Chapter Ninety-Four: WNBA Draft

Dawn and Xiaoxue were talking, and suddenly the phone on the desktop rang, Dawn glanced at the caller ID of the landline, and found that it was a little familiar, so he picked it up and greeted. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"Hello, what's the matter?"

"Dawn! It's me, Li Jing. The guy over there introduced himself.

"Hey, Li Jing, what's wrong, do you have something?" Liming listened to Li Jing's voice and asked.

"It's nothing, it's said that you're famous, in Huaxia." Li Jing said with a grin.

"You're not bad! Are you ready to win the championship? Obviously, Liming is also very concerned about the league in the United States, otherwise he would not be able to know Li Jing's dynamics.

Of course, he paid so much attention purely to see what capable people were over there, although he was the king there in junior high school, but now it is not necessarily, especially at that time with his sworn opponent in the final - Tom, he wants to know more, so for foreign competitions, the situation of the players still has a great understanding.

"Hahaha, it's okay." Li Jing here touched his head embarrassedly and said in a modest tone.

"Don't stink about you, I don't know your kid's mind yet. Anyway, how is the draft over there? “

Liming didn't forget Xia Yu's situation, he also heard that Xia Yu went to the United States to play, or in the Los Angeles Sparks, originally passed the trial of the Los Angeles Sparks, and wanted to recruit internally, but then Xia Yu's performance was extremely good, so in the end, Xia Yu refused the invitation of the Los Angeles Sparks and decided to participate in the draft, wanting to see what the ranking of strength would be like in this session.

Li Jing paused, and when he heard Liming's words, he glanced at the time and said hurriedly.

"Oops, today is Xia Yu's draft, I forgot. Oops, I won't tell you, I'm going to the scene. “

"Oops! Don't worry! Where is the broadcast? Seeing that Li Jing wanted to hang up the phone, Liming hurriedly asked.

"AT.com has it, you can go and see for yourself. Needless to say, I'm really hanging. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jing really hung up the phone, he hurriedly put on his clothes, stepped on his shoes, went out and beckoned a taxi, left the apartment, and went to the Hong'an Arena in Los Angeles to watch Xia Yu's draft.

After Liming heard this, he immediately opened his laptop, Xiaoxue leaned over and watched Liming log in and enter the AT network, and couldn't help asking.

"What's wrong? Look at your hurry. “

"Li Jing called me just now and said, today is the day when Xia Yu participates in the draft, I have to see, no one in our Huaxia can be selected in the WNBA draft, it is estimated that if Xia Yu is selected this time, our whole country will be jubilant." Dawn smiled and tapped on the keyboard.

"Oh......" Xiaoxue replied like this, and followed the dawn's click to look over, I don't know what Xiaoxue was thinking, anyway, she was a little absent-minded when she watched the video.

Liming didn't pay attention to Xiaoxue's strange mood, he was also staring at the screen at the moment to see the situation, and it was not yet time to choose someone, so the camera kept scanning the players in the audience.

Hong'an Arena, Li Jing finally arrived, he hurriedly handed over the invitation in his hand, and walked in before he took it, the conference scene was bustling with people, Li Jing looked at the stands, and finally saw Xia Yu in a corner, and Levi who was sitting on the side and talking to her, Xia Yu listened to Levi's speech with a smile on his face, and actually didn't pay attention to it.

Li Jing hurriedly walked over, and when he walked in front of Xia Yu, it happened that the camera at this moment also showed Xia Yu, and Dawn looked at the two on the other side of the ocean, and couldn't help but sigh.

"I didn't expect to see them in this way, it's really strange."

Then, a slender figure, stepping on high heels, walked in front of the three people, smoothed the skirt, clamped it, sat down, and the woman looked up, looked at the camera, and naturally greeted the camera.

"Isn't that Selena!" Xiaoxue looked at the screen in surprise, and shook her hand for a moment.

But when she finished the action, she regretted it, she secretly looked at Liming's expression, at this moment Liming looked at the screen expressionlessly, and didn't blame anyone, Xiaoxue breathed a sigh of relief, just as he didn't mind.

"Why is she again, the ghost is not gone." Liming didn't mean to blame Xiaoxue in his heart, he just felt that Selena had too many things, and she had to take care of everything, and it seemed that she was Xia Yu's agent in this draft.

.......

At the Hong'an Arena, a music gradually sounded, and behind the red curtain, a woman in her 30s walked out, wearing a workplace skirt and holding a document in her hand, and read it out on the stage......

On Xia Yu's side, Levi is persuading Xia Yu.

