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Chapter 89 You have to pretend first

After the Celtics picked Walker, the choices of the next few teams were a bit bizarre.

For example, the Nets selected Villanova University shooter Kittles who had played against Qin Fei before and was defended by Qin Fei.

The Nets said, we are short of a shooter. I originally wanted to choose Ray Allen, but I had no chance to choose Kittles.

Qin Fei guessed that it was because Villanova University is in Philadelphia, not far from New Jersey. The Nets are one of the few players who have been carefully inspected, right?

Then a bald player in the small green room was selected.

This player is called Eric Dampier.

Dampier was selected by the Pacers with the [-]th pick. He was very excited after being selected. After receiving the staff baseball cap, he went to the stage to shake hands with the president and delivered a short acceptance speech.

At the No.13 pick, the Hornets called out Kobe's name.

At this time, half of the players in the small green room had left, and Kobe let out a sigh of relief. It was so fucking dangerous, and he almost got out of the lottery.

The thirteenth pick is not high, but it is better than continuing to suffer at the bottom.

Kobe's face relaxed, and he stood up and hugged his family.

Then he thought of something, turned around and saw the smiling Qin Fei.

"congratulations!"

Qin Fei also stood up, and the two hugged each other.

Kobe wore a Hornets baseball cap and walked onto the stage unhurriedly. David Stern eyed the handsome high school student curiously.

"Congratulations, Kobe Bryant, you're an NBA player."

"Thank you."

The two shook hands and exchanged a few pleasantries.

The rhythm is not much different from Qin Fei's memory, and Kobe, who has not changed at present, is still selected at the No.13 pick.

In the video, there are some highlights of Kobe's high school career, fast breaks, shots, and one-stop dunks. He seems to be omnipotent.

After slowly regaining his composure, Kobe's excitement faded, replaced by a touch of sadness.

How should I put it, neither the Celtics nor the Lakers, but the Hornets.

How much expectation can Kobe have in his heart to go to Charlotte to develop his career?It's just that his excellent work ethic keeps him smiling.

After stepping off the stage, I felt a little bit depressed.

Then Bryant met agent Tellem.

"Don't worry, no matter what the interview is, I will first thank the Hornets and lower my stance. The draft is far from over."

There was something in Tellem's words, and Kobe's eyes lit up when he heard it, and he nodded and walked into the passage.

After Kobe left, Tellem returned his gaze to the court. Another player under his banner was sitting there steadily at the moment, with calm eyes and no emotion.

"So calm?"

Tellem thought that after Qin Fei's friends were selected one by one, there would be a certain degree of anxiety, but Qin Fei was calmer than him.

With the [-]th pick, the international player Peja was selected by the Kings.

Then the Suns selected Nash with the No.15 overall pick.

Tony Delk, who played against Qin Fei, was selected by the Hornets with the No.16 pick.

Kentucky's Tony is also a guard. The Hornets selected two guards in a row, which made the outside world smell a bit unusual.

Then at this time, the NBA officially confirmed the first deal of the election conference.

Fourth pick Marbury and fifth pick Ray Allen swap clubs.

This is an exchange between two high-ranking players, from Milwaukee to Minnesota, from one cold little place to another cold little place, Ray Allen is okay, Marbury is actually not very happy, what he hopes most is to go to Philadelphia!

The Blazers with the No.17 pick selected Jermaine O'Neal.

In this draft, the second high school student player after Kobe was selected.

The gradual younger age of draft players is a trend in the draft conferences in recent years. From the current point of view, this trend is good and encourages more NCAA players to participate in the draft in advance. Therefore, the league has not prevented high school players from participating in the draft. When some high school players get rich rewards with a younger attitude, some college students will naturally have other ideas.

At this time, there were not many players in the small green room, and the draft lasted for more than an hour.

Aunt Julie, Mandy, and Helena were all very nervous, and they didn't even bother to listen to O'Neill's acceptance speech.

"Qin Fei won't lose the election, right? The atmosphere is a bit embarrassing."

Kenny scratched his head and whispered.

