Chapter 82: Cutting off the beard?
"Watts? Old man Stern, you mispronounced it! ”
Jeff Power, who was sitting in his seat, jumped up directly from his seat after hearing Bai Xiaonian's name pop out of his mouth, completely unable to believe his ears.
What did you just hear? Wood White became this year's show? Please, stop kidding, it's not funny at all!!
Originally, he thought that his No. 8 sign was not enough insurance and traded the No. 4 sign of the Cavaliers for a large price, but who knew that when everyone knew that Bai Xiaonian had been booked by them in advance, he was actually cut off by the damn husky in the north!
Also surprised at the scene was the management of the Utah Jazz, Gasyan had already written Bai Xiaonian's name on the small card that was about to be handed to Stern, but the Timberwolves, who were halfway through, completely disrupted their previous plan.
David Morwe, who was sitting on the side, had a smile on his face, he thought that he would definitely miss out on Enes Kanter, but who would have thought that there was no endless road, David Stern's voice sounded as wonderful at this moment.
David Morway really loves the Huskies in Minnesota now, proudly snatched the small piece of paper that could decide the fate of the rookie from Gasyan's hand, erased Bai Xiaonian's name and wrote a few big words on Enes Kanter.
At this time, David Griffin, the general manager of the Cavaliers, who had accompanied Irving off the stage and sat in the front row, glanced meaningfully at the new coach Rick Adelman who had just taken office of the Timberwolves.
After several seasons in a slump in a row, the Timberwolves finally got up with their former head coach Kurt Rambis this summer and fired him, hiring legendary NBA head coach Rick Adelman.
Rick Adelman's coaching career as a former NBA player is still very impressive, and after announcing his retirement in 1975, he has coached the Portland Trail Blazers, Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings, and Houston Rockets, leading the Portland Trail Blazers to the Finals twice and winning the second place in Coach of the Year four times.
This time, the Timberwolves invited this great god to show their determination to revitalize!
And Rick Alderman put forward his only condition before joining the Timberwolves, which was to get him the UCLA pixie, and said that without Wood White then the Timberwolves would not have a future.
No one knew that in the confrontation game of Bai Xiaonian in the Auckland United Trial Camp, the newly appointed Rick Alderman hid among the many scouts on the sidelines and witnessed the magic of Bai Xiaonian in the game.
This game made the NBA coach have a strong interest in Bai Xiaonian, an Asian boy, and after going back, he read all the game materials of Xiao Bai Children's Shoes from junior high school to college, and then announced directly inside the Timberwolves that this is the person he wants!
It can be said that in the Timberwolves built by Rick Alderman Bai Xiaonian is the absolute tactical core, and in his plan, all the team's tactics will be executed around Bai Xiaonian.
But in order not to startle the snake before the draft, they have not announced their interest in Bai Xiaonian, and he has not even really contacted Bai Xiaonian himself.
This is so much so that our protagonist, Little White Shoes, has his head in a state of being in a state of panic after hearing David Stern pronounce his name.
This is really unexpected, he has been planning to go to Detroit before, and now he is ready to pack his bags and go to Apolis in Minnesota, of course, this is no substantive difference for Bai Xiaonian, whether it is to go to the Timberwolves or to the Pistons, he has only one purpose! It's about doing everything you can to help the team win!
Hearing the choice of the Timberwolves, the audience backstage was also in an uproar! Of course, the most frustrating of them are the Pistons fans, who have been looking forward to the future of the team that is about to arrive, and it is being snatched away under their noses!
However, Bai Xiaonian was selected with the second pick in the first round, and the Chinese fans who sat in front of the computer screen patiently waited for the results.
Bai Xiaonian, as the second Chinese to be selected in the first three picks in the first round, his personal momentum directly detonated the entire Chinese Internet, and the front page headlines of major domestic portals printed Bai Xiaonian's big photos at the moment of news at the American draft conference.
"First of all, Wood, congratulations on becoming the new star of the list! Also, a treat tonight, huh? ”
Klay Thompson was the first player in the small green room to stand up and congratulate Bai Xiaonian, and then Leonard also tried to squeeze a smile on his face and congratulated:
"Wood, you deserve this honor!"
"My dear! I've always believed that you can do it, and I'm so proud of you! ”
Emma gently stood on tiptoe and nodded on Bai Xiaonian's lips and said.
Suddenly, the whole small green room was filled with all kinds of commotion, and the cameras set up in the room faithfully transmitted everything that happened here to the big screen on the stage of the talent show!
"Looks like our elves weren't prepared for this surprise at all!"
Charles Barkley said with a smile as he looked at the stunned little white children's shoes on the screen.
"Hmmm! That's the case, the big gift of Bangyan came too suddenly, I hope the little guy won't be scared. Also, I guess this news was definitely a bolt from the blue for Derek! ”
Kenny Smith on the side paid attention to Derrick Williams, who was sitting in the corner and was a little down, he had been guaranteed the Timberwolves' draft pick before the draft began, but apparently he was completely toyed with by Minnesota.
Damn it! To put it bluntly, he's just a smoke bomb released by the Minnesota Timberwolves in order to get Bai Xiaonian! A poor and pathetic victim!
Finally, under the push of everyone, Bai Xiaonian regained his senses, calmed down his somewhat chaotic mood, and slowly walked to the stage outside the small green house.
Outside the little green house, his agent Jeff Schwartz was waiting for him, and he couldn't hide his excitement and had a bear hug with this old man who was still kind to him.
"Oh oh! Wood, tap it, my old bones can't stand your toss like this. ”
Jeff Schwartz said with a smile that he really didn't look away, and he believed that this little guy in front of him would shine in the future league.
With the music on the scene, Bai Xiaonian crossed the stage with a happy pace, and then took the baseball cap with the Timberwolves logo handed over by David Stern and put it on his head.
"Congratulations! Wood. ”
The old man on the stage smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Thank you, Mr. President!"
After shaking hands with Bai Xiaonian, David Stern stepped aside, and he knew that this stage now belonged to this young man.