I am so Accurate

Of course besides them, Zhang Weiping was also inside.

It's just that compared with those big media, he only has one position, and the position in that corner is a bit shabby.

This is also something that can’t be helped. The Chinese market is huge, but the NBA has not opened up much, so the attention paid to media professionals is naturally limited.

So I can also imagine why Zhang Weiping went to the Staples Center on purpose.

As the first domestic media person to set foot in the NBA, besides Sun Hao, he is the one who most hopes that Sun Hao will be selected.

Think about the reaction of domestic fans when Wang Zhizhi was selected, and you know how much impact Sun Hao will have if he enters the first round and lands in the NBA.

The star effect is most obvious in sports.

Sun Hao and the others are located not far from the media area.

After everyone else sat down, he and Su Qun went to the media area to chat with Zhang Weiping.

Zhang Weiping's face was full of smiles, and he couldn't hide his joy.

He has been a reporter stationed in the United States for several years, but every year he squats in a corner and feels very lonely.

In the past drafts, he basically looked at the flowers in the fog and looked at the moon in the water, which had nothing to do with him.

After finally waiting for Wang Zhizhi to be elected last year, he was unable to come in China.

This is the first time in so many years that he was able to chat with the Chinese who participated in the draft.

That kind of joy can't be hidden.

"Xiao Sun, you have been selected to take a photo with Stern on stage. I have a small national flag, the kind that can be pasted. You can put it on the inside of your suit and show it when you take a photo. This is also our Chinese no. 1."

Sun Hao took it with a smile and stuck it to the inside of his suit.

"Don't be nervous, I have already talked with Kupchak, people are really satisfied with you, you just wait to go on stage."

Zhang Weiping leaned over and said in a low voice, and couldn't help laughing and patted Sun Hao on the shoulder after speaking.

"After you get off the stage, ESPN reporters will interview you. After that, there will be other media. Finally, we will have an exclusive interview with CCTV. You can think about what to say in advance."

Sun Hao nodded, Zhang Weiping was really more dedicated than himself.

While chatting, Sun Hao noticed that Youdao was looking at him, and turned his head to see that it was a "magician".

Johnson is the number one point guard in NBA history, even though he only played 13 seasons.

If it weren't for AIDS, his career might have stretched to 15 seasons or even closer to 20.

After all, point guards have the longest careers of any position.

But no if.

After retiring due to AIDS in 1991 and returning to play for one season in 1995, Johnson gave up professional basketball completely.

After retiring, he used his excellent dual business to create a personal business empire, and the assets of "Magic Johnson Entertainment" reached 2 billion.

He also became a special guest of the NBA in his free time, and went to the commentary booth to experience it from time to time.

When Sun Hao looked over, the magician showed him a sweet smile.

Sun Hao also responded with a smile.

Fortunately, the magician is not the son of a magician.

Johnson is a legend of the Lakers, the kind of person who is labeled "Lakers" in his bones.

His smile only represented one thing, he already regarded Sun Hao as a "Laker".

It seems that everything has already been settled by Sun Hao for the Lakers.

In fact, this kind of thing is really normal in the NBA draft in this era.

Because the information is not smooth, many teams may choose people that other teams may not know at all.

So that kind of beard cutting usually happens to popular rookies.

Sun Hao couldn't match the popularity.

After chatting with Zhang Weiping, Sun Hao and Su Qun went back to their seats and waited.

It was only then that Sun Hao found out that Paul Fu had returned.

The guy hadn't been seen all day.

"Where did you go?"

Sun Hao couldn't help asking.

"Go and meet the general managers of the teams. I just finished chatting with Zanick."

After Fu Paulo finished speaking, he picked up the mineral water and poured it into his mouth. It seemed that he was busy and didn't have time to drink water.

"What are you talking about?"

"I said you were a Christian."

"..."

Sun Hao nodded his head.

Most people in the United States know that Utah is the center of Mormon believers.

Mormonism can be regarded as a branch of Christianity, and Fu Paulo is trying to get close again, and he is thick-skinned to a certain extent.

But this is completely understandable. If he can impress the Jazz, Sun Hao can soar to the 23rd pick.

The higher the pick, the greater the team's attention.

This is also the reason why Sun Hao said that when Fu Paulo asked him, he should give priority to the order.

"you are Christian?"

Su Qun suddenly came over and asked.

He is a curious and questionable baby.

This is also a common problem of literati, because their minds are full of articles, and sometimes they don't pay attention, Yazi who doesn't seem very smart.

Sun Hao and Fu Baoluo looked at each other, and then couldn't help laughing.

