NBA villain

Chapter 505 Potential
Speaking of which, part of the reason for Yi Jianlian's participation in this year's draft is due to Yang Di.

After Yang Di became famous, basketball continued to be popular in China. Yang Di and Yao Ming proved that the Chinese can play basketball well.Similarly, the basketball industry and major leagues are also developing rapidly. Chinese people are very enthusiastic about supporting Chinese players to play overseas. It has also become a matter of pride to participate in the NBA draft.

Take this year's NBA draft as an example. In addition to Yi Jianlian who was invited to the Little Green House, two outstanding players, Sun Yue and Tang Zhengdong, participated in the NBA draft.

Among them, Sun Yue is still a rare outside player.

Since the draft in 03, Yang Di and Xue Yuyang, who entered the NBA in the same year, have become world-renowned basketball superstars, and the other is still playing in the CBA. Although they are also good basketball players, their talents and potentials have been exhausted. It's like a world of difference with Yang Di.

Furthermore, Wang Zhizhi, Battelle and other NBA experienced players are indeed much more capable than ordinary Chinese players, so even participating in the more scientific and systematic training in the NBA is better than slowly wasting their potential .

This year's World Championships, originally Yi Jianlian should have participated in the team's training camp early, but because Yang Di was selected for the national team for the first time, and because the finals will be played until mid-to-late June, the real training of the team will not start until Yang Di returns to report , Before that, it could only be regarded as a training of physical fitness.

Yi Jianlian thought about it for a long time, and called Yao Ming for consultation.

Yao Ming told him: "The NBA is a very realistic league. Rookie players look at their potential. Yi Jianlian's physical fitness is not much worse than when Yang Di first entered the league. His jumping wingspan is first-class, and he has a soft hand. His shooting ability is very popular in today's NBA. If you enter the league early, you will be able to get in touch with the training here. As long as you develop your body in the future and pair it with a good guard, it will be easy to score more than ten points in front of the frame. Being a starter is going to be a natural thing."

"The salary of a starter in the NBA is much higher than that in the CBA. Big players are even rarer, and the annual salary of tens of millions of dollars is just around the corner."

In this way, 19-year-old Yi Jianlian participated in this year's draft, which surprised Yang Di after seeing him.

He is not familiar with Yi Jianlian, but he has also heard about this young man. After all, in the 04 Athens Olympics, the 17-year-old Yi Jianlian directly entered the national team.

Yi Jianlian and others participated in the joint trial training, and the famous agent Jeff Schwartz became Yi Jianlian's agent, responsible for various matters of Yi Jianlian's NBA.

Of course, the Warriors will not choose Yi Jianlian. Yi Jianlian's current predicted pick is at the end of the lottery zone, and the Warriors have two first-round picks, one is very high and the other is very low. It is impossible for it to be his turn .

After Yang Di saw Yi Jianlian and others, he immediately became more interested. He called up the system, and the system was indeed connected to the draft conference. He spent [-] villain points to check the three players of Yi Jianlian. Card.

Yi Jianlian: 19 years old.

身高：2米13，臂展2米24，体重114公斤。

Offense: B-, Defense: C-, Rebounding: B-, Potential: A+.

"The potential is actually A+!" Yang Di was taken aback. He didn't expect Yi Jianlian's potential to be so high. With an A+ level, he could almost be selected as an All-Star at his peak.

This made him look at the younger brother who is about to enter the NBA with admiration. In the entire draft, he can be regarded as quite talented and potential.

Then he looked at Tang Zhengdong and Sun Yue, one with B potential and the other with B+ potential, they could only be considered ordinary players.

Things like potential prove the upper limit of a player, and the key to being able to truly play out depends on continuous training and opportunities.

"Are you a compatriot from your motherland?" Nancy asked obediently.

"Yes, he is a very good young man. I hope he can train and compete well after entering the league." Yang Di nodded and replied.

"I think he looks like a serious and good baby." Nancy said with a smile covering her mouth.

Yang Di laughed, "Be good or not, can it be seen from the face?"

After the draft, David Stern announced the official start of the draft after a brief opening ceremony.

"In the 2006 NBA draft, the first pick in the first round, the Toronto Raptors chose - Andrea Bargnani! From Italy, 7 feet tall."

"Wow!"

The audience exclaimed.

Yang Di also called out in surprise, "Andrea Bagyani?"

"What's wrong?" Nancy asked.

"In the previous year's draft, Australian No. [-] Bogut was selected, and this year, an Italian player was selected. In the past two years, NBA No. [-] teams have selected foreign players, which is very surprising. "

"Is Bagyani good?"

"I don't know, but he is the winner of the best youth player and future star in the Europa League this year, helping his team win the Italian league championship."

"Sounds strong."

"In short, the potential is good." Yang Di couldn't help but secretly took a look at the information card. Bagyani's potential reached S-. Judging from the situation in the young draft year, it is considered very good to select a player of this level.

Bargnani took the Raptors baseball cap and walked onto the stage.

The young man's face was full of smiles. He was the No. [-] pick in the draft, and he was still No. [-] in Italy.He seems to be able to foresee that in the future, he will become a basketball superstar in his own country and become the pride of the motherland like Dirk Nowitzki, Pau Gasol, Yang Di, Yao Ming, and Nash.

After an affidavit of oath against his new owners, Bagyani walked off the stage.

Stern came on stage again and took the note in his hand.

"In the 2006 draft, the second overall pick in the first round, the Golden State Warriors selected LaMarcus Aldridge from the University of Texas."

Aldridge off the court frowned slightly, took the baseball cap handed over by the staff, and walked onto the stage.

How could it be chosen by the Warriors, hey, the Warriors already have Yang Di and Tyson Chandler, how can this be so early!Aldridge was a little unhappy. Although the Warriors are a thriving youth team, but there are too many newcomers in the team, and the lineup is complete, the corresponding training opportunities for the game must be much less. According to his thinking, the best fourth pick He was selected by the Trail Blazers, or later by Boston and Houston. The teams in these big cities just needed him to save the lineup.

All kinds of thoughts flashed through him, his face tightened, and he forced a smile.

"I am very happy to be selected by the championship team. I feel honored and excited. I can't wait to go to the San Francisco Bay Area and start a new journey."

There was no sense of excitement or honor in the voice.

(End of this chapter)