So, after the trial trials of each team, the NBA headquarters gave the Chinese media a special area during the draft, which gave benefits. At tomorrow's draft, the imperial court and Xinhua News Agency would cooperate with each other and would definitely bring people there. Which team they wanted to interview, and that team would definitely cooperate with each other.

Of course, the message Xu Jicheng revealed to Zhang Hao was that they had been looking for Zhang Hao for a long time, but they didn't say anything else. One more thing was that the league officials valued him this draft.

When facing reporters, Zhang Hao has already had quite some experience. During the trial training, there were a few reporters interviewing each stop.

However, Zhang Hao was still surprised when the two major media giants in China came together. Combined with the things he learned, he speculated that so many teams invited him to try out. In addition to his personal performance in the dunk contest and Adidas training camp, is it more because he is a Chinese player?

Although he didn't know how much positive this condition would have on his draft, he must have enjoyed the benefits.

Originally, due to the times, Zhang Hao didn't think he could get any benefits because he was a Chinese player. Nowadays, the overseas NBA market is still undeveloped and cannot enjoy the benefits brought by the market. However, it seems that he should have enjoyed some benefits now.

The editor-in-chief and editor-in-chief left after meeting Zhang Hao. They came today to discuss cooperation with the NBA official. After the negotiations, they came to visit the work area arranged for them by the league and happened to meet Zhang Hao.

Originally, they were scheduled to interview Zhang Hao tomorrow, and those who were "officials" would not come forward in person.

in the country, the heads of a street office have official powers...

Zhang Hao was thankful for this. They are athletes who usually contact the media and are contacting the people who work on the front line. It is best not to get along with those officials if they don’t have to get along with each other. It is not good to get along with each other. It is better not to get along with each other.

"Aix, this is my phone number in the United States. In addition to reporting on your draft, we also established our first office in New York to cooperate with the NBA. This is my phone number in China..."

Xu Jicheng was really exhausted these days. He first reported on Zhang Hao. Later, Zhang Hao became popular. Officials from the Sports News Department of Xinhua News Agency thought that he had a way to contact Zhang Hao, but he really couldn't contact him. He didn't leave any contact information last time. There are not many ways to contact someone these days...

This time, Zhang Hao also gave Xu Jicheng the address of the apartment he lives in and the public phone number of the landlord's wife, and will be updated if there are any changes in the future.

Although it is scheduled to be an exclusive interview tomorrow, I have met it now, and Xu Jicheng also interviewed it by the way to add some material to his new book.

Xu Jicheng mainly asked Zhang Hao why he came to the United States to study in high school, his previous basketball experience, etc.

Zhang Hao also gave a concise answer, not revealing much about his family, and said that his father likes basketball. After participating in an unofficial youth basketball game, he was attracted by the coach of Inglewood High School and came to the United States for these things.

Later, we naturally talked about tomorrow's draft.

"As a high school student participating in the draft, I learned during the interview that some teams have the idea of ​​choosing you, but they think you are still a high school student and the risk is too great. This should be a risk for you. Do you think you can be selected tomorrow?"

This problem is the dilemma Zhang Hao is currently facing. Indeed, high school students participating in the draft are risky, and huge risks, both for the team and for him personally.

"I am very confident in myself, but I can't control how they choose this. I can only say that I am ready to step onto the NBA court..."

The temporary interview ended soon, and Xu Jicheng added a passage to his special "The NBA 50th Book" in his "NBA 50": He is not as modest as domestic athletes, full of confidence, but very polite...

A domestic reporter interview was just a small episode for Zhang Hao and would not have any impact on his draft tomorrow. Although he felt that he should have enjoyed some of the benefits of being a Chinese player, the Chinese market had a very small impact on NBA teams at this time, so small that most teams didn't care at all and were willing to give him a tryout, that's all.

This night before the draft, the calm past was over and nothing special happened, just like Zhang Hao was during the draft trial.

The next morning, Zhang Hao woke up early and saw that there were 365 days left to live in the subtitle prompt flashed by. He knew that a new day had begun.

Tonight's draft will determine his next fate!

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At 8 p.m. on June 27, 1995, the NBA Draft began on time at Madison Square Garden Arena, New York.

There was big news from the beginning. When the Warriors really chose Joe Smith, the Nuggets traded to get the Clippers' No. 2 pick and selected Antonio McDyce.

Zhang Hao sat in the players' lounge... He was not invited to the scene either. The NBA invited a total of 16 players to the "Little Green House" this year. These members of the Little Green House voted by managers of various NBA teams are not him.

Only players in the Green House can enter the draft site to wait, and can also bring their family and friends to the scene.

A high school student like Zhang Hao is not treated so well, not only him, but also the thin bamboo pole next to him.

"You're so damn, you come and join in the fun? I hope you can be selected, otherwise it's useless for you to cry..." Garnett's mouth will never be clean, but this time there is a little more worry in his tone.

The reason why Garnett chose to skip college was not that he didn't want to go to college, but that he didn't get into college because he had poor grades. Of course, he didn't have money to go to college. When he predicted that he had a draft, he could only participate in the draft. At first, he thought of entering the lottery zone, thank goodness, but he didn't expect McHale to promise to pick him in the fifth pick.