You, go and write your article.

After a while, the draft teams of each team began to enter the field.

There are many offices on the second floor of Madison Square Garden, which will be assigned to each team during the draft.

During the draft, each team will print the final draft results on a slip of paper, and then put the slip of paper in an envelope and send it to the league draft office.

In the end, it was Stern who took the envelope to the front desk to announce the final result.

That's why fans see Stern breaking the envelope every draft.

Even with the development of information in the future, this tradition has continued.

Sun Hao and the others were chatting when suddenly a tall figure appeared behind them.

Sun Hao turned around and found that it was Old Nelson.

The old Nelson is also a retired professional player. He is nearly two meters tall. He gained weight after retiring.

Coupled with his roaring style when he usually coaches, it makes people not angry.

But when he saw Sun Hao, he smiled all over his face and reached out his hand.

This old man seems to be very interested in him.

He chatted with Sun Hao for a few words, all of which were insignificant. When Harris shouted over there, he also smiled and shook hands with Sun Hao and was ready to leave.

"I'll be waiting for you in Dallas."

Before leaving, Old Nelson dropped such a sentence.

Overbearing president.

It felt like he was going to Dallas.

Sun Hao was at a loss after hearing this.

The Mavericks' second-round pick this year is 31st, which is very high, but the Lakers are 29th.

Didn't the Mavericks get the message that the Lakers want to draft him?

This is unlikely.

Or maybe the Mavericks got a message from the Lakers not to draft him?

Or, is it possible for the Mavericks to choose him with the 12th overall pick?

Sun Hao shook his head thinking about it.

The more you think about it, the more unreliable it becomes.

Sure enough, with regard to the draft, I really don't know what will happen until the beginning.

Time passed little by little, and Barkley and the others had already started warming up in the media area.

Who will be the champion?

After Turkoglu's trial training, which was supposed to guarantee five and three, the pick fell all the way. Where will the limit drop?

Predicted lottery pick Jamal Crawford and "Streetball King" Alston singled out at Rock Park today, and the two were evenly matched.

The tacos my wife Buckley made today are super delicious.

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From basketball to basketball, from basketball to something that has nothing to do with basketball.

In terms of commentary, Barkley is really flexible, and he can accurately grasp the audience's mind.

Because they were so close, Sun Hao could probably hear what they were saying clearly.

"Kenny, have you brought enough $1,000 today?"

While chatting, Barkley suddenly asked.

Kenny Smith didn't realize it at the first time, but after he realized it, he realized that he was talking about the previous bet.

"How do you plan to spend it?"

Smith smiled back, and Barkley felt like he had won.

"Christina is about to have her 10th birthday and I've already got something for her, she loves hats off Broadway."

Barkley really thought about it, even where to buy it.

This made both Ernie Johnson and the magician laugh.

"I can give the hat to Christina as a birthday present, but you lose tonight, Magician, tell him who the Lakers are going to pick tonight."

Smith can't wait to see Barkley embarrass himself.

The magician laughed and said nothing. The draft hasn't started yet, so he won't say anything.

The fight between the two was really fun.

Sun Hao also enjoyed listening to it in the background, don't tell me, this scene is really similar to the cross talk in China.

Watching the cross talk, time flies quickly.

More than two hours later, Stern walked from behind the scenes to the stage with a smile.

Sun Hao also turned his gaze to the stage.

Stern is fifty-eight now, and most of his hair is gray.

Just like when people realized the greatness of Van Gogh's paintings after his death, fans didn't realize his great contribution to the NBA until Stern retired in history.

It is this old man who is nearly sixty years old, who has pushed the NBA to the world step by step, and achieved the prosperity of basketball.

Smart and wise, foresight.

Of course, the fans haven't realized this yet.

There were boos when he came out.

The NBA ushered in the fourth lockout in history last year. Stern's tough attitude in the negotiations attracted dissatisfaction from many fans.

Coupled with the usual things like referee scripts, all the dissatisfaction was vented in the draft.

In particular, there are mostly New York fans at the scene, and most of them are the ones who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement.

Stern was very calm. He lowered his head and said nothing. He only smiled when the booing stopped by himself.

"Gentlemen and ladies, good evening everyone, warmly welcome everyone to the scene of the draft..."

Accompanied by Stern's familiar voice, the curtain of the 2000 NBA Draft officially opened.

"The No. 1 pick in the first round in 2000 went to the New Jersey Nets, and they had five minutes to think about it."

After Stern finished talking about the ownership of the No. 1 pick, he went back behind the scenes.

