At this time, many relatives and friends of Little Green Room players came to the hall. The most exaggerated one was the group of 80 relatives and friends who cheered for Little O'Neal.

This is too awesome, right? The draft is just like the candidates taking the imperial examination in ancient times. Relatives and friends are waiting outside to see if their family members are the top pick in high school.

There were also many local New Jersey fans in the stands. After all, this is our home court. Even if we lose, we still have to support New Jersey.

What attracts the most attention is the fourteen rookies invited by the league in the small green room. They sit together in groups and chat...

The so-called green room is actually the players who are predicted to be selected in the lottery before the draft. They are voted by the general managers of each NBA team. In each draft, there are fourteen rookies.

Being invited by the alliance to get the opportunity to enter the small green room...

Rookies in the Little Green Room are equivalent to those who participated in the palace examination in ancient times. They want to be dazzling. After all, there is a huge salary gap between the contracts of rookies in the lottery and the middle and lower first round picks.

Of course, there are extremely excited rookies in the little green room, and there are also nervous rookies. The rookies who can enter the little green room are not ordinary people. If they have not been selected in the lottery area and fall into

If picked at the bottom of the first round, that rookie will definitely want to be embarrassed.

As far as Bruce knew in his past life, there were several people who were invited to the Little Green Room but were not selected in the lottery.

Rashad Lewis in '98.

DeAndre Jordan in 2008.

Kevin Looney '15.

Dejounte Murray '16

None of these people were selected in the lottery, so the rookies in this little green room have one side of heaven and one side of hell. If they are selected, everything will be fine. If they are not selected, they will be hit by the pain of wanting to be a star for a while.

However, there are still a few outliers in the little green room. As the only candidate for the "No. 1 pick" in this draft, Allen Iverson is not at peace at this time. Although he is very likely to become NBA history

He is the shortest "No. 1 pick" in the NBA, but there is no guarantee that the Philadelphia 76ers front office will be mentally retarded, which is very possible.

After all, there is still an era when you can choose a big man as the No. 1 pick and then choose the right one if you can't get the No. 1 pick. The big man basically firmly occupies the No. 1 position in the No. 1 pick. This is how old gangsters have never been seen before.

Especially today, Iverson's mother and family members also came to the scene, and he became even more anxious now. He didn't want to disappoint his mother and sisters, so becoming the "number one pick" is Iverson's only goal today.

In addition to Iverson, there are two players in the little green room who are out of tune with the others!

One is Kobe Bryant. Since the end of his solo trial with the New York Hans, Kobe has been trapped in self-confusion, especially the bullfight with the old gangster, which completely woke him up.

Maybe he was an absolute star player in the high school league and the McDonald's All-Stars, but when it was his turn to face old gangsters or even players from other NBA teams competing against him, would he be able to compete against him?

And if the Los Angeles Lakers choose him, will he be just a bench player? Will he have a future in the traditionally wealthy Lakers?

It can be said that Bruce's "education" to Kobe not only failed to have a good effect, but even made him doubtful.

The other one is Steve Nash. He was able to enter the Little Green Room because he has the status of a Canadian men's basketball national player.

Originally Nash was unknown in the NCAA league, and because he was short and thin, many people did not even know this player. However, he is the youngest player in the Canadian men's basketball team. Based on this condition, Stern can let him enter.

The little green house.

Originally, there was a Serbian named Peja Stojakovic who was also invited into the Green Room to accompany Nash (it’s a bit embarrassing for me as a Canadian to be among a group of Americans), but he was still in Greece, Europe.

There was a league match, so I didn’t come to the venue.

…

"President, the time for the draft is coming soon."

Xiao Guangtou, currently the assistant to the NBA president, walked into the office specially prepared for the president and reminded Stern when the draft started.

"Okay, I understand."

Stern had arrived at the scene a long time ago, and of course he also saw the "fierce" confrontation between Bruce and James Dolan. Although it was a bit far away and couldn't hear what the two of them were saying, Stern knew that the two of them were from the same city.

