Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 176 [-]. Draft [-]

"Hey. Kwame, who are we going to pick this time?" Chris asked.

"Who to choose?"

"It's the draft tonight, who will the Lakers choose!"

"Oh, what you saw was the high school student we went to see together that day." Kwame replied casually.

"That guy who is younger than me? God, why did you choose him? He doesn't look like he knows anything, he's just a big fool! You might as well choose me!" Chris was surprised, obviously he didn't know who the Lakers were going to choose Anyway, Chris thought about many people, but he didn't expect that the Lakers would choose Bynum.In fact, not just Chris, basically no one would have thought that the Lakers would choose a high school big man.

"Yeah, you're going to be in the lottery if you run this year." Kwame wanted to sleep, but Chris kept talking.

"Forget it, I'm still planning to play two years in college, okay, okay, you go to sleep..." Chris also knew that Kwame was a little impatient, and the plane was not comfortable.

A few hours later, the four arrived at the hotel that Hillary had booked.

"Hilton Hotel?" Why did Kwame feel that he didn't want to see this name so much?Feeling guilty, Kwame glanced at Hilary secretly. Kwame kept praying not to meet that woman, but he always felt a bad feeling.

"That's right, this is a hotel owned by my friend. I asked her to reserve a suite for us. The presidential suite here is hard to come by." Hillary led the three of them into the lobby, and a sexy figure was already waiting inside. with.

"Oh, God!" Kwame really wanted to turn around and leave now, but Hillary would definitely see something.

"Hi, Whitney, long time no see." Hillary went up to greet Hilton warmly.

"Me too, if you didn't call me the day before yesterday, I thought you'd forgotten me!" Hilton gave Hillary a hug.

"Ah, Chris, look, she is the beautiful sister of Staples that day!" Selena said to Chris after seeing Hilton clearly.

"Oh? Do you know each other?" Hilary didn't expect that several people had already met.

"We saw it when we were watching the Lakers game. Let's not stand here, go to the room!" Hilton didn't expect Chris and the two to come together, so he didn't think about what to say, so he changed the subject first.

The few people walked for a long time under the leadership of Hilton, and it seemed that they had reached the innermost part of the hotel.On the elevator, it didn't stop until it reached the top floor.

"This is the best suite in our hotel. I usually live in it occasionally. I am reluctant to let my brother live in it when they come. If it is not for your face, I am reluctant to let people live in it." Hilton pulled Hillary , and walked into the living room with a few people.

It is indeed the best suite in the Hilton Hotel, not much worse than Hillary's super villa, and this is for Hilton, and the room reveals the atmosphere of a little woman.

"Rich people are different. Occasionally they live in such a good place. You deserve to be a rich woman." Hilary joked.

"Of course, although I can't do other business, this hotel is my pride. Next year, my branch in Los Angeles will start construction, and then we can often hang out together." Hilton has lost money no matter what business he does in his life. Although the family didn't miss the money she lost and didn't care about her loss, the public opinion made Hilton very embarrassed.In the end, Hilton built the Hilton Hotel with the last glimmer of hope, thinking that if the investment failed, it could still sell the hotel, so that it would not lose everything like investing in real estate.But who knew that this time it was a sudden success. This hotel became one of the largest hotels in New York. If it was only placed in Queens, even one of those hotels could be removed.Although this did not eliminate his title of prodigal daughter, it was not used as a negative teaching material again and again as before.

"Ah, I forgot to introduce you. This is my boyfriend, you should know, his name is Kwame Brown, the head of the Lakers!" Hillary knew that Hilton's favorite sport was basketball, so he must know who Kwame was, but I still want to introduce the two of them. Hilton has a bad reputation, and he is afraid that Kwame will ignore him. You must know that Hillary and Hilton have been friends since childhood, although Hilton is a few years older.But Hillary didn't know that his best friend and her boyfriend had known each other for a long time, and they both met frankly.

Kwame waited for Hilton to leave after the two had finished speaking, but he did not expect Hillary to introduce him to Hilton.Almost didn't bite my tongue.

"Hi, my name is Kwame." Kwame reached out, held Hilton's fingers, and greeted politely.

"My name is Paris Hilton. You can call me Whitney just like Hillary. Don't be so nervous. I won't eat you. If I eat you, Hillary won't fight me hard!" Hilton Said provocatively.

Kwame was shocked when Hilton’s words came out, but Kwame was relieved to see Hillary look at Hilton with the expression that she knew you would say that. It seems that this is just Hilton’s way of greeting people, and Hilton also Not wanting Hillary to know about their relationship, the hanging heart finally let go.

A few people exchanged pleasantries for a while, Hilton still has the management of the hotel to do, apologized, and left, Kwame was completely relaxed.

