You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 121 I Was Unfortunately Traded
"Although Wish is not the No. [-] pick, he is the player that Mr. President has been waiting for the longest!"

Wei Xia and his family hugged and greeted longer than other rookies. When he turned and walked onto the stage, the tears in the corners of his eyes had been wiped dry, and he shook hands with David Stern with a smile.

"I have no intention of criticizing the selection of the first five teams. There is nothing wrong with the Bucks choosing the Australians. Why did the Eagles give up on Visa?" Stephen A. Smith wanted to ask the Eagles' management why.

His partner Dick Vitale joked: "Maybe they believe Marvin's limit is really the sky."

It sounds like you are talking to an eagle, but the biggest magic power of the eccentric and sour words is that the more you listen to them, the more awkward they become, and the more they taste, the more strange they become.

"I am very worried about Visa now. In my eyes, he is the best player in this draft. I see the pride and style of the older generation of players in him, but he is going to Portland?" Smith shook his head again and again, "I wish him all the best."

It was probably because Wei Xia made Stern wait for too long, and when he shook hands and hugged him, Mr. President was not as enthusiastic as he appeared on the surface.

No, even the smiles that had been painstakingly piled up looked like fake smiles.

Wei Xia wore a dark black suit and a peaked cap with the Trail Blazers logo on his head, and then stepped off the stage. ESPN's famous reporter David Aldridge was ready to interview the scene.

Wei Xia sat on the seat arranged by ESPN.

Aldridge first asked: "Wish, congratulations on being selected, how do you feel now?"

"It's like a dream." The emotionally stable Wei Xia didn't seem to be just dreaming, but a lucid dream.

Aldridge has interviewed countless rookies, and he has seen every style. For those rookies who are calm and breezy, he will lay a small trap to see if they can handle it: "What do you think about Portland and the Trail Blazers?"

Before participating in the draft, Wei Xia deliberately ordered his family to subscribe to ESPN's classic channel to review past drafts.

He found that the people who were selected, regardless of whether they would prove to be good guys or jerks in the future, behaved modestly, discreetly and politely at the draft.

Danny Manning said after being drafted by the Clippers in 1989: "What I did in college, I can do in the NBA."

As a result, most of his rookie season could only stay on the injured list and dream. After several failed seasons, he was sent to Phoenix by the Clippers to realize his dream.

"I want the Clippers fans to be proud of me in the future," Michael Olowokandi said in 1998.

His wish has now been realized in reverse, congratulations Olo.

The 1989 No. [-] pick Pervis Ellison (Pervis Ellison) is excited about his upcoming joining the Sacramento Kings: "I swear I will look up to Nate Archibald and Oscar Robertson and become a great king!"

Most of the Kings fans who see this will be confused and ask: "Who is this guy?"

Good question, I don't know either.

When Derek Coleman was selected by the Nets in 1990, he might have wanted to say something like a tribute to his predecessors, but the history of the Nets was so bad before that there was not even a well-known figure. He had to plant banners that could not be fulfilled in advance: "There are many people who think that I am not professional enough. I will prove their mistakes. I will become the best teammate and role model. I will never let you down."

If you listen to Coleman's words backwards, you will feel that he is a great prophet. Coupled with the story of him being late for training and being fined by the team in anger, he took out a check and asked the team to fill it out by himself.

Larry Johnson said at the 1991 draft that he was ready to go big.

To be exact, it's a big fight with teammates.

By name, it was the kind that had a big fight with Alonzo Mourning and wanted to kill him.

From Wei Xia's point of view, Kwame Brown is the most magnanimous of those people.

When the Washington Wizards selected him in 2001, Jordan, who had personally finalized the draft, was there and said that the trapeze is a thing of the past, and Brown will realize the Wizards' ambitions.

When Brown himself was interviewed, he had a strong superstar role model: "The so-called superstar is to constantly hone yourself in the face of difficulties and failures. I am the same. I am not perfect, but I will polish all imperfections to perfection. This is my goal. I only aim to be the best."

What exciting words, who would have guessed that his true face is an idiot who is strong on the outside and dry on the inside?
Combining the above historical allusions, Wei Xia does not want to be a joke in the future, nor does he want to make any promises. His answer is: "Honestly, I don't know the Blazers, because I am a Philadelphian, and CBS doesn't broadcast their games very much. I don't pay attention to them. I know very little about them. I am very grateful that they chose me.

The classic nonsense answer made Aldridge one head and two big.

At this time, he heard an urgent message from the TV station through the headset.

There was a slight change in his face, which didn't look obvious, and he believed that Wei Xia didn't notice it at all.

