Basketball: Start with the nerve knife

Chapter 2 is to try to play as good as possible

Wilson Chandler stood up amidst David Stern's yell, the manager beside him hugged him, and the audience applauded around him, and he turned his head to look at Li Wan before going on stage, With a winner's smile on his face.

He ultimately won the battle for the 17th pick in the first round.

"fxxk!"

Arne Tailun cursed in a low voice, patted Li Wan on the shoulder, and walked towards the outside of the court.

Before the 20th pick in the first round, there was only one Lakers team still in contact with him, and he had to do his best to get Li Wan selected in this pick.

But the Lakers...

"Will you choose me?"

Li Wan muttered softly.

The person who promised him was Lakers general manager Kupchak.

But the Lakers also participated in the draft this year as well as head coach Phil Jackson.

Judging from the reports of the Los Angeles media before the draft, Phil Jackson and Kupchak have great differences in selection. "Zen Master" seems to prefer to choose a player in the fourth and fifth positions to fill the inside line.

Li Wan's expression became a little serious.If it really falls to the 20th pick in the first round, the system's evaluation results will be terrible...

"Boss, Nix didn't choose Li Wan..."

At the same time, in the backstage Lakers lounge, Kupchak saw Chandler on stage, and immediately called the Lakers owner Bass.

"Then we choose!"

The unquestionable voice of old Bath came from the phone.It was his idea to choose Li Wan.

Kupchak hesitated: "But haven't you already agreed to Phil..."

"That was when the Knicks chose Li Wan. Now they have no choice, so it doesn't matter..." There was a slight silence on the phone, and then said, "Anyway, you choose first, and we will know after the selection is over." Er's attitude."

As soon as Kupchak heard this, he knew that he was going to become a "scapegoat" again.But there is no way, who made him a wage earner!

——Damn it, the phone doesn't work!
Arne-Terrone came back with another bad news.

Marco Belinelli, who was selected with the 18th overall pick in the first round, had already shaken hands with David Stern for a photo and walked off the field.

Next is the 19th pick in the first round.

Running out of time.

Arne-Tayron's face was apologetic, and he whispered: "I'm sorry, Li."

In his view, Kupchak, like Thomas, changed his target selection.

Otherwise, it is impossible to get through the phone.

He has to experience this kind of thing several times in the draft every year, he is sure.

Li Wan didn't speak, but stared fixedly at David Stern on the stage, and couldn't help leaning forward again.Before the final result is settled, it means there is still hope.

On the stage, under the spotlight of the whole venue, the backstage staff came on stage again with an envelope. This is the 19th letter of the night.

David Stern held his gold-rimmed glasses with his hand, and he took out the card from the envelope. The name on the card made the corners of his mouth rise a little more unconsciously.

It seemed like a choice that even he was happy with.

Li Wan looked at David Stern, who was smiling brighter than before reading on the big screen, with unprecedented concentration on his face.

"In the 2007 draft, the 19th pick in the first round, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Li Wan, a freshman from Ohio State University!"

Got it!

Li Wan bounced up as if on a spring, let out a heavy breath, the 19th pick in the first round, fortunately he kept it.

"Sorry, buddy, for not getting the best for you!"

There was a little surprise on Arne-Tayron's face. He didn't expect it at first, but he didn't expect a turnaround. Although Kupchak didn't know why he didn't answer his call, his choice didn't change.It's just that he still has some regrets. They were once very close to the 17th pick in the first round.

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Although Li Wan's popularity among American fans is not as hot as it was in April, his popularity has already begun.Even if many people don't know Li Wan, they know that he completed a three-pointer at the last moment of this year's NCAA Finals, shattering Florida's dream of defending the title, and staged the "hero dream" of a small man!
The big screen at the scene also played back this classic goal at this time, and the cheers on the scene were even louder.

"Congratulations, buddy!"

His college teammate Dae Quinn Cook sat next to him, and after Li Wan hugged his agent, he also ran to hug him.

"I'll be here soon, Dai Quinn!"

Li Wan saw the tension on his face and patted him on the shoulder.

Passing by the small green house that symbolizes the geniuses in 07, those people in Florida all cast hostile glances at him, and Noah let out a clear cold snort: "Che, luck is really good!"

The "Florida Five" chose to stay in the team last year in order to defend the school's championship.All the way through, but because of Li Wan, a guy who averaged only 6.6 points per game and only made 30% of his three-pointers, his dreams were shattered, and he was really aggrieved by the loss.It hasn't slowed down until now.

Especially Noah.

Because Li Wan completed the three-point lore in front of him.

"Thank you, my luck has always been very good, don't you know that?"

Li Wanyi's pointed eyes made Noah clenched his fists.

"Man, I knew it, you can do it!"

A tower-like man stood up and hugged Li Wan. His excited smile made the wrinkles on his forehead more obvious. He looked at least 40 to [-] years old.

Black people generally do not look old, except for Greg Oden.

The "combination of Tim Duncan and David Robinson" in the eyes of the outside media is Li Wan's teammate at Ohio State University and this year's No. [-] pick,

Beside him, there was also a black man with the same excited face, probably because he was standing beside Greg Oden, he appeared to be short in stature.

This is Mike Conley, another teammate of Li Wan University.

Although his height is not as high as Li Wangao, he ranked fourth in the first round of this year's draft.Is the first guard to be drafted this year.

Li Wan has experienced the pressure of standing next to these two geniuses in the past year.

"Welcome to the NBA, Li Wan."

The voice of the president of the alliance has a bit of the kindness of the uncle next door, which makes people feel like spring breeze.If the tone is not so awkward when calling the name.

Although Li Wan knew that he was in the shape of a beautiful knife in David Stern's eyes, he still responded with a smile and thanked him.

Walking off the field, Li Wan was surrounded by a group of reporters.

"Congratulations, Lee, you were selected by the Lakers with the 19th overall pick in the first round. Can you tell me how you feel now?" A black reporter asked first. Dazzling.

Tai Lun asked Li Wan this question in a mock interview before, and he already had the answer: "Of course I am very happy, but I am a little regretful that I failed to become a player in the lottery zone and failed to let my parents come here. on site……"

This answer is Li Wan's sincerity.

Then there were a few fun questions, but unfortunately not all reporters only prepared such questions.Seeing that the interview time was almost up, a blond female reporter suddenly spoke up, her voice raised to suppress other reporters' questions: "I heard that Lakers general manager Kupchak and head coach Phil Jackson had a 19th straight in the first round. There was a big dispute over the selection of the position, Zen Master didn’t seem to want to choose you, but wanted to choose an inside player..."

Li Wan looked at the expectant eyes of the female reporter and frowned slightly.

Judging from the current results, it seems that Kupchak won...

It's just that for Li Wan, it's not a good thing to be on the opposite side of the team's head coach before joining the Lakers!But in the draft, he was a passive choice. Since he entered the Lakers, he can only take one step at a time.

After a short silence, Li Wan said: "What I can do is to try my best to perform well..."

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