Time: June 24, 1992

Location: Memorial Stadium in Portland

Event: NBA Draft.

Early in the morning, "Crown Prince" Bruce wore that Hanfu and took General Manager Mickey Kupchek into the memorial gymnasium with his senior management.

Of course, our NBA "dictator" Stern was definitely the first to arrive. After all, he would be on stage to give a speech later, so it is still necessary to check in advance.

The management of each team also entered their own "hut" and began to discuss draft matters.

"Godfather" Paul Allen found Bruce, hugged Bruce affectionately, and said to him: "Bruce, enjoy your first NBA draft. When you draft these rookies, you feel so excited."

Bruce said to the "godfather" gratefully: "Okay, I'll try it too later."

Paul Allen pulled Bruce and signaled to speak to the side.

Bruce knows what Paul Allen asked, and is not the candidate for this year's draft. In the past two years, Bruce has been helping Paul Allen to select good players. Currently, the Seattle Supersonics' performance is also hovering in the top four of the Western Conference. However, Paul Allen knows that Bruce has a good choice, so he heard from Bruce that he has a dedicated scout team to take charge.

From the second pick in 1990 to point guard Gary Payton and Tony Davis, who won the second round No. 38, to the center.

By 1991, he traded with the center Alden Polynis + No. 20 pick in the first round + $100,000, Bernie Bickerstaff, who was now general manager, to get the No. 4 pick from the Denver Nuggets to select Congolese center Deakinbe Mutombo.

Bobby Philes, who chose the shooting guard with the No. 42 pick in the second round.

In the mid-term trade, Xavier McDaniel of small forward + Sedal Twright traded from old Nelson to Mickey Richmond of Golden State Warriors' shooting guard.

It turns out that the players Bruce chose for Paul Allen were quite powerful, and he almost reached the Western Conference Finals in 1991.

This year, the Seattle Supersonics only has the No. 24 pick in the first round and the No. 45 pick in the second round.

A few days ago, Paul Allen called Bruce and asked him to help him make an idea.

After looking at the roster of rookies in this class, Bruce knew that these two signings could basically not select good players.

After referring to Seattle's current lineup, Bruce decided to let Paul Allen arrange a deal.

He told Paul Allen the chips for his ideas and trading, and ignored the rest.

However, Paul Allen was still superstitious about Bruce's talent show vision and immediately ordered the transaction to his "diplomatic" general manager Bob Witterster.

The first round 24 draw + second round 45 draw was traded from Paul Allen's good friend Mickey Allison to the Miami Heat's No. 13 draw.

With a lottery pick, you can almost choose the right player.

As for who to choose, Bruce already knows it.

Bruce said directly to Paul Allen: "Choose Doug Christie, a Seattle native, and has great strength."

Paul Allen also agreed after hearing this. In fact, the team also had reports from scouts to him, and he had read a lot of information on these rookie data.

After chatting with Bruce for a while, Paul Allen happily returned to his team's private room.

Everything is ready, and all the rookies participating in the draft also enter the court. Of course, many managers and parents, relatives and friends are accompanying them.

...

Every year, the NBA draft will attract media reporters from all over the world to report, and the CCTV reporting team is also dispatched this time.

At this time, CCTV Sports Channel was also broadcasting the talent show live in China.

Considering that most people in China don’t know English and don’t understand the content of the talent show.

So after Bruce and Stern discussed, there was a special commentator on the scene to give a Chinese commentary on China. Of course, Xu Jicheng and Zhang Weiping got this good thing.

This is the first time that the Chinese commentator was used by CCTV live broadcast. All the people in China were in a state of excitement and were waiting by the TV early. Although most families were still watching on black and white TV in the early 1990s, it did not affect their hearing, and they listened in Chinese in a friendly way.

Due to the time difference, the live broadcast time was 7 o'clock in the morning in China, and he was in a patriotic mood. On that day, everyone at home turned on the TV and watched the talent show, and the ratings also rose steadily.

The draft is ready and will begin soon.

Shaq O'Neal and Alonzo Mooning entered the "Little Green House" with excitement and other rookies who received the official invitation.

