Chapter 30: The Draft

On June 29, 1995, the NBA Draft was held at the Sky Dome Arena in Toronto, Canada. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The 22,900-capacity multipurpose arena is home to the Raptors, a team that has just joined the NBA and is eligible to host the draft, but there aren't many rookies who want to play in Canada at the moment.

Generally speaking, the annual NBA Draft is a time when trades are high, and teams tend to set off a first-round trade wave at this time, and many operations, including draft picks, will appear.

According to some of the rumors gathered so far, multiple teams are interested in trading further for more draft picks, or trading up for higher picks. Especially the teams that hold the top picks, they are the ones that many teams are vying to negotiate.

In fact, if the offer is tempting enough, every draft pick could be a trade chip, including the prized "No. 1 pick."

The Warriors had planned to make a trade with the Knicks before, but unfortunately the deal came to an abrupt end with Don Nelson being swept away!

Now most people think that Don Nelson was fired completely self-inflicted, like him to use the four centers to trade a top pick, it is said that he is still ready to choose an Australian high school student, and fans all over the United States and Canada think he must be crazy!

That's right, maybe the "mad scientist" had an early onset of Alzheimer's disease, otherwise how could he have such a ridiculous idea?

New York fans are now eager to set off a few strings of firecrackers to congratulate the team's quick response, this kind of trade is simply a joke about the future of the Knicks, that Chinese-American mixed-race has the strength of the first round is hard to say, and he still dreams of being the champion and wants to replace Ewing?

Some New York fans even complained with deep malice: Is it confirmed that this guy is not the illegitimate son of Don Nelson and a dishwasher?

Zhang Fu has been frantically stepped on by various media recently, which may have been caused by human factors at the beginning, but then it was completely following the trend.

But it is such a player who is not welcomed in public opinion that he was also invited to the draft today. And as a member of the "Little Green House", this shows that Zhang Mao is actually very optimistic about various teams, and it is not the market at the end of the round predicted by the media.

"NBA Green House", this is a special term in the NBA draft. In the NBA draft, players who receive an official invitation to enter the draft green house are generally voted on by the general manager of the NBA team, and the final decision is made by the vice president of the league.

Of the hundreds of players who participate in the draft every year, only about 15 can be selected, and these players who enter the small green house can be accompanied by relatives and friends at the draft site. In the draft, players who are selected by each team will be given a cap by the officials on the field to pick their team, and then go on stage to shake the hand of NBA commissioner David Stern.

The "Little Green House" is also an alternative focus for the NBA draft every year, and the 14-man roster includes Joe Smith, Damon Stoudemire, Antonio McDyce, Jerry Stackhouse, Rasheed Wallace, Kevin Garnett, Bryant Levi, Brent Barry, Michael Finley, Kurt Thomas, Ed O'Banon, Gary Trent, Bob Sula, and Zhang Mao

Zhang Qian naturally saw a few guys who made him unpleasant at the scene, but except for those bastards who had already formed a grudge against him, the other rookies all stepped forward to say hello to Zhang Qi after meeting.

The outside media can talk nonsense, but they all know that Zhang Zhu is not as bad as reported in the media, and with his excellent performance in the joint trial camp, Zhang Zhu is fully qualified to hit the lotto zone, and that 5v5 confrontation has impressed them to this day.

Australia also broadcast this draft today, Zhang Wei knew that his little girlfriend would definitely watch the live broadcast in front of the TV, and today he deliberately wrote the English name of his little girlfriend on the hat, and then drew a red heart behind the name.

Zhang Wei felt that the effect of this should be able to leave him with a card money.

Sure enough, when the live broadcast footage was given to him, Zhang Yu opened the girl's attribute panel again, compared with the data viewed two hours ago, this time there was really a big change-

Zhang Baizhi: Age 15 years old, height 159cm, weight 81 pounds, boyfriend: Zhang Fu, *** times: 36 times, number of sexual partners: 1.

Favor: 83 (79) ↑

Jealousy: 72 (72)-

Submissive: 76 (75) ↑

***76(75)↑

Debauchery: 71 (73) ↓

Tada: 78 (76) ↑

"Awesome, how do I feel that I can coax girls, even if I don't use a card, I can do it." Zhang Qi saw that he had played a little trick, and the attributes of his little girlfriend immediately rose across the board, which was almost catching up with the effect of a silver-level [Love Card].

The rabbit butler said lazily on the side: "Cards can only affect people's mood, and many means can achieve the same effect, so if you have time, make a few more phone calls to care, it is likely to be better than the effect of you using cards to monitor all day." ā€

Zhang Wei doesn't believe that cards only have this effect, but his desire for Zhang Baizhi is indeed far greater than his love, and the reason why he is willing to use cards for her is more out of his inner possessiveness.

