June 29.
The 2012 NBA draft was held in the theater of Madison Square Garden in New York City.
ESPN, the official broadcasting station of the NBA, was responsible for live broadcasting to 203 countries and regions around the world.
When the overwhelming boos sounded again in Madison Square Garden, a white old man with a kind smile and a suit came up.
This is David Stern, a guy who single-handedly pulled the NBA from the least popular of the four major sports leagues in the 1980s to the most popular in globalization now!
Joey, accompanied by his father, Lawyer Joe, and his mother, Ms. Bai, was invited to appear in the small theater, which is also known as the"Little Green Room" by fans.
At the tables around him were several teammates of the Kentucky Wildcats, such as Anthony Davis and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist.
When Joey entered the venue, he also noticed that many domestic media reporters came to the scene, including the later famous Weiping Bryant and the famous commentator Su Qun - they should be the front-line commentators representing the domestic sports channels...
Not only them, but also domestic mainstream media such as Sohu, Tengxun, and Xinlang also sent reporter teams to the draft.
They gathered together, that was the place Stern specially asked the staff to reserve for domestic media reporters.
Mr. President was in a particularly good mood today, and more than once turned his eyes to the Joey family closest to the Chinese reporter area at the draft site - that was his choice after Dayao to open up the NBA Chinese market and thoroughly promote globalization.
After a simple speech and a humorous opening, a staff member from the audience walked onto the stage and handed an envelope to him.
Seeing this scene, most of the rookies in the small green room began to hold their breath and became nervous.
Chinese fans who watched the live broadcast of this year's draft on sports channels held their breath, their eyes revealing their excitement and anticipation:
Will Joey become the first Chinese player to be selected by the NBA after Yi Jianlian and Sun Dasheng in 2007?
The expectations are full!
"In the 2012 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Hornets selected……"
"Anthony Davis, a forward from the University of Kentucky!"Anthony Davis, who was sitting at the table to the right of Joey, heard his name. Even though he had received assurances from the Hornets (now Pelicans, renamed in January 2013) uniform staff before the tryout, he was still so excited that he almost cried, his eyes red.
After hugging Joey and other teammates, he walked onto the stage, took the draft cap representing the Hornets, and gave his"selection speech".
Michael Kidd-Gilchrist was also selected by the Charlotte Bobcats (now Hornets, renamed in 2013) with the second pick.
Seeing his college teammate and roommate, who was known for his"explosive physical fitness" The small forward walked onto the stage with a proud look on his face, and Joey was in a trance for a moment. It seemed that this black man's future career would not be smooth, but at least he signed a contract with an annual salary of 10 million, although his NBA career was only eight years long.
After sighing that Joe's draft vision was still so sharp, Joey recalled his performance in the joint tryout and that during the individual tryout, almost no NBA team made a draft commitment to him.
Everything seemed to develop as it had in the original history...
But then the Wizards, who had the third pick, made a choice that surprised Joey:
"The Washington Wizards selected……"
""Joey, the guard from the University of Kentucky!"
This sentence spread throughout the Mi Li family through the microphone and live broadcast facilities on the scene, and even to the country across the ocean...
The media in the theater were stunned:
What the hell, a university swept the top three in a draft?
The spotlight flickered on and off quickly...
Not only the media reporters present, but also the head coach of the University of Kentucky, Calipari, who was watching the draft in front of the TV, was stunned. His eyes were blank like a goose, and his hand holding the remote control was shaking... A university coach who brought out the top three in the NBA draft?
This is"scorpion shit - unique" in the college basketball world in the United States and even the world!
It is conceivable that Calipari's future college basketball career will be... How"bright" a coaching career will be!
The camera returns to the draft scene, Joey took the hat from the staff in a daze, and then went on stage to shake hands with Mr. Stern in a daze, made a speech that he didn't even know what he was saying, and then walked away under the guidance of the staff.
When he walked to the backstage entrance, a large number of media reporters holding microphones and cameras rushed towards Joey.
Joey, who instinctively didn't like the"exposure" brought by the camera, was about to say something when Bill Duffy and his men hurried over.
After smiling and telling the reporters to wait a moment, Bill Duffy pulled Joey into the reception room of the backstage press conference.
After observing that there was no one around, Bill Duffy returned to Joey, looked up with a serious face and said:
"Listen, Joey, when reporters ask you any questions about your prospects for the new team, don't answer them, or just give a few perfunctory answers. Don't ever say what you will do in the Wizards.……"
After listening to Bill Duffy's words with great difficulty, Joey frowned and asked:
"What happened, Bill?"
"The San Antonio Spurs, within five minutes of the Wizards considering choosing you or Bill, pulled the Cavaliers to propose a three-way deal!"
Joey seemed to smell a hint of something unusual.
"The Wizards' uniform group selected you for the Spurs at the third pick, and received the Cavaliers' fourth pick and $400,000 in cash. The Cavaliers traded Luke Walton, dumped his two-year, $12 million salary contract, and received the Spurs' protected first-round pick next year and this year's No. 59 pick.……"
"In order to get you, the Spurs did not hesitate to digest Luke Walton's toxic contract, and also sent 400,000 in cash and a 13th-round draft pick!"
Bill Duffy's words really shocked Joey.
The latter frowned and had only one thought:
I'm going to the Spurs?!
——————
When the league's vice president Mark Tatum read out the name of Robert Sacre, the last pick in the second round, the draft officially ended!
After the interview, Joey was led by the staff to take a group photo with other rookies of this year. Then, in less than ten minutes, the three-way trade between the Spurs, Wizards and Cavaliers was reported.
Joey also officially confirmed his destination!
At this time, a mysterious phone call came to him. On the other end of the phone was an old man whose laughter was very interesting:
"Hey, is this Joey
?"……"
"Hey, listen, young man, you are welcome to join our big family. Please bring your agent and luggage to San Antonio as soon as possible for the signing ceremony. We will prepare a special meeting for you.……"
"Hahaha……"
Joey didn't need to guess who was on the other end of the phone. It was the NBA's winningest head coach who was said to have spanned four"generations", Zhuge Popovich!
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