"Xia Yu, no matter what position you are in this draft, you don't have to accept the call of that team, I hope you can let us do enough trading time to trade you back to the Sparks, please."

"Hmmm! Good. Xia Yu agreed, but she didn't know what she thought in her heart.

"Levi, I can't think about this! What if she is the champion, the first champion in China! Which team do you think she is not suitable for? Selena on the side said with a smile.

"It's ....... We have what it takes to win the title. Levi felt that Selena's words were indeed very reasonable, and in the end he could only come up with such a reason.

"But are you going to let our champion go as a substitute? Or do you dare to risk losing the ability to win the championship and let us be the champion to play the starting ......." Selena on the side has long seen through Levi's trick, he just wants Xiaoxue, the champion, to supplement the strength of the bench, and it is impossible to say anything to let Xiaoxue play the starter.

Levi was speechless all of a sudden, he really didn't know how to answer, he could only look at Xia Yu and ask what Xia Yu meant, Xia Yu pretended not to see it, in fact, she had already made a decision in her heart, that is, to see if she could be in the top three, if she was, it was impossible for her to go to Los Angeles, if she was not, then she had the opportunity to choose Los Angeles, which was also the result of the discussion between the three of them last night, and now she can only resign herself to fate.

Li Jing comforted on the side.

"It's okay, take it easy, the teams at the bottom this year have all examined you, and they have given you a high evaluation, so rest assured that your ranking will not be too low."

"Hmmm! I hope so. Xia Yu nodded and continued to look at the rostrum.

After a long time of rambling, the host finally finished her opening remarks, she moved the microphone and said loudly.

"I would now like to invite our Chairman, dear Chairman Grace, to come up and make a final reading."

In the audience, a woman in her 50s walked on the stage with light steps, she looked at the host with a smile, and the host took a step away with great interest and handed the microphone to her. She set the microphone and cleared her throat.

"Hello girls and gentlemen, I'm WNBA President Grace, and I'm happy to be here tonight......."

Chairman Grace also said for about four or five minutes, and finally moved on to the focus of the day, the draft.

She paused, looked at the players in the audience, their families, or friends, and spoke.

"Here's what we're excited about, and the team that picked the top pick this time was the New York Liberty, and the guy they chose was."

She glanced at the audience again, the camera behind her moved with her gaze, and finally, she stopped her eyes in front of Xia Yu.

"Summer rain from China."

Suddenly, the applause thundered, not only the scene, but even the dawn in front of the screen also jumped up, and at this moment, also in other corners of China, there was a sound of exclamation, and I don't know if Xia Yu's secrecy measures are too good, almost no one in China knows that there is a Chinese talent show in the WNBA this year, so this surprise simply shocked everyone, and even Liming vaguely heard someone downstairs next door sticking out his head and shouting the slogan of Xia Yu.

Of course, there are also some lost people, such as Vikachi next to Xia Yu, this woman who is considered by the outside media to be the champion of this year, she covered her head in despair, she couldn't believe what the chairman said just now,

At the same time, Xia Yu stood up excitedly, facing the voice of her background on the computer, and walked to the stage step by step, she was so excited that the microphone couldn't hold it steadily, and almost fell to the ground, but fortunately she didn't react slowly, so it wasn't embarrassing.

She took the microphone and waved to the audience.

"Thank you very much to the New York Liberty for giving me this opportunity, and I am also very grateful to the manager of Los Angeles, Levi, for his guidance, otherwise I would not have been where I am today......

When Levi heard this, his face immediately flushed with bitterness, he couldn't have imagined that Xia Yu was really the champion, and what he said just now, it was obvious that he didn't want to stay in the Spark team, he regretted it now, why didn't he sign her down in the first place, such a talented player, why should he be seen by the outside world, so Levi was very annoyed about this matter.

Li Jing, who was watching Xia Yu on the side, was also very happy, especially at the moment when the chairman read Xia Yu's name, his whole heart jumped out, sure enough, Xia Yu's talent is very strong, but after living in the United States for so long, he more or less understands the quality of this group of players, not to mention those who are the highest and most bullish, even if they are now evaluated as 20 by the outside media, they also have a fight with Xia Yu. Now that Xia Yu has been excavated and has become the champion, he is also happy for Xia Yu in his heart.

Xia Yu on the stage was still talking, and finally the chairman was a little impatient with this verbose young man, so he interrupted her speech, and Xia Yu seized the last opportunity to say to the TV.

"I'll wait for you."

