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June 29, 1999, New York, on this day, it has once again become the center of attention of basketball fans in the United States and even around the world, since this year's finals New York Knicks were swept by the Western Conference champion Spurs with a score of 0-4, the fans and media here were once again surrounded by huge disappointment after encountering great hopes, and it was difficult for them to regain their interest in the NBA for a while.

"Hey, Myers, didn't you say you weren't coming to the NBA draft today? He also said that it was very boring here, "At the entrance of Madison Garden Plaza, fans have begun to enter the stadium, which is really different from the grand finals half a month ago.

"Hmph, I didn't want to come, but the news said that guy was coming, so I'm going to boo him here," the man named Miles said with an angry expression.

"Haha, me too, that bastard actually cursed us for losing 4-0 to the Spurs, and this time he must not be allowed to get out of Madison easily"

New York lost, lost miserably in the Finals, all fans and media in the United States this year voted this year's Finals as the most "disgusting" Finals in history, the playing style of both teams is ugly, whether it is the process or the result, it is not interesting at all, and the Knicks were even labeled as the weakest Eastern Conference champion ever, according to authoritative media statistics, the ratings of Game 7 of the Western Conference Finals between the Spurs and the Timberwolves broke 20%, And in the last minute, Nash's magical crotch and Elliott's miraculous toe lore moment pushed the ratings of that period up to 25%, which once again broke the NBA historical ratings record in one fell swoop, just when everyone lamented the influence of the Wake Forest showteam in the United States, the finals also began to be staged, and the ratings of the first game of the finals without the gimmick of the Wake Forest Civil War were directly reduced from 20% to 10%, What made David Stern even more annoyed was that the ugly way the two teams played together was outrageous, and the first 10% rating actually became the highest rating in the Finals. Just when fans and media across the United States unanimously criticized the bad finals of this year, but under the rendering of New York fans in the New York media, the main reason why the Knicks' performance was so bad was not the poor strength of their own team but because of the curse of the Timberwolves head coach, who cursed the Knicks before the game to lose 0-4, which also made Zhuang Fei a public enemy of New York again for a while. Now that the finals have just ended, the hearts of New York fans are still dripping blood, and the public enemy heard that he was coming to New York, how could he not let them be excited. However, even with the stimulation of Zhuang Fei, a public enemy, Madison's attendance this year is not too high.

Zhuang Fei did not go to the scene in last year's NBA draft and handed over all the affairs to the team's general manager McHale, but this year Zhuang Fei is still ready to come in person, this year's draft is in a sense much more difficult than last year's draft, and several players in Zhuang Fei's mind may encounter huge competition. He couldn't sit in Minnesota and watch TV.

"Zhuang, you are here today" As soon as Zhuang Fei walked into the venue, the scattered fans in the stands let out huge boos, especially when they saw New York's number one public enemy Zhuang Fei and No. 2 public enemy Pat Riley hugging each other, the boos were pushed to the highest point.

"Hehe, I didn't have this treatment when I came here last time" Zhuang Fei looked at the Knicks fans who were glaring at him on the stage and smiled bitterly, he clearly remembered that he enjoyed the applause when he came to New York to watch the game with Lao Dolan last year, and when he led the team to play away at the beginning of this year, the Knicks were in a deep quagmire at that time, and the fans vented all their anger on Van Gundy, so he and the Timberwolves also enjoyed the applause, but now, it was all boos.

"Zhuang, it's good to get used to it, it's good to get used to it, the NBA is like that" Pat Riley sighed with a smile, compared to Zhuang Fei, he has indeed experienced too many such things.

"By the way, Zhuang, how did I hear that you guys are looking for a high draft pick everywhere these days, although our Heat's draft pick is not very high, but it's not bad, if you want, we can change, I heard that you are very interested in that rookie in Russia, but you know that Sloan guy has been staring at it all the time" Pat Riley is a little worried, the draft battle is difficult to play, especially the team that is weak in the signing.

