I am Really an Insider

The news that Wayne announced his participation in the draft on the night of winning the championship became the headlines of the sports section of most newspapers in China the next day.

In the past few months, with more Chinese media reports, Wayne has already become a minor celebrity in China.

But this time, when Wayne won the regular season MVP trophy, won the Big 12 league championship and announced that he would participate in the NBA draft, his popularity ushered in an explosive growth.

This is Yao Ming's second season in the NBA, and it is also a year in which the NBA's influence in China has gradually grown.

Because of Yao Ming's great success, Chinese fans naturally hope that more Chinese players can gain a foothold in the highest level of basketball league.

And at this time, the domestic media and various sports associations are more open to the NBA than before.

In the past, when a player wanted to play in the NBA, the first reaction of the associations was to stop him.

If you can't stop it, then take the opportunity to ask for it.

But now, they hope that Chinese players can go to the NBA to develop, because everyone has seen the benefits that letting players play in the NBA will bring to the entire Chinese basketball.

In the 2002 Busan Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team faced black for 30 seconds in the final, and finally lost to South Korea 100-102 and lost the gold medal.

Look at the 2003 Asian Championships, how Yao Ming, after experiencing the baptism of the NBA, played the South Korean insider with doubts about his life, and helped the Chinese team complete revenge. You can see how much the NBA has an impact on a player.

Think about it, if Dayao is missing, the men's basketball team may be double-killed by South Korea in the Asian Championships this year.

Otherwise, how can you say that Chairman Yao is a Chinese basketball pioneer? With him paving the way ahead, the Chinese players behind want to go to the NBA, and the road is getting smoother and smoother.

Of course, having said that, as far as Wayne is concerned, even without Chairman Yao, his NBA career will not be restricted by the domestic side.

After all, Wayne's father took this into consideration when he was pulled out of the youth team and sent to Waiguo to study in college.

At this time, any Chinese player who announces his participation in the draft will attract much attention.

Not only the fans, but even CCTV 5 has suddenly become interested in Wayne.

In the first six months, although Zhang Weiping often applied to interview Wayne on the spot, although news of Wayne's outstanding performance occasionally came in, it was only the NCAA after all.

No matter how good the results are there, it can't explain any problems.

After all, it's just an amateur game, and only a handful of them can finally become professionals.

But now that Wayne is officially involved with the NBA, that's another matter entirely.

"A draft interview team?" When Zhang Weiping received a notice from the leader to set up a draft interview team to go to the United States, he was a little surprised.

Domestically, the importance attached to Wayne has risen a bit fast.

"That's right, we need to track and report Wayne's process from signing up to participating in the draft. After all, he is very likely to be the first Chinese player to participate in the draft. You also know how much domestic fans pay attention to the NBA. "

"Uh..." Zhang Weiping wanted to say that Wayne might not be able to enter the draft.

Because those who can enter the "Little Green Room" are rookies who are predicted to be selected in the lottery.

And Wayne is still a little far from the lottery.

In the latest mock draft rankings of the Associated Press, Wayne has entered the top three in the second round.

His teammate Tony Allen made it all the way to the first round!

Although Wayne's improvement is big enough, it has to be said that this pick is still some distance from the lottery.

But after learning that he had the opportunity to go to the scene to observe Wayne's performance in March Madness, Director Zhang still accepted the job with pleasure.

"I'll put together a team and bring some news about Wayne's March Madness tournament."

Zhang Weiping walked out of the office happily. As the first reporter in China to start reporting on Wayne, he felt a little proud now.

He was very optimistic about Wayne from the very beginning, and now that Wayne has announced his participation in the draft and is still ranked so high in the mock draft, all these have confirmed his vision.

Of course, Zhang Weiping never imagined that Wayne's popularity in China somehow made the next door Bangzi orgasm.

I don't know if it's because of the unconvinced loss in the Asian Championships. The Korean media is now very hostile to Chinese basketball.

Not long after Wayne announced that he would participate in the draft, many Korean media jumped out and claimed: "Ha Seung-jin is the most noteworthy Asian athlete in this year's draft."

"He has professional basketball experience, he's more mature than Wayne. On top of that, he's only 19 years old."

"Ha Seung-jin is likely to be selected in the first round, and Wayne can only be a second-round pick. As we all know, second-round picks can hardly survive in the NBA, and Ha Jin-seung is likely to become a star player in the NBA."

embarrassing? Speechless? Does your skull hurt?

Don't be surprised, at this time, many Korean media really praised Ha Seungjin so embarrassingly.

After all, the whole world belongs to Korea.

Their players must also be the number one players in the world.

After Zhang Weiping learned of these reports from the Korean media, he was completely dumbfounded.

This is unreasonable!

In last year's Asian Championships, He Shengzhen was praised for being able to harden Chairman Yao, but he was taught to be a man.

How long has this happened? Forgot the scars started blowing again?

