I'm a ball devil

Chapter 197: Memories of the draft

In the Diamond Cup basketball game, the match between the Huaxia team and the Argentine team was very interesting in the first half.

The two teams sent the strongest lineups to face off, and the scores of the two sides also climbed in a seesaw-like interaction.

In the first quarter, Ye Hao scored 14 points, leading the Huaxia team to a 4-point lead.

Back in the second quarter, Ginobili and Oberto, the two NBA players of the Spurs, showed their strength and scored together, helping the Argentine team to tie the score.

Entering the second half, Yunus began to send Wang Shipeng and other substitute players, Ye Hao was replaced and rested off the court.

He didn't play in the following games, and Dayao played only 5 minutes in the first quarter before being replaced.

In the end, the Huaxia team lost the game, with a difference of 11 points, 79 to 90, and only won the runner-up of the Diamond Cup.

Obviously, if these two teams will meet in the Olympic Games, it will be the real desperate moment of the bayonet, and the Diamond Cup is not yet available.

The end of the Diamond Cup is the Huaxia team's final warm-up match, after which it is the daily training and waiting for the opening of the Olympic Games.

Speaking of the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, here is a relatively important matter to be determined by the Huaxia delegation.

That is the determination of the China Olympic flag bearer.

The Olympic flag bearer is a very high honor for athletes, especially since the current Olympic Games will be held in Yanbei, tens of thousands of Chinese people will pay attention.

Therefore, the choice of the China Olympic flag bearer is even more eye-catching.

Since the Huaxia team returned to the Summer Olympics in 1984, they have participated in the Olympics six times.

In these six Olympic Games, athletes were selected from the Huaxia Men's Basketball Team to become the Olympic flag bearers.

From the perspective of selection, there are two hard targets for selection: one is that personal performance can represent the level of sports competition in the country; the other is that the personal image should be healthy and generous.

After concrete implementation, it seems that the second indicator is more important than the first indicator.
That is, male basketball players with a height of about 2 meters are more suitable to serve as Olympic flag bearers.

In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the flag bearer was Wang Libin, a men's basketball center with a height of 2 meters;

In the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the flag bearer was Song Tao, a men's basketball center with a height of 2 meters;
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, the flag bearer was Song Ligang, a male basketball player with a height of 2 meters;
In the 1992 Atlanta Olympic Games and the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Liu Yudong served as the flag bearer of the Chinese delegation;

In the 2004 Athens Olympics, Dayao became the Olympic flag bearer of the Huaxia Sports Team.

In the 2008 Yanbei Olympic Games, the flag bearers of the Huaxia Olympic Games originally preferred Dayao to serve as the flag bearer.

But Ye Hao popped up suddenly, which made people's eyes shine.

This young man is not bad, he is of the right height, has a good body shape, and is handsome enough and sunny enough.

Compared with Dayao, Dayao is still too tall.

And the most important thing is that he still plays basketball so well. After only one year of playing in the NBA, he surpassed many American players and became the scoring leader. He has a very high reputation and popularity all over the world.

It is undoubtedly suitable for him to be the standard bearer, and it can better represent the vitality of China's thriving and vigorous development.

As a result, Ye Hao was finally selected as the flag bearer of the Huaxia delegation for the Yanbei Olympic Games.

Ye Hao was still a little dazed when he heard the news. In the memory of his previous life, Dayao was obviously the flag bearer for this year's Olympics.

Now he has become himself.

This change is a bit big.

I don't know how my parents will react when they see themselves raising the flag first while watching the live broadcast of the Olympic opening ceremony on TV.

Thinking of this, he was looking forward to the opening of the Olympic Games.

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At the same time, the 2008 NBA draft that Ye Hao had been looking forward to was also ready to start.

The players of the national team gathered together to watch the live broadcast.

Although there are many people here who will never have the chance to experience the NBA draft, they are all a little inexplicably excited because they want to know whether they have guessed correctly.

This year, no Chinese players signed up for the draft.

The three Chinese players selected last year, Ah Lian, Dasheng and Ye Hao, are all sitting in front of the TV right now.

