Chapter 5 Draft Meeting

On June 24, 2011, the draft was held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, and the gloom of the shutdown lingered, and the draft seemed to be a place for people to vent. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When Anxi entered, the entire stadium was already occupied by all kinds of slogans, some cursing the league, supporting the players, and of course, supporting the team.

The big screen in the venue swept over one by one to the hot rookies who participated in the draft, Kelly Irving, Derrick Williams, Kemba Walker, ......

And the ESPN live broadcast room that hosted the live broadcast of this draft conference has long been arguing, who will the Cavaliers choose? For the Cavaliers, who is the better choice between Kelly Irving and Derrick Williams; Or should the Timberwolves pick the Cavaliers' remaining one, and can't they try this year's NCAA Championship member Kemba Walker? And so on and so forth......

Anyway, this draft conference is just one word - noisy!

If Anxi is asked to say, in the new collective agreement, the labor and management should take a step back, and the most important thing is to have the ball and watch the ball. As for who is better Kyrie Irving or Derrick Williams? An Xi doesn't know, he knows, when he was in college, he felt about these two people, it seemed that Kyrie Irving was more difficult to defend, but everything was different when he entered the NBA, and who knew what would happen at that time? Should the Timberwolves try Kemba Walker? Anxi felt the Timberwolves should try because he was a college teammate of Kemba Walker.

Of course, there is one thing that An Xi is very clear about - he, An Xi! is the best rookie in this draft! Time will tell.

Soon, David Stern, who everyone was waiting eagerly, walked onto the stage, and there were earth-shattering boos in the arena, anyway, the league is facing a shutdown crisis, and David Stern, the president of the league, is responsible, so both the labor management and the fans are very dissatisfied with David Stern.

The boos continued, and David Stern seemed to have expected it, and he waited a few minutes until the arena was quiet before he opened his mouth to announce the official start of the 2011 NBA Draft.

Then, a long string of English came out of David Stern's mouth, and then Kyrie Irving's name was heard.

"The Cleveland Cavaliers chose Kelly Irving, an expected choice, and with the stars of this draft bleak, the Cavaliers really didn't have a better choice." The ESPN moderator once again expressed his opinion.

Kelly Irving, on the other hand, excitedly hugged his family and friends, then put on the knight's hat and took center stage.

Then, the Timberwolves didn't dare to take risks, and they still chose Derrick Williams, who was also the favorite for the first round, and just as Derrick Williams gave his acceptance speech, Ivoclark quietly got up and left.

Anxi knows what this guy is going to do, Tristan Thompson got a lottery guarantee from the Cavaliers and will pick him with the fourth pick, Ivo Clark is leaving now, he must be going to Tristan Thompson, this is a great opportunity for an agent like Ivo Clark to show his face, how could he miss it?

Sure enough, the third-best Jazz chose Ennescanter, and then it was the Cavaliers' turn, and when David Stern spit out Tristan Thompson's name, the audience exclaimed!

"The Cavaliers selected Tristan Thompson with the fourth pick, an unexpected pick, and his projected pick was only at the end of the lottery, but the Cavaliers selected him with a top-five pick!"

From a distance, Anxi only saw Tristan Thompson jump up the moment he heard his name, and hugged everyone around him, including Ivoclark, to be honest, if Ivo Clark hadn't found Rich Paul, changed the physical test data, and got the Cavaliers' tryout invitation through the back door, and some things that Anxi didn't know later, Tristan Thompson would not have been selected in this pick at all.

Then the Raptors picked Jonas Valanciunas, and the Wizards took Jan Veseli. Jan Viseli was selected by the Wizards, which also marks that the Wizards will not have a place in the UAE next season, at this time, on the other side of the ocean, fans have sighed, is there no Chinese in the NBA next season? Yao? Forget it, there is already news that Yao Ming is going to retire this season.

With the seventh pick, the Kings selected Smeymbo and then sent him to the Bobcats in a three-way trade. With the 8th pick, the Pistons selected Brandon Knight. It wasn't until the 9th pick that Anxi's college teammate Kemba Walker was drafted by the Bobcats.

The next few picks were not unexpected, Klay Thompson was not picked by the Warriors until the 11th pick, and the Suns and Rockets picked the Morris brothers with two picks in a row, which is considered to be history.

Then, the Spurs, who are interested in Anxi, announced that they had completed a trade with the Pacers, trading George Hill for the Pacers' No. 15 pick this year, and then selected Kawhi Leonard, a small forward who is as defensive as Anxi.

At this time, Ivoclark also returned, and he saw Kowhi Leonard wearing the hat of the Spurs, and then subconsciously said: "The Spurs actually chose him, Ann, this black boy is very similar to your type?!" Aren't the Spurs ready to pick you? ”

An Xi shrugged his shoulders, not to mention anything else, there are still many differences between this Kawhi Leonard and himself, such as Anxi is more inclined to the outside line, while Kawhi Leonard is more inclined to the inside line. Although both of them are outside defensive players, the difference is that Anxi is a swingman at the front, while Kawhi Leonard is a swingman at the front, which is very different, and there is a big difference in position alone.

The Spurs did not choose Anxi in the first round, which was something that Anxi had expected a long time ago, from top to bottom, Anxi could not see any potential in his body, just like a yellow-skinned black and hard, at most a blue-collar player. This is different from Leonard, at least Leonard still has some potential.

David Stern named the first-round rookies one by one, and then greeted them one by one on the stage, and soon the draft went to the end of the first round, when the Celtics picked Marshon Brooks and the Mavericks selected Jordan Hamilton, Pat Riley frowned in the Heat draft room.

"LeBron said he wanted us to pick Norris Cole?"

"yes, Mr. Riley, LeBron said that Norris Cole would be one of the best point guards in this rookie class, and LeBron is Norris's hometown, so he knows the potential in Norris." The person who spoke was none other than Rich Paul, LeBron James' agent.

"But we don't have a draft pick, maybe the next few picks, Noris Cole will be picked away." Pat Riley shook his head.

"You can trade up, Mr. Riley, as far as I know, the Timberwolves have reached out to you, and they're willing to trade the Bulls' No. 28 pick for the Heat's two second-round picks."

"But our second-round picks already have a draft target!" Pat Riley was a little on fire.

"Draft goals for the second round? Comparable to Norris? Rich Paul scoffed. Hurry up, Mr. Pat Riley, LeBron is still waiting for the results. ”

Pat Riley shook his head helplessly and slowly pulled out his phone......