With a heart full of anticipation, on December 5th, when Lakers General Manager Mitch Kupchek stepped into the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum, he quickly discovered the group of peers with the same purpose...
Sitting right below Kupchek’s seat was none other than the General Manager of the Golden State Warriors, Chris Mullin.
Since the start of the new NBA season, because the Warriors had achieved a remarkable record of 3 wins and 11 losses, even if Kupchek were an idiot, he could guess why Mullin was here tonight.
"After spending three precious years on Jason Richardson, even the cat at the entrance of the Oracle Arena knows that Jason is not the player who can help the Warriors out of their predicament."
Yes, it’s no secret that the Warriors need to rebuild.
And Mullin just happened to hand the team management a detailed rebuilding plan at a time when the Warriors needed him most...
Thus, this summer, the Warriors management, in perfect agreement with God’s Left Hand, unhesitatingly said to Mullin:
"You should be our General Manager, Chris."
Historically, after Mullin became the Warriors’ General Manager, through several worthwhile trades and bringing back old Nelson, the fans at Oracle Arena once enjoyed a period of happiness.
That period of happiness was called the Golden State Gang.
Because in the initial trades for the Warriors, Mullin brought in the future core of the Golden State Gang, Baron Davis.
Although in the future, a handsome young man named Stephen Curry would lead new generation Warriors fans to gradually forget the passionate years of the Golden State Gang, for the Warriors fans, who hadn’t experienced playoffs for thirteen years by that time...
The Golden State Gang was undoubtedly the dawn that ended their suffering.
In the stands, noticing Kupchek, Mullin nodded and smiled at him, then immediately focused his attention on the information about Qin Yue he was holding.
"If Qin can continue his college performance in the NBA... then he’s definitely the one we’ve been waiting for." Mullin, who had been scouting Qin Yue for a while, thought to himself.
Then, Mullin continued with his work.
As he glanced around, one familiar name after another to Kupchek’s ears came into his view.
Not far to his left was Orlando Magic General Manager John Weisbrod.
To his lower right, in that row, was Hornets General Manager Alan Bristol.
Also, Hawks General Manager Billy Knight, Bucks General Manager Larry Harris...
At this moment, Kupchek felt that these NBA General Managers gathered together tonight...
Had come to attend a grand awards ceremony.
If people could attend certain awards ceremonies so neatly.
"Mitch, I guessed you would come. I think you’ve surely finished watching Qin’s performance in the opening game through video...
But unfortunately, the video can’t give you the same visual shock as watching Qin live on the court."
In the stands, just when Kupchek finished looking around, a familiar voice quickly reached his ears.
This commercial legend, who had been helping Lynn Merritt promote Qin Yue to the NBA’s top pick in the past month, had already become an avid fan of Qin Yue.
Vaccaro knew very well that in the NBA, there are many players who are 208 cm tall.
But players like Qin Yue, who could dash with Ferrari-like speed and score while hanging on with an additional 180 pounds, were unparalleled.
Moreover, since the start of the NCAA, Qin Yue had been proving through game after game that the opening match was no accident?
Of course, Vaccaro knew very well that the main reason why this game attracted so many NBA General Managers here tonight was that Qin Yue would face a challenge from Bogut in this match.
"Larry Brown said this summer that Andrew Bogut is the best center in college basketball today." After chatting with Kupchek for a while, Vaccaro suddenly shifted the topic.
Upon hearing this, Kupchek nodded and said: "So, this game can also be seen as next year’s fight for the top pick?
Although since May this year, Lynn Merritt had been using his connections to promote Qin’s future...
And although people truly found out that Qin is a rare talent after the start of the new NCAA season...
But that still couldn’t stop the curiosity about this battle for the top pick after Andrew Bogut officially challenged Qin."
Vaccaro nodded and said: "Exactly."
Then, after chatting with Vaccaro for a bit longer, Kupchek, noticing Wake Forest’s starting lineup tonight, suddenly frowned.
"Is Wake Forest planning to play Qin at center tonight?"
At the center, when they noticed that the Devil’s Deacon Team’s starting center tonight was Qin Yue, in fact, even the University of Utah players were quite surprised.
"Does he intend to go head-to-head with Andrew Bogut?"
In the stands, on TV, fans closely following this NCAA focal point match all thought simultaneously.
And near the center circle...
Looking at Bogut, who was ready to jump ball with him, Qin Yue, who had already wanted to give him a good beating, said to him before the game started: "I heard you plan to tear off my mask in this match?
Perfect, I also prepared a set of shackles for you, hoping they remind you of how your ancestors hung on by a thread."