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At 7:00 p.m. Eastern time, Madison Square Garden in New York City, where the annual NBA Draft is about to begin.

Several major TV stations in the United States broadcast the draft live, which has become one of the most important components of the large-scale reality show in the NBA.

At the scene of Madison Square Garden, the draft platform has been set up.

On the opposite side of the draft table are the popular rookies who are officially invited by the NBA and have a chance to be selected in the first round.

At this time, on the TV station, an advertisement for the talent show is being broadcast.

The popular rookies in this draft, Anthony Davis, Thomas Robinson, Dion Waiters and others appeared on the screen.

Their faces look young and immature, wearing custom-made trousers and shirts, climbing a ladder in front of the camera...

I don't know which TV producer whose forehead was clamped designed the advertising idea of ​​climbing a ladder.

After the commercial was finished, the camera switched to the scene of the talent show.

David Stern came from behind the stage and made a short opening speech.

He thanked the audience at the scene, congratulated the Miami Heat, the winner of the NBA championship last season, and wished the draft a success.

After a small speech of only two minutes, Stern was booed by the audience.

Because he opened with his own idiomatic phrase, "Because of basketball."

Just last summer, Stern vetoed the Los Angeles Lakers' Chris Paul deal for "basketball reasons."

For fans, it is undoubtedly a great pity that they cannot see the combination of Kobe Bryant and Chris Paul.

Then, the ownership of the No. 1 pick in 2012 was considered to be deliberately manipulated by Stern, who wanted to take care of the New Orleans ball market.

Because of this incident, the dispute between him and Rohm on the Jim Rohm talk show caused a lot of trouble.

In addition, the people of New York have never bought it, Stern has been questioned frequently in the past two years, and it is normal to be booed.

Stern made Allen Iverson's signature "listening" action on stage, which naturally resulted in even bigger boos.

"The No. 1 pick in the 2012 NBA draft will be the New Orleans Hornets, and they'll have five minutes to decide who they choose."

After finishing speaking, Stern left the front desk with a stiff expression, and went to the back to wait for the Hornets' decision.

In the stands ahead, not far from the lottery rookie area, Li Liang sat with Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting.

When he saw the fans in New York booing Stern, he was quite upset.

Although some behaviors of Aunt Si really make people feel uncomfortable, such as the indiscriminate interference with the rules and the increasingly strong commercial atmosphere.

But from the perspective of the development history of the NBA, Stern's contribution is undoubtedly immeasurable.

Among other things, the rules of the lottery game to determine the draft pick are Stern's promotion and improvement, which has been used to this day.

In addition, a series of measures such as setting up a salary cap, attracting broadcasters and sponsors, reforming the All-Star Game, NBA's military expansion plan, and promoting the NBA's overseas strategy have all been implemented under Stern's tenure and have been fruitful.

Under his leadership, the NBA has grown from a dying league where the finals are recorded and broadcast at 12 o'clock in the middle of the night, to become the number one basketball brand in the world, with hundreds of millions of viewers.

Now that he is being booed like this, Li Liang is inevitably a little bit aggrieved for him. This New York fan is indeed the hardest thing to deal with.

Of course, he himself was selected as a player in the future, so he might have to stand in the position of a player and scold Aunt Si along with him.

Five minutes was up soon, and Stern walked up to the front desk with the envelope.

In fact, for the New Orleans Hornets, this decision did not take five minutes at all.

The moment the champion lottery is drawn, the candidate for the champion has already been determined.

"With the No. 1 pick in the 2012 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Hornets select Anthony Davis from the University of Kentucky!"

Stern read out the results of a selection that everyone already knew the answer to.

Anthony Davis stood up from below, grinning broadly.

Li Liang looked at him and thought, this kid is still ugly as usual, those teeth, those eyebrows are simply too much.

However, Li Liang still applauded for him. As a teammate and senior, he sincerely congratulated Davis with thick eyebrows for going to save New Orleans.

Davis donned a powder-blue Hornets cap and took the stage to shake hands with Stern for a photo.

Davis wore a well-regulated light gray suit today, and his figure is still very good.

Afterwards, Stern gave the Bobcats the second overall pick five minutes, and Davis stepped down to be interviewed by reporters.

For the next two full hours, Stern went up and down the front desk.

First the top 15 rookies in the lottery are selected.

