You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 587 The Joy of Drawing Cards

The basketball was rolling on the ground, and the referee blew his whistle, announcing the end of the Philadelphia 76ers' 2009-10 season.

109 is better than 96
Since the rankings of each team are basically fixed, no matter whether they lose or win, it will not have any impact on the ranking.

Therefore, the 76ers let Weixia go all out to chase the victory.

"I saw a long-lost smile on Wish's face."

"Now we know what made him scowl for five months straight."

Wei Xia scored 49 points with all his strength.

49 points is not only his season high, but also a career high in a single game.

These 49 points, in some later words, are very clean and pure.

49 points and only 1 free throw.

For the remaining 48 points, he got them entirely with jump shots.

For shooting, he is more and more confident.

In April, Weixia's hit rate soared to 50%.

In the closing battle of the regular season, 49 points in a single game kept his scoring average at 33.4 points per game.

The other statistics are 8.2 rebounds and 5.1 assists.

场均33.4分，8.2个篮板和5.1次助攻，三项命中率为45%、41%、87%。

"That's the guy the Lakers waived."

"I wouldn't be surprised if Wish makes the first team."

"We all know that Ron Artest is an outstanding player, and any team should be happy to have such a player. But if you give up Wish for a player of this level, I believe you will be sad about it in a few years."

Wei Xia has locked the best team, the third team, the second team or the first team. No matter which team he is selected for, it can prove that the impact of the ACL tear on him is not as great as imagined.

His performance surprised many people, because at the beginning, he felt like just a player who was collecting statistics on a bad team.

As the regular season progressed month after month, everyone could feel his performance rising vertically. By 2010, basically no one would say that he was an overrated player.

The most common word used about him is underestimated.

ESPN believes that although he is accompanied by many controversies, there is no doubt that he is the most overlooked superstar in the league.

That's already a high rating.

At the end of the last regular season of the 2009-10 season, the 76ers ended the season with the third-to-last ranking in the Eastern Conference and the sixth-to-last ranking in the league.

This is a ranking that is neither high nor low.

It is also an embarrassing ranking.

If luck is a little bit bad, the pick may fall to ninth. If luck is a bit better, it is not impossible to win the No. [-] pick with the probability of fifth in the league.

As soon as the season ended, Wei Xia went to China.

During the season, in addition to doubting his life on the journey of constant losses, he also seriously considered his future.

Among them is the matter of naturalization in China.

Ultimately, he decided to naturalize.

In mid-April, the season ends.

Wei Xia's schedule is very tight. He needs to complete the naturalization as soon as possible, and then return to the United States to participate in the lottery as a representative of the 76ers.

Wei Xia's naturalization promoted a plan initiated by the Chinese Basketball Association called the "Glorious Return Plan".

For Wei Xia, naturalization may be as simple as going from the United States to China, submitting relevant materials, and waiting for the approval result.

For the Basketball Association, they need to prepare a few years in advance, and they have to prepare for Wei Xia not to be naturalized.

Therefore, as early as three years ago, Li Yuanwei, then chairman of the Basketball Association, declared the Honor Return Plan to the General Administration of Sports. The main purpose of the plan was to bring Chinese basketball players with athletic talents scattered around the world back to China to play for China and enhance the national basketball team.

Li Yuan asked for 30 naturalization quotas in his final declaration plan.

The bosses above took a look, the national football team is so virtuous and has yet to be naturalized. What do you want to be naturalized for a simple men's basketball team that is ranked among the top eight in the world?no!Absolutely not!
After several years of hard work, He Weixia, as a Chinese who worked hard overseas, showed a highly correct attitude relative to China in the Sudan incident, which made them start to re-examine overseas Chinese.

Then, the honorary return plan was approved, but the number of naturalization quotas was reduced from 30 quotas initially declared by Li Yuanwei to 5 quotas.

reason?There are only five players at most in a basketball game, why are there so many naturalized players?

What worries Chinese fans is that Li Yuanhei, the creator of the honor return plan, left his post in 2009. The new Director Xin has always been a conservative leader. Apart from being willing to focus on youth training, other aspects cannot bring substantial improvement to Chinese basketball.

Will he give up his return to glory plan for stability?
Facts have proved that Director Xin really has no interest in the honor return plan, but if Wei Xia took the initiative to express his desire to be naturalized, it would be another matter.

As soon as Wei Xia arrived in China, the wind had already blown the domestic sports media circle.

