The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 10 The Heat's Promise

(Miami Heat Manager's Office)
"Okay, got it." After hanging up the phone, Heat scout Rijeka shook his head at general manager Pat Riley.

"That's right, if Latavios doesn't come, then we only have these four players." Riley looked through the glass in the office for a while and looked at the four players who were doing 2v2 on the field of individual trial training, and turned He turned his head and said to Rijeka, "Let's do it like this."

Rijeka nodded, organized the materials in her hand according to Riley's instructions, opened the door and walked out.

Riley was sitting on a chair in the office, tapping the table with his right index finger, as if he was thinking about something.

In the past 09-10 season, the Miami Heat entered the playoffs as the fifth in the Eastern Conference, but they were led by the "Big Three" Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, and Ray Allen in the first round. The Boston Celtics were defeated 4-1.Riley knew that with Wade alone, the Heat would not be able to break out of the encirclement in the East and regain their glory.

The Heat have only four second-round picks this year. Originally, according to the invitation of the Heat to try out individually, except for Dexter Pittman, Jarvis Varnado, Deshaun Butler, Yuan In addition to the full four players, high school senior player Latavios Williams was also invited, but just now, Rijeka received a call from Latavios, saying that he decided to go to college to play a year in the NCAA After the game, they will participate in the draft, so the Heat have no choice. Among the favorite players, there are only four players who correspond to the four second-round picks.

Just when Yuan Man grabbed a rebound in the confrontation with Pittman, Rijeka came to the sidelines and stopped the small-scale confrontation with four players.As Riley was communicating with Riley about the candidates for the draft just now, Rijeka did not see the situation of the four-man confrontation, nor did he notice that after the confrontation, the panting Pittman, Varnado, Butler and the relaxed face Yuan Man's state.

Generally speaking, Rijeka and Riley are quite satisfied with the four people who came to try out individually. Selecting these four players in the second round is already a good result for the Heat. In fact, the Heat did not expect to be able to select good players from these draft picks, let alone the preseason. By that time, the 15 players who will actually stay in the team will be finalized.

According to the draft promise given by Rijeka, Yuan Man will be selected with the second overall pick in the second round, that is, the 32nd overall pick, which is the highest among the Heat's four draft picks, and it is enough to show that the Heat's interest in Yuan Man's attention.Of course, there is no denying the contribution of Yuan Man's popular videos on youtube and his wonderful performance during the Chicago tryout.

If everything goes as planned, this will be Yuan Man's first step in entering the NBA!
After a quiet month of student life at the University of Miami, the time finally came on the eve of the draft.Although he had obtained the Heat's draft commitment during the previous individual trial training, Yuan Man's heart was still getting more and more disturbed as the draft day approached.

On June 2010, 6, the draft was officially held in the theater at Madison Square Garden in New York. ESPN TV station won the live broadcast right of the draft, which will be broadcast live to 24 countries and regions around the world.

When Yuan Man came here accompanied by his father Yuan Su, the venue where the draft was held was already occupied by a large number of players and staff waiting for the start of the draft.

Although there are many people, the work on the site is still orderly. Two pairs of burly security guards patrol the entrance of the venue from time to time.

Before the draft began, Yuan Man's father, Yuan Su, said to Yuan Man: "Son, don't be nervous. Your father can see this kind of small scene a lot."

Yuan Man smiled slightly, seeing the anticipation in his father's eyes and the sweat on his nose.

After a long while, the league president David Stern finally came out.After everyone's applause died down, Stern announced the official start of the 2010 NBA Draft!
All eyes will be on Kentucky point guard John Wall and Ohio State's Evan Turner, two players who are considered candidates for the No. [-] pick in this draft.

Soon, as Stern read the name, the ownership of the No. [-] pick was finally announced. The Washington Wizards, who held the No. [-] pick, chose John Wall, who was more accurately positioned!

Wall stood up excitedly, hugged his family and friends, walked to the stage and took the Wizards hat from Stern.

Seeing that the Wizards chose Wall, the Philadelphia 76ers did not hesitate, and followed the rules and chose the "second best" player-Evan Turner.

The New Jersey Nets, who played third, chose Derrick Favors, who performed well in the NCAA tournament. He led Georgia Tech to the conference finals as a freshman and played against Duke University. Scored 22 points and 11 rebounds, was named to the All-NBA team by the divisional media, and was named Rookie of the Year.

For the selection of the first three picks, the commentators responsible for the ESPN live broadcast did not have much objection, but when the Minnesota Timberwolves selected small forward Wesley Johnson from Syracuse University with the fourth pick , ESPN immediately questioned this. Although the Timberwolves are interested in Johnson's potential, he is 22 years old after all, and there is not much time left for him to prove his potential. The Timberwolves' choice is a risk.

Seeing that the Timberwolves actually selected Wesley Johnson with the fourth overall pick, the Satramento Kings were overjoyed and immediately recruited Wall's teammate, DeMarcus Cousins ​​of the University of Kentucky.

"The Kings made a wiser choice than the Timberwolves." ESPN commented.

For the next 6-8 spots, the Golden State Warriors selected Baylor University's Ai Pai Udo, the Detroit Pistons selected Georgetown University's Greg Monroe, and the Los Angeles Clippers selected Wake Forest University's Al Faye. Nuuk-Aminu.

The outstanding shooter Gordon Hayward, who performed well during college, unexpectedly slipped to the ninth pick and was picked by the Utah Jazz, while the Indiana Pacers chose Paul George of Fresno State University.

As the draft continues, Trevor Booker, Cole Aldridge, Ed Davis, Patrick Patterson, Eric Bledsoe, Avery Bullard Players such as Li and Li were picked up by their favorite teams one after another.

After the Washington Wizards, who had the last pick in the first round, selected LS-Hayward from Marquette University, the draft with 30 picks in the first round was all over.

With David Stern leaving the stage, the second round of the draft will follow.

Yuan Man began to get nervous, and at the same time found that his father was shaking slightly while holding his hand.

(End of this chapter)