Here are the 15 best players from the 2012 class so far.

In addition to Davis, the No. 2 pick Michael Kidd Gilchrist, also known as Mai Keji, is also from Kentucky.

For the first time in NBA history, Kentucky took the top two picks in the draft.

In the audience, there are five Kentucky players who are also expected to be selected-of course, one of them is currently not well known.

Li Liang watched the draft going on in a daze, and couldn't sit still. He wished he could take out [Bob Knight's Hair Dryer] and spray it on the audience.

The first round is finally over, Terrence Jones was selected by the Rockets at No. 18, and Marquis Teague was selected by the Bulls at No. 29.

Kentucky has four people in the first round this year, and the limelight is the same for a while.

This is not over yet, the second round began, and the vice president of the league, Adam Silva, took the stage.

The audience at the scene became less and less, and the talent show was like this. It was a climax at the beginning, and then it became more and more boring.

Only the players, friends, and family members participating in the draft will become more and more nervous.

Doron Lamb and Darius Miller were drafted by the Bucks and Hornets at No. 42 and No. 46 respectively.

Miller was happy now, and continued to go to the Hornets to assist Anthony Davis.

In this way, all six main players of the University of Kentucky were selected and entered the NBA.

The live commentary couldn't help but say that 2012 is the year of Kentucky.

But there was still Bruce Lee sitting in the auditorium.

Li Liang tugged at Zhu Shu and asked, "Hey, did Ryan West say anything to you? Is there a phone call? Is there a text message?"

Zhu Shu shook her head and said, "No, he said the day before yesterday to prepare you, the Lakers will choose you."

Zhu Shu comforted Li Liang. Although Li Liang was very confident, it was impossible to say that he was not nervous when things came to an end.

Due to various reasons in the draft, there are too many teams that temporarily change their minds.

There are also those who cut off Hu, those who choose blindly, and those who trade suddenly.

Especially in the second round, the uncertainty becomes greater the further you go.

Maybe the boss suddenly had an idea and wanted to gamble with the second-round show.

Time is passing by a little bit, and it has reached the last 10 picks.

The audience at the scene was almost half gone.

Most of those who stayed were rookies, their relatives and friends, and die-hard fans.

Like Li Liang, many rookies sat in the back row of the audience, waiting for the trial of fate.

This torment, this feeling of being a slave in a cage, is terrible.

And some people didn't show up at all, hiding at home or in a hotel, watching the live broadcast.

Cheer loudly if you're selected, and turn off the TV if you're not.

The draft came to the fifty-fourth pick, the New Jersey Nets. This is the team that may choose Li Liang.

"With the 54th overall pick in the second round, the New Jersey Nets selected, from Georgia, Tornik Shingelia!"

When Li Liang heard it, Shengelia? What kind of bird is this?

This Shen Gelia did not come to the scene, so the stage was empty, only a highlight of Shen Gelia playing in Spain was played on the big screen.

Li Liang felt a little disappointed. His trial training with the Nets was pretty good, and it would be great if he could play in New Jersey.

He looked at Bai Xiaoting at the side, she also had a trace of disappointment on her face, and then looked at Li Liang with encouraging eyes.

Came to the fifty-fifth pick, Dallas Mavericks, Silva walked onto the stage with the envelope.

He opened the envelope, hesitated for a moment, and then read: "In the second round with the 55th overall pick, the Dallas Mavericks selected Bruce Lee from Kentucky!"

Without the slightest precaution, Li Liang suddenly heard his name.

Dallas?

calf? (Lone Ranger)

He was a little dazed.

Zhu Shu who was at the side quickly pinched him and said, "It's you, come on stage!"

Li Liang got up from his seat, he forgot to hug Zhu Shu and Bai Xiaoting to celebrate.

Just like that, he walked straight towards the center of the venue.

The lights on the scene came on, and everyone looked at him with astonished eyes.

who is he? from where? Where are you going?

How come it seems that I have never heard of it?

Those rookies who were not selected, as well as their relatives and friends cast complicated eyes on Li Liang.

But when they heard about Kentucky, some people remembered that it was the drinking fountain that made two free throws in the final.

But Li Liang walked all the way to the audience, and someone stepped forward and handed him a blue calf hat.

"Go up, come down and find me later." The man said.

Li Liang saw that this person was Ryan West.