I am so Accurate

The 29th pick in the first round: Sun Hao

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1.83 meters point guard, Chinese defender, started his career in Spain, good at shooting, first-class ball quotient, good first step in breakthrough.

His style of play is a bit like Damon Stoudemire, but his passing and defense are weaker, which may become his biggest challenge in adapting to the NBA.

Judging from the latest trial training results, the Mavericks, Lakers, and Jazz have all expressed considerable interest in it.

It is worth mentioning that he is the youngest Champions League and La Liga MVP in Europe, and he is also the first guard of yellow race to participate in the NBA draft.

The reason why the Lakers will choose him at this position: They need a consistent shooter.

The evaluation of this list is very objective and accurate.

The 2000 NBA draft is a standard draft year, but this year is also known as the most accurate year of prediction.

With the exception of Redd's counterattack, most players performed in line with their draft picks.

Judging from this evaluation list, perhaps some clues can also be seen from it.

This is actually not difficult to understand. At this time, the trust between the media and the team is still quite high, and the quality of rookies is average, which is the result of dual effects.

Sun Hao went to New York with Su Qun and Fu Paulo after finishing the trial training.

When they arrived in New York, they met Zhang Weiping again.

Sun Hao also saw this draft prediction at this time.

After seeing it, everyone's mood suddenly reached the peak.

Chinese defender, the first round prediction, can you believe this?

But now the facts are in front of their eyes!

It can only be said that Sun Hao's trial training performance in the past week was too good!

They are really looking forward to that scene now, the moment when Stern publicly announced that the Lakers selected Sun Hao.

It was definitely a moment that will go down in history.

Although it was hard to hide their excitement, they still started to work on their own after arriving in New York.

Zhang Weiping began to deal with the draft staff;

Su Qun is busy writing his new articles. He has written many articles in the past few days, and he is waiting to pick the best one and send it to China;

Fu Baoluo took the contact information given by Sun Hao and started making various calls;

In comparison, Sun Hao is the most comfortable.

The trial training was over and the draft was approaching, but he didn't go to the system to train.

He leaned on the sofa in the hotel, watching TV boredly.

It's a way for people to release stress.

Although it is a time-travel, but after five years, everything he has is for tomorrow.

Before that, it was unrealistic not to be nervous.

He kept changing the program, changing and changing, and finally changed to TNT.

TNT stands for Turner Television Network, which is one of the well-known sports TV media in the United States.

He will broadcast a lot of sports events, the highlight of which is the NBA, basically live 24/7.

Now it is the offseason, and there are no sports events to broadcast, so some sports programs have become the highlight.

For example, "NBA Insider" is currently being played.

And the host Sun Hao is also very familiar with it.

Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, and newcomer Charles Barkley.

Barkley only announced his retirement this year, and he quickly joined TNT after retiring.

His first job at TNT was joining Kenny Smith on what was originally a stand-up show.

Driven by him and Kenny Smith, the ratings of this program have skyrocketed, and it is now one of TNT's main programs.

Now the three of them are discussing the draft.

"You know what Stromile Swift can do besides jump high?"

Barkley looked at Smith and asked.

"I have no idea."

Smith shook his head.

"Ernie, what about you?"

Johnson also shook his head.

"I don't know either."

Barkley's next sentence made Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson laugh.

"But I'm sure, this guy's jumping is really scary, he can run and jump like a buck, and he can get into the top three with this."

After Barkley made his partner laugh, he spoke again.

An excellent host of an entertainment program, it is definitely not good to memorize scripts, and it is very good to improvise.

But a few short sentences can also show that he can retract freely, and he is really talented in this respect.

The focus of the three people's discussion is the hot rookie.

The top candidates for the No. 1 pick include Kenyon Martin and Darius Myers, in addition to Swift, who was ridiculed by Barkley.

Martin University played for four years. In the fourth year, he averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game. He was selected to the first team of the United States, was elected the best player of the year, and was elected the best defensive player for the third consecutive year.

This kind of performance is exactly the same as Duncan before, coupled with his physical talent, it is a certainty to be selected as the No. 1 pick in the young draft.

However, he sprained his leg early in March Madness, which also opened up many possibilities for Swift and Miles.

And these three people have one thing in common, they are all inside players.

After Jordan retired, O'Neal rose, and inside players began to return to the stage.

At this time in China, there will be a one-size-fits-all selection, which has a lot to do with the NBA's emphasis on inside players.

After talking about the number one pick, we will talk about the lottery, and after talking about the lottery, we will start talking about the dark horse.

"How do you pronounce these two words?"

Naturally, Sun Hao who ascended on a rocket was mentioned.

But just like when Manu (Ginobili) was pronounced "menu" by them, they obviously didn't know the word Hao.

