The night before the draft began, the sports news was full of the disappearance of various top picks, and if nothing else, the top picks should be among Fultz, Ball, and Tatum.

Cheng Lei's participation in the draft did not even cause a little wave, and everyone seemed to have forgotten Cheng Lei's extremely outstanding performances.

The Philadelphia 76ers have been the No. 1 pick for several years in a row, and they already have a very good cornerstone Embiid in the team, and now, they need to pair him with a good point guard, or shooting guard.

In the box of the 76ers, there was also a heated discussion.

From the perspective of their needs, Fultz and Bauer, the two top picks, are more suitable for the current team.

"Shall we choose Fultz or Bauer?" The managers and coaches of the team are in the midst of a final discussion.

"I'm still more optimistic about Fultz, Ball's dad has a big mouth, and his shooting is too unstable, compared to it, Fultz's growth will be even better!"

"However, Ball has a good sense of the big picture and a wide passing vision, which may be a good match for Embiid!"

"Embiid's offensive ability is very comprehensive, in fact, we don't need too much to be global, we need a guy with good outside offensive ability now!"

After some discussion, the 76ers finally selected Markellefultz.

The envelope with Fultz's name on it was handed over, and NBA commissioner Xiao Hua opened the envelope with a smile on his face, and after seeing the name on it, he scooped it towards the crowd below.

The crowd below was nervous, and those who thought they were the top candidates clenched their fists nervously, not daring to look up at the stage.

Cheng Lei is like a nobody, he won't choose himself anyway, just take a look.

Before the draft, judging from what Coach Roy and they knew, Cheng Lei should not be selected in the first pick, and there should be no problem in being selected in the second round.

Cheng Lei has officially played a few games in total, and his understanding of Cheng Lei is also tightly stuck in those games, and the reference value is not very high, but in just a few games, Cheng Lei's potential is still good.

Therefore, based on past experience, Coach Roy judged that Cheng Lei should be selected in the second round.

"The first pick in the first round in 2017, the Philadelphia 76ers chose to," Xiao Hua looked at the middle of the court, smiled and paused for a moment, and reported the name of the champion: "Markellefultz!" ”

The 76ers ultimately chose Fultz, a first-year from the University of Washington, and his best template was the Rockets' James Harden, who rated him every day as a talented guard with well-rounded skills and equal scoring ability, especially good at switching tempos on offense.

"Let's congratulate Markelle Fultz from the University of Washington!" After Xiao Hua finished speaking, he took the lead and applauded.

Fultz hugged the people around him excitedly, and hurriedly walked on the stage, at this moment, he was very excited, and took the hat with the mark of the 76ers, Fultz hugged Xiao Hua excitedly.

Then, the acceptance speech that was prepared in advance was spoken.

Fultz was drafted, and later, the Los Angeles Lakers chose Lonzo Ball, and since Kobe Bryant's retirement, the Lakers have been looking for someone who can carry the banner, and Ball, is the person they need.

When he heard Dalong Fox's name, Cheng Lei raised his head and looked at Dalong who was walking to the stage, this guy's ranking was so high, which was a bit unexpected by Cheng Lei.

Daron Fox, the sixth pick in the first round, was drafted by the Kings.

Sure enough, Coach Roy guessed correctly, in the first round, no team chose Cheng Lei, as he said before the start, he still needs to show himself more.

Cheng Lei was a little sleepy when he heard this, and his thoughts had already flown to other places.

Suddenly, someone around him pushed him, and Cheng Lei found that everyone was looking at him.

"Congratulations!" Sterling Brown said on the side.

At this time, Cheng Lei was being introduced on the stage, "A talented boy from North Carolina, a top defensive soldier, an 18-year-old future Chinese light, Cheng Lei!" ”

The eighteen-year-old reported here is Cheng Lei's imaginary age, if you want to say one year, in fact, Cheng Lei is only sixteen years old.

Although Cheng Lei's draft is not as good as his predecessors Da Yao and Yi Di, as a person with a huge market behind him, Xiao Hua introduced Cheng Lei a little more than other players.

"Let's congratulate Team Rocket for once again bringing Chinese elements into the team!"

The applause at the scene continued to ring.

Cheng Lei didn't have any relatives here, so Hicks and Morgan came to cheer, and after hugging the two, Cheng Lei walked onto the stage.

"Thank you Team Rocket for giving me this opportunity, and thank you to everyone who has helped me, I will continue to work hard!" Cheng Lei didn't prepare lines in advance, so he said a few words casually.

The draft ended in a lively atmosphere, and Cheng Lei had a week to go back and prepare things, and then, go to the Houston Rockets to report.

Cheng Lei's name, after the end of the draft, actually overwhelmingly grabbed the domestic sports headlines, an unknown Chinese, actually participated in the draft, and was also selected.

Although the ranking is not as loud as Da Yao's champion, they were also selected by the Rocket team, and everyone's expectations for Cheng Lei suddenly popped up.

After Wu Chunlei learned about this, he was very happy, he didn't expect that Cheng Lei really went to participate in the draft, and he was really selected.

Li Mengyao has always been a basketball fan, of course, she pays attention to the NBA draft, and when she saw Cheng Lei being selected, she was stunned and opened her mouth wide, and she didn't know what to say.

Half a day later, I excitedly dialed Tricory's phone.

"Jiayue, guess who I just saw on TV?"

"Say, it's the star you like again!"

"Hehe, I can't say I'm afraid I'll scare you!" Li Mengyao pretended to be mysterious.

"You're not going to say you've seen Kobe play again, are you? The last time Kobe Bryant retired, didn't you still cry! Zhuo Jiayue said with a smile.

"Kobe Bryant is my idol, not to mention my idol, I saw the person you have been thinking about today!"

Zhuo Jiayue's face flushed for no reason, "You are talking nonsense, how can he be on TV!" ”

"You wait, I'll send you a screenshot!"

After a while, Zhuo Jiayue received a few photos, clicked away, Zhuo Jiayue was surprised and helpless, isn't this the person she thought.

was actually selected by Team Rocket, and there has been no news of Cheng Lei for a long time, and when I knew his news again, I didn't expect that he had become a member of Team Rocket.

"Mom, I don't want to go to North Carolina, I'm going to the University of Houston!"

"Why don't you go to North Carolina anymore? It's all in touch over there! Zhuo Jiayue's mother said.

"I think the University of Houston is a better fit for me!" Zhuo Jiayue said softly.

"That's okay, after this decision, you can't go back!"

Tricher nodded.

I have a lot of expectations for Houston in my heart, Cheng Lei, are you still thinking about me?