Selena and Hillary each chose a room, washed up briefly, called the hotel to order some food, and then lay on the big sofa together regardless of their appearance. From Los Angeles to New York, they were not tired is fake.

"Hilary, how did you know Hilton?" Shouldn't it?How can a good baby like Hillary be so close to Hilton?Kwame was puzzled.

"We are both child actors. We performed together when we were young. Whitney is a few years older than me. She takes good care of me. You can't just say something sarcastic to someone because of his private life! Apart from this, she is a very Nice guy." Hearing Kwame's question, Hilary thought that Kwame didn't like her having friends like Hilton, so she hurriedly explained.

"Hehe, of course, your friend is my friend!" Kwame smiled dryly. It feels really bad to be a guilty conscience. Kwame slapped haha ​​and went to the room to sleep, leaving Hillary to eat dinner. Call him.

On the evening of February [-], [-], the annual NBA Draft will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

There is a small green room in the draft, and the people in it are the pride of heaven, and they are regarded as the best group of people in this year's draft.

Although this year is known as the draft with a slightly lower quality in recent years, there are still many talented players. There are only two who have the opportunity to become a dominant insider. They are the Australian Andrew Bogut from the University of Utah. , Marvin Williams, a short power forward from the same university as Jordan, can be said to have blown out point guards in recent years. This year, several powerful point guards entered the league together, Deron Williams from the University of Illinois Chris Paul from Wake Forest University and Raymond Felton from North Carolina.The Lakers' favorite Andrew Bynum also entered the small green house, but he did not enter the lottery in the draft predictions. Because he rejected many teams' trial training, his prediction ranking dropped from [-] at the beginning to No. [-] overall.This is also deliberately arranged by the Lakers, so that other teams do not know about Bynum, and the management of other teams dare not choose a player who has almost no understanding and only some high school information.

So compared to some players' uneasiness, Bynum sitting in the small green room didn't have any worries.

"Hey, little Andrew, are you nervous? I'm very excited now!" A big white man sat beside Bynum.

"Big Andrew, you are the No. [-] pick. You must be very excited!" Bynum envied Bogut for getting a salary of [-] million in the first year. There is no way for high school students who participated in the draft in advance.But this does not affect the friendship between the two, Bynum said in a low voice, "I'm not very nervous, the Lakers told me that they will definitely choose me!"

"Then congratulations! Seeing you reject so many team invitations and the draft predictions keep dropping, I'm really worried to death. Now that I know you're fine, I'm relieved." In fact, Bogut is not idle. He ran over to chat with Bynum because of the pain. He just wanted to see what happened to Bynum. Now that he knew that Bynum was fine, he felt relieved.

Both sides have nothing to do, Bogut and Bynum chatted about the interesting things that happened in the trial training, and the waiting time for the game.

If Bynum and Bogut are several years apart, and they are not from the same place, it stands to reason that they should have no chance to know each other, but it is such a coincidence.The Bucks got the No. [-] lottery with a lot of luck, and then invited a lot of people to try out. Bynum, the No. [-] high school student who was also in the East, was naturally invited.It may be because of the first tryout, Bynum was a little stage fright, and his performance was very average, but Bogut, who was known as the enhanced physical fitness version of Bai Duncan in college, played perfectly, which made the Bucks decide to choose Bogut at the first time .

Bogut is naturally proud of the spring breeze, but Bynum, who performed poorly in the first trial training, secretly cried in the locker room after the people left. This time, he came to the trial training with money from his family, but he was not invited for the first trial. Two days of trial training, that is to say, he can only get [-] yuan for one day of trial training, but the money for buying equipment and hotels has already exceeded these when he came here. After returning home, he definitely has no money to go to the second city. , The family has no money, and owes a lot of debts. If they are not favored by a team, the family will be ruined. Such a situation made Bynum, who was still a child, burst into tears.

Just at this time, Bogut, who had just finished the interview, walked into the locker room and saw a big man squatting on the ground crying. Bogut is a typical Australian, the kind of man who loves mothers, and hurried forward to comfort him.When he knew what was going on, he took the initiative to lend money to Bynum so that Bynum had money to go to other teams for trial training, and he would return it to himself after getting the trial training fee.Bogut has also heard Bynum's name, and knows that Bynum is very talented, so he also wants to make friends with him.

It just so happened that several consecutive teams invited the two to try out together. The two became acquainted with each other and became good friends until Bynum came to Los Angeles alone.

It is said to be a small green room, but in fact there is a fenced seat in the front row. Except for them, some VIPs and team owners are sitting in this area.Kwame, with his three little tails, is also sitting here, but with Brian Shaw and Kupchak and Jim Bass.

