The sports media the next 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 NBA draft, but that Zhang Guan was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers.
There are always some players in the NBA draft every year that everyone doesn't know or care about, especially the rookies at the end of the second round. No one cares about them at all, and Zhang Guan has obviously become the most watched No. 58 rookie in history. .
Some of the more mainstream media are still neutral in reporting on this matter. At this time, most of the media have not figured out what happened. Why did the Los Angeles Lakers choose Zhang Guan without warning. Even some media did not know that Zhang Guan would participate in the NBA draft. These sports media, which were in a state of confusion, could only publish a statement of news.
But those sports commentators or sports mouthpieces are much more active. After all, they rely on this to make a living, so they expressed their views on this year's NBA draft through their blogs and other methods as soon as possible.
"The Los Angeles Lakers definitely made a bad move. They used their only draft pick this year to select a person with no basketball experience. But for the Los Angeles Lakers, who have a big family and a big business, a No. 58 pick is nothing. There are a lot of them anyway. Teams don’t care about rookies at the end of the second round, and it won’t be a pity even if they throw them away.” 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. Zhang Guan's arrival 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.
But immediately a sports celebrity expressed a different view: "Some people say that Zhang Guan can bring popularity to the Lakers, but don't forget that the Lakers do not lack popularity, nor do they lack attention. The Lakers have a long history and have Superstars like Kobe Bryant, they are a wealthy team in the NBA, will they still worry about no one coming to watch the game? So I think it is impossible for Zhang Guan to truly enter the Los Angeles Lakers. For Zhang Guan in the NBA In the future, if you are lucky, he will become a mascot-like existence, and the Lakers will take this opportunity to launch souvenirs about Zhang Guan; but if you are unlucky, Zhang Guan may be used as an add-on to a certain transaction... "
A well-known scout defended other players: "The news that the Lakers selected Zhang Guan with the 58th pick surprised me because I knew there were many outstanding young players who were not selected this year. I tried to contact them. Several of them said that the Lakers' choice was very unfair to them. The Lakers chose Zhang Guan, which means that these outstanding young people have lost a very important opportunity. I really don't I understand why the Los Angeles Lakers did not draft so many outstanding basketball players, but chose an outsider who had never played basketball for a day! I think those young players with potential should have that kind of opportunity!"
The NBA has always been very cruel, especially for rookies, it is extremely difficult to enter the NBA. For undrafted rookies, it is actually difficult for them to enter the NBA.
According to the normal process, if an undrafted rookie wants to get an NBA contract, he must first obtain preseason trial training opportunities with other teams. If he performs well in the trial training, he will get one or two preseason games. Only if players seize these one or two opportunities can they have more playing time in the preseason. Only by performing 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 players will have no choice but to go to lower leagues or play overseas.
A rookie at the end of the second round may not be valued by NBA teams, and may not receive a minimum salary contract, but they have more opportunities and fewer detours than undrafted players. They don’t have to work hard to find opportunities for preseason training. 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, you will have more opportunities to express yourself. Even if he can't enter the NBA right away, he can at least get a chance to play in the Development League.
An inconspicuous end of the second round is actually a shortcut that many rookies are looking forward to and longing for. Because of this, the undrafted players were quite critical of the Lakers' choice of Zhang Guan.
Zhang Guan inadvertently touched someone else's cake. Even though the cake did not belong to them, since they couldn't eat the grapes, they had to say that the grapes were sour.
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Domestically, the media has not yet contacted Zhang Guan himself, but the Basketball Association was the first to stand up and express its strong support for Zhang Guan to enter the NBA. This is not common in normal times.
Coach Yunus of the men's basketball team even supported Zhang Guan. He directly told the media that Zhang Guan was 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 before that Zhang Guan was not qualified to join the men's basketball team, but now even the NBA has selected Zhang Guan. Then the Basketball Association no longer has to worry about anyone saying that Zhang Guan didn't join the men's basketball team himself. .
Next, the Los Angeles Lakers also sent an invitation to Zhang Guan to the preseason training camp, and also specially invited a lot of media to display the invitation letter 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 championship team immediately responded, saying that Zhang Guan's first priority now is to prepare for the Olympics, and he would not consider other things for the time being, and declined the invitation from the Los Angeles Lakers.
This answer is reasonable and reasonable. The NBA can accept it, the Lakers can accept it, American fans can accept it, and Chinese fans can also accept it. The most important thing is that domestic leaders will be very satisfied after hearing it.
The draft turmoil comes and goes 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 speculating, no one will continue to pay attention.
At this time, another men's basketball training camp also kicked off. This time, Dayao and Arab League both returned, and the men's basketball national team finally gathered everyone.
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