Perhaps in the eyes of the South Korean media, although Ha Seung-jin can't beat Yao Ming yet, sooner or later he will be at Yao Ming's level.

That being the case, how could he lose against an unknown student player?

David Stern may never have imagined that the 2004 NBA Draft became popular in Asia due to the inexplicable climax of the Korean media.

South Korea is exaggerating this "draft war" every day, and experts from all walks of life are analyzing the prospects of Ha Seung-jin every day.

In short, they seem to have taken "surpassing Wayne in the draft" as Ha Seung-jin's main goal.

It doesn't matter which team is selected, as long as the pick is higher than Wayne!

Of course, Ha Seung Jin has not said anything personally about it.

I guess he's almost pissed off right now.

This shit is completely flattering, can the group of media be okay and stop bragging about me, last year's Asian Championships I was screwed enough, okay?

But the Korean media, who are good at talking, don't care about you. The Dragon Boat Festival has to be grabbed, Confucius has to be grabbed, and the title of the best Asian player must also be grabbed!

The Korean media made a lot of noise, but they were basically in a state of self-indulgence.

Because Wayne, who was far away across the ocean, had no idea that he was being compared with He Shengzhen.

He didn't even know that Ha Seung Jin was participating in the draft this year.

As a veteran fan in his previous life, Wayne naturally knew He Shengzhen and his "legendary" stories.

But if you want to ask Wayne Heshengzhen exactly which draft he participated in in 2000, he really can't answer.

After all, who would be impressed by a water cooler keeper.

If it weren't for Yao Ming, who was in China, few people in China would know that there was such a Korean who played in the NBA.

Old Sutton saw the report of Wayne and He Shengzhen by accident, but he didn't take it seriously.

Because judging from the current honors, there is no comparison between the two at all.

After all the Big 12 games were over, Wayne was honored with various honors.

Not to mention the MVP of the regular season, it was announced on the day the tournament ended.

After that, Wayne was also selected to the best first team of the Big 12 League, the best defensive team, and defeated his teammate Mr. Tony to win the Best Defensive Player Award of the Big 12 League.

In the end, the Associated Press also raised the final ranking of the Cowboys to sixth in the country!

It is really not easy to lead the team to the sixth level in the country in the NCAA.

These awards and honors are extremely valuable to college players.

And what about the South Korean center? He takes the head and compares with Wayne? Isn't this a one-sided confrontation?

In terms of comparison, He Shengzhen is indeed bigger than Wayne.

Old Sutton has always chosen to skip such boring reports.

Wayne himself really doesn't have the heart to care about these gossip now.

Since he decided to participate in the NBA draft, he felt the pressure on himself suddenly increased.

Although Wayne is currently ranked among the top three in the second round of the mock draft, this does not mean that Wayne is 100% safe.

In the draft, the selection was such a surprise.

Previously, Jordan had predicted that he would be selected in the lottery, but he waited in the small green house with a black face until the second round before hearing his name, and he was ashamed and thrown to his grandma's house.

Later, Bennett was originally predicted to be the 13th pick, but somehow became the No. 1 pick.

The unexpected situation is the least unexpected in the draft.

At that time, no one will give Wayne a frightful surprise when translating.

Therefore, in order to ensure safety and to hit the goal of the first round, the next March Madness Championship is very important to Wayne.

Although there are not many championships, the level is high enough and the attention is large enough.

This is Wayne's last hope of reaching the first round.

Why did Wayne declare for the draft before March Madness? I just want to attract the attention of NBA teams first, and then rely on the March Madness game to make another round of picks.

Wayne had to seize the few games in March Madness to hit the first round, otherwise, God knows if he would still have the chance to get the abnormal badge of "Man of Steel" in the future.

So before the start of the March Madness Championship, Wayne also digested all the growth points he had accumulated in the past few months and the remaining 10 chances to add points to improve his strength.

He first increased his post defense to 55, which is about average for the NCAA.

The main reason is that there are too many powerful opponents in March Madness. If Wayne is unlucky and gets caught by a low-ranking master, his ranking will definitely drop instead of rising.

For example, that Emeka Okafor who commented on Wayne a long time ago!

As a quasi-champion pick with extremely superb low-post offensive skills, Wayne can't stop him just by blocking shots.

While the chances of the Cowboys and Connecticut meeting are slim, who knows what happened in March Madness?

If he is really abused at that time, the tragedy of P.J. Tucker will reappear on Wayne.

So adding a little low post defense is an insurance policy.

In the end, there were still 3 chances to add points, and Wayne gave all three points!

Now Wayne's three-point ability is close to 75. With the effect of the shooting bag, his offense should be more sure.

Coupled with the improved ball control and physical fitness due to training during this period, Wayne believes that he should have no problem coping with March Madness.

After adding points this time, it means that Wayne will have to wait for a long time before he has the opportunity to add attributes again.

Before that, he can concentrate on the game without distractions!

Everything is ready, now, just wait for the March Madness arrangement to be released.

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