To be precise, they might not even know Sun.

"Okay, I'm giving up, I'm sure none of us know this, I just asked the show, and they just told me the first word is spelled sun."

Barkley started to get into his role again.

"sun?"

Kenny Smith quickly read out the English dubbing of these letters.

"That's the Chinese phonetic symbol, the ghostly sun."

Barkley immediately retorted.

He is a star of the sun, and he is too sensitive to this word.

"Well, do you know what he read?"

"It... let's call him the sun."

Barkley made Sun Hao laugh this time.

But Sun Hao may not know that another nickname of his came out after this episode.

"Is he Chinese? Bruce. Lee?"

When Barkley said this, he had already gestured to the camera a few times.

"I'm sure he will, otherwise how the hell did he make it to the first round in a week?"

Kenny Smith took over the conversation.

"Guys, I know this."

At this time, Ernie Johnson, who had zero presence on the side, finally found an entry point.

"I heard that he blew up Steve Nash in Dallas. I have a Chinese article called 'He blew up Nash'. It's very interesting."

Johnson definitely understands Chinese, and he can also see that what Barkley and Smith said before is purely for the effect of the show.

Every year's draft predictions and even comments are boring. The first yellow guard to enter the first round of predictions is definitely a big selling point worthy of careful compilation by the program team.

"Nash? come.on! Man, I can blow him up in my suit, does that guy defend?"

Barkley has already begun to complain about Nash.

Nash had played for the Suns for two years before. As a star of the Suns, he felt that it was really eye-catching, especially the defense.

"I haven't finished talking man, he's singled out Kobe for 10 innings in Los Angeles."

"He won?"

This time Barkley put away his contempt.

"No, he lost ten games in a row."

When Ernie Johnson said this, Barkley burst into laughter.

"Ernie, I think you're the funniest guy ever."

Johnson wanted to say something, but Barkley completely blocked his mouth.

"Which idiot wrote this draft prediction, I really want to kick his ass hard, the Lakers will pick such a guy with their brains bubbling."

Barkley had already slapped the table with laughter.

"He had a great workout, he beat Redd, Eddie House, Stevenson..."

After Barkley finished laughing, Kenny Smith on the side spoke.

"Then what kind of guys are there? None of those guys can make it to the first round, and it's even a question of whether they can be selected. What do you say to me with these..."

But before he finished speaking, Barkley gagged him again.

"Charles, Charles, he has a good view of the whole game, and I got news from other teams, not just the Lakers, the Mavericks..."

The show started to get a little chaotic.

Johnson and Smith tried to tell Barkley more about Sun Hao, but Barkley didn't want to hear it at all, and interrupted them in various ways.

"OK, bet, I bet, this guy can't be picked in the first round!"

Finally, Barkley slapped the table.

"One thousand dollars, who will come?"

Barkley had an expression that I am a local tyrant and willful.

Although the career salary is not high among the 50 superstars, it still has more than 40 million US dollars.

Especially now that he has just retired, he is not short of money.

Johnson spread his hands and shut up. He is just an ordinary show host, and a thousand dollars is not a small amount of money to him.

"I'll come, don't lie."

Kenny Smith on the side spoke.

He is also a Houston star with a career salary of more than 10 million.

After Smith finished speaking, Barkley suddenly stopped talking.

"You regret it?"

Smith asked.

"No, I'm wondering what I'm going to do with the thousand dollars, and I've got it, man."

Barkley made Johnson and Smith laugh, and once again brought the atmosphere in the studio to life.

...

After watching the show, because it was related to him, Sun Hao had a good feeling watching it.

But as a time traveler, he didn't have the slightest urge to slap Barkley in the face.

Barkley is an M shaker, the kind who gets more excited the more he is abused.

He just wants the draft to start earlier, and he can't wait to fight Kobe again.

Early the next morning, Sun Hao went to New York's JFK Airport.

In this draft, many people will come to accompany him.

Because there were so many people here, he pulled Su Qun, who was writing the manuscript, over to help.

Parents were the first to arrive, if Sun Hao hadn't been flying around for trial training, they would have come here long ago.

"It's you?"

As soon as I got off the plane, when I saw Su Qun, my mother showed a look of surprise in her eyes.

Isn't this the neurotic person at the door that night!

"Mom, this is Su Qun, he is a reporter for the Sports Weekly."

When Su Qun first met Sun Hao, he told him about the previous events, which was considered a formal introduction.

Mom had the same expression on her face.

Dad took a long breath.

"Hello, Uncle Sun, and Aunt Tian."

Su Qun is still very sophisticated, and he said this very kindly.

Yi Jianlian and La Suo's plane was a little later, and Sun Hao asked Su Qun to accompany his parents back to the hotel first.

