Chapter 690: The Two Legendary Centers in the Draft
After the Bulls and Heat finished selecting players, it was time for the Timberwolves, who had a pick.
Now the management of the Timberwolves is extremely entangled......
Is it to choose their favorite Kevin Love? Or do you choose Mayo, the top pick?
If you don't choose Mayo, it's a pity to give up such a popular newcomer in vain.
Although they want to pick a big man as a way to continue their team's Wolves tradition, Mayo's talent is so good that it looks like he's a lot better than Lefou.
Under normal circumstances, they don't have this entanglement, and after selecting Mayo, they will trade with the Grizzlies, and they can get some benefits from the Grizzlies if they get LeFou.
Now that the Grizzlies draft pick was taken away by Richard, they don't have such a good thing.
In the end, the Timberwolves didn't take the risk of picking the big man Lefou, and finally chose the more talented Mayo......
The Thunder, who held the fourth or fifth pick, was not entangled at all, regardless of whether the forest chose Lefu or Mayo, they could accept it.
If they get Lefou, they will get two UCLA star newcomers, and they don't need to run in, these two can directly become the core of the inside and outside of the court.
And in the case of Mayo, they can also accept it, no matter what, Mayo is the top pick, and being able to use the fourth or fifth pick to pick the top pick is simply a good thing for pie in the sky.
Moreover, the positions of Mayo and Wei Shao do not overlap, one is the No. 1 position and the other is the No. 2 player.
After the Timberwolves selected Mayo, the Thunder immediately selected Wei Shao with the No. 4 pick, and then informed the Grizzlies of their draft roster and asked the Grizzlies to help them choose Kevin Love.
The top-10 picks didn't have much to do with the Pirates, and Richard didn't pay much attention to it, and he and Jordan chatted casually.
"It's a pity, Beasley's kid is actually really good, if we can get him, we won't have a problem with the forward lineup at all." After Jordan saw Beasley being drafted away by the Heat, he smacked his lips and said.
He is not a layman, although there is a bit of a problem in the selection of personnel, but the understanding of the team's lineup is completely fine.
After Millsap was sold by Richard, the team's forward position did have a bit of a problem, and there was a lack of strong substitutes.
If they can get Beasley, the forward bench will be a strong addition, and the Buccaneers will be completely invincible.
"This Mayo is not bad, I feel like this kid could be a top quarterback like Kobe or Roy in the future." Jordan commented on Mayo again.
Richard smiled bitterly, not to mention that Jordan had a poisonous eye for selecting people......
The top five picks, Jordan can only look at Beasley and Mayo, but both of them are toxic and the worst of the five......
Of course, in terms of talent, these two are the strongest of the five.
The next Gallinari and Roundface Deng were selected by the Knicks and the Clippers respectively.
I have to say that this 08 draft is actually quite powerful.
At least the top seven picks are not nobodies, even if they are not mixed, they have all made a big name, and this kind of scene rarely occurs in other drafts, and some of the top seven picks in many drafts may not be remembered by fans.
Far from it, for example, Joni Flynn, the sixth pick in '09, probably not many fans will remember his name.
Next, the New Jersey Nets selected Da Lopez with the 10th pick.
"Give the list to McMillan, it's time." Richard handed a note to Miles next to him and asked him to pass it on to the Trail Blazers' draft representative McMillan.
Jordan was confused because he had no idea what Richard was doing.
Looking at this posture, is Richard secretly trading with the Trail Blazers again?
Not to mention that Jordan didn't know, even Miles didn't know about it......
I'm afraid that in the entire draft scene, only Richard and McMillan know about it.
Before the draft began, Richard turned to his father-in-law to get the Trail Blazers' 14th pick in the first round.
The Trail Blazers really don't have any rookies to like this year, they have a good roster now, and what they need is to run in and let Durant grow as soon as possible.
Richard asked for this fourteenth pick, and Paul Allen naturally agreed without saying a word, and his family wanted a draft pick, which can be considered a big deal.
Richard didn't let the Trail Blazers suffer either, promising to sell Tony Allen to the Trail Blazers after the draft.
The Trail Blazers really lack a backcourt gate like Tony Allen now, and Durant's current defense is simply unwatchable.
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"I announce that the Portland Trail Blazers have selected Stephen Curry from Purdue University with the fourteenth pick in the first round!"
In Charlotte's old Curry's house, the Curry family was boiling.
