Li Liang took the hat handed by Ryan West, and he was sure in his heart.

When he saw West, he guessed that the Lakers must have made a trade.

They traded a draft pick from the Mavericks and took him with the 55th pick.

Li Liang put on the blue cap of a lone ranger and walked onto the stage in a silver-gray tunic in a few steps.

Not to mention, the Maverick's blue and white hat matches the silver-gray clothes quite well, which is better than the color scheme of the Lakers in Huang Bulaji.

Li Liang walked up to Silva, who looked like an alien with a smile on his face, and shook hands with him.

"Congratulations, Bruce Lee, and I hope you do well in the NBA." Silva congratulated Li Liang very officially.

"Thank you, thank you." Li Liang shook Silva's hand and said.

His mind was a little empty, and he didn't know what to say.

Although I imagined myself being drafted by an NBA team countless times in my mind, when the dream came true, it still felt a little dreamy and unbelievable.

At the moment of shaking hands, a group of reporters in the audience slapped the stage.

Before the draft, no one knew that a Chinese player would be selected.

The TV station directors were a little confused, because after the player was selected, it was normal to broadcast the player's game highlights.

But Li Liang didn't have any NCAA highlights.

The only image is the two last-minute free throws at this year's NCAA Finals.

The TV station is undoubtedly a little embarrassed, can't you put Li Liang on a free throw, right?

The director had to cut the camera to the scene and asked the host to read Li Liang's scouting report.

But... The TV station was not prepared......

The scouting report of most of the other players was prepared by the TV station, but Li Liang did not.

Because no one expected him to be chosen.

Even if he participated in the trials of teams such as the Nets and the Timberwolves, some professional scouts gave him more pertinent evaluations.

But he still has a bad reputation in the regular media, which has to be said to be a big mistake in their work.

But they can't be blamed for that, as the vast majority of promising rookies have had profiles as early as high school.

If a player doesn't become a local tyrant in high school and can't get into the national vision, then he has no hope of getting into the NBA.

And Li Liang was obviously an accident.

There is no information about Li Liang in the regular TV media, but the online self-media is different.

At the moment when Li Liang was selected, Twitter, Ins, Facebook, as well as Weibo and basketball forums in China, a lot of news popped up at once.

On forums at home and abroad, some senior fans and self-media have long paid attention to Li Liang's draft.

The source of their information is, of course, Wei Dazhi.

Wei Dazhi broadcast a series of relevant news about Li Liang from the beginning of the trial on his social account.

From the initial lack of interest, to the Lakers' tryout and Kobe Bryant's heads-up, it caused a small number of forwards.

Later, the Nets tried out a scouting report, and more veterans paid attention.

Until now Li Liang was selected in the draft, it can be said that Wei Dazhi witnessed the whole process with his social account.

Today he came to the draft site early, squatted on the sidelines, and has been using his mobile phone to interact with the live broadcast on the Internet.

used up a power bank, and by the way, the power of the laptop was exhausted, and finally waited for the moment when Li Liang was selected.

Wei Dazhi excitedly took out his mobile phone and shot wildly on the stage, and then posted the news of Li Liang's election on his account.

His message was immediately retweeted in large numbers, and domestic forums also reposted it.

"Another Chinese can play in the NBA!"

"Who is he? Why haven't you heard of it before? ”

"I've been paying attention to it for a long time, but I didn't expect to be selected, scattering flowers."

"Maverick again? It seems that calves are a blessed land for the Chinese. ”

"Didn't you go to the Mavericks, didn't you say you tried out with the Lakers before? Also went to the Nets, there may be a trade, wait. ”

Chinese fans who have been following this draft on the forum did not expect such a surprise at the last moment.

After all, even the big TV media in the United States don't know about Li Liang's situation, let alone the Chinese sports media across the Pacific Ocean, which can only forward second-hand and third-hand news.

Wei Dazhi's Twitter and Instagram followers skyrocketed at this moment.

