You are the pearl, Mo Mengchen

Chapter 288 The most embarrassing in history
1997/6/26

Madison Garden is particularly lively tonight, where the 1997 NBA draft took place.

A group of young talents are about to step into the league.

Mo Mengchen also came to the scene. Since he participated in the draft two years ago, he has not been to the scene of the draft.

I didn't come alone today.

"It's an odd feeling to see a group of would-be millionaires being delisted."

Noah Sievers sat nervously beside Mo Mengchen.

"What's strange?" Mo Mengchen didn't feel anything strange.

Sivers looked around. "Is Michael Jordan here?"

"No."

"Where's the magician?"

are you kidding me?
"why do not you talk?"

Mo Mengchen said angrily: "Can you stop pretending to understand?"

"You insisted on bringing me here."

"I was wrong, how about sending you out now?"

Sievers was about to answer when David Stern stepped up to the stage.

"1997 NBA Draft"

History is about to change.

This scene was doomed, but the moment the established history was changed happened before Mo Mengchen's eyes, which still surprised him.

The Boston Celtics chose quietly.

"The Boston Celtics selected Tim Duncan with the first pick, out of Wake Forest!"

Duncan, in a beige suit, smiled shyly and stood up; then, the live broadcast switched to the decision made by the Celtics coach Rick Pitino, who was wearing a red T-shirt and was scowling. , not at all excited about the decision that a cat or a dog can make, he smiled awkwardly when he realized that the camera was facing him.

The following words are printed at the bottom of the big screen:
The 1997 champion Tim Duncan.

Wake Forest University's No. 21 player.

2.11 meters, 113 kilograms.

Advantages: Outstanding inside skills, comprehensive players.

Cons: Free throws.

For such a good player, free throws are just a small blemish, and the Celtics happily accept this fact.

Of course they don't know that the pulse of the times has begun to beat quietly.

There were cheers and boos at the same time, and most of these boos were a way of expressing regret for the teams that did not get Duncan.

As early as after the lottery ended, basketball fans all over the world knew that Duncan was going to play for the Celtics.

This moment is just making it a reality.

Duncan shook hands with Stern and hugged. The big man didn't notice that someone not far away was looking him up and down.

He also doesn't know how many times they will fight in the future and what kind of stories will be left in history.

However, the invisible wheel of fortune has turned.

"Is he great?"

Even if Sievers didn't understand, seeing Mo Mengchen's serious face, he knew that he was a formidable opponent.

Mo Mengchen replied: "It's a bit powerful."

"How powerful is that?" Sievers continued.

Mo Mengchen said: "As powerful as you think he is, he is as powerful as he is."

Then came the second pick.

Without Duncan, Van Horn is the Magic's only option.

Penny took a season to recover from his injuries, and the team took this opportunity to get the second overall pick. Unfortunately, they couldn't get Duncan, which was destined to make them feel full of regret.

The 76ers, holding the third overall pick and urgently needing to add a big man, saw that both Duncan and Van Horn were famous, so they had no choice but to take the risk and took Tony Batty with the third overall pick.

When this name appeared, there was no memory in Mo Mengchen's mind.

From this, it can also be concluded that the 76ers have become good people, helping other teams arrange a bomb, and they have worked hard for a year but chose a full-fledged parallel importer.

Such a spirit is commendable.

Unable to find a favorite, the Grizzlies gave up treatment and chose Ron Messer with the fourth pick.

This is Rick Pitino's protégé, Ron Messer from the University of Kentucky.

A basketball genius since childhood, he was compared to Garnett and Marbury in high school, and won the NCAA championship with Kentucky in his freshman year.Declare candidacy after sophomore year.

He is an excellent air cutter with good physical fitness, but his shooting ability has not been developed, and no scouts are optimistic that he can develop shooting in the future.

Presumably this choice of the Grizzlies will make the Celtics clench their fists with excitement.

With Duncan, they have to use another lottery pick to select a guard with star potential, and Billups is undoubtedly the best choice for this position.

The Celtics chose Billups, which made Mo Mengchen heave a sigh of relief.

If they were daring, they would gamble on McGrady.

In the first draft, it would be a headache to use two draft picks to win Duncan and Medina Mo Mengchen at the same time.

In this draft, the Pistons basically didn't sing much. They gave Bobby Jackson the promise of the No.19 pick in the first round, and they are still planning to trade together.

This transaction is also related to the players in the middle and back positions of the first round. Osgers is a determined youth.

He wants the team under his command to be full of vigor, so the more young people in the team, the better.

In his words: "Don't you want to fight and run? Don't you run as fast as possible? The old man can't run at all. I will find some young people for you. You can run hard!"

What he said made the veterans in the team worried, but Barkley went to Miami for vacation leisurely. It is said that he was served with delicious food and drink every day, and his weight had exceeded 132 kilograms.

You must know that at the end of the season, his weight was stable at 124 kilograms. After just over a month of rest, he ate himself like a veteran facing retirement.

