Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 1 draft scene
"Old Wang, don't be too nervous, this will make people laugh."

"Nervous? Ron, you look like you just finished a game. You are tired and stupid."

Looking at Ron Artest, who is big and thick but sweating profusely, Wang Hao was extremely speechless.

As for you, you still want to comfort people, no, what do you think, so that people can feel that you are not nervous?

That's right, this Ron Artest, also known as Ci Shiping, and Pan Dafu.

The representative of the beastly small forward in the NBA, synonymous with a strong defender, and the best wing defender.

Of course, the premise of all this is that there is no Palace of Auburn Hills battle.

A battle at the Palace of Auburn Hills not only shattered the championship dreams of many Pacers players, Artest also completely went downhill.

You know, before the Palace of Auburn Hills battle, Artest was the best defensive player and entered the third team.

In addition to Artest, Jermaine O'Neal also entered the second team of the best team, as well as the top three MVP.

There are also many good players such as Reggie Miller, who are the real threats to the Pistons in the league.

It's a pity that everything disappeared because of the war.

"Are you kidding me? Who am I? Ron Artest, I'm the man who wants to beat Jordan, I'm going to be nervous?"

Hehe, if it weren't for your legs shaking all the time and almost overturning the table several times, he would really believe it.

As for beating Jordan?
Well, Artest really did it, but it was just a physical defeat that broke a person's bones.

You know, Jordan was preparing to come back for the second time.

If it weren't for Joe's stamina to be tough enough, maybe the fans would never have the chance to see Jordan again.

If there is no Jordan of the new century, then Jordan will truly become a god, which is a pity for Artest's good intentions.

If Jordan in the 90s proved to everyone that God is God and God is invincible.

Then Jordan in the new century is telling all the latecomers that he is also a human being, and if he works hard, he can still see his back.

After talking about Jordan and Artest for a long time, of course I have to talk about Wang Hao himself.

Not Chinese, not immigrants, but native Chinese, who went abroad to study a year ago.

Why Study Abroad?
Learn foreign advanced science and technology, and then serve the motherland?

Think too much, no, it's not that Wang Hao is unwilling to serve the motherland, it's really too difficult, he really can't learn it.

Wang Hao's family conditions are not bad. After all, he can study abroad at his own expense, and his family's conditions cannot be too bad.

Both parents are intellectuals. They studied abroad in their early years and are university professors. Although they are not top universities in China, they have made achievements in their respective fields.

With such a pair of parents, it is natural to hope that the child will become a dragon.

It's a pity that after 18 years of watching, the parents of high intellectuals had to choose to accept the reality.

Maybe God thought the couple were too smart, so they gave them a child who was not too smart.

As soon as such thoughts appeared, the two even felt a little guilty.

The only thing that reassures them is that their son's academic performance is not good, but this body is really not bad.

With a height of two meters, he is still very strong and has good athletic ability. He can't study well, but at least he is in good health.

When Wang Hao was in high school, his father Wang Weiguo was already arranging for Wang Hao's future.

Although studying is not good, you still have to have a degree. After all, these are the things that are valued in China.

Plus now, Chinese people are very xenophobic, and just the name of a sea turtle can skyrocket his worth.

Wang Weiguo found contacts who studied abroad in the early years, and spent some money to send Wang Hao to study abroad.

What major does Wang Hao study?
Human Sociology.

At first glance, this major is similar to philosophy and art, a standard second-generation study abroad major.

After all, if they are really asked to study life sciences or high-end physics, they will not understand it at all.

The place where Wang Hao studied abroad is called St. John's University.

Why did you study in this university?

Because this is a Catholic university with a strong religious background.

Universities like this tend to be more open-minded when recruiting foreign students. As for the purpose, it is self-evident.

But it doesn't matter to Wang Hao, anyway, he plans to get a diploma and return to China to spend time.

Who would have imagined that during the ten hours from China to the United States, Wang Hao obviously only slept, but it seemed to have gone through decades.

Isn't it like, because that feeling is too real?
Time travel?

Wang Hao was not sure at first, until something called a system appeared in his mind, and he was sure that it was time travel.

The decades of experience in his mind told him that this is time travel.

For the life in the next few decades, I will highlight four words, eat and wait to die.

For such a life, Wang Hao is really... quite satisfied.

Of course, this is under the circumstances that cannot be changed. After all, if you can lie down and enjoy life, who wants to work hard to make money?

Isn't making money just to enjoy life?
However, with the emergence of the system, Wang Hao's life has quietly changed.

"Old Wang, why are you in a daze, the draft will start soon."

Artest was a little excited. Watching David Stern come to the stage, there were boos all around him.

The old tradition of the NBA is gone, and everyone is not surprised.

And now, it is June 1999, the scene of the NBA draft, which is the so-called small green room.

Wang Hao also played basketball before, because of his tall stature, he has always imitated Wang Zhizhi, a chasing boy.

Of course, he used to play for fun, and his parents would definitely not like him to practice sports. Isn't this delaying the child's study?Although there is no need to delay Wang Hao's study at all.

It was only this year that he really accepted professional basketball practice.

So why did Wang Hao appear in the Little Green House?
Naturally because of the thighs, if Artest's thighs are not enough, then add two more, Elton Brand and Lamar Odom.

A No. [-] overall pick, a left-handed magician.

As Artest's friends and high school teammates, the two naturally knew Wang Hao, and they even had a good relationship.

"Anyway, I won't have my name now, so why worry?"

Artest said with great confidence: "You must concentrate, because you will soon hear the name of the great Ron Artest."

David Stern took the stage, and instead of announcing the draft immediately, began his regular speech.

For several minutes, he was talking about the development of the NBA and the future direction of the league.

And what responded to him was naturally boos one after another, which can be regarded as a characteristic of the NBA in this era.

However, looking back on the memories in my mind, maybe many years later, everyone will miss this old man.

Perhaps, David Stern is a businessman, because he made the NBA over-commercialized and lacked the spirit of basketball.

But the NBA is originally a business league. As a businessman, he did what he should do, and what he did was actually pretty good.

(End of this chapter)