The few days of preparation for the draft passed quickly, and on June 27, the day of the draft came.

The draft can be regarded as the beginning of the new season, followed by free market, summer league and other things, and then enter the rough period.

Every year, the draft, no matter how young it is, attracts a lot of attention. Who knows if any rookie who was not optimistic at the time will counterattack in the future?

When a rookie counterattacks, fans who are prepared can open their mouths and say, "I was optimistic about him back then. When he was selected with the XX pick in the draft, I felt that team XX had found a treasure in this draft..."

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After providing the draft reference candidates to the management, Liu Mang rested at home for three days, chatted with Alexia, held back for the playoffs, had a hard time with Levia for two days, and had a chat with Xiao

The lolita play video games together, go shopping, etc.

The league has been a bit too quiet this time. There is not as much turmoil as before the start of the offseason in the past few years. There are some transactions, but they are all minor role player transactions. Most of the draft pick transactions are at the end of the first round.

, in the second round, the core players of each team have not changed much this year, and there has been no trade of high-ranking draft picks.

More rumors are about the fact that some veteran free agents have jumped out of their contracts and are preparing to choose their next team. Moreover, these veterans who are ready to take over have not made an immediate decision and are ready to wait until the teams they like have the core structure.

After it stabilizes, make a decision.

The calm pre-draft trading day passed uneventfully. Today, Liu Mang and Little Loli stayed in front of the TV early in the morning, waiting for the draft.

"Uncle, when are you going to pick up grandma and grandpa to play?" Dinah asked, pulling on Liu Mang's clothes.

Growing up with a single parent, she has never met her grandparents, and her grandfather is very indifferent to family affection. The little Lolita is quite obsessed with the rare love from her grandparents.

"Dina, you really want your uncle to leave as soon as possible? Isn't that too heartless? Wait until I watch the talent show." Liu Mang became jealous and grabbed the little Lolita's face and pinched her wildly.

"Uh huh..." The little Loli struggled to escape from being ravaged, and rubbed her face and said, "How about Dinah and uncle go to China together!"

"I can't take you with me! You're not over 14 years old, so you can't travel abroad alone, and I'm not your guardian." Liu Mang was also very sorry.

We hired Filipino maids, and there were two of them. One took care of Alexia, and the other was responsible for helping Levia take care of the house. Originally, these things were Alexia's business, and she also enjoyed it, but now

My belly is getting bigger and bigger, and I can no longer cope with it. At this point in the pregnancy, you can take paid leave even if you go through the normal procedures. European and American countries are eager to have more children. Social security and labor force all depend on the newly born children.

Take responsibility after twenty years.

Although she hired a Filipino maid, Levia still had to stay in Atlanta to take care of Alexia. When she was pregnant, she needed another person to gossip with, otherwise she would hold back many things and not be able to talk about them, which would lead to postpartum depression.

Hearing this, Alexia was not depressed yet, but little Loli was a little depressed: "Dina still wants to travel alone with her uncle. Really...why didn't mom give birth to Dinah four years earlier!"

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"Pfft..." Liu Mang was drinking a drink. The season was finally over and he could have some drinks to indulge himself. When he heard the little Loli's words, he squirted out a mouthful of water.

The advantage of having a servant was now evident. The Filipino maid immediately came up to wipe away the drink Liu Mang had sprayed out, and also gave Liu Mang a tissue to wipe his mouth.

"Dina, your mother will be sad if you say that!" After Liu Mang wiped his mouth, he patted the little Loli's head.

"Dina just wants to travel with uncle!" Dinah said with a smile. She is not ignorant anymore. She is already 10 years old. Children these days know as much as adults. Of course, experience and emotional intelligence

Things like this are definitely much different.

Dinah also knew that she was born four years earlier...Levia gave birth to her when she was 19 years old. If she was born four years earlier, it would be a bit too much... She looked around and saw that her mother was not there, and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"Uncle, who are we going to choose this year? Will there be a deal?" Dinah thought it would be better to change the topic so as not to be overheard by her mother.

"I don't know. I just provided a few candidates. I also want to see how they will be selected. I'm looking forward to it." Liu Mang turned on the TV and waited to watch the draft for a while.

"Okay..." Little Loli also moved next to Liu Mang and watched TV together...

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In the 2005 draft, after two hours of various predictions, pre-draft live interviews, highlights of popular rookies, post-draft interviews, and some public training camp footage, on June 27, 2005

At eight o'clock in the evening, it officially begins!

Seeing that it was about to begin, Liu Mang shouted to the two mysterious weaver girls with handicapped hands who were learning to knit sweaters in the living room: "Levia, Aida, the draft has begun!"