Before the draft started, someone asked, "Hey, what does it feel like to participate in the draft?"

The Great Sage shook his head, pouted at Ah Lian and Ye Hao, and said, "You'll have to ask them to find out.

I didn't go to the draft at the time. I have been participating in the trial training of various teams. I remember that the trial training lasted until the 27th, which is the day before the draft.

Then I stayed in the city where the trial team was located, rested for two days, and flew directly to Las Vegas to join the national team.

To be honest, at the time I didn't even know if I would be selected.

But the final result still surprised me, being selected by the Lakers.

Hey, I am also one of the championship members now.

I think you should ask me how it feels to win the championship. "

What the Great Sage said made the audience burst into laughter.

Ah Lian said: "Well, I was sitting at the draft meeting, my family was with me, waiting for the final results to be announced, and I was very nervous and nervous.

Although most of the media at the time predicted that I would be selected in the top ten, the results did not come out. Before I was selected, I was very nervous. "

"Haha, if it were me at the scene, I would be nervous too, but I would definitely be very excited." Zhu Fangyu interjected.

Ah Lian nodded, "Yes, I remember that my palms were sweaty.

Later, the Bucks selected me with the sixth overall pick. This result also made me and my team not very satisfied.

At that time, I felt that it was like a lottery. We wanted to draw one for the upper lottery, but the result was a lower lottery.

In the end, I was somewhat disappointed. "

Wang Shipeng curled his lips and said, "I don't know how happy I would be if this signing was for someone else!"

"Well, that's true, maybe everyone has different expectations.

But anyway, I got my wish and entered the NBA.

I believe Ye Hao must have felt this nervousness and loss at the time. "

Speaking of which, Ah Lian turned to Ye Hao and continued, "I paid more attention to some news reports about the draft, and I was quite curious to see that Huaxia players also participated in the draft.

I remember there were some reports that you were going to be drafted by the Lakers, and then you were intercepted by the Sonics, and you didn't make it to the Lakers. You were also disappointed, right? "

Ye Hao shook his head lightly, "No. At that time, I thought it was pretty good that a team could draft me.

Because I'm not sure which teams are really interested in me.

You know, the people of Magnesium... Well, they are not very trustworthy.

What if they fool me? "

When Ye Hao said this, he was thinking of someone who was very active on Twitter in his previous life.

Damn, that guy is always fooling around!

Li Nan gave Ye Hao a thumbs up, "You're right if you know how to think like this!"

Ye Hao nodded with a faint smile and continued, "So, I don't require you to play in a big city team, but in a wealthy team.

In my opinion, what team to go to is something that is difficult for me to grasp.

What I can grasp is to go to play well and play at my own level.

Only by playing a good performance can it be possible to gain a foothold in the league.

Whether it's a big team or a small team, it's the same.

No matter what these teams said before, how optimistic they are about you, your potential, your future, willing to spend time and money to train you, etc.

They still only look at the final result, if you can't make it out, or they have lost patience and confidence in you, they can abandon you at any time, they are even more scumbags than scumbags. "

Zhu Fangyu teased Ye Hao and said: "Hahaha, a handsome person like you has the best chance of becoming a scumbag. By the way, have you ever scumbag some girls!"

Immediately there was some gossip at the scene.

Ye Hao ignored it, and wisely chose not to continue. If this topic is brought up, it will be difficult to talk about. He continued the previous words and said: "Maybe a month or two ago, or even a week ago, they still had a lot of trouble. Emphasize that you are their future and a core part of their team building.

But in the next moment, it is really possible that you will be traded away in a blink of an eye.

Team owners and general managers have never been charitable.

I knew this very well in my heart, so I never cared which team I would go to.

As a human being, only by self-improvement and self-reliance can we win respect. "

"Well said! Self-improvement, self-reliance, growth! This is not only true of people, but also of the team!" Dayao clapped his palms and said, he found resonance in Ye Hao's words.

Ah Lian blushed a little when he heard that, because he really wanted to choose a team that suits him.

If people have a choice, who wouldn't want to choose the choice that is best for them?
Of course he was right.