These rookies who were selected for the Milky Way are all popular players who have the hope of being selected as lottery picks, and are generally selected through the general managers of NBA teams.

Although entering the Green House does not mean that they will be selected by the lottery team, and some people will eventually be selected at the end of the first round or even the second round, there are still very few such things. After all, players who can enter the Green House are all capable.

The little green house is actually not peaceful either. Shaq O'Neal and Alonzo Mooning have been competing, and they all want to go to the New York Hans.

In the room, Leitner looked at the two who had been fighting desperately since college and shook his head secretly. It was crazy. As for what, after the college battle, I was going to continue fighting in the NBA?

A strange atmosphere enveloped every corner of the small green house.

There was no choice but to break the deadlock and chat with O'Pang for a while, brag and fuck Mo Ning for a while. If you don't talk, everyone will be embarrassed.

At 7 o'clock in Yanjing time, as NBA President David Stern took the stage, the scene suddenly became quiet, and the 1992 draft finally began.

"Gentlemen, ladies, on behalf of the NBA official, I welcome you all. This year our NBA league welcomes a new friend, that is, the New York Han Chinese team Blues, everyone welcomes you."

The lights quickly hit Bruce, and Bruce welcomed the warm applause in the venue. That was necessary. Bruce is currently a well-known figure in the United States, not to mention the base camp of New York City. In recent years, you should be a fake funding for slums. Whether it is city officials or other companies in Manhattan, or the slums, Bruce's influence has also reached the upper level, almost from the peak, haha.

Through the live Chinese commentary, I know that the new NBA league boss is from Wudu, China. However, the people in China are very friendly when they see Bruce wearing Hanfu. After all, they are Chinese and wear ancient costumes, and they are very well-faced.

Besides, how charming Hanfu is when worn on Blues, many people decided to buy one. It seems that Hanfu was about to become popular in the early 1990s.

"It's the annual draft again. This year we welcome many new players. I believe that with the injection of these fresh blood, the future NBA arena will definitely be more exciting..." David Stern said routinely.

But the applause from the audience is not so hot. There is this kind of statement every year, so we can't change it. We are annoyed to listen to it. We just want to know the results of the draft. Let's start quickly. We don't want to listen to you nagging and waste our time.

Haha, like us when we were students, we didn’t like the principal very much. The teacher talked about speeches at the conference for a long time, which delayed our time to watch TV and play games when we went home from school.

"Now I announce the official start of the 1992-1993 NBA Draft."

After Rory said a lot of nonsense, Stern finally spoke on stage and announced the start of the draft.

If it didn't start, Bruce was almost asleep. He didn't see Bruce closing his eyes in his private room to rest. No wonder Stern was booed as soon as he came to speak on stage in his previous life. The relationship was menopause, and it was really unbearable to read it all the time.

Just after Stern announced the start of the draft.

The Orlando Magic handed the small note that had been prepared to the staff on site immediately, and after receiving it, the staff quickly walked towards the backstage of the draft.

Each pick is 5 minutes apart, which means that each team that is about to choose a rookie has only 5 minutes to consider, so the list of players to be selected must be reported to the draft backstage.

Five minutes later, Stern took the stage again.

"I announce that the Orlando Magic chose the first pick in the first round..." Stern also learned to keep it a secret. At this time, the audience who watched the live broadcast of the draft and even the world held their breath and quietly waited for the birth of the No. 1 pick.

“…Louisiana’s center Shaq O’Neal.”

The new No. 1 pick in 1992 was released, and like his previous life, Shaq O'Neal was elected without any suspense.

In an instant, the audience burst into anger, and everyone cheered and blessed the new No. 1 pick. Shaq O'Neal, who was in the suit, got up excitedly and kissed his mother who was with him. After slapped the crowd in the Green House, he walked onto the stage after putting the cap on the Orlando Magic's head handed to the staff and shook hands with Stern.

Then he stepped down for interviews with media reporters.

Stern also stepped down to go to the draft backstage and waited for the Bruce's second pick to choose.

