"Why are the Hornets?" He Li was still a little unacceptable when he heard that he was selected by the Charlotte Hornets with the 16th pick.

Jeff Austin took He Li to the Charlotte Hornets for trial training, but the Hornets were very perfunctory at the time and had no idea of ​​further understanding.

If Hornets general manager Bob Bass plays hard to get, it can only be said that he has vision!

However, Charlotte is a small city, and Charlotte Hornets are also a small ball market.

He Li doesn't dislike the small football market, but if he goes to the small football market and has an uncertain future, he might as well go to the team that the Memphis Grizzlies and others who personally make promises and pay attention to it.

"He Li, don't worry first.

Based on my years of work experience, there are two situations now, no accidents happen. One is that the Hornets want to rob other teams with you, and the other is that the Hornets have completed the transaction with other teams.

No matter which situation occurs, it has nothing to do with you. These are my job as an agent, and I will follow up on the situation.

What you need to do now is to bring a hat and go to the stage to shake hands with the president to celebrate, and then accept interviews from the media.

You should know that you were selected in the 16th pick in the first round in this draft, and you should be happy now.

Remember, don't show any unhappiness, and don't be proud and say something you shouldn't say.

If you cannot answer the interview questions, you have the right to remain silent!

Go up, next is your stage!”

As He Li's agent, Jeff Austin is indeed competent. Before the NBA staff came, he eliminated He Li's concerns, allowing He Li to happily come on stage to accept the congratulations from President Stern.

He Li didn't think about it next. After putting on the hat of the staff who gave Charlotte Hornets, he quickly crossed the small green house from the audience and walked to the rostrum where Stern was.

To put it a little, the small green house at the talent show is not a real house, but an area surrounded by fences and laid with green carpets.

Each lottery show has a table in the Green House, where family, agents and friends can be invited to enter the Green House, but it is limited to the event space of a table.

In front of the Little Green House is the area where media reporters set up live broadcast equipment, and further forward is the rostrum of the talent show.

Behind the Little Green House is the audience seat. The two rows in front of the audience are usually the areas for other non-Little Green House draft players, and more than ten rows behind are the real fans who come to watch the ceremony.

When He Li passed by the Little Green House, almost all his eyes in the Little Green House focused on He Li, which made He Li feel a sense of pleasure of being latecomer.

When He Li walked from a small green house covered with green carpet to the rostrum covered with red carpet, He Li seemed to understand again. This was a process for a player to move from youth to maturity.

NBA President David Stern saw He Li coming on stage and looked at He Li with a smile. When He Li approached, he immediately reached out and held He Li's hand, and continued to smile and encourage: "Congratulations, He Li! Welcome to the NBA!"

"Uh...thank you." He Li was obviously stunned when he heard this, and then thought to himself, "Isn't it trash to welcome to the NBA?"

But now there is no time to think about it. He Li quickly showed his professional smile and faced the front row camera with Stern and took a photo together.

After the group photo, He Li stepped down from the other side to the reporter's interview area and accepted the interview.

He Li accepted three waves of interviews, and the last wave was Yang Yi duo. In fact, it was nothing, just saying something similar to "review of the award".

Since Chinese journalists generally do not interview other draft players, He Li talked more with Yang Yi and the others.

To be honest, He Li was also very excited to be selected by the 16th pick. Before coming, He Li thought he would be selected at the end of the first round!

When He Li bid farewell to Yang Yi and returned to the audience, the first round draft was almost over.

Every year at the draft, some players cannot come to the scene. In this case, Stern basically reports a name and follows a process. Except for the team manager's selection, it will take a little time and Stern needs to step down to get an envelope, the draft is going very quickly at other times.

Soon, Tony Parker was selected by the San Antonio Spurs at the 28th pick in the first round. After taking the stage to take a photo, the first round draft this year ended.

Because the Minnesota Timberwolves had a wave of Yin-Yang contracts in the past two years and the first-round draft pick was deprived in the past five years, the second-round draft pick will begin next.

In the second round, the Chicago Bulls selected Trenton Hassel, but Hassel did not come to the draft.

Gilbert Arenas was selected by the Golden State Warriors in the second round, and the No. 0 agent who amazed the entire league in the next few years also did not come.

Arenas can compete with Kobe for 60 points in the future, but who would have thought that he would be just a second-round pick when he entered the league?

As the draft entered the second round, many spectators who came to support certain stars began to leave the game.

He Li has completed the draft, has been interviewed, and has no reputation, so after Jeff Austin comes back from finding out the situation, he also leaves early and leaves Madison Square Garden.

After returning to the hotel, Jeff Austin told He Li a little about his choice by the Hornets.

As Jeff Austin expected, the Hornets chose He Li with the 16th pick in the first round, not because they wanted to cultivate He Li, but because He Li's physical test data alarmed the Hornets general manager Bob Buss, which made the tactful Bob Buss have the idea of ​​fishing directly and taking advantage of the situation.

This is not the first time Bob Buss has done such a thing. As early as 1996, the fierce-eyed Bob Buss selected a high school player, Kobe Bryant, at the draft that year, at that time, not favored by most people.

Bob Buss robbed the Lakers with Kobe and replaced the No. 13 rookie single with the Lakers' A-Star center Vlad Divac.

Just as Bob Bass thought he was making a fortune, the logo man's practical actions showed that trading Vlad Divacs was to clear up the salary space and prepare for the sharks to arrive in Los Angeles, while trading Kobe was to improve another championship map, so I will never lose!

Kobe's single transaction for Divac was indeed Bob Bass made a profit from that year, but from now on, Bob Bass could only cry and faint in the bathroom.

