Chapter 1 New York, The Big Apple

Su Feng remembered the last time he came here, it was with Kobe to hang out with Sam Gold.

As a result, in the slums of Brooklyn, Su Feng personally witnessed the "birth of a divine skill."

A year and a half later, when Su Feng came to New York again, his identity had changed to a member of the "96 Golden Generation."

June 26, 1996, was destined to be a day remembered in history.

In the summer of 1996...

Just as Michael Jordan led the Chicago Bulls to overlook the entire league with an unparalleled record...

A group of young people with their blood rushing to their heads also stepped onto the NBA stage with their youthful steps.

The four major shooting guards and four major power forwards will gradually take over the power from their predecessors. The old order will eventually be replaced by the new order.

Shaquille O'Neal's westward journey, the throne changes, the Stone Buddha doesn't emerge, who can compete?

East Iverson West Kobe, North Carolina South McGrady, Webber Driver, the Wolf King roars, who has such a unique show of fighting and retreating?

It is worth mentioning that just as Su Feng walked into the small green room of Madison Square Garden, the man was still a primary school student at this time.

Um...

Um!

As we all know, after the NBA introduced the lottery rules and the small green room, each year during the draft, the general managers of each team will fairly, objectively, and never falsely select 15 small green room candidates.

Therefore, as the cornerstone of David Stern's construction of the overseas bridge, why can't Su Jishi enter the small green room?

Ahem, I can't defend it anymore, let's talk about the next paragraph.

As a member of the small green room, the biggest benefit is that everyone will have the power to shake hands with Stern before the start of the draft, and will also receive the NBA president's personal "blessing."

Of course, whether it is a blessing or a curse, it depends on everyone's true ability.

Speaking of which, when shaking hands with Stern, Su Feng always felt that this big boss looked at him a few more times.

"Su Feng, it's a pleasure to meet you."

Moreover, Stern must have deliberately practiced the pronunciation of his name, because he did not pronounce his name as "Shu Fen."

"Hello, sir."

This was the first time Su Feng met Stern. Stern was not tall, and he was very kind with his glasses. He always maintained a smile when shaking hands with each rookie.

So, when he saw Su Feng in person, what was Stern's first impression of Su Feng?

Handsome?

That's impossible, this president is not so superficial.

"As expected, he is a good seed for idol stars."

Eh...

Stern slowly announced: "The Philadelphia 76ers, who have the first overall pick in the first round, choose—"

"Allen Iverson from Georgetown University!"

This is an answer without suspense.

When Iverson's name was read out, there was a burst of cheers at the scene.

And Ann Iverson was even more excited and danced.

Although Iverson with his short hair is not as domineering as he would be later, in his youth, his big eyes really make you feel like he is electrifying every second.

In Su Feng's previous life, it was not without reason that Iverson had many female fans. After all, this kind of rebellious little handsome guy is too lethal.

Iverson, wearing a gray suit, took the stage and put on a 76ers hat. Then, the big screen at the scene also played Iverson's college game footage.

The ownership of the champion has been settled.

But for the 96th draft conference, which is called the Golden Generation by the media, now, this draft conference has just begun.

Immediately afterwards, Stern read out the name of Marcus Camby in the second overall pick in the first round.

This is also a choice without suspense.

Because as long as you don't look at it with a time-traveling perspective, there is nothing wrong with the Raptors choosing Camby in this position.

Camby is the most talented inside player in the 96th session.

At this time, the Raptors, which was still a rookie team, adhered to the concept of building a team around the inside, and it was reasonable to choose Camby.

In the third overall pick in the first round, Stern read out the name of Shareef Abdur-Rahim.

Like the Raptors, the Vancouver Grizzlies, as a new team, did not dare to make any crazy operations in the draft.

Rahim is skilled and has excellent footwork. In the future, his career has had five seasons with more than 20 points.

In the 99/00 season, he also won "20+10" and was selected to the All-Star.

The following fourth and fifth picks were also the same as Su Feng remembered. The Bucks selected Marbury and the Timberwolves selected Ray Allen.

If Su Feng remembers correctly, the Timberwolves will complete the exchange with the Bucks soon.

Next, it's the Celtics' pick.

Stern read out Wo Ke's name.

Um...

Not the Wo Ke next to Su Feng, but the Wo Ke of Antoine Walker.

Although Walker has a face that says "If you dare to look at me, I will kill you," but in reality, if you look at him, he will at most give you a few rebounds in front of you.

Walker belongs to the kind of man whose era and rules cannot stop him from throwing three-pointers, and the more inaccurate he is, the more happily he throws.

If it weren't for knowing his career experience, Su Feng even felt that this guy had the same system as himself.

Then, in the seventh overall pick in the first round of 1996, the Clippers...

Omitted.

"The Dallas Mavericks, who have the eighth overall pick in the first round, choose—"

When he heard the eighth overall pick and the Dallas Mavericks, Su Feng always felt that something was wrong.

And soon, he knew what was wrong.

Let me turn the time back a few minutes...

Just after the Clippers selected Lorenzen Wright, in the Mavericks' forward operations room, the Mavericks' management was already in chaos.

