Chapter 44: His name is Zhang Feng
Riley is very unwilling not to cheat Divac's No. 5 pick, he knows that even if Zhang Feng enters the Kings, many people will still look down on Zhang Feng, and he still has a chance, so from now on, plan B must be executed, and rookies can also be traded.
The King's argument over whether to trade the No. 5 pick soon ceased, and Divac personally gave Adam Shaw a note with his choice.
Adam Xiaohua appeared on the stage again, as before, as long as the top three selections are completed, the rookies behind are unlikely to attract attention, but at the moment, Chinese basketball fans are quite nervous, they are eager to confirm whether Zhang Feng will really be selected by the Kings with the fifth pick, so to speak, the thumbs of his feet are fastened.
"The 5th pick in the 2017 NBA Draft, the Saramento Kings chose Zhang Feng, he is from China" Xiao Hua read out the words, and the Chinese fans who were watching the live broadcast of the draft brushed up the words 666 and he is from China, and the major Chinese and English media also released the news for the first time, and Zhang Feng officially entered the eyes of basketball fans all over the world.
Zhang Feng stood up calmly, first hugged Wang Wanlu, and then hugged An Jiali, An Jiali's eyes flashed faintly happy for Zhang Feng, and then Hawk, Steve, and Kobe Bryant hugged one by one.
The staff saw that Zhang Feng had finished hugging, walked to Zhang Feng's side and guided him to the stage, at this time many people at the scene were booing Zhang Feng, they were either not familiar with Zhang Feng, or they felt that Zhang Feng was chosen by the king by relying on An Jiali.
The big screen began to play Zhang Feng's game video, most of the video content was the actual confrontation between the Knicks and the King during the trial, and the more embarrassing thing was that the highlights were all close-ups of Frank and Daron Fox, these two are also at the draft meeting now, the camera swept to the two, Frank's face was pale, and Daron Fox was calm and with a little smile.
Zhang Feng walked on stage with the hat of the Kings, Xiao Hua generally does not chat with rookies, but took the initiative to say to Zhang Feng: "Congratulations, I wish you an excellent career", Xiao Hua took the initiative to chat with Zhang Feng because he hoped that Zhang Feng's excellent performance could further open up the Chinese market, and there was no commendable achievement after taking the stage.
After the group photo, he was interviewed, and at this time, the on-site commentator began to analyze Zhang Feng according to the usual practice.
"We just talked about some off-court gossip, now let's talk about this young man from a professional point of view," Kenny said.
"I searched my head and couldn't find a template for this young man, I don't know what you think," Reggie Miller said.
"This young man doesn't seem to have any shortcomings, he has super strong jumping, super fast sprinting, accurate shooting, good organization, very calm at key moments and a big heart, it's perfect" Thomas said with a smile, he didn't think so, but the more he talked, the more he found that this Zhang Feng was very powerful.
"The only drawback, maybe a little shorter, 185 height in today's popular big point guards, may be a bit of a loss for defense" O'Neal also carefully watched the scouting report and video and found that Zhang Feng really has no shortcomings.
Speaking of height, Barkley was not convinced, and said disdainfully: "Strength is everything, and the two Thomas and CP3 have proved it, right", and glanced at Thomas after speaking.
"To be honest, this young man is more like a combination of Curry + Wiggins + Wei Shao + Deron + CP3" Thomas said Zhang Feng's template while flipping through the information.
"Are you serious? Is it so powerful? Kenny couldn't help but ask.
"I agree with Kenny that Zhang Feng has the potential to become a legendary superstar," O'Neill said even more exaggeratedly.
"Wow, you can't exaggerate just because you own a stake in the Kings," Barkley laughed.
"I'm serious, Zhang Feng gave me a Michael Jordan feel," O'Neal continued.
As soon as O'Neill said this, the TNT group was silent, saying nothing was good, they could see that O'Neill was very serious, and the most important thing was that they couldn't find a very suitable reason to refute it, and this was a personal opinion.
Riley was anxiously thinking about countermeasures in the makeshift conference room at the moment, when the words Michael Jordan came from the TV and he couldn't help but glance at it, just as the TV show was subtitled: O'Neal thinks Zhang Fengfeng is the next Michael Jordan.
"Grass, grass, grass," Riley felt his plans being disrupted when he saw O'Neill say this.
The beautiful reporter in charge of interviewing the rookie first congratulated Zhang Feng on being selected, and then looked around hesitantly. Zhang Feng saw that this beautiful reporter was worried that he didn't understand if he didn't react, so he said directly:
"Beauty, don't worry, I speak English very well, you can ask casually, if you don't understand, I'll complain that the NBA official doesn't arrange a translator for me."
This sentence swept away the awkward atmosphere, and the beautiful reporter smiled and said: "OK, you are the most humorous rookie I have ever interviewed, let's start, let's talk about the feeling of being selected first."
"Of course, I'm very happy, and then I will have the opportunity to play in the world's highest level basketball league, and the most important thing is to make a lot of money," Zhang Feng responded.
The beautiful reporter was stunned, although she was really happy to make money, but saying it would disgust many people, but because of her profession, she wanted to continue to talk about this topic, "In your opinion, making money makes you happier, right?" ”。
"Of course, having money can give relatives and friends a better life, and can also help many poor people, such as those children in backward areas of Asia, Africa and Latin America, if I don't have money, I can't help them," Zhang Feng said.
The beautiful reporter didn't expect Zhang Feng's purpose to make money, she blushed for her narrow thoughts, and quickly asked the second question:
"As the only Chinese in the NBA league at the moment, do you have anything you would like to talk to Chinese fans?"
"I will fulfill the desire of one of you Chinese to win the championship as an NBA star," Zhang Feng said with a gesture of believing me.
"OK, you're going to join the Kings, what role do you want to play on the team in the new season?" The beautiful reporter asked the last question.
"It doesn't matter what role I play, the important thing is that I will take the lead in charging and leading the team to win the championship" Zhang Feng said confidently, and the very rare Kings fans on the scene immediately cheered, how many years, the Kings team has never produced such a domineering player, these fans seem to see hope, at least now they are very happy.
The entire first round of the draft lasted nearly three hours, and the only thing that Zhang Feng needed to continue to participate in was a round of show photos. There are unspoken rules for this group photo position, the chairman of the NBA stands in the center of the first row, and then the higher the order, the closer to the center, and the taller person stands in the second row, but Zhang Feng didn't think so much, and stood directly next to Adam Xiaohua. This move surprised everyone who was present to participate in the draft, because this position grabbed the position of the ball brother, Fultz happened to be on the right side of Adam Xiaohua, Zhang Feng was on the left, as the eye of the list, should the ball brother stand further away than Zhang Feng who signed the No. 5 pick?
Father Qiu was angry, glared angrily, turned his head and asked a reporter next to him: "Who is this guy who doesn't understand the rules and robs my son's position?" ”
The reporter also found out about this matter, and since Daddy Ball was angry, it might be news, so he said:
"His name is Zhang Feng".