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

On April 4, when he got up in the morning, Ling Yang got up and turned on the computer immediately.

This was the first thing he did when he opened his eyes in the past few days. In fact, he looked at the computer no less than ten times a day these days.

Just to check for the latest emails.

The Internet speed in 05 was not as fast as that of later generations. Fortunately, there were no people surfing the Internet in the dormitory early in the morning, so the Internet speed was not lagging.

As soon as the newly registered Foxmail mailbox was logged in, Ling Yang's eyes lit up.

There is an unread message.

Click the mouse to open the email, and glance at the familiar email address.

The next moment, Ling Yang couldn't wait to read the text.

"Dear Mr. Ling Yang, we have received your letter and accept your application to participate in the 2005 NBA Draft. Please fill in the attachment and reply to the email - NBA Draft Office."

Really passed the application!

Looking at the content of the email, Ling Yang felt joy in his heart.

"It's not an April Fool's joke, is it?"

Although he murmured in his heart, he quickly downloaded the attachment.

When he saw the detailed form with the official NBA logo, Ling Yang was finally convinced that it was not an April Fool's Day joke, and began to fill it out seriously.

This is a relatively detailed personal information form. When filling in the position column, Ling Yang began to think seriously.

Although Ling Yang played a lot of games in his previous life, none of them were very formal games, and because of his height, he basically played inside.

But in the NBA, even if my height grows to 2 meters in the second half of the year like in the previous life, it is obviously more suitable for the outside line.

However, judging from his current ability, he doesn't seem to be able to play outside. The most important thing is that the outside offense is too poor.

After hesitating for a while, Ling Yang finally wrote the small forward position.

Firstly, Ling Yang prefers the position of forward and guard swingman, and secondly, his height is too uncompetitive to play inside in the NBA.

As for the outside offensive ability, since there is a system, there will naturally be opportunities for improvement in the future.

After filling in the location and other information, after carefully checking, Ling Yang sent back his information form by email.

In the days that followed, Ling Yang continued to familiarize himself with his body functions, practiced every day, and at the same time began the waiting process again.

But as half a month passed, there was no other news.

Waiting until April 4th, Ling Yang finally couldn't help calling the league's draft office.

This call was obtained in the previous email, which indicated that the call belonged to a person in charge named Erika Ruiz.

"Hi, league draft office, I'm Erica Ruiz."

A middle-aged man's voice came through the microphone.

Because of his work in the previous life, Ling Yang's English is not bad, so he can also answer fluently at this time.

"Hello, Mr. Erica, I have submitted the materials for this year's draft, and I would like to consult what I should do next."

"Okay buddy, please tell me your name."

Ling Yang quickly told the other party his name.

Soon, Erica Ruiz's voice rang again on the phone.

"All your drafting procedures are handled according to the procedures, and you don't need to do anything next."

"By the way, the draft website will officially launch this year's draft list tomorrow, and you can check your information on it."

After hearing this, Ling Yang was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, Mr. Erika."

"Good luck."

After politely saying this sentence, Erica Ruiz on the other side of the Pacific shook his head at the moment.

After reading Ling Yang's information just now, he also remembered this special draftee.

A Huaxia player who has never played an official game, registered for the draft should be just a prank, I didn't expect the other party to be so serious.

"Does he still think that a team will notice him?" Erika Ruiz laughed a little.

Just when Erica Ruiz was thinking this way, Ling Yang, who put down his phone on the other end of the phone, was also thinking about the same thing.

The exact news I got from the league official means that I have officially taken the first step and entered this year's draft list.

But as a player who has never played a game, it is impossible for him to be noticed and selected by NBA teams.

I need an opportunity to show my respective teams in the NBA.

There are only more than two months before the draft, not to mention that there is no suitable competition to show his face, even if there is, he has no chance to participate.

So if you want to show your face in front of your respective teams, the best channel is——

tryout!

It would be best to join the Chicago combine, because that would give him a chance to show off his physical talents to 30 teams.

Physical talent, this is my strongest weapon now, and in the joint training camp in Chicago, because of the comparison, the advantage of my physical talent will be even more magnified.

Thinking of this, Ling Yang quickly made up his mind on what to do next——

Qualify for the Chicago Combine Tryouts!

