Chapter 415: Crazy choice
As Adam Silver announced that the Los Angeles Lakers chose Zhang Guan for the 58th draft pick, the entire Madison Square Garden Theater suddenly sounded with a surprising roar.
"The Lakers chose Zhang Guan, the track and field athlete, are the Los Angeles people crazy?"
"Oh my god, I heard it right, it was Zhang Guan! Pinch me! Tell me this is not true."
"The time shown on my phone is June 27, not April 1, and today is not April Fools' Day!"
"Are the Los Angeles Lakers self-inflicted? Although they did not have the first round of picks, the second round of picks is also the 58th place from the bottom of the list, but there is no need to choose a track and field athlete!"
"Although it's very backward, it's the 58th lot anyway. The Lakers don't need to waste it!"
There were a lot of talks, the participating players, guests, various teams, and the reporters on the spot, who were all shocked. Who would have thought that the Lakers would choose Zhang Guan among the 58th pick, choose one that has not played basketball for a day, and did not participate in any formal competition? Can anyone try out for any NBA team with training?
Under the stage, the stunning face of the new champion No. 1 Derrick Rose sitting on the stage, he found that even when he was selected as the #1 pick, he did not attract so much attention and discussion so the joy of becoming the NBA #1 draft pick was suddenly diluted by several points.
Rose, as the No. 1 pick, has this feeling, so the top draft pick players, Beasley, Mayflower, Westbrook, Kevin Love, etc. will certainly feel the same, and he will feel it stronger. Their high overall pick naturally attracted much attention. They are ready to show their abilities in the NBA, but they have not been sent to the league yet.
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At the same time, in a hotel in New York, many people yelled in anger.
"The Lakers chose Zhang Guan, FUCK! A draft pick is so wasted, they should choose me! I am much stronger than that track and field athlete!"
"Why, why would the Lakers choose Zhang Guan! He is not a basketball player at all!"
"When I was in the NCAA, I led the team to win the group championship, and also entered the NCAA32, but was not selected, but Zhang Guan was selected, what qualifications does he have to be selected!"
"It's a real disaster! What a cruel thing! Why is it, Zhang Guan! Why should Zhang Guan be given this draft pick! Zhang Guan didn't even participate in the NBA rookie trial training!"
"There must be something shady! There are so many outstanding basketball players, the Lakers do not choose, but chose a track and field athlete, something must be shady!"
"The Lakers management must have collected bribe money. Zhang Guan spent the money to let the Lakers choose him. This is a bribe, which is not fair! I don't agree!"
All these criticisms are candidates for this NBA draft. According to the NBA draft rules, they are not lottery players and are not eligible to enter the draft, but they can stay in a nearby hotel for one night. Even if they are not selected, there may be other opportunities, such as season pre-match trial training, etc.
For these players, many of them used to be outstanding figures in a certain city or even a certain state. They had achieved excellent results in college, but no one was interested in them. For them, even a draft pick at the end of the second round is extremely precious.
When only the last three places were left in the second round, everyone was looking forward to it, hoping that this luck would come to their heads, but what they did not expect was that this very precious place fell on Zhang Guan, a person who is not a basketball player at all in their view, a person who is not qualified to enter the NBA at all in their view.
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The NBA Draft is broadcast live to 203 countries and regions around the world.
"The Lakers chose Zhang Guan for the 58th! Who is Zhang Guan? Sounds like a Chinese name." The Spanish TV host was saying, and the photo of Zhang Guan happened to be on the ESPN broadcast screen.
"Oh, this is Zhang Guan, the former king of track and field, and won the Full Slam championship last year! I don't know why there is a picture of Zhang Guan. I remember that the person selected by the Lakers just now is called Zhang Guan. I guess it must be that the organizer can't find the photo of that person, so they will use Zhang Guan's photo as a temporary replacement, probably they think the Asians look the same! Americans can do things that fool people!" Spanish TV's host involuntarily began to vomit.
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"Zhang Guan, this is Zhang Guan's picture! Has the king appeared on ESPN? They made a mistake!" The German commentator immediately started tapping the laptop next to him, searching for Zhang Guan's information.
"Oh, my God, the player information given by ESPN is the same as the personal information I found on Zhang Guan. He is young, tall, and the same weight! There will never be such a coincidence in the world, so that is Zhang Guan. We know that Zhang Guan is a track and field athlete. He won the Full Slam of tennis last year, but we never knew he was a basketball player. When did he participate in the NBA draft? And he was selected! This is too crazy!"
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"Zhang Guan! Zhang Zhang! Adam Silver said, Zhang Guan! The Lakers chose Zhang Guan! Great, congratulations Zhang Guan! This is a surprise!"
This burst of cheers came from the domestic live webcast.
"Last year, we had two players selected by the NBA, Yi Jianlian, and Sun Yue. Yi Jianlian played a good performance in the Milwaukee Bucks and this year, we have another player selected by the NBA, which is Zhang Guan! Zhang Guan has not played professional basketball, but I think Zhang Guan's physical talent and personality charm still touched the NBA team, so they finally chose Zhang Guan!"
Zhang Guan in front of the computer blushed suddenly when he heard this from so many narrators. This narrator is also talented, knowing that he is not a basketball player, so simply saying his "charm personality" impressed the NBA.
"Well, I'm probably the first person in the world to enter the NBA with personal charm'!" Zhang Guan laughed a little embarrassedly and then said "But I never thought that the Lakers would choose me. Is it because the CAA company temporarily changed its plan?"
At this time, Zhuge Wenbo's cell phone rang.
"It's from the US." Zhuge Wenbo took the phone and chatted with the other party for a few minutes. Then Zhuge Wenbo said, "It's CAA. They told me that the Lakers didn't control Zhang Guan. This should be the decision of the Los Angeles Lakers."
"The Lakers' own decision? They originally planned to choose me? It's incredible. The Lakers should know that I have never played professional basketball. They have chosen Sun Yue last year and another one this year. The Lakers defended China. Is that a special liking?" Zhang Guan said.
"I guess, the Lakers might still be in it for the Chinese market. After all, your market value is more than that of Sun Yue." Zhuge Wenbo said standing up "I need to find some information about the Lakers."
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