You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 120 Hug must be hard, with all your strength

Tuesday, December 2005, 6

Madison Square Garden Theater, New York City, USA

7:22 in the evening
The 2005 NBA Draft will be held tonight, and ESPN will broadcast it live to the world.

Wei Xia and fourteen other draft players were invited to enter the small green room.

Wei Xia has his parents, elder brother and sister by his side. Originally he wanted to bring his grandparents, but they didn't want to join in the fun.

Jerry Wayne's statement sounds the most plausible: "If you get drafted by the New York Knicks, I'm afraid I'll go into cardiac arrest."

It sounds very reasonable, there are two teams that Wayne hates the most.

One is the Lakers.Celtics fans who don't hate the Lakers don't even qualify as Celtics fans.The struggle for hegemony from generation to generation, the grievances and grievances that have lasted for half a century are not the excuse of fraternity.Maybe the fans of both sides will show respect to each other's star at a certain moment, but most of the time, the attitude towards each other is often unswerving: hit his mother, burn his whole family!

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Mr. David Stern."

You can't miss the booing, and just as Rasheed Wallace loves being booed, Stern is used to the hospitality of fans everywhere.

"Hi everyone, welcome to the NBA draft at Madison Square Garden in New York. This is the home of the Knicks and the New York Liberty (WNBA). Before the draft begins, I would like to announce another news: This year will be the last time that the NBA will allow high school players to skip the NCAA and directly sign up for the NBA draft." Stern said clearly.

As we all know, high school students participated in the selection starting from Moses Malone, and Sean Kemp in the middle proved that their group of guys with simple minds and well-developed limbs can perform in the NBA without re-education by the NCAA.Kevin Garnett, Kobe Bryant, Tracy McGrady and others tried again and succeeded, making NBA teams dizzy and making talented high school students tend to skip college and join the league.

As a result, high school players in the new century, except for LeBron James and Dwight Howard, are all reduced to giant babies who cannot fulfill their talents. Apart from complaining about the bad environment, unfair coaches, unfriendly teammates, unfriendly fans, unkindness, and God’s unkindness, God did not give them direction.

The irony is that most young people don't listen to them.

Why?Because human beings always repeat the same tragedy!

Then they will probably see those young people die and then complain arrogantly that you don't listen to Lao Tzu so fucking hard. Unexpectedly, when they were young, they didn't turn a deaf ear to the well-intentioned reminders.

The potential of high school players is difficult to determine. The current scouting system is far from mature enough to be able to see the quality of players in high school, unless it is a rare talent like James.Therefore, the league has made it clear that high school players under the American system must either drop out of school and play professionally to participate in the draft at the age of 19 according to the path of international players, or participate in the draft after graduating from high school and playing in the NCAA for at least one year.

This year, many high school players, including three of the top five high school students in the United States in 2005, participated in the last draft that allowed high school students to participate.

They are Monta Ellis, the No. [-] high school student in the United States, and Wei Xia was teammates with him during the Warriors' trial training.

Martel Webster, the No. [-] high school student in the United States;

Louis Williams, the No. [-] high school student in the United States.

If other top high school students are counted, seven of the top 100 out of the top 15 high schools in the United States who graduated from high school this year signed up for the draft.

7:34
Mr. President came out and read out the first envelope of the night.

With the first pick in the first round of the draft, the Milwaukee Bucks decided to abide by the contract from ancient times and selected Australian center Andre Bogut from the University of Utah.

Stephen A. Smith of ESPN Live commented: "I thought he was going to be the next Bill Wennington, until I found out last week that he was only 20 years old (one year younger than Wecha). Now, I want to upgrade that prediction to this poor man's version of Mike Gminski (Mike Gminski)."

Wei Xia's mother, Mei Chen, was even more outspoken: "He doesn't look like a star player at all except he is tall."

Wei Xia's father, Wei Mingliang, played an evil prediction that only Wei Xia could understand: "The Bucks are another team that hastily selected a center in the draft without even a head coach after the Los Angeles Clippers in 1998."

Hope the prophecy comes true.Wei Xia didn't look down on Michael Olowokandi, he just didn't like Bogut.

7:40
"Philly, will the Eagles choose you?"

When Stern came out, Mei Chen asked.

Before Wei Xia could answer, Mr. President read out the second envelope in a clear tone: "In the 2005 NBA draft, the Atlanta Hawks selected Marvin Williams from the University of North Carolina!"

"This choice is inappropriate!" Mei Chen almost cried out.

"Mommy, be careful."

"This choice is wrong!" Mei Chen watched the championship game with Wei Mingliang at home. "He was completely at a disadvantage against Feili in the game. How could they ignore that game?"

ESPN commentator Dick Vitale also did not understand the Eagles' decision: "Basketball fans all over the world know that they need a guard. Why do they choose Marvin, who needs long-term investment and has a low degree of completion when they have Josh Smith, Josh Childress, and Al Harrington?"

Steve A. Smith said as he read the manuscript: "The sky is the limit for Marvin. As a forward, he is unbelievably tall and long, flexible, excellent athletic ability, full of explosive power, and his wingspan is really long, reaching 7 feet 3 inches - the most distinctive feature of him is his excellent shooting ability!"

