The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 14 An Important Day

"Whoa!"

The curtains of the hotel were opened by Li Pula, the sunlight shone through the glass into the room, and the street view of New York was unobstructed.

It was eight o'clock in the morning, and the streets of New York were already full of traffic.

Ten days have passed since the Thunder's training camp. The reason why Li Pu appeared in New York is precisely because the annual NBA Draft will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York tonight.

After experiencing the "Yellow-Green War", the most intense finals in the past ten years, before the fans can take a breath, they will usher in another draft year of the draft.

Yes, at this time, both the media and the team management believe that after the "small draft year" in 09, this year is definitely a big draft year.

In this year's regular season, a total of 9 teams won less than 30 wins. You must know that in last year's regular season, there were only 7 teams.

No way, this year's rookies are too eye-catching.

Whether it's Kentucky's talented guard John Wall, or the all-around fighter Evan Turner, or the talented insider DeMarcus Cousins, in addition to Wesley Johnson, Derek Favors, Gordon Hayward, Paul George and other geniuses.

Unfortunately, what they don't know is that this is also a cursed generation.

From the No. [-] pick John Wall to the undrafted Lin Shuhao, from the lottery pick to the second-round pick, every player who can make it is counted as one, and has suffered serious injuries. Nearly half of the top ten picks have suffered season reimbursement , It can be described as miserable home.

If Li Pu didn't have Chamberlain's endurance, he would definitely not dare to participate in the draft this year.

Although compared with these well-known geniuses, Li Pu did not have such a great reputation, and he was not even invited to participate in the conference.

However, Li Pu was very satisfied, because in the interview session after the training camp that day, Presti had promised him that he would choose himself with the first round pick.

In the training match that day, finally under the leadership of Li Pu, the team completed a reversal. Not only did they successfully win the game, Li Pu himself scored 8 points, 18 rebounds and 8 blocks.

It can be seen that although Li Pu is still struggling on the offensive end, he has unlimited potential on the defensive end.

This not only moved Presti, but also made Brooks no longer have any objections, acquiescing to Presti's choice.

Li Pu is naturally very satisfied with this. Although he can't be a lottery pick, being able to join a team with great potential makes Li Pu full of hope for the future.

"Ding dong!" At this moment, the doorbell rang.

Li Pu opened the door and didn't look at who was outside. He turned his head and went back to the room. Immediately afterwards, someone pushed the door open, and it was naturally Lin Shuhao.

For Lin Shuhao, Li Pu still felt a little guilty.

During the interview, Li Pu also recommended Lin Shuhao to Presti, telling him: "Lin Shuhao's ability is not ordinary, but he is underestimated because of his skin color. What he lacks is just an opportunity. I hope Presti Mr. Sti can consider it!"

But Presti just said, "I'll think about it!"

Lin Shuhao's performance that day was also very good. The interference with Bledsoe at the critical moment and his super fast breakthrough speed made him feel full of presence on the court.

But even so, Presti still did not let go.

"Are you up? Then quickly change your clothes and follow me!" Lin Shuhao said eagerly with his usual expression.

"Where?"

"It's too late to explain, talk on the road! Change clothes now!"

In this way, early in the morning, the inexplicable Li Pu left the hotel under the urging of Lin Shuhao.

Half an hour later, Li Pu looked at the barber shop called "Hair Mode" in front of him, and couldn't help but complain, "That's why you called me out so early in the morning?"

"Do you know how hard it is to get an appointment at this store?"

"so what?"

"Today is such an important day, to show yourself in front of the whole world, of course you need a handsome hairstyle!"

"I……"

It's no wonder that you change your hairstyle every day, so it's reflected now!
"Let's go!" After finishing speaking, Lin Shuhao dragged Li Pu into the barbershop.

I have to say that this "Great Neck" store can be opened on Fifth Avenue where every inch of land is expensive. Needless to say, the decoration is not luxurious, but it also reveals a simple and fashionable temperament.

Of course, the promotional sign on the wall: 85% off hair dye for new customers from Monday to Thursday, $45 for men and $65 for women, still shows why this store can stand here, it is so expensive, this But a beautiful knife!
"Hi, Jeremy!" Lin Shuhao and Li Pu saw a young Chinese man walking towards them.

"Hey, Michael, why are you here in person?" Lin Shuhao greeted him.

"Today is your important day, can I not come? You are the pride of our Chinese!"

"It's not as exaggerated as you said. It's not certain whether you can be selected! Let me introduce, this is a famous hair designer, the founder of this brand Michael Dong, Dong Weiqing, this is the one who joined me this year A good friend participating in the draft, Prince Lee! He is much better than me, and he will definitely be selected tonight!"

"Wow, that's amazing. You're so tall, you look like a giant!" Dong Weiqing took the initiative to greet Li Pu.

"Thank you!"

This way of greeting, Li Pu has seen him too many times this month, even walking on the road, some people want to take a photo with Li Pu.

"After a haircut, take a photo together?"

Sure enough, look!

"Of course it's okay!" Before Li Pu could answer, Jeremy Lin took the initiative to reply, "However, let's get a haircut first!"

In this way, about two hours later, Li Pu and Lin Shuhao walked out of the barber shop with new hairstyles.

Seeing that Lin Shuhao's hairstyle had hardly changed from his own, Li Pu once suspected that Lin Shuhao had been cheated.

Unlike others, Lin Shuhao's haircut cost hundreds of dollars.

This kind of fraud can make more money than playing in the NBA.

That's right, in Li Pu's view, this is fraud!

Unexpectedly, after being reborn once, I still entered the wrong line!

After finishing their haircut and having lunch at noon, the two took a nap at the hotel until four o'clock in the afternoon, when the agent and stylist arrived at the hotel with two sets of custom-made suits.

Lin Shuhao's agent is Roger Montgomery (Roger Montgomery), a rookie agent. He is not very old. He only has one player under Lin Shuhao, but now there is a second one.

That's right, since Li Pu has no agent now, Lin Shuhao introduced his agent to Li Pu.

Although Li Pu didn't trust Roger, he believed in Lin Shuhao, so he agreed.

Put on a custom-made dark blue suit. The two inner pockets of the suit are sewn with the national flags of China and Rwanda.

He can't let Mudiay enjoy this kind of personality that never forgets his roots!
"That's right, very handsome! I've ordered the car to Madison Gardens, and it's waiting at the entrance of the hotel. If everything is ready, let's go!" Roger said to Li Pu after he praised him.

Unlike those players who were invited into the small green room of the draft, Li Pu and Lin Shuhao could only drive to their destinations by themselves.

"Is Jeremy okay too?"

"Of course! After changing his clothes, he talked with his family for nearly half an hour!"

"Okay, let's go!"

When Li Pu walked out of the hotel with Lin Shuhao and saw the luxury car rented by Roger, Li Pu suddenly became nervous.

Is it finally coming!

For a moment, Li Puhao was so angry that he had endless fantasies about the future.

"Prince, come on!"

"Jeremy, come on!"

The two looked at each other and smiled, and got into the luxury car together.

(End of this chapter)