I finally finished the interview here, but I was caught by Zhang Weiping as soon as I went out.

Director Zhang is old but energetic, so he pulled Tang Hao and said this and that, and was very excited.

After finally dealing with Director Zhang, Tang Hao was not able to rest assured.

The NBA draft was broadcast live throughout the whole process. His original coaches, including his former teammates, all called him to congratulate him.

After chatting with his parents, he simply turned off his phone, and the world was pure.

The NBA's draft continues. When Tang Hao dealt with these things, rookies came on stage one by one to welcome Xiao Hua's congratulations.

However, as the ranking goes backwards, the attention it receives gradually decreases.

Not only was the number of audiences on the scene decreased, but the reporters also went to the other side to visit the popular rookies.

The Lakers only have one draft pick in the first round of this draft. After the first round draft ends, their draft team will come out of the small office and prepare to welcome their only rookie Tang Hao.

However, as soon as they left the office, they were caught by several clever reporters.

"Mr. Kuppchek, your decision to choose Tang Hao is surprising, because Julius Randall is the most likely player to be selected by you, and we know that the Lakers have always had an inside tradition."

The question was Lakers general manager Mickey Kupchek.

"Julians is an excellent player and he has always been the target of my focus. To be honest, he has always been one of our top goals before the draft began."

"What prompted you to change this plan?"

"A phone call."

"A phone call?"

"Yes, a call from Kobe, he said to us, Hi man, do you want to miss me? And that's the result."

Kupchek's answer surprised the reporters. They did not expect Kobe to have such a high evaluation of Tang Hao.

However, some reporters showed a sudden enlightenment. It turned out that Tang Hao was selected so far because of Kobe.

Some senior reporters also found out the past when Tang Hao was playing professional boxing matches, as well as Tang Hao's past when he was taking the O'Neal taxi.

The result of this summary of this information is that Tang Hao was selected in this ranking due to a lot of concern, and it is not as real as other rookies.

Of course, Tang Hao has no time to know about these things for the time being, because he is already busy saying hello to the Lakers' draft team.

The draft ended soon, and the draft teams of each team came out of the small room one after another.

The media reporters' interviews with the players were almost done, and they followed up with targeting these draft teams.

The Lakers' draft team has left early. At this time, the most popular ones are not only the draft team that selected Wiggins, but the Celtics are next.

They were the only team that tried Tang Hao, and they also made a draft promise to Tang Hao during the leak, but in the end they did not choose him. This is undoubtedly a hot topic of attention.

"Mr. Anji, we all know that the Celtics is the only team that Tang Hao chose to try out for, and the trial results are very good, but why didn't the team choose him in the end?" The reporter at the front asked, and the other reporters also looked at Danny Anji, the helmman of the Celtics with curiosity.

"In fact, we have a plan to choose Tang Hao. We have a potential deal with Phoenix (Suns). We are going to use the No. 17 draw and some chips to trade to get their No. 14 draw, and then use that draw to choose Tang. Unfortunately, things have developed beyond our expectations."

"But you have a No. 6 pick that is ahead of the Lakers." The reporter added.

The implication of this sentence is very obvious. Things are not like you said, but you don’t value Tang Hao enough.

"Our team's judgment of the situation was somewhat biased, and that's how it was." Anji did not give a positive answer.

"Then will you feel sorry for losing Tang Hao?"

"No, we chose Marcus (Smart) and James (Yang), these are two very, very potential young people. I believe they will be a very important addition to the team." Angie said with a smile.

The NBA draft has come to an end because there is still more than a month before the earliest summer league starts. The selected rookies are celebrating wildly, while the unselected rookies start to conduct various trials and make their final efforts to enter the league.

As for Tang Hao, he neither celebrated nor indulged himself. After greeting the senior executives of the Lakers, he directly chose to return home.

This time he returned to China, he had only one purpose, that is, to complete the previous promise to men's basketball coach Gong Luming, and to contribute to the Chinese men's basketball team's Asian Games.

The performance of the men's basketball team in the Asian Championships last year was a terrible sight. The Chinese men's basketball team led by Yang Naski staged a historical tragedy of defeat in Manila, and only achieved the worst fifth place in history. The players did not work hard, the collapse of the basketball system and other problems were vividly revealed.

The national team that once created a legend, which dared to wrestle the American and Spanish teams at the Olympics has now become the target of media and fans' criticism.

Going closer to football seems to have become a completely irreversible trend.

Many people are in the squirting system, the squirting basketball association, and the squirting CBA league, and all the contradictions are aroused at this moment.

But Gong Luming, the old coach who once created the glory of the men's basketball team, knew that the reason for the current situation was neither the league nor the basketball association nor the system. If you say it thoroughly, it is the ability of the player.

After the material conditions are improved, the lack of training attitude and intensity of players has caused the player's level to decline, which is the crux of the problem.

Improving the system and promoting the league are certainly things that must be done, but the most important thing at the moment is to achieve enough results in the competition to allow fans to regain confidence in the men's basketball team.

This is also the reason why he found Tang Hao.

"Tang Hao, I am really excited to be willing to come to the national team. To be honest, I haven't slept the night before yesterday, just waiting for you to call me."

As soon as Tang Hao arrived at the team, the head coach of the national team, Gong Luming rushed over immediately. The old handsome guy had white hair that could not hide his temples, and his eyes were covered with blood because he stayed up late, but his eyes were still full of energy. It can be seen that what he said was not false.

