NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 36 If I were ranked based on strength, I would be at least in the top five!
"The Toronto Raptors' fourth pick in the first round is...Chris Bosh!"

"The Miami Heat's fifth pick in the first round is...Dwyane Wade!"

"The Los Angeles Clippers' first-round pick with the sixth pick is... Chris Kaman!"

In the stands, David West read out the roster one by one, and there were fewer and fewer players in the little green room.

Although he had learned the news from Thomas in advance, Wang Chong still couldn't contain his inner nervousness.

It's like during an exam, when the teacher is reading the list of passing students, and the bad students around you are read out one by one and leave, but your name is never read. It feels the same.

This can't help but remind Wang Chong of a classic case of the Little Green Room in the future. Center DeAndre Jordan was invited to the Little Green Room in the 2008 draft.

As a member of the Little Green Room, Jordan sat in the Little Green Room until all the players were selected in the first round without waiting for his name to be named. It was not until the fifth pick in the second round that the Los Angeles Clippers finally selected this player. The poor child who was suffering in the little green room chose to leave.

It is completely conceivable that when the whole little green room was empty and only he was left, and when all 30 players in the first round were selected and still did not have his name, what kind of impact was it on the young mind of Jordan, who was not very old at the time.

Fortunately, this situation did not happen to Wang Chong.

The draft continues.

David Stern picked up today's No. 13 envelope. After opening it, he saw the name inside. He looked slightly startled, then smiled and said loudly: "From the Memphis Grizzlies, the No. 13 pick in the first round. ’s draft pick, their choice is Marquette University’s Wang Chong!”

At this moment, Wang Chong breathed a sigh of relief.

The whole person even relaxed a little at this moment, holding the chair with both hands before standing up from the seat.

To be honest, the psychological pressure exerted on him by the draft process is not as great as at 01:30. After all, it is related to the completion progress of his system tasks and the attribution of generous rewards.

The No. 13 pick in the first round is not a relatively high pick, but it is undoubtedly within the lottery area and meets the mission conditions, which means that his system mission has been completed!
At this moment, Wang Chong couldn't care less about the task situation in his consciousness space, and walked out of the small green room quickly and walked onto the stage.

David Stern stood on the stage and looked at Wang Chong walking towards him with a smile.

Stern has long heard of this Chinese-American who shone in the NCAA finals and continues to pay attention to him.

After all, he just promoted the landing of the league's first Chinese number one pick, Dayao, last year, taking the first step in opening up the Chinese market. Naturally, he hopes that more Asian faces will appear on the NBA stage.

The appearance of Wang Chong was definitely an unexpected surprise, and Stern was very pleased that the opponent was selected by an NBA team in the lottery.

While smiling and shaking hands with Wang Chong, Stern leaned close to Wang Chong and whispered: "Welcome to the NBA, Wang, you can definitely make a difference on this stage. I am optimistic about your subsequent performance."

What Stern didn't know was that when Wang Chong shook hands with him, his mind was not on this at all.

"The Grizzlies will select me with the No. 13 pick in the first round. According to Thomas, it may be the instruction from the Lakers. In this case, the two teams will reach a deal later..."

Wang Chong was not surprised at all when the Grizzlies took action.

The Grizzlies have a relatively close relationship with the Lakers. The most famous thing is that in 08, the Lakers traded Kwame Brown, two first-round picks, and the signing rights of Marc Gasol from the Grizzlies. Pau Gasol trade.This transaction caused an uproar in the league at the time, and it was considered a behind-the-scenes operation. Spurs coach Popovich was furious and publicly stated that the transaction was a "robbery"!
If it weren't for Marc Gasol later developing his worth with the Grizzlies and becoming an All-Star player, this deal would definitely be a typical case of losing money but not making any money.

Why the Grizzlies agreed to such a deal is still an unsolved mystery, but it is certainly not as simple as a normal deal.

In this case, it is not inconceivable that the Lakers contact the Grizzlies and let the other party select them and then trade them.

Wearing a Grizzlies baseball cap, Wang Chong took a photo with Stern and walked off the field with a smile.

As soon as he got off the stands, countless reporters immediately surrounded Wang Chong.

"Mr. Wang Chong, congratulations on being selected by the Grizzlies with the No. 13 pick in the first round. This is a very high pick, exceeding the outside world's original draft prediction for you. You think you deserve it with your own strength. Will you take this spot?"

Amidst the noisy interviews of a group of reporters, a slightly sharp voice caught Wang Chong's attention.

He turned around and saw the owner of the voice.

This is a middle-aged white aunt who is about 50 to [-] years old. She has a standard pie face and sparse blond hair hanging around her. She looks particularly bad.

But compared to the other party's appearance, Wang Chong was more concerned about the other party's problem just now.

What is "Do you think you are worthy of this pick based on your own strength?"

Normally, few reporters would ask this kind of provocative and taunting question.

But now it is obviously a second-class situation.

Seeing the other person raising his head with a proud look on his face, Wang Chong understood something and sneered in his heart.

It is now 03, and the problem of racial discrimination in the United States is far more serious than in the future era when media exposure and public opinion pressure will be huge.

Whether on campus or in previous NCAA competitions, Wang Chong could more or less encounter and feel this slightly different atmosphere.

But it was the first time that I was asked such a question while being surrounded by reporters.

Wang Chong didn't know whether it was because he was selected in the lottery that made this middle-aged woman feel unhappy and deliberately provoked her, but he was not prepared to ignore it like before.

"The No. 13 pick in the first round? Indeed, this pick is a bit unreasonable for me." Wang Chong smiled and shook his head, "If the draft picks are completely ranked according to strength, I should at least be at the front. Five or less, not No. 13 in the first round."

As soon as Wang Chong said this, the surrounding reporters were stunned.

mad!Crazy!
Not satisfied with the No. 13 pick in the first round? If ranked by strength, he would be at least within the top five?who do you think You Are?Don't you open your eyes and see who are the top five players?

(End of this chapter)