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Chapter 254 Draft Conference! [The third update, please subscribe]

At the beginning of the draft, Yao Ming went to the small green house, and Lu Yu and Klaus sat together.

Dan Dickau did not come to New York. He was not invited by the Green House. He chose to stay at home and wait for the news. Since the top 14 picks in the draft every year are called the lottery area, the Green House will invite at least 14 players. The specifics also depend on the intention of each draft team that year. Players who enter the small green house can be accompanied by relatives and friends at the draft site.

In the draft, players who are selected, field officials will give them a cap that picks their team, and then take the stage to shake hands with NBA commissioner David Stern.

Carlos Boozer was not invited into the Green House either, but because Jay Williams was invited, he came to New York with him.

So at this time, Boozer and Shane sat next to Lu Yu.

Lu Yu looked at Claus and then at Boozer, and could only sigh, fate!
"Jerry, what do you think of the bald head next to you?"

"He's... Duke University..." Krause obviously did his homework, but his impression of Boozer was still vague. If it wasn't for Shane sitting next to him, he would have almost never thought of Duke University. matter.

"Yes, it's Duke's Boozer. I've played with him before, and I think he's a good fit for our team."

"However, he has not tried out with us."

No trial training means no information, Klaus didn't know whether to listen to Lu Yu or not.

Because this year's Bulls' signing position is not good, they haven't tried out a few players at all.

In addition, some time ago, the team's attention was on the finals. Who will pay attention to who the rookie should choose? The team has trained less than ten players in total, and among them, Krause is optimistic. There's only one Tayshaun Prince.

"If Prince is taken by another team before the 28th pick, then I'll use the 28th pick to select that bald player." Krause obviously still didn't remember Boozer's name.

Lu Yu stopped talking, because he didn't know whether Prince would be selected before the 28th pick.

The general manager of the Warriors couldn't wait to submit the envelope of his choice. After David Stern opened it, a satisfied smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

A photo of Yao Ming appeared on the big screen.

The Great Wall of China officially entered the NBA
Yao Ming has also become the first international player in history who has no American college basketball experience, but was elected as the No. [-] overall pick.

So far, China has four players in the NBA.

Lu Yu, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Battelle.

The Warriors were originally a group of youths. There were many talented players in the team, such as Lu Yu's old opponent, Arenas, Antoine Jamison, Jason Richardson, and Troy Mohamed. Fei, Eric Dampier, the starting lineup is full of talent, but these young people lack a central axis core.

Lu Yu felt that Yao Ming was suitable, provided that after Yao Ming had established himself, the talented players had not left.

Especially Arenas, to know that next year Arenas went to the Wizards, the famous Arenas clause appeared.

In any case, in this Warriors team, Yao Ming's only competitor is Dampier, but Dampier wants to compete with Yao Ming is also wishful thinking, the Warriors are not stupid, will they replace the champion who has been selected through hard work?

What's more, Yao Ming has a huge Chinese market behind him.

Isn't Lu Yu of the Bulls a ready-made example?

The Memphis Grizzlies selected Drew Gooden with the second overall pick.

The Denver Nuggets selected Mike Dunleavy with the third overall pick.

In Lu Yu's previous life, the Denver Nuggets actually selected Nikoloz Skitishvili
In order to draft Nikoloz Skitishvili, the Nuggets missed out on Amare Stoudemire and Caron Butler.

Like Milicic, Skitishvili became a living example of players of European background being overhyped.

The Nuggets wanted him to be the next Dirk Nowitzki, but on the contrary, Skitishvili was clumsy in defensive team awareness and lacked physicality, and had the best four seasons in the league. The year he only averaged 4 points in his rookie season, he often appeared in the league's top picks.

However, Lu Yu's butterfly effect appeared. The Nuggets did not choose this European player, but chose the more secure little Dunleavy.

Mike Dunleavy is the son of former NBA player and former Los Angeles Clippers head coach Mike Dunleavy Sr.

Jay Williams, who was selected second overall in Lu Yu's previous life, did not wait for a team to call his name this time, because none of the top three overall picks needed a guard.

With the fourth overall pick, the Houston Rockets selected Jay Williams.

It stands to reason that the Rockets don't need a guard, but when No. [-] pick Williams fell to the No. [-] pick, the Rockets had no reason not to draft him.

Williams was indignant, he felt slighted.

Lu Yu just wanted to tell him that if you can go to Houston, you can just snicker, at least better than the half-dead crash you were hit by a motorcycle in Chicago in your previous life.

In Lu Yu's previous life, Jay Williams didn't do well.

In 2007, when Yao Ming, the champion of the same level, was leading the Rockets in the West, when his senior brother Hill came to Phoenix to continue to play the heat, when his junior brother Chris Duhong had already taken over his gun in the Bulls, Jay E. Williams — the No. 2002 overall pick in [-] — sadly announced his official retirement, saying goodbye to the professional basketball world.

All tragedy originated in a car accident in June 2003.

People tend to get carried away easily after being complacent.

As a rookie in the NBA for just one season, the halo of honor seems to have let Jay Williams let his guard down on the world.

