NBA: I haven't played a game but I'm full of talent

"Ling, the draft is about to begin!"

Bill Duffy, who was sitting on the side, reminded Ling Yang that he was also looking at the rostrum at the moment.

In the previous life, I watched a lot of live broadcasts of the draft, but I never thought about participating in such a close distance.

"Ling." Bill Duffy spoke again at this time.

"I hope you can calm down. Although we were invited to the scene, according to my docking situation, the best result is in the second half of the second round, after the 50th pick. Be prepared to lose.”

After Ling Yang heard it, he turned his head and smiled, "Don't worry, Bill, I know."

Seeing what Ling Yang said, Bill Duffy felt a little relieved.

To be honest, if it wasn't for Ling Yang's persistent insistence, Bill Duffy would not want Ling Yang to participate in this year's draft, because Ling Yang's lack of competition experience is too fatal.

It's just that Ling Yang's individual trial training in several teams was not bad, coupled with the fueling of the league, Bill Duffy saw some hope.

Especially this year, due to the concentration of second-round picks in the previous transactions, teams such as the Lakers, Celtics, Supersonics, Warriors, Pistons, Raptors, Magic, and Eagles all hold two second-round picks.

Coupled with the fact that the second-round picks have greater autonomy in contract signing, Bill Duffy has more confidence.

Even so, Bill Duffy gave Ling Yang another vaccination, in case the higher the expectations of Ling Yang, the greater the disappointment.

In fact, Ling Yang's mentality at the moment is indeed relatively calm. For him, the number of picks is not the most critical.

His only worry now is that no team is willing to take the risk, which will eventually lead to his loss.

So at the beginning of the first round of the draft, Ling Yang was the player with the best mentality on the scene at this time, and he was also interested in observing some details.

David - Stern's appearance, as usual, attracted "enthusiastic" boos from New York fans, which seems to have become a habit, and the annual draft David - Stern starts with boos from New York fans.

Facing the "boo" David Stern calmly, after a simple opening, he officially entered today's draft session.

Not to everyone's surprise, the Bucks took Bogut with the first pick, and Marvin Williams became the second pick and was selected by the Eagles.

The Jazz selected Deron Williams with the No. 3 pick obtained in the trade, and the Hornets took advantage of the trend to win Chris Paul at the No. 4 position.

Each player was called by name and walked up to the rostrum. As long as they were within reach, Ling Yang would give each other high-fives to celebrate.

With Francisco Garcia being selected by the Kings with the 23rd overall pick, 20 of the 19 people on the Green House roster have been selected.

The remaining one is Ling Yang.

Everyone at the scene and Ling Yang also noticed this, and for a while Ling Yang felt eyes cast on him.

Especially every time David Stern stepped onto the stage to announce the selection of the next team, the camera focused on Ling Yang.

For a while, Ling Yang seemed to be the person with the highest exposure rate in this draft.

This continued until David Stern finished reading the 30th pick. The Knicks, who previously held the 30th pick through a trade, chose white power forward David Lee.

David - Stern walked off the stage, according to the usual practice, he only read the results of the first round of the draft.

The camera quickly returned to the rostrum, Mark Tatum, who was in charge of the draft, stood on the stage, and he will announce the results of the second round of the draft.

Unlike the announcement of the first-round pick, which has to wait a long time for each team to think carefully, the speed of the teams in the second round is much faster.

Mark Tatum didn't even have to step off the podium, the staff kept handing him the results, so the camera was always on Mark Tatum.

However, when Mark Tatum finished reading the results of the third pick in the second round, the camera was once again aimed at Ling Yang.

At the same time, Yu Jia, the host of Huaxia Sports Channel, explained to the fans in front of the screen with a little embarrassment:

"The official news of the NBA draft shows that Ling Yang has now created a record for the lowest pick in the small green room list.

The previous record was the Sonics player Rashad Lewis, who was selected with the 1998rd overall pick in the second round in 3, which is the 33rd overall pick. "

I don't know if it's a coincidence, but the 34th overall pick of the Jazz didn't come up quickly, which also allowed the camera to focus on Lingyang for a longer time.

