"Ace, can you tell me in advance who our team is going to choose?"

"Uh-huh, Dinah wants to know!"

"Didn't you say two days ago that you had to watch the live broadcast to be surprised?"

"But now Dinah and Mom want to know, uncle...... Tell Dinah how okay......"

“……”

Liu Mang was about to tell Levia and Dinah, but felt that something was missing, as if something was wrong.

It suddenly occurred to me that there seemed to be one less person who was interested in the draft.

Liu Mang looked at the big living room, where Alexia was tinkering with something.

"Senior Sister Aida, you don't want to know who our team is going to pick?" Liu Mang shouted towards the living room.

"I don't have time, I'm preparing what I want to bring to China!"

"There's still a week, why are you in such a hurry?" Liu Mang asked curiously.

"Of course, you have to prepare early, Levia is so lazy, I have to choose two gifts, and I have to choose different ones."

"Just buy a few gifts, my parents don't pay attention to these, we are an ordinary family, in our country, we are not as good as your American middle-class family."

"It's different now! Ace, aren't you about to become a multi-millionaire? I checked, you are already a billionaire in your China now, of course it must be different! Levia and I have paid for some gifts for your relatives and neighbors, so we can't lose face on you. ”

"Listen to me, Senior Sister Aida, who did you learn this strange theory from?" Liu Mang asked with the corners of his mouth twitching.

"Aren't all TV dramas in your country like this?" Alexia asked rhetorically.

Liu Mang had long known that they should not learn Chinese, and they had been exposed to so many cultures in China, and now foreign girls are about to become local girls!

"Senior sister, don't watch those rural non-mainstream TV dramas in the future......" Liu Mang was speechless.

"Non-mainstream?"

"Uh...... It's something of feudal superstition...... Well, if you like it, I'm happy. Liu Mang thinks that the foreign girl may really change into a local girl soon!

Liu Mang has returned to Atlanta, and the ticket booked is a ticket to Shanghai on July 7, and then returns to his home in Jiaxing.

For Jiaxing, Liu Mang's impression is only zongzi......

And Liu Mang got that part of the memory, his mother opened a breakfast shop in Xitang Ancient Town, Jiaxing, his father is an electric power worker, the family is quite solid, and both parents have a very good income, because their parents are eager to hope that their son will become a dragon, in order to create a good learning environment for Liu Mang, Liu Mang began to study in Shanghai next to him, and then high school was also in Shanghai, when he was in junior high school, he was fine, he went back once a month, and he could only go back once a year at the beginning of high school, and he was still making up classes in the summer, and he went to Atlanta to study at the age of 17, the impression of home in the memory is also relatively vague.

Liu Mang was very afraid of this matter at first, but now that he was ready to go back, he became very stable in his heart.

It's just that Liu Mang didn't know if his parents would be surprised or frightened when he took two American girls and a little loli home when he came home......

Today is June 29, 2003, and the two-day postponed draft is being held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Liu Mang and Dina are all waiting for the draft to begin.

After making a fuss, I finally decided to leave a suspense and wait for the draft to start, and then see who was chosen!

Regarding the team's selection of the candidates he suggested, Liu Mang felt that it was not a big problem, because the rankings had improved a lot.

It's just that Liu Mang is very curious about who other teams want to choose.

Although Liu Mang began to get in touch with the work of the management, he knew who a team was going to choose, if it was a bad pick, it was basically planned a year or even two years ago, unless it was Yao Ming and James, otherwise who a team would choose was difficult to be influenced by the choice of other teams, unless the one he wanted to choose happened to be robbed by others, or the candidate who was originally regarded as the champion was not selected, it could lead to a series of upset drafts. It's like the 2013 draft when the Cavaliers went by the hell to pick Anthony Bennett, and then a series of drafts became weird, and the development of rookies who weren't planned to be drafted became weird.

But Liu Mang is still looking forward to things that are different from what he knows, anyway, they are all playing with those lotto teams, what they want to come up with, Liu Mang can have a good time.

……

The draft meeting started at six o'clock in the evening, and Liu Mang and the others waited in front of the TV at five o'clock in the afternoon, saying that it started at six o'clock, but in fact, some other things were already being broadcast at four o'clock.