This night, he would go in and out of that door twenty-nine times.

After Stern left, the scene was extremely noisy.

Who the Nets will choose as the No. 1 pick has been discussed by fans and the media since the end of the season, and has been discussed until now.

It's still far from where he might be, and Sun Hao's mentality is relatively relaxed.

He also recalled many familiar fragments in his mind.

Founded in 1967, the New Jersey Nets are one of the original 11 teams in the ABA.

Basketball in the 1960s wasn't all that popular, and the era was as difficult and tumultuous as most other teams.

Even this team can be described as being displaced. They had to play back and forth between six different cities in the first season.

But there's something very special about this team. It's a New Jersey team with a New York tag.

As the name suggests, this team, originally labeled New Jersey because it was founded in New Jersey, is actually based in New York most of the time.

From the Cormac Arena in Long Island, New York, to the Island Garden Arena in West Hampstead, and even the future Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn.

All they've been doing is getting close to New York, the most beautiful goddess in North America, and entering her.

So for New York fans, although the Nets are called the New Jersey Nets, they all know that this is a New York team.

This is another reason why the scene is so noisy.

The Nets are their second home team.

The advantage of being a time traveler is that Sun Hao is like a god now, he knows that Martin will be the champion.

So when Su Qun and La Suo were arguing about who was the No. 1 pick, he could act like a happy melon-eating crowd.

Five minutes later, Stern reappeared on stage.

"The first pick in the first round in 2000, the New Jersey Nets selected...Kenyon Martin, a 2-foot-6 power forward, from the University of Cincinnati."

When Stern announced the result, the New York fans cheered at the scene.

The argument between Su Qun and La Suo beside Sun Hao finally stopped.

Martin, like Duncan, completed four years of college before entering the NBA. He has excellent college statistics and outstanding physical talent.

However, the playing styles of the two are actually completely different. The Nets still choose him when the latter is injured. In fact, it is a bit helpless.

They are lucky, with only a 4.4% chance of winning the lottery;

But unfortunately, they caught up with a draft with almost no talents;

The previous rookies included Brand, Francis, and Odom, and the next session included Tyson Chandler, Pau Gasol, and Joe Johnson.

But this time, they have no choice but Martin.

The so-called champion is the kind that can be used to build a team.

Swift can indeed run and jump like a buck, as Barkley said, but even if he jumps out of outer space, it can't change the fact that his skills are rough.

Not to mention Darius Miles and Marcus Fizer, they are much worse than Martin.

But as a time traveler, Sun Hao didn't think so.

Whether a rookie can become a talent actually has a lot to do with the environment.

If Kwame Brown didn't go to Jordan's Wizards, if Milicic didn't go to Larry Brown's Pistons, what they achieved would definitely be better than in history.

Similarly, if you put Rose and Wade in this era, because of the existence of the handcheck rule, their performance must not be as good as history.

After all, there are few historical superstars who are strong enough to change the rules like O'Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Most players can only adapt to the rules and the environment.

The draft is still going on, and the team's selection is not too different from what Sun Hao knows.

The Vancouver Grizzlies selected inside springman Swift with the second overall pick;

The third pick is Darius Miles, a 2-foot-10 big man of the Los Angeles Clippers;

The fourth overall pick of the Chicago Bulls chose 2 meters 03, 117 kg stocky insider Marcus Fizer;

The Orlando Magic with the fifth overall pick selected 2.03-meter small forward Mike Miller;

The choices of each team are the same as Sun Hao knows.

Four of the top five picks are inside players!

Because Jordan retired for the second time, super insiders like O'Neal and Duncan began to dominate the league.

Just like when the team chose the swingman to defend Jordan, the current team also aims at the big man to choose from the dead.

Don't ask to choose the next Duncan O'Neal, but also choose someone who can match them on the court.

Even at this moment, Sun Hao suddenly felt that the height of the country is one size fits all, and it is largely influenced by the NBA.

It's just that like most things, it's just a sample, and it's a problem across the board to save trouble.

He didn't think much about it when he first crossed, but now he suddenly realized that it is better to solve this problem from the source instead of trying to reform it.

If the person who ruled this era is not O'Neill or Duncan, but him.

Then the NBA will naturally turn to his combo guard era from the swingman era in Jordan's era to the insider era in O'Neal Duncan's era.

The atmosphere in the country will naturally change accordingly.

This can be called: the leading force of the league's first man.

This is really true, even if he is a time traveler, he would not have thought of this level until he experienced it on the spot.

