Chapter 2 Just try your best to perform well

Wilson Chandler stood up amidst the shouts of David Stern. The agent next to him hugged him. The audience around him applauded. Before he went on the court, he specifically turned to look at Li Wan.

With a winner's smile on his face.

In the end, he won the battle for the 17th pick in the first round.

"fxxk!"

Arne Talon cursed in a low voice, patted Li Wan on the shoulder, and walked out of the field.

Before the 20th pick in the first round, there was only one Lakers team left that had contact with him. He must do his best to get Li Wan selected with this pick.

But the Lakers...

"Will you choose me?"

Li Wan muttered softly.

The person who gave him the commitment was Lakers general manager Kupchak.

But the Lakers also participated in the draft this year with head coach Phil Jackson.

Judging from the reports in the Los Angeles media before the draft, Phil Jackson and Kupchak have great differences in selection. "Zen Master" seems to want to choose a player at the fourth or fifth position to fill the interior.

Li Wan's expression became a little serious. If he really fell to the 20th pick in the first round, the system's evaluation results would be terrible...

"BOSS, the Knicks did not choose Li Wan..."

At the same time, in the Lakers' lounge backstage, Kupchak saw Chandler take the stage and immediately called Lakers boss Buss.

"Then let's choose!"

Old Bass's unquestionable voice came over the phone. It was his idea to choose Li Wan.

Kupchak hesitated: "But Phil, haven't you already agreed..."

"That was when the Knicks chose Li Wan. Now that they have no choice, it doesn't count..." There was a moment of silence on the phone, and then he said, "Anyway, you choose first, and we won't know until after the selection."

Your attitude.”

As soon as Kupchak heard this, he knew that he would become a "scapegoat" again. But there was no way, because he was just a wage earner!

——Damn, the phone can’t be reached!

Arn-Taylon left and returned, bringing another bad news.

Marco Belinelli, who was selected with the 18th overall pick in the first round, had already shaken hands with David Stern and walked off the field.

Next is the 19th pick in the first round.

There is no time.

Arne Talon had an apology on his face and whispered: "Sorry, Lee."

In his opinion, Kupchak, like Thomas, has changed his target choice.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to get through the phone call.

He goes through this kind of thing several times every year in the draft, and he is sure of it.

Li Wan didn't speak, his eyes were fixed on David Stern on the stage, and his body couldn't help but lean forward again. Before the final result is settled, it means there is still hope.

On the stage, under the spotlight of the audience, the backstage staff once again came on stage with an envelope. This was the 19th letter of the night.

David Stern adjusted his gold-rimmed glasses with his hand. He took out the card from the envelope. The name in the card made the curve of his mouth rise a little higher unconsciously.

It seemed to be a choice that even he was satisfied with.

Li Wan looked at David Stern, who was smiling brighter on the big screen than before the announcement, with unprecedented concentration on his face.

"In the 2007 draft, with the 19th overall pick in the first round, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Li Wan, a freshman from Ohio State University!"

Got it!

Li Wan bounced up like a spring and let out a heavy breath. Fortunately, he held on to the 19th pick in the first round.

"Sorry, man, I couldn't get the best result for you!"

There was a bit of surprise on Arn Talon's face. He had given up all hope at first, but unexpectedly, things took a turn for the worse. Although Kupchak didn't know why he didn't answer his call, his choice didn't change. It's just that he still

It's a pity that they were very close to the 17th pick in the first round.

There was a burst of cheers from the audience.

Although Li Wan is not as popular among American fans as he was in April, his popularity has already begun. Even if many people don’t know Li Wan, they still know that he completed a three-pointer at the last moment of this year’s NCAA finals, crushing Florida.

The dream of defending the title is the "heroic dream" of a little person!

The big screen at the scene also replayed this classic goal at this time, and the cheers at the scene became even louder.

"Congratulations, man!"

His college teammate Daequan Cook was sitting next to him. After Li Wan hugged his agent, he also ran over and hugged him.

"It's your turn soon, Daquan!"

Li Wan saw the nervousness on his face and patted him on the shoulder.

Passing by the small green room that symbolized the geniuses of 2007, the people in Florida cast hostile glances at him, and Noah even let out a clear cold snort: "Tch, you're really lucky!"

In order for the school to defend its title, the "Florida Five" chose to stay on the team as a group last year. They went all the way, but their dreams were shattered because of Li Wan, a guy who averaged only 6.6 points per game and shot only 30% from three-pointers. It was really frustrating to lose.

Qu. He still hasn’t recovered yet.

Especially Noah.

Because Li Wan completed the three-pointer in front of him.

"Thank you, I've always been very lucky, don't you know that?"

Li Wanyi's pointed look made Noah clenched his fists.

"Man, I knew you could do it!"

A tower-like man stood up and hugged Li Wan. His excited smile made the wrinkles on his forehead more obvious. He looked to be at least thirty or forty years old.

Black people generally don't age, except for Greg Oden.

The "combination of Tim Duncan and David Robinson" in the eyes of the outside media is Li Wan's teammate at Ohio State University and this year's No. 1 pick.

Next to him, there was a black man with the same excited expression. Perhaps because he was standing next to Greg Oden, he appeared to be short in stature.

This is another Lee Wan University teammate, Mike Conley.

Even though he is not taller than Li Wang, he ranked fourth in the first round of this year's draft. He was the first defender selected this year.

Li Wan has experienced how much pressure it is to stand next to these two geniuses in the past year.

"Welcome to the NBA, Li Wan."

The voice of the president of the alliance has a kind of cordiality like that of the uncle next door, which makes people feel like spring breeze. If the tone is not so difficult to pronounce when calling the name.

Although Li Wan knew that he was like a beautiful sword in David Stern's eyes, he still responded with a smile and thanked him.

As he walked off the court, Li Wan was surrounded by a group of reporters.

"Congratulations, Lee, you were selected by the Lakers with the 19th pick in the first round. Can you tell me how you feel now?" A black reporter asked first. On his chest, the ESPN job card was a little bright under the light.

Dazzling.

Tai Lun had asked Li Wan this question before in a mock interview, and he already had the answer: "Of course I'm very happy, but I'm just a little regretful that I couldn't become a lottery player, and I couldn't let my parents come.

on site……"

This answer is Li Wan's sincere words.

A few more interesting questions followed, but unfortunately not all reporters had only prepared such questions. Seeing that the interview time was almost up, a blond female reporter suddenly spoke, raising her voice to suppress the questions of other reporters:

"I heard that Lakers general manager Kupchak had a big dispute with head coach Phil Jackson over the selection of the 19th pick in the first round. Jackson doesn't seem to want to choose you, but rather an inside player..."

Li Wan looked at the female reporter's expectant eyes and frowned slightly.

Judging from the current results, it seems that Kupchak won...

It's just that for Li Wan, it's not a good thing to be on the opposite side of the team's head coach before he even joins the Lakers! But in the draft, he was the passive choice. Since he joined the Lakers, he can't

We can only take one step at a time.

After a brief silence, Li Wandao said: "All I can do is try my best to perform as well as possible..."

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