The next draft was uneventful, and the remaining two of the four North Carolina boys were quickly drafted. Shawn May joined the Bobcats with the 13th pick in the first round, while Rashad McCantz was drafted by the Timberwolves at the 14th.

Champion North Carolina is so popular, and the runner-up Illinois is naturally not bad. In addition to Delon, they also have two excellent backcourt players, Luther. Hyde and Dee. Brown, the three of them are collectively known as the Three Musketeers of Illinois. Their record over the course of the season was a staggering 37-2, and those two losses included the final loss. Among them. Brown was injured in training camp before the draft and eventually forfeited the draft, determined to return to college for another year. Hyde, on the other hand, was selected by the Pistons with the 25th pick in the first round (the 24th pick in history by the Rockets). The Pistons want him to be a solid backup for Hamilton, while Hyde, who is good at three-point shooting, can enhance the Pistons' weak long-range shooting.

Roy's teammate Nate. Robinson was picked by the Suns with the 21st pick, a pick from a previous trade with the Bulls, who had already traded to the Hawks. Soon after, though, the Suns announced that they had completed a trade with the Knicks, bringing Quentin to the Knicks. Richardson and Nate. Robinson's signing rights were sent to the Knicks in exchange for veteran Kurt. Thomas and some additions.

At this time, the Hawks were extremely depressed, they had two first-round picks but a pitiful 26th and 30th picks, and they knew that the Suns and Rockets were so far behind, so they would not take out their high picks to trade. It's a pity that I can't buy regret medicine now. In the end, they chose Linas, the swingman at the front. Kreiza and inside David. Plum.

The Lakers in the second round made a decent choice and added an inside lineman, high school student Andrey. Blecce. Kupchak was skeptical of Master Bass's risky move to select two high school students in a row. The league was reformed after that year, and players had to be at least 19 years old to participate in the draft. In this way, the 2005 draft was the last one that high school students could participate in.

Then the Rockets used the second round No. 21 to select the more mature Polish center Marcin. Gortat, who used the No. 25 to select young high school power forward Amir. Johnson. This completes the current year's recruitment.

In the second round, the Rockets mainly added to the bench on the inside, and the reason was very simple, because two of their interior players were about to leave.

On the third day after winning the championship, Dazhi and Daba insisted on inviting Yuanfei to dinner. Yuan Fei guessed the intentions of the two.

It's still Yao's restaurant, it's still the Chinese foursome, but the atmosphere is completely different from last time. The 2 consecutive days of celebration after winning the championship seemed to have exhausted the energy of several people, and even Yao Ming, who had always been cheerful, didn't speak much, and the atmosphere seemed a little dull.

It was Yuan Fei who broke the deadlock and said: "As the saying goes, if you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace. The two elder brothers have to invite me to dinner, don't they want to return to China for development? "Wang Yuanfei has a lot of eyes for Bass, and he has always been straightforward about his own people.

Dazhi and Da Ba looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and Da Ba said, "I really can't hide it from you." ”

Dazhi signed a 3-year contract with the Clippers in '02, and Dazhi signed a 2-year contract with the Rockets in '03. By 05, it just so happened that both of their contracts had expired.

"To be honest, I'm sorry about it." Yao Ming said: "Being able to work hard in the NBA with my two brothers and achieve so many achievements can be regarded as winning glory for the country." All this is something I would not have dared to dream about a few years ago. ”

"Are the two brothers dissatisfied with the treatment?" Yuan Fei was in a hurry, and began to say everything: "Although I can't give you too high a salary in terms of the team, my father has an industry in the mainland." You go back to China to help your father shoot a few advertisements for endorsements, and the problem of money is easy to say. ”

"Brother Xian, it's not about money. There is no feast in the world. Wang Zhizhi sighed: "I am 28 years old this year, which is considered my peak as an athlete. But I know that I don't have enough quality to be an important player in the championship team. Especially Chris is playing better and better day by day. He'll start in the future and I'll have to play him as a substitute. ”

Yuanfei also sighed. Dazhi said very objectively and realistically, Bosh's growth is indeed very fast, and he can almost face Rashid head-on in the second grade. Wallace, in the future, I'm afraid that in addition to a few superstars like Duncan Garnetnowski, there will be few big forwards in the league who can overpower Bosh. This is naturally a good thing for the rocket, but for Dazhi, his playing time is becoming more and more compressed.

"Yuanfei, my brothers don't blame you, and we never want to rely on private relationships to increase appearances." The honest bus said: "If your skills are not as good as others, you can only blame yourself." We have won enough honors, and we have learned a lot of technical experience, and we feel that this other side of the ocean is no longer very attractive. ”

"We want to return to China for development, and it is by no means that the rocket is sorry for us. On the contrary, we are taking advantage of the rocket. I've been in this league for 5 years and I've been on three teams. I'm lucky to finally meet you, meet Yao, taste the championship, and be considered famous. Dazhi turned his head to Yao Ming and said: "Don't learn from me, the technical characteristics of the two of us have been finalized, but you still have a lot of room for growth." Whether you can win a triple crown for the Chinese, it's up to you! ”

"Both of you have won the CBA championship before coming to the United States, and I haven't even won the CBA." The bus said unhappily: "Now that I have won two NBA championships, I also want to return to China to taste the taste of CBA championships." ”

"I'm afraid the CBA is more difficult than the NBA, haha." Yao Ming quipped.

(Historically, Daba won the NBA championship in the Spurs, but failed to win the CBA championship in his lifetime)

That's it, the season has just ended, and the Rockets have already confirmed their departure from the team. And Tecoglou and Parker's contract extensions are also underway, and counting the dispensable Barrett. Last season's 13-man squad now has only eight players left.

But Yuanfei was not worried at all, he carried out the next work in an orderly manner. Brandon after the draft. Roy and Amir. Johnson has confirmed his arrival (Marcin. Gortat is in further negotiations), counting the Spanoulis that he negotiated last year. The Rockets haven't made a move on the free agent market yet, and the basic eleven-man roster is out.

At this time, however, media people kept questioning. Yahoo Sports is known for its title "After the Championship, Is Brain Pumping? mocked the rocket. The article believes that the Bobcats' first-round selection of Paul by abandoning Williams is itself an upset, and the Rockets' first-round draft is even more inexplicable. Williams gave a kick to the Warriors, but in exchange for the unknown Blanton. Roy. Roy also has positional clashes with Maddy and Reed, and obviously won't be allocated enough playing time. As soon as Yuanfei looked at the title, he knew that this article was Woking's ghost behind his back.

ESPN took a wait-and-see approach, reviewing the Rockets' outstanding performance in rookie development in recent years, and believed that the Rockets' repeated success in the draft must have its objective factors. Whether this big gamble on Roy is a genius choice or a mentally retarded mistake can only wait for time to test. (To be continued.) )