Chapter 63: On the highest stage
It's late June, and the draft is about to begin.
At this time, the NBA Finals have come to an end.
The Miami Heat won four straight games after losing one game to beat the Oklahoma City Thunder to claim the 2012 championship.
The young Thunder were ultimately defeated by experience and determination, and they were tactically weaked by the Heat, and the bench lacked enough help.
The three-pointers of Sean Battier and Mike Miller kept hitting the Thunder.
And James Harden, who played well in the Western Conference Finals, was lost in the white-hot sea of the American Airlines Center in Miami.
Even if Russell Westbrook played against the sky, it still couldn't stop LeBron James from returning as king.
The Heat won three straight games on their home court to win their second championship since the team's founding.
In the summer of 10, the Big Three were formed, and the 11 finals were defeated, and his reputation fell to the bottom.
Is there anything more powerful in the NBA than a championship?
No.
The championship is always the best defense lawyer.
It was, it is, and it will be.
Wei Dazhi was very busy during this time.
While following Li Liang everywhere for trials, he wrote a trial report for him and posted it on the Internet.
With the exposure of Li Liang's scouting report, his attention increased little by little.
Now, some fans on domestic forums have realized that there is a good chance that there will be another player who has been drafted by the NBA.
On the other hand, Wei Dazhi always pays attention to the process of the finals.
After the game, sensational texts, in short, you have to pretend to be a senior fan to poke at the emotional points of ordinary fans.
He is already a well-known big V in the domestic forum.
When the finals are over, Wei Dazhi's entire energy will be focused on this year's draft meeting.
On June 25, he returned to Los Angeles with Li Liang.
In Los Angeles in June, you can already smell summer.
Wei Dazhi got off the plane with Li Liang, and the two wore sunglasses and pretended to be cool under the bright sun on the west coast.
In the parking lot of the airport, Zhu Shu had already arranged a car to pick them up.
Two weeks ago, Zhu Shu successfully passed the California Association's sports agent qualification exam and officially became a basketball agent.
Li Liang and Zhu Shu signed an employment contract, and the two began a cooperative relationship.
As a novice agent, after some training, she already looks like a bit of an agent.
"The hotel has been booked, still in Inglewood, to the 27th. The ticket to New York on the 28th, at 10 o'clock in the morning, arranged a taxi. In New York, because the hotel room is more expensive, you can stay at Bai Xiaoting's aunt's house. Her aunt's family traveled abroad this month. Then it's after the draft, and if the draft is successful, there's a plan A. If it doesn't work out, I draw up a plan B. If not drafted by the Lakers, there's also a Plan C that you can check out ......"
On the way to the hotel, Zhu Shu reported her work to Li Liang decently.
In order to cope with the various possible outcomes of the draft, Zhu Shu has made preparations.
Although her salary is not high, Zhu Shu is careful enough to treat this job.
And in terms of work content, it is indeed not difficult, and the time is relaxed, so she has a lot of free time to play games.
As long as you don't expand new customers, it's a good job.
Li Liang carefully read the schedule drawn up by Zhu Shu, which is worthy of studying accounting, and the form is concise and clear.
In all three cases, if he is selected by the Lakers, then everyone is happy, and Li Liang started his basketball career in Los Angeles.
If they are selected by other teams, then Zhu Shu and Wei Dazhi will have to move to a new city.
At present, several teams that Li Liang has tried out have the possibility of choosing him.
And the team that has not tried out, after reading the scouting report, is also likely to cut off.
If that situation occurs, Li Liang decides to choose both the one and the other, where to play instead of playing?
To be in the NBA is the first step towards his great ideals.
Improving yourself in a down-to-earth manner is the king.
Even if he is selected by a graveyard team like the Timberwolves, he will cheat the corpse to be a zombie king!
The third case, the worst-case scenario, is, of course, a defeat.
If he loses the election, Li Liang doesn't have to worry too much.
Because if he loses, the Lakers will definitely give Li Liang a short contract.
Play summer league, pre-season, and then rely on your performance to get a long contract.
But in that case, Li Liang will undoubtedly fall into passivity, depending on the person's face.
This is also why Li Liang still has to participate in tryouts for other teams after receiving the Lakers' draft promises.
If you pin your hopes on one person, the person who pinned your hopes on will inevitably wait for the price to sell, or even pinch your hopes.
Li Liang only went to the Lakers for a tryout, but the Lakers didn't choose him, so he could only sign a short contract with the Lakers.
After reading these plans, Li Liang cleared his mind, and the next thing to do was to wait!
He definitely can't go to the training camp organized by the NBA, which is a place where only popular rookies can go.
Therefore, Li Liang is ready to relax in Los Angeles for two days and make himself a good enough set of clothes.
Although most of the second-round pick players will not go to the draft site, Li Liang must go this time.
He wants to personally appear on the stage of the draft and leave his figure on it.
……
Four days later, on June 29, it rained heavily in New York.
The rain washed away the summer heat, but it couldn't dampen the enthusiasm of fans around the world for the new NBA season.
The 2011-2012 season is over, and the 2012-2013 season begins with this draft.
On Long Island, near a vineyard in the affluent area of Nassau County, in a medium-sized villa.
Li Liang was looking at his outfit in front of the mirror in his guest room, which he had selected in Los Angeles.
A silver-gray tunic, which is the material and style he chose himself.
He wanted to pick out clothes for himself in Fraser's cape, but it turned out that the style was too advanced, and he thought it was spicy anyway.
Li Liang still believes in his own taste!
But an athlete wearing a silver-gray tunic, it's always a bit weird, and you're not Jet Li.
But Li Liang is very satisfied with his image.
"Knock knock!"
There was a knock on the door, followed by Bai Xiaoting's voice: "Have you changed it!" How is it more stinky and beautiful than a girl! It's time to go! ”
Li Liang opened the door and said, "Why are you in a hurry, you have to choose a few hours, I must be in the last half an hour." ”
Bai Xiaoting looked at Li Liang's appearance, looked at it, and said in her heart that this straight man's eyes are really not flattering.
Of course, Bai Xiaoting said: "Let's go, Wei Dazhi said that he has arrived in Madison, and Zhu Shu is waiting in the car." ”
On the 28th, Li Liang and the three came to New York and lived directly at Bai Xiaoting's aunt's house.
Today, Wei Dazhi couldn't hold back anymore and went to Madison Garden Plaza to do a live broadcast of the draft.
Li Liang has been grinding until now, and he is really not in a hurry.
Because just the top 15 rookies were selected, it took a full hour and a half, plus the next 45 signings, there was no three hours that could not be released.
"Okay, let's go, let's see how I'm going to get to the top of the basketball world!"