"Thanks, but Miami's draft pick is still too low for us" Zhuang Fei said with a smile, rejecting Pat Riley's kindness, Pat Riley has always owed Zhuang Fei a favor, Zhuang Fei got him into the Dream Four team coaching team, and now Pat Riley just wants to return this favor, although American society is not a human society, but it is also very particular about these things.

"Also, the Jazz have traded a couple of first-round picks this year, and my No. 25 pick doesn't really have much effect, but you also need to be prepared to lose Kirilenko," Pat Riley kindly reminded. Just a few days ago, the Timberwolves suddenly released words that they needed high draft picks to compete for Kirilenko, and for a while Kirilenko quickly became another major focus of the draft, and quickly suppressed the heat brought by Wang Zhizhi, and now everyone in the NBA knows that Coach Z is trading draft picks everywhere to prepare to sign Kirilenko.

"Zhuang, long time no see" Just as Zhuang Fei and Pat Riley were greeting, a tall middle-aged man with a smile on his face walked over.

"Phil, long time no see, congratulations, becoming the head coach of the Lakers" Pat Riley and Zhuang Fei said to Phil Jackson with a smile.

"Hehe, it's thanks to the fact that you have no interest in the position of head coach of the Lakers" Phil Jackson was still smiling, but his tone was still a little unhappy, and then said: "Zhuang, I won't lose to you again this year"

Zhuang Fei looked at Phil Jackson's back and was stunned, this old boy and ** Vicky are completely different types, this is a guy with a knife in his smile, Zhuang Fei has been in Wake Forest for three years, almost every year he has beaten Phil Jackson to become the best head coach in the United States, so although the two became friends because of the triangle attack, they soon became opponents.

"This bastard is too arrogant" Pat Riley said indignantly, Phil Jackson almost ignored him just now, the two of them have similar status in the American basketball circle, they are both "commercial speculative coaches" who are not accepted by the mainstream coaching circle, and Pat Riley is still his Lakers senior. But the two had too many grievances in the past.

"What's this, just defeat him," Zhuang Fei looked at Pat Riley and smiled.

"Just beat him?" Pat Riley recalled what Zhuang Fei had just said in his mouth, and then smiled as well.

This year's NBA draft is the tail of the 96 golden generation in the United States, many players could have participated in the previous 96, 97, 98 drafts, but because there were too many geniuses in the previous sessions, so in order to stay in order to the present, it can be said that in the future NBA more than ten years, even if the 03 generation entered the league, but the ruler of the NBA has always been the 96 golden generation, the 96 golden generation does not just refer to the rookies in 96, it can be said that in those years, the NBA talent collective blowout and geniuses have emergedIn the future, the United States has never had such a grand occasion as it is now, and it can be said that this generation is the most talented generation in American basketball.

In this year's NBA draft, most of the fourteen people sitting in the small green room Zhuang Fei have an impression, such as Brand, such as Francis, and of course Jason Terry, the person who rejected Zhuang Fei back then, and now Jason Terry is sitting in the small green room and is uncomfortable, next to him are the last two people of the Wake Forest showteam, James Posey and Ragabel, both of whom are in the lottery area, and even James Posey's pick is estimated to be above him.

"That may be the decision I regret the most in my life" Jason Terry's heart was full of bitterness, who would have thought that the outside core of Wake Forest's original Z coach was not Carter but him, and now recalling Zhuang Fei's desire for him back then, he couldn't throw that sense of loss out of his mind, especially after Wake Forest dominated the NCAA, especially after Vince Carter became popular in the NBA, among the high school students of that year, although Carter was ranked above him, but the gap between the two was not big, but now, There was a world of difference, and now even James Posey, who had never heard of him before, was in front of him. It also made him lose his mind for a while.

