"What did the Kings pick a guy with no talent for?"
"Maybe this guy was overlooked. Maybe he had a lot of talent."
"Give me a break. Do you think those scouts are all just sitting around doing nothing? If he really had talent, they'd have swarmed him like flies to a pile of crap."
"This is a seriously bad move by the Kings."
At a time like this, the big screen should have been showing footage of the player they'd picked.
But there was no footage on the screen now, just a photo of Russell and the most basic physical stats.
Danny Russell.
Height: 5.4 feet.
Weight: 58 kg.
Apart from those two simple stats, there was no other information or footage at all.
That only left everyone even more baffled.
"Have the Kings gone crazy? They picked a rookie based on just those two basic stats?"
"This was more impulsive than my neighbor Mrs. Alice buying a toilet brush at the supermarket."
"Have the Kings lost their minds?"
Meanwhile, in Chicago, at the Owl Restaurant.
The people who had been heckling fell completely silent when they heard Danny Russell's name.
"Uh... did they get it wrong?"
"Could someone else have the same name?"
As they were speaking, Danny Russell's photo appeared on the big screen.
The entire Owl Restaurant erupted in an uproar.
"Holy shit! It really is him!"
"Oh, my goodness. This is the most unbelievable thing I've seen today. No, the most unbelievable thing I've seen in my entire life."
"Oh my God! Unbelievable. Under NBA rules, players were invited to try out for the various teams before the draft. He never even tried out, and the Kings picked him anyway? This is incredible!"
Just then, someone remembered Rose and Wang Yi coming to the Owl