For NBA fans around the world, June 27, 2013 was the day of the world's attention.

Although it is recognized as a small year for the draft, this has not reduced the attention of the draft conference in the slightest.

Unlike previous drafts, this year's draft was moved from Madison Garden to Barclays Center in Brooklyn.

Since 2010, when Russian businessman Mikhail Prokhorov bought the Nets, he has been working on the team's relocation plan, and it was finally officially completed last year.

The team changed its name from the New Jersey Nets to the Brooklyn Nets.

The new Barclays Center became the world's first arena to cost more than $1 billion.

From the sleek and trendy exterior to the luxurious and elegant interiors, Prokholov's financial strength and ambition to build a king are all undertaken.

The former head coach of the Nets, "Little General" Avery Johnson, expressed his admiration for this luxurious arena in one sentence -

"If Madison in New York is the 'Mecca' of basketball, then the Barclays Center is the 'Taj Mahal.'"

Placed side by side with the mecca of Madison Square Garden, it shows just the glory of this new arena.

And for the NBA, which is a commercial league, the draft location was shifted from Madison to Barclays.

In order to support Prokhorov's billion-dollar foreign investment, it is also to see the special geographical environment and diverse population composition of Brooklyn.

It's a win-win.

Besides.

The draft was also the last to be hosted by NBA Commissioner of Merit David Stern.

The latter has officially announced that he will step down as NBA commissioner in February 2014.

For this highly decorated leader, although there are always some things that have made him criticized by the outside world after 30 years of ups and downs, no one dares to question his achievements.

It started in 1984 when David Stern first appeared on the stage of history.

Through strong commercial packaging, star strategy, and international promotion, the NBA has grown into one of the most successful professional sports leagues in the world, with annual operating revenues of more than $3 billion, spread to 215 countries in 43 languages.

Hundreds of millions of fans!

It has also made the NBA a basketball mecca, and has become the supreme temple that countless basketball players want to join it!

So when this old man with gorgeous hair and an inconspicuous height slowly walked from behind the scenes, the crowded Barclays Center erupted.

Everyone spontaneously got up from their seats, shouting and clapping their hands.

Deng Hongfei is also one of them, and his eyes are full of admiration and admiration.

The sound seemed to lift the steel ceiling, and the thick floor seemed to tremble gently.

There is no doubt that he is one of the great professional managers in the world today!

The old man was seventy-two years old, and he was no longer as youthful and energetic as he had been when he first stood on the pulpit thirty years ago.

But his eyes still sparkled with wisdom.

"First of all, I think I should say thank you to all of you for not booing me today."

With a calm smile, Stern touched the microphone, and the first words he said were filled with laughter, and the warm atmosphere suddenly became cheerful.

For him, this seemingly casual joke opening sentence has carried the vicissitudes of thirty years of ups and downs.

No one knows how many boos, rolls of eyes, doubts, sarcasm, and ridicule he has carried over the years.

No one knows how much this sentence contains the seemingly casual and breezy freedom when he is about to leave.

After all, the wheel of history is moving inexorably forward, and no matter how great the person is, he will retire.

The end of one era inevitably heralds the beginning of another.

And the new era officially kicked off with David Stern's first chosen name......

"I am announcing that the first player to be drafted in the 2013 draft was Anthony Bennett from Canada, from the University of Nevada."

Champion Lang is shocked!

Anthony Bennett, who was just read his name, was shocked and dazed, and he didn't expect that he would be elected champion.

To know the prediction order of the previous major platforms, he has been hovering between three and six.

The surprise did not last long, and it was quickly replaced by an ecstatic smile.

After hugging each other with family and friends, he walked up to the stage wearing a Cleveland Cavaliers cap and stood side by side with David Stern, shaking hands and taking pictures.

As a small year in the draft, there is no crushing genius, and the order in front is not as small as the big year of the draft.

Bennett's surprise election is a testament to this.

On the big screen behind Stern, the Orlando Magic team emblem emerged.

This represents the second sign, which is from the Magic.

"I announce that the second player selected in the 2013 Draft is Victor Oladipo from Indiana University!"

For players in the United States, Stern would skip nationality and go straight to his university.

Oladipo excitedly put on his magic hat and walked onto the podium, while his relatives had tears of excitement on their faces.

Years of hard work have finally paid off!

Looking at Oladipo, Deng Hongfei, who was sitting at the far end, also pursed his lips and smiled, expecting his name to be pronounced out of Stern's mouth......

"I announce that the third player to be drafted in the 2013 draft is Otto Porter from Georgetown University!"

One name after another was crossed, but I never heard the three words Deng Hongfei.

Chinese fans watching the live broadcast in front of the TV clenched their fists.

Some fans with poor patience have already scolded on the Internet, "I guess I lost the election!" ”

"I know that it is the wind and rain, and most of it is a useless waste material, which has been blown into the sky by the media."

"I guess there's no hope."

Although the lotto area is not finished yet, many people are already starting to lose patience.

Deng Zhilong and Chen Linna sat nervously on the sofa, holding hands together, staring intently.

Next to them, Shen Yan was also there.

Soon after Deng Hongfei left early for Brooklyn to go through the draft procedures, she still rushed to Seattle and accompanied the two elders.

Every time David Stern opens his mouth, he tugs at their heartstrings, and even countless others.

In China, Shuangqing University, densely packed people sat on the big playground, and the school specially hung a curtain for the teachers and students of the whole school to broadcast the live broadcast of this draft meeting.

For this NBA player who is likely to leave his school, the school leaders attach great importance to it.

Song Jianzhang sat in the crowd, and kept muttering, "You must be chosen!" ”