Chapter 241: The Draft

Due to the excellent test data of the joint tryout, Fagan, as its agent, no longer has to rely on his three-inch tongue to lobby the front war room of each team to sell players as usual, and now what Fagan has to do is to ensure that Tall and Strong can go to the team that suits his development.

Fagan is constantly calling team managers, coaches, or owners, but many of the team's top brass are reluctant to let a player like Tall and Strong slip through their fingertips.

"The Wizards have relented, they have completed individual tryouts for rookies such as Bill and West", "The Cavaliers are still hesitating, they won't give up on you easily", "The Trail Blazers say you are still their number one target", "Rockets manager Morey wants to see you", "Golden State Warriors ......" messages came out of Fagan's mouth.

Fagan belongs to the most well-informed person in the world, and the Bluetooth headset has been worn on his ears for a long time, and Gao Dazhuang is also very glad that he has such a capable agent at this time, and he will think through every detail.

In fact, the day before the draft, under Fagan's operation, Gao Dazhuang had already completed his first signing in the United States - cooperation with Nike.

Fagan and his team knew the details of the contract, and had repeatedly discussed the details of the contract with Nike, and Feigan kept the signature page in a safe place until Gao Dazhuang formally confirmed the contract.

At the end of the meeting, Nike's sneakers were already on tall and strong feet, and Nike's manager was invited to participate in the tall and strong draft party.

This signing solves a problem that Gao Dazhuang urgently needs to solve, and Fagan also gets a good return from Gao Dazhuang for the first time.

The end of the NBA Finals means the end of last season's NBA, and the start of the draft marks the start of the NBA's arms race for the new season.

The NBA2012 draft was officially held in Newark, New Jersey, where many rising basketball stars who were expected to compete in the NBA were screened by 30 league leaders.

As a rookie with very promising draft prospects, Gao Dazhuang has long received an invitation to the "Little Green House" and was able to come to the legendary Madison Square in New York.

Little Green House, this is a special term in the American sports draft, in the NBA draft, the players who receive the official invitation to enter the draft Little Green House are generally voted by the general manager of the NBA team, and finally decided by the league's vice president Stu Jackson.

Every year in the draft, there are generally about 15 people selected, and the players who enter the small green house can be accompanied by relatives and friends at the draft site, and in the draft, the selected players, the on-site officials will give them a cap to pick their team, and then go on stage to shake hands with NBA commissioner David Stern.

Fourteen rookies, including Anthony Davis, Thomas Robinson, Bradley Beal, Michael Kidd Gilchrist, Harrison Barnes, Tall Strong, Damian Lillard, Dion Witters, Jeremy Lamb, Andre Drummond, Austin Rivers, John Hansen, Tyler Zeller, and Meyers Leonard, appeared in this year's draft.

Gao Dazhuang was accompanied by his agent Fagan, former NBA scouting director Mattie Black, former coach Aaron McCarthy, Gao Dazhuang's local friend in New York, Hot Sauce from Rock Park, and Yang Yi, a famous commentator on CCTV Sports Channel.

Despite this, the tall and strong family and friends are still the least on the scene, and now the most relatives and friends are undoubtedly the "quasi-champion" Davis, and Celtics head coach Douke Rivers is sitting next to the tall and strong, because Austin Rivers in this rookie is his son, and Coach Rivers is also waiting for the final results in the small green room like other rookie family members.

Due to the tall and strong on-site participation, the CCTV sports channel also broadcast the draft live for the first time, Zhang Weiping and Xu Jicheng served as commentators, and Yang Yi, who was in Madison Square, played the role of "war correspondent".

"Although this is a big year for the draft, it has long been dubbed the 'year of Anthony Davis', and the top pick predicted by the expert media has not changed in the past season, so it has become an unsolved mystery who will be selected with the second pick when Davis locks in the top spot early," Xu commented.

"As things stand, Davis' teammate Michael Kidd Gilchrist, Thomas Robinson of the University of Kansas, and Bradley Beal of the University of Florida are all likely to compete for the top spot, and even being tall and strong is not entirely hopeless," Zhang replied.

"Every year the NBA Draft is the place where the trade takes place, many teams will use the draft picks in their hands as chips at this moment to carry out various operations, judging from the recent league rumors, this year's draft is likely to be very lively, because both strong and weak teams are actively seeking change, and some teams are already planning to play their own big chess, such as the Rockets, they have made a deal with the Timberwolves about the 18th pick, according to the American media, Their goal is to collect first-round picks, which they can then use as chips in exchange for higher picks, which they can eventually use as chips to trade Howard to the Magic."

Last season, Jeremy Lin set off an unexpected storm, but he participated in the draft that year was famous, this year's draft, there is another player who is also from the treasure island of Taiwan will also attack the NBA, he is nicknamed "Jet" Zhang Zongxian, participating in this year's talent draft is a big challenge for Zhang Zongxian, because the probability of losing is very high, but this does not prevent him from fighting for his basketball dream like Jeremy Lin, even if he loses, He can still get into the NBA through opportunities like tryouts for the team."

"Of course, today's biggest attraction is definitely tall and strong, after the results of the joint trial physical fitness test came out, the draft market of tall and strong continued to be good, and there were even rumors that teams such as Wizards and Cavaliers were interested in being tall and strong, looking forward to Gao Dazhuang to create another Yao Ming-style glory"

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Finally, the draft officially began, and NBA President Stern habitually used the opening words "for basketball reasons" when he first appeared, but as soon as this remark came out, it immediately caused ridicule and boos from the fans off the court.

As for the reason, it actually dates back to the beginning of the season, when the Lakers tried to get Chris Paul through a trade, just when everyone thought that Paul would wear the purple and gold jersey, but an official ban called off the deal, and the reason given at the time was "for the sake of basketball", which may be accidental now, but as soon as Stern's words came out, he was naturally ridiculed by fans.

In addition, I have to mention that the scene of the draft has always been in New York, and this time is no exception, but just a few days ago, the Knicks wanted to renew Jeremy Lin's contract, which involved some conflicts between the early Bird clause and the league official, Stern also filed a complaint for this, he questioned the enjoyment of the clause by the dismissed players, so that he naturally became the enemy of New York fans, although Stern's obstruction did not work, but when recalling the process, Naturally, the New Yorkers, who have always been mean, don't save face for Stern.

Despite the boos in the stadium, President Stern calmly made a gesture of listening forward and gave a short summary of the past season amid a chorus of boos.

Then President Stern glanced around the room and said, "The New Orleans Hornets chose with their No. 1 pick—"

At this time, the audience was silent, everyone was paying attention to Stern's mouth shape, and the tall man in the venue felt his heartbeat increase significantly.

"It's Anthony from the University of Kentucky. Davis" Stern reveals the suspense.

"Oh" The audience burst into applause, Davis stood up in cheers, took the cap with the New Orleans Hornets logo handed by the staff on the side, put it on his head, congratulated his relatives and friends around him, and slowly walked to the rostrum.

No surprises!

Davis has long been regarded as the absolute top pick, and American experts believe that his future achievements will likely be comparable to Garnett and Duncan.

New Orleans is also a blessing for Davis, who led the University of Kentucky to an NCAA championship two months ago and now became the second No. 1 overall pick in the Hornets' history.