Chapter 19: The 1993 NBA Draft
"Brother, this is what NBA draft you are talking about, as long as you are selected, you will be able to earn a million a year after being selected?"
On June 3o, 1993, at seven o'clock in the evening, at Lin Han's home in Utah, at this time, Lin Han was watching a qiē on TV, although the NBA draft has not yet started, but Lin Han does not want to miss any minute and second of the draft time, he is very much looking forward to today, after all, the Jazz also promised him that he will try to draft Lin Han in the round.
"Yes, it won't take long for your brother to be a millionaire, if you want anything in the future, just ask me for it, I'll buy it for you"
"But, brother, can you really be chosen? I never knew you could play basketball, huh? ”
Looking at the little sister Lin Yu's extremely skeptical eyes, Lin Han's face was also a little unbearable, and he said with a dry smile: "Ahem, there are more things you don't know."
After finishing speaking, Lin Han didn't forget to gently pinch his little sister's cheeks with both hands to express his dissatisfaction and said: "Your brother is a genius, you can't doubt your brother so much in the future."
"I know, brother, it hurts" Although Lin Han's kneading action was very light, Lin Yu still said with a look of grievance to Lin Han, but after seeing Lin Han withdraw his hands, this little girl smiled directly and stuck to Lin Han's body scratching Lin Han's itch everywhere, for the little sister's counterattack, how could Lin Han not fight back, and soon the two laughed together, which also made the second sister Lin Wei, who came down from the upper floor, unhappy.
"Hey, you two are not children anymore, pay attention to the impact" These two guys were very sticky when they were children, although the two were three years apart, but they were like peers, but she, a person of the same age as Lin Han, used to fight or scold Lin Han, anyway, they just couldn't play together.
Although today is June 3O, the last day of June, today is not a Saturday or Sunday rest day, so Lin Han's eldest sister has not come back, and after Lin Han and Lin Yu played for a while, the NBA draft has officially begun.
Watching his brother staring intently at the TV to watch this NBA draft, Lin Yu was also learning from his brother's example, leaning on Lin Han's body to accompany him to watch this talent show that she couldn't see.
This year's NBA draft is not a draft year in an absolute sense, not as good as the draft year called the golden generation in 84, but although it is not as good as the golden draft year like the 84 generation, but it is definitely not a draft year, and the rookies who came in this year are several young people who were able to beat the dream team last year, although the dream team was underestimated in the face of them last year, but even if the dream team is not a light opponent that any team can beat, in this case, There are a lot of talented players this year, which also leads to the draft pick of the top 10 this year is very popular.
Of course, this year's top ten rookies have nothing to do with Lin Han, these are all for talented players, such as Hardaway, Alan Houston, etc., these people are also players who were invited to the draft by the league, as for Lin Han, ordinary rookies who want to enter the NBA draft site still need to buy tickets to enter the stadium and sit in the stands like fans, so Lin Han did not choose to go to the draft site of Auburn Hills Palace this year.
For this year's NBA draft, the outside media has been hyped for a long time, for example, there has been news that the Magic seem to be seeking a trade recently, it seems that the Magic are not ready to use the champion to sign Hardaway, and for example, the Philadelphia 76ers have been looking for a high-quality power forward after losing Barkley last year, so this team seems to be lobbying the Magic to use the champion to sign Hardaway recently, and they are ready to intercept Webber that the Warriors want, so in recent times, about the Magic, The serial news between the 76ers and the Warriors is flying all over the world.
As for the Magic, the 76ers, and the Warriors, this is even a love triangle between the three, Lin Han has actually been very concerned, even more concerned than the changes in his own draft order, because Lin Han refused the trial invitations of many teams, including the Lakers, so Lin Han's draft ranking has been declining in recent times, whether it is the United States Today or other American big media are not very optimistic about Lin Han's draft prospects, but because of the commitment of the Jazz, Lin Han has no interest in his draft rankings now.
