Chapter Seventy-Two: Rockets? Calf?

As soon as Xiao Hua appeared, the atmosphere of the whole scene instantly ignited, and cheers and whistles resounded throughout the stadium for a while.

Tang Shuai's heart was also suspended in the air all of a sudden.

Although he knew that he could not be selected in a position too high, the nervousness still came in an instant with Xiao Hua's appearance.

He felt some fire in his throat.

At this moment, he felt that his hand was being held, and when he turned his head, he saw Su Mei looking at him calmly.

Su Mei must have felt his nervousness.

After Xiao Hua came out, he waited until the scene was quiet, and then began his opening remarks.

"Good evening and welcome to the 2015 NBA Draft, Brooklyn Nights at Barclays Center, ......"

Xiao Hua's opening remarks were accompanied by the cheers of the audience, and the annual draft conference officially kicked off.

The draft picks of each team were confirmed two months ago, and the Minnesota Timberwolves were selected for the top pick this year.

After Xiao Hua finished reading the opening remarks, he turned around and entered the backstage, a five-minute countdown appeared on the LED screen, and on both sides of it, the Timberwolves began to roll the team logo, and after the Timberwolves made the final choice, Xiao Hua will once again walk out of the back of the stage.

Ahead of the draft, Okafor was said to have deliberately played badly in the tryout because of the Minnesota cold in order not to be drafted by the Timberwolves, and the player who was considered the best player in college clearly wanted to go to the Los Angeles Lakers, a big-city team with the second-round pick and a tradition of center.

Of course, these are all rumors flying in the sky, and no one knows whether the news is true or false.

Each team has five minutes to select their picks, and those five minutes are a pain for all the players and fans in the audience.

Su Mei was holding Tang Shuai's left hand tightly with her right hand at this time, she was using her own way to relieve the pressure on her disciple.

Tang Shuai stared intently at the stands.

The time was decreasing by second, and when there were more than 50 minutes left in the first countdown, Xiao Hua finally walked out of the back of the stage.

The suppressed emotions of the fans at the scene exploded in an instant, and the cheers were deafening.

In fact, it has long been determined who each team will choose, and this method is used to stimulate the audience's sense of anticipation.

"No. 1 pick in the 2015 NBA Draft, Minnesota Timberwolves pick ......"

Xiao Hua deliberately paused for a moment, and the scene fell silent for a while, and all the fans and players were waiting for the final result.

"Carl Anthony Downs, University of Kentucky."

Xiao Hua quickly read out the name of the champion, and at the very front of the small green room, Tang Si stood up with excitement on his face, and the camera was aimed at the champion at the first time.

The LED screen began to play a wonderful clip of Towns, and the Timberwolves fans were roaring excitedly, and the 2015 NBA champion was born.

After the top pick was confirmed, then the leaderboard was still a long five-minute wait, but this time, the choice made by the Lakers was completely unexpected, they did not choose Okafor on the list of predictions, but Russell from the University of Louisville.

At the moment when the name was read, Russell was stunned for a moment, and then stood up from his position with excitement on his face, when the NBA generation of legend Kobe Bryant was about to retire, he was selected by the Lakers, which is obviously an extremely exciting thing, it is no exaggeration to say that this time the list is completely comparable to the value of the champion.

Okafor's eyes were somewhat lonely at this time.

Tang Shuai unconsciously shook hands, and the unexpected choice of the Lakers made him realize once again that prediction and selection are two different things.

The Philadelphia 76ers, who were the third pick, chose Okafor without surprise, and they may not have thought that they would have a chance to select Okafor, and the originally predicted options were also abandoned after the Lakers abandoned Okafor.

The top three in the draft are released, and although the enthusiasm of the fans is still high, it is obviously weakened compared with before.

In order to reassure the nervous mood, Tang Shuai looked at the players in the small green house.

The so-called Little Green House is to invite some players who are likely to be selected by the top 14 picks, that is, the so-called lotto lottery, to be invited into the Little Green House, which is already an honor for the players.

This year's Little Green House invited 19 people, all of whom are the favorites on the major draft prediction lists, but no matter what the result is, there will always be 5 or more players who become unlucky, and even some players have fallen to the second round, at that time, the Little Green House is no longer an honor for the selected players, but a little embarrassing.

Watching the rookies in the little green house stand up one by one and jump out of the atmosphere of the draft, Tang Shuai found that his nervous emotions disappeared unconsciously.

Tang Shuai's highest draft pick prediction is the 21st pick in NBADraft and will be selected by the Mavericks, so he doesn't have that much expectation for the lottery pick.

Time was ticking on, and when the Oklahoma City Thunder, who were the No. 14 pick, drafted Cameron Payne from Murray State University, the lottery draft was over.

Tang Shuai looked at the stands at this time, and after the lotto show, the probability of him being selected also increased greatly.

In the draft background, the NBA official has equipped each team with a small office, and each team's favorite player, even including the alternative player, may be cut off in advance, and this office exists to deal with this situation, so that the teams can make temporary decisions.

In the Houston Rockets' office, team general manager Darrell Morey was on the phone with Rockets owner Leslie Alexander, and when he hung up the phone, he finally made a decision that the Rockets would give up Sam Decker, who was originally going to be selected, and instead prepared to use this signing to directly take Don Shuai.

Alexander cared too much about the Chinese market, and although Morey was somewhat hesitant in his heart, the boss's decision made this worry disappear in the end.

Adam Shaw walked out of the backstage for the fifteenth time, and on today's draft day, he had to go in and out 30 times, which is obviously not easy physical work.

Dallas Mavericks office, Mavericks general manager Nelson Jr. put down the phone in his hand with a smile, just a second ago, he finally got the deal with the Milwaukee Bucks, the 21st pick plus Devin Harris, although there are some painful chips, but in the end it was successfully changed to the No. 17 pick in the hands of the Bucks, before that, after learning that the Rockets were also interested in Tang Shuai, his efforts were finally declared successful, so that even if the Rockets wanted to use the No. 18 sign in their hands to directly elect Tang Shuai, They were also able to cut off their beards before that.

"A deal happened." Xiao Hua walked to the front desk and did not directly announce the draft results as before, but announced that a trade had occurred.