27 June 2004, Madison Square Garden, New York. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Ladies and gentlemen, our new army, Charlotte Bobcats, selected Ye Han, a Chinese guard from the University of Connecticut, with the 40th pick!" Adam Silva called out Ye Han's name in an awkward tone.

Ye Han let out a long breath and was finally selected.

Although it is the second round, it is better than not being selected.

Moreover, the Bobcats, this new army, are more suitable for Ye Han's development than the team with star guards.

Today's draft, people are here for Howard and Okafor and Ben Gordon.

As for the Bobcat's selection of Ye Han in the fortieth pick, it was indeed a big surprise.

The data of 12.6 points and 6 rebounds per game in his senior year is really not very outstanding as a scoring guard.

And he basically didn't attack with the ball, he was always catching and shooting, plus he was still yellow, his excellent defense and rebounding protection in the game were ignored.

Ye Han, 1.98 meters tall, weighs 85 kilograms, has a thin body, and has a standard scoring guard figure.

Good at three-point shooting, defense, rebounding on both ends of the floor.

In the summer of 2000, at the age of 16, he came to the University of Connecticut to study, and at the age of 18, he was introduced by his cousin, his current agent, Chrissy Noah, to the Connecticut varsity team.

So even though he was a senior in the draft, he was actually only 20 years old.

In his final year of college, he fulfilled his first dream of coming to the United States and won the NCAA championship under the leadership of this year's No. 1 pick, Okafor.

Now he's done with his second dream and making it to the NBA!

"Ou, Ye, we are really fateful, and we are on the same team again." Okafor took the initiative to come up and hug Ye.

Although he lost to Howard on the way to the top spot, Okafor was not discouraged, and he vowed to make a name for himself and regret not choosing him.

It's time to go to a new place, and Okafor, a kid in his early twenties, has a familiar teammate to go with, and he's a lot happier.

"Emeka, I'm going to have you to take care of it again in the future." Ye Han said with a smile, like Okafor, it is better to have a familiar teammate than to be blind, you must know that it is not so easy for yellow people to integrate into the NBA circle, and it took him a lot of time to get his teammates to identify with him in college.

The way to get his teammates to buy into him is simple, and he becomes the best shooting guard on the team.

Okafor knew that Ye Han's strength was good enough to gain a foothold in the NBA, and UConn fans were also familiar with Ye Han, and UConn fans watching the draft in front of the TV were cheering loudly when they saw that two players were selected on the team this year.

This is limited to people at the University of Connecticut, and a question mark pops up in the minds of everyone else, who is this guy? Chinese defenders?

People who watched the NCAA Finals may have an impression of Ye Han, he scored 14 points on 5-of-12 shooting in the NCAA Finals on April 7, but everyone's attention was on Okafor with 25 points and 12 boards, and naturally no one noticed his conscientious and small role on the defensive end.

After the draft, the memories of major TV stations revolved around Howard, Okafor, and Ben Gordon, who were the top three picks, and Ye Han, like all the second-round picks and the rookies at the end of the first round, was ignored.

Even the Chinese TV station did not come to interview Ye Han, the domestic public opinion is controlled by the Basketball Association, who calls the national team now has a good record, haven't you seen Wang Zhizhi have been banned, now Wang Zhizhi is still playing in the Heat, the Heat introduced O'Neal this year, but because Wang Zhizhi did not obey the arrangement of the Basketball Association, he has the current end.

As the first Chinese guard selected by the NBA, he was not trained by the basketball association, so although they knew about Ye Han's candidacy, they did not publicize it.

Domestic fans only know that a Chinese was selected in the second round, is a defender, looks like a talent, and nothing else.

Information and communication are still underdeveloped, otherwise the domestic basketball public opinion will not be covered by the Basketball Association.

Back at the hotel, because Ye Han was not a draft favorite, Noah had no way to enter Madison Square Garden as an agent, and could only watch live TV at home.

And the tickets of fans have long been overturned by scalpers, and every year the draft may be a moment to witness the great start, which is more sought-after than the finals tickets.

