The news that Wayne announced his participation in the draft on the night of his championship became the headline of the sports pages of most newspapers in China the next day.

In the past few months, with more Chinese media reports, Wayne has become somewhat famous in China.

But this time, when Wayne won the regular season MVP trophy, won the Big 12 Conference championship and announced his intention to participate in the NBA draft, his popularity experienced explosive growth.

This is Yao Ming's second season in the NBA, and it is also the year that the NBA's influence in China has gradually grown.

Due to Yao Ming's great success, Chinese fans naturally hope that more Chinese players can gain a foothold in the highest level basketball league.

Moreover, at this time, the domestic media and various sports associations are more open to the NBA than before.

In the past, when a player wanted to play in the NBA, the first reaction of various associations was to stop him.

If you can't stop it, then take the opportunity to ask for it.

But now, they are eager for Chinese players to go to the NBA to develop, because everyone has seen the benefits that letting players go to the NBA will bring to the entire Chinese basketball.

In the 2002 Busan Asian Games, the Chinese men's basketball team encountered a black thirty seconds in the final, and ultimately lost to South Korea 100-102 and lost the gold medal.

Look again at the 2003 Asian Championships, how Yao Ming, after experiencing the baptism of the NBA, beat the Korean insider to doubt his life and helped the Chinese team complete his revenge, you will know how much influence the NBA has on a player.

Think about it, if Yao was missing, the men's basketball team would probably be double beaten by South Korea in this year's Asian Championships.

Otherwise, how can we say that Chairman Yao is a pioneer of Chinese basketball? With him paving the way in front, the road for Chinese players who want to go to the NBA will become smoother and smoother.

Of course, having said that, as far as Wayne is concerned, even without Chairman Yao, his NBA career will not be restricted by domestic restrictions.

After all, it was with this in mind that Wayne's father took him out of the youth team and sent him to college in Waiguo.

At this time, any Chinese player who announces his participation in the draft will attract much attention.

Not only the fans, but also CCTV 5 suddenly became interested in Wayne.

In the previous six months, although Zhang Weiping often applied to interview Wayne on-site, and although news of Wayne's outstanding performance occasionally came in, it was only the NCAA after all.

No matter how good you score there, it doesn't explain anything.

After all, it was just an amateur game, and only a rare group of people among them could eventually become professionals.

But now that Wayne is officially associated with the NBA, it's a completely different story.

"Draft interview team?" When Zhang Weiping received a notice from his leadership, asking him to set up a draft interview team to go to the United States, he was a little surprised.

The level of attention paid to Wayne in China has risen a bit quickly.

"Yes, we need to follow up and report on Wayne's process from registration to participating in the draft. After all, he is likely to be the first Chinese player to participate in the draft at the draft. You also know how much domestic fans pay attention to the NBA now.

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"Uh..." Zhang Weiping wanted to say that Wayne might not actually be able to enter the draft.

Because those who can enter the "little green room" are the rookies who are predicted to be selected in the lottery.

And Wayne is still far away from the lottery.

In the latest Associated Press mock draft rankings, Wayne has entered the top three of the second round.

His teammate Tony Allen counterattacked all the way to the first round!

Although Wayne's progress has been great enough, it must be said that this pick is still some distance from the lottery.

But after learning that he had the opportunity to go and observe Wayne's performance in March Madness, Director Zhang gladly accepted the job.

"I'll put together a team and go over there and bring some news about Wayne in the March Madness tournament."

Zhang Weiping walked out of the office happily. As the first reporter in China to start reporting on Wayne, he now felt vaguely proud.

He has been very optimistic about Wayne from the beginning, and now that Wayne has announced his participation in the draft and is ranked so high in the mock draft, this has confirmed his vision.

Of course, Zhang Weiping never imagined that Wayne's popularity in China would inexplicably make the guy next door orgasm.

I don’t know if it’s because they’re not convinced after losing in the Asian Championships, but the Korean media is now very hostile to Chinese basketball.

Not long after Wayne announced that he would participate in the draft, many Korean media jumped out and claimed: "Ha Shengjin is the most noteworthy Asian athlete in this year's draft."

"He has professional basketball experience, he is more mature than Wayne. The most important thing is that he is only 19 years old."

