June 24, 2010, America New York City, Madison Square Garden, home of the New York Knicks.
This is known as the "Basketball Mecca" and all NBA players are proud to perform well here.
But today, Madison Square is crowded with people not because some heavyweight event is being held, but because this year’s NBA draft is going to be held here!
Li Kaiming, his uncle Sun Jianguo, his aunt Sun Lan, his agent Carol Monica, and Jiang Shan, Hongxin Erke’s representative in America, got out of a luxury car arranged by the alliance and walked slowly Walk to the entrance of Madison Square.
The surrounding security personnel have used isolation tape to pull out a long passage near the door to prevent riots at the scene due to the interview.
But when Li Kaiming and a large number of people got out of the car, the onlookers immediately started to commotion!
Today, most of the American media came to the scene, just hoping to get some news to report back.
However, the number of places at the press conference is limited, so a large number of reporters are not qualified to enter the venue and can only wait outside the venue. If you are lucky enough to meet someone who can be interviewed, this trip will be worthwhile.
Li Kaiming is undoubtedly the strongest and most famous person in this draft. If you can interview him, the reporter will definitely make money!
So even though there were security and isolation belts at the entrance of the venue, there were still a large number of people shouting at Li Kaiming, hoping to attract the latter's attention!
Li Kaiming waved to reporters and fans at the scene, showing a charming smile.
The flash lights at the scene also started to click, and everyone with cameras took photos frantically at Li Kaiming and the large group of people.
In addition to Li Kaiming himself, who is handsome in a suit and leather tie, Monica and Jiang Shan behind him also attracted the attention of most veterans at the scene!
"Who are the two girls behind Li Kaiming?"
"That blonde girl is so pretty, she's my type!"
"The oriental face is also very good. I am not Chinese, so I was very moved when I saw it!"
"Can you please restrain yourself? Anyone who comes with Li Kaiming, apart from being his family, is also his manager. It has nothing to do with you anyway, right?"
"Who said that? Maybe it's Li Kaiming's sister? Then Li Kaiming will be my brother-in-law in the future..."
The last shameless speech immediately caused the crowd of onlookers to express their contempt in unison!
Li Kaiming, who has a handsome face, is accompanied by two beauties who are eye-catching, and the two beauties are of Eastern and Western styles. They soon became a beautiful scenery on the scene...
Tonight's draft will be broadcast live to 203 countries and regions around the world through ESPN TV.
In addition to the relatively high attention in America, among the remaining countries, the Chinese are the most concerned about this draft.
After the yellow-skinned Li Kaiming played violently and had explosive physical talent, with the help of David Stern, Li Kaiming himself had already gained considerable popularity in China before the draft.
In addition, after Li Kaiming played in the finals, he immediately signed a contract with China's local sports brand Hongxinerke, which greatly increased the favorability of many Chinese people towards him.
What does this mean? Although Li Kaiming is in America, he has a good impression of China.
So at this time, Li Kaiming had become a very popular basketball star in China, and many people gradually began to become his fans.
In addition to the friendly attitude of the Chinese people, Chinese officials also have a great interest in Li Kaiming.
Since the 2008 Huadu Olympics, the Chinese men's basketball national team has gradually declined. In fact, the main reason is that Yao Ming's physical condition is not as good as before.
Although the Chinese men's basketball team still dominates Asia, it is almost impossible to take a further step in the world of basketball.
In the 2008 Olympic Games, the combination of peak Yao Ming, Yi Jianlian and Wang Zhizhi allowed China to tie the best result in history, which is the quarterfinals.
With progress, people subconsciously think that the next time will be better, whether it is greed or self-improvement, this is human nature.
So when Yao Ming's physical condition declined, the Chinese men's basketball team had an unprecedented sense of crisis.
It is absolutely impossible to cultivate another pillar of Yao Ming's level in a short period of time, so the only choice is to introduce them.
However, introducing talents does not mean just targeting the best people and recruiting them. There are many factors that need to be considered.
The wishes of the players themselves, and most importantly, the feelings of Chinese fans and people.
In fact, the vast majority of Chinese fans cannot accept a person with different blood in their body to represent them in the international arena.
If this person's skin color is different from theirs, there will definitely be strong opposition from the public.
This is why it is said that we need to introduce talents, but the introduction has not been successful for many years.
There are so many things to consider…
But the emergence of Li Kaiming brought this issue to light. Apart from his current American nationality, Li Kaiming is no different from an ordinary Chinese international student. He can even speak Chinese fluently!
It's a match made in heaven!
Therefore, Chinese officials also began to consciously help Li Kaiming's propaganda, and sent special personnel to contact Li Kaiming...
Today, China's CCTV Sports Channel also invited several retired basketball players to serve as commentators for the live broadcast of this draft.
The host is the very familiar Weiping Bryant--Guide Zhang Weiping.
As one of the first basketball commentators in China to pay attention to Li Kaiming, Director Zhang also knows Li Kaiming very well.
He just glanced at the information in his hand, and then talked to the camera and introduced a lot of information about Li Kaiming. He was obviously prepared!
This impressed the guest on the side, a short-cut middle-aged man wearing gold-rimmed glasses and a suit.
After listening to Director Zhang's introduction, he immediately asked a question, "Director Zhang, at what point do you think Li Kaiming will be selected today?"
Zhang Weiping rolled his eyes at him, "Hey, it goes without saying that he has to be the top pick no matter what, right? Isn't this reasonable?"
Su Qun, the man with glasses, smiled and didn't answer.
Instead, Director Zhang was unyielding and gave out a bunch of reasons why Li Kaiming could be elected as the No. 1 pick.
"Not to mention anything else, Li Kaiming's physical talent has been outstanding throughout history. Also, look at his performance in March Madness. That guy averaged 34 points, 16 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 blocks and 1. A steal! No player in this class can perform like this! If the No. 1 pick doesn’t select him, who will he choose?"
Although Bryant's words are subjective at certain points and incorporate too much of his own judgment, there is still no big problem with what he said about Li Kaiming's draft prospects.
Li Kaiming has only one shortcoming, which is that he suffered a serious injury to his Achilles tendon. However, he had already checked his physical examination before the draft. His injury recovered very well, and the ruptured area even grew thicker than before!
This phenomenon made the doctor who performed the examination call him a miracle and wished he could dissect Li Kaiming on the spot!
Weiping Bryant and Su Qun chatted awkwardly for a few more words, and then in the TV broadcast signal, the current NBA president David Stern walked to the center of the stage.
The 2010 draft has begun!
