of the No. 2 Middle School were watching the live broadcast of today's draft meeting, and when they heard that the champion was Deandre Ayton, everyone sighed heavily.

"Why isn't it Li Yang?"

"It's a pity, it would be nice if Li Yang did, uh, the expectations seem to be a bit high."

However, people didn't have time to sigh, because Ayton had already gone down for an interview, and Xiao Hua walked back to the rostrum and began to announce the second pick.

"The 2018 first-round pick and the second pick belonged to the Sacramento Kings, and they chose ......" Shaw paused for a moment before he said, "Power forward from Duke University, Marvin Bagley!" ”

.....

"The 2018 first-round pick with the third pick belonged to the Atlanta Hawks, and they chose ...... Luka Doncic!! ”

Watching the draft live is really exciting.

"The fourth pick in the first round in 2018, the Memphis Grizzlies drafted ...... Jaren Jackson Jr., power forward from Michigan State University!!! ”

When he heard his name read by Xiao Hua, Jackson let out a long sigh of relief, got up and hugged his mother, saying that it was finally my turn.

Seeing that others were selected one after another, Li Yang was also very envious, but he could only be envious, he knew that he could not be selected in a position too high.

"The fifth pick in the first round of the 2018 draft, the Dallas Mavericks drafted ..... Point guard from the University of Oklahoma – Trae Young! ”

That's when the first deal happened.

"A deal happened." Xiao Hua walked to the front desk and did not directly announce the draft results as before, but announced that a trade had occurred.

All the players and fans in the scene looked at the stage, this was the first trade that happened in this year's draft, although it was a draft year, I didn't expect it to happen so soon.

"Just now, the Hawks and the Mavericks made a deal where they swapped the No. 3 and No. 5 picks. The Hawks helped the Mavericks draft Doncic with the No. 5 pick, while the Mavericks sent a protected 2019 first-round pick to the Hawks, while the Mavericks used the No. 5 pick to help the Hawks draft Trae Young. ”

After Xiao Hua announced the results, the player icons next to the Atlanta Hawks and the Dallas Mavericks were swapped.

The process continued, and Xiao Hua continued to tear the envelope!

Lai's highest draft pick prediction is the eighth pick in ESPN Draft and will be drafted by the Cavaliers, so he doesn't expect much from a top-seven pick.

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"I think the Cavaliers are likely to pick Li Yang in this pick." In the Tencent live broadcast room, the host Ke Fu suddenly said at this time.

"Not necessarily, I think they're probably going to pick a small forward." Yang Yi shook his head.

"Have you forgotten James?" Ke said with a grin.

When he tried out for the Cavaliers, James personally said that he was very optimistic about Li Yang, and he deliberately left his contact information, and everyone knew about it at that time.

"Oh yes, I remember, that's what James said." Yang Yi patted his head, and then he remembered.

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, and then looked at Xiao Hua, who had just come out, this time they should be able to guess correctly.

"The eighth pick in the first round of the 2018 draft, the Cleveland Cavaliers drafted ..... Point guard from the University of Alabama – Colin Sexton! ”

"Holy!" When Xiao Hua announced the choice of the Cavaliers, Ke Fu and Yang Yi shouted in unison, unable to believe it.

The Cavaliers ultimately chose Collin Sexton, a defeated player under Li Yang, and James eventually gave up on Li Yang.

Li Yang was released by the Cavaliers, promised the draft but was not selected, which is not uncommon in the NBA draft, but how can the side that was released be happy.

Even if the beam between him and the Knights is completely knotted, he has lived a lifetime, although he looks down on many things, but he resolutely can't bear this kind of thing, and he will definitely not be ruthless when he encounters the Knights in the future.