After waiting for a while, Yi Jianlian came.

When he got off the plane, he looked left and right, wanted to find someone to ask for directions, but found that he could communicate with each other, feeling at a loss.

Fortunately, Sun Hao found him soon, otherwise he might really have lost himself at the airport.

"You will have to go abroad sooner or later, so you should spend more time learning English."

Sun Hao remembered and said.

In addition to personality, language is actually very important in communication.

This is not just the "how.are.you? i.am.fine.thank.you." of exam-oriented education.

There are a lot of tactical terms in basketball, even including the acronyms that teammates usually use to joke with you in the locker room.

Because Sun Hao was an assistant coach at the NCAA in his previous life, he saved all these processes.

But Yi Jianlian is different.

He remembered reading a report before, saying that when Yi Jianlian communicated with his teammates, he could only smile because he couldn’t understand what the other party was saying. In addition, Americans’ inherent impressions of Chinese people would be poured over time. Shy label.

It is true that if the communication is not good, you can find an assistant for translation, but if you have to be conveyed by others for a joke, it is impossible to get along with the relationship.

Don't underestimate this point, the NBA is brutally competitive, if you are lucky enough to enter the first round, you can learn slowly, but if you are unlucky, you may be eliminated before you can learn the language.

This is also a big challenge for overseas players.

Yi Jianlian nodded seriously.

Besides his parents, Sun Hao is the person he trusts the most.

Because Lasuo's flight was not far away, Sun Hao did not leave immediately after connecting Yi Jian, but waited in the airport.

Although we haven't seen each other for a few days, Sun Hao has a lot of experience in the trial training in the United States, and the two of them have plenty of topics to talk about.

After chatting for a while, the plane was late and still hadn't arrived, so Sun Hao went to buy something to eat.

Luckily for them, the airport actually sells grilled Thuringian sausages.

This kind of German-style grilled sausage Sun Hao had eaten a lot when he was in Spain. With the addition of unique marjoram spices, it is not only delicious but also full of fragrance.

Sun Hao and Yi Jianlian had two sticks each, eating while continuing to wait for the plane.

"By the way, what happened to the class girl who confessed to you in junior high?"

Sun Hao was so bored that he even gossiped about the past.

"Huh? I don't even know her name."

Yi Jianlian blushed as he spoke, and stretched out his hand to scratch his head.

It's kind of embarrassing to say that.

Sun Hao laughed out loud after hearing this.

He originally thought that he was miserable enough when it came to women, but it seemed that Yi Jianlian was even worse than him.

But with a smile, he suddenly became sad.

If he remembered correctly, Yi Jianlian's wife in history was a beautiful model, and she was five years younger than Yi Jianlian.

I don't know why, the grilled sausage in my mouth...it suddenly loses its flavor.

After they finished eating the sausages, the late plane finally arrived.

Lasso didn't come alone. Besides his wife, he also brought his daughter.

Sun Hao didn't know that Lasso had a daughter before!

But this is completely normal. It is only in the past year that he became the core of the team.

Although La Suo is his mentor, but the relationship is not close enough to touch family members.

"Benetta, this is Sun, my favorite disciple, he is three years older than you."

"My daughter, Benita."

Russo introduced each other for the two.

Only then did Sun Hao take a closer look at Benita.

The fifteen-year-old girl is about to reach adulthood, and her figure is beginning to grow and plump, exuding the breath of a budding stamen.

But it's just this face... very temperamental.

European girls generally prefer their figure when they are young, but not everyone has a good-looking face.

When Benita looked at Sun Hao, her face flushed slightly, and she looked a little shy.

After picking up the cable, a group of them took a taxi back to the hotel.

It was at this moment that Lasuo noticed Yi Jianlian beside him.

And after finding out, he quickly asked Sun Hao about Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian's talent is more overflowing than it was three years ago, even a coach would be moved by seeing it.

"I want to take this kid to the stadium later, is that okay?"

La Suo admired it more and more, and finally asked Sun Hao.

Yi Jianlian looked very shy, and it was Sun Hao who brought him here again. He regarded Sun Hao as Yi Jianlian's parent.

"completely fine."

Of course Sun Hao would not refuse.

This is also an opportunity for Yi Jianlian.

As for Yi Jianlian, Sun Hao said no problem, he will have no problem.

It was almost noon when we returned to the hotel, Zhang Weiping went to Madison Square Garden early to get busy, and Fu Paulo was gone.

Sun Hao and Su Qun took the rest of the people out to eat a western meal.

Parents are very talkative, and their fluent English shows their standard of living, and they have no barriers in communicating with Lasuo and the others.

But this is not the point, the point is that Sun Hao can feel that Lasso is trying to let Benita contact him.