"Pooh!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was sprayed by three women, and Kenny shut his mouth in fright.

Qin Fei had no time to talk to Kenny, he had a premonition that he was about to be selected.

David Stern walked onto the stage unhurriedly again, opened the envelope in his hand, pointed at the microphone, and began to announce the results of the next draft.

"In the 1996 draft, the No.18 pick, the New York Knicks chose—"

"Freshman guard from Georgetown—"

"Qin Fei!"

Kenny and other nervous people had already reacted when they heard the first-year guard from Georgetown University. When Qin Fei's name came out, he immediately cheered loudly.

There were quite a few New York fans who came to the scene, and they immediately gave thunderous applause.

This is the first player selected by the New York Knicks in this year's draft.

Chinese features, handsome face, charming smile, deep eyes like starry sky

When Qin Fei stood up, the flashes were all over the place, and he snapped wildly for free.

He has a slender figure, wearing a black suit and a red tie, showing a calmness that other rookies don't see in his youthfulness, even if he is selected, he doesn't cry or make trouble, and always just smiles.

It was Aunt Julie who opened her tear ducts and couldn't help crying. She was the first to give Qin Fei a hug: "It's great, you're great, my child, I'm so proud of you."

After saying this, Qin Fei couldn't help but feel sore in his heart, thinking of his uncle who died young, it's really good fortune.

Then Qin Fei turned around and hugged Mandy and Helena in turn.

Seeing these two little girls who are prettier than celebrities on the big screen at the scene, they immediately whistled in agitation, expressing their love for beautiful things.

When Qin Fei and Kenny hugged, he gave Kenny a thump: "You have opened your mouth so much, you can talk more if you can talk in the future."

Hey, Kenny smirked.

Qin Fei left the round table and was about to go on stage when he stretched out a hand out of nowhere, holding a New York Knicks baseball cap.

Off the court, Marbury looked a little envious.

Although he has a high pick, the Knicks are the team he most wants to play for!

Some highlights of Qin Fei's college days began to be played on the spot. Only then did New York fans know that this player who was selected by the Knicks actually grew up in Queens, New York, and then won the NCAA championship in March with Iverson.

In the collection, the two plus one completed by Qin Fei in the final was played repeatedly.

People began to say that he overlapped with the figure in his impression, oh, it turned out to be him!

When walking up the steps, the light came on, Qin Fei subconsciously narrowed his eyes, and appeared in front of David Stern's curious eyes.

"Hello, Mr. President."

Before Stern could speak, Qin Fei took the initiative to reach out and greeted him first.

"Hello, Qin Fei."

Stern held Qin Fei's hand.

Qin Fei's hand was very strong. After grabbing Stern with his big hand, he warmly closed it with the other hand, and shook hands with each other, expressing the deepest respect.

"You are the most intelligent person I've ever met." Qin Fei wanted to brag without spending money, and you must be right.

Stern has never met a rookie who crazily praised himself as soon as he came up. He found it interesting and felt very comfortable to hear it. Looking at Qin Fei again, he found that Qin Fei was more handsome and personable than he saw on the screen, and he looked like a very good star.

His heart moved, and he nodded with a smile: "Come on, let's talk."

"Don't worry, I speak quickly."

Qin Fei stood in front and held the microphone with his hand.

"Wow."

He smiled without any stage fright.

"It's probably the craziest thing I've ever done in my life. Playing, playing, being in the NBA, it's all a dream. When I was a kid, I was on the streets of Queens, and I saw tall, strong young players, they sweated, they let their youth fly."

A few minutes later, under the repeated urging of the staff, Qin Fei reluctantly walked off the stage amidst applause.

Manager Tellem and Qin Fei hugged.

Before Tellem could speak, Qin Fei took the initiative to speak:

"Sir, is New York really going to sign me?"

Tellem was taken aback, looked left and right, and found the media that had come over, and then he whispered in Qin Fei's ear, "It's hard to say for the time being, I know you understand everything, but you still have to pretend first."

(End of this chapter)