"Why did you suddenly think of this?"

"I heard that Lamar Odom, Barron Davis, Sean Marion, Andre Miller, Jason Terry, Richard Hamilton, Ron Artest... These popular players in the draft have already stated that they will not participate in the draft next year. If the NBA is suspended for a period of time, more popular drafts may not participate in the draft. Our school coach also said that year is an opportunity, and I may be able to enter the lottery zone..."

"Since you already have such an impulse, you should not worry about participating or not, but be prepared to run for the election and not waste time.

If you want to participate in the draft, I certainly support you, and I believed you could enter the NBA from the very beginning.

Now you continue to play hard and try to show your abilities. When the junior year is over, according to your draft expectations at that time, the ranking of NBA teams, who are running, which team is the most suitable for you, and then make the final decision..."

Zhang Hao calmly helped Wang Zhizhi analyze this matter.

Wang Zhizhi on the other end of the phone was trembling when he spoke. When he heard Zhang Hao's calm analysis, his mood calmly calmed down and replied: "I understand, thank you, Brother Aix."

After chatting for a while, there was something a bit gone, so Zhang Hao hung up the phone.

Yesterday, negotiations between the NBA and the Player Union broke down again. There are rumors that some college students have been rumored to not want to participate in the draft in 1998. Except for those who are already senior and graduated next year, they have to participate in the draft. Many geniuses do not want to risk cancellation of the entire season or even unable to play for a longer period of time. For athletes, if there is no game for a year, the problem is quite big.

But this also made many college students who did not expect so well in talent shows think it was an opportunity. Zhang Hao clearly understood this from Wang Zhizhi.

From Wang Zhizhi, Zhang Hao felt uneasy. Wang Zhizhi was not necessarily afraid, but excited. It was not that it was difficult for the parties involved to understand why a person was inexplicably uneasy about something.

Georgetown University coach John Thompson is a very powerful old coach and has trained many powerful centers. Since this coach endorses, Zhang Hao feels that as long as Wang Zhizhi plays well this year and shows his due abilities, he may enter the lottery zone.

Open the system and open the signing players.

"Wang Zhizhi,

Age: 20 years old July 8, 1977.

Body size: 214 cm tall, 224 cm wingspan, and 113 kg.

Team: Georgetown University Hoya Dogs.

1997-1998 season data: 12 appearances, 8 wins and 4 losses, averaging 31.5 minutes per game, 16.4 points, 8.6 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 2 blocks per game…”

Zhang Hao turned on the computer and read the information on the official website of NCAA.

Wang Zhizhi's performance is excellent, but he averaged 23 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2.8 blocks per game. Since Duncan entered the NBA, Olovo Kandi has been the strongest center in the NCAA, and his performance is no worse than that of Olajuwon's last year in college.

Kobe welcomed a group of very powerful teammates at Duke University in his sophomore season, Elton Brand, Sean Bathir, and Cory Mageti. He has won all 12 games so far. With such a group of teammates, Kobe averaged 21 points, 5.5 rebounds, 7 assists, and 2.4 steals per game.

Olovo Kandi will definitely participate in the draft. She is a senior. If Kobe runs, the No. 1 pick will definitely appear on both of them.

Wang Zhizhi is definitely incomparable to these two people. In the entire NCAA, Wang Zhizhi is also the best group. If there is no suspension, all the rookies who may run for the election will run, and Wang Zhizhi will probably be selected in the middle and late stages of the first round.

This is not bad. There are only 29 first-round positions in total. Being selected at around 20 picks means that you are one of the 20 best players among all the geniuses participating in the draft.

But if there are some who will not run for the election, then it is very likely that Wang Zhizhi will enter the lottery zone!

Even if Wang Zhizhi's performance in the later stage improved this year, it is possible to go further.

It is not easy to compare with Kobe, but compared with Olovo Candi, Wang Zhizhi is actually much younger. Olovo Candi was born in April 1975. At the same age, Wang Zhizhi was better. The important reason why Olovo Candi is regarded as his next big dream is that he started to formally come into contact with basketball at the age of 19, and in his junior year he had the strength of the second center in the NCAA, the same as Olajuwon back then.