Interviews with rookies, team owners, coaching staff, and family members of some hot rookies, like LeBron James's mother, who was already wearing a T-shirt with 1st on it, was shouting at the camera: "I said that one day my son will be a millionaire!" I said it! ”

Finally, at six o'clock, David Stern appeared in the picture after an ad was shown on the TV screen.

"Ladies and gentlemen......" David Stern began with the same opening remarks every year, "...... First, we're looking forward to the Cleveland Cavaliers' selection as the No. 1 pick. ”

After David Stern finished speaking, he left the center of the stage, and the big screen behind the center of the stage began to play the highlights of the top picks, while the TV screen directly switched to and.

The Cavaliers have three minutes to think about it, but what else is there to think about with the No. 1 pick? The envelope, which had been prepared when I arrived this afternoon, was immediately presented to the officials.

played the highlights for more than a minute, that is, the hot rookies one by one, and then switched to the three top favorites, LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, and Darko Milicic.

James said this to his mother with a smile, not as excited as his mother, but the excitement in his eyes was also indispensable, and he was finally about to come out.

Anthony is sullen but has a very domineering appearance, a standard bad boy, and is a little shy in front of Liu Mang, a senior, wearing a suit actually has a feeling of being a gangster, which has attracted the attention of many female fans.

Milicic, the standard little white face, is different from the big fat man in the future Timberwolves, and now belongs to the handsome little guy with a wide body but still thin, and he does not have the rough feeling of an Eastern European man, but ...... Luo Niang, because he came to the United States alone, there was only an agent next to him, and when the camera arrived at him, he was a little at a loss, and his mental endurance can be seen.

When the three minutes were up, David Stern came to center stage again with an envelope.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the Cleveland Cavaliers picked ...... with the first pick," David Stern pulled out a long end note, "LeBron James from St. Mary's High School......

After David Stern finished speaking, the camera showed James who was smiling with a very calm expression, James kissed his mother on the cheek, didn't care about the tears on his mother's face, hugged his mother and friends, and then came to the stage and shook hands with David Stern.

David Stern immediately left the stage, not to mention the next team ready, and the next three minutes were a brief interview with James and a highlight reel of James' high school and various commercial games after the high school league play.

There is no suspense about the ownership of the champion, even if Wade was once very popular, Bosh and Milicic were also popular for a while, but Anthony, who has always been hot, has no way to threaten James's champion status, let alone others.

Liu Mang was not surprised to see James become the champion, this is not at all to say that they can be shaken by blowing a wave of Wade, or by a certain oil-headed hired sailor on the South Coast to blow a wave of Bosh and Milicic.

The second pick, which is the most suspenseful, is the most likely to trigger a chain reaction that will lead to a completely different pattern of drafts in this year's high-pick zone than previous draft predictions.

Mainly because the Pistons are a strong team, a team with more than 50 wins, and they shouldn't have the second pick in a draft year, which is even more bizarre than the Lakers as the defending champion to get the 83-year champion, 83 is a draft year, and there are less than a number of rookies who became All-Stars.

In the '03 draft, there were as many as 10 players who were considered to have the talent to become the core of the team, and the Pistons had a very good lineup, with a core and role players, and it was difficult to predict who they would pick.

Of course, if theoretically speaking, the first favorite is selected, and the second favorite, such as Anthony, is the best choice, but this kind of thing is not accurate.

In the eyes of many fans of lottery teams, the Pistons are a demon who controls the future of other lottery teams except the Cavaliers.

……

In the Pistons' room, there are four pieces of stationery in front of the Pistons' newly announced head coach Larry Brown and owner Bill Davidson, respectively with the names of Anthony, Wade, Bosh and Milicic.

When Larry Brown first arrived with the Pistons, he originally wanted to pick a high school forward to replace Ben Wallace, but Larry Brown still wanted to use a high school forward, so selecting Milicic was the original plan.

Yugoslavs, center-forwards, big and tall, give the impression of a defensive gate plus great skill.

