Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 271 Olympic Games

Wang Hao didn't know what Willie Walker would choose, but he had already given his advice.

As for exchanging for a higher draft pick, or making a trade after being selected, it is his choice.

Moreover, this offseason, the Sonics need to do a lot of things, such as Ruben Patterson's contract extension, and whether to keep Ewing...

Wang Hao returned to training, and after a while, the Huaxia team also began to warm up.

The first match is naturally the free agency officially organized by the NBA, which is the so-called American star team.

The results are of course self-evident.

Even without Wang Hao, with the Huaxia team's insiders, they can easily win the game.

Now with Wang Hao, it goes without saying.

After the game, Wang Fei also noticed a little bit, why is the US team playing in such a mess?
Instead, it was the American college team, which played back and forth with the Huaxia team, which was a very good feeling.

And 10 days after the end of the NBA Finals, the NBA draft has finally begun.

However, before the draft, a piece of news that shocked everyone broke out.

Jordan may come back for the second time!

To be honest, when this news appeared, the media reporters from all sides became excited instantly.

Because, they have heard the relevant news long ago, but it has not been confirmed.

This time, some media found Jordan directly, and Jordan did not deny it outright.

Amid such news spread, the 2001 NBA Draft finally began.

Since it is on the US side, the Huaxia team is also a little concerned about the draft situation after training.

Without any surprise, Jordan finally chose Kwame Brown, the high school rookie.

The NBA is not the first time a high school student player has appeared in the NBA, but Kwame Brown is the first champion.

It's just that it's a very big difference to suddenly enter the NBA without having experienced the baptism of college basketball.

More importantly, it is still facing Jordan's practice.

After the draft was over, Kwame Brown was asked about the news about Jordan and the Wizards during an interview with the media.

Kwame Brown is so excited, he is looking forward to becoming teammates with Jordan, and he even said that he will be Jordan's second Pippen.

It is estimated that how excited Kwame Brown is today, how painful it will be in the future.

There is not much difference in the next draft. Tyson Chandler became the No. [-] pick, and Paul Gasol was the No. [-] pick.

The Sonics finally made a move. I don't know how they traded to get a higher pick.

Willie Walker finally chose to use the 20th pick in the first round and successfully brought back Brandon Haywood.

To be honest, this pick actually has a chance to fight for Zach Randolph, an All-Star player.

Of course, if you don't solve the problem he caused trouble, don't choose in the end.

As for another pick, Willie Walker did not choose Mehmet Okur, a big center from Turkey.

It's not that Okur can't do it, but that he won't land in the NBA yet.

What the Sonics need is immediate combat power, not players who need to wait. This draft pick cannot be wasted.

However, Okur is indeed amazing, not his dominance inside, but a three-pointer.

A European insider with a height of 211 cm. Although he is not very athletic, he has good skills.

He was reduced to the second round, and even the top ten picks in the second round, no team took him away.

As for the reason, it is naturally because of his three-pointers.

As a big man, he can't fight well inside the paint, run outside the three-point line and shoot three-pointers?

play too!

For NBA coaches in this era, it is indeed very unacceptable.

In the original time and space, after Okur was taken away by the Pistons, he basically had no chance to perform.

Especially with the arrival of Larry Brown, it forced Okur to change his way of playing.

Larry Brown doesn't like three-pointers, and he doesn't allow Okur to shoot three-pointers, but wants to go inside and fight.

In his rookie season, Okur averaged 0.5 three-pointers per game. In the next two seasons, he only took 0.5 shots.

To be honest, if he entered the NBA 15 years later, Okur would definitely be a very welcome player in the NBA.

It's just that, in the Sonics, after two seasons of Wang Hao's three-pointers, they have discovered the benefits of three-pointers more and more.

For such a big pitcher, they are very interested.

Okur was eventually drafted by the Pistons. Perhaps, when he decides to log into the NBA, the Sonics can bring him back.

To put it bluntly, this person was Paul Westphal's choice, just to deal with O'Neill.

Facts have proved that Okur can actually deal with O'Neill.

In the original time and space, Mosaic faced the Jazz several times in the playoffs, and Mosaic lost all of them.

Even when Yao Ming faced O'Neill, he was right in the slightest, but he was afraid of facing Okur.