"Are talents and ceilings that important?" Mei Chen still complained about Wei Xia.

7:50
Since Wesha did not go to the Jazz for a trial at all, his agent Dan Fagan even threatened that if the Jazz dared to choose, he dared to make his client Steve Francis second.With Fegan's reputation as bad, he could do it.

Later, Jerry Sloan said that the Jazz were extremely close to getting Wesha.

Until Stern got the answer, they were hesitating whether to take down Weixia who was indifferent to them.Sloan repeatedly consulted the scouting department, and they all believed that Wei Xia was a player with an All-Star prospect, that was his ultimate ceiling, and he was not unmissable.

Well, since it is not unmissable, let him chase his sky.

Deron Williams was drafted by the Jazz.

"Which team is the fourth pick?" Mei Chen asked.

"New Orleans Hornets."

"Will they choose you?"

Wei Xia's silence gave Mei Chen an answer.

"Honey, what's going on here? Fili is the best player in the country, why don't they all choose?"

"The performance of the NCAA can provide a reference, but their selection of players is not purely based on the college game." Wei Mingliang shook his head and expressed puzzlement, "Sometimes, I can't understand their decisions. In my opinion, Deron and Marvin should not be selected before Philey. The Jazz and the Eagles made a mistake."

"It was a big mistake!" Mei Chen corrected him.

Mr. President soon came out with the fourth envelope.

Stern announced the answer, and the Hornets gleefully landed their Most Valuable Player, Chris Paul.

The two ESPN experts Vitale and Smith were equally excited.

Vitale yelled, "He's going to be the next mayor of New Orleans!"

"No!" Smith corrected him. "He's going to be King of New Orleans!"

8:05
Before Mr. President came out with the fifth envelope, Wei Xia's family had something to look forward to.

Fegan previously said that the Bobcats were seriously considering taking Raymond Felton with the fifth pick because of a poor workout.

Although they have not yet received a letter of approval, it is good to have a glimmer of hope.

Wei Xia saw his family looking forward to it, and he followed suit, but he knew in his heart that the Bobcats were not the team he most wanted to play for.

They had him as a backup from the start, and he was the one who blew Felton's team head-on in the championship game.Is Felton more talented than him, with a higher ceiling than him?No, Charlotte fans will pay for tickets just because he's from South Carolina.

"2005 NBA Draft,"

"Selected by the Charlotte Bobcats with the fifth pick in the first round."

"Visa!" Mei Chen muttered softly, "Visa! Visa! Visa! Visa! Visa! Say Visa quickly, you sissy!"

"Raymond Felton!" Mr. President paused, "from the University of North Carolina!"

"****!"

Wei Xia may only have one chance in his life to see his mother lose her temper frequently tonight.

"Michael Jordan may be the best basketball player, but his picky eye is worse than his baseball skills!" Mei Chen cursed viciously. "That pudgy guy with the papaya head must be the next Kwame 'Bloom'!"

Wei Xia thinks that his mother's willingness to do these homework for him is very touching, and there is no need to care about details such as misremembering the name.

"Don't be angry my dear, the draft is like this, it's not necessarily a bad thing if they don't pick Felix." Wei Mingliang hurriedly reassured.

Mei Chen was about to cry. She thought that Wei Xia was also the third pick at the last time. If she was lucky, she would be the first person to shake hands with the sissy on stage. "Philip is the best college student in the country."

8:12
Wei Qiu asked ignorantly, "Is there any play for the next team?"

"Portland Trail Blazers?" Wei Xia shook his head. "That team has a lot of problem players. I don't want to play for them, so I didn't try out."

The family said it was understandable, but seeing the best college player in the country fall out of the top six was simply shocking.

David Stern came to the stage with the sixth envelope, as usual.

Wei Xia just wants to know if there will be an accident. Will he be selected by the Knicks or the Warriors?
If this trend continues, the Knicks can only take him away.Are you going to the Knicks?
"In the 2005 NBA Draft, the Portland Trail Blazers selected .Wish with the sixth pick in the first round!" Stern read in surprise, "From Villanova University!"

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Boo!

Boo!

It was like the tide, like the waves, like the most violent washing machine. It was that kind of sound. The New Yorkers at the scene were very disappointed!

Mei Chen excitedly kissed Wei Xia's cheeks again, and her mother's face was full of tears: "Congratulations, Philip, you are now an NBA player!"

Dreams from childhood to adulthood become reality at this moment.

From the moment he entered the old days, he knew this day would come.

Until this moment, with his family by his side, all the cameras were focused on him alone. His heart was trembling, and the blood in his body was churning 360 degrees. He took a deep breath, hoping that this moment was not a dream, and even if it was a dream, he would not wake up.

"Phili, you are my number one pick!" My sister hugged him.

My brother also cheered: "Go to hell with those idiot teams who missed you!"

As for Wei Mingliang, he looked the calmest, nodding and smiling gently: "Go."

But Wei Xia hugged his father hard. At this time, this rare moment, this once-in-a-lifetime glorious moment, the hug needs to be very hard, very hard, with all your strength.

(End of this chapter)