Wang Zhizhi's junior year is a certain gap compared to Olovo Kandi last season, but he is more than two years younger...

Zhang Hao cannot guarantee whether Wang Zhizhi, who has received more professional and systematic training, has the opportunity to become a top-notch or even top inside player in the NBA, but he is definitely better than before. It can be seen from the Asian Championships in the summer and can be described as transformation.

The famous coach John Thompson from Georgetown University was responsible for training Wang Zhizhi, and Zhang Hao was not worried. This old coach is very awesome.

After briefly understanding Wang Zhizhi's current situation, he felt that it was okay, Zhang Hao devoted himself to preparing for the Timberwolves.

In the evening, I was about to go to have dinner with Marbury. Garnett was not here again this time. Zhang Hao was very sorry. The three-headed wolf thought he would have to finish playing in the end...

At this time, another phone call came.

It was Pierce who called it.

"Aix, I'll be in the draft in advance next year. Do you think it's OK?"

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Like Wang Zhizhi, Pierce also wants to seize the opportunity to enter the lottery zone.

If the NBA labor-management agreement negotiations go smoothly and an agreement is reached before the draft registration deadline, all geniuses who should participate in the draft will run for the election. 1998 may become the year with the most geniuses in recent years. Wang Zhizhi and Pierce are both the top players in the NCAA, but in that case, it is basically impossible to enter the lottery zone.

Zhang Hao also remembers that even if the suspension was stopped, even if Odom, Artest, Jason Terry... those group did not participate in the draft, Pierce was only ranked 10th.

It just happened that the two of them called to ask about the same thing on the same day because of the breakdown of the NBA labor-management agreement negotiations. Zhang Hao said the words he analyzed for Wang Zhizhi again...

A small question is whether the two of them run for election is their own decision. What Zhang Hao can do is to remind them that since they are about to run for election, they must be prepared.

It seems natural to be prepared, but in fact, 99% of people are not ready yet when they do something that should be prepared.

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On December 16, the Lakers' first game back-to-back challenge to the Timberwolves is here.

After the preparations in the morning, at noon, Zhang Hao saw the news that Michael Jordan won the Best Player of the Week Award last week.

But Jordan won the best week, which is not the hottest news. The Bulls won all four games in the past week. Jordan averaged 32.7 points, 6 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game. It is normal to win the best week.

The most popular news is the record of the youngest triple-double player that Zhang Hao has maintained, which is not a record, and has been surpassed!

Last night, Tracy McGrady, who was only 18 years old, won her first triple-double in her career, with 10 points, 13 rebounds, 10 assists and 2 steals. At the age of 18 and 201 days, she set a new record for the youngest triple-double player held by Zhang Hao at the age of 19.

So far this season, McGrady averaged 25 minutes per game, averaging 6.3 points, 5.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.1 steals and 1.3 blocks. Her offensive performance was not good, but her performance on the defensive end and passing was quite outstanding.

Last night, McGrady played 36 minutes, the highest playing time this season. He scored his 10th assist at the beginning of the fourth quarter and had 11 rebounds. He got a double-double, but only scored 6 points.

Jordan has already scored 44 points, the Bulls lead by 15 points, the overall situation has been decided, Jordan can get a few points and win the first 50+ for the new season, but he has not, and he has to feed McGrady...

The Hornets also saw that Jordan wanted to help McGrady get a triple-double, but he desperately blocked McGrady's shot. McGrady made 1 of 5 shots, and a rebound and counterattack caused a foul, and finally won a triple-double...

After the game, the media called this crazy, especially the Chinese media, who were ridiculing that Jordan had reached the point of being crazy in order to break a record that Zhang Hao had held, and he didn't want to have 50+ games in a single game.

Zhang Hao knew about this last night and was speechless at the time.

Originally, he felt that this small achievement that was not a record was probably no one could break. After all, he was a high school rookie, and he refreshed his youngest record for two years after coming up.

Whoever thinks that this can be broken.

And Jordan's operation is true...