The Bass family are all loyal fans of basketball, and they are all center lovers. When O'Neal was traded, Bass strongly recommended the high school parallel import champion to come to the Lakers. Little Bass also appreciates people's vision.

"Jim, why did you call me here? If it is because you are afraid that Mickey will secretly pick another player, then we only need one!" Kwame chatted with Bass Jr., and the waiting time really passed. slow.

"Kobe won't come again, you have to go up and shake Andrew's hand later! Only then can you show your support for me! But if you're the only one coming, I'm really afraid that Mickey will secretly pick that junior insider, then Can he be called an insider? It’s about the same height as Chris.” Buss Jr. complained about Kupchak. The reason for the selection is that Kwame is called to make the decision. Anyway, the selection is now for Kwame's substitute, and it is up to the parties to decide.

Bass is looking at Bynum, and Kupchak is looking at another physical insider from North Carolina, Sean May, who is [-] feet [-] inches tall, is for Marvin Williams As a substitute, when Kwame watched the trial training of the two, he immediately made a judgment. The difference in potential value between the two was too far to choose this high school student. Sean Mei Qiang, who only knows how to fly, Bynum's size is too dominant, and he has the potential to dominate both offensive and defensive ends. Among other things, he is very good against giant centers.And Sean May only knows the guy who flies and dunks. The offensive end is very good, but the defensive end is a sieve. Anyone can hit anyone, and he can fly at one point. Although the immediate combat ability is better, the Lakers are not bad scorers, so Kwame chose Bynum without hesitation.

Two to one, Kupchak could only be defeated and compromised.But Buss Jr. was not at ease. Sure enough, Kupchak wanted to secretly rule Bynum not to come to the trial training. As a result, Kupchak was caught by Buss Jr. before he said anything.That's why Bass Jr. came to hold the lineup in person during the draft.

Kwame felt urgent to urinate after sitting for a long time, so he said sorry and went to the toilet.

As his body trembled unconsciously, Kwame finally didn't have to worry about his bladder anymore.While washing his hands, a short man about six feet rushed in, just like Kwame had been looking for the toilet for a long time, bumped into Kwame, and then rushed to the urinal, hissing.

"I seem to have seen it somewhere?" Kwame continued to wash his hands, but he didn't go into it. He was also careless.But Kwame felt that this person had seen it somewhere.

"I'm sorry! The toilets here are really hard to find. I was in a hurry just now, so I'm sorry." The little man peed faster than a person with a big bladder. Kwame just washed his hands and the other party solved it, and came to wash his hands.

"It's okay, I was the same just now, but I was lucky and there was no one inside. If you come first, then you will be the one who is unlucky." Kwame turned his head and said, but the moment the two saw each other, the two Everyone froze for a moment.

"It's you! Kwame (Chris)! What a coincidence."

It turned out that the little man who rushed in was Chris Paul. The two met when the Lakers invited them to try out. In fact, they were not familiar with each other. Paul and Kwame’s younger brother Chris Brown were very familiar. Played in high school, Paul is two years older, and now he has come to the draft after his freshman year.Paul came to the Lakers for trial training. Although the Lakers don't need a point guard now, who wouldn't want to come to the Lakers?Paul came here with the mentality of giving it a try. Anyway, he has already confirmed the lottery, even the top ten or even the top five.

At this time, Chris Brown, who was practicing with Bill at Staples, was used as a sparring partner with Bill, and the two Chriss met again.

For the strongest opponent he encountered in his high school career, Chris introduced Paul to Kwame.Kwame was surprised how Paul came to the Lakers for trial training. Even if the Lakers wanted to choose, they couldn't choose this player who might enter the top three.But Kwame didn't ask anything, but warmly invited Paul to dinner, and both Bill and Chris called together.Kwame also listened to what Kobe said, to build a good relationship with every high-level player. In the past few days, Kwame has read a lot of draft materials. Paul is definitely the best player in this year's draft. Basically, he can Those who enter the ranks of top players are very likely to become the leader of point guards in the future.Although the point guard of the Lakers is one of the best in the league, Kidd is [-] years old and will get old sooner or later, and he is only [-] years old, so he will definitely need another excellent point guard to assist him in a few years, so he has great potential in advance It is the right choice to build a good relationship with the point guards.

After a meal of friendship, although Kwame and Paul are not very familiar, their relationship is not much worse.The two greeted each other all the way to the venue, then apologized to each other and returned to their seats.

"Kwame, why did I go to the bathroom for so long, it's about to start!" Hilary complained, Stern had already arrived, and was talking about something, and Hilary was ready to call Kwame .

"I met a friend, the short point guard with the same name as Chris, named Paul, and chatted for a while. Okay, the draft has started, let's focus on it!"

(End of this chapter)