........ Xia Yu's inexplicable words made many monks confused, but Liming and Li Jingnen knew what he meant, in fact, these words were for Liming, Liming naturally knew, as for Li Jing, how could he not understand what Xia Yu was thinking, don't look at her being with Li Jing now, but she still remembers Liming in his heart, and he doesn't mind Xia Yu's words.

It was Xiao Xue next to Dawn who was a little nervous, she put her fist into her fist, her eyes kept staring at Dawn's expression, wanting to see what his reaction was, Dawn would definitely not have any overreaction, after hearing Xia Yu's words, he was also afraid that Xiao Xue would misunderstand him.

The later draft is also extremely boring, and it is probably like Xia Yu, saying politely, introducing himself, and thanking the team and the like, Liming looked sleepy, and Xia Yu has been selected, and there is no point in watching it, it is just a waste of time, he yawned, turned off the computer, stood up, hugged Xiaoxue, kissed a deep scar on her forehead, and left with a smile.

Xiaoxue was a little overwhelmed by Dawn's kiss, so she was stunned for a while, for a moment, when she came back to her senses, Dawn had already walked to the door, she looked at Dawn's figure leaving, her heart was a little complicated, and she didn't know what she was thinking, and finally she walked back to her bedroom, closed the door, and there was no movement.

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On the side of Hong'an Arena, the story continues. When Xia Yu came down, it was not over, Levi on the side was still chattering a lot of nonsense, reasoning with Xia Yu, Xia Yu had a decision, so he kept looking at Levi with a slight smile, and with his words, he nodded from time to time, did not agree, and did not refuse.

This scene is quite surprising to some old friends who are familiar with Levi, they all know that Levi's guy is not like this under normal circumstances, and now this situation looks down, New York may really have picked up the treasure, and can't help but be a little envious of the free man, and the free man is also a little glad that he tried out this girl at that time, otherwise the Sparks will definitely take a step, and this year's baby will be lost.

Everyone looked at him, Levi couldn't care so much, he regretted a little that he didn't give him a formal signing contract, he knew that she was so powerful, he didn't lower the conditions, now it's good, he wants to come over and beg people, and looking at this, it doesn't seem like he will definitely agree.

Li Jing was a little impatient with this old man, he glanced at the time, and it seemed that it was almost time to introduce, so he said to the old man.

"Levi, I'm sorry, it's useless for you to say it now, I knew I wouldn't repent now, so I hope you can pay attention to it later."

Li Jing said it very nakedly, Levi was also very faceless when he said this, but he couldn't care about it so much, after all, this was the best opportunity to strengthen his team, so he definitely couldn't miss it. Otherwise, God knows if this player who has improved so quickly will be the next female Jordan.

It was at this time that the draft was over.

Xia Yu's gaze never deviated from Levi's anymore, she stood up with a smile and said a word, which directly made Levi despair.

"Mr. Levi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I want to go to New York."

Xia Yu spoke in a very slow tone, she looked at Levi quietly, for fear that he would react, for such a long time, Levi has taken care of herself, but the contract was not very neat, Xia Yu didn't mind much, but at the instigation of Li Jing and Selena, she came over to participate in the draft. Although he has experienced a lot of team observations, those don't count, after all, it's just against some people, not a real game, and it's not enough to be sure that Xia Yu has the strength to participate in the game, let alone dominate the game, so she didn't have any hope in this draft.

But what she never expected was that she was actually elected as the champion, she was both surprised and happy, and her opinion of the free man team was still very good, the last time she came to try her, she treated Xia Yu very well, so Xia Yu didn't want to turn down the invitation of the free man, so she could only grieve Levi.

Levi is now like being bombarded by a thunderbolt from the sky, his mind is blank, Xia Yu's determination has made him hopeless at all, and he doesn't want to stay here and continue to talk nonsense with Xia Yu, with a cold face, he stood up and said condescendingly.

"Good luck, let's meet."

After speaking, he shook his hand and left, Li Jing watched Levi's departure from behind, and really felt that this person was rude, but since Xia Yu had nothing to say, there was no need for him to say so much nonsense, he looked at Xia Yu, stretched out his hands, and opened his face to face Xia Yu.

Xia Yu also stood up at this time and hugged the past, the two hugged each other tightly, like a couple, Selena next to her quickly pulled the two apart and reproached.

"You two show affection, please go back to show off, okay? Don't show here, then multimedia, which of you wants to be famous? ”

Li Jing touched his head, smiled, and replied embarrassedly.

