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Chapter 415: American Public Opinion (four more)

The sports media on the second day were all reporting on the NBA draft, but the headline of the NBA draft news was not that Derrick Rose became the No. 1 pick in the new division, but that Zhang Guan was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers.

Every year in the NBA draft, there will always be some players that people don’t know or don’t care about, especially the rookies at the end of the second round. up.

Some of the more mainstream media are still in a neutral position when reporting on this matter. At this time, most of the media haven't figured out what happened, why the Los Angeles Lakers chose Zhang Guan without warning. Even some media don't know that Zhang Guan will participate in the NBA draft. These sports media in a state of ignorance can only publish a declarative news.

But those sports commentators or sports celebrities will be much more active. After all, they rely on this for a living, so they immediately expressed their views on this year's NBA draft through their blogs and other methods.

"The Los Angeles Lakers definitely made a bad move. They used the only draft pick this year to choose a person who had never played basketball. But for the Los Angeles Lakers, who have a big family and a big business, a pick No. 58 is nothing. Anyway, there are many The team doesn't care about the rookies at the end of the second round, even if they lose it, they don't feel it is a pity." A sports commentator said this.

"I think the Lakers are right to choose Zhang Guan. Los Angeles has the largest Chinese market in the United States. The arrival of Zhang Guan can at least attract Chinese fans from all over California. Moreover, Zhang Guan's commercial value can also be well reflected in Los Angeles. He can help the Los Angeles Lakers gather more popularity." Another sports commentator said so.

But immediately some sports celebrities expressed different opinions: "Some people say that Zhang Guan can bring popularity to the Lakers, but don't forget that the Lakers are not lacking in popularity, and they are not all less concerned. The Lakers have a long history. Superstars like Kobe Bryant, they are giants in the NBA, will they still worry that no one will come to watch the game? So I think it is impossible for Zhang Guan to really enter the Los Angeles Lakers. For Zhang Guan in the NBA In the future, if you are lucky, he will become a mascot, and the Lakers will take this opportunity to launch souvenirs about Zhang Guan; if you are unlucky, Zhang Guan may be used as an addition to a certain transaction... ..."

A well-known scout complained about other players: "The news that the Lakers chose Zhang Guan at No. 58 surprised me, because I know that there are still many outstanding young players who have not been selected this year, so I tried to contact them. Several of them said that the Lakers' choice was very unfair to them. The Lakers chose Zhang Guan, which meant that these outstanding young people lost a very important opportunity. I really don't I understand why the Los Angeles Lakers let so many outstanding basketball players go, and choose a layman who hasn't played basketball for a day! I think those young players with potential should have that kind of opportunity!"

The NBA has always been cruel, especially for rookies, it is extremely difficult to enter the NBA. For undrafted rookies, it is actually very difficult for them to enter the NBA.

According to the normal process, if an undrafted rookie wants to get a contract in the NBA, he must first win the preseason trial training opportunity of other teams. If he performs well in the trial training, he will get one or two preseason games. Players who seize these two chances can have more playing time in the preseason, and only if they perform well in the preseason can they get a basic salary contract from the NBA . If any of these steps are not done well, then the player will have to go to the lower leagues or play overseas.

A rookie at the end of the second round may not be valued by NBA teams, and may not get a contract with a minimum salary, but they have more opportunities than undrafted players, and they also take a lot less detours. They don't have to work hard to find opportunities for preseason trials, and they don't have to worry about playing in preseason games, because they have already been selected by the team, so they will definitely have a relatively stable appearance in preseason games With time, there are more opportunities to express yourself. Even if you can't enter the NBA immediately, you can at least get a chance to play in the Development League.

An unremarkable end of the second round is actually a shortcut that many rookies are looking forward to and yearning for. Because of this, the undrafted players are quite critical of the Lakers' choice of Zhang Guan.

Zhang Guan inadvertently moved someone else's cake, even though the cake didn't belong to them, but since he couldn't eat grapes, he had to say that the grapes were sour.

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In China, the media has not yet contacted Zhang Guan himself, but the Basketball Association was the first to stand up and expressed its support for Zhang Guan's entry into the NBA. This is not common in the past.

Coach Yunus of the men's basketball team is even more supportive of Zhang Guan. He directly told the media that Zhang Guan is capable of playing in the NBA.

When Zhang Guan joined the men's basketball team a few days ago, the Basketball Association was passive for a while, but now the Basketball Association is finally proud. Some people said that Zhang Guan was not qualified to join the men's basketball team. Now even the NBA has selected Zhang Guan. Then the Basketball Association no longer has to worry about someone saying that Zhang Guan did not join the men's basketball team alone. .

Next, the Los Angeles Lakers also sent an invitation to Zhang Guan for the preseason training camp, and also specially invited a lot of media to show the invitation on the spot, for fear that others would not know. Obviously the Los Angeles Lakers are also taking this opportunity to build momentum

But the champion team responded immediately, saying that Zhang Guan's first task now is to prepare for the Olympics, and other things are not considered for the time being, and declined the invitation of the Los Angeles Lakers.

This answer is reasonable and reasonable. The NBA can accept it, the Lakers can accept it, American fans can also accept it, and Chinese fans can also accept it. The most important thing is that the domestic leaders will be very satisfied.

The draft turmoil comes quickly and subsides quickly. In this era of information explosion, more fresh and exciting news will soon appear, diverting people's attention. Even if some people are still frying, no one will continue to pay attention.

At this time, another training camp of the men's basketball team also kicked off. This time, Dayao and A Lian both returned, and the men's basketball team finally gathered all the players.

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