basketball storm

Chapter 333 The first Cuban player to land in the NBA
Hao Man returned to his hometown in Putian and invited his high school teammates to play wild ball.

Hao Man received a pass from his teammate, and he broke into the inside and made a one-handed dunk, which attracted a lot of applause.

"Okay, I haven't seen you for a few years, so slowly, so slowly, it's not slow at all."

The high school teammates teased Hao Man. Everyone did not expect that Hao Man, who was not good in speed and explosiveness in the past, can now become the core of the CBA team.

"By the way, I heard that the national team list is out, but Brother Hao didn't see you." Someone told the news today.

Hao Man took a sip of water and said, "How can I be selected, I can't be ranked no matter what." In fact, Hao Man's heart is eager to be able to go to the national team.

"Yes, but it's a pity that Brother Hao didn't go."

However, Hao Man understands that his physical condition is far from meeting the requirements of the national team.

"It would be great if he could play for the national team!" This was Hao Man's truest thought.

……

Huaxia fans have been waiting for the announcement of the men's basketball roster after the CBA finals. After all, this year's international competition is unusual, and the Olympic gold medal is full of gold.

After half a month of waiting, the men's basketball roster finally came out.

But when the list came out, it wasn't all kinds of joy, but doubts.

The main reason for the doubts is that the fans' own idols did not appear on the list.

Among them, Sun Yue, Mao Jun, Liu Zhizhou, Xu Bu, Zhang Youzhen, Hao Man, Zhu Zhun, Wang Shipeng, Zhu Fangyu, Du Feng, Yang Meng, and Chang Le all have the support of fans, who believe that their strength can meet the standards of the national team.

Some excited fans even overwhelmed the server of the Basketball Association's official website.

It can be said that this is the bitter fruit planted by Chen Xinglian himself.

Cultivate diehard fans and develop support culture, leading to the generation of extreme fans.

However, the CBA chose to actively face the fans.

The person in charge of the Basketball Association said that Harris has the right to employ people, and he will employ people according to his own tactical needs, not which player is more popular.

This statement has been supported by most of the media and fans.After all, laymen guiding experts can kill people.

Fans online are also voicing their views.

[To be honest, He Siyuan didn't shoot in the international competition and was easily targeted. Why didn't he give Sun Yue a chance?Tall point guards are rare all over the world]
[Cloud fans, didn't you watch the game?He's three-point shooting rate reached 32.8%. Although he didn't shoot many shots, it doesn't mean that he can be released casually]
[If you want me to say, to play in an international competition, you must bring out the players with the best physical fitness. Which one can defend against Mao Jun's impact ability? ]
[Are you coaches?Are you in command during the game?How Harris needs to employ people is his own decision]
[I agree! ]
……

In the middle of the quarrel among the fans, news came from the United States.

Shi Xiaolong went to the United States to participate in the 2004 NBA Draft.

In addition to World of Warcraft, Josh Smith, Al Jefferson and other all-star players.Although most of the players in this draft are not star-studded, there are many players that Chinese fans are familiar with.

Such as Ariza, Humphries, JR, Iguodala, Luol Deng, Kevin Martin and so on.

However, this year's draft still attracted attention in China. After all, once again, Chinese players landed in the NBA.

What's interesting is that Bruce Smith and Josh Smith, his own template, participated in the draft in the same year.

The template given by Bruce Bruce NBA scouts is Rainman Sean Kemp, and the template given by Josh Smith is James.

This made Chen Xinglian not know how to complain.

But influenced by China's domestic basketball, Shi Xiaolong is indeed different from Josh Smith.

Bruce has better post-up footwork and shooting.

Coupled with the background of Chinese players, Shi Xiaolong is very optimistic about NBA scouts, and some teams that want the Chinese market have a strong interest in Shi Xiaolong.

So Shi Xiaolong, a center from Cuba Huaxia National People's Congress, was selected by the Toronto Raptors with the eighth overall pick in the 2004 NBA Draft.

This is the second time the Raptors have selected a Chinese player.

As a result, Shi Xiaolong inadvertently broke a record and became the first cuba player selected by the NBA.

Stern was delighted to see the most talented Chinese power forward in the NBA ever.Although Lu Tao, who the NBA most wanted, did not come, Shi Xiaolong was enough, which also told Chen Xinglian, who is the number one basketball league on this planet.

After stepping down, he faced the reporter's question. When the reporter asked why he came to the NBA, was it because of Lu Tao's participation in the CBA?

Shi Xiaolong's face turned black.

"I don't think I'm any worse than him, he has a better team, I'm a little bit less lucky, that's all. If I have the chance to play against him again, you will know who is the Huatian talent in 04. "

Shi Xiaolong's arrogance and conceit unconsciously negated his teammates from the National People's Congress.

Apparently no one told the 19-year-old prodigy to learn to be humble.Fans who like him like his unruly, and many people are looking forward to what the combination of him and Carter will be like.

But in addition to Shi Xiaolong, Huaxia fans also paid attention to one person-JR Smith.

The reason is simple, that is, his style of play is too similar to that of Hood Joe.

So much so that Huaxia Media directly replaced JR's template with Hu Deqiao.But the proud NBA does not agree with this view.

Not long after the NBA draft ended, the time came to June No. 30, and the CBA draft conference was also held.

There were a total of 42 picks in two rounds in this draft, and a total of 21 teams participated in the draft.

The newly joined Yangcheng Navigator (formerly Space-Time Marco Polo) and Qingdao Eagle Club automatically won the fourth and fifth picks.

This year's CBA did not choose to expand the enrollment of four clubs. In order to optimize the player structure, only two more teams were added to the 20 teams.

The choice of these two teams is also to develop the two populous provinces of eastern Guangdong and eastern Shandong.After all, the economic development of the central and western provinces during this period is still lacking, due to economic factors and the two teams have a good record.

Moreover, the locations of these two teams also announced that they will build new arenas, both of which are large arenas with about [-] seats, which also meet the CBA's access requirements.

In addition, in order to develop the eastern region this year, Chen Xinglian also asked Bayi to move to the old area of ​​Gan Province to develop the basketball culture of Gan Province.As compensation for relocation, CBA will provide subsidies to help Bayi build a medium-sized arena with 1 people.

Huaxia fans generally believe that the quality of this year's draft is lower than that of 02, but higher than that of 03.

On the day of the draft, the invited players and their families walked into the venue of the draft.

What's interesting is that many players chose to wear tunics to enter the venue.Most of them are to cater to Chen Xinglian's aesthetics. After all, even fans know that if they fall into Chen Xinglian's eyes, they will be highly praised.

The most typical one is Mao Jun.

On the day of the draft, Yuxing picked Lu Tao without hesitation.

Just when everyone thought that Yu Province would vigorously train Lu Tao, the on-site commentator told the fans that Lu Tao had been traded.

Longdong Junu used his lottery lottery plus Shan Weiguo and Hu Haidong to trade Lu Tao.

The commentator's first reaction after hearing the news was whether Longdong didn't want to play next season.

(End of this chapter)