And just when Lin Han stared at the TV and wanted to enter Fei Fei, wanting to know if the Magic really wouldn't use the champion to sign Hardaway, the president of the league, David Stern, finally gave the answer, the Magic team announced that they used the No. 1 pick in the round to select Chris Webb, the best interior line in this year's rookies, and when David Stern announced that the Magic team selected Webber, the TV camera deliberately aimed at the 76ers, the management of the two Warriors, obviously, it can be seen from the expressions of the two management that the Warriors and the Magic team are compatible, As for the 76ers, if they want to take revenge now, then they will directly choose Hardaway, Pit Magic and Warriors.
But obviously, the Magic and the Warriors dare to get along, and the reliance of these two teams is naturally that the 76ers are not short of backcourt players like Hardaway, and the position of this team's guard has Hornacek, a guard who averaged 19+7 per game last season, and Jose Hawkins, an All-Star guard who averaged 2o+4+4 per game last season, and even in the small forward position, there is also the No. 9 pick Clerence Witherspoon who was drafted last year. Although this guy can't be the best rookie because of the rookies in '92 O'Neal and Mourning, but the number of his rookie seasons is close to 16+7 per game, such potential rookies are the focus of the 76ers, although Hardaway is much better than these three in terms of talent, but as far as the current 76ers are concerned, they really don't need an outside player.
Therefore, after the Magic and the Warriors conspired to pit the 76ers, the 76ers finally gritted their teeth and gave up their intention to retaliate against these two teams, and instead chose this year's second-best rookie interior Sean Bradley at the second pick.
In this case, soon, the Warriors used their No. 3 pick to select Hardaway, who was originally the favorite to sign first, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Hardaway and Webb will exchange owners with each other.
After the Magic and Warriors' draft conspiracy drama was staged, although there were some surprises in the next draft, the surprises were not so big, the fourth draft Dallas Mavericks selected the University of Kentucky forward Jamal Mashburn, the young NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves selected the guard Ryder who played a game with Lynham in the rookie matchup, and the Washington bullets selected Calpotter Channey with the sixth pick. The Sacramento Kings drafted Bobby Hurley, the best point guard of the year, with the seventh pick.
Wenbeck was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the eighth pick, the Denver Nuggets selected Rodney Rodgers, who is also an interior player, with the eighth pick, and the Pistons, who were not able to enter the playoffs this year and are ready to rebuild, selected point guard Lindsey Hunter with the No. 10 pick traded from the Heat, and at the same time selected Allan Houston, a point guard with the No. 11 pick he originally had, and it seems that the Pistons' rebuilding is on the right path.
As for Jerry West, who has always wanted Lin Han, he was bullied by Lin Han in the Lakers' No. 12 pick, but George Lynch, a small forward with great potential, obviously, Lin Han's rejection of Jerry West made the Lakers godfather very faceless, and naturally it was impossible to choose Lin Han, even if Lin Han really went to the Lakers for a tryout, I'm afraid Jerry West would not use the No. 12 pick to select Lin Han.
However, what makes Lin Han a little interesting is that the Indiana Pacers selected the interior player Scott Haskin with the fourteenth pick, and when he saw the Pacers' choice, Lin Han's face was very strange, because the reason why the Jazz did not give Lin Han an absolute guarantee, and did not say to Lin Han that they would definitely select Lin Han in the first round, is because the Jazz also took a fancy to this interior line.
Although this year's NBA draft can be regarded as a draft year, there are really not too many high-quality interior lines, in this case, almost every slightly better interior line is fragrant buns, not to mention that the Jazz are really short of interior lines now, but it is clear that the Jazz's goal was cut off by the Pacers.
Now Lin Han wants to know whether the Jazz will choose him in the 18th pick in the first round if he is cut off, after all, as an NBA team, Lin Han believes that the Jazz will never have only one inside line, the first target is gone, and there will definitely be second and third goals.
didn't let Lin Han wait more, and soon, after the drafts of the previous teams, it was the turn of the Jazz, the eighteenth pick.
"The Utah Jazz selected Utah Valley Community College shooting guard from Utah Valley Community College with the eighteenth pick."
After David Stern read the little white strip with some surprise, the draft scene was in an uproar, and Lin Han also fell into a stupor at this time in his own home.
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