"Good evening, I'm Mike Terrick, and I'm here tonight with Jay Billas, Greg Anthony, Thomas and David Aldridge on the field, for tonight's NBA Draft." At 7 p.m. ET, ESPN TV has begun its live broadcast of the draft. ESPN's black anchor Mike Terrick wore glasses and seriously analyzed the basics of the draft on the studio.

"There are three things that are very noteworthy about this draft, first, the hottest Top 3 rookie candidates are all between the ages of 18 and 19, which is the youngest in the entire history of the NBA. Second, it was the most international draft, with a total of 14 international players participating in the draft. Thirdly, this draft has the potential to have unparalleled depth, and we will not only focus on the previous drafts, but in fact the 10 to 20 picks will be worth our attention. At the same time as Terike's introduction, the three highlights of this year's draft were also played on the TV screen of the broadcast.

Young, international, and deep, this is undoubtedly an exciting talent show, with the camera constantly switching between the hosts, guests, and rookie college images, and everyone is expressing their opinions. At the scene of the draft, two ESPN reporters interviewed TJ Ford and Kirk Hinrich, respectively. The two young men didn't seem to be used to the big scene and the camera, and TJ Ford repeated the words "believe", "every-year", "every-time", and "confidence" in his mouth.

And Sinrich sat in front of a female reporter in a tube skirt and a low-cut suit, her head bowed shyly like a little boy — his hair curled up to his forehead from excessive sweat.

The reporter also interviewed Marquette University super guard Dwyane Wade, although Wade is not particularly favored because of height and knee problems, but in the eyes of some professional scouts, he may be the best player in this NBA draft except for LeBron James, if he can be two inches taller, maybe he can compete with LeBron James.

Compared with Ford and Hinrich, Wade seems more calm, and there is already a faint superstar style between his eyebrows, but the reporter did not interview him for long, and handed the microphone to TJ Ford's mouth again without saying a few words. In his pre-draft evaluation, T.J. Ford was described as having "the ability to anticipate the court like Magic Johnson and Larry Bird," but he was nothing more than a sophomore point guard at 6 feet.

The draft slowly kicked off like this, and there were about fifteen minutes before David Stern took the stage to announce the official start of the draft, and then ESPN TV began to introduce the hot top pick in this draft, or the ironclad top pick, LeBron James.

The high school player from Akron has already made a name for himself in the United States in recent years, with the likes of Shaquille O'Neal and Chris Webb all coming to watch James play. Before he entered the NBA to play a game, the 17-year-old had signed a huge seven-year, $90 million contract with Nike, which was unprecedented in the entire history of the NBA.

The TV screen began to play the footage of James in high school, and after a while, the camera was given to the Cavaliers owner Gordon Gonder, the old man looked a little excited, but he was trying his best to suppress it, and his voice trembled slightly in the face of the reporter's interview, this may be the most important draft in the history of Cleveland sports, the most important signing.

In fact, there is no suspense about the selection of the champion show, because behind the camera of the reporter's interview with Gangde, there is a jersey, which is the No. 23 of the Cavaliers, and the name printed on it is "JAMES", so the suspense of this draft is not the champion at all, but who will be ranked after LeBron James.

By 7:30 p.m., the rain in New York had stopped, and it wasn't completely dark yet, but the NBA Draft was already in full swing. David Stern stepped up to the podium as usual and said, "Good evening and welcome to the 2003 NBA Draft, thank you to the fans in New York, thank you to the audience watching the show on ESPN, thank you for your continued support of the NBA," said David Stern, as usual. The first pick in the first round of the 2003 NBA Draft went to the Cleveland Cavaliers, who will have five minutes to make their selection. ”

After saying that, Stern stepped off the podium, and in fact everyone knew that for the Cleveland Cavaliers, it didn't take five minutes to select their favorite player with the first pick, they only needed one second, and the remaining four minutes and 59 seconds were a waste of time.

Sure enough, five minutes later, when Stern returned to the podium, the audience, managers and fans in the audience had even begun to applaud early, which was a no-brainer choice, just as the Magic chose O'Neal in 1992 and Duncan in 1997.

"The Cleveland Cavaliers have selected LeBron James from St. Vincent-St. Mary's High School!" When Stern pronounced the name, loud applause finally erupted in Madison Square Garden, and LeBron James, dressed in a white suit, got up from his seat and came to the podium to shake Stern's hand.

"It was the most suspenseful five minutes of the draft, and we even knew the results a month ago, and there was no suspense, and the whole world knew about the Clevelands' choice, the Sons of Ohio. Next, the real suspense is coming, how the Boston Celtics, who unexpectedly won the pick, will make good use of their pick. The host, like everyone else, knew that the dust had already settled, and while the reporter interviewed James, he set his sights on the next choice.

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Danny Ainge was interviewed by ESPN's Aldridge before the draft officially began, and when asked how he would be chosen, Aegie played a game of words, saying, "We're going to pick the second-best player in this draft with the second pick, there's no doubt about that." ”

This is a meaningless nonsense, everyone knows that everyone wants to choose the best left, but how each team looks at those players is completely different, this year's draft is James is a standout without suspense, the rest is a battle of the best, each team will consider not only the potential of the players, but also make choices according to the needs of their own team.

However, Angie did not mean to hide it, because until five minutes before Stern walked to the podium, Angie couldn't be sure whether the Celtics and Timberwolves trade could be completed, if it could be completed, who should they choose, and if not, who should they choose, which simply made Angie's head big. For the first time as a general manager, he felt like a blind man in a transaction, and that crutch still has nowhere to be found.

Seeing James elected as the champion, it will be the Celtics' turn next, Angie is restless in his seat, judging from the conditions given by the Timberwolves, they want Milicic, but if the Timberwolves don't trade with the Celtics, then choosing Milicic is a waste for the Celtics, and Angie prefers to choose Dwyane Wade of Marquette University.

“Fuc-k，fuc-k，fuc-k！” Angie scolded in his heart, he never felt that he had been so cowardly, you must know that in the draft a year ago, he was still sitting in Boston to strategize, and now he can only run to New York to be anxious like an ant on a hot pot.

"Hello, Danny, can I do a short interview with you?" At this time, a reporter appeared out of nowhere and sat next to Danny Angie, and this time the interview was simply not picky, and Stern was back on the podium.

"No, no, no, I don't have time, wait, wait......" Angie decisively refused, Stern was already about to announce the Celtics' five-minute option, and this reporter didn't know where he came from, Angie didn't know him at all, it should be a tabloid reporter.

At this time, the reporter's hand holding the microphone was slightly released, and a small note was revealed in the palm of his hand.

Angie noticed the note, and with a thrill in his heart, he secretly took the note, and the reporter pretended to be stupid and walked away.

Angie gently opened the note, and there was only one word on it, "Darko". (To be continued.) )