Although Curry was selected by the Trail Blazers, the old Curry is an old man who has been with Richard for more than ten years, and he can guess that this may be a trade made by Richard and the Trail Blazers.
"Congratulations, kid, you're one of the pirates in the future!" Old Curry patted Curry on the shoulder and said excitedly.
After joining the Pirates, his eldest son can definitely have a perfect starting line, and after other newcomers are still having a headache for the starting position, his eldest son can already stand on the championship podium!
Curry Sr. doesn't worry about his eldest son's playing time at all, Paul has left, and as far as he knows, Rondo will be traded out after this season.
At that time, his eldest son will become the main controller of the pirate team!
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"Hmm, this kid?" Jordan was dumbfounded, he didn't expect Richard to choose Beasley or Lopez brothers in this draft, but Curry, a child with not outstanding physical fitness......
In Jordan's opinion, Curry is really a child, and he looks so immature.
When Jordan watched a Purdue game in March of this year, he thought Curry was a star-chasing elementary school student and ran to the court to impersonate the player.
Jordan thought Richard would choose between Beasley or Lopez......
Beasley's draft pick was high, but Jordan believed that Richard would have a way to get Beasley if he wanted to.
As for the Lopez brothers, it is not difficult to take them down.
But Richard didn't choose anyone, and chose Curry, who Jordan was quite unfavorable.
"Why, Michael, don't you like this kid?" Richard asked with a smile.
Jordan nodded, not hiding his thoughts, "It's really not optimistic, this kid is too thin, in our time, I doubt that he can play 30 games in a season, maybe after meeting the Jazz, Stockton can be directly reimbursed permanently." ”
"He looks like he's a complete underage child, no, a child under fifteen."
Jordan said a little speechlessly.
"Old man, times are different, I think this kid will surprise you."
"Let's wait and see......"
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After Curry was selected by the Trail Blazers with the 14th pick, Lopez Jr. was selected by the Suns with the 15th pick in the first round.
Speights was then drafted by the 76ers......
Then the 17th and 18th picks are two legendary centers!
The 17th pick was Gao Yuanyuan, Roy Hibbert.
The 18th pick is the mighty and domineering Big McKee......
Hibbert is 218 cm tall, which is very tall compared to the standard height of seven feet for a center forward, and secondly, he plays 0 points and 0 boards from time to time, and is finally affectionately called Gao Yuanyuan by domestic fans.
Gao Yuanyuan's entire career has played a total of 8 times with 0 points and 0 boards, and he is definitely a talent.
The poor Lakers, in the post-Kobe era, once regarded Gao Yuanyuan as their hope for internal revival, and the result is naturally predictable.
McGee, who is ranked in the 18th rank, is different in nature from Gao Yuanyuan, Gao Yuanyuan is real water, and McGee's strength is actually very strong.
How strong is it? He had a triple-double of 11 points, 12 rebounds and 12 blocks in the third year of his career.
In terms of physical talent, McGee can be said to be a pervert, and later generations of the league circulated the saying that the head is below the league's first center, and many people used this word on his cousin Cousins.
But McGee is actually more suitable for this title, and his physical fitness is actually better than Cousins.
It's just that McGee suffered from ADD when he was a child, which is commonly known as ADHD, which leads to his attention deficit disorder, weak self-control, and often makes some amazing moves on the court, such as air dunks, such as getting the team's offensive direction wrong, such as serving for opponents, and so on.
This is also the reason why McGee rarely gets enough playing time in his entire career, because he can't concentrate for a long time, and if he plays for a long time, he will make a lot of low-level mistakes.
In fact, McGee's problem is also related to his mother.
McGee's parents are both basketball circles, and his father, Montgomery, was drafted in the NBA draft and was drafted in this round, but he never played.
McGee's mother is a WNBA star player who led the team to win the NCAA championship, and later entered the WNBA, although she failed to win the championship, but after retiring from the game, she also became the head coach of the monarch team......
It can be said that McGee's mother has had a fairly successful career.
Successful women are inevitably a little paranoid in some aspects, McGee's ADD symptoms when he was a child can actually be cured as long as he takes medication on time, but his mother has always believed that McGee is not sick and does not need to take medication, which has caused McGee to grow up with the problem of not being able to concentrate for a long time.
Richard also knows a little about this, he likes McGee's simple big man here, and when he first crossed this world, he also thought about looking for McGee to see if he could persuade his mother to treat him ADD, but he never got McGee's movements.
Now that McGee is an adult, it must be too late to be treated.