"Hey, Aida, slow down!"

"oh……"

Levia and Alexia came to the small living room where Liu Mang and Dinah were watching TV.

The other two girls and Liu Mang were helpless as Alexia became less and less "cautious" after her pregnancy, but they gradually got used to it.

As a pregnant woman, it's normal for your temperament to change a little.

Let's sit down together. During ESPN's live broadcast, David Stern just appeared on the TV screen and started the draft.

After a three-minute opening statement, David Stern opened the first envelope he received and began to announce: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Milwaukee Bucks have the first overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft.

The one selected is...the Australian player from the University of Utah - Andrew Bogut!"

When David Stern opened the envelope, Bogut confidently stood up and hugged his parents, agents, friends, college coaches and others.

The Bucks, who got the No. 1 pick, selected Andrew Bogut without any suspense. Bogut became the second foreign No. 1 pick.

"Uncle, it's true that this guy became the No. 1 pick. He's amazing. We were watching the University of Utah game that afternoon, uncle, but you weren't here. He scored 22 points and 30 rebounds against the North Carolina Four!" said the little Lolita.

With a clear look on his chest, the girl version of the football emperor appears.

At this time, Bogut has attracted so much attention. There are almost no basketball fans in the United States who don't know about Bogut.

With a successful example like Duncan, Bogut is as optimistic as Duncan was back then.

Bogut's performance in the past few years in college was even stronger than Duncan's performance in college. He ranked first in the All-American team, the Wooden Award winner, the ESPN Player of the Year, the Naismith Player of the Year, and the Associated Press Player of the Year.

Player of the Year, AP Defensive Player of the Year...

This year, the NCAA can't find any player who can match Bogut's college honors. Except for not winning the NCAA championship, Bogut has almost won all the honors. In addition, his average rebounds per game ranks second in the NCAA, and he ranks second in a single game.

The number of rebounds was a new high in the NCAA since the 21st century, 30... He participated in 26 games and scored double-doubles in all, ranking first in the NCAA...

Levia and Alexia, two football-savvy players, also agreed with what little Loli said.

"Uh... I think he is a parallel import." Liu Mang weakly expressed a different opinion.

"Huh? Why? He is very similar to Duncan! He has a hook, can throw, is strong, and can defend well..." The little Lolita counted Bogut's advantages in detail, then glared at Liu Mang and said: "Uncle, you can't

Discriminate against him because he is white!”

"..." Liu Mang was speechless, but he could understand.

Just like Yao Ming appears among yellow people, it is quite rare for a white number one pick to appear. The last white number one pick was Bill Walton. Without Bogut, the number of white number one picks would be the same as the number of yellow number one picks...

It's just... Liu Mang didn't expect that white people would also feel discriminated against... It's not surprising to think that Larry Bird was only selected with the sixth overall pick back then. Think about Larry Bird being the history of the NCAA.

The only superstar in history who led his team to 33 consecutive victories and won the NCAA championship.

Just when Liu Mang and Xiao Loli almost got into an argument about whether Bogut would become a parallel import, the interview after Bogut was selected came.

When Bogut was asked by an Australian reporter about Australian basketball legend Luke Longley, Bogut replied: "Comparing Longley to me is humiliating. You should compare Tim Duncan to me."

"..."

"..."

Both Liu Mang and Little Loli were speechless. Even though Liu Mang knew that Bogut was a loudmouth and arrogant, he still felt that he was too arrogant when he heard this with his own ears!

Bogut is not Liu Mang. Liu Mang only said to Duncan that Duncan was old and the future was his, but did not say that he was on par with Duncan. Bogut was still a rookie... not even a rookie.

Just hold it in your mouth...

"Well, he is courageous and worthy of being a rare first-round pick for us white people!" the little loli praised her forcefully.

"..." Liu Mang looked at the face-conscious little Loli, and he really didn't know who he learned from!

Just when Bogut's words stunned the fans, players, expert media and others at the scene and in front of the TV, the hesitation time for the Bobcats with the second pick was about to end. David Stern took the second pick.

An envelope came out.

ESPN commentator Dulin reacted from the shock of Bogut's words and quickly analyzed: "What the Bobcats lack now is a point guard. Williams from the University of Illinois and Paul from Wake Forest University are the most suitable for the Bobcats.

, I don’t know what boss Jordan will choose..."

At this time, David Stern opened the second envelope and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, in the 2005 draft, the Charlotte Bobcats selected with the second overall pick... Raymond from the University of North Carolina.

De Felton..."

As soon as this selection came out, everyone else was fine. Coach Sloan, who was in the Jazz draft office, was so excited that he stood up!
Chapter completed!