New York, founded in 1624 and now under the jurisdiction of the State of New York, is the financial and economic center of the United States, the largest city and port, and the largest city in the world, ranking first among the three "world cities", and its every move is affecting the world all the time.

And basketball, which is very popular in the United States, is even more vividly reflected in New York.

The location of the NBA draft, Madison Square in New York, also known as Garden Square, has witnessed countless top basketball superstars enter the NBA stage, and similarly, countless proud people have gone to the trough.

Compared to this sacred square, there is another sport that is popular in New York, although it is the same as basketball, but it is also a separate sport, and this sport is street basketball.

And the most influential street court in New York is none other than Harlem Rock Park.

Since 60 years ago, Rock Park has been a mecca for streetball, and it's as old as the NBA. In 1946, Holcomby Locke, a New York Park Department clerk, founded a summer basketball league when he was determined to find some amusement for the idle children of Harlem on sweltering summer nights. The main headache for the park is that the net at Rock Park always fell apart in less than two days, and eventually the park manager simply stopped changing the net, so to this day the bare hoop is still a striking symbol of the street court.

The Nets' role is to slow down the ball's fall, and it's also a striking sign when shooting from distance. As a direct consequence of the absence of the Nets, early streetball rarely had long-range shots, and players liked to score with dunks or layups, for which they had to dangle their defenders first. The fancy style of street ball was born, but there were no crotch dribbles and the best players were only good at changing directions.

Here, there have been many active or retired NBA top superstars, but here, they no longer have the aura of stars, they are just ordinary people, because even the basketball fierce man as strong as Kobe Bryant has been completely blown up here.

Iverson, James, Wade, Kobe...... Many people are frequent visitors here, because of the difference between street basketball and traditional basketball, they are also the role of being challenged by others, of course, there are not many who can really take advantage of it.

On June 23, U.S. time (24th Beijing time), Huang Xiang slowly walked into Rock Park in Harlem, which is the street court he has longed for countless times, and today, he finally saw it.

"It seems that the environment here is really not very good, but, hehe, the atmosphere is really good." Huang Xiang looked at the scenery in front of him and said with a smile to Nate beside him.

"Huang Xiang, hehe, to be honest, you kid really don't understand Locke, you can only find true beauty here at night." Nate glanced at Huang Xiang and said with a smile.

Hehe, Huang Xiang glanced at Nate, he came to New York with this one friend, and he could only come to him, but Nate. Robinson is really interesting enough to take himself to play for a long time.

Huang Xiang didn't end up after going around, he didn't want to go up and make a move, after all, they are all masters here, and if they make a mistake, they will become the laughing stock of others, although this is nothing, but he still doesn't like the feeling of being embarrassed.

But the main point is that Huang Xiang's street basketball is nothing compared to these guys.

Eventually, they returned to Nate's home, where Zhang Ping was negotiating with them in Cleveland, and the Cavaliers decided to stay with only Jamison, Davis, Vallejo, Gibson, Sessions, Hickson, Hollins, and Alonzo this year, leaving eight people behind.

Second, the Cavaliers brass just reached a deal with the Bulls to trade Samuels and Eyenga for the Bulls' 30th pick in the first round.

Haaland Gaudi and Elden traded for the Timberwolves' 20th first-round pick, and the Cavaliers, who have four first-round picks, were not satisfied with this, and they changed their tactics again.

The 30th pick in the first round, plus $1 million, reached a deal with the Celtics in exchange for Big Shark O'Neal and Weaver, so O'Neal returned to the Cavaliers. The reason for recalling O'Neal is that this guy has too much experience in the competition, and he still has some energy, and he can give Huang Xiang more help.

The remaining players are either out of contract or out of contract, and the Cavaliers maintain a 10-player roster, however, this has not calmed down.

On the evening of the 23rd, the Cavaliers and the Rockets have been negotiating for a long time, but from the smiles on their faces after they went out, they knew that the two seemed to have reached some kind of agreement, and on the 24th of US time, the rumors came.

The media began to report that the Rockets and the Cavaliers are going to swap stars, and Byron Davis and Yao Ming may swap owners, although there is a certain gap in value between the two, but Yao Ming, who has not played for two years, still has to pay a little more than the energetic Davis.

At the same time, some media broke the news that the Cavaliers' top management secretly contacted the former NBA scoring champion in Turkey, Allen Iverson, however, this is just a rumor, whether it is true or not, no one knows.

Even more frightening is the rumor that the Cavaliers are vying for Rondo for a young guard, and others say they're targeting Queen Bee Paul.

On the morning of the 24th, at Nate Robinson's New York villa, Huang Xiang and Nate were playing a basketball game in the game machine hall, NBA2K11, and had a lot of fun.