When it was the afternoon off, Zhang Hao was asked about the youngest triple-double player record being broken in an interview and responded: "Trecy is a very talented rookie. The Bulls chose him to replace Jordan, which is a very smart choice."

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The fans of the Target Center Arena are very enthusiastic. They have been in the 9th year of their team building, and they have finally gained the strength to win 50 wins!

Last season, their team made the playoffs for the first time in their team history, and unfortunately lost five in the first round and was eliminated. This year, they started to reach fourth in the Western Conference and were not much different from second and third. Even the Lakers, the number one in the Western Conference... As the saying goes, love to the extreme is hatred. Before the Timberwolves played, Minneapolis fans still regarded themselves as Lakers fans. Now, the Timberwolves have played out, and these fans who were left behind by the Lakers more than 30 years ago also quickly broke out.

Amid the booing of fans on the scene, Lakers players entered the stadium.

When Zhang Hao was the last one, the booing sound reached the boiling point.

This is even more hostility than Olajuwon, who led the team to the finals in the second grade in 1986, encountered in the subsequent season, because Olajuwon lost to Larry Bird, who was at the peak of his time, but Zhang Hao overturned the 6-year championship rule of the 84 generation.

More importantly, Zhang Hao and the Timberwolves star are in the same position, both are power forwards, and Zhang Hao's salary next season is higher than Garnett...

After the players of the two teams finished playing, there was no communication on the court.

Yesterday, Marbury had already made an appointment with Zhang Hao for dinner, just chatting, and some complaints, such as the Timberwolves giving him 60 million for 6 years and disrespect him, etc.

Not only Marbury, but Gugliotta is also in the year of the contract, and the contract will expire next summer, and it is also facing the issue of the Timberwolves' price reduction renewal.

The source of all the problems comes from the Timberwolves' concern that a team will give Garnett a big contract next summer to complete the renewal of the contract with a 6-year, 128 million super contract.

Money is very important. The three people who were originally close, like Dallas 3J, have gradually become strangers outside the court.

Fortunately, when we arrived on the court, the three-headed wolf combination of the Timberwolves has entered a very balanced state.

Marbury plays well, and he has nothing to do with Du. He is a little sticky, but he passes a lot, very professionally. Garnett and Gugliotta are stronger, and he does not compete with these two people for the right to play. His right to play is behind the two, and he averages more than the two people in total so far this season.

Garnett has better defense, Gugliotta scores the strongest in the team, and the three of them perform their duties. Garnett is not the kind of person who just paddled with a big contract. Marbury and Gugliotta both braved their might to play better, have better records, and strive to get a bigger contract. Without considering renewal, the Timberwolves really look promising.

Before the game started, Zhang Hao went to find the director on the scene, but the other party declined his request to be popular.

Zhang Hao was a little regretful that he could not speak at the center of the target...

At 6:30 pm, the game began.

The Lakers sent Kenny Anderson, Doug Christie, Rick Fox, Zhang Hao and O'Neal.

The Timberwolves sent Marbury, Chris Kyle, Sam Mitchell, Garnett and Gugliotta.

Garnett narrowly defeated O'Neal in the jump ball, and the Timberwolves attacked first, using the easiest way to curb the Lakers' start fast break.

Marbury received the jump ball and advanced to the frontcourt, and picked up the ball with Garnett in the top arc. Garnett took apart and received the ball at a high position. Marbury continued to go deeper into the basket and used Gugliotta to block Zhang Hao who was changing defense on the right side of the three-second zone. Garnett replaced Rick Fox without a shot, waiting for the opportunity to pass the ball to Gugliotta.

Gugliotta received the ball, used Marbury to attract O'Neal's attention, and flexibly jumped away from Zhang Hao's defense replacement layup!

The very beautiful threesome cooperated, and the commentator of CNY who broadcast the game live, praised the future of the threes crazily.

Gugliotta is a technical insider and will only be 28 years old in a few days. If this type of insider is not attacked by injuries, it is normal to maintain his peak until he is thirty-three or four years old. Garnett is 21 years old and Marbury will only be 21 years old in two months. The future of the trio is really bright.
Chapter completed!