There are countless people who came to explore the wind. When asked about the purpose of this trip, Wei Xia made no secrets: "I have learned Chinese since elementary school, recognized Chinese characters, and understood Chinese history. The purpose is to one day be able to contribute to the place where my blood comes from. Now is the time."

Wei Xia's speech, half of the sentence is true, and half of it is not.

The so-called contribution to the origin of the bloodline is an idea that has only appeared in recent years, but after all, it is an answer for the public, and the attitude of gaining favor must be expressed.

The matter of Wei Xia's naturalization has been confirmed, and domestic basketball fans are all excited.

The Basketball Association moved out the long-prepared return plan and began to naturalize Wei Xia.

If you want to say which country in the world is the most difficult to naturalize, the answer is undoubtedly North Korea.

So what about North Korea?China must be one of them.

To apply for Chinese nationality, ordinary people must first apply for permanent residence.

Wei Xia's visit this time is also for this reason.

He belongs to the "special talent application", and the situation is smoother than he imagined.

The last time a foreign sports superstar voluntarily applied for Chinese citizenship was Rong Guotuan in the 60s.

Wei Xia let out a sigh of relief when he signed his name on the permanent residence application.

The process was quick and he signed in Chinese.

It is still a bit unfamiliar to write down the word "Wei Xia".

According to the tradition of domestic special affairs and special affairs, he will get instructions soon, and he will be able to obtain nationality in a short time, and become an official Chinese from then on.

When he came outside, countless media pointed their cameras at him, wondering how he felt.

"I believe this is a brand new beginning." Wei Xia took a mouthful of the plastic Guangpu that would make people laugh. "I hope to engrave my name in the history of the Chinese team like Yao Huang and Hu Weidong. I hope I can make some achievements."

It can be seen that he is not used to using Chinese, and it can also be seen that his Chinese has "boy skills".

Living in the English-speaking world for a long time, even if I can speak Chinese, I have little chance to speak it.

This day is May 5th. For Chinese fans, it is definitely an unforgettable day.

At the age of 26, Wei Xia, who just averaged 33 points per game in the NBA, was naturalized in China.He has never played for the U.S. team, which means he can represent the Chinese team, plus Yao Huang, Yi and Sun Yue who are working hard in the U.S., the Asian Championships next year, and the London Olympics the next year, everything can be expected.

It's just that the fan's dream was shattered after only a while.

In the ongoing playoffs, Yao Huang led the Rockets to the second round again and faced the Lakers for two consecutive years.

The bad luck that failed to befall the little giant last year was postponed for a year, but it still came.

The moment Yao Huang fell, the Rockets' playoff journey came to an end.

When Yao Huang was diagnosed with a stress fracture again, many fans vaguely felt that maybe they would never see Yao Huang playing in the national team's jersey again?
Perhaps this is why Wei Xia will be naturalized, everything is predestined, one goes, another comes, the Chinese team still has superstars, but there are no two superstars.

Hearing that Yao Huang was injured and collapsed, Wei Xia called for condolences.

Even if Yao Huang didn't say anything, Wei Xia could guess that his condition was not good.

"I don't know if we have a chance to join forces." Yao Huang said on the phone.

"There must be." Wei Xia said.

The playoffs are still going on. In mid-May, Wei Xia represented the 76ers in the lottery.

This lottery meeting can be called an overturned meeting of the squad leader, the deputy squad leader, and the chairmen of the major committees.

The New Jersey Nets, ranked last in the league, entered the field with a confident smile. In the end, they got the lowest pick in theory-the fourth pick.

The vice squad Minnesota Timberwolves, I believe there will be good luck.

As a result, they got the theoretical lowest pick -- fifth overall.

When the New York Knicks were annoyed to see so many experts in the bad world wasting a year for themselves and got this, they no longer believed in miracles and science, but prayed wholeheartedly, "God, let's get a good sign!"

However, good luck did not come to them.

They got the sixth pick in the first round, yes, the lowest pick in theory.

Three teams made it to the top three in the draw.

The Golden State Warriors with the No. 76 pick, the Philadelphia [-]ers with the No. [-] pick, and the Utah Jazz with the No. [-] pick.

The most annoying team is?

There is no doubt that it is the Philadelphia 76ers!
It's unreasonable for them to dare to win the second place with the league's sixth-worst record!

Wei Xia, who won the second place lottery, felt relaxed and happy. Now he knows the joy of drawing cards. The one year's bad luck is just for the present. The moment he got the high-ranking lottery, he was as happy as Elaine told him that he was pregnant-it was so cool!

(End of this chapter)