And when he was in Europe, he had set the big goal of turning basketball into the world's number one sport.

So before that, becoming the number one player in the NBA is another big goal he wants to accomplish under that.

When he was thinking, his thoughts were pulled back by Barkley's voice.

Unknowingly, the draft has reached the eleventh pick.

After Stern announced that the Celtics used this pick to select Jerome Moiso, another 2.08-meter inside big man, Barkley's chatter began again.

"I just saw that old Nelson went to say hello to the Suns. Do you think it is possible for the Mavericks to select him with this pick?"

Kenny Smith throws up a topic.

"You're crazy, Kenny, you're crazy!"

Barkley spoke up.

"Who the hell would use the lottery pick to select a 1.83-meter point guard, he's not Isaiah Thomas, and he's not Allen Iverson."

"Well, I'm just saying, but the Lakers will take the Suns and I'll still win."

Sun Hao didn't understand what the sun meant at first.

After they chatted for a while and he noticed that it was a name, he realized that the sun was referring to himself.

Barkley and the others, the temporary nickname they gave him on the show that day, really used it just like that.

After a while, Stern came out again.

He announced the Mavs' 12th pick.

Etan Thomas, 2 meters 08, 117 kg inside.

Same as in history.

No matter how old Nelson likes Sun Hao, it is impossible to use the lottery to choose him.

"Kenny, it's not that I want to hit you, but as a boss, I have to tell you some brutal facts."

Barkley had the upper hand and began to pursue the victory.

"Do you know who the head coach of the Lakers is? Phil Jackson! Do you know what kind of point guard Phil likes? Tall point guards!"

Barkley drew his knife out of its sheath and took Smith's head straight.

This really left Smith speechless.

Phil Jackson likes to play the triangle offense, and he especially respects the triangle offense.

In this offensive system, the insiders and guards are the dominant players, and what everyone else has to do is cut and defend.

So that's why he loves tall guards.

Because the tall guard has a large defensive area, coupled with the partner's shooting guard and small forward, he can completely block the opponent's offense beyond the free throw line.

This is also the reason why Smith is speechless. Although he is not as famous as Barkley, he also played against the Bulls during his time in Houston.

There is nothing wrong with what Barkley said.

Sun Hao rubbed his hands unconsciously at this time, he felt that the draft promise was not so stable anymore.

And slowly, as the draft picks continued to go down, he also became a little uncontrollably nervous.

The draft is going fast, and it's about to go to the Jazz.

Sun Hao's nervousness reached a peak at this time.

Among the teams he tried out, the Jazz were the top picks.

"With the 23rd overall pick in the first round of 2000, the Utah Jazz selected Dee...Shawn Stevenson, a 6'6" shooting guard from Washington Union High School in Fresno."

The Jazz chose Stevenson.

This choice is also reasonable. The Jazz have always been known for their iron blood, and they prefer perimeters with strong defensive capabilities.

As for whether it is suitable for pick-and-roll tactics, as Zanick said in the previous interview, their coaching staff will solve this problem.

In the media area, Barkley continued to yell at Smith.

As the end of the first-round draft draws closer, the chances of him winning the bet are getting bigger and bigger.

"Sun, don't worry, European defenders have never even had the possibility of entering the first round before."

Lasuo opened his mouth to comfort Sun Hao. During the chat during the day, he also knew about Sun Hao's trial training.

"I know."

Sun Hao's mood didn't fluctuate too much.

In fact, this result was expected.

Several other teams have given him draft promises publicly or privately.

The Jazz didn't. It's a normal operation not to choose him, but it's a surprise to choose him.

The Jazz didn't choose, and his nervousness slowly relaxed.

In this case, he will wait until the Lakers honestly.

If the Lakers do not choose him in the end as Barkley said, then he will go to the Mavericks.

There's nothing wrong with playing with Nowitzki under Nelson Sr.

And there is another advantage in the second round. At this time, there is no Arenas clause, so he can seize the opportunity to get more money.

After all, the rules are not perfect at this time, and the money earned in the early part of the second round can easily be more than that at the end of the first round.

He can even take the opportunity to change the Arenas clause into the Sun Hao clause, which is not a loss.

"Where's Rich Paul?"

Su Qun spoke at this time.

Only then did Sun Hao notice that his manager was gone again at some point.

Originally, after he relaxed, he wanted to complain that the other party's use of Christians to trap almost didn't work.

"The 24th pick in the first round of 2000."

Stern came out of the backstage for the 24th time.

"The Chicago Bulls chose...Sun Hao, a 1.83m point guard from China."

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