Dead enemies, there will definitely be many collisions between these two people in the future.

At the same time, Stern also knows clearly that he will not stop them. As long as they come openly, he welcomes them. After all, the NBA needs topics and influence, and as New York (the face of the NBA), the two of them can create these topics.

In the following time, Stern actually saw Bruce recruiting his allies. Bruce now had his own small team. I have to say that children nowadays are really awesome. They started to engage in alliances and alliances at such a young age.

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As for Bruce's allies, he also knows that Fertitta and Cuban, two newcomers who have just joined, will not be able to support the scene in a short time at least. Unlike the veteran teams in the league, they are too young, but I believe that ten

In a few years, it will almost become an influential team in the league.

However, one still has to pay close attention to Bruce himself, lest he knows when this little brat will come up with another trick for him to wipe his ass.

…

At 20:00 in the evening (7:00 in the morning, Yanjing time), NBA President Stern finally came to the front desk!

The much-anticipated 1996 draft has finally begun.

"Ladies and gentlemen... welcome to the 1996 NBA Draft! I am David Stern. Tonight, I only represent the entire league and welcome a new batch of talented young people to join the league! I hope you will

All have a bright future. Now I announce that this draft will officially begin."

Stern started with a lot of non-nutritious nonsense, and then finally announced the start of the draft under the expectant eyes of the audience and scattered boos from the audience.

Bruce was in his team's box with his fingertips tapping rapidly on the table. He was in an extremely excited mood right now!

Coming!

96 golden generation!

I was finally able to experience such a historic scene on site.

After Stern announced that the draft has officially begun!

The management of the Philadelphia 76ers handed the note they had prepared to the staff on site, and the staff quickly ran towards the draft backstage.

Five minutes later, Stern appeared again.

"I announce that the Philadelphia 76ers selected Allen Iverson from the University of Washington with the first pick of the first round!"

Iverson's mother Anne and his two sisters were also present at the draft. When Anne heard her son's name being read out first, the family members also shed tears of joy. They also stood at this moment.

It was not easy to stand up and cheer and scream with joy. The hard days of the Iverson family were finally over, and the good days were finally coming!

Accompanying the Iverson family at this moment is the agent Bruce introduced to Iverson, Mark Barsten, who is also comforting the Iverson family.

In addition, at another table, there was also a rookie, Iverson's college teammate Ben Wallace.

This time, Ben also participated in the draft like Iverson, but his pre-selection pick was relatively low, and he was in the late first round but early in the second round.

Anyway, no matter what, Ben is still happy that Iverson can become the No. 1 pick. After all, the two have been together for many years and they are good friends.

When Iverson was in college, whenever Iverson was violated, Ben would immediately rush to defend him. This friendship is quite rare.

At this moment, the phone in Mark's hand rang. After he answered it...

"Congratulations, Allen."

In an inconspicuous box, a child raised a glass of juice in the direction of the small green room and drank it in one gulp.

There was not much surprise at the scene that Iverson was selected as the No. 1 pick. This is also normal. Except for Tim Duncan who withdrew near the registration deadline, no one of the rookies participating in this year's draft could

Comparable to Iverson.

In this year's draft prediction lists of major media, no matter which list it is, the No. 1 pick is Iverson, so when Iverson is really selected as the No. 1 pick, he deserves it.

Sitting in the small green room, Iverson finally breathed a sigh of relief. I am the No. 1 pick.

All this is true, I finally became the number one scholar, mother, I did it!

Even the other rookies in the little green room congratulated Iverson.

I celebrated with high fives one by one with my friends in Little Green Room. When I passed by Ben’s table, I hugged him tightly and left a message: I will arrange for the team to select you. After all, we have been together for 2-3 years.

, Iverson has become accustomed to having Ben by his side.

Then Iverson came to the table where his mother and sister were sitting, and excitedly kissed and hugged his mother Anne.
Chapter completed!