Three days passed quietly.

During this period, the NBA also successively announced various awards for the 2015-2016 season.

Among them, Stephen Curry won the MVP and Leonard won the DPOY.

There are actually some controversies between these two awards, mainly about Lin Tian.

A large number of fans believe that these honors should belong to Lin Tian, ​​but Lin Tian is limited due to the number of appearances.

Fortunately, Lin Tian did not miss the first team of the league's best team. In addition, he was also selected to the first team of the best defensive team.

Scott, who coached the Lakers, also beat Cole, who won 73 games, to become the best head coach in 2015-2016.

Lin Tian's goal for next season is to win all the MVPs.

On the night of June 24, after Lin Tian returned to his apartment after training, he turned on the TV as usual.

What is being shown on TV is the draft.

The draft was held at the Buckley Center in Brooklyn.

On the screen, Xiao Hua held the hand card and said into the microphone: "The Philadelphia 76ers, who hold the first pick, choose... Ben Simmons from Louisiana State University!"

As the camera switched, Simmons' rather handsome face appeared in the camera.

He took the hat handed by the staff, stood up with a smile, hugged the family members sitting next to him one by one, and then went up to the sky to deliver a speech.

Lin Tian came from a previous life, so he was not surprised by the 76ers' choice, and Simmons does have the ability to be the No. 1 pick.

It's just that this player who is over 2.10 meters tall and is known as the next magician is actually a talent with no shooting ability...

The Celtics, holding the second pick, finally chose Ingram without much suspense.

In another time and space, the No. 2 pick belonged to the Lakers, but now, the No. 2 pick belongs to the Celtics.

With the appearance of Lin Tian, ​​everything changed dramatically.

The Suns, who held the third overall pick, chose Jaylen Brown. This is different from the previous life, after all, Brown was selected by the Celtics in the previous life.

The draft did not go very quickly, and the rookies who were invited to sit in the small green room were selected by the team one after another.

Dragan Bender, Kris Dunn, Jamal Murray, Buddy Hield...

The names and faces of these rookies flashed on the screen one by one, which did not make Lin Tian feel excited.

Finally, it’s the Lakers’ turn with the 15th pick.

Xiao Hua opened his hand card and said slowly: "The Lakers, who hold the 15th pick, choose Malcolm Brogdon from the University of Virginia!"

"Wow!"

As soon as this statement came out, the audience and many reporters were shocked.

After all, Brogdon's name did not appear in the first round in the previous draft pick predictions announced by major mainstream media!

The 15th pick means that he is one pick away from being a lottery pick! This is obviously unbelievable.

There is no doubt that Brogdon is also the oldest of all the rookies currently selected.

The camera showed Brogdon in the audience.

Brogdon was obviously not qualified to be invited to the Little Green Room. When he heard his name, he even thought he heard it wrong.

It wasn't until the staff handed him the hat with the Lakers logo on it that he realized it and almost cried with excitement.

It can be said that there is a natural difference between the first round and the second round.

Rookies selected in the first round must receive a fully guaranteed contract from the team, but it is different in the second round! It is good to have a two-way contract.

A cruel fact is that most of the rookies selected in the second round every year are unable to establish themselves in the NBA.

After Brogdon stabilized his emotions, he walked on the stage and spoke a lot before the draft continued.

As players were selected one by one, those players who had not yet been selected seemed a little restless.

Lin Tian noticed that a rookie who was invited to sit in the small green room was not selected until the end of the first round, which was really embarrassing.

The camera began to pan over the players in the audience who had not yet been selected.

Lin Tian was very unfamiliar with these huge faces.

But there were two faces that particularly impressed him.

One is Fred VanVleet, and the other is Caruso who is under great pressure.

VanVleet, known as Van Jordan, is a short guard. In his previous life, he was quite popular in China. He made a name for himself with the Menglong team and won the championship in the 2018-2019 season with the team.

Carruth was under great pressure and had explosive physical fitness. However, because he became bald at a young age, he was nicknamed the Bald Mamba.

These two are also rookies this year.

However, he remembered that these two guys seemed to be undrafted, that is, they participated in the draft but were not selected.

Fan Qiaodan is okay. He should be signed by the Menglong team to play in the summer league and then climb up step by step.

As for Carruth, if he wants to play his first NBA game, he may have to wait until next season.

The Lakers have another pick next, and Lin Tian is thinking about whether to call Buss Jr.

In the end, he gave up. Anyway, these two people would not be selected by the team, and it would be the same if they signed again when the summer league was about to start.

The draft lasted for more than three hours before it ended.

Among the rookies who participated in the draft in person, some were ecstatic because they were selected, while others were devastated because they were not selected.

Between Van Jordan and Bald Mamba, there is no doubt that it is the latter, because they were not selected.

Lin Tian hesitated for a moment, then sent a text message to Kupchak, asking Kupchak to focus on these two players.

The next morning, when Lin Tian turned on his phone again, he saw the news that the Lakers had signed contracts with Jordan and Mamba.

However, one of them signed a two-way contract, and the other signed an exbihit10 contract.

Both contracts are unstable and can be waived by the team at any time.

Signing this kind of contract also means that the two of them will play for the Lakers in the summer league.

The current Lakers are in urgent need of guards. Signing them is a lottery for the Lakers. If they win, everyone will be happy. If they don't, it won't have much impact.

The most important thing is that this is Lin Tian's opinion, and Kupchak knows how to do it.

Looking at these two pieces of news, Lin Tian couldn't help but murmur to himself: "This Kupchak doesn't do things without a care in the world. Menglong team, I'm sorry, your champion guard was intercepted by us."

When he came to the team in the morning to prepare for individual training, several rookies from the Lakers had also arrived at the Staples Center Arena to report.

Brogdon looks a little mature because he is 24 years old.

Fan Qiaodan feels a bit funny to Lin Tian.

Bald Mamba is not bald now, he looks full of energy, and he seems a little excited to hug Lin Tian.

He couldn't help but said: "Oh my God! Lin! You are much more handsome in person than on TV!"

Lin Tian smiled: "Thank you for the compliment. I'm so stressed. Welcome to join the Lakers family! Let's move forward together."

This simple sentence made the three of them nod their heads.

They knew very well that the tall and thin young man in front of them was the MVP of this season's finals!

Fan Qiaodan suddenly couldn't help but asked: "Lin, how does it feel to dunk on James, can you tell me?"

Lin Tian pouted: "I don't feel much, it's just a buckle to me.

Fan Qiaodan secretly smacked his tongue, admiring Lin Tian even more in his heart.
Chapter completed!