On June 28, 1995, the NBA draft was held in Toronto, Canada as scheduled.

For Hanamichi, this can be said to be the most memorable day in his career.

After today, it will mean that Hanamichi is on the road to professionalism!

Professional basketball player, what an honorable title!

Toronto ~ 6:30 pm local time, around 6 am in Kanagawa, Japan

(According to the time estimated by the East 8 District).

Hanamichi, wearing a light blue suit, orange trousers, and a sexy red tie, looks straight and handsome.

Before entering the draft venue, he suddenly remembered something and made a phone call:

"Hello? This is Anzai's house!"

"Master's wife, this is Hanamichi! Please let Dad answer the phone!"

"It's Hanamichi! Anzai is right next to him!"

"Moses, Moses~ I'm Anzai! Is that Hanamichi?"

Hadashi heard the same kind and pleasant voice as always, and asked directly for some reason:

"Old man, when was your most glorious moment? Was it during the All-Japan era?"

On the other end of the phone, Coach Anzai was stunned for a moment when he heard Hanamichi's question, and then said:

"Ah~ Are you talking about the player era? It was indeed the All-Japan national team era!"

"What about you~ Hanamichi!"

Hadashi turned his head and looked at the entrance of the Toronto draft venue, where reporters were densely packed around taking pictures, and said with a smile:

"Old man! My most glorious moment is just about to begin!"

Thinking of this, Hanamichi said with a hint of sarcasm:

"You have to listen to your wife and live longer!"

"I will bring all kinds of trophies from the highest hall of basketball back to Kanagawa to see you!"

"As for now, wish me good luck, old man!"

"I am going to take the first step in my professional career!"

"Beep beep beep..." Coach Anzai listened to the busy tone coming from the phone, hung up the phone, and said to Mrs. Anzai with a smile:

"It seems that I have to cheer up and live longer!"

"The honorary trophy of the highest hall of basketball, I, an old man, have not seen it with my own eyes! Oh ho ho ho..."

The scene returns to Toronto. After finishing the call, Hanamichi and Das entered the small green room at the draft site and sat down at the table with their own nameplates.

Hanamichi received an invitation to the small green room before the draft.

This is why he dared to tell Coach Anxi that he was about to start his career.

The green room is a special term in the NBA draft.

In the NBA draft, players who are officially invited to enter the green room are generally selected through the vote of NBA team general managers.

Since the top 14 picks in the draft are called the lottery zone every year, at least 14 players will be invited.

The specific situation depends on the intentions of the draft teams that year.

Entering the green room means that the player is valued by the team's top management and has a very good draft prospect.

Although there may be a situation where a player enters the green room but is not selected in the first round;

But there is absolutely no situation where a player enters the green room and is completely eliminated!

This means that Hanamichi, who is in the green room, can at least be selected in the second round, thus starting his professional career!

Before, Hanamichi thought that the higher the pick, the better it would be for him!

After all, this would mean that his rookie contract would be bigger!

But this year (1995), the NBA league introduced new rules.

The annual salary of the first-round rookie is strictly linked to the draft pick. Each pick has a specific stipulated amount. The team can sign a rookie player with 80%~120% of the stipulated amount!

The first-round rookie contract is 4 years (3+1), and the second-round rookie contract is 2 years.

In 2 years, Hua Dao has enough confidence to play his own value!

So for him, the 4-year first-round rookie contract is actually blocking his way to make money!

Hua Dao now wishes he could drop directly to the second round, but he knows that the probability is very small.

Not to mention David Stern's attention!

Even for the business ability of Simmons and Lawrence to "drive up the price of flowers", they can't drop to the second round.

As for other methods~ Hua Dao looked at his acquaintance in the small green room~ Joe Smith.

Then he shook his head in his heart, Yin-Yang contracts are killing people!

It's better to play basketball honestly!

Back to the point, not long after sitting down at the flower path, David Stern, who was booed everywhere, finally appeared!

Amid the boos and noises, he began to introduce the draft:

"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome..."

With the end of David Stern's opening remarks!

All the boos at the scene were cleared.The 1995 draft list in the hands of the NBA president became the focus of everyone's attention at this time.

In the first round, the Golden State Warriors selected Joe Smith with the first pick!

In the second round, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Antonio McDyess with the second pick...

The two men stood up and hugged their relatives and friends, and then walked towards the podium with a proud look on their faces.

Coincidentally, when the two men left the small green room one after another, they looked at Hanamichi with a little meaning.

They were proud of being ranked before Hanamichi.

Das leaned over and whispered:

"Hey, Flower! These two are far worse than you! What's so great about them!"

After learning about the growth and achievements of these two people in the original history, Hua Dao certainly thought it was nothing:

"It's okay, it's our turn next!"

...

"In 1995, the Vancouver Grizzlies selected Flower~ Hua Dao, a freshman from the University of Arizona, with the sixth pick in the first round!"

"Let's applaud this young man from the flower-growing family!"

"Flower, congratulations!"

Das jumped up, happy for his brother from the bottom of his heart.

Hua Dao hurriedly said:

"Maybe the next one will be you, Damon!"

"I hope so!"

Das, who was originally the second best in the draft, didn't care at all at this time!

Anyway, he was not the first or second pick, so how could he get rid of it in the lottery area?

Hua Dao took the cap with the Grizzlies logo from the staff, stood up and prepared to walk to the podium. At this time, he was still muttering:

"Grizzlies? I didn't go for a tryout either?"

Agent Simmons hurried over and whispered:

"Flower, remember, don't say too much about what you are going to do in the Vancouver Grizzlies after you go up! Remember that!!"

Hua Dao was not a rookie. When he heard this, he knew there was something inside. Maybe his last old club was not the Grizzlies!

So he nodded, smiled and walked to the podium to take a photo with David Stern.

Sure enough, not long after, the electronic background board at the draft site released a message:

The Toronto Raptors used the 1995 second-round pick and some cash, plus Tony Massenborg, who averaged 10+6 per game, in exchange for the No. 6 pick of the Vancouver Grizzlies.

Das said with a gloating look on his face:

"Now, after the draft, you have to stay here..."

...

After Das finished speaking, David Stern read out the news that the Toronto Raptors selected Das with the 7th pick in the first round!

Hua Dao laughed:

"Hey! Man, it seems that after the draft, we have to stay here together!"

Das happily took the exclusive hat of the Raptors, hugged his relatives and friends, and took a group photo on the stage.

For him, although big cities such as Los Angeles, Miami, and Houston are infinitely attractive to him.

But if he stays in Toronto with Flower, a place outside the United States.

It doesn't seem so difficult to accept, not to mention that Toronto is also an international city!

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