no shortcuts in basketball

Chapter 72 Unexpected?Surprised or not!
"The No. 5 pick belongs to the Los Angeles Clippers, and they have five minutes to think about it."

Stern announced the ownership of the No. [-] pick.

These 5 minutes should be the fastest 5 minutes.

Because almost the whole world knows that the Clippers will pick Griffin.

In fact, it is true. After waiting for a while, Stern returned to the stage and announced the ownership of the No. [-] lottery.

"The first pick in the first round of the NBA in 2009, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Blake Griffin, a 2m power forward from the University of Oklahoma."

Griffin's table was in the center of the stage, and he was already ready. After Stern finished reading, he got up with a smile, hugged the people around him, took the hat handed over by the staff, and walked briskly. Step onto the stage.

Everyone in the audience applauded for him.

This champion is well deserved.

Xu Yong looked at Griffin who shook hands with Stern on the stage and couldn't help but recall the scene when the two teams played against each other last year.

Griffin was impulsive and reckless at that time, but now the draft has been labeled as mature.

In the past year, he was not the only one who improved.

In the field of basketball, standing still is tantamount to regressing, even if you enter the NBA, you can't relax.

"The second pick goes to the Memphis Grizzlies, and they have five minutes to think about it."

Stern immediately announced the ownership of the second pick.

Although there were rumors that the Grizzlies wanted to trade for the second pick, it seems that they did not succeed in the end.

Xu Yong also looked away at this time.

If there is no trade, the Grizzlies will still choose Thabeet with a high probability.

In this era where big men are king, it is always possible to choose the inside without thinking.

As for himself, just wait for the Kings to pick him with the fourth pick.

Just then, Schwartz came to the little green house.

Compared to players, agents are the real busy people on draft night, constantly in touch with management interested in them.

"The latest news is that the Suns are 'out'." Schwartz said after sitting down.

Xu Yong looked at Schwartz suspiciously.

"The Wizards traded the fifth pick to another team, and they failed to win the Timberwolves' sixth pick. Although they are still working hard to trade other picks, there is little hope." Schwartz as the top The channel of the broker's source is still accurate.

Xu Yong heard the words and nodded.

Although it is different from what Cole said at the beginning, the Suns lineup is basically veterans. The bargaining chip should be Robin Lopez, who was selected last year and the No. 14 pick this year, but Lopez's rookie season is 3+ The data of 2 has not been printed yet, if the Wizards receive a better offer, it is normal to regret it.

And if he remembers correctly, in this year in history, the Wizards sent the fifth pick to the Timberwolves in exchange for Randy Foye and Mike Miller, and cleaned up a few junk contracts along the way.

Just then, Stern came out for the second time.

"The second pick in the first round of the NBA in 2009, the Memphis Grizzlies chose...Xu Yong, a 2m small forward, from China!"

Stern was also taken aback for a moment, and after seeing clearly, he announced with a heavier tone.

"..."

"??"

"Ok?"

When Stern announced the result, the fans at the scene were inexplicably silent.

The players in the small green room also started to have question marks on their heads, especially Thabeet, who was ready to get up, showed O'Neill's question mark face.

Xu Yong was also caught off guard when he heard his name raised his head.

The Grizzlies drafted him?
He became the second place?
what's the situation?
Schwartz was also stunned.

Because the Grizzlies never sent an invitation to Xu Yong for a trial training at all, and all the channels he knows, there is no news that the Grizzlies will choose Xu Yong.

This is really an accident. His mother opened the door for an accident, and accidentally arrived home.

But before he could react, Xu Yong had already stood up.

He smiled and hugged his parents, then fist-bumped Cai Xiao, who was blushing, and finally took the Grizzlies hat from the staff, and walked towards the stage with a calm expression.

Schwartz turned around at this moment, looking at Xu Yong's reaction, he was inexplicably absent-minded.

He couldn't guess what Xu Yong was feeling at the moment, should he be excited about being the second place?You know this is the second place!

Or should you be disappointed that you didn't go where you wanted to go?You know that Memphis is more "rookie grave" than the Kings.

But what he could see was Xu Yong's calmness.