During the 5 minutes between this, it was Shaq O'Neal's time, and he expressed his gratitude to the media reporter for joining the Orlando Magic.

Although domestic audiences listened to the Chinese introduction sent back from the live broadcast in New York, they knew that this little fat man was very capable and they couldn't help feeling sad. It would be great if there were Chinese people who also wore this No. 1 cap.

Bruce also handed over his choice to Stern through the staff. After Stern took a look, he realized it.

Stern continued to take the stage.

"I announce that the Charlotte Hornets chose Alonzo Mourning, center from... Georgetown University with the second pick."

Alonzo Mooning was a little confused. Didn’t the “Crown Prince” of the New York Han team say that I would choose me? Why was I still selected by the Hornets?

However, Alonzo Mooning slowly walked towards the stage with the blessings of relatives and friends and the envious eyes of Little Milky Way.

Just as he was about to accept the Charlotte Hornets' Ducks' cap, the trading voice sounded on the screen on the stage, "The New York Hans will use the 4th pick in the first round plus the 34th pick in the second round, plus some cash transactions to the Charlotte Hornets' Alonzo Mourning's signing rights."

Alonzo Mooning was shocked. Although he didn't know how much cash was, he probably didn't have to pay $100,000. "The Prince" is really...

Alonzo Mooning took the staff back and handed over to the New York Han team's baseball cap and cried in emotion. The five-clawed golden dragon held the basketball for the first time presented it to the world.

Alonzo Mooning's adoptive parents also burst into tears. They all knew that it was difficult for Alonzo Mooning, a tough guy, to cry. Bruce did it. It was Bruce's sincerity that moved Alonzo Mooning.

The management of other teams on the scene thought it was reasonable.

Did Bruce lose? Obviously, it was not a loss. Alonzo Mooning, the fifth place outside the "four centers", would not lose even if he used all the draft picks in 1992. After all, it was still the world of centers in the 1990s.

When Alonzo Mornin shook hands with Stern, Stern pulled him and whispered: "Little guy, I hope you can get the trust of Bruce." After that, he walked off the stage with Alonzo Mornin.

Alonzo Mooning was interviewed by a reporter, and his tears were still simmering, and he told the media reporter that he would play for the New York Han people and so on...

O'Pang looked at this scene, and there was anger in his eyes ready to explode at any time. Didn't Bruce say he wanted to trade me with the Orlando Magic? Why did it change to Alonzo? Did he lied to me?

At this time, Orlando Magic head coach Matt Guókas came over and patted O'Pang on the shoulder and said with a laugh: "Shake, it's okay, don't envy Alonzo. Bruce originally wanted to trade with our team, but we rejected it. Shake, you are much better than Alonzo. You are the most perfect puzzle for our team."

It would be fine if I didn't say it, but when I talked about O'Pang, I transferred my hatred to the Magic. OK, I was supposed to go to New York for a long time, but I was messed up by you guys. That's New York, I hate you.

However, O'Pang has a high emotional intelligence. After all, working under someone's hands, you can't contradict the leader. Then how can you do it in the NBA from now on? So O'Pang remembers this deeply in his heart, and on the surface he is smiling and talking to the Magic head coach.

If Bruce saw this scene, he would definitely hold Matt Guocas's hand deeply and said, thank you, help me divert the hatred.

O'Pang's petty mind is famous. Unfortunately, the Magic team was hated by O'Pang.

The draft continues.

“I announced that the Minnesota Timberwolves chose power forward Christian Antner from Duke with the third pick in the first round.”

In this way, the top three of the NBA were released in 1992. Like in previous lives, they were selected by the top three teams. However, the New York Hans inserted a foot into it, and I don’t know what changes will happen in the future.

Losing Alonzo Mourning, the Hornets also chose Jim Jackson.

After taking Mourning, Bruce happily opened a bottle of red wine and poured a glass for Mickey Kupchek. Because Bruce was still a child, he could only celebrate with Coke instead of wine and Mickey Kupchek.

The Seattle Supersonics also chose Doug Christie.
Chapter completed!