On June 14, Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to a 4-1 victory over the Magic, lifting the fourth trophy of his career and the first championship trophy after O'Neal left.

If there was still controversy about his first person in the league before, then with the ownership of this championship, Kobe Bryant, who said "the number one loser" after last year's loss and led the American Dream Eight team back to the top of the Olympics, has lived up to his name.

The era that belongs to Kobe Bryant and this Lakers team has begun.

A week later, Xu Yong packed his luggage and set off for New York again.

In a few days, the 2009 NBA Draft will be held in Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks.

Here's a little cheese, and the number of people who sign up for the NBA every year is actually not very large.

This year, for example, only 103 people registered, and by the deadline for withdrawal (if you withdraw before a certain date, you can continue to run next year), another 55 people will withdraw, and only 48 people remain.

Of course, that's not to say that 30 teams can only draft these 48 people, because the NBA draft has a 22-year-old automatic entry rule.

So you happen to be 22 years old this year, so congratulations, you have the opportunity to wake up like Wang Zhelin and find that you have been drafted by the NBA!

However, this number further shows that this year is a small year for the draft, after all, compared to those who automatically participate in the draft, the strength of active registration will naturally be stronger.

After arriving in New York, Xu Yong soon met Schwartz again.

Schwartz is a well-known agent with many NBA stars, and he signed more than Xu Yong in this year's draft, so naturally he couldn't accompany Xu Yong all the time.

However, Xu Yong is the most promising player among his rookies this year, so he also allocated the most time to Xu Yong.

"You have to prepare a suit, preferably formal, that's the first impression you make on the fans, and of course you can also do some gimmicks to try to impress the fans." Schwartz patiently admonished.

"Like kissing a beautiful girlfriend?" Xu Yong asked with a smile.

Schwartz was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile: "That's a very good suggestion." ”

Xu Yong also smiled.

Kissing his beautiful girlfriend was the most impressive thing about the NBA draft.

In 2011, Jane Veselli, nicknamed "Czech Yi Jianlian", kissed his girlfriend .jpg after being chosen.

He doesn't mind, it's who sends him a beautiful girlfriend first?

Of course, Schwartz could also hear that Xu Yong was joking.

After all, he has been in contact with Xu Yong for so long, not to mention a beautiful girlfriend around Xu Yong, there are no women.

But such a joke shows that Xu Yong's mind is very relaxed, and that is a good thing.

He has been a professional agent for so many years, and he has seen too many rookies who have an unbalanced mentality because of their unsatisfactory ranking, and finally they are out of the crowd.

The draft is just the equivalent of a college entrance examination, it is very important in life, but it is also only a starting point in a certain sense.

"By the way, you can also pick something that will bring you good luck." Schwartz reminded with a smile.

Xu Yongyan patted his suitcase when he heard this, and said with a smile: "I'm ready." ”

Although it was his first time participating in the draft, he had seen too many draft conventions as a commentator before he was reborn.

As the saying goes, "I have never eaten pork, and I have seen too many pigs running", he also made careful preparations for that special night.

Schwartz smiled and nodded when he saw this, and then chatted with Xu Yong about the latest draft market.

Now Xu Yong's most optimistic situation is that the No. 4 pick was selected by the Kings, then the No. 5 pick of the Suns, and then the No. 8 pick of the Knicks.

But now Schwartz has some more information, such as the fact that the Timberwolves are also trying to trade for the No. 5 pick, and their target is James Harden.

There is also the news of the tryout, Rubio and Tabit both did not perform well in the tryout, which may affect their draft market.

Especially for the Grizzlies, who may not be able to pick Thabit right now, and both Rubio and Harden refuse to go to them for tryouts.

Speaking of which, the Grizzlies are not very popular with rookies because of their small market, whether they are in Vancouver or Memphis.

Xu Yong nodded frequently when he heard it, but as a reborn, he knew that the Grizzlies would still pick up Thabit in the end, and the Timberwolves would also be empty in the end, not only did they not choose Harden, but they would also miss Curry one after another.

Don't say it, listening to Schwartz analyze this, and then open his eyes again, this feeling is still very subtle.

Shortly after Schwartz left, Xu Yong went to the airport to pick up Harden and them.

After more than a month, they finally met again.

Harden's beard looks a lot thicker.

"James, you'd better take care of your beard before the draft, you don't think the fans' first impression of you is raunchy, right?" Xu Yong is now learning and selling.

"Yes, I'll fix it and roll them up." Harden nodded, it was his mom's advice to him.

"How's your tryout?" After waiting for the taxi, Xu Yong asked.