"Shh!"

As a result, the demanding New York fans booed everywhere.

For New Yorkers, boo the visiting team, boo the home team, boo the referee, boo the coach, boo the owner... as long as they feel uncomfortable, boo is over.

"Why put this guy on the green house list? Guy who never played a game wants to play in the NBA?"

Someone is already shouting!

At this time, a 30-year-old fan wearing the Knicks No. 33 jersey stood up directly and shouted in the direction of Ling Yang.

"If he can play in the NBA, I can be Michael!"

"Hahaha!" "Daniel is right!"

With the support of other fans, the fan named Daniel was even more excited. He yelled at Ling Yang again:

"Boy, get out of here!"

It was the first time to experience such a scene, even Ling Yang, who had been a man for two lifetimes, couldn't help but change slightly at this moment.

The camera zoomed out and turned back to Mark Tatum on the rostrum. He wanted to continue announcing the results. Bill Duffy also quickly comforted Ling Yang and said:

"Ling, don't pay attention to the boos of New York fans. The current result is not the worst, and it was also within our expectations."

Ling Yang calmed down, and nodded to indicate that he was fine.

At the same time, Ling Yang was also telling himself not to pay attention to these voices, since he was aiming at the NBA, he would be booed and scolded a lot.

Now, his focus is not on being booed, but whether he can be selected.

The draft is going on at the moment, and Huaxia TV did not bring up the matter of Ling Yang being booed just now, but continued to smooth things over:

"Ling Yang has not been selected yet, which is expected. In the forecast of the draft ranking, Ling Yang is considered to be outside the 60th place for a long time, that is, he is not selected.

But some people predict that he will be selected at the end of the second round, that is, the 50th to 60th pick.

In this pick, the picks are relatively concentrated..."

Ling Yang couldn't hear the China Sports Channel's commentary. After being booed, he began to wait more intently for the result announced by Mark Tatum.

Because as the draft progressed, teams holding two second-round picks began to make choices one after another.

The first to start was the Lakers. They held two relatively high picks in the second round, namely the 37th pick and the 39th pick. For these two picks, they selected center Ronnie - Turiaf and defender Vaughan Weaver.

After Mark Tatum announced, Bill Duffy silently crossed out the name of the Lakers. At the same time, he also changed the number 2 of the Magic to 1. The 38th overall Magic chose the small point guard Travis - Dinard.

The draft continued, and the Warriors selected Monta Ellis and Chris Taft with the 40th and 42nd picks respectively, which did not arouse too many reactions from the scene, but Ling Yang knew that the Warriors had selected them in the second round. Monta Ellis picked up a bargain.

Of course, all of this has a greater relationship with him because the Warriors, another team with two second-round picks, was crossed out.

On the other hand, the Raptors, who held two second-round picks, also used one at the 41st pick and chose a shooting guard.

The 43rd pick of the New Jersey Nets, Ling Yang, didn't pay much attention. The opponent only had one second-round pick, and the individual trial training was relatively high at the time, so he didn't leave a good impression.

Sure enough, the New Jersey Nets did not surprise Ling Yang and selected a center forward.

And Ling Yang's eyes immediately became serious. The 44th pick came from the Magic, and it was another team with two second-round picks.

The Magic has already used a second-round pick before, if this is used again, it means that Ling Yang is also out of luck, and the team holding two second-round picks will lose one more.

"Ling, good news!"

At this moment, Bill Duffy suddenly spoke.

"The Magic traded their No. 44 pick, and the Knicks traded the No. 54 pick plus some cash for the Magic's No. 44 pick."

After Ling Yang heard it, he looked sideways at Bill Duffy, who had a smile on his face.

"At the beginning, the trial training in the Magic worked well. If you were selected with the 44th pick, the Magic management would face a certain amount of pressure, but the 54th pick will obviously have less pressure, and we have increased our chances."

As he spoke, Bill Duffy signaled Sunny to observe the 50th to 60th pick teams on the big screen at this time.

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Except for the Nuggets and the Suns, they are all teams with two second-round picks, and several teams have not used a single pick.

For Ling Yang, the situation has become better.