Seeing Dayao speak, Ye Hao brought the topic to him, "Brother Yao, you were the No. [-] pick back then, tell me what you were like when you were selected."

Dayao smiled, "Thinking back to those years, haha, I am also a veteran player in the league now.

Back then, I was not able to go to the draft site..."

"Ah? Brother Yao, you are the No. [-] pick. Why don't you go to the draft?" Sun Dasheng felt a little unbelievable.

"Hehe, I'm probably the only No. [-] pick in NBA history who didn't make it to the draft." Dayao replied.

"Why?" the Great Sage asked in bewilderment.

"I do know a little bit about this." Dazhi interjected, "At that time, Dayao led the Eastern Men's Basketball Team to win the CBA championship and wanted to play in the NBA, but the team was not very willing to let him go.

They negotiated back and forth, discussing the price of Dayao's buyout of the contract. In the end, Dayao bought out the contract at a price of nearly [-] million US dollars, and he was able to play in the NBA.

But in terms of time, he didn't have time to rush to the draft meeting. "

Dayao nodded and admitted, "Well, that's true."

"Ah! Such a high buyout fee!" the Great Sage exclaimed.

"Of course it's high. When Dirk Nowitzki joined the Mavericks, he bought out the original club's contract for only about 200 million US dollars. Pau Gasol seems to be around 250 million. So, freedom is the most expensive." Big Zhi said with a bit of regret.

Dayao stretched out his hand and patted Dazhi's back shoulder, "So, at that time, I had to find a place with my family and my team, and remotely connect to the talent show...

Hahaha, but this is also quite special. Before I knew it, I became the only one in the draft, and it was a record in the NBA. "

At the end Dayao laughed, "At that time, I joked with a friend from the media that I knew

'When my name is said, you hold up the mic and David Stern puts the team hat on the phone.If there are American journalists who want to interview me, you will be the middleman, and you will be charged 10 yuan for an interview.Haha, there are too many people who want to use me to make money, and you must have made a lot of money this night. '

It's also interesting to think about it this time. "

In his previous life, Ye Hao also read some reports about Dayao’s failure to attend the draft, and the story was quite bumpy. Now that he heard Dayao’s story with his own ears, he felt a sense of sadness for no reason.

Dayao can be regarded as paving the way for future Chinese players to play in the NBA.

No one's success is easy, and there are sweat and blood and tears hidden in the corners you can't see.Ye Hao said silently in his heart.

At this point, the draft has finally begun.

David Stern took to the stage, just like last year, to announce the start of the 2008 NBA Draft.

The rookies in the audience were wearing all kinds of strange suits, waiting anxiously for the moment when their fate would be announced.

Holding the No. [-] pick in their hands is the Chicago Bulls, and they chose Chicago-born Derrick Rose without hesitation.

"Huh? Will there be a deal?" Seeing this result, Dayao turned to ask Ye Hao.

He found that one of his guesses seemed to be in vain.

Ye Hao shook his head, expressing that he didn't know either.

Soon, the No. [-] pick was also selected.

The Miami Heat selected Michael Beasley.

Immediately afterwards, the third pick was also released, and the Minnesota Timberwolves chose OJ-Mayo.

The Memphis Grizzlies selected Kevin Love with the fourth pick.

Immediately a transaction takes place.

The Timberwolves sent their newly selected No. [-] pick OJ-Mayo, plus Marko Jaric, Antawn-Walker and Greg Buckner, in exchange for their selected Kevin Leo from the Grizzlies. Fu, and the Grizzlies in Mike - Miller, Brian - Cardinal and Jason - Collins.

Ye Hao smiled, the inertia of this historical development is really quite big, the rolling track of the wheel still moves according to the previous life.

The Timberwolves and the Grizzlies exchanged their respective rookies, OJ-Mayo and Kevin Love.

Now he is more curious about which team will Russell Westbrook, who was selected fourth overall in the previous life, be selected.

He won't slip down to the [-]s or [-]s, and then be picked up by his Thunder team for a big deal.

Haha, in that case, history would be really interesting.

(End of this chapter)