"My dear brother, it's amazing! From today onwards, our little Ace is also a millionaire! ”

As soon as she entered the door, a beautiful black-haired, blue-eyed baby-faced girl jumped on Ye Han and hugged Ye Han's head in a pair of huge arms.

"Idiot Chrissy, come down, you want to suffocate me!" Ye Han struggled loudly.

Chrissy Noah, also known as Wang Kexin, is the daughter of Ye Han's mother's distant cousin.

Like Noah, Ye Han is also of mixed Chinese and American descent, and has a name called Ace-Noah.

The mothers of the two of them are distant cousins, who are standard American beauties, who came to China to study together more than 20 years ago, fell in love with Chinese men, and finally stayed in China to live.

Cousin Emma Noah gave birth to Wang Kexin, and Ye Han's mother naturally gave birth to Ye Han.

Although both of them are mixed-race, they still look much worse in appearance, Noah looks more like a foreigner, and it can be seen at a glance that she has white blood, Ye Han has inherited his father's tall and handsome appearance except for the beautiful light blue eyes.

Because they are outsiders, Ye Han's mother and Noah's mother live in China, and their relationship is more intimate, and the relationship between the two families is very good, Ye Han and Noah grew up together.

Noah wants Ye Han to be two years old, has good grades in school, and has business acumen, and is knowledgeable in front of outsiders, and is deeply loved by her parents, aunts, uncles and the elderly in the family.

But just like her beautiful and cute appearance, aside from the coat in front of the elders and outsiders, she is a crater!

Favorite pit brother!

Since childhood, the two families have lived in adjacent villas, and the sister who said that they would take care of their younger brother will take care of them, but when the adults left, Noah instantly turned into a domineering sister, and from time to time she was cute, which made Ye Han cry and laugh.

But as long as the adults are there, Noah is that good sister again.

When the two families decided to send them together to study at the University of Connecticut, Ye Han's heart was broken, and for four whole years, he lived under Noah's violent rule.

However, Ye Han is very grateful to Noah, when he came to the United States, he was very uncomfortable, and he had no circle of friends, it was Noah's efforts to adapt to the surrounding environment and bring Ye Han into a new circle.

Ye Han likes to play basketball and is good at playing basketball, in order to let Ye Han integrate into the school basketball team, Noah deliberately ran for the basketball team manager and brought Ye Han into the school team......

After entering the NCAA, Ye Han knew what the real basketball world was, and the CBA youth teams he had played against in China were like children in front of NCAA players, and even the CBA, the highest basketball hall in China, was not the opponent of the NCAA team.

After some fighting, the two sat down on the bed and began to talk about serious topics.

If you want to ask why you are sitting on the bed, there is no way, both of them are poor students, the hotel next to the Madison Square Garden in New York is expensive, they live in the cheapest small standard room, in addition to two one-meter beds, there is also a simple bathroom, there is only a TV, and there is no place to put even a chair.

"Little Ace, now that you have been drafted, although it is the second round, but in the Bobcats, you will definitely be able to get a lot of playing time, Emeka has a good relationship with you, he is definitely the core of the team, your position in the team will not be bad, the first step into the NBA is not bad." Noah analyzed.

"Bobcat chose me because of my business value, right? I heard that the miser in Houston made a lot of money with Yao Ming, but they certainly didn't expect that I was selected to not even have a reporter to interview. "Ye Han usually watches basketball news, as a Chinese, he pays great attention to Chinese players, and listens a lot to the 'strange things' of Rocket owner Alexander.

"The commercial value still depends on the strength, Wang Zhizhi and ** have been mixed in the NBA for so many years, and they have not brought any economic benefits." Noah said solemnly.

"Yes, yes, I know, I will train hard, I won't go out and fool around, and you don't know me." Ye Han said helplessly.

Noah nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly, her expression suddenly changed, and then changed back to a slightly second-handed expression: "Little Ace's salary is about 790,000, and I can get more than 400,000, it's all mine!" It's all mine! ”

After Noah finished speaking, she glared at Ye Han fiercely, gritting her teeth, as if Ye Han was going to eat people if she didn't agree.

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