Turning this goal around in his mind, Ling Yang found that besides continuing to send emails, he didn't have a very suitable channel.

You know, not every draft player can participate in the Chicago joint trial training.

Generally speaking, the NBA will invite some of the more popular rookies to participate, and these people have certain hopes of becoming the selected 60 people.

Obviously, I don't have such qualifications now.

Moreover, sending an email to Erica Ruiz, who had just contacted himself, through formal channels, he can almost conclude that it will not work.

"It seems that we need to find another way!"

Ling Yang opened the email again, it was still the same email address, but the title of the email was written—"A Letter to Mr. David Stern"

David Stern, this is a very familiar name to NBA fans, especially for Chinese fans.

At the beginning, it was David Stern who knocked on the door of Yang Ma with the NBA video and brought the NBA to China.

The development of the NBA to become an extremely influential event in the world, David Stern has contributed a lot.

In the current NBA, David Stern is undoubtedly the one who has the most say. Ling Yang doesn't know if his email can reach David Stern, but he feels that he must try.

If one doesn't work, then two, three...

If it doesn't work, we have to rely on the media's help.

…………

New York, NBA headquarters.

What Ling Yang didn't know was that not long after his email was sent, it came to David Stern.

David Stern has always cared about the fans' voices, because the email was sent directly to David Stern. According to David Stern's request, Erica Ruiz immediately The email was forwarded to David Stern.

At this time, David Stern was reading the email from Ling Yang, and pulled out Ling Yang's information to read.

"A Chinese player who has never participated in a game?"

After David Stern finished talking, Mark Tatum, the vice president who happened to be in his office, immediately asked why.

Mark Tatum has been David Stern's assistant before, and has been promoted to the vice president of the league in recent years. He and someone called a "joke" by the Chinese are David Stern's right-hand man.

Because Mark Tatum's mother is Chinese, he has been responsible for the promotion of the Chinese market in recent years, so when he heard Stern mention Chinese players, he immediately became interested.

However, after listening to Ling Yang's introduction, he immediately laughed.

"It seems to be a fanatical Huaxia fan."

Stern also nodded with a smile, then suddenly raised his head and asked Mark Tatum:

"But, Mark, I think what this guy said in the email made a lot of sense.

In this summer's draft, it is impossible for us to have the enthusiasm of the past two years. "

For this point, Stern has a more sober understanding.

Compared with the previous years, the 05 draft will have less gimmicks and attention. One of the big reasons is that high school students cannot participate in the draft this year.

The No. 03 pick in 04, James, and the No. [-] pick in [-], Howard, are all talented high school players who are paying attention to the nation.

But this year, there are no such players. According to the latest NBA rules, draft players in the United States must study at least one year of college before they can participate in the draft.

Several of the existing popular rookies, whether it is Mark Williams, Deron Williams or Andrew Bogut, Chris Paul, do not have such influence.

Of course, at this time, David Stern didn't know that it wasn't just the draft that didn't attract much attention this summer, but also the finals.

In the finals, the Spurs and Pistons played a defensive battle, making this year's finals one of the most sluggish NBA finals.

Even later David Stern once said that in his lifetime, he would never let the Spurs and Pistons play the Finals together.

At the moment, David Stern is not clear about this, but this does not prevent him from increasing the popularity of the NBA.

"Mark, maybe we should give him a training camp spot."

"The man named Ling Yang is right. If a player who has never participated in an official game not only participates in the draft, but even enters the joint training camp..."

David Stern looks at Mark Tatum.

The latter followed immediately and said:

"This will definitely attract the attention of those media, especially the Chinese media."

Stern smiled.

This is exactly what he hopes, as for Ling Yang's talent, he doesn't care at all.

For the entire NBA league, more enthusiasm is what he wants.

then……

"David Stern called me himself and told me I could go to the combine?"

This is the treatment of coercion!

In the dormitory, after Ling Yang hung up the phone less than half an hour after sending the email, he felt a little emotional. He also knew that it was the gimmick he wrote in the email that moved the other party.

However, the other party will not be disappointed, Ling Yang believes that his appearance will definitely become one of the most gimmick things in this summer training camp!