Because next, it was their turn to make a choice.

However, there was still no movement from Los Angeles.

And just the day before, Jerry West had just met with the Mavericks' management.

"I want your first-round pick." At the time, Logo Man went straight to the point as soon as he came up.

"But Jerry, you have to know, this is the eighth overall pick in the first round of 1996."

The Mavericks' new coach Clemens, who participated in the meeting, smiled.

"I know, therefore, we will send Vlade Divac to Dallas." West said calmly.

Before Old Nelson went to Dallas and Cuban bought the Mavericks, sorry, even if the Mavericks will have the "Dallas Three Musketeers" next season, not afraid to poke the hearts of Mavericks fans, they are still—

Garbage among garbage.

As we all know, Dallas is famous for its racial discrimination, so it always makes it difficult for the Mavericks to recruit stars.

The time when Nowitzki was about to retire after winning the championship in the future is an example. At that time, no superstar was willing to go to Dallas no matter how much Old Driver cut his salary.

Until the man named 077 appeared.

So, when West said he was willing to send Divac to Dallas, the Mavericks' management was tempted.

Because at this time, the Mavericks were planning to select an inside player in the draft.

What's more, it's an excellent white center like Divac?

It's just that Clemens, who feels that he is very good at negotiations, said after thinking for a while: "Vlade's salary is a problem. I think you need to add some chips."

West seemed to have anticipated it, "No problem, how about I give you our second-round draft pick next year?"

"Next year's second-round pick?" Clemens shook his head.

"Then I'll give you Ceballos and Eddie Jones as well."

"Or, I'll give you the entire Los Angeles Lakers?"

After speaking, West turned around and was about to leave.

At this time, the Mavericks' management was anxious.

What are you kidding? This year, the Mavericks are preparing to choose a guy named Samaki Walker. In the eyes of the Mavericks' management, Divac is more attractive no matter what...

You must know that at this time, Divac is twenty-eight years old and is at the peak of his career.

In this era with more conservative thinking, in the words of the Mavericks' management: The Lakers are giving us a big gift package!

In Su Feng's previous life, the reason why West did not trade up for a higher pick was because of the objective fact that the first-round picks of the 96 Golden Generation were valuable, and another reason was because the Hornets at that time were an Eastern Conference team that "lacked a center."

You must know that sending Divac to trade Kobe is just the first step in a game of chess that West is going to play next.

How could West not know how powerful Divac is?

West was unwilling to send Divac to the Western Conference opponents, whether in terms of feelings or threats.

It's just that the appearance of Su Feng in this life made West unable to avoid targeting the Mavericks.

To put it bluntly, Logo Man really wanted to jump out of the Logo and beat Su Feng up.

The Mavericks are short of centers at this time, and at the same time, in West's view, the eighth pick they got is the safest pick for Kobe.

West believed that the Mavericks would agree to this deal.

But in order to ensure that the deal can be completed, he is willing to add another second-round draft pick, and this is already the limit that West can bear.

Any more...

That's not a trade, that's really being extorted.

Okay, although there was a lot of talk, the py deal between the Mavericks and the Lakers was finally reached.

According to the agreement, the Mavericks will be responsible for helping West choose a person with their eighth pick in the first round at the draft. After that, the Lakers will complete the deal with them.

"Who do you want to choose?" The Mavericks' management asked curiously.

"You'll know when the time comes." In order to ensure that there are no more problems, West kept his mouth shut even to the trading partners who are about to py.

Then, let's return the camera to the Mavericks' forward operations room.

"There are only five minutes left. The Lakers are not cheating on us, are they?"

The Mavericks' management, who felt that they had been fooled by the Lakers, were almost dying of anxiety after waiting for instructions from Los Angeles...

Because next, it was their turn to make a choice.

"Forget it, don't wait. If it doesn't work, then..."

Just when the Mavericks' management decided not to wait for the notification from Los Angeles, the Lakers' phone call came.

"Please help me choose Kobe Bryant." Jerry West said on the phone.

…

"The Dallas Mavericks, who have the eighth overall pick in the first round, choose—"

"Kobe Bryant from Lower Merion!"

At the draft conference venue, when Kobe heard his name, he finally let go of the hand he had been holding onto Su Feng's left hand...

It's just that when Kobe was busy getting excited, Su Feng was stunned.

Huh?

Eighth pick?

Dallas Mavericks?

"Isn't the Mavericks the ninth pick? Wait..."

Although he didn't understand for a while why the Mavericks became the eighth pick, Su Feng remembered that the Mavericks were not very short of perimeter players at this time.

Because they have Jim Jackson and Mashburn...

Huh?

That's right, the Mavericks don't lack perimeter players at this time, but they lack interior players!

And the Mavericks' management at this time is quite NC...

Because they didn't choose Dampier, who was behind, but instead ran to choose Samaki Walker. As a result, Dampier still went to the Mavericks after a few years.

After thinking carefully, Su Feng felt that he had guessed the answer.

Sure enough, just after Kobe took the stage wearing a Mavericks hat and showed off, he returned to his family in the venue. In addition to hugging his parents, he also quietly said in Su Feng's ear, "Su, you know what, my agent told me not to rush to accept interviews."

