The opening three-pointer in basketball

On June 24, 2011, the long-awaited NBA draft finally began.

More than 300 rookies gathered at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.

In addition to these rookies, there are also some players, such as Jordan, McGrady, Kobe, and James, they all came over.

League President Stern introduced the development of the NBA in the past year just like he did in previous years.

Highlights were given to the Mavericks.

That is to say, this summer, Dirk Nowitzki led the old, weak and sick Mavericks all the way to the finals and defeated the Heat of the Big Three.

I have to say that winning the championship this time is full of gold.

Nowitzki became a god in one battle and became a legend in the league.

Bai Yi sat relatively far back.

A total of more than 300 people signed up for the draft, and the league will only select 60 people.

This means that about four-fifths of the people will go home.

Only popular rookies like Irving, Derrick, Thompson, and Kanter are qualified to sit in the front.

Bai Yi and Zhou Yuan sat relatively far back.

There were two Peninsular people sitting next to him who were talking about Asiba.

These two people don't have any fame, but they came here with dreams.

So it’s not that I want to enter the NBA out of necessity, I want to enter as much as I want, but there are too few people who can actually enter.

Except for a few high-ranking first-round picks, most of them are unknown and no one cares what they think.

No one will sympathize with their plight.

Zhou Yuan comforted Bai Yi in a low voice, "Don't be nervous. Even if you are not selected in the first round, with your recent popularity, there will definitely be no problem in being selected in the second round."

He then warned with some concern: "Even if a weak team selects you, don't be discouraged. Speak up and praise them."

When a team in the league selects a rookie, the rookie can reject it, but if he is not traded, he cannot join the NBA for the next year.

It will be a year before he can participate in the NBA draft again.

Entering the NBA, even as a rookie, will earn at least hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.

Therefore, no one will refuse, even if they don't like it, the vast majority of players will agree.

"I see."

Bai Yi's main goal is to enter the NBA, and it would be better if he can get a high pick.

It seems to be more difficult now.

Then we can only settle for the next best thing, as long as we can enter the NBA, he won't pick it.

Stern finally finished talking about the situation, and then asked the general manager of the Cavaliers, who had won the No. 1 pick, to hand over the list of players they wanted.

After a while, the old man said: "Kyrie Irving."

In this way, Irving became the No. 1 pick in the 2011 NBA Rookie Conference.

He was very happy and stood up, then hugged his family, then stepped forward to hug Stern and put on a cap representing the Cavaliers.

He also said some words, such as that he would go all out and make the Cavaliers a new powerful force in the alliance.

Offstage, Adelman and Connelly sat together.

By this time, Connelly was still a little confused.

Normally, he chose Derek, which was the best and safest choice.

However, in the past few years, the players he finally selected have all been discarded.

This put him under a lot of pressure. This time he still couldn't do it, and he was afraid that he would also have to finish class.

At present, Derek seems to be more reliable, but...

Connelly was still a little hesitant, he was afraid that Derek would get wet again.

He always wonders, since his previous choices didn't work, should he go in the opposite direction this time and try a more special choice that most people don't dare to make.

"Man, what do you think I should choose?"

Adelman said blankly, "I don't know."

"Give me your opinion."

"Then follow your heart."

At this time Stern talked about the Timberwolves.

Connelly knew he should play, they had the No. 2 pick.

He thought for a moment, threw away the note in his right hand, and walked up holding the note in his left hand.

He then handed the note to Stern. The league president unfolded the note, was slightly stunned, and then gave Connelly an appreciative look.

Stern naturally knew about Bai Yi.

The Chinese basketball market is second only to the beautiful country in the world. He can't wait for ten or eight Chinese players to come and play.

But it's a pity that the strength is not enough.

It's embarrassing to come here.

This young man seems to have some strength this time.

He really hoped that a team would select this person, but he didn't expect that the Timberwolves would be so bold and directly select this person with the second pick.

It seems that Connelly really thinks highly of this Chinese guy.

"Bai...yi..."

Stern read out Bai Yi's name with a somewhat awkward pronunciation.

As soon as the words fell, everyone except Connelly and Adelman were stunned.

Who is this person?

That Chinese boy?

He does seem to have some quality, but is he really worthy of the No. 2 pick?

Can the Chinese body adapt to the intensity of the NBA?

If the Timberwolves are like this, are they going to continue to mess up?

Thirty-two wins in two years wouldn’t be 40 wins in three years, right?

Although Bai Yi has a very good video posted on YouTube, most of the team's top executives still have doubts about him.

After all, there has never been a case of that Chinese player succeeding before.

There are many cases of failure.

After all, everyone is worried about Chinese players.

And now, the Timberwolves actually selected Bai Yi with the second pick, which means that this Chinese native has become the third overall pick in this year's draft.

The league's previous No. 3 picks were big names like Durant, Billups, and Chamberlain.

Is Bai Yi really worth looking for?

Bai Yi was also a little surprised. He quickly reacted, hugged Zhou Yuan, and then went on stage to hug Stern.

"Young man, come on, I'm optimistic about you."

"Thank you, Mr. President."

Taking over the ball cap representing the Timberwolves, Bai Yi then said: "Thank you to the Timberwolves for choosing me. Please believe in me, fans. I will bring honor to the Timberwolves. I came to the NBA not to make money, nor to open my eyes to the world."

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"I came here to become a great player."

Just like Zhou Yuan said, try to say nice things.

Bai Yi then went down wearing his hat, and soon a reporter led him for an interview.

The blond reporter from ESPN asked him some questions, such as his expectations for the future, his thoughts on the team, and his views on the league.

Bai Yi always picks up nice things to say.

When he returned to his seat, he immediately became the center of attention.

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for completing the task. The host will be rewarded with fifty achievement points."

"Ding, the new mission of the system is to win the league championship next season, to become the league's best rookie, to become the league's season scoring champion, to become the league's first-team player, and to become the league's season MVP."

"Complete any of the above tasks and you will be rewarded with fifty achievement points."