Although his emotional experience was blank, he had experienced a lot in his previous life when his parents forced him to go on a blind date.

He is too familiar with this rhythm.

And it's totally understandable.

Sun Hao played well in Europe, and after arriving in the United States, the trial training went smoothly, and anyone with a discerning eye can see a bright future.

His daughter, and his disciple.

Just like Yue Linshan and Linghu Chong in "Swordsman", they are too suitable in the eyes of the elders.

It's just that Sun Hao was a little embarrassed.

Just like when he first came to Italy and met the salesperson who handed him a note and he would turn around and throw it away, he didn't have much feeling for Benita.

Feeling is very important!

"Coach, I'll go to the stadium with you later!"

Before the meal was finished, Sun Hao took the initiative to propose.

He knew that the next step of the blind date must be to let the two go out for a walk alone, the so-called strike first is the best.

Sure enough, Lasso turned his head and glanced at Benita, then at Sun Hao's parents.

"Son, why don't you stay with me..."

"Go ahead and relax before the draft."

As soon as Dad opened his mouth, he was interrupted by his mother.

Sun Hao looked at his mother as if he was looking at a fairy in the sky.

Sure enough, the mother still understands the son.

After the meal, my parents took Mrs. Russo and Benita to Macy's for shopping, and Sun Hao, Yi Jianlian and Russo went to a nearby stadium.

As for Su Qun, this guy is busy with his article again.

On the court, Lasso asked Yi Jianlian to complete various technical moves according to his requirements.

This is actually a small trial training site.

Sun Hao bought melon seeds from nowhere, and became a melon-eating crowd beside the court.

Don't tell me, the feeling of trying out by yourself is really different from watching others try out from the sidelines.

If he can choose, he still prefers to be the latter, the people who eat melons are so happy.

A few minutes later, Lasso had completely forgotten about Sun Hao not having a date with Benita, and he looked at Yi Jianlian as if he were looking at a lover.

"Sun, I'm taking him to Spain!"

Yi Jianlian's talent is so attractive, he feels that if he polishes it up, he will have a chance to hit the NBA lottery pick in the future!

But if Sun Hao knew what he was thinking, he would definitely tell him, be bold!

"This, you have to ask him yourself."

Sun Hao did not make the decision for Yi Jianlian this time.

Yi Jianlian scratched his head, he didn't know how to choose for a while.

"Well, I'll take you to Spain after the draft is over, and I'll make a decision after you go."

Russo still has experience.

Yi Jianlian looked at Sun Hao.

"Go, just go and see what the place where your brother Hao played for three years is like."

Sun Hao said with a smile.

Just like what he thought before, the key to where Yi Jianlian plays is still up to himself.

Once you make up your mind, even the system can solve it.

After all, compared with Wang Zhizhi, Yi Jianlian's trap is still shallow.

Yi Jianlian nodded.

He is like a frog that just jumped out of the well, and he needs to see what the outside world looks like.

...

The day passed quickly. After five o'clock in the afternoon, after a simple dinner, the group headed to Madison Square Garden.

Madison Square Garden was built in 1874 and has been renovated several times since then, and it is already the fourth generation.

But even so, this arena still has a history of more than 30 years and is a typical "living fossil" arena.

Also known as the "Basketball Mecca", it is the holy land of basketball in the world and the venue for the annual NBA draft.

There are still nearly two hours before the start of the draft, and many fans have gathered in the arena, most of whom are New York fans.

It is also the home of the New York Knicks.

Today's Knicks team has "Gorilla" Ewing, "CIC King" Alan Houston, "Madman" Sprewell, Marcus Camby, "Aunt" Larry Johnson and other stars, Outstanding strength in the East.

They only have two picks in the first round of 22 and the second round of 39 this year, and the draft is just a formality.

However, this does not hinder the enthusiasm of New York fans. Joining in the fun and booing are their favorite things to do.

When Sun Hao stepped into the stadium, he saw the "little green house" in the center of the stadium at first sight.

The so-called green room is where rookies who are projected to enter the lottery (top 14 picks) sit.

Every rookie has a table where their family and friends can sit.

Sun Hao...Of course not.

But entering the small green house may not be a good thing.

Because the number of people entering the small green house is basically more than 14 people every year, which means that someone must fall out of the lottery.

It would be the most embarrassing thing if he was drafted in the first round and left in the second round, like Lewis.

Behind the small green house is the media area.

TNT and ESPN are at the front and most prominent.

Sun Hao saw Barkley's shiny head at a glance, as well as his partners Kenny Smith and Ernie Johnson.

But apart from them, Sun Hao also saw an unexpected figure.

"Magic" Johnson actually came as a special guest.

ps: The necessary foreshadowing before the draft, the next chapter is the draft.