"Gary Smith from Syracuse!"

The stars in New York City are bright under the night sky, and several helicopters are constantly circling in the sky.

The stars of the Barclays Center in New York were shining brightly. Gary Smith walked quickly onto the center stage amid cheers. He looked a little confused and a little panicked.

In the Barclays Center, the world's first arena built with a cost of more than 1 billion US dollars, the spotlights kept flashing. Hundreds of millions of viewers watched the live broadcast of the draft, and people in the auditorium continued to cheer.

In fact, this draft has already come to an end. After Ayton, Bagley, Doncic and others were selected, the attention of the spectators disappeared from the draft list.

Aside from the lottery picks, there are few bright spots for the remaining players, let alone the guys in the second round.

Rookies who can be ranked in the second round are either not talented enough or have obvious shortcomings. Although the league has many great stories of second-round picks counterattacking, these are just a few.

The last person whose name was called was only a late-round pick, but the scene was still very respectful.

The DJ shouted his name loudly, and the audience burst into brief applause before finally falling silent.

Gary Smith tried his best to keep smiling. Half an hour ago, he was Lin Feng, a 29-year-old unemployed young man living in China. Half an hour later, he was boarding the Barclays Center to participate in the 2018 NBA Draft.

Now he was confused, not knowing whether it was a dream or whether he had gone crazy.

What surprised him even more was that it was the wealthy Los Angeles Lakers that selected him with the last-round pick.

This made him a little confused. He had the impression that the last round pick in 2018 belonged to Antetokounmpo's younger brother, who was selected by the Mavericks.

Just twenty minutes ago, he learned from his agent backstage that the Lakers management decided to buy the Dallas Mavericks' last-round pick an hour ago, and selected a 190-cm tall one from a bunch of undrafted rookies.

CM point guard Gary Smith.

After accepting the cheers, he entered the backstage bathroom, lay down in front of the sink and looked at himself in the mirror.

He poured a basin of water over his head and watched as the cold water poured from head to bottom.

"Oh no Gary, I know you're excited, but you can't have any accidents now. You should understand that Los Angeles means it's a big stage with countless dollars and attention."

Following him in was the fat manager Perkins, who was as unknown as Lin Feng.

Lin Feng turned around and nodded, "I understand, sir, now I just want to be alone for a while."

Then he made a sign to leave. Perkins smiled bitterly, shook his head, and closed the door.

Gary Smith is just a late-round pick, and it is usually difficult to make a name for himself in this position. Although there are players like Arenas and Thomas who have made a name for themselves in the league, most of them are invisible to the public.

Maybe guarding the water cooler and waving towels is the destiny of a late-round pick. Maybe he won't make the fifteen-man roster at all and can only wait for his opportunity in the Development League.

Agent Perkins understands this very well, and of course he will not put his hope in a late-round pick. It can be said that from the moment he closed the door, he has given up on Gary Smith.

The bathroom door closed, and memories poured into Lin Feng's mind bit by bit.

After time travel, he is a 19-year-old basketball player with an unknown biological father and a call girl mother. After giving birth to himself, he threw the child into the trash can and continued to fool around with men.

At that time, his 30-year-old homeless adoptive father took him back to his home in the slums and raised him.

He has been passionate about basketball since he was a child. He once led the school team to win a community championship in junior high school. After high school, he became famous in Rucker Park in Harlem until he was discovered by a scout from Syracuse University, which changed his life from then on.

Syracuse University, this is Carmelo Anthony's alma mater, the NCAA champion in 2002-03!

Then "I" successfully received a full scholarship and became the starting point guard of the school team in my freshman year.

With outstanding talent and a rebellious character developed since childhood, Gary Smith was suspended for one year due to conflicts with teammates during his sophomore year. During the suspension, he drank too much and picked up girls. After returning as a junior, he only played eight games as a substitute due to physical reasons.

Averaged 4.7 points and 2 rebounds.

Frustrated, he decided to participate in the draft under the lobbying of his agent Perkins, and then five minutes ago, he was selected by the Lakers with the 60th overall pick.

This is a result that surprised many people, because judging from the draft report, Gary Smith is basically a terrible player. His only advantage is his wide court vision.

The template was a guy named Pierre Jackson. Lin Feng couldn't remember who this person was. He was probably a role player buried in the dust of basketball.

The NBA is an extremely cruel place. There are hundreds of millions of dollars in money, spotlights, luxury cars, gorgeous beauties, etc. Of course, there are also countless small characters earning tens of thousands of dollars in salary, stubbornly pursuing their basketball dreams.

Knowing his life experience, Lin Feng calmed down a lot. Like many stars, he has a tragic past.

For example, James, a billionaire who grew up in the slums, is a role model for countless struggling players.

In the previous life, Lin Feng also tried hard to pursue his basketball dream, but unfortunately the domestic environment did not allow it and his own talent was not enough. Although he entered the echelon of the CBA team, he had no choice but to give up as he grew older.

In the previous life, Lin Feng only thought that he could enter the NBA like Yao Ming and compete in the world's top arenas. Since elementary school, he would hug a basketball when he went to bed at night. After dreaming about basketball for one night, he would go to school with the ball the next day.

This is a portrait of his life, a fanatical disciple who is 178 centimeters tall.

His idol is Uncle Drew - Kyrie Irving. Before Lin Feng traveled through time in his previous life, Irving had just announced that he would join the Nets with Durant, the god of death. This news excited Lin Feng.

So cool! That man with the sultry eyes!

Raymond once held his mobile phone and replayed Irving's highlights over and over again. He was the No.1 in Raymond's mind!

Now, Lin Feng has become an NBA player named Gary Smith. Gary has his own glorious past and was lost for a while, but now he is back on the basketball court.

Lin Feng can feel the love for basketball in his body. He understands what kind of person Gary is, and he can empathize with him the most.

Because now the two become one, Gary's basketball dream and Lin Feng's basketball soul will definitely give birth to a new figure who will shock the league!

That must be it!

Lin Feng pounded his fist on the sink, and he was extremely excited.

Basketball, NBA, Los Angeles Lakers, those once distant names have become within reach.

"Gary, you also like basketball, right?" Lin Feng's voice was trembling, and he thought his body was also trembling. This was the reaction of every muscle in his body when he heard the word "basketball."

He stared at himself in the mirror. Although his face looked a little strange, his eyes that were burning with fire remained unchanged.

It couldn't be more familiar, that's what I looked like when I was nineteen years old!

The boy who once pursued his basketball dream is back. Yes, it's him, the young guy who was considered crazy.

Well forget the past!

Everything starts again.
Chapter completed!