"I just got the news that your signing rights will be used by the Blazers for a deal. Will this affect you?" Aldridge's words made Wei Xia feel very grateful.

If he said before that he was very excited to choose himself for the Blazers, he was a Blazers fan since he was a child, and no one would believe the nonsense, and then he swore that he would suffer from injuries like the predecessors of the Blazers. Bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah, bah. How embarrassing would it be if the news that the Blazers might trade him would come out now?
"I used to think that Patrick Ewing would never be traded by the Knicks. I also thought that Michael Jordan would not wear the jerseys of other teams. I also firmly believed that Hakeem Olajuwon's career was the best in Houston. Compared with them from the beginning to the end, I am just a nobody. If they are not sure how to start and how to end their career, I can't." , no matter what the result is, it is the best arrangement."

Aldridge nodded with a smile: "Okay, congratulations again for coming to the NBA, this is a completely different world!"

After accepting the first interview with ESPN, Wei Xia also had to deal with interviews from reporters from all over the world.

The foreign media that impressed Wei Xia came from China.

Not only because they have the same skin color and appearance as him, but also because of their problems, which are so unforgettable.

Everyone asked about his views on the NBA, his thoughts on the draft, and his future prospects, but the Chinese media had a different style of painting. They came up and asked: "In order to prepare for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese Basketball Association launched a return plan for overseas talents. As far as I know, your father is a Chinese-American. According to the policy, you are fully qualified to return. If you have the opportunity, will you play for the Chinese team?"

Although Wei Xia was not personally born by Wei Mingliang, he never felt any difference between himself and his older brothers and sisters since he was a child.

His parents regard him as his own, and he never thinks about his biological father and biological mother. They chose to abandon him at the beginning, and the cause and effect should be terminated.Although Wei Mingliang is a Chinese-American, he is very interested in Chinese culture. He learned Chinese from Chinese students, and also made up for Chinese history, allowing Wei Xia to master two languages ​​since he was a child.

The China Wei Xia knows is a China demonized by the American media.

The people there don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, the environment is harsh, poisonous vegetables are dictatorial, and even the air can smell unfreedom. It doesn't sound like a place for humans to live.

Wei Mingliang has been to China. He believes that although China is lagging behind the United States, it is by no means what the American media claims.Influenced by his father, Wei Xia didn't have a bad feeling for China, and even had a good impression.

But when he heard such an abrupt question, he didn't know how to answer it.

The empty-headed Wei Xia replied: "It's possible." (Chinese)

The ambiguous answer is not the key point. The key point is that Wei Xia can speak Chinese, and it is not the international common Chinese such as Nihao, Xiexie, Sao (*****ma, and Taiwan Frog Nanbowan), but the "possible" that has not been learned specifically and cannot come from foreigners.

When the presumptuous Chinese reporter asked questions, not only Wei Xia thought he was rude, but even the Chinese fans who followed the draft scolded his own mother.

And when Wei Xia said that sentence in Chinese to the live broadcast, Chinese fans were full of imagination.

If you are just a yellow-skinned banana who has no sense of identity with China, even if you are naturalized, you are just a yellow-skinned foreign aid, not your own.

Those of Chinese origin who grew up abroad and can speak Chinese are worth fighting for.

Wei Xia spent a lot of time dealing with media interviews.

He is not a very topical rookie. Although he is recognized as the best college player in the United States, his topic has faded long before the draft.

Soon the media was not interested in him.

Wei Xia was sitting in his seat when he suddenly received a call from Dan Feigen.

"You don't have to go to Portland!"

"Then where am I going?" Wei Xia asked, "I was traded?"

"Yes, Portland traded your pick, you're going to Los Angeles!" Fagan said excitedly.

Wei Xia tentatively asked: "The Clippers?"

"No, it's not the Clippers, it's the Lakers! The Lakers won your draft in a multi-party competition. You are already a Laker!"

Wei Xia silently took off the peaked cap on his head, which had the team emblem of the Blazers on it.

Although I don't know exactly what happened, but being traded to the Lakers should be certain.

what does this mean?
He is involved in a more complicated team than the New York Knicks. He will become teammates with Kobe.

"Everyone, please follow me after the media interview is over. We will take makeup and group photos." The staff at the scene said very politely.

"Trouble." Wei Xia stopped the staff, "Please change me to a Lakers hat. Unfortunately, I was traded. It's really sad that I can't go to Portland."

There is no need to go to the prison team to go to jail. Thinking of this, he swept away the potential troubles of the Lakers team, and he felt refreshed like the moment when he and his ex-girlfriend Lara Darby reached harmony in their lives for the first time.

(End of this chapter)