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Chapter 37 The deal was reached, Wang Chong joined the Lakers

Wang Chong knows very well that being low-key and humble is the traditional virtue of China. In the United States, which values ​​freedom and openness, being low-key and humble will only make others take you seriously and think you are really not good.

Especially in the United States, where racial discrimination is very serious, if Wang Chong, who is of yellow race, keeps a lower profile, all kinds of ridicule and discrimination will follow.

Therefore, Wang Chong is not prepared to keep a low profile at all, but he will not hesitate to fight back against anyone who provokes him.

And even if he takes ten thousand steps back, Wang Chongkuang also has crazy capital.

He has reached an overall ability rating of 75, which is among the best among the 03 rookies. After completing the system's tasks, he will receive 3000 points and a gold-level badge.

With 3000 points, there is no problem in pushing Wang Chong's overall ability rating to over 80 in one go. It is even possible to reach 84 or even 85 higher.

With an overall ability rating of 85, even in the NBA, he can barely reach the threshold of an All-Star player. Coupled with a gold badge of any type, Wang Chong felt that when he first landed in the NBA, his The strength is probably the strongest among the rookies in the 03 class, and the strength is even higher than that of James, Anthony, and Wade.

This is the reason why Wang Chong dares to speak wildly.

His family knew about their own affairs, but the reporters didn't know Wang Chong's strength at this time. They only felt that Wang Chong was too arrogant, he just had a small upset, and he was already arrogant enough to think that he was selected in the lottery. It’s incredible to be worthy of being ranked in the top five!

Many reporters have already thought about how to write today's article.

"Extremely arrogant. The young Chinese players don't know the heights of the world. They utter arrogance and think that they should be selected in the top five picks!"

"Wang Chong, a player who was selected in the lottery by luck, how long can he play in the NBA? I'm afraid he will disappear from the league soon, right?"

"Obviously, the Memphis Grizzlies made a wrong decision. Wang Chong's strength is completely inversely proportional to his tone. Jerry West obviously has better choices, such as Xavier University's David Weis. Special, another example is Zach Kabakapa, a professional player from Montenegro who has experienced the baptism of professional games. They are both better and better choices than Wang Chong. It won’t be long before the Grizzlies regret their choice. .”

Unfortunately, reporters have just decided on the title and content of the news, and a lot of the content is of no use.

Because the draft was still in progress, the Memphis Grizzlies, who had just selected Wang Chong, quickly reached a deal with the Los Angeles Lakers.

The Lakers sent away the No. 2005 pick in this year's first round, the No. pick in the second round and the first round pick in to acquire Wang Chong from the Grizzlies.

Once the news was announced, it immediately aroused strong reactions.

Before the draft, everyone knew that the Lakers were interested in Wang Chong. After all, they lacked forward players and hoped to get a space player who could swing between the small forward and power forward positions. Wang Chong, who is 2 meters tall, fits this perfectly. Features.

But no one expected that the Lakers would trade with the Grizzlies in order to get Wang Chong.

The value of two first-round picks plus a second-round pick is not particularly high, but if the target is Wang Chong, who is not too optimistic, it seems to be a bit of a loss, especially the first-round pick in 05. , God knows what the situation of the Lakers was at that time. If the OK combination had disintegrated at that time, maybe the Lakers would be reduced to a lottery team, and the value of the first-round pick would further increase.

Only Wang Chong himself knows that the Lakers have made a lot of money from this transaction, which is no worse than the cost-effectiveness of exchanging Divac for Kobe a few years ago.

The Lakers were originally going to select a forward in this draft. If Wang Chong hadn't come out of nowhere, they would have selected power forward Brian Cook with the 24th pick in the first round, and then selected a small forward with the 3rd pick in the second round. Luke Walton.

The strength of these two players can only be described in words. Cook is slightly better. At his peak in the 06-07 season, he helped the Lakers average 11.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists per game. Although it was just a flash in the pan, as a second-rounder The draft is already qualified, much better than Brian Cook in the first round.

<divclass="contentadv">Now the Lakers have traded Cook and Walton for Wang Chong, which can be regarded as a shotgun exchange. If this summer is like the original history, the Lakers will introduce Karl Malone and Gary Payton with minimum salary. The Lakers' lineup is simply unimaginable.

Payton, Kobe, Wang Chong (rookie Durant) Malone, O'Neal.

With this lineup, there was absolutely no way that they could lose to the Pistons in the Finals. Even if O'Neal and Kobe were at odds, and even if Marlon Payton's form plummeted due to age and injuries, there was absolutely no reason to lose.

After the Lakers' move, the OK combination's fourth championship is guaranteed.

And he will also have a high probability of becoming the first rookie to win the championship in 03, and he is still different from Milicic's mascot positioning. He will appear as the team's main player and may even turn the tide at critical moments! ——

This trade operation by the Lakers quickly caused Wang Chong, who was surrounded by reporters just now, to be surrounded again.

But this time the topic became issues related to the Lakers.

Wang Chong knows very well when to be wild and when to be low-key, and he seems quite cautious when talking about the Lakers' problems.

"I'm honored that the Lakers chose to trade me. The Lakers are one of the greatest teams in the league and have a tradition of winning championships. They also have two superstars, Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant. It's a great honor for me to be able to play on the same team with them. an honor.”

While Wang Chong was dealing with reporters, the appearance of Wang Chong in China, far across the ocean, also caused quite a stir.

During the previous NCAA tournament, although Zhang Hao made relevant reports for Wang Chong, the response in the country was not particularly great.

A Chinese-American playing in college? What's there to mention? It's still unclear whether he can enter the NBA.

But when Wang Chong was selected with the 13th pick in the first round of the draft, the situation was completely different.

Although Dayao was selected with the first pick in the first round last year and was the No. 1 pick, the 13th pick is definitely not bad.

After all, Qiang Ruda Zhi was only selected in the second round when he participated in the draft.

This year, the much-anticipated young talented player Xue Yuyang participated in the draft, and the Chinese people have high hopes for the emergence of a second Chinese NBA No. 1 pick.

But it turned out that Xue Yuyang was not selected by the Dallas Mavericks until the second to last pick in the second round, and he almost lost the draft, which was a huge disappointment.

Even Xue Yuyang was barely selected by an NBA team, but this guy named Wang Chong was selected in the first-round lottery, and even attracted the championship team the Lakers to trade him. How powerful is this Wang Chong? The place?

More and more Chinese fans are beginning to pay attention to the name Wang Chong.