Wittman was a new manager and wanted to make some achievements to change the team's situation. He naturally worked hard. Otherwise, he would not have personally gone to see the 76ers 'rookie last time. He had also tried his best to get the team's owner to strengthen the inside paint.
In the next few days, the genius rookies played in training matches almost every day. Han Zhe's performance was relatively stable, and he was considered outstanding among the rookies.
When there were only two days left in training, Wittman asked Newman to lead the training while he went to Chicago. This was the location of the rookie training camp, so Wittman naturally came to observe the players.
At present, the team's owner and general manager had given him a lot of autonomy, giving him full authority to deal with the team's draft picks. He had actually already had his eyes on a guard candidate, not Han Zhe or Thomas. The two of them were only considered as supplements for the team's rotation.
Their first round draft target was Bradley. Bill was a player who had been famous for a long time at a young age. He was known as the new version of Little Cannon. Last year, he even won the title of Gatorade's National Player of the Year and was selected for the National High School Team of the Year. He was considered one of the hottest picks in the draft.
The Alliance's training camp had rookie training matches every day. Wittman did not have to wait long to see Bill's performance on the court. His breakthrough was sharp, his scoring ability was strong, and his performance was very eye-catching.
Whitman unconsciously compared Han Zhe to him. After comparing, he felt like he had seen a ghost. Other than the fact that Han Zhe was unstable, Han Zhe was not weaker than Bill in any other aspect. Moreover, Han Zhe's defensive ability was much better than Bill's. As for jumping, forget it. So far, he had never seen anyone jump higher than Han Zhe.
After the comparison, Wittman felt a headache coming on. He felt that he had underestimated Han Zhe.
In fact, Wittman had watched Bill play before and watched many of his game videos. Bill was the player they focused on, so of course he was very careful, but there was no harm without comparison. He was used to watching Han Zhe bully noobs and felt that it was nothing special. But now that he was watching this so-called star player, Wittman felt that he was just ordinary.
Wittman was a little absent-minded after returning to the Wizards. While watching Han Zhe play, Bill's figure appeared, which was inexplicable.
If it was in the past, if someone told him that he didn't know whether Bill was a Chinese defender or not, Whitman would definitely spit at him. But he just had to encounter such a ridiculous thing.
In fact, Wittman himself did not know that after watching Han Zhe's performance for the past few days, he had already forgotten that he had only prepared a second-round signing for Han Zhe. Now, he was actually considering who was better between him and Bill. After all, Bill was definitely a lottery player. Who knew how many teams wanted him?
Whitman was thinking about something when Newman came over with a notebook and handed it to Whitman. After Whitman finished reading it, the corner of his eyes twitched.
"Are you kidding me? Han was just a nobody. Why did so many teams want him, and there were actually two teams who said they wanted to take him down with a first-round signing? Was it really not a smokescreen?”Wittman almost cursed.
Newman shrugged helplessly." I don't know if it's a smokescreen or not. Anyway, these are all the news that the teams have spread over the past few days. I've specially sorted out all the information about Han. It's all here. It's always been like this over the years. Some news is true and some is false. No one can tell for sure.”
This happened every time before the draft. Some teams would spread the news in their internal circles about which player they liked. Some teams would even contact the rookie in advance and give him a promise. Of course, most of the news was fake. It was just to confuse the public and fish in troubled waters.
This kind of news could disrupt the other teams 'plans. For example, if the Wizards had their eyes on two players, one of whom was going to use the number five pick and the other the number ten pick. Now that someone had said that they wanted to get the number five and the number ten pick, the Wizards might give up the original number five pick and use the number five pick to get the original number ten pick.
Of course, the top picks could be changed on the spot, but this was also a trap because the draft was a rigorous matter. The players that everyone liked would spend a lot of effort to observe and understand. If the player that they had been observing was cut off, and they did not know much about the other rookies, it was easy to make a mistake when it came to selecting players on the spot. Therefore, if the competition was intense, some teams would give up on the player they thought the most highly of in advance and settle for the next best thing, focusing their energy on other players.
"But even if two out of ten pieces of news are true, it will probably be difficult for us to get Han in the second round. After all, the performance of the previous opening of Japan and Korea was too good. Good defenders are also very popular now. What a pity, Han is a good player!”Newman sighed. He didn't think Whitman would be willing to use the first round to trade for Han Zhe. The Wizards were second to last in the league this season, so their signing position was definitely very good. If they didn't use the first round, Han Zhe might not be taken away by other teams.
"These damned bastards!" Wittman was so angry that he threw away the mineral water beside him!
Han Zhe and the others looked at Whitman, who was throwing a tantrum for some reason, in confusion. They started shooting again. They were doing shooting training again.
After the inspection training was over, the rookies began to return to their homes. Wittman called out to Han Zhe, who was carrying a backpack.
"Coach, is there anything else?" Han Zhe was puzzled. He was about to leave this place where he had stayed for two weeks, and he was a little reluctant. Moreover, his fate was unknown, so he was a little confused.
However, Han Zhe had already done what he could. All that was left was to wait.
"What do you think of us geniuses?" Whitman asked Han Zhe to sit down.”
Han Zhe was stunned. He didn't know what Wittman meant, so he could only say," Very good. Everyone is good. Wall and Crawford are good people. You're good too, Coach.”
Wittman let out a dry cough and said," Let me get straight to the point. Han, you're not bad. We plan to use the second round to pick you. Do you have any objections?"”
Han Zhe blinked his eyes and said in confusion," Sign me in the second round?"”
"That... We know you're very capable, but you're not famous."
"Yay! I'm willing, of course I'm willing. Thank you very much, coach. I'll definitely work hard. Hahahaha, thank you so much, coach!”
Wittman was dumbfounded when he saw Han Zhe jumping up and laughing crazily. He swallowed the rest of his words. He thought that Han Zhe had asked because he felt that the second round was too unfair, but he did not expect that
" What an easily satisfied child." Wittman heaved a sigh of relief. At the same time, he thought to himself that Han Zhe was really a good silly child!
Wittman had a reason for communicating with them in advance. If Han Zhe felt that his draft was too low or did not like the Wizards, then even if the Wizards chose him, he could choose not to join. Of course, if he refused, he would definitely not be able to join another NBA team. However, players could choose to play in Europe, return home, or retire directly.
Although the possibility of this was small, it was always possible. Therefore, most teams would communicate with the players they liked in advance after confirming their candidates, so as to avoid making a mess of Wu Long.
Of course, Han Zhe was happy. Now that Wittman had spoken, it was equivalent to making a promise. If nothing unexpected happened, he would not be disqualified. A rootless duckweed like him would not dare to have any requests. As long as he was selected, he would be happy. He did not dare to pursue any order!
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