NBA: Becoming stronger starts with hard work and mastery

The price was too high.

"What?"

Auerbach said in a clear voice:

"I said yes, I agree to your deal, the deal is done!"

Billy King suspected that he had heard it wrong, and wondered if his ears were broken. He had just quoted a higher price!

How could anyone accept this bargaining chip? ?

Antoine Walker, a power forward who was on the All-Rookie Team last year and averaged 18+8 in his rookie season.

Eric Williams, a small forward who was a lottery pick in 1995 and averaged 15.5 points per game last season.

Rick Fox, a 28-year-old who has just entered his prime and is regarded as a jack of all trades for the team.

In addition, this year's No. 3 and No. 6 picks and the first-round picks that are likely to be in the top five next year.

With this bargaining chip, let alone Han Yi, who is only the No. 2 pick, even if the 76ers have Duncan, who is the No. 1 pick, facing such a rich bargaining chip, Billy King can hardly guarantee that he will not be tempted.

But when Auerbach agreed so decisively, Billy King was a little suspicious that he had lost.

Billy King temporarily added: "Did you not hear clearly? Not only that, you have to take the remaining two years of Derrick Coleman's contract for us as a balance."

Derrick Coleman definitely has the ability. He debuted with 20+10 and his offense under the basket is super fierce.

But the problem is that this guy is too undisciplined. Last season, he was injured and reimbursed for the season in the 76ers. When he came back, he was fat like a ball. He played two games and was on the sidelines again because of a knee injury.

This directly led to his remaining 2-year, 14 million contract becoming a garbage contract.

"Derrick?" Auerbach teased, "You are really kind, giving us a genius No. 1 pick in 1990 for free, right? Of course I want it!"

Billy King still couldn't believe that there was such a good thing, and said seriously, "You are not making fun of me, are you?"

Auerbach smiled, "My time is also very precious, but I don't have time to joke around!"

"It's settled, Han Yi is mine, you take all these guys!"

...

Soon, when Tim Duncan left the court, David Stern also opened the envelope belonging to the Philadelphia 76ers. David Stern smiled and read out with confidence:

"With the second pick, the Philadelphia 76ers selected Han Yi from Georgetown University!!"

"Yeah!"

Han Yi in the small green room didn't have any excited expression, but Allen Iverson in the distance jumped up excitedly!

Of course, Han Yi had no time to deal with Iverson at this time. Instead, he put on the cap representing the Philadelphia 76ers handed over by the staff and walked onto the stage.

"Han, welcome to the NBA!" David Stern gave Han Yi a big hug and whispered in his ear: "When you get off the stage, you will get my contact information. If you encounter any difficulties or problems in the NBA, please feel free to call me. Remember, I mean any problem."

David Stern's eyes flashed with a light representing desire. If Han Yi didn't know that the old man didn't have any special inclinations, he would have fled now!

With just one look, Han Yi understood that for this old man, he valued not only his talent, but also the land behind him that had not been conquered by the NBA.

The NBA has never lacked geniuses. Not to mention the distant past, Duncan, who was before Han Yi, was much stronger than Han Yi in terms of current strength, but David Stern was completely unmoved, because the most common thing the NBA sees every year is young people with extraordinary talents.

But among the Chinese who can enter the NBA, Han Yi is now a scorpion, the only one!

There is no doubt that Han Yi, who entered the NBA in 1997, will replace Yao Ming in his previous life and become the stepping stone between the NBA and the Chinese market.

"I understand!" Han Yi smiled and nodded, "Mr. President."

Having desire is not a bad thing, especially for Stern, who can promote the NBA, a market that seems mediocre in the United States, to the world, making the NBA a world basketball paradise. Without this extraordinary desire, it is impossible to accomplish this.

And for Han Yi, who is about to become Stern's link to the door of China, this is only good, not bad.

In the Chinese live broadcast room, when Zhang Weiping was still confused,

Sun Zhengping had already shouted:

"Congratulations to Han Yi, let us congratulate Han Yi for becoming the second pick in the 1997 NBA draft. This is another milestone in the history of Chinese basketball. We hope that Han Yi can show the style of Chinese basketball on the NBA stage and lead Chinese basketball to a higher level!"

Facing the enthusiastic Sun Zhengping, Zhang Weiping was carefully watching the highlights of Han Yi's performance in the NCAA game transmitted by the American broadcaster at this time!

This was naturally the first time Zhang Weiping had seen Han Yi's game in his life.

"Han Yi! So this is the Han Yi that we Chinese have been looking forward to?"

"Great! This is simply great!"

When Zhang Weiping saw Han Yi catch the ball in the low post, without any shaking skills, and directly dunked the ball under the basket against the double-team inside line,

Zhang Weiping opened his mouth wide: "This physical strength is too good. I have only seen such violent eating in Battelle."

When Zhang Weiping saw Han Yi, who was 2.11 meters tall, quickly catch the ball, facing the defensive player's grab, twisting his body to dodge the opponent's block and flying to complete the reverse dunk.

Zhang Weiping's joy was beyond words: "This doesn't look like a 2.10-meter big man. I have only seen such movements in forwards like Hu Weidong and Sun Jun."

When Zhang Weiping saw Han Yi hit three-pointers in a row at the last minute of the NCAA finals.

Zhang Weiping was dumbfounded: "Oh my God, a big man who can hit three-pointers continuously, if it weren't for the previous performances, I would have thought he was a full-time three-point shooter like Li Nan!"

"Strength like Battelle, breakthrough like Hu Weidong, shooting like Li Nan, my God, what kind of basketball monster did our China produce!"

Sun Zhengping reminded: "Coach Zhang, calm down, we will announce who will be selected with the third pick in a while!"

Zhang Weiping asked back: "What? Are there other Chinese players in this draft?"

"No, no, there is only Han Yi. Shouldn't we introduce information about other popular rookies!"

Zhang Weiping curled his lips and waved his hand:

"What's there to introduce? Just ask, do our Chinese fans really care?"

PS: I didn't team up with Iverson in the end. I don't know if some readers will be disappointed. In fact, there is no need to be disappointed. One of my previous novels is about teaming up with Iverson. If you like defense, you can go and have a look. It's 1.5 million words!