At 7 p.m. Eastern time, Madison Square Garden, New York, where the annual NBA Draft will begin.

The draft is broadcast live on several major television stations in the United States, and it has become one of the most important components of the NBA's large-scale reality show.

At the site of Madison Garden Plaza, a draft table was set up.

Directly across from the draft table are the hot rookies who have been officially invited by the NBA to have the opportunity to be drafted in the first round.

At this time, on the TV station, a promotional advertisement for the draft was being broadcast.

The draft's favorite rookies, Anthony Davis, Thomas Robinson, Dieng Vitesse and others, appear in the picture.

Their faces looked young and immature, wearing custom-made trousers and shirts, and they were climbing ladders in front of the camera......

I don't know which TV producer whose brain was caught in the middle, designed the advertising idea of climbing the ladder.

After the advertisement was over, the camera shifted to the talent show.

David Stern came to the front from behind the stage and gave a short opening speech.

He thanked the audience, congratulated the Heat, the winner of last season's NBA championship, and wished the draft a success.

After just two minutes of small speech, Stern was booed by the audience.

Because his opening line used his idiomatic phrase "Because of basketball." ”

Just last summer, Stern had just vetoed a trade for the Los Angeles Lakers for Chris Paul for "basketball reasons."

For fans, it is undoubtedly a big shame not to be able to see Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul join forces.

Then, the 2012 No. 1 pick was thought to have been deliberately manipulated by Stern to take care of New Orleans' ball market.

Because of this incident, he had an argument with Rohm on the Jim-Rohm talk show, which caused quite a stir.

In addition, the people of New York have never bought it, and Stern has been frequently questioned in the past two years, and it is normal to be booed.

Stern made Aaron Iverson's signature "listen" gesture on stage, which naturally resulted in even greater boos.

"The No. 1 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft will be the New Orleans Hornets, who have five minutes to decide on their pick."

With that, Stern left the front desk with a stiff expression and went to the back to wait for the Hornets' decision.

In the front stands, not far from the rookie area of the lotto, Li Liang sat with Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting.

He was upset when he saw the fans in New York booing Stern.

Although some of Aunt Si's behaviors are indeed unpleasant, the arbitrary interference with the rules and the increasingly strong commercial atmosphere.

But looking at the history of the NBA, Stern's contribution is undoubtedly immeasurable.

Not to mention anything else, this set of rules of the game for lotto lottery to determine the draft pick is Stern to promote and improve, and it is still used today.

In addition, a series of measures such as setting up a salary cap, attracting broadcasters and sponsors, reforming the All-Star Game, expanding the NBA military plan, and promoting the NBA's overseas strategy have all been implemented and effective during Stern's tenure.

Under his leadership, the NBA has gone from a dying league where the Finals were broadcast at 12 p.m. to the world's No. 1 basketball brand with hundreds of millions of viewers.

Now that he has been booed like this, Li Conscience is inevitably a little unhappy for him, and this New York fan is really the most difficult to get along.

Of course, in the future, he himself was selected as a player, and if he didn't do it, he would have to stand in the player's position and scold Aunt Si together.

The five-minute hour was fast approaching, and Stern walked up to the front desk with an envelope.

In fact, for the New Orleans Hornets, this decision does not take five minutes at all.

At the moment when the champion is drawn, the candidate for the champion has been determined.

"With the first pick in the 2012 draft, the New Orleans Hornets selected Anthony Davis from the University of Kentucky!"

Stern read out a selection that everyone already knew the answer to.

Anthony Davis stood up from underneath with a big grin.

Li Liang looked at him and thought, this kid is still ugly as always, those teeth, those eyebrows, it's just amazing.

However, Li Liang still applauded him, and as a teammate and senior, he sincerely congratulated Davis on going to save New Orleans.

Davis donned the Hornets powder blue hat and took the stage to shake hands with Stern for a photo.

Davis wore a modest light gray suit today, and his figure is still very good.

After that, Stern gave the second-pick Bobcats another five minutes, and Davis stepped down to speak to reporters.

For the next two or so hours, Stern was up and down the front desk.

First, the top 15 rookies in the lottery area are selected.

These are by far considered by the top 15 players in the class of 2012.

