"These scouts should be fired. Except for Stackhouse and Michael Finley, no one of the outside players in this year's draft can match your physical fitness, and you are faster than them."

"These teams will regret it. Soon they will find that these black people can only play with their bodies and their golf IQ is very low. Their minds are not on the court, they are only thinking about money and women."

"Hell, are the Warriors scouts blind? Martin Lewis's statistics in college were so bad, and his physical fitness is average! How is he better than you? He is one year older than you!"

"Yang... If the Warriors don't select you with the 50th pick, you will probably lose the draft."

In a student apartment at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the United States, a fat middle-aged white man and a Chinese student were sitting on the sofa, watching the live broadcast of the 1995 NBA Draft on an old TV.

After the second round of the draft started, the fat man kept complaining, while the young man smiled, as if the draft had nothing to do with him.

The conference is coming to an end, and there are only eight second-round picks left. Even if a player is selected at this position, it is difficult to get a contract, even if it is only a minimum salary. For the selected players, this is definitely a terrible start to their careers, with a high probability

I will never be able to play in the NBA in this life.

A fat man with messy brown curly hair and a beer belly named Steve Oldman was the agent Yang Jian signed after the physical test.

Seeing that teams in need of swingmen have chosen other players, Oldman is quite helpless. He is even more excited than the players because he is a failed agent and now only Yang Jian is the only client left.

Oldman felt in his heart that this was racial discrimination. All the scouts did not believe that Chinese people could play in the NBA, even if Yang Jian's physical test data was amazing.

It is difficult to break a person's inherent impression once it is formed. It is generally believed that the physical fitness of black people is better than that of white and yellow people, even if the person is only black. Therefore, black players participating in the draft are more concerned by NBA scouts.

In the United States, if a man is shiny black and has a bald head with thick lips, he will look particularly fierce. They are so fierce that they eat people without spitting out bones but grape skins. When the police see them, they can't help but want to shoot.

"Don't be excited, Oldman. Wasn't it expected that I would lose the election?" Yang Jian crossed her legs, as steady as a god, Nan Xia Zhan Zhao, Xiao Li Fei Dao... I'm fine, silly fat man, don't worry about me.

The above description of Yang Jian is very appropriate. If he was interviewed on TV, Chinese viewers would find that he bumped into a young actor, but he was much taller.

"Aren't you worried at all?" Oldman was a little worried.

Yang Jian is a top student at Harvard Business School. After attending school for one year, he participated in the draft. If he can't play in the NBA, he can continue his schooling at Harvard, and he can do well in other fields after getting a diploma. Oldman has no way out.

, if you lose this customer, you have to consider changing your job.

"What are you worried about? You said you have a way to help me contact the team for trial training and play in the summer league. This is enough. As long as there is a trial training opportunity, they will see my potential and have no reason to ignore me." Yang Jian lazily said

said.

"I hope so." Oldman said with a wry smile.

The draft continues, and the results of the second round are announced very quickly. Each team only has two minutes to make a decision. Each team usually makes a decision immediately, and has already made a plan and has a clear goal before participating in the meeting.

The league announces the list of "Little Green Rooms" in advance every year, and invites rookies who are expected to enter the lottery area to enter the "Little Green Room", wait for the draft results on site, and take photos for interviews. Most rookies wait for the results by watching TV, which is shortened.

Draft time.

With the 57th pick, another swingman was selected. The Atlanta Hawks selected Cuonzo Martin, a dark man with a height of 196cm and a weight of 97kg.

With the 58th pick, the Pistons selected a power forward named Don Reed who was 203cm tall and weighed 113kg.

Yang Jian's college league data was terrible, and they had long been mentally prepared to lose. After the dust settled, Oldman was still a little disappointed, because he felt that all second-round picks did not have as much potential as Yang Jian.

"The last two people who are so ordinary are still selected by the team? One is 24 years old, the other is 22 years old, with average athletic ability and no college data." Oldman clenched his Doraemon-like fists and gritted his teeth: "It's too much, they

I would rather choose a black guy than choose you."

"There's no need for you to be so excited. It's definitely not me who will regret it in the future. If the Warriors, Hawks, or Pistons draft me, then I will really have a headache. I don't want to go to these bad teams at all. I have no future. You don't have to do it during the trial.

Contact bad teams outside the playoffs and try to find strong teams." Yang Jian said with a smile.

Oldman knew that Yang Jian was not pretending to smile and really didn't care about losing. He is a young man with ideas and has said more than once that he wants to go to a team that lacks shooting guards or a big city team with high exposure.

"Joining a strong team now may not be a good thing for you. The competition in strong teams is very fierce, and it is difficult to get stable playing time." Oldman said seriously: "I am 37 years old and I know this circle better than you. You can't be blind.

Confidence does not necessarily mean you can play basketball well if you are physically strong. You didn't get many opportunities this year at Harvard, and you can't shoot."

Yang Jian's smile became even brighter. "It was in the past that I couldn't shoot, but now I can shoot in the open, and my shooting rate is not low."

"Really?" Oldman was stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "You have been practicing shooting after the season?"

"Yeah. You can't imagine how hard I work."

"How hard was it?"

Yang Jian said seriously: "Have you ever seen Cambridge at four o'clock in the morning? I get up early every day to practice, rain or shine. Every day I have to practice until I am exhausted, my hands and feet cramp, I feel dizzy, and I foam at the mouth before I go back to the apartment. In order to

When I became a professional player, I just broke up with my girlfriend who was prettier than Nicole Kidman because women would affect the speed of my shooting."

"..."

In any case, Oldman can only place his hope on Yang Jian. He has no better choice, mainly because no one chooses him.

There are many unspoken rules in the NBA. 90% of the rookies who enter the first round discussion will receive money from their agents. Second-round rookies have limited potential and low salaries, so most of them do not want to sign with an agent.

Oldman has not signed a big name in the four years he has been in the industry, nor has he signed a young player with super physical fitness. He expects more than anyone else that Yang Jian will become an All-Star, sign a big contract, and preferably have advertising endorsements in the future.

"I will help you contact the team for a trial tomorrow and call you if I have any news. Do you really not consider teams other than the playoffs?" Oldman also wanted to persuade, believing that it is easier for newcomers to play on bad teams.

Time is focused on cultivating.

"If the team can't even make the playoffs, how can I, a rookie, get any exposure? Didn't you say you are optimistic about me becoming a star in the future? You should contact a strong team for a trial first. Just find one from the West. Don't consider those from the East.

."

"It's up to you." Oldman thought for a while and asked: "How about I contact the SuperSonics and Lakers first? I am most optimistic about these two teams. They were fourth or fifth in the Western Conference regular season last season. The SuperSonics were the weakest.

His position is shooting guard and he is in urgent need of reinforcements. The Lakers are in Los Angeles and have a high exposure rate."

"Then let's go with these two teams. You don't need to contact too many teams. You have a good taste." Yang Jian likes these two teams very much and feels they are suitable to be the starting point of his career.

Because he is a time traveler, a senior fan, and knows the future of the NBA.

The Lakers have not yet dug out the "OK combination". "Shark" O'Neal is playing for the Magic and Kobe Bryant is in high school. Yang Jian entering the NBA one year earlier than Kobe is an important opportunity. If he performs well in the trial

With extraordinary potential, he may replace Kobe Bryant's position in the Lakers and then chase Michael Jordan.

There are also benefits to him joining the Sonics, not just because the Sonics lack good shooting guards. In his original world, the Sonics reached the Finals in the 1995-96 season and lost to the Bulls 2-4. If he performs well, he has a chance to play in the SuperSonics.

Facing Jordan on the finals stage.
Chapter completed!