Soon it was time to arrive at the joint tryout officially organized by the NBA.
As expected, Wang Zelin appeared on the list of invited players for the comprehensive trial.
Similarly, his excellent physical fitness was revealed to the world for the first time, and there was a lot of hot discussion for a while.
The most intuitive thing is that in the system space, Wang Zelin discovered the rapid increase in fan value.
NBA official scouting report:
It is really unimaginable that the static physical fitness of this Chinese center is exactly the same as that of Shaquille O'Neal back then. Although his running and jumping talents are far inferior to those of the rookie Shaq, he is not inferior to most black basketball players who mainly play inside;
What's even more valuable is that despite possessing such strong physical fitness, he still retains the outstanding touch unique to Chinese big men.
This young center from China may be worthy of the name "King", and his talent is enough to compete with Anthony Davis for the No. 1 pick, but past experience tells us that the physical endurance of China's players always needs to be discussed.
evaluate:
Five-star popularity!
Four and a half star potential!
The last half star is reserved for injuries.
This is a high-end version of Shaquille O'Neal who can shoot. The upper limit may be his fellow YAO, and the lower limit may be another Greg Oden.
To paraphrase the most vulgar yet classic saying: the sky is his limit!
As soon as the comprehensive trial training ended, Wang Zelin became popular as expected, and extremely popular.
A big shark who can shoot is still well equipped. No one can predict where his upper limit will be except for injuries.
Before the comprehensive trial training, there were only six or seven teams that issued individual invitations to Wang Zelin. After the comprehensive trial training, except for the teams that really couldn't bring up the chips or already had potential stocks, all the remaining teams
The team sent him an individual trial invitation.
In the following days, Wang Zelin was busy again.
Boring and numb!
This is how he felt during the trial training trip.
Fortunately, in every trial, he can gain experience from playing against many NBA-level players and NCAA star players.
To put it bluntly, this group of people is definitely one of the hundreds of best basketball players on the planet. Being able to compete with such high-level opponents has already given him a lot.
After fighting against various opponents, the inside skills that Rick Mahon and Oakley gave him, both offensively and defensively, have become more and more proficient.
As for Bowen's unique skill, he actually hopes that there will be a day when he doesn't need to use it.
The management of these teams, after watching Wang Zelin's entire trial training process on site, all agreed that their teams should try their best to sign this big man from China.
He has the potential to become a superstar in the league, provided he can withstand injuries.
Talent and injury, these two words make Wang Zelin frequently on the hot search, which also makes his current NBA draft situation a bit strange.
The teams that praise him so well wish to praise him to the sky and directly compete with Anthony Davis, the favorite for this year's No. 1 pick.
The teams that say he is bad will not demote him to the bottom of the second round, but they are not much better.
This drama goes on every day until the eve of the NBA draft.
This year's NBA draft will be held in Madison Square, New York, as in previous years.
For Wang Zelin, this may be a very memorable day in his career, so Wang Changhai and his wife took a special flight to New York, the United States, a few days ago and went to Madison Square Garden with him.
Finally, the day of the draft arrived, and Wang Zelin and his party of five came together to Madison Square Garden.
Not surprisingly, Wang Zelin, one of the most popular players in this draft, became the second Chinese player to appear in the Little Green Room after Yi Jianlian.
As the name suggests, a small green house is a house with green walls.
Generally, they are rookies who are favored by the league that year and can only come in after receiving an invitation from the president.
Yao Ming also had such qualifications back then. For some reasons, he could only watch the process of being selected as the No. 1 pick by the Mosaic team through domestic broadcasts.
In a sense, Yao Ming also created a history - the first player in NBA history who was not in the Little Green Room or even at the draft, but was selected as the No. 1 pick!
There is quite a bit of "Brother is no longer in the world, but there are always legends about him in the world".
Let the camera return to Wang Zelin.
After a group of them entered the small green room, they found a table with their names on it and sat down.
"King!"
"Damien!"
Lillard is wearing a light blue long shirt and a pair of brown trousers today, and the most arrogant thing is undoubtedly the colorful bow at the collar.
"You are so handsome today. If you didn't know, you would have thought you were a supermodel!"
"Hahaha! King, you are so good at complimenting others. I feel a little embarrassed when you say it."
Even so, Wang Zelin didn't feel at all that this guy was embarrassed at all.
After a few simple greetings, Wang Zelin glanced around a few times.
Inside the little green house:
The future No. 1 forward in the league!
The future second shooting guard in the league!
Zhuang Shen!
2K is always awesome!
…
The outside of the little green house is also nice:
Master of "Green's Formula"!
Hot guy!
…
Although the 2012 NBA draft cannot compare with the countless super draft years in history such as 84, 96, and 03, we have to admit that from 2010 to 2021, when Wang Zelin traveled through time, the 12-year draft can be said to be the best in the past 10 years.
of one session.
This draft can definitely be called "the year of the draft".
Amidst the boos all over the sky, the league president finally came out after being shouted out for a long time.
"Gentlemen! Ladies! Welcome..."
When the spotlight hit the stage, a kind old man with gray hair and gold-rimmed glasses appeared on the talent show.
At this time, people suddenly remembered that this was David Stern's 28th year as league president.
In the blink of an eye, black hair and black hair, I suddenly look back, and how many vicissitudes of life are in my heart!
How many more 28 years can there be in life!
According to subsequent memories, this should be David Stern's penultimate year as league commissioner.
Sentiment aside, the familiar boos quickly resounded throughout the audience.
Then when a list appeared in David Stern's hand, everyone in the audience was silent for an instant. The list seemed to have great magic, attracting everyone's attention.
2012 Draft List!
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"The first pick in the first round belongs to the New Orleans Hornets, and they will have 5 minutes to consider it."
The result was no surprise. The Hornets management chose Anthony Davis, who came from the University of Kentucky and is known as the "Son of the United States," to become the cornerstone of their team.
Although Wang Zelin has recently become a popular player for the No. 1 pick, compared with the "son of the United States", he still lacks the background.
With the second pick, the Bobcats selected small forward Michael Gilchrist, also from the University of Kentucky.
Boss Qiao's judgment on people is as vicious as ever.
With the third pick, the Wizards selected...
While the draft is underway, another battlefield is also turbulent.
"Nell, the latest news is that the Pistons suddenly have a very high interest in King."
In the box belonging to the Trail Blazers, head coach Terry Stotts broke the bad news.
"What, wasn't Andre Drummond always the first choice in the Motor City?"
"Why did they suddenly change their mind?"
"I remember King just went to Detroit for a trial training not long ago. Could it be that they..."
For a time, David Vanderpool, Kim Hughes and others were in a state of confusion.
Although Wang Zelin looks bright and beautiful now, the lessons learned from Yao Ming and Yi Jianlian are too much to persuade him to quit.
Until now, among the teams that have been clamoring about Wang Zelin's potential, except for the Mosaic and Trail Blazers, no team's management has announced in public that they will use their draft picks.
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Through the PY trade, the Trail Blazers have persuaded Mosaic, their only competitor, to give up the fight for Wang Zelin, so now they agree that this Chinese center belongs to the direct team.
But now, some things seem to be beyond their control.