So that night, Williams was driving his heavy motorcycle at a speed, but the motorcycle unexpectedly lost control and directly hit a telephone pole on the side of the road. He suffered severe damage to three nerves in his left leg, and faced life-long amputation and even life-threatening.

Jay Williams is from Duke University. For players who graduated from this elite basketball school, injuries may be a curse of fate.

From Art Heyman to Laettner, Hill, to the active Boozer, Redick and others, countless famous players eventually fell on the "ghost gate" of injury.Williams wasn't the first and probably won't be the last.

But what troubled the star point guard was why he had to follow his brother Bobby Haley's path?

Haley nearly lost his life in a car accident during his rookie season with the Kings.In this way, the future superstar, who had high hopes, suddenly became a role player wandering on the fringes of the NBA.

So Lu Yu thought, maybe this time Jay Williams was selected by the Rockets, maybe he could change his life against the sky?

That's the end of Lu Yu's butterfly effect.

The next draft is basically the same as Lu Yu's previous life.

The New York Knicks drafted Nene, the Suns drafted Stoudemire, and the Heat drafted Caron Butler.

When Butler took the stage, he deliberately looked in the direction of Lu Yu in the auditorium.

The Heat and the Bulls belong to the East. He wants to lead the Heat to compete with Lu Yuzheng next year, but he does not know that the ideal is very plump and the reality is very skinny.

Mourning will announce his absence for the entire season before the start of the new season, and the Heat will be cut again.

Pat Riley has few soldiers available.

Eddie Jones and Brian Grant are still the main force, and the newest Best is also starting.

Rookie Caron Butler will also become the main small forward for the Heat, and he performed well and won the title of "Rookie of the Year" in the first month, but the Heat still have a broken lineup.

Not to mention competing with the Bulls, with such strength, it would be a blessing to be able to make the playoffs in the East.

When David Stern read that the Pistons had selected Tayshaun Prince with the 23rd pick, Lu Yu gave Krause a deep look.

Klaus glanced at Carlos Boozer not far away.

Boozer rubbed his bare head with a bewildered expression.

After a while, David Stern announced that the Chicago Bulls selected Carlos Boozer from Duke University.

If they hadn't come to Madison Square Garden, no reporter would have discovered the connection between them, but when the reporter photographed Claus, Lu Yu, Shane and Boozer sitting in a row, everyone realized that they would Wouldn't the Bulls have coveted Boozer for a long time?
In fact, if the Bulls did not choose Boozer, Boozer would basically fall to the second round.

No team will look at this short, older insider.

If you can be selected in the second round, you can already burn high incense.

Boozer was particularly happy being drafted in the first round, which meant a little more money on his rookie contract, and most crucially, his agent told him that his chances of being drafted in the first round were slim.

Unexpectedly, it was finally selected.

When he walked to Claus and hugged and thanked Claus, Claus smiled faintly: "I think you should thank Lu Yu, because of his suggestion, we chose you."

Lu Yu knew that Klaus was selling himself a favor.

The reason for selling favors is most likely because he wants to trade Hamilton.

After a while, Yao Ming also came over.

Klaus looked at the Warriors hat on Yao Ming's head with a bit of envy and hatred.

If the Bulls can have such a big man, they can not only monopolize the Chinese market, but also possibly cultivate an inside monster comparable to O'Neal.

At that time, it may be possible to win a lot of championships.

But David Stern will not allow two Chinese players to be on the same team. For David Stern, maximizing interests is what he has to do.

Yao Ming is in the Bay Area in the west, and Lu Yu is in Chicago in the east. In this way, there are teams in the east and west of the league that can gain support from the Chinese market.

Not only that, the future Chinese derby between the two teams will attract the attention of fans.

Originally, Wang Zhizhi could also do it, but Wang Zhizhi's character and style of play were too unpopular, and Wang Zhizhi's position in the team was a bit different from Lu Yu's.

Yao Ming is different. Yao Ming entered the NBA as the No. [-] pick. Not surprisingly, the Warriors will cultivate him as the core.

The only thing that worries David Stern is the Warriors' shitty record.

I can only hope that Yao Ming can take the belly warrior to a new level like Lu Yu.

"In the past two days, you and Zhang Mingji will go to San Francisco first, and arrange the place to live. Snoopy has already talked to you about the endorsement. It is estimated that after a while, you will be able to repay the buyout money. Give it to me." Lu Yu smiled.

"Perhaps it's better to owe it first." Yao Ming replied wisely.

He also saw Lu Yu's energy in the United States, and knew that cooperation with Lu Yu was indeed a matter of great benefit and no harm. What's more, Lu Yu really helped him sincerely.

He asked Lu Yu why he helped him?
Lu Yu answered him, because we are compatriots.

In fact, Yi Jianlian told him once about this issue, and Lu Yu also said what he said in his face. He was very moved at the time, but after thinking about it, he always felt like he was being fooled.

But when he asked Lu Yu again, and when Lu Yu just said the answer lightly, he had to believe that what Lu Yu said was from the heart.

At this time, Lu Yu and Yao Ming's cell phones rang at the same time. They looked at each other and took out their cell phones. It was a text message from Wang Fei, the head coach of the Chinese men's basketball team.

Next week, all the Chinese men's basketball team will go to the training location in the United States.

　The third shift is coming, ask for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)