It was also after this incident that Bob Bass, who was used to rob, did not dare to trade with the logo man no matter how he operated it.

Bob Buss can think of the fifth floor, but the logo man can fly into the atmosphere.

This time Bob Bass used He Li to rob other teams and was cautious, so until now, Bob Bass has not called He Li.

Players selected by the team at the draft will inevitably receive a call from the team's general manager on the night after the draft. Whether it is traded or not, they will receive a call. Of course, they will have to wait until the transaction results come out.

The earlier the player's instructions received the call, the more the attention the team's general manager paid. If the call was received very late, it was not that the player was not favored, but that the transaction was still in dispute and it would take a certain amount of time to handle the player's transactions.

This is the case with He Li right now.

Jeff Austin told He Li not to worry too much. There are many teams competing for him now. It is better to be traded by the Hornets than to be kept by the Hornets. Next, just wait for the good news.

Originally, Nets general manager Rod Thorne was planning to choose He Li with the 18th pick in the first round from the Rockets, but unexpectedly, the Hornets took the lead.

Similarly, Knicks General Manager Scott Rayden traded the Cavaliers' 20th pick to sign He Li. After learning that the Hornets intercepted the bell, they immediately asked the Hornets for the price and are now in the bargaining process.

Finally, Grizzlies general manager Billy Knight was also dealing with Bob Bass. If Bob Bass didn't ask for a ruthless price, Billy Knight also wanted to bring He Li under his command.

Time gradually came to ten o'clock in the evening, and He Li finally received the damn call.

Bob Bass on the other end of the phone did not keep it in a silence and said bluntly: "Maybe you already know, yes, I'm going to tell you a sad news now.

I was shocked by your talent, maybe I would regret this deal in years, but now the decision we have made is to send you to Milwaukee!”

"What? Milwaukee? Bucks? Didn't you agree that the Nets, Knicks, Grizzlies? Why did it suddenly turn into the Bucks?" He Li was shocked after receiving the call.

Jeff Austin, who stood behind He Li, also scratched his head embarrassedly: "No, Rhode Thorne really wants to get He Li, why did the Bucks end up making a deal with the Hornets?"

In fact, Bob Bass also wanted to know why the Bucks ended up reaching a deal with him!

"The general managers of other teams should be dismissed. He Li has such good physical test data, but no one has paid a high price to bid for it, and they are all beggars!"

He Li's physical test data is indeed excellent, but He Li's identity as an Asian player and a high school player has discouraged most teams.

When a robber wants to rob, but everyone comes with beggars, it is embarrassing.

At the beginning, the Nets, New York, and the Grizzlies had a great willingness to compete with He Li.

But except for Stephen Marbury, Keith Van Horn, and Kenyon Martin, the Nets are all stinky fish and rotten shrimps, but the salary of the role players is very high. The Nets' trading plan is to trade with the Hornets with junk contracts and future draft picks, so the Hornets naturally have no interest.

The Knicks are exactly the same as the Nets. The Hornets can't get what they want, and the Hornets don't want to take the "smoked" chips given by the Knicks.

The Grizzlies are different from the previous two companies, but because this draft conference has traded all the previous ones, and there is nothing left except rookies.

The Grizzlies proposed a plan that is still very sincere. They are willing to be selected by the Rockets with the 14th overall pick in 1998. Last year, the shooting guard Michael Dickson, who averaged 16.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, made a deal with the Hornets.

You should know that David Wesley, who is also the countdown, averaged 16.7 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game.

The Hornets entered the second round of the Eastern Conference playoffs this year. When they met the Bucks with stronger firepower, they eventually lost. If they added a stable scoring point, they might be able to go further.

The Hornets do need immediate combat power at the moment, but the problem is that Michael Dixon was seriously injured last year, and the Hornets are not sure whether Michael Dixon can still play at the original level.

So, the Hornets finally accepted the Bucks' offer.

The Bucks gave the sixth man in the team, averaging 24.4 minutes per game, Lindsey Hunter, who was able to score 10.1 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.7 assists, plus a second round pick.

Among the Bucks, Lindsay Hunter is the player with the most three-point shooting except Ray Allen.

However, Lindsey Hunter is not a countdown, but a point guard. In the Bucks, Lindsey Hunter serves as a substitute for alien Cassel. Although the Hornets do not lack point guards, the main controller Byron Davis is too young and not stable enough.

In the playoffs with the Bucks not long ago, Byron Davis can score 29 points, Super Ghost can score 3 of 16 shots and 10 points, and 0 of 6 shots and 4 points with free throws, becoming the team's biggest undercover agent.

If the Hornets and the Bucks complete this deal, they will definitely not lose money. The two championship teams need immediate combat power.

The Hornets had no idea to cultivate He Li. Now that the Bucks want it so much, it will cause some trouble for their competitors.

The Hornets weakened the Bucks' bench strength, giving the already crowded Bucks' forward guard a favorite jumping man, George Carl.

Love will not disappear, it will only transfer.

He Li, who can run and jump, is George Carl's favorite type. If George Carl focuses on cultivating He Li, a high school rookie, because of his personal preference, perhaps the Bucks will have civil unrest.

Judging from the past one or two years, the two strongest teams in the East are the 76ers and the Bucks.

If the Hornets want to enter the Eastern Conference Final, they must first destroy one of the enemies. If the Bucks can collapse from the inside, it will naturally be the best.

Having said that, not long after Bob Bass finished his phone call, Bucks general manager Ernie Grenfield also called He Li.
Chapter completed!