I didn't want to fly away

Chapter 30 Sign up for the draft! (For collection, for follow-up)
The PAC-[-] championship game came to an end at the Staples Center.

The audience watching this game across the United States immediately knew how terrifying the UCLA Bruins, the No. [-] seeded team in the West Division of the NCAA Championship, is under the leadership of Lu Yi this season!
Although Lu Yi, who scored 53 points in a single game, is suspected of scoring points, it is also a skill to be able to efficiently score 53 points in a single game in the conference finals.

After this battle, whether it is the judges of the NCAA annual awards, or the NBA team that is still doing badly this season, they have to reconsider.

Next, if you want to distract part of your attention, put it on Lu Yi.

"Lu Yi, congratulations!"

In ten years, no one asked him, and he became famous all over the world in one fell swoop.

Linda, the "girlfriend" who hadn't been in touch for a while, also reappeared after Lu Yi led the Bruins to win the Pacific Ten Schools Championship.

What can't be obtained is always a commotion, and Lu Yi has indeed been a commotion before, especially because of the special status of the other party.

But after seeing the Three Kingdoms, you can't just stare at Cao Cao.

Some of Liu Bei's life experiences are also worth learning from.

Then play music, then dance.

You've already made a name for yourself, do you still need to worry about what you couldn't get before?

Can't you be younger, more beautiful, and more prestigious?

Lu Yi finally resisted the temptation.

You still have to be hardworking yourself, and the NCAA tournament is about to start, and Lu Yi has no other thoughts.

March Madness is about to enter, and Lu Yi happened to have completed his credits last month, and he is ready to start graduation.

Before that, Lu Yi had to strike while the iron was hot and announced the news of signing up for the draft in advance.

Participating in the NBA draft does not mean that the players are awesome.

Things must be done according to the process. Players who want to participate in the draft in that year must fill out an application form with the league draft office two months in advance.

The draft is held at the end of June every year. If you sign up for the draft in advance, you must get the confirmation of your application before the end of April.

But then again, the threshold for signing up for the draft is actually very low.

Last year, there was a weird one—Zach Feinstein, who thought it was fun at first, so he signed up for the NBA draft as soon as his brain became hot.

I thought it was just a little bit of fun, but I didn't expect to get an official reply from the NBA.

The letter instructed him in detail on how to sign up for the NBA Draft, and even copied and mailed the forms that should be filled out.

Then, Feinstein completed the form and sent it to the NBA draft office. After more than two months, he successfully became an undrafted pick.

Because the information about the loss of the draft can be traced on the official NBA website, he also smugly took a screenshot of the online information and posted it on Facebook to pretend to be aggressive.

Fans who didn't know the truth thought he was really awesome, but later he bragged too much, so he had no choice but to say that he had never played in college and could sign up for the draft.

However, it only made him more famous.

Many American fans didn't know in advance that they could still do this. After they knew it, there would naturally be people who had nothing to do and did something absurd like Feinstein.

And in the future, they often use "I am in the same year with Curry, Harden, Leonard, and Antetokounmpo" as a topic of conversation before and after tea and dinner.

Lu Yi participated in the draft this time, but he really wanted to be drafted in the same year as Curry.

……

On March 3, at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles.

Today, Lu Yi will announce to the media present in the hotel lobby that he will sign up for the NBA draft in advance.

Because Lu Yi is still at UCLA and still playing in the NCAA tournament, he hasn't contacted an agent yet.

If Lu Yi releases the news that he needs to find an agent now, I am afraid that the door of Lu Yi's bedroom will be trampled down.

Because it was a temporary decision, and there was no agent to promote it, the number of media present today was relatively small, basically all local media in Los Angeles, only 13.

But that's enough!
Lu Yi is the best player in the Pacific Ten Schools League. He won a battle last night and became the king of Los Angeles in a short period of time.

Lu Yi is not a nobody without a name.

At this time, Lu Yi only needs someone to help him send a message. At that time, the NBA official will send someone to contact Lu Yi.

The major teams in the NBA will also pay more attention to Lu Yi.

Lu Yi has already won the championship of the Pacific Ten Schools League.

Next, the NCAA Western Conference Championship, and even the final championship, Lu Yi may not be able to win.

"I, Lui, have decided to enter the 2009 NBA Draft.

作为一名身高6尺6寸（1米98），体重187磅（85公斤）的中国人，我认为我拥有成为NBA球员的实力。

After finishing the next NCAA Tournament, I will end my college career early and bring my talents to the NBA! "

Lu Yi simply announced his participation in the draft at the Four Seasons Hotel. Although there were not many media present, the news spread throughout the United States within a day and caused widespread discussion.

Afterwards, Collison, Holiday and Soros came to Lu Yi to learn from him.

Even Holland came to talk to Lu Yi.

Holland is not worried about whether Lu Yi will finish the next NCAA tournament seriously, but hopes to use Lu Yi's mouth to influence Holiday.

The Bruins will inevitably lose Lu Yi and Collison next season. At this time, they can no longer lose potential players like Holiday.

Holland originally intended to train Holiday to be the next core player of the Bruins.

Holland meant that it would be best to spend the full four years of Holliday University.

But it's a pity that Holiday just used the Bruins as a springboard.

The day after Lu Yi announced his early participation in the draft, Holiday also announced to the media at the Four Seasons Hotel that he will participate in this year's draft with Lu Yi.

Holiday is the No. [-] point guard among high school students in the United States. He has full potential and is expected to be selected in the lottery.

Playing well with the Bruins this season is another plus.

It can be said that Holiday received more attention in the draft than Lu Yi.

On the contrary, Collison, who had been followed by scouts a few years ago, did not disclose any information before the start of the NCAA tournament.

The NCAA career can only be four years at most. Collison will not stay in UCLA for one more year in order to graduate, and then play in the NCAA for another year.

No such thing!
Therefore, there are only two paths left for Collison.

Either sign up for the draft this year, or spend a year in UCLA, or go overseas to play, and then sign with an NBA team as a free agent next year and enter the NBA.

Playing in the NBA must earn more money than overseas, and Collison's family does not have a mine, so it is impossible to waste an extra year at UCLA.

Therefore, Collison's participation in the draft is inevitable.

In this way, even if Collison did not immediately announce the news of signing up for the NBA draft, the UCLA Bruins will still have three first-round players who want to enter the NBA through the draft this season.

All of a sudden, NBA scouts gathered for the UCLA Bruins, and their attention skyrocketed.

(End of this chapter)