Because this guy has the height of an inside line, but he plays outside.

After every pick-and-roll, this guy just crouched outside the three-point line, leaving Yao Ming with no choice.

If Yao Ming doesn't go out, Okur can shoot three-pointers, and once Yao Ming leaves the inside, Mosaic's inside will be blown out.

Okur has made 37.5 percent of his three-pointers in his career, which is higher than many perimeter players.

To say that O'Course can handle O'Neal with just one Okur would be bragging, not reliable at all.

However, there is such a player in the team, and it may have good results if it is brought up at an appropriate time.

"Is this still an insider? Can you play like this?"

This is not what Wang Hao said, but Yao Ming's evaluation of Okur after playing a game.

That's right, the Huaxia team came to Seattle and played a game with Seattle's summer league team.

To be honest, seeing Wang Hao appearing opposite his own team, the few fans who came to watch the game were dumbfounded.

There was even a situation where fans ran to the coach's bench to make trouble, thanks to Wang Hao who came forward to explain clearly.

Well, some fans only found out at this time that Wang Hao is from Huaxia, and he is playing on behalf of the Huaxia national team.

In early July, the Huaxia team finally came to the final battle of the warm-up match, Dallas, Texas.

Their opponent, of course, is the Mavericks.

It has to be said that the reception standard of the Mavericks is higher, and Mavericks owner Cuban still attaches great importance to Huaxia.

Not only that, he also purposely found Wang Zhizhi, and he didn't know what to say, and the two chatted happily.

However, Wang Hao knew that no matter what Cuban and Nelson promised, Wang Zhizhi's situation in the Mavericks would not be very good.

The reason is simple, the Mavericks have Nowitzki.

Wang Zhizhi is in the same position as him, so he can only play as a substitute, but the question is, Nowitzki has to play nearly 40 minutes in a game, how much can Wang Zhizhi have left?
No time, no opportunity, how to type it out?
If he wants to get more playing time, Wang Zhizhi must switch to other positions, such as center forward.

But the problem is, Wang Zhizhi's is really inappropriate.

As a big center, he will play with Nowitzki. Nowitzki's defense is average, and his ability to protect the basket is not enough.

In other words, the players who partner with him on the inside must do these two things and do a good job.

Obviously, Wang Zhizhi is not suitable!

In today's Huaxia team, Wang Zhizhi's role is actually somewhat similar to Nowitzki's, and even their play styles are somewhat similar.

Yao Ming is the player who defends inside and protects the rim.

Moreover, Cuban, as well as the Mavericks, also hope that Wang Zhizhi will stay and participate in the upcoming summer league.

Honestly, it's definitely a good thing.

In the summer league, Wang Zhizhi can give full play to his offensive talent, instead of playing center and playing defense.

In the summer league, let the Mavericks know as soon as possible that Wang Zhizhi and Nowitzki have overlapping technical positions.

It can also allow the Mavericks to respond earlier, choose to trade him, and let other teams see his value.

As for the few games last season and the playing time, he couldn't see anything at all.

Otherwise, the Mavericks would not have given up on Wang Zhizhi directly after this season.

Wang Zhizhi naturally hopes to stay, and even communicated with the national team.

When he heard the news, Wang Hao also pulled Yao Ming to try to help a little.

How to help?
He and Yao Ming promised that even without Wang Zhizhi, they would definitely lead the national team to win the Asian Championships.

Wang Fei was born in the Bayi team and is the head coach of the Bayi team. It can be said that Wang Zhizhi is his disciple.

From a personal emotional point of view, Wang Fei naturally hopes that Wang Zhizhi can play better in the NBA.

He also agreed and will chat with the national team.

It is still very important that the three cores of the national team make requests together.

The national team did not deal with it directly, but directly reported the problem to the higher authorities.

The final result, of course, was that the Basketball Association rejected this request on the grounds that the national team's business was more important.

Although Wang Zhizhi was helpless, he still accepted the result.

The reason is simple, if there is an accident in the national team game, he cannot bear the responsibility.

Of course, he didn't want any surprises either.

Wang Hao was a little helpless. It wasn't that he didn't care about the national team's performance, but that it was really unnecessary.

If it is an international competition, there is nothing to say, and he does not have such strong self-confidence.

But the problem is just the game in Asia.