When he didn't get this system, he broke up with his ex very decisively, because he knew that it was quite dangerous to step on two boats with one foot, and it was easy to beat chickens and eggs.

But now with this harem system, he won't easily let his ex fall into the arms of others anymore.

Now Zhang Fu would rather use a card to raise Xiao Baizhi than cheapen others.

"You're so selfish!" The rabbit butler shook his head, not bothering to care what kind of psychology this guy had, it was not his responsibility.

"Leon, nervous?" Arne Trim, as Zhang Zhu's agent, can also enter the small green house before the draft begins, and at this moment, seeing Zhang Zhu's somewhat absent-mindedness, I thought he was nervous.

When Zhang Yu heard his agent's words, he hurriedly shook his head: "How could it be, but I do want to know how many picks I will be selected." ā€

Three days ago, the father and son finally hired Arne Trim as their agent, who belongs to SFX Sports and has stars such as O'Neal, Reggie Miller, Jason Kidd, and even more stars under SFX Sports.

Zhang Mo didn't want to choose this kind of big company, but after the trial, he saw a lot of reports in the media that deliberately suppressed Zhang Mao, and the two fathers and sons knew that they must choose an agent company with a wide enough network and strong enough strength in this industry, otherwise the problems in the media alone will not be settled.

SFX Sports is now one of the four major agents in the United States, O'Neal and Reggie Miller are also among the hottest stars at the moment, Kidd was last season's best rookie, this agency and Arne Trim's strength need no doubt, the only question is whether Zhang Mao can get the attention of the other party?

And this has to be fought for by his own performance, of course, people who have no strength will not be taken seriously, and they will naturally be valued if they play at a high level.

Zhang has only a three-year agent contract with SFX Sports, because according to the NBA's newly implemented rookie rules, first-round rookies can only sign a three-year contract with the team, so his agent contract is also signed for three years, which is beneficial to both parties.

Arne Trim comforted from the sidelines: "Don't worry, I was there during the joint tryout, and you won't fall out of the lottery zone with your performance." However, if we had established a cooperative relationship earlier, the public opinion about you in the market these days would not be what it is now, and we would have been able to give you the influence of the top competitor. ā€

Zhang Wei felt that there was an element of deception in his heart, but he had been stepped on in the media in the past few days, and it did make him understand what it means to be deep in the wine alley.

Of course, there is no problem with his strength, and now he has suffered the loss of public opinion.

If his fame is loud enough, Don Nelson won't necessarily be fired at the speed of light.

Arne Trim didn't have the idea of operating O'Neal to the Knicks after learning about Don Nelson's calculations, but unfortunately Don Nelson has been fired, and naturally all thoughts have disappeared.

But no matter how public opinion steps down, Arne Trim is very optimistic about Zhang Mao, and he also has his own calculations in his heart.

Most of the people present at the moment also have their own abacus in their hearts, but the one who has the most calculations in their hearts is, of course, the president who is in his prime.

If you're a pure liberal with a passion for basketball, then NBA commissioner David Stern is a nasty guy.

But even the most hated fans have to admit that if it weren't for the existence of this guy who is starting to lose his body, the NBA might still be a league of 23 teams with a total value of only $15.5 million.

Eleven years ago, it was David Stern who saved the NBA from a quagmire.

During this period, he spared no effort to promote NBA broadcasting, and improved television broadcasting from all aspects, even at the expense of violating the nature of basketball itself, to force it to serve live broadcasting, and finally made the NBA from a stadium sport to a pure television broadcast project - as if prompting a drama to become a TV series.

Many fans believe that he has tarnished the game of basketball, but it cannot be denied that it was he who turned the league into a money-making machine worth more than $50 million per team for the 29 teams it is today; He devalued the Magic's 17-year, $17 million contract to the NBA's current price; He transformed the NBA from an agency with wavering broadcast contracts to a major organization that now has more than 100 countries vying to broadcast it.

Imagine what the current NBA would be like without David Stern?

This question can be referred to the late 70s, when the NBA's image was rotten: drugs, alcoholism, Xing scandals, hippie players, the league didn't even have a stable broadcast contract, a great team like the Celtics could also change owners, regular season MVP Dave Cowens would have to drive a taxi to make ends meet because of conflicts with the team, and the highest annual salary in the NBA in 1979 was less than $700,000......

This was the NBA when David Stern first took over, and many predicted that the NBA might collapse in the '80s.

In fact, the absolute helmsman of the NBA has saved basketball to some extent, he has given countless poor black boys in the slums hope to become millionaires, and in a moment he will have to recite the names of 60 rookies on this stage, and the future of these 60 players is exactly what this guy created and gives......

However, David Stern knows in his heart that when he retires from this position one day, there will be more boos than applause from the players and fans.