Then came the biggest surprise of the night.

The Golden State Warriors, holding the eighth pick, chose Tracy McGrady!
When Stern announced the news to the public, Mo Mengchen, like Isaiah Thomas at the far end, was completely shocked.

Tracy McGrady is a little famous in Orlando, but he is unhappy off the court.He was very lazy, or absent from class or late, and was expelled from the basketball team because he contradicted the teacher in class.This made him fall out of the eyes of scouts before he fully emerged.

His talent surprised Jerry Krause. The fat man who created the Bulls dynasty privately negotiated with the Grizzlies to trade their No. 4 pick with Pippen, who has potential injuries, in order to get Tracy McGrady.

Jordan, who learned of this, said directly: "If you dare to do this, I will retire directly." This beautiful if ended.

Much later, McGrady will still feel a little regret when he mentions this incident.

It takes a certain amount of courage to choose a high school student. Although Smiling Assassin has done a mess in trading and coaching, he does have a pair of discerning eyes that can distinguish good talents. This is the biggest difference between him and his sworn enemy Jordan.

Unfortunately, things seem to have taken an unexpected turn.

For unknown reasons, the Warriors chose McGrady.

"You seem surprised?" Sievers asked.

Mo Mengchen said: "Yes, there was an accident."

It's a good thing, McGrady went to the West, there is nothing better than this.

What if McGrady gets drafted by the Raptors like we know history?

Carter may still join the Raptors, which will still squeeze McGrady's development space. After that, McGrady can only go out and join the Magic with Penny.

Then Peak Mai teamed up with the injury-free Penny?
Hell, this combo is as scary as Penny + Duncan was previously envisioned.

So it's better for McGrady to go west.

So far, the players that Mo Mengchen cares about are basically well-known.

There are not many leftovers at level 97, and the next step is the choice of the Pistons themselves.

No accident, until the No.19 pick, when it was the turn of the Pistons to choose, Bobby Jackson still sat quietly in that position waiting for his prince charming to take him away.

"1997 NBA Draft,"

"The Detroit Pistons selected Bobby Jackson with the No. 19 pick from the University of Minnesota!"

Jackson let out a long breath, and the Pistons fulfilled their promise and brought him back to the Motor City in this position.

After being elected, Jackson kissed his girlfriend, hugged with his family, and finally went to the stage to accept the president's congratulations.

"Are you satisfied with the result?" Sievers knew that once the result came out, it would be meaningless for them to stay here.

"It's perfect." Mo Mengchen stood up from his seat and said, "Let's go."

In the afternoon, Mo Mengchen was practicing his speech in the hotel room, and he was going to give a speech at the surgical medical summit in a few days.

Just like dreaming, this is something only he would care about in his previous life, and he has to do it now.

For the damn attribute points.

Now his attribute points reached 73000.

He had never brought so many attribute points, and he didn't know whether to use it or not.

Such is the psychology of a miser.

I originally wanted to save up to 30000, and then suddenly got a windfall, so I thought about saving more, and I kept saving, and I wanted to keep saving after I saved [-].

"10! Use it as soon as you reach this number."

Mo Mengchen made a decision.

At this time, the draft conference has ended, and the selection of each team, as well as the subsequent transactions have also taken place.

McGrady failed to report to Golden State because the Warriors traded him to Sacramento after drafting him.

Embarrassingly, McGrady was being interviewed at the time, talking about the feeling of being selected by the Warriors, he said: "Latrell Sprewell is a great player, as long as I think that I am about to fight with him So excited."

So, the reporter told: "But you have been traded to the Kings."

McGrady's sleepy eyes opened. He didn't expect this league to be so cruel. He was traded before he had time to show off his talents?
It doesn't matter, he also has someone he knows in the Kings.

Since the league is so realistic, he has to be more realistic, so he changed his words: "Oh, is it? This is business, I can understand, Sacramento is also a very good team, I made all the preparations."

"Mitch Richmond is one of my favorite players and I will learn a lot from him."

The reporter felt sad for McGrady. This is the most embarrassing rookie interview in the past ten years.

The childish McGrady did not expect that in order to get him, the Kings took out Richmond and made such a deal with the Warriors: the Kings will take their newly drafted No. Richmond, the only All-Star player in the team, was traded to the Warriors in exchange for McGrady and the Warriors' first-round pick for next year.

After learning the truth, Maddie did not shed tears.

He smiled and thought: So, I am the cornerstone of the Kings team?

Thinking of this, the dead fish, which seemed to never be able to open its eyes wide, seemed to be energetic again.

No one knows what this deal has changed. The Kings just want to rebuild. They don't expect this high school student to lead them to rise.

Sometimes good luck comes uninvited.

　Pushing a drama "Operation Icebreaker", it's exciting and beautiful, most of them are actors in the name of the people, if I don't get the regular outbreak of medals this month, it's definitely the fault of this drama. ——Finally, thanks to or stranger Tips and naughty Tutu gave Ephraim a tip.

　　
　
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