He is not for himself, nor for Wang Zhizhi, he just hopes that the national team will have a stronger strength.

To be honest, this proposal was rejected, which made him a little bit disappointed, and felt that he had made a mistake.

However, if you think carefully about the various magical operations of the Basketball Association later, it is actually no surprise.

After a series of warm-up matches, the national team is preparing to leave the United States for the final preparations before the Asian Championships.

When the national team returned to China, Wang Hao went to Moscow under the arrangement of the national team.

Because, on the night after tomorrow, that is, on July 7, the host city of the 13 Olympic Games will be officially announced.

Came here two days in advance, in fact, to allow Wang Hao to stand on the platform as a representative of Huaxia athletes.

As for what I said at the beginning, let Wang Hao represent the Chinese athletes to make a presentation on their bid for the Olympic Games.

In the end, he gave up, and the Olympic Organizing Committee didn't force it.

The main reason is that Wang Hao felt that Deng Yaping had worked so hard, and it was inappropriate to suddenly let him replace her.

Isn't this the same as the Spring Festival Gala of a certain year, when someone performed well in the sketch, passed all the way, and successfully entered the Spring Festival Gala.

As a result, at this time, a small flower suddenly fell from the sky and was replaced.

It turned out that Wang Hao just thought that the Spring Festival Gala was just a bit rotten and not very good-looking.

But that time, he understood that the Spring Festival Gala not only lost the excitement of the past, but also the bottom line.

To be honest, arriving in Moscow really opened Wang Hao's horizons.

I have seen many celebrities, including those from the national sports department, the Olympic Organizing Committee, and celebrities from all walks of life.

I have to say, it was brilliant.

While Wang Hao felt wonderful, everyone else was a little speechless.

Because the answer was about to be revealed, all the staff were trembling and full of anxiety.

Although they also feel that they have done well enough, the result is very inclined to them.

But before the results come out, who can rest assured?

On the other hand, Wang Hao, after coming to Moscow, can still eat and drink happily, without showing any tension at all.

It is in stark contrast to the entire staff of the Olympic Games bidder, and it is impossible for everyone not to pay attention to him.

If no one publicly scolded him for being heartless, it was already good.

"Wang Hao, are you really not nervous at all?"

This question was asked by Deng Yaping. After all, they both belong to the sports world, and the relationship between them should be closer in hot weather.

Moreover, Wang Hao gave up the opportunity to be an athlete representative, and Deng Yaping still remembered the favor.

"It's not that I'm not nervous, but I'm very confident that the 2008 Olympic Games must belong to us."

"Is that how confident you are?"

"Of course, I can't think of any reason for the whole world to give up choosing the capital and choose to give up Huaxia!"

Having said that, there is still no reason at all, it is pure self-confidence, blind self-confidence.

However, what Wang Hao said made the entire organizing committee feel a little relieved.

That's right, they have made so much preparation and worked so hard, there is no reason not to choose them!

Wang Hao's self-confidence is naturally because he knows the future, and he knows that the 2008 Olympic Games belong to them.

On July 7, after the final presentation of each candidate city, the time has come to 13 o'clock in the evening.

At this time, Samaranch, the chairman of the International Olympic Committee, finally walked onto the stage accompanied by the staff.

Seeing the little old man approaching step by step, Wang Hao, who was calm at first, became a little excited at this moment.

Goosebumps appeared all over his body, and every time Samaranch took a step, his heart beat suddenly.

He could even feel that his body was faintly excited, and even started to heat up.

"The city that won the right to host the No.20 Ninth Summer Olympic Games is... the capital!"

"Ah, oh..."

When the familiar name was heard, there was an astonishing cheer from the audience.

"Oh, we, it's us!"

Even Wang Hao jumped up excitedly at this time, his height is really eye-catching.

As a latecomer, he always carries a little bit of pride, the calmness that has taken control of everything.

Originally, he thought he would behave calmly. After all, he knew about this matter and experienced it long ago.

However, when everything happened in reality, he realized that people can really feel the temperature of the blood in the body.

It turns out that seeing the same picture on TV has a completely different feeling from being completely in it.

The cheers spread from the auditorium at the scene to Moscow outside the venue, to the capital thousands of miles away, and spread throughout the entire land of China.

(End of this chapter)