Unlike Terry's distraction, James Posey is very proud of the players of Wake Forest, and now as long as they hang this sign of Wake Forest, they will not worry about having no home, James Posey, Ragabel, and Al Harrington are now sitting in the small green house, which is unique.

The Chicago Bulls, who received the No. 1 pick this year, began a difficult rebuilding with a collapsed dynasty, and Brand became their hope for a rebuild, and their choice came as no surprise, as everyone before the draft already knew.

The Hornets, on the other hand, chose Byron Davis at the No. 2 spot, which was not originally for the Hornets, and many teams have multiple first-round picks this year because there were too many trades with picks last season.

The Clippers chose James Posey from Wake Forest in the third pick, which is also a strategy they made before the draft, since the loss of Carter last year, the management of the Clippers has almost become another big laughing stock in the United States, even comparable to the Trail Blazers missed Jordan back then, but the Trail Blazers are luckier than the Clippers, it has been 15 years since they missed Jordan, and everyone has begun to forget that Jordan has retired, and the Clippers are different, Carter is more like rì Zhongtian, The more faceless they were, so this time they gritted their teeth and gave up on Odom in favor of James Posey. Wake Forest is now the big man.

The fourth-ranked Toronto Raptors chose Stephen Francis, the best guard this year, and the fifth-ranked Nets chose a power forward from Wake Forest, known as Duncan's successor, Al Harrington, who did not win the championship this year, and they did not break through in the pick, but two of the first five picks are players from Wake Forest, which is surprising enough, and the same is true of Carter and Szzerbiak last year.

The choice of the Dallas Mavericks in sixth place This time the choice is Jonathan Bender, a very talented high school rookie, and also the MVP of the 1999 McDonald's High School All-Star, only 18 years old this year, compared to Wang Zhizhi, Bender is the more talented player, after a huge struggle, the old Nelson finally gave up Wang Zhizhi.

The seventh-place Wizards chose Kangda's Hamilton, who has always been their signature shooting guard, Ray Allen is also from Kangda, the eighth-place Cavaliers chose Andre Miller, the ninth-ranked Atlanta Hawks chose Jason Terry, and the tenth-place Cavaliers chose again, and their choice this time was Sean Marion. Wake Forest's Ragabel was drafted by the Raptors in 11th place.

As the rookies in the lottery area were taken away one by one, Zhuang Fei was also extremely nervous, and now David Stern's every reading made his heart beat faster, for fear that Wang Zhizhi would be robbed suddenly.

"The Memphis Grizzlies picked Ron Artest from St. John's University in fourteenth place"

As the draft entered the fifteenth pick, Zhuang Fei's palms were sweating, and Zhuang Fei had similar things as Nelson Sr. and Phil Jackson, although Nelson Sr. chose Bender, but he still did not give up Wang Zhizhi, he traded to the Denver Nuggets to get the eighteenth pick, it can be said that this sign is already very good, and Phil Jackson is also, although he failed to get a higher signing, but the No. 21 pick is not too low.

Of course, in addition to these two, Sloan is also very nervous, Kirilenko was fired by Zhuang Fei, and now he has become a hot rookie, and he is really likely to be robbed, although the Jazz also have a few first-round picks this year, but none of them are high picks.

"Chicago Bulls Pick William Haveli No. 16"

Hearing David Stern read out this name, Zhuang Fei's heart was relieved again, Wang Zhizhi was still safe.

In another place, in the office of the Dallas Mavericks, old Nelson was also sweating, and now he was only 17 places short, according to this situation, Wang Zhizhi was already in his pocket.

"Looks like we're going to win all of it now," Nelson Sr. said with a smile as he watched the TV. But as soon as he finished speaking, he couldn't laugh anymore.

"The Atlanta Eagles chose the young giant Wang Zhizhi from China in seventeenth place"

As soon as David Stern's words were finished, Phil Jackson on the scene was also blue-faced, and the old Nelson of Dallas was even more cold.

Zhuang Fei smiled.