Search engines such as Google and Baidu have also seen a surge in searches for "Bruce Lee".

Of course, all they found was Bruce Lee.

Wei Dazhi couldn't stop laughing in the audience, he knew his dream of becoming a basketball reporter, and he took a big step forward!

Of course, he was heartily happy for Li Liang.

He can't wait to interview Li Liang!

Compared with the well-informed self-media, the TV station is in an embarrassing situation.

When Li Liang walked up to the stage to shake hands with Silva, the backstage director finally asked the assistant to turn over Li Liang's relevant news on the Internet.

The director read it, and the host at the front desk said.

It's hard to be a live broadcast host on TNS TV, who is talking nonsense about Kentucky's magical performance this year, saying that this year is a Kentucky draft year, while listening to the director's words and organizing the language in his heart.

It's easy to see Li Liang step down, and in a few words, I summarized and introduced Li Liang's characteristics, but it was also simple, "The defense is good, and I will score three points," and finally survived this paragraph.

Jeff Van Gundy, who was also on the broadcast, teased: "When I first heard his name, I thought this was the scene of the Oscars. ”

Everyone burst into laughter, they really didn't know anything about Li Liang.

At this time, Li Liang left the center stage and went to the audience to be interviewed by reporters.

The black reporter also looked a little surprised, and he reached for Li Liang and asked, "Bruce Lee?" Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? It seems like a lot of people don't know you very well. ”

Needless to say, the rookies in the lottery area have long been familiar with the journalists.

It is clear how many people in the family are single-parent families, whether they have brothers and sisters, whether they have cats or dogs.

And Li Liang seems to be as mysterious as his nationality China.

Don't look at China's growing influence in the world, and its economy is catching up with the United States.

But in the eyes of the vast majority of ordinary Americans, China is still an extremely distant and mysterious country.

For basketball fans in the United States, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi, and Yi Jianlian have opened a small window for them to understand China.

But a small window is a small window after all, and you can only see a small side of the scenery.

"I'm from China, I played for the University of Kentucky, and I'm excited to be in the NBA, it's been my dream for a long time."

Li Liang replied decently, "I'm very happy XX", "This is my dream all along." ”

This is the standard sentence structure.

The reporter nodded, and then asked, "What do you think after you enter the NBA?" Can you tell us a little bit about that? ”

Faced with this question, Li Liang was stunned for two seconds, and suddenly changed his tone and said: "Of course, it is to win the game and lead the team to win the championship." ”

The reporter looked at Li Liang with a strange look in his eyes, this kid has a lot of tone.

Even Anthony Davis, the top pick, only dared to say in an interview, I want to do my best, I want to strive to be the leader of the team, etc.

Winning the championship? A rookie with a 55-place second round?

Of course, if he is lucky, it is not impossible for him to win a championship while lying on his thighs.

But you're talking about leading the team to win the championship, who gave you the courage? Ricky Davis?

"Didn't you think about anything else? The impact on your parents, family, and those around you. ”

Li Liang shook his head and said, "No, my parents don't want me to run. I'm not in it for the money, if it's for the money, I won't go into the NBA, the NBA doesn't have much money, I can go home and work and inherit the family property. Of course, I have to thank my manager Kalipari, he helped me a lot, thank you. Today you are the biggest winner! ”

In front of the TV, Li Liang did not forget to thank his mentor in Kentucky.

However, his series of remarks are undoubtedly a bit inadequate.

The black reporter's face was impassive, but he thought to himself, this kid is really interesting.

But at this time, Li Liang's excited mood has slowly calmed down, and now he is full of only one thing, that is, to sleep and go into the system to take a look!

Because just when the reporter asked the second question, a line of subtitles appeared in front of his eyes:

[Congratulations on making it to the NBA, the achievement mode has been activated, please complete your initial mission: boast in front of the audience, you have to lead the team to win the NBA championship, and behave enough.] 】