Today's task is to play first, and then go to the airport to pick up Huang Xiang's family and friend group, and then participate in the draft.

After the game ended, Nate drove the car to continue their game, and Huang Xiang finally realized how hospitable this guy was.

After going around for half a day, he drove straight to New York International Airport, Ouyang Xiang and Huang's mother, Huang's father, Ouyang Mingyang, and the four of them had already flown to the United States by plane yesterday, and according to the time, it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.

"Huang, you know what, you're going to be a world celebrity tonight." Nate glanced at Huang Xiang and grinned to give Huang Xiang the feeling of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

"Well, to be honest, I really have a little bit to look forward to." Huang Xiang said unceremoniously.

"Hehe, I really envy you, I've been doing it for so long, and the current team makes me even more unhappy." Nate said with a smile, but he was also very helpless, he played well in the Celtics, but he still couldn't integrate with that kind of superstar-studded team.

In the end, Nate left the Celtics, and his style of play was too independent to fit into the Celtics system.

"Rest assured, you'll be able to settle into the new team." Huang Xiang said lightly, in fact, he is not very optimistic about this guy, it is very simple, no team likes such a unique person.

"Huang Xiang, I heard that you have decided to transfer Chris. Paul grabbed your team? Park the car on the side of the road, the New York International Airport is in front of you, park the car and turn your head to look at Huang Xiang and say.

"Who said that? Come on, there's no way this guy is here, and besides, I'm a when he's here. Now I'm quite familiar with Nate, and I don't care about joking at all.

Listening to Huang Xiang's words, Nate shook his head, forget it, let's take care of myself.

Half an hour later, the plane from China to New York slowly descended, Huang Xiang and Nate got up slightly, and the main owner finally came.

When the people in the plane walked out of the airport, Huang Xiang saw his parents from a distance, and looked at the side, Ouyang Xiang and Ouyang Mingyang were behind them.

"Hehe, Mom and Dad, Xiang'er, Grandpa." Huang Xiang stepped forward and hugged everyone.

Looking at Huang Xiang in front of him, Ouyang Mingyang gave him a punch fiercely, boy, it's out.

"Son, come, let mom see, are you nervous?" Huang's mother pulled Huang Xiang closer and looked up and down, her son has finally embarked on the road of his dreams, what could be happier than this?

"It's okay, Mom, let's go, this is my friend, Nate. Robinson, hehe, I'm living with him now. Huang Xiang took Netra to his side and introduced the four of them.

Nate smiled honestly at Huang's father and Huang's mother, and then saw Ouyang Xiang on the side, his eyes widened, Huang Xiang, this guy, is too lucky.

"Uncle and aunt, let's go, get in the car." Nate opened his car door, gave a polite look at the four of them, and said with a smile.

"Thank you." Dad Huang replied and everyone got into the car, Huang Xiang sat in the co-pilot's seat, fortunately, it was an RV that came today, otherwise so many people really couldn't fit it.

It was already 3 o'clock in the afternoon when he returned to Nate's house, and after a short rest and a light meal, Huang Xiang chatted with the four of them, while Robinson returned to his room, unable to understand Chinese at all, and it was useless to stay there.

"Huang Xiang, the draft will be held in the evening, can he really be selected by the first pick?" Ouyang Mingyang looked at his grandson-in-law with bright eyes, this guy is now an NBA star, hehe, his granddaughter is really a good life.

"Well, now my agent is still in a meeting with the Cavaliers, and the draft will be held in the evening, so everyone must go early." Huang Xiang looked at everyone and laughed.

Looking at Huang Xiang who was so confident, several people were happy for him, and Huang Xiang also knew that his dream and the sustenance of his family would soon come true.

On the evening of June 24, U.S. time, Madison Square Garden, New York, USA, basketball players from all over the world gathered here.

"Hi Kevin." After taking his seat, Huang Xiang turned around and saw Garnett, who was in the second row, sitting there, chatting with Ray Allen, and walked up to greet him with a slight smile.

"Huang, my God, I finally saw you, didn't you say to help me, please, you're too boring, I heard that the Cavaliers are going to use the champion draft you." Garnett punched Huang Xiang in the chest and said jokingly.

"Hehe, I can't control this matter, otherwise you can come to the Knights, so that our brothers can fight together." Huang Xiang also jokingly punched Garnett, and beckoned to Allen at the same time.

"You kid, hmph, it's not good to see you, as for helping you, I don't have this plan yet." Garnett said with a smile.

"Well, then I'll go back first, and we'll talk later." Huang Xiang saw David walk on the field and immediately returned to his seat, the draft is about to start.

(Amen.) Everyone has a lot of support, thank you, hehe, rest early in the evening, especially the brothers of the college entrance examination, good night)