"I'm sorry. I was excited for a while, and I forgot my proportions, but she was also drafted, and I was almost going to land in the NBA this year, so I knew it was different sooner or later? ”

"You also know that you are going to land in the NBA, you see if you are selected, whether you are the champion, if you are not selected, the two of you will be miserable, and you still want to be together, you are not afraid of being sprayed and don't drag down Xia Yu." Selena gave him a blank look.

"Isn't this a good performance? So how do you play? I've reached the finals in the junior league, and these guys are almost NBA-level physical, and I also won the regular season MVP, which is enough to qualify for the top pick, right? ”

"You've forgotten a few people this year! The NCAA guys. Selena reminded.

"What the hell do you mean, little Jade? Or is that damn Ingram? These two guys hit me a lot when they were against me, I don't believe it, ask them, don't say it's them, at my current level, I can mix a championship team on the bench in the NBA. Li Jing said unconvinced, he never thought that the NCAA players were so powerful, on the contrary, he took the initiative to launch the NCAA game, going to the junior league to fight, where, but full of former NBA players, of course, not those who are old, or injured, but some players who participated in the NBA draft and were selected, and the team did not want them, they had no salary, and I don't know which kind unit founded such a league to help them realize their dreams, because of this, Almost all of these players have technical conditions that most college players do not have, and Li Jing has also improved greatly at the technical level here, and as for the body, he will naturally not fall behind.

Of course, there are gains and losses, he came here from the NCAA to play, which means that he lost the opportunity for media exposure, because this league is not famous, so the media in all aspects do not pay much attention, and naturally there are very few reports on them, that is, the basketball players in the circle will know, as for the outside media, how can it be possible to report this kind of unpopular league. But it's this kind of league that attracts many college teams to train there every year, because the level here is very high, although it is not as good as the NBA, but it is enough to fight against them, and even break out. Especially those so-called quasi-champions, they prefer to come here to improve their strength, so Li Jing has a contrast.

Selena didn't know how to tell him, this guy has always been obedient to his own arrangements, except for the daily routine of training, he will occasionally listen to it, and the rest is completely his own way. She was thinking about how to give Li Jing a chance to interview for various teams and then gain a foothold in the NBA.

Li Jing didn't know Selena's thoughts, this pig brother walked aside and talked to Xia Yu, Xia Yu chatted with him without a match, and finally the chairman called him up to take a group photo before leaving.

On the stage, Xia Yu stood in the middle position, she was wearing a basketball cap printed with the badge of a free man, taking photos with a bright smile, her eyes were full of joy, and she saw Li Jing demented

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A few days passed quickly, and the day of Li Jing's draft was getting closer and closer, Selena anxiously sent Li Jing's videos to the mailboxes of the managers of various teams, but these emails seemed to be like stones, sinking into the sea, and there was no news. Selena in a hurry. After waiting for a few days, a team finally sent a reply. Selena opened the email and saw that it was an invitation from the Los Angeles Lakers, she hurriedly called Li Jing over, Li Jing looked at the email, he knew that the Lakers had a list this year, and the Lakers asked him to go to the trial, and nine times out of ten they wanted to see if their strength was enough for them to win. Li Jing also put away his old giggling this time, he was very cautious, looking at the emails and browsing them word by word, for fear that something would go wrong, or he might miss something.

In the end, he went through all the content, and finally made up his mind, he decided not to wait for the invitation from Philadelphia, he is an authentic Iverson fan, since Philadelphia has no sincerity, just go to the Lakers to test the water, anyway, this is not very far from the Staples Center arena, go to make the Lakers feel at ease first, and then it's not too late to think about it.

Just as he closed the mailbox, suddenly, an invitation from Team Rocket was delivered to the mailbox, but unfortunately, they had already closed it, and the email was gone.

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Time passed quickly, and in a blink of an eye, the top 8 knockout rounds on Huaxia's side were ready to start again. Coach Hu is in full swing to prepare, and Adams has not come to participate in training for several days, which makes Coach Hu very annoyed, he has contacted Adams continuously, but there is always a busy state, Coach Hu is angry, and finally he sent a message to Adams to ask him to come over tomorrow to play, he thought to himself that Adams would come over tomorrow to teach him a lesson.

Liming also received a call from Li Jing here, and Li Jing happily told Liming that he would participate in the NBA draft tomorrow.

"Dawn, I'm going to the draft tomorrow, how about it, don't you see." His tone was so arrogant.