They have already planned the selection of power forward, because Clifford Robinson is too old to be good, the Pistons knew that the Warriors used two years to poach Clifford Robinson, the Pistons did not keep Clifford Robinson, and Larry Brown's target was Rashid Wallace, so the Pistons management inquired.

Larry Brown knows Rashid Wallace too well, because the two are alumni and have a good relationship, knowing that Rashid Wallace is a very gentle person in private, completely different on and off the court, and the two have also donated money together to do charity.

But the Trail Blazers want a star outside, otherwise they want the Pistons' No. 2 pick this year, Larry Brown is of course no problem, although he wants a big center to come off the bench, but to get Rasheed Wallace, what else do they need to be replaced, but this matter Pistons owner Bill Davidson firmly disagrees.

Just like Angie, Bill Davidson didn't want to spend too much on Rashid Wallace at all, and he wouldn't even be willing to ask about trading Rashid Wallace if it weren't for Larry Brown's strong recommendation of Rashid Wallace.

This is the second lottery of 2003! It is possible to pick the next Jordan signing!

Originally, he couldn't trade Rasheed Wallace directly, and Larry Brown was not in a hurry, because he felt that the Rashid Wallace Trail Blazers couldn't sell it with such a big mouth, so he waited for the Trail Blazers to rob when they couldn't help but want to sell it, who knew that the Hawks stepped in sideways and snatched Rasheed Wallace away!

Then the Pistons inquired about the Hawks, and the Hawks directly said that Rasheed Wallace was not for sale.

Now the Pistons urgently need a power forward, otherwise they can only use the 02 Turkish interior Oku to play power forward, that movement speed and single defense ability, Larry Brown looks at it and worries.

But now there are too many options in front of the Pistons, and they are still hesitant who to choose, and although they want power forward, Wade and Anthony are too tempting.

Officials from the coalition have come to urge.

Bill Davidson made up his mind, picked up a piece of stationery, looked at it, put it in an envelope, and handed it to the league officials.

"......" Larry Brown didn't speak, and when he saw the piece of letter that was picked up, he acquiesced.

……

David Stern is once again taking center stage, and the real suspense of this moment comes, how will the Pistons "manipulate" this draft?

Watching David Stern open the envelope, the people in the Nuggets' room were tugging, the oil in the Heat room's was tugging, only the Raptors management with the fourth pick was not afraid of things at all, the top three picks were selected first, and the rest they were able to take it.

After David Stern opened the letter, he didn't drag on like a director whose hairline made a certain No. 23 player feel like he had found a loved one, but said directly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Detroit Pistons selected Georgia State Chris Bosh with the second pick!" ”

The Nuggets management breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly put Anthony's name on it, and they couldn't wait to stuff it out as soon as the league officials arrived at them.

Bosh was so excited, he was promoted from the fourth or fifth pick he originally predicted to the second pick, and his salary increased a lot! I celebrated and hugged my friends.

Immediately following with the third pick, David Stern said, "Ladies and gentlemen, the Denver Nuggets drafted Carmelo Anthony from Syracuse University in New York with the third pick! ”

In addition to Nuggets fans, there are also New York fans, Anthony was originally a native of New York, grew up in New York, and studied in New York, so he will want to go back to New York to play in the future, and his popularity in New York is much higher than the so-called New York son Marbury in the future, and the local fans brought by the NCAA are very fanatical and loyal.

On the Heat team's side, although the oil head saw that the top three picks did not choose Wade, he was still uneasy, although the Raptors theoretically needed the inside line, but Carter and the Raptors management did not agree, and Carter's popularity has declined seriously this year, and it is not impossible for the Raptors to change the outside core.

Seeing that the top three picks were selected, David Stern once again walked onto the stage, and Pat Riley's heart was already hanging.

That's it!

David Stern opened the letterhead: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Toronto Raptors selected Darko Milicic from Serbia with the fourth pick!" ”

Pat Riley almost burst into tears, he could have easily accepted Wade, but he was disturbed, causing him to work hard to promote Bosh and Milicic in the past half a month, finally, seeing that the Raptors who needed frontcourt players accepted Milicic, Pat Riley finally accepted Wade!