Chapter 1065 Choice

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"Bang bang ......!"

Under the leadership of David Stern, the audience burst into loud but not fierce applause.

"It looks like there's going to be another competitive team in the NBA this year, but we're also hoping that a strong New York Knicks will be in the league because it will make our game more intense, competitive and appreciative!"

After a pause, David Stern turned his head and smiled: "Liu, is it convenient to tell me the selection target of the Knicks in the first round this year?"

"Mr. Stern, I'd love to answer you, but I don't know. Because, when I signed Coach Brown, I promised him that he would be in charge of the introduction of every player on the Knicks!

"Wow, it looks like Larry Brown is finally getting lucky, he's got a generous boss!"

Immediately, on the big screen on the rostrum, Larry Brown's smiling face appeared!

From the confident expression on his face, it seemed to be clear that what Liu Dong said just now was not wrong.

"Then tell me, how much transfer fees are the Knicks going to spend on player acquisitions in the new season?" David Stern seemed to have to get some news out of Liu Dong's mouth.

However, although Liu Dong is young, his tone is tighter than he imagined.

"It's up to Coach Brown, as long as he likes the players and the other party is willing to come to the Knicks, money is not an issue!"

Liu Dong's confident and high-spirited words made more and more people in the audience pay attention to it.

A boss from China is not terrible, but a dare to delegate power. And the boss who is not bad for money is the enemy who is really worth paying attention to.

No strong team in the NBA wants to be in the playoffs. One more powerful contender for the championship ring!

"Liu. Can you tell us about your profession?" said Stern again.

"Everybody guesses what I'm doing, yes, businessman! If you want to know more about me, you might as well check out the January issue of Time Magazine. ”

Liu Dong's words fell, especially after the four words of "Time Magazine" came out, the audience was in an uproar, because everyone knows the weight of this American magazine, and the people who can be featured are undoubtedly the real top elites in all walks of life!

But watching Liu Dong swear in front of so many people. Everyone can't refute him because the other party is a Chinese and so young!

Seeing that Liu Dong has set off a wide enough topic, considering that it is now the scene of the NBA draft, the business cannot be delayed, so after asking Liu Dong a few more innocuous topics, David Stern announced that the draft continued!

But curiosity about the Knicks' new owner clearly outweighed the focus on the draft.

And the Chicago Bulls, who got the second pick in the next draft, selected Jay Williams, a point guard from basketball legend Duke University!

The 6-foot-2inch, who averaged 25.7 points per game and had 6.5 assists per game in the six games of the NCA Finals, was a huge favorite in the 2002 NBA Draft, if it weren't for Yao Ming. He was definitely the top pick of 2002!

After passing the Bulls, it was the turn of the Golden State Warriors who got the scouting sign. They also chose Dunleavy Jr., who is from Duke University and can play the No. 3 and No. 4 positions!

Followed by the Memphis Grizzlies, who got the fourth pick, chose the University of Kansas, and can play both power forward and center positions, Drew Gooden!

The fifth-pick Denver Nuggets chose Georgian power forward Nikloz Skitishvili, and the Diggers got the guy known as 'Nowitzki No. 2', but unfortunately it turned out that this guy was an out-and-out parallel import!

The sixth-pick Cleveland Cavaliers chose Da Juan Wagner of the University of Memphis, whose single-game 100-point record in high school catapulted him to his speed and scoring prowess that was often compared to Allen Iverson, who was in the prime of his life.

It's a pity that this promising new generation is also like a flash in the pan, and it disappeared in just two years!

When the New York Knicks, who were the seventh pick, were selected, the atmosphere in the audience was instantly quiet!

Because of Liu Dong's accident before, everyone is now curious about which player the New York Knicks, who have a Chinese owner, will choose!

As the new coach of the Knicks, Larry Brown straightened his suit, walked to the front desk without hurrying under the attention of everyone, quickly glanced at everyone in the audience, unfolded his hand in Chinese, and then said slightly in a loud voice: "The New York Knicks choose Amare Stoudemire of Cypres Creek High School!"

