Chapter 22: Perfect Prediction of the Draft
Davidson perfectly predicted the top fifteen picks, and directly made a lot of limelight among a bunch of league bigwigs.
These team executives here, they naturally have a mock list in mind.
But their roster of simulations turned out to be skewed and not as perfect as Davidson had predicted.
For a while, many people looked at Davidson curiously, wondering where Chuck Daley found such a magical young man.
Next up is the Nets' first-round pick No. 16, and it's normal for Davidson to stop predicting.
After all, it was the draft of my own team, so what was the point of predicting it?
"I announce that the New Jersey Nets have selected George Muresan from Romania with the 16th pick in the first round."
After Stern's announcement, many people in the audience looked different.
The Nets actually chose that stupid big guy?!
Chuck Daley is probably completely out of the way this time, not that Murraysan is not strong enough to enter the league, but that he is not worth using a mid-first round pick.
The Bullets, who were originally going to use the No. 3 pick in the second round to select Muresan, were suddenly a little confused.
They thought about being cut off so early, but they didn't expect to be cut off so early.
When Murraysan arrived, Chuck Daley and Davidson both smiled with satisfaction.
In the next draft, Davidson didn't dare to continue to predict, because the prediction must not be accurate.
The normal draft pick was directly disrupted because Murraysan was selected in advance.
At least until the No. 3 pick in the second round is over, Davidson can't accurately predict the rookies' picks.
Stern took to the stage to announce one first-round rookie after another.
"Young man, go ahead and predict, your Nets signing has passed, see if you can hit them all tonight, if you can hit them all, I think you'll definitely be in the headlines tomorrow." Don Cheney, who was the head coach of the Pistons at the time, said to Davidson with interest.
The draft is actually quite boring for them, and the whole process takes about three or four hours.
And in such a long time, what they really need to make a decision is ten minutes, and the rest of the time, the only thing they can do is find some topic to talk about.
Now that there is such an interesting young man as Davidson, everyone naturally wants to pass the time.
Davidson waved his hand, "It's almost time for our Nets' second-round pick, let's make a prediction after our Nets are selected." ”
The Nets still have a 36th pick, and Stern has announced the rookie with the first 27th pick, and it is indeed close to the Nets' selection.
"Okay, then we'll see, young man, I hope you can surprise us." Don Cheney said with a smile.
Some people looked at Davidson curiously, this young man seemed to be very confident, could he really guess the list of the second round?!
In their minds, this is completely impossible.
It's hard to guess the top fifteen, but it's not difficult, and if you're really lucky, it's not impossible to guess all of them.
But if you guess all the right in the second round, it will really be difficult to describe.
Chuck Daley looked confused, his original idea tonight was to let Davidson show his face, but now Davidson's face was a little too big......
If he can really guess the second round, then Chuck Daly can be sure that Davidson will definitely be an instant hit tonight.
But if the prediction is wrong, it will be a bit embarrassing.
Davidson's guess of the first fifteen picks was enough to surprise Chuck Daley, after all, even an old veteran coach like him can't accurately predict every pick.
Now that Davidson has done it, Chuck Daley feels like he's underestimating Davidson.
Next, the Nets selected John Best with the 36th pick, a little-known nobody.
Seeing that the Nets were finished, everyone looked at Davidson.
Davidson cleared his throat.
"With the next 37th pick, the Lakers will choose Nick Van Exel."
"The 38 picks the Bullets select Conrad McRae."
"39th ......"
In just a few minutes, Davidson went from the 37th to the 54th pick.
"I announce that the Lakers selected Nick Van Exel, from the University of Cincinnati, with the tenth pick in the second round."
"I am announcing that the Atlanta Hawks selected Rich Manning from the University of Washington with the 13th pick in the second round."
……
The audience was silent, the whole venue was silent, and everyone stared at Davidson as if they had seen a ghost.
Although the results of the second round have not yet been announced, Davidson's prediction of the first ten second-round picks has all hit.
How is this possible?! There was such a question swirling in everyone's minds.
In their minds, this is simply impossible.
Even those of them who have been in the league for half their lives feel that it is impossible, and you can imagine how incredible Davidson's performance just now was.
One second-round pick after another was announced, and Davidson's predictions were still accurate.
When the Suns, who hold the 54th pick, selected Brian Wilson, the whole venue was completely boiling.
"What are you kidding?! Old Chuck, where did you get this guy! Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan opened his mouth wide with shock.
"Am I dreaming that this kid really predicted the draft list perfectly? How is this possible? Something that God can't do. ”
"It's amazing, this kid has done a great thing, and I think when the news gets out, he'll definitely be the highlight of tonight's draft."
"I don't think it's possible, how can someone really predict the draft perfectly, even if it's Stern, it's impossible to do that because we don't know which players we will pick in the second round."
Many people were completely shocked by Davidson.
Seeing all the shocked expressions around him, Chuck Daly was relieved.
He never expected that Davidson would have such a hand.
Perfect Prediction of the Draft? At Chuck Daly, that's something that God can't do.
Davidson, however, did it, and Chuck Daley grinned excitedly.
It seems that his previous choice was not wrong, and it was a wise decision to let Davidson enter this industry.
Even a fool can see that Davidson has a rather terrible talent in this line of work.
How could you have accomplished such a feat if you didn't have talent?!
"Old guys, it's time for you to keep up with the times, Davidson is the data analyst I hired on Wall Street." Chuck Daly said with a smug expression.
He is really proud, Davidson is like his own son, and now that his own child is in such a big limelight, he just doesn't have a long tail, otherwise he will definitely have to go to the sky.
"Let's talk, we'll get back to New Jersey tonight, by the way, we're going to put Sam Bowie on the shelf, feel free to contact me if you're interested."
Taking advantage of the presence of the top management of each team tonight, Chuck Daley also released the news that the Nets were going to sell the starting center.