Chapter 45: The Eye Show
"The 2010 NBA Draft, the second pick, the Philadelphia 76ers picked"
Several hot rays of light immediately scattered from the audience, and the champion has been taken away by John Wall, so the next hottest player should be
"Tang Wenlong! From Syracuse University. ”
Stern paused slightly, and shouted out the name of the yellow-skinned boy!
In an instant, time seemed to stand still, and everyone's eyes focused on the young man sitting quietly at the round table, and under the spotlight, his angular face carved with a knife and axe showed a unique charm. There were all kinds of looks in his eyes, doubts, surprises, jealousy, and blessings, until he stood up from his position, and everyone woke up like a dream, and let out a belated exclamation in unison.
His loved ones immediately sent their best wishes to him, and Joe Thomas was the first to hug him with fists in both hands. Then there were Jack, coach Jim, Andy Rustin, and Wesley Johnson, the latter two with particularly brilliant expressions, and Wesley Johnson with envy in his tone.
"I really didn't expect the 76ers to give up on Turner, I thought you and I would be drafted later, but this time they are quite discerning."
Tang Wenlong was amused by his words, and thought to himself, isn't it, the 76ers were lucky this time.
The attention of this year's draft has decreased, but after Tang Wenlong was picked away by the 76ers with the second pick, the entire ratings began to skyrocket, and Chinese fans all over the world knew in a short period of time that a Chinese guard had been elected to the list for 10 years.
The audience gave a round of applause, and then, the applause became warm, and people suddenly remembered that this 19-year-old boy was the winner of this year's NCAA championship, so they were a little surprised that the 76ers gave up Turner at the same time, and sighed at the good luck of Tang Wenlong, and sent blessings to him.
After Tang Wenlong and the surrounding relatives hugged him, he got up and prepared to go on stage, and on the way by, Gordon Hayward and Greg Monroe got up and high-fived Tang Wenlong and hugged gently.
Then before taking the stage, Tang Wenlong took the 76ers baseball cap handed over by the staff.
To say that almost every basketball player is born with a clothes rack, Tang Wenlong wears a black suit and a red tie, and his slightly immature face is more handsome against the backdrop of the classic three elements. Cool airplane hairstyle, long in the middle to create a flying feeling, shaved on both sides to outline a different kind of freshness, bright eyes like bright stars in summer, if there is no smile to give people a calm temperament, as if nothing can stump him.
After Tang Wenlong came up, Stern quickly swept the Chinese guy's whole body, and silently gave an S-level score in his heart: good image, temperament, and character, but I don't know if I can get excellent results.
"Hello, Mr. President." Tang Wenlong took the lead in reaching out and shaking hands with the **oss who has ruled the NBA for 30 years.
"Hello young man, very good, you have to practice hard and play well in the future." Stern spoke at a medium pace, and nagged a few words in Tang Wenlong's ear.
Tang Wenlong's heart warmed, but he had a good impression of this old man who was always smiling, and for the first time, he felt that the evaluation of the outside world was not true.
The other host at the scene immediately quickly introduced Tang Wenlong: "Tang Wenlong is 1.93 meters tall, plays as a point guard, averaged 13.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game in the 09-10 season, and led Syracuse University to complete the best record in single-season school history and win this year's NCAA championship." ”
Immediately afterwards, the big screen at the scene played Tang Wenlong's wonderful clips in college, and the scene of riding Matt Howard was played repeatedly, but the editors did not play the slam dunk that was completed on Greg Monroe's head, which made the worried Monroe breathe a sigh of relief and silently applauded the staff.
ESPN badly switched the camera to the face of another top pick, Evan Turner, the winner of five John Wooden Awards, Oscar Robertson, Associated Press Player of the Year, Naismith Award and National Coach's Choice Player of the Year Award, with an embarrassed look on his face at the moment, obviously not expecting the 76ers to be so blinded and miss out on his draft fish in vain.
The microphone was handed to Tang Wenlong, who stood in front of the podium, looking at the black pressure under the stage, but no one could see it.
"I'm sure everybody is wondering, why am I standing here?"
As soon as Tang Wenlong spoke, the scene burst into a good-natured laugh, obviously Tang Wenlong said that he was on his mind, but after they laughed, they immediately reported thunderous applause, mixed with a few screams and cheers, which was a little more enthusiastic than before Tang Wenlong came on the field just now.
"In fact, there are too many lucky and unfortunate things in this world." Tang Wenlong squinted his eyes, he was still a little uncomfortable with the environment where dozens of cameras crackled and flashed at him.