But he felt that Zhang Hao was too irrational to skip college to participate in the talent show.

Regarding this, Zhang Hao did not want to explain the reason, and replied: "Instead of worrying about me, you might as well sort out your clothes. I guess you will be chosen to leave soon."

Garnett was very confident about being selected. Although he didn't enter the Green House, he had already received the promise of a team.

Zhang Hao and Garnett were not speculative. Although they didn’t hate each other as much as they were at the beginning, they were not the kind of person who could talk together just by sitting together.

Instead, Pierce and Garnett, who came to join in the fun, started chatting.

"Kevin, what do you think? Play directly at the NBA after high school?"

"I have no choice. I haven't gotten into college, so I can only bet. That guy doesn't know what he thinks..."

The entire lounge is very noisy. There are several such lounges in Madison Square Garden, all of which are rookies, almost all bring friends, and some of them bring agents. Garnett brings his agent Fry Sher, whom he just signed.

Zhang Hao ignored the trolls and chatterboxes next to him, looked at the big color TV in the lounge, and was broadcasting the opening of the talent show live.

The camera swept through the members of the Green House, Starkhouse, Rashid Wallace, Joe Smith, Antonio McDyce, Damon Studmeier, etc., a total of 16 players.

After a while, Zhang Hao saw David Stern, whose hair was still gray, and booed him on the TV.

Zhang Hao didn't know why, but New York fans seemed to like to boo David Stern.

If there are insiders, Joe Smith and Antonio McDyce were selected in the first two picks, the Warriors used the No. 1 pick to pick Joe Smith, and the Clippers used the No. 2 pick to pick Antonio McDyce.

Zhang Hao didn't have a deep impression of the latter, but Zhang Hao remembered that he made the Timberwolves where Garnett worked for five years without a first-round draft pick.

Every pick in Zhang Hao is looking forward to the "filled cake from the sky" falling on his head, and he is focused on watching the talent show.

The players who run are roughly divided into three types, one is Garnett, who has received a draft promise.

One is that there is no possibility of being selected to bet on luck.

These two types of people have a relaxed mentality, and they bring a noisy environment.

There is another type, such as Zhang Hao. If you have the chance to be selected, the chance is not low, but you are not sure when you will be selected, and you may lose the election. There are many people in their lounge like him.

When he reached the fifth pick, Zhang Hao expected, Garnett heard the exclamations of the people around him, and there was no surprise expression.

Listening to disharmonious voices such as "That high school student was selected to be the fifth pick", "Is the Timberwolves crazy?"... etc., Garnett was calm and even wanted to laugh out loud - be envious, be jealous!

The Timberwolves had already made a promise during the trial. Although Garnett was not surprised, he was also excited to be selected. When the staff came to take him to the scene, he left a sentence to Zhang Hao: "I'm going to the NBA first and waiting for you."

He said that, but Garnett was not so optimistic about Zhang Hao's draft journey.

That is, he received the Timberwolves' draft promise, otherwise Garnett would not be calm. His experience when he went to trials with many teams was actually similar to Zhang Hao, because he was a high school player, because he was not valued from the beginning. Sometimes, no matter how good he performed, those teams would have many concerns and turned a blind eye to his performance, let alone a player who played without a ball like Zhang Hao?

Not only the fans, but also the management of each team, and even other players who run the ballot think that the Timberwolves are crazy about choosing him.

Zhang Hao looked at Garnett's departure back, and at this moment, he deeply felt the envy that emerged from him.

What else can he do? At this moment, he can't do anything, he can only wait for the brand to be turned on...

On the other side, the draft scene, the draft office of the 76ers.

John Lucas looked at Starkhouse, which was very good at looking at his team's selection, but he still missed the high school student who was too good at mid-range shots.

Fortunately, their boss kept his word this time and got a second pick in the second round. John Lucas looked forward to Zhang Hao not being selected before this.

In the Lakers draft office, watching the Grizzlies pick Bryant Levis in the sixth pick, and the Raptors pick Damon Stoudemire in the seventh pick... The logo man looked as he got closer and closer to the 11th pick, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He also hopes that he will be scolded at the beginning, and then Zhang Hao will beat him well and make a comeback against the wind and everyone will praise him...

Moreover, there was a team ahead who chose a high school student. At least he would not be scolded so badly by Los Angeles fans when he chose Zhang Hao.

Zhang Hao's central shot is about combat power. The sharp eyes of the logo man can see that Zhang Hao is the best in the NBA central shot. Even if he only has central shots, it will be very useful. Moreover, Zhang Hao is only 18 years old! His athletic ability is so good.

The point is that Zhang Hao has a central shot, and he has such a central shot at the age of 18, and develops other technologies around central shots... Cultivating a comprehensive scoring method of a player without a ball is much easier than cultivating a core player.

Immediately afterwards, the Trail Blazers, who had the No. 8 draw, selected Sean Lespet.

One step further from the 11th pick, logo man reached an agreement with the Bucks, who wanted a striker scorer. The Bucks helped him choose Zhang Hao, and he traded with Cebaros after the selection.

Although the Bucks also feel that the logo boy is crazy, they naturally have to take advantage of it, and they are very impatient and want to choose people right away.

Three minutes later, David Stern came to the stage again.
Chapter completed!