In the basketball world, starting from the 99 World Youth Championship

Chapter 22 The Walker's Olive Branch

At the end of the game, Zhang Tian was surrounded by reporters again, and he found several reporters from the United States.

"Zhang, your draft price is approaching the lottery zone. Do you have a favorite team in your mind?" This reporter is a black woman who looks much stronger than the average woman.

This person was born as a player, and she is also a legendary superstar in the history of the USC women's basketball team. She is none other than a generation of strong mouth-Reggie Miller's sister Cheryl Miller.

The opponent came to Portugal with the US team. Although the head coach of the Phoenix Mercury is still attached to it, that team was a big fish in the WNBA before Diana Taurasi arrived.And the WNBA, a professional league that has not been established for a few years, is even more of a fish belly in the sports circle.

And as a head coach, her salary is low. ESPN has thrown out an olive branch to earn extra money, and Reggie Miller's sister will certainly not let it go.

Of course Cheryl Miller and Zhang Tian didn’t know each other. The other party only knew it through the sign on her chest. “Well, I don’t actually have a favorite team. Entering the NBA has always been my dream.” It has already entered the finals, but the core of the Chinese team is still not inflated. U19 is an international competition, and the gold content is not particularly high, let alone recognized by the mainstream media in the United States.

Unless Zhang Tian learned from Bogut in his previous life in 03, won the World Youth Championship at that time, did not enter the NBA, but went to the NCAA to practice for two years.Then it came out as the No. [-] pick.

But Zhang Tian is different from the brainless one in Australia. He is a man with gold fingers. If he goes to NCAA, he might as well go to the domestic league.

After Cheryl Miller asked this question, instead of leaving, she took out a piece of paper and handed it to Zhang Tian, ​​who didn't take it right away.The former said, "This piece of paper is a call from someone who is interested in you. After the World Youth Championship, you can call this number. I believe you will not be disappointed."

Telephone?Zhang Tian took it, said thank you, and held it in his hand, because he had no place to put it.

Taking advantage of the time between going to the press conference, Zhang Tian opened the paper, saw a string of numbers, and then there was nothing else, the Chinese core wrote it down, and then threw it into the trash can.

The questions asked at the press conference were similar to those asked by Cheryl Miller. Zhang Tian felt that the reason why the latter came to interview him was to send that phone call.

It's just who is this call, Zhang Tian really wants to call now, but he still suppresses his temper, what kind of words does a reborn person so frizzy, even if the call is from a legendary superstar, so what, he himself But the man who cheated.

The U.S. team massacred the Samba Army and joined the Chinese team in the final. This is a chance for revenge for all of them, and it depends on whether they can grasp it.

The match against the US team was held one day later. In order to ensure sufficient physical strength and state, Ganon Baker did not allow Zhang Tian to continue training.

Rich Paul and Xia Song also came from the United States, and they brought a lot of good news to Zhang Tian.

"Zhang, there are several teams interested in you now. The Bulls, Lakers, Cavaliers, Suns, and Eagles have all sent you a trial training request. In addition to the previous ones, the 29 teams in the NBA are almost the same. More than half have invited you."

Rich Paul was very excited. Although Rashad Lewis was the unlucky gem in the draft last year, James' right-hand man in his previous life still didn't worry that his employer would follow Lewis's old path. This is an intuition.

Zhang Tian was very calm. He wrote down the number given by Cheryl Miller and handed it to Rich Paul, "Do you know this is the number of that NBA guy?"

Rich Paul took it and glanced at it, then handed it to Zhang Tian, ​​"I don't know, but it must be a big shot, who gave it to you."

Zhang Tian said Cheryl Miller's name, and Rich Paul was immediately excited. Cheryl Miller hadn't played a few professional games. She played in the Development League when she graduated from USC in the 80s, but It's a pity that in the development league of men like Lin, this USC legend can only end his career with a knee injury and retire, but her influence in the entire American basketball world is still great.

"Zhang, I've decided. After the World Youth Championship is over, you can go to Indiana for a trial training. The other party invited you for a trial training before, and now Sheryl Miller is making a match. They must have taken a fancy to you."

Pacers?In the previous life, the Pacers will reach the finals under the leadership of Larry Bird in the next season, and then fulfill the OK combination and Phil Jackson. The best performance of the Pacers in the finals was not totem Miller, but the big ass. Mark Jackson.

Of course, what people remember in this finals is Jalen Rose's stepping on Kobe, so Kobe's 81 points in the Raptors against Rose are a reincarnation.Although in that game, it was not Ross who defended Kobe Bryant but Morris Peterson, but it was Ross, the background man, who made people remember.

The Pacers are interested in him, which Zhang Tian didn't expect. In Zhang Tian's impression, the team that really wants him will be the Warriors and the Grizzlies. First, they have a bad record, and second, they are Asian. There are many fans, and tickets need to be sold. The cornfield in Indiana does not fit this personality.

Could it be that Larry Bird, the guy who saw the sky like Jerry West, fell in love with him?These two people are really a model of NBA players. They won the championship in the player era and were extremely brilliant. After retiring, they became the head coach and the management team is also a strong one. Compared with them, Isiah Thomas, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson , Elgin Baylor is really the younger brother.

Zhang Tian's mood became high, "Does Indiana have any good draft picks?"

Although Zhang Tian said that he doesn't care about his ranking, it's not a good thing if it's too low.

Rich Paul quickly answered this question, "At present, there is no such thing as the 26th pick in the first round. Other than this, the rest are second-round picks."

What the agent said made Zhang Tian not feel disappointed. As long as he can sign with an NBA team and don't meet a genius head coach like Larry Brown, the former will not worry about not being able to play.

The draft pick does not represent future development. Are there still few examples of high picks becoming parallel imports?
"Well, listen to you, after the game with the US team is over, we will go to Indiana for trial training first."

Xia Song waited for Rich Paul to finish speaking, and brought a message, "Gong Xiaobin and Director Jiang had a falling out on the training team of the Olympic team. Would you like to join the training team?"

(End of this chapter)