"My luck comes from this gorgeous temple, and I'm standing here, and it's my luck, and not just because I was picked in the second pick." Tang Wenlong's words were amazing, and everyone covered their mouths, but they didn't make a sound, and listened to him quietly.
"But in reality, there are so many talented people on this planet who are inundated with basketball talent, maybe because of the economy, maybe because of culture, maybe because of something else, we don't know. I'm fortunate to have a family that supports my basketball dreams, and a group of mentors and friends who have supported me to pursue a career in basketball, allowing me to pursue the profession I love most. However, basketball is the world's sport, and it is the responsibility and obligation of every basketball person to promote basketball to the world, and I hope to be able to make my own contribution to the development of world basketball in the future, so that more friends can like basketball, and more talents that have not been tapped can stand here as fortunate as me. ”
After Tang Wenlong finished speaking, he secretly pinched a sweat for himself, thinking that fortunately he was a child who grew up under the red flag, these clichés were simply handy, much more than those black cattle who would thank their parents and God all day long.
How have I ever seen such a vigorous speech on the scene? However, it is not that kind of arrogance, compared to the guy who said that he was the white Duncan and the like, I don't know how many times stronger. Immediately, people gave Tang Wenlong a warmer applause, which lasted for a long time.
David Stern stood in the audience, listened carefully to Tang Wenlong's speech, and when he heard that "promoting basketball to the world is the responsibility and obligation of every basketball person", he suddenly felt a confidant, this young man's consciousness is too high, and he should really cultivate it.
Everyone reminisced about Tang Wenlong's speech, and they were still unsatisfied until he went down, and they slightly recited the words that Tang Wenlong said just now, and they seemed to have a new experience.
This is the real show!
For the first time, Durant took a serious look at this guy who was in the same rank as him, and felt that this guy was simply extraordinary, even if it was a famous Oden speech in the United States, it did not have such an effect.
As the draft session continued, Stern took the note and announced the third pick.
What is uproaring is that the Nets chose to -
Gordon Hayward!
This is the real upset! Who is Gordon Hayward, and who is this little white face with a hippie smiley? What about Evan Turner, we said okay?
The audience immediately diluted the impact of Tang Wenlong, and was puzzled by the almost crazy draft of the Nets.
Then, in the Timberwolves private room, team president David Kahn immediately threw the note that had just written Wesley Johnson into the trash, and then rewrote Evan Turner's name.
Subsequently, the Timberwolves selected Evan Turner with the fourth pick.
Wesley Johnson and Joe Thomas's faces were a little ugly, and when the two of them went to Minnesota for a tryout, David Kahn swore that once it was the Timberwolves' turn to choose, and Wesley Johnson was not drafted, he would definitely use the No. 4 pick to select him.
Evan Turner walked onto the stage with a grimace, what the hell is Minnesota? Can the ice and snow compare to the fifth-largest city in the United States, such as Philadelphia, which has four distinct seasons? What's more, the gap between this order and his expectation is too big, and he directly fell out of the top three.
"I'll prove to everybody that the pick isn't everything and I'm the best player in the class of 2010." Turner's simple speech made the scene embarrassed, after he sat back in his position, the players around him were far away from him, this guy directly criticized the top three picks in a word, domineering is domineering, but the rookie feels a little arrogant.
Then the fifth pick, the king, hesitated for a long time, but still chose DeMarcus Cousins, who was excellent in the middle shot, which was slightly unexpected, everyone said that he was a genius, and at the same time, lazy, emotional, and seemed to be a little fat meant that choosing him needed to take a certain risk.
However, no one knew that Cousins showed a jump shot that mesmerized the Kings during the Kings' trial camp, and at the age of 19, he shot 80 of 95. And he also plays dribbling, shoots three-pointers, and shows "I can do anything"! The Kings thought Cousins was talented, so they chose Cousins with the big fish of Wesley Johnson and Derrick Favors.
So the Golden State Warriors, who were the sixth pick, were ecstatic to choose Wesley Johnson.
The Pistons, who were the seventh pick, chose Greg Monroe.
The Clippers, who were the eighth pick, selected Al Farouk Aminou.
The Jazz, who were the ninth pick, chose Derrick Favors, who was originally in the top five.
The Pacers selected Paul George with the 10th overall pick, and it is said that the Pacers were willing to trade the No. 10 pick and Danny Granger for the Nets' Devin Harris, Yi Jian United and No. 3 pick before the draft.
The Nets are not stupid, of course they refuse