"Tomorrow! No! I still have a game against the academy team tomorrow, but I'll watch the live broadcast, you have to do it! By the way, which team do you think will want you? Liming is also a little worried about Li Jing, after all, the junior league of the league that this guy participated in is not NCAA, which is a major blow to his popularity, and Liming, who has also played in the United States before, also knows how important popularity is in the minds of the media and in various teams, just like Kobe, generally like a player of his age, and the competitive state is not as good as before, no team will give him the highest salary, but the Lakers just give, The reason is because Kobe Bryant is well-known all over the world, especially in Los Angeles, and all fans are willing to buy his account. As for the Lakers' record, fans don't care at all, they only care about Kobe's existence. How much visual enjoyment can it bring them.

"That's it! Come on tomorrow and don't miss the opportunity. Li Jing knew the importance of tomorrow's game, so he could only silently bless him, and he couldn't help much.

"Definitely." Dawn replied firmly.

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Because this game is a match between the youth team and the Storm team, and both teams are teams in the same city, the outside media hyped up the game, a few days before the game started, the local newspaper gave a big headline: Beijing Derby, Youth Team vs Storm Team, attracted a large number of people to watch, and I don't know who revealed the news, or the media's own resources, they actually dug out the origin of Liming and Liu Heng and the youth team, as well as Li Baidouf's enmity with the Storm team, This gave this game a lot of highlights, so the tickets for this day were sold out very early, and the scalpers have been raising the price, making the whole capital look forward to this game.

On the afternoon of the next day, the youth team Dufu Li Bai and the two came to the stadium of the Storm Team - Tornado Stadium very early, Liming and others naturally waited here very early, when the youth team everyone stepped into the stadium, the Storm Team and others looked at them angrily, especially Coach Hu, he looked at Li Bai Dufu and the two, those two eyes were like spitting fire, because these two players were taught by him, and they betrayed the Storm team last year because of the problem of interests, and ran to the youth team, As a result, the whole team fell silent during the qualifiers, which has always been a thorn in Coach Hu's heart, which made Coach Hu very uncomfortable.

Seeing Coach Hu's appearance, Liming stepped forward and said to Coach Hu.

"Hu Da, we will definitely work hard, today is the game where their youth team's dominance in the capital is shaken, and we will win."

Coach Hu raised his head, his eyes were full of unknown gaze, he stretched out a hand and patted Liming's shoulder, looked at everyone on the team, and replied.

"Then please, I hope you don't disappoint me."

"Yes!" Everyone said in unison.

After listening to this, Coach Hu looked around again, Adams still didn't come, he called him again, and this time, it finally got through. However, a melodious bell rang from the youth team, and Coach Hu raised his head to look over there.

A man dressed in black and wearing a peaked cap with the brim pressed low is standing next to the youth coach. He hurriedly took out his mobile phone and pressed the ringtone, and on the side of Coach Hu of the Storm Team, there was a sound of hanging up, Coach Hu obviously couldn't believe his eyes, he dialed the phone again, and just like just now, the phone also rang, and as soon as the man in black hung up the phone, Coach Hu also hung up here.

Coach Hu squinted, his eyes full of danger and surprise, and he shouted in a deep voice.

"Adams ......"

The man in black was shocked, but soon he returned to his normal, and he did not turn his head, but shrank into the crowd.

Coach Hu didn't understand what was going on this time, he was a fool, that person was obviously Adams, Adams defected, he is trembling with anger now, after so long, the team has been winning, why did he rebel, Coach Hu didn't understand, and he couldn't think of any reason for Adams to defect, the Storm team treated him very well here, and never treated him badly.

Liming also saw Coach Hu's strange appearance, and at the same time, he also witnessed Adams's actions just now, and understood a little in his heart, but he didn't want to break it, after all, Coach Hu was still very uncomfortable now. He didn't want to make Coach Hu's inside line worse, so he still let him be quiet.

On the side of the youth team, Adams, who was shrunk into the crowd, did not dare to raise his head, for fear of being recognized by them, and the coach saw this situation and smiled and encouraged.

"Adams, what are you afraid of?"

Duff and Li Bai also looked over, Adams still didn't make the rest of the moves, still lowered his head, maybe because of guilt in his heart, Adams didn't answer anyone's words.

"Really, they all said that they would directly let him come to the academy team, and they had to be sent to be an undercover agent, look, now Adams has a good impression of the Stormwinds." Rendell on the side complained that Adams used to play with him, and when he first entered the youth team, he said that he would go together, but he was arranged by his superiors to go undercover there, he was very unhappy, and now he told the truth.

The youth team and others seemed to have known about this for a long time, and there was no fuss at all, but Allen said a word.

"It's nothing, anyway, after this game, the Storms will go down, they don't have a chance, and now Adams can't play, after all, he hasn't signed yet. We won this game well, it didn't matter. ’

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(To be continued.) )