NBA's No. 1 guard

Chapter 11 Departure, Brooklyn, New York

The time at home was short, and only had time to rest for a day before Xu Xiang embarked on a journey again.

There was no delay this time, and he went directly from Shanghai to New York. On the afternoon of June 6, Xu Xiang met Mike who had arrived yesterday, and began to discuss tomorrow's draft.

This year's draft is known as the "big draft year" that occurs once in 10 years, so it has received a lot of attention.And in February of this year, a major event happened in the NBA. The league changed its day and Adam Silver successfully succeeded David Stern as the president of the league.This is his first draft as the president, so the teams, as well as the media at home and abroad, all want to see how this man, who was outstanding when he was the deputy, can do well in this draft.

At 6:25 p.m. on June 8th, Mike had just finished his phone call with the general manager of the Pacers, Kevin Pritchard. Xu Xiang looked at him and asked, "How is it? Is it going well?"How is it possible, unless Xu Xiang releases the video of the individual trial training that day, then there may really be a team that cuts off the beard, and there may be more than one.After all, judging from Xu Xiang's performance that day, he was at least worth a first-round pick.

"This year's NBA is destined to be restless. There have been various gossips saying that James is going back to his hometown and at the same time bringing the championship to his hometown. The Heat are also actively contacting Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh, hoping to reach a contract extension with them. Most importantly, some media revealed that the Heat are already pursuing free agent Ruhr Deng. Pat Riley still hopes to form a Big Three, but reality will tell him that it is useless to force a lineup of giants. They are all superstars.

At the beginning, when the Big Three of the Heat were formed, no matter how good the relationship between Wade and James was, there was a little conflict. In the end, Wade retreated behind the scenes and gave up the position of the boss to James. Only then did he become the champion later. "

Xu Xiang thought to himself, the Heat's plan must be unsuccessful. Blindly trusting the Big Three is the biggest failure of their uniform team.

But the Cavaliers are very good this year. James returned to his hometown. Although the little prince Kyrie Irving performed well, he can only retreat to the second in front of the "Little Emperor". Coupled with the former "Wolf King" Kevin Love, the new Big Three are perfectly formed. Coupled with a group of three-point shooters from the outside, the entire lineup is heading for the championship.However, Xu Xiang thought about it, and it seemed that even a lineup like the Cavaliers would lose to the Warriors next season.

This year seems to be the time when the "Splash Brothers" will rise completely.Curry showed the world how terrifying the three-pointer is. With a knife in his hand and a knife in his hand, he killed the Cavaliers who owned the Big Three. It was really terrifying.

"The Pacers' plan this year is definitely not going to work. Xu Xiang clearly remembers that Paul George, the team's star player who singled against James last season, is about to experience a "broken leg" tragedy. This injury directly caused the Pacers to fail to make the playoffs this year." Xu Xiang thought to himself, should he tell George directly?But what to say?It's hard to say, you can't tell him not to participate in the World Cup, that's completely impossible, how can people believe your nonsense that sounds like "Arabian Nights"?Forget it, I have a headache, let's talk about it at that time, and even without Paul George, I still want to bring the Pacers into the playoffs, Xu Xiang secretly clenched his fist.

Mike looked at this year's draft list, frowned and said to Xu Xiang, "This year's No. [-] pick is probably Andrew Wiggins. He is very strong, has a very sharp breakthrough, and has outstanding shooting ability, even better than some guards. The Cavaliers will most likely select him this year." The price is not enough, I guess this year's No. [-] pick should be one of the bargaining chips."

"Then the Cavaliers don't make money like this. Facts have proved that James can't win the championship." Mike shrugged.

"One James? I'm afraid there are more than that." Xu Xiang said with a wry smile, "Forget it, let's see when the time comes." Xu Xiang waved his hand to Mike.

"Well, okay, you go to bed early today, and you have to go there early tomorrow morning." Mike said as he walked out of Xu Xiang's room. "OK, good night." Xu Xiang waved to him.

The next day, at only 7 o'clock in the morning, Xu Xiang was woken up by the sound outside the hotel. Today's Brooklyn is lively and noisy.

Not to mention the teams that came to participate in the draft, rookies and their family groups, plus countless media reporters, there are too many people in Brooklyn today.Xu Xiang went out and asked Mike to have some breakfast before rushing to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.But to their surprise, there were too many people today, and they all rushed to the Barclays Center. As a result, they waited for a long time and failed to get a taxi. Mike was very depressed, thinking that it was his job that was not done well, but who would have expected so many people?After finally waiting for a taxi for a long time, Xu Xiang and the two of them quickly got in the car, and when they got in the car, the two of them looked at each other, it was not easy.

I thought I would be fine in the car, but another horrible thing happened again, the traffic jam.The traffic was blocked, and there was nothing to do in the end. Mike paid the driver 200 dollars and took a detour through a small road.After a lot of hard work, I finally arrived at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn.Xu Xiang was lucky to find a driver who was familiar with the road, otherwise it would be over.

A lot of people had already come outside the Barclays Center arena, and it was very dark.Xu Xiang took out the draft certificate to the staff, and entered the arena under the arrangement of a staff member, but the position was very far back. Xu Xiang looked at the first few rows. Andrew Wiggins, the small forward of the University of Kansas who is the favorite of this year, and known as James' successor, was sitting in the first row. He was chatting with the people next to him, looking very happy.Xu Xiang didn't get angry because of the seat problem. The reality is like this. Before you show your ability, you must be looked down upon. However, Xu Xiang bit his lip. It's still early. Look, I want to prove myself and then slap you in the face.

Soon, the arena was full of spectators. This time, ESPN had the right to broadcast live. The famous mouth Barkley partnered with Kenny Smith. The two argued about the top three players in the draft.Barkley believes that the Cavaliers will definitely choose Andrew Wiggins this time, and by the way, he also teased Bennett, the parallel import champion selected by the Cavaliers last year.Xu Xiang listened to their bickering with relish, feeling as exciting as watching a TV series.

With the voice from the live DJ, "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the NBA 2014 draft arena. Please welcome the president of the NBA, Adam Silver, with the warmest applause!" The passionate voice instantly ignited the entire arena.Some people booed, some cheered, generally speaking, there were very few boos, because Adam Silver did not do some bad things like his predecessor, which led to boos everywhere, the United States is so realistic.

Xu Xiang was in the audience, watching Adam Silver step by step towards the center of the stage. This was his first draft, and he seemed a little nervous.However, he didn't make people wait long, and directly opened the envelope in his hand, coughed into the microphone, and said, "NBA2014 draft, the first round of the first round of the Cleveland Cavaliers pick is"

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