"Guide Gong, I am also very excited to have an opportunity to contribute to the national team." Tang Hao still respects this meritorious old coach, and he also feels warm in his heart for this late-night visit.

"No, I should still thank you for bringing new hope to the Chinese men's basketball team."

"Okay, Mr. Gong, let's sit down and chat. After chatting early, you can go back and rest early and rest."

"Okay." Gong Luming said as he sat on the sofa.

"You also know the situation of the national team now. This time I have retired all the previous meritorious veterans. You also know that those old players have everything they should have, and they are not so devoted to the national team. The players I recruit this time are mainly new players, and their level is relatively lacking. Normally, it takes about two years to transition, but I am worried that fans can't wait for these two years." Gong Luming said with concern after sitting down.

"Well, what do you mean by this?"

"My ex, Yannaski, you should have seen it too. He has achieved great success in Greece and is a world-class coach, but he has only given him a year. I am a little worried. Before my young players grow up, the position of this head coach will probably be replaced again."

"Guide Gong, your worries are quite reasonable. I probably know what you want me to do, but there is one thing I want to make sure is what other players think. You know, I don't have any professional league experience."

"Don't worry about this. I will explain it clearly to the players, but you also know that young players want to be their core, that is, the so-called boss, always have to use some real power, but I believe you will definitely have no problem with this."

Tang Hao nodded with a smile. He also understood Gong Luming's decision. The team had a bad atmosphere before. Now he found young people and said fair competition to them, but privately he was parachuted a core. Those young people must not accept it, so Gong Luming allowed him to show some strength.

This is just like a few peerless martial arts tricks in martial arts novels, which are used to shock.

The chatting time between the two did not last long. On the one hand, Tang Hao had just arrived and was indeed a little tired, while Gong Luming's blood-filled eyes looked a little scary.

At Tang Hao's suggestion, Gong Luming went back to sleep.

When Gong Luming left, Zhuang Jiajie couldn't help but speak, "Actually, there is no need for us to wade into this muddy water. Basketball is a team project. If you are alone, you may lose here. This is not a good deal."

Tang Hao smiled, instead of refuting Zhuang Jiajie's words, he said casually: "Sometimes, in addition to material things and spiritual things are also worth pursuing."

Zhuang Jiajie nodded thoughtfully.

Such a decision is indeed not very cost-effective from the perspective of interests, but if it can help the men's basketball team get out of the trough, not only will Tang Hao's personal fame be greatly improved, but he can also gain a great sense of accomplishment and satisfaction.

The men's basketball team training camp had already begun at this time. After only one night of rest, Gong Luming couldn't wait to take Tang Hao to meet the members of the national team.

Guo Ailun, Ding Yanyuhang, Zhai Xiaochuan, Zhou Qi, and besides the big brother Yi Jianlian, this national team can be said to be a post-90s generation.

It is no wonder that Gong Luming described this as a young team, which is indeed a true description.

When Gong Luming introduced Tang Hao to this group of team members, they had curiosity, excitement and excitement in their eyes.

For sports athletes, Tang Hao is an absolute celebrity, not to mention that he was selected by the Lakers at the just-concluded 2014 NBA Draft, which is something that all basketball players dream of.

After the introduction, Guo Ailun, a native of Northeast China, and Zhai Xiaochuan, who was cheerful by nature, came up to chat with Tang Hao on his own initiative.

Looking at this scene, Gong Luming nodded with satisfaction. Although Tang Hao is famous all over the world, he is actually about the same age as Guo Ailun and others, so there is no big obstacle to communication.

After some basic training, Gong Luming conducted a full-game confrontation training based on his usual training plan.

As soon as Tang Hao came, he took over the small forward on the main team.

Such an arrangement surprised the young men.

After the full-game confrontation began, Guo Ailun invited his teammates to cooperate with Tang Hao in tactics as soon as he came up.

The purpose of doing this is, on the one hand, out of respect for Gong Luming's arrangements, but more to see how much Tang Hao is.

For the main team's offense, Yi Jianlian ran to the right side of the court to make a pick-and-roll for Tang Hao.

Tang Hao ran out of the inside by borrowing a pick-and-roll, and then received a pass from Guo Ailun.

The moment he received the ball, Tang Hao followed suit and Zhou Qi, who was making up for defense, pounced on him three steps slowly, trying to interfere with Tang Hao.

When Tang Hao saw this, he wanted to shoot, but remembered what Gong Luming told him, he changed the shot to a point and successfully shook Zhou Qi away, and then accelerated and rushed in.

Zhou Qi was shaken, and Zhai Xiaochuan behind him immediately came to defend, but Tang Hao was too fast, basically flashing past him and then rushed directly into the inside line.

Li Muhao, who was inside, rushed out and prepared to block Tang Hao.

However, in front of Tang Hao's speed, he was like a slow snail. When he rushed out, Tang Hao had already taken a big step forward, holding the ball in both hands, and flew up directly.

The other team members were stunned when they saw this scene. Tang Hao wanted to...

"Bang!"

As soon as they flashed this idea, Tang Hao fell from the sky, with great force and pushed the ball into the basket through Li Muhao.

As soon as Li Muhao and Tang Hao touched their bodies, he was raised by his entire head and was directly knocked to fly backwards.

"I'm a grandma..." Guo Ailun couldn't help but exclaim when he saw this scene.

After Tang Hao landed, he saw the expression of his teammates and said nothing. He smiled and ran back.
To be continued...