Although he is reborn and has heavenly eyes, in fact, the addition of his butterfly will still change a lot of things.

Especially since he is so high in the draft market now.

"If all goes well, I'll go to Toronto." DeRozan is very realistic, and judging by his luck, the Raptors gave him the draft promise.

Xu Yong nodded, he didn't perform well in the Raptors tryout, and he shouldn't be able to fall to that pick now, DeRozan will most likely go to the Raptors as he knows.

He then looked at Harden.

"The Timberwolves gave me a draft promise, and they haven't ruled out trading draft picks up." Harden's answer confirmed Schwartz's previous words.

"The Thunder didn't give you a draft promise?" Xu Yong asked.

Harden shook his head.

This reaction surprised Xu Yong, who had the impression that the Thunder had always wanted to choose Harden.

But that's just his impression, after all, even before he was reborn, he couldn't have known too many draft details.

"I'm supposed to go to Cleveland." Ayres spoke up at this point.

To assist James?

It's a little different from history, he has the impression that Ayers went to the Spurs. [Note 9]

But that's not bad, the current Cavaliers lineup is good, at least it started in the East Finals, and it can be regarded as a high-level competition in advance.

……

Two days passed quickly, and the day was crowded outside Madison Square Garden.

On this day, in addition to the rookies, there will be fans from each team at the draft site.

It wasn't necessarily grand, but it was certainly very lively.

Xu Yong took the elevator from the underground garage to the draft site, followed by his parents and Cai Xiao.

With the exception of Ayers, he, Harden and DeRozan were all invited into the Little Green House.

The so-called small green house is a separate area isolated in front of the main stage of the draft called a small green house.

Each member of the Little Green House has a small table where they can invite friends and family to wait for the results of the draft.

When he entered the small green room, Xu Yong saw that his table was on the far right of the first row of the stage.

Not to mention anything else, it's the most convenient place to go on stage.

And next to him was Harden's desk.

With his back to him, Harden walked over and patted him on the shoulder.

"What......" Harden turned his head and saw Xu Yong's clothes and instantly widened his eyes.

Everyone else was wearing very formal suits tonight, but Xu Yong was the only one wearing, a red Tang suit, with a golden dragon embroidered on the left side.

It's just pretty cool!

But he immediately laughed and got up and gave Xu Yong a big hug, which is something Xu Yong would do.

"Chinese style." Willis on the side also spotted him, smiled and got up to say hello.

Xu Yong rolled up his sleeves at this time and showed Willis the watch he was wearing: "Lucky watch." ”

It was the same sports watch that Willis had given him a year earlier.

Willis was stunned for a moment, she didn't expect Xu Yong to wear it on such an important occasion, and said with a little excitement: "I hope it can really bring you good luck." ”

"Definitely." Xu Yong affirmed.

After greeting Harden and the others, Xu Yong went to DeRozan's side again.

DeRozan's father and mother were on the scene, and it was the first time Xu Yong had seen them.

DeRozan's mother looks okay, but his father's face is pale.

However, when DeRozan introduced Xu Yong to them, they all got up and greeted Xu Yong warmly.

His mother, in particular, kept saying words of thanks in her mouth.

As a mother, how can she not feel her son's emotions on weekdays?

It's just that what she can do is really limited, and not telling DeRozan when she gets sick like she did before is the limit of what she can do.

But she can feel the change in DeRozan this year, especially after helping the school win the championship, she feels that her son is no longer pretending to be happy, but really sunny.

Of course, at this time, Xu Yong was not only moving in the small green house, but many people were greeting each other.

Many of the people who can enter the small green house know and are familiar with each other.

At this moment, Xu Yong's shoulder was bumped.

When I looked up, it was also an acquaintance, Tabit.

Thabit frowned when he saw that it was Xu Yong, the collision just now was an accident, but he didn't say anything, and walked over with his head held high.

He was extremely depressed when he played in the division finals of the two teams before, and he was naturally unhappy with Xu Yong, and it was impossible to apologize for apologizing.

And he basically booked this year's list, in a very realistic sentence: I am the list, who are you?

Xu Yong didn't care too much, Tabit didn't play for a few minutes in the NBA as the [most popular eye in history].

It is a waste of life to deal with such people.

After greeting DeRozan and returning to his seat, he chatted with Cai Xiao about the NCAA again.

Cai Xiao arrived in the morning, and the two hadn't seen each other for so long, and there were so many words between them that they couldn't finish talking.

At this time, there is less than an hour left before the official start of the draft.

The management of each team has also come to their draft hut on the second floor one after another, and an invisible war has already begun.