Is this really a guy who just turned 20?

Xu Yong's position is very close to the stage, and he basically got on stage in three or two steps.

After he took the stage, the originally silent scene suddenly fell into a commotion.

Immediately afterwards, there were boos from the Grizzlies fans present.

There is no doubt that Xu Yong's second season in the NCAA was successful, especially in the semifinals.

But does he deserve to be No. [-]?

Even choosing James Harden is better than choosing Xu Yong!

After all, Xu Yong was only the second in charge at Arizona State University!

And it didn't take long for the booing to spread.

That was the Kings, Knicks and other teams that had a chance to get Xu Yong.

Now that Xu Yong was elected, they couldn't get it, so naturally they also booed.

In the face of these boos, Xu Yong behaved calmly.

In fact, he is still relatively calm at the moment.

Although this result was completely beyond his expectations, the Grizzlies are also a rebuilding team and suitable for him.

So this result is not bad.

As for these reactions from the fans, isn't that a good thing?

If your idol can use the doubts of the media as a motivation to improve, isn't the booing of the fans the best motivation for you?

He walked up to Stern and shook his hand.

"Very special clothes." Stern smiled like a kind grandfather.

Xu Yong's No. [-] pick was only one spot lower than Yao Ming's back then.

And with such a high pick, the example Xu Yong has set for Chinese players is also extremely tall.

"Thank you." Xu Yong responded gracefully, then turned half-turned and took a photo with Stern.

Although the boos haven't stopped, the spotlights under the stage have been flashing non-stop.

This is the biggest surprise of this year's draft, and of course the biggest news.

And Xu Yong's Tang suit is too individual.

After the group photo was over, Xu Yong walked off from the other side of the stage, where there were already beautiful reporters waiting to interview him.

"Congratulations, Xu, you have become the highest-ranked Chinese player after Yao. How do you feel now?"

"I'm very excited. Being selected with the second pick is an affirmation of my hard work over the years." Xu Yong replied with a smile.

"Have you ever thought that you will be selected in this pick?" The reporter then asked.

"No, I haven't tried out for the Grizzlies, but that won't be a problem. I will try my best to prove that the team's choice is right." Xu Yong's answer was calm and calm.

"Then do you know much about the Grizzlies?" The reporter wanted to get some exciting news from him.

"Yes, I know the Grizzlies used to be in Vancouver, then moved to Memphis, it was a young but very young team, they made the playoffs many times under the leadership of Pau Gasol , I am very excited to join such a team full of future." Xu Yong said with a smile.

The Grizzlies' words are being rebuilt, and he remembers correctly that Marc Gasol and Randolph, the black and white duo, will go this season, so there are opportunities and the future can be expected.

While Xu Yong was being interviewed by reporters, Schwartz's cell phone rang.

He answered the phone, shocked.

After hanging up the phone, he didn't care about the situation at the scene, and walked quickly towards Xu Yong.

　Let me tell you two things. First, I don’t recognize water, because I deliberately speeded up the pace of this book. I skipped all the competitions that I could not write about, and I didn’t write any emotional scenes. I only wrote them to prepare for the plot. Really? After writing all that, it’s the same 36-word draft as before. Now it’s 18 words after two NCAA seasons plus the draft. As for the draft itself, the plot design is almost the same as doing multiple-choice questions. Basically, the process is like this: look at the options, Eliminate obviously incorrect options, analyze the remaining options, use the elimination method to eliminate less likely options, make a choice, check the answers, and analyze the answers;

　　Second, I admit that it is short, but let me make a few quibbles. Because there are no competitions and emotional scenes, it takes a lot of time to design the plot. Also, I am saving the manuscript for the release of the update, but the previous update has been updated. It took a lot of time to save the manuscript, and I didn't dare to close it anymore, so I still want to sincerely apologize to all the 1-meter handsome brothers for the short length. I will work hard to make it longer in the future.

　　In the end, all the complaints are reasonable. I will answer some questions after seeing them. I hope brothers will continue to support~
　　Thanks to Qing Fengzhi and the 500 reward that works with just one shot~~
　　
　
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