On the evening of June 30, 1999, in the apartment in Windsor City, Meng Xu and He Hui were sitting in front of the TV, watching this year's draft, the broadcast camera swept over and over again the representatives of the teams in the audience, and more than a dozen players in the small green room, when he saw Brand, Francis, and other players, Meng Xu was also envious in his heart, the players who could be invited into the small green room were the leaders in this draft, and they were 100% selected players. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAlthough Popovich has reached a private agreement with Meng Xu and will definitely use this year's first-round pick to choose Meng Xu, Meng Xu still can't control his nervousness.

Since that time and Sean. After Elliteo's heads-up, Meng Xu stayed in San Anton'o to train with the Spurs' substitutes, and Popovich even specially formulated weight gain and physical strengthening training for Meng Xu. It was at that time that Meng Xu and the Spurs reached an agreement, the Spurs would use their first-round pick to select Meng Xu, and at the same time sign a two-year fully guaranteed contract with Meng Xu, and the corresponding Meng Xu could not participate in the training camps of other teams, even the NBA's official rookie training camp, Meng Xu was pushed off on the grounds of physical discomfort, fortunately, for the entire NBA training camp, a small shrimp like Meng Xu is a dispensable role.

Just when the two chatted without a word, the NBA draft officially began. Perhaps in compensation for the loss of Jordan, the Bulls received this year's No. 1 pick, and the Bulls undoubtedly chose Elton, the favorite power forward this year. Brand, Elton? During his two years at Duke University, Brand averaged 16.2 points, 8.9 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game, and in the 1998-99 season, he averaged 17.7 points and 9.8 rebounds per game, for which he was named NCAA Player of the Year by the Associated Press. Wooden Award. It can be said that Brad deserves to be elected this year's champion.

Soon the Vancouver Grizzlies chose the duo from the University of Maryland in second place for Steve Brown. Francis, who averaged 17 points, 5 assists and 2.8 steals per game in the '98-99 season, was the first in the ACC league in total steals with 95 and the University of Maryland with 45 three-pointers. In the 1998-1999 season, he led the University of Maryland to the top 16 in the United States. He was selected as the No. 2 team in the United States and the No. 1 team in the ACC.

The New Orleans Hornets, who are in third place, have chosen their long-awaited point guard Byron. Davis, Byron, Davis averaged 15.9 points, 5.1 assists, 3.6 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game during his college years. After signing up for this year's draft, many NBA teams threw olive branches to him, including many teams in the lottery area, including the New Orleans Hornets, but they were all rejected by Davis, because Davis most wanted to stay in his hometown and play for his hometown team, which is Los Angeles. But it backfired, and the Hornets still chose Byron without hesitation. Davis.

The Los Angeles Clippers, who hold the No. 4 pick, chose Ramall, a power forward from the University of Rhode Island? Odom, who averaged 17.6 points, 9.4 rebounds and 3.8 assists per game during his college years, made the "All-Atlantic Zone" First Team and became the NCAA Atlantic Rookie of the Year. Originally, the Los Angeles Clippers were prepared to use the No. 4 pick to select Byron. Davis's, who knew that he was cut off by the Wasps, and Lord Belle had to choose Odom, who was originally just a spare tire, on the spot.

Next, the Toronto Raptors chose high school student Jonathan with the fifth pick? Bend

The Minnesota Timberwolves, who were the sixth pick, selected the University of Miami's small forward, Wally. Szebiak.

The HSD Wizards, who were the seventh pick, chose UConn's point guard Richard? Hamilton.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, who were the eighth pick, selected University of Utah point guard Andre Brown. Miller.

The Phoenix Suns, who were the ninth pick, selected power forward Sean from the University of Las Vegas. Marion.

The Atlanta Hawks, who were the 10th pick, selected the ball-handling from the University of Arizona. Terry.

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Soon after the draft of the first 28 teams was over, David Stern took out a small note and read out the draft results of the 29th signing Spurs.

"The San Antonio Spurs chose the 29th pick, small forward Meng Xu from Wake Forest." David Stern was also surprised after reading out this result, he has been promoting the NBA to the Chinese market and the world is David Stern's tireless pursuit, originally David Stern was still surprised when he saw a Chinese face in this year's rookie list, but when he saw Meng Xu's NCAA career average of 1 point, 1 rebound, 0.1 assist, 0.1 block, 0.7 steals, David Stern was disappointed, Such a player simply cannot afford to take the NBA to the Chinese market. Now I was surprised to see that a team had selected this player from China with a first-round pick, and it was also Popovich from the Spurs, maybe this kid is not as unbearable as the data shows, and it seems that he still has to observe in the dark to see if he can afford that burden.

"Sister Hui, I was chosen." When watching David Stern read out the Spurs' draft results on the TV, Meng Xu instantly hugged He Hui in his arms, although he knew that the Spurs would choose him, but when the results were announced, Meng Xu was still excited, Meng Xu hugged He Hui tightly and kept repeating in her ear "I was selected, I was selected." ”

After experiencing a short period of helplessness, He Hui also kept stroking Meng Xu's back with his own hands, and said softly to Meng Xu, "Congratulations, you finally have the opportunity to realize your dreams." ”

Unlike Meng Xu's ecstasy and Popovich's relief, the moment the Spurs chose Meng Xu, the draft scene exploded, and the Spurs won the championship this year, although there were a lot of luck factors in it, but Popovich only took two years to bring a declining Spurs to the top, and thus became a famous coach in the NBA. Meng Xu's stats from his time at Wake Forest quickly reached every manager, and no one could figure out how Popovich could use a first-round pick to select such a player.

"Is he trying to curry favor with Stern? Could it be that they reached an agreement in private? Looking at Popovich with a smug face in his hands, and David Stern, who was like a spring breeze, Pat Riley under the stands thought a little darkly, David Stern wants to promote the NBA to China, a market with a population of 1.2 billion, which is almost a well-known thing in the NBA's manager circle, and it is no wonder that Pat Riley thinks so. For Riley, this year can be said to be the darkest season of his coaching career, winning third in the league and first in the East in the regular season, but being black-eight by his archrival New York Knicks in the first round of the playoffs, which simply made Pat Riley and his Heat team embarrassed.