In addition to Davis, the star show Michael Kidd Gilchrist, also known as McGee, is also from Kentucky.

For the first time in NBA history, Kentucky took the top two picks in the draft.

And off the bench, there are five more Kentucky players who are also hopeful to be drafted — one of which, of course, is not well known at the moment.

Li Liang watched the grinding and grinding of the draft meeting, and couldn't sit still, and couldn't wait to take out [Bob Knight's hair dryer] and spray wildly at the audience.

The first round was finally over, with Terrance Jones being drafted by the Rockets at No. 18 and Marquis Teague being drafted by the Bulls at No. 29.

Kentucky has four players in the first round, and they have been in the limelight for a while.

And that's not all, the second round began, and Adam Silva, vice president of the alliance, took the stage.

The audience at the scene is becoming less and less, and the draft is like this, the beginning is the climax, and the back is getting more and more boring.

Only the players, friends, and families involved in the draft will become more and more nervous.

Doron Lamb and Darius Miller, who were drafted by the Bucks and Hornets at No. 42 and No. 46, respectively.

Miller is happy now and continues to go to the Hornets to assist Anthony Davis.

In this way, all six main players of the University of Kentucky were selected and entered the NBA.

The narrators who broadcast live couldn't help but say that 2012 was the year of Kentucky.

But in the audience, there was also a Bruce Lee.

Li Liang tugged at Zhu Shu and asked, "Hey, did Ryan West say anything to you over there?" Is there a phone? Is there a text message? ”

Zhu Shu shook her head and said, "No, he said the day before yesterday that if you are ready, the Lakers will choose you." ”

Zhu Shu comforted Li Liang, although Li Liang was very confident, but it was impossible to say that he was not nervous when it came to the end.

In the draft, for various reasons, there are too many teams that change their minds at the last minute.

There are also those who cut off their beards, those who choose blindly, and those who trade suddenly.

Especially in the second round, the further you go, the greater the uncertainty.

Maybe the boss suddenly had an idea and wanted to gamble on the second-round show.

Time is passing little by little, and it has reached the last 10 picks.

The audience was almost halfway away.

Most of those who stayed were rookies, as well as their family and friends, and die-hard fans.

Many rookies, like Li Liang, sat in the back row of the audience, waiting for the judgment of fate.

This torment, this feeling of being a slave in a cage for someone to choose, is really terrible.

And some people simply did not show up, hiding in their homes or hotels, watching the live broadcast.

If selected, cheer out loud, and if not, turn off the TV.

The draft came to the 54th pick, the New Jersey Nets, which is the team that is likely to pick Li Liang.

"With the 54th overall pick in the second round, the New Jersey Nets selected, from Georgia, Tolnik Shengria!"

Li Liang listened, Shengria? What kind of birdman is this?

The Singoria didn't show up, so the stage was empty, except for a big screen showing a highlight of Sengelia playing in Spain.

Lee's conscience is a little lost, his trial with the Nets is quite good, and it would be good if he could play in New Jersey.

He looked at Bai Xiaoting on the side, there was also a hint of loss on her face, and then looked at Li Liang with encouraging eyes.

Coming to the fifty-fifth pick, the Dallas Mavericks, Silva walked up to the stage with an envelope.

He opened the envelope and hesitated for a moment before reading: "In the second round with the 55th overall pick, the Dallas Mavericks selected, from Kentucky, Bruce Lee!" ”

Without the slightest defense, Li Liang suddenly heard his name.

Dallas?

Calf? (Lone Ranger)

He was a little confused.

Zhu Shu on the side hurriedly pinched him and said, "It's you, hurry, come to the stage!" ”

Li Liang got up from his seat, and he forgot to hug Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting to celebrate.

Just walked towards the center of the stadium in a daze.

The lights came on, and everyone looked at him in amazement.

Who is he? Where did it come from? Where are you going?

Why don't you seem to have heard of it?

Those rookies who were not selected, as well as their relatives and friends, cast mixed glances at Li Liang.

But when I heard Kentucky, some people remembered that it was the water cooler that made two free throws in the final.

And Li Liang walked all the way to the stage, and someone stepped forward and handed him a calf's blue hat.

"Go up, come down to me later." It's humane.

Li Liang saw that this person was Ryan West.