"Ha Jinsheng is very likely to be selected in the first round, and Wayne can only be a second-round pick. As we all know, second-round picks are almost impossible to survive in the NBA, and Ha Jinsheng is very likely to become a star player in the NBA."

Are you embarrassed? Speechless? Does your head hurt?

Don't be surprised, at this time, many Korean media are really embarrassing Ha Shengzhen.

After all, the whole world belongs to Korea.

Their players must also be the number one players in the world.

After Zhang Weiping learned about these reports from the Korean media, he was completely stunned.

This is unreasonable!

During last year's Asian Championships, He Shengzhen was criticized for being a tough guy, Chairman Yao, but he was taught a lesson in how to be a good person.

How long has it been since this happened? Have you forgotten about the scar and started blowing it again?

Perhaps in the eyes of the Korean media, although Ha Seung-jin cannot beat Yao Ming yet, he will reach Yao Ming's level sooner or later.

In this case, how could he lose against an unknown student player?

David Stern may have never dreamed that due to the inexplicable upsurge of Korean media, the 2004 draft would actually become popular in Asia...

South Korea is exaggerating this "draft war" every day, and experts from all walks of life are analyzing Ha Shengjin's prospects every day.

In short, they seem to have regarded "surpassing Wayne in the draft" as Ha Shengzhen's main goal.

It doesn't matter which team you are selected by, as long as the pick is higher than Wayne!

Of course, Ha Shengzhen has not personally made any comments on this.

I guess he's almost pissed off now.

This is totally flattering. Can those media guys stop praising me all the time? I was deceived enough in last year’s Asian Championships.

But the Korean media, who are good at gossiping, don't care about you. Dragon Boat Festival is up for grabs, Confucius is up for grabs, and the title of the best Asian player must be up for grabs!

The Korean media is making a lot of noise, but they are basically in a state of self-pleasure.

Because Wayne, who was far across the ocean, had no idea that he was actually being compared with Ha Shengzhen.

He didn't even know that Ha Shengjin was participating in the draft this year.

As a senior hardcore fan in his previous life, Wayne naturally knew Ha Shengzhen and his "legendary" stories.

But if you ask Wayne Ha Seung-jin about the draft he participated in in 2000, he really can't answer.

After all...who would be impressed by a water fountain keeper.

If it hadn't been for his relationship with Yao Ming, few people in China would have known that such a Korean had ever played in the NBA.

Old Sutton accidentally saw the report about Wayne and Ha Shengzhen, but he didn't take it seriously.

Because judging from the current honors, there is no comparability between the two.

After all the Big 12 Conference games were over, Wayne received various honors.

Not to mention the regular season MVP, that was announced on the day the tournament ended.

After that, Wayne was also selected to the Big 12 All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive Team, defeating his teammate Tony to win the Big 12 Best Defensive Player Award.

Finally, the Associated Press also raised the Cowboys' final ranking to sixth in the country!

It is really not easy to lead a team to the sixth level in the country in the NCAA.

These awards and honors are extremely valuable to college players.

And what about the Korean center? He is competing with Wayne? Isn't this a one-sided conflict?

In terms of head-to-head comparison, Hesheng Town is indeed bigger than Wayne.

Old Sutton has always chosen to ignore such boring reports.

Wayne himself really doesn't have the heart to care about these tidbits right now.

Ever since he decided to participate in the NBA draft, he felt the pressure on himself suddenly increased.

Although Wayne is currently ranked in the top three of the second round in mock drafts, this does not mean that Wayne is 100% safe.

In the draft, the selection was a surprise.

There was a time when Jordan was originally predicted to be selected in the lottery, but ended up having to wait in the green room with shame until he heard his name in the second round. He was so embarrassed that he was sent to his grandma's house.

Later, Bennett was originally predicted to be the 13th pick, but he became the number one pick inexplicably.

Unexpected situations are the least unexpected in the draft.

When the time comes, no one will give Wayne a special surprise for his translation.

Therefore, in order to ensure safety and to hit the goal of the first round, the next March Madness Championship is very important to Wayne.

Although there are not many tournaments, the level is high enough and the attention is high enough.

This is Wayne's last hope of reaching the first round.

Why did Wayne declare for the draft before March Madness? He wanted to attract the attention of NBA teams first, and then use the March Madness games to boost his picks.
To be continued...