Brown's voice fell, and in the green room not far away, a tall and strong black man with a slightly thin face suddenly clenched his fists, his face full of irrepressible excitement.

As a high school student, Amare Stoudemire is a risky player in the draft. After all, high school basketball and the NBA, which is highly competitive and full of strong players, are two different concepts at all!

However, Jerry Colangelo, the general manager of the Suns, is not very happy at the moment, and when Amare Stoudemire went to the Suns for a tryout, he saw the other party as if he saw Kobe Bryant back then. So, the Suns' choice this year is high school student Amare Stoudemire!

But helplessly, the Suns got the rank behind the Knicks, and they could only watch the other party pick out their favorite players!

When Larry Brown put the red hat on the head of Amare Stoudemire, Liu Dong was also relieved, although he didn't get Yao Ming, the two goals were not all missed.

Next, the Los Angeles Clippers, who are at the bottom of the line, used the No. 8 pick to select the University of Maryland's brutalist power forward Chris Wilcox!

The Suns, who hold the ninth pick, can only choose their second favorite object, power forward Nene Hilario from Brazil!

Judging from the selection of the twelve teams in the lotto area, it is obvious that they prefer interior players, except for Jay Williams, who was selected by the Bulls with the second pick, and Fred Jones, who was selected by the Pacers with the 14th pick, which is a backcourt player at the No. 1 position, the others are all frontcourt players at the No. 5 and No. 4 positions!

Even Jarred Jeffries, who was drafted by the Wizards with the 11th pick, was able to play both the No. 3 and No. 4 positions!

In the 90s, the 'big dream' Olajuwon, the 'Iron Tower' Patrick Ewing, the 'big shark' O'Neal, the 'admiral' David Robinson, the four major centers competed for glory, and among the big forwards, 'Carl Malone' and 'Charles Barkley' superstars competed, and the era of abundant interior talents was no longer seen in the new century!

Since Jordan, excellent backcourt players have become the mainstream of the NBA, and there are fewer interior players who are willing to do dirty work and tiring work!

I have to say that compared with the glory of the eighties and nineties, today's NBA has become a lot more flashy after going further in business, and in terms of pure competitiveness, it has fallen behind the NCAA!

After all 29 teams have finished talking about their favorite players, the first round of the draft is complete!

Of course, there are basically not a few talented new generations left who can be seen, and although it cannot be said that there are no outstanding talents in the second round, there are only a few powerful people like Lewis, Arenas, and Michael Reed! Everyone basically comes with the purpose of selecting role players.

But to Liu Dong and Larry Brown, it is a pity that Carlos Boozer, who is their favorite, was actually picked by the Cleveland Cavaliers who are in front of them!

With just a gap in the ranks, the players you are optimistic about have become the dishes in other people's mouths, which is really embarrassing!

But what is even more aggrieved is that Juan Carlos Navarro, who is ready to choose without Boozer, is actually gracious, and at the invitation of his old club Barcelona team in Spain, he actually took the initiative to give up this draft!

Larry Brown, who failed to achieve the goal of the two second-round shows, quickly discussed with Liu Dong and chose Luis Scola, also from Spain.

He was chosen mainly because of his physical strength, 6-foot-9" height, very flexible when playing inside, and can play with his back to the singles, and complete some small forward movements, and can play the No. 4 and No. 5 positions.

In addition, Luis Scola has the skills and vision of a European player. He has excellent ball control and good passing in the high post, and can play in the number 3 position!

Although he is not the top in every way, when these qualities are combined, he becomes a jack-of-all-trades player who can play from No. 3 to No. 5! Such players are valuable in any team!

After the two draft spots of his own team were all used up, Liu Dong also lost interest in the next thing.

After taking the opportunity to explain to Tim Thomas and Larry Brown, he quietly left! He really didn't bother to deal with the media interviews that were eyeing him, and he didn't want to be exposed too much in front of the camera.

If he had known that David Stern would let him take the stage after the Rockets draft, then Liu Dong would not have been present in today's draft.

Of course, there is no point in talking about this now!

……………………………………………………………………………… (To be continued.) )

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