Su Feng nodded, pretending that he didn't know anything, and looked at Kobe curiously and asked, "And then?"

"He told me that the Lakers have already made a trade proposal, and I'm going to the Los Angeles Lakers!" Kobe was as excited as a child at this moment.

"..."

Logo Man, he is Logo Man.

Even if Kobe runs to the eighth pick, he can still bring him to Los Angeles.

Su Feng was convinced...

However, the trajectory of history seems to be different from before.

Because Su Feng remembered that in Kobe's biography, Kobe knew that he was going to the Los Angeles Lakers, at least a few days later...

Okay, although I don't know where the problem is, but seeing Kobe change from the 13th pick to the 8th pick in this life, don't say, Su Feng doesn't feel any sense of disharmony...

"Su, I'm not going to be interviewed first, I want to see which pick you will be selected in."

The excited Kobe sat next to Su Feng. At this time, he was completely free of the tension he had before.

"Don't be nervous!" Kobe smiled and patted Su Feng on the shoulder.

Su Feng: "..."

After Kobe was selected in the eighth pick, although the Nets in the ninth pick switched their picks with the Mavericks, they still selected Kerry Kittles.

"Um... It seems that the reason why the Lakers used the eighth pick to select Kobe is because they know that if they don't select Kobe in the eighth pick, then the Nets are likely to select Kobe in this pick."

Su Feng knew that the situation in this life was completely different from the previous life because of his appearance.

Originally, in the previous life, in the eyes of many media, Kittles was better than Kobe at this time.

But in this life, a few days before the draft, Su Feng found that many media believed that Kobe's potential was above Kittles.

"Logo Man is too stable. In the previous life, he got the 13th pick, and in this life, he accurately got the 8th pick..."

Su Feng felt that he must find a way to test Logo Man in the future if he has the opportunity.

Because this guy is too much like a time traveler.

Next, in the tenth pick, the Pacers selected Dampier, the man who claimed to be the best center in the West in the future, and was then beaten up by Yao Ming and O'Neal.

But despite the complaints, it is said that Dampier is indeed considered to be relatively excellent among the future meat shields.

And in the eleventh pick in the first round, the Warriors, who didn't like Su Feng before, selected Todd Fuller.

Well, this choice is as bad as the Warriors' management at this time.

In the twelfth pick in the first round, the Cavaliers selected the Ukrainian meat wall Peter Tapan.

Perhaps because he was still in a state of excitement after being selected, Su Feng could clearly feel that Kobe couldn't wait to be interviewed.

"Why don't you... go get interviewed first, I feel like it will take a long time for me."

Su Feng estimated that he would be selected around the 20th pick, so looking at Kobe, who couldn't wait, Su Feng smiled.

"No... I'll stay with you." Kobe said after hesitating for a while.

Su Feng was happy, sure enough, it was a steel friendship, and he really deserved to be the plug-in he had invested in for a long time, reliable!

And just as Su Feng and Kobe were chatting...

"The Charlotte Hornets, who have the thirteenth pick in the first round, select—"

"Su Feng from Lower Merion—!"

Su Feng: "..."

When he heard Stern read out his name, Su Feng was stunned at first, and then he was confused.

Especially after Kobe, who was more excited than him, shook him several times, Su Feng was in a daze, confused, and dizzy...

"Wei Guo, was our son selected?" Wang Yuanyuan asked in surprise.

"It seems so!" Su Wei Guo echoed.

1996, thirteenth pick in the first round...

Su Feng pointed to himself.

This...

When Su Feng took the stage, he couldn't hear whether it was cheers or boos around him.

Looking at the kind president on the stage, Su Feng always felt like he was dreaming.

"Congratulations, Su Feng." Stern patted Su Feng on the shoulder, and Su Feng also put on...

The Charlotte Hornets' hat.

Su Feng, who is familiar with the Hornets' lineup at this time, is very clear that the Hornets don't lack perimeter players at this time.

And he hasn't tried out for the Hornets either.

So after calming down, Su Feng's first reaction was:

Which team is betting on me with such a high pick?

Actually...

Just as Su Feng was confused under the confused tree.

In the forward operations room, the Kings' management, the Supersonics' management, and the Phoenix's management all had a feeling that there was a traitor...

Who intercepted us?

After saying a few words according to the manuscript prepared before the start of the draft, Su Feng, who walked off the stage, quickly knew the answer.

Bill Duffy happily pulled him aside.

"Su, be low-key when accepting interviews, and don't mention how to position and develop in the team in the future." Bill Duffy said quietly.

"Huh?" Su Feng looked at his agent with a curious expression.

"The Philadelphia 76ers have officially submitted a trade application!

The staff in Philadelphia just told me that as long as the league's approval is over, this deal can be completed!" Bill Duffy patted Su Feng on the shoulder and smiled.

Fee...

Philadelphia 76ers?

…

ps: Okay, chapter 76, being selected by the 76ers, all the groundwork is completed, as for the explanation? Let's talk about it in the next chapter... This chapter is 6000, 7000, and today is 13000 again! I'm going to be cooked by the editor! Please collect, reward, and recommend tickets!