Chapter 277: Carter and Dazhi are in hand
Two days later, Davidson showed up at the draft.
This year's draft conference is really a coincidence, and it happens to be held in Vancouver.
It was also the first and only draft in NBA history to be held in Vancouver.
The draft held on his doorstep, Davidson naturally had to go early.
After arriving at the venue, the representatives of each team arrived in twos and threes.
Davidson saw those who had a good relationship, and stepped forward to say hello, as for those who didn't deal with it, he naturally pretended not to see it.
"Man, I heard you're going to pick Carter this time?" Adelman asked Davidson in a low voice.
Davidson was stunned, but he didn't expect Stu Jackson to really reveal this.
But it's not a big deal, anyway, the Clippers can't choose Carter, even if they don't choose big men Olovocandi or LaFrentz, then they will definitely choose point guard Bibby.
The Clippers now have a young Brent Barry on their roster, and it's unlikely that they will pick a point guard with the prized No. 1 pick.
In the entire history of the NBA, only the Philadelphia 76ers have done the extravagant thing of signing a guard with the top pick, and they have done it twice.
"Yes, there is an idea." Davidson nodded.
There is no need to hide it, and Carter is unlikely to be cut off anyway.
Adelman nodded and said with a smile: "The quarterbacks from North Carolina can always give people illusions. ”
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After a while, Stern began to appear, and the draft officially began.
"I am announcing that the Los Angeles Clippers, with the first pick in the first round, selected Michael Olowokandi from the University of the Pacific."
Sure enough, the Clippers didn't make any risky choices, and directly used the top pick to pick the top pick Olowokandi.
Olovo Kandi is a standard seven-foot center.
Although he only started to contact basketball at the age of 17, his physical fitness is really good, so he played a quite amazing performance in college, averaging about 22 points, 11 rebounds and 3 blocks per game in the season.
Of course, this data seems to be overwhelming, but when you think about it, it is actually just that.
The main reason is that the University of the Pacific where he is located is really not a top NCAA school, and the Central and Western Divisions of the University also belong to a relatively weak division, so the gold content of this data is not high.
Perhaps experts from all walks of life value the potential of Olovocandi, after all, with a height of seven feet and excellent physical talent, after a few years of training, it may be an incomparably huge surprise.
This is actually the hometown of the big dream Olajuwon, and the hometown of both of them is Lagos, the capital of Nigeria.
Perhaps this is also the reason why he is in the spotlight, and some fans think that this product will become another big dream......
If you want to talk about Nigeria, the men's basketball team is not very strong, but it has played many NBA legends, but these stars who came out of Nigeria have not played for Nigeria in the future.
For example, the future born Brother Alphabet and Oladipo, both of whom are also from Nigeria.
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Seeing that the Clippers selected Olowo Kandi, Davidson had a smile on his face, and Carter had it.
Five minutes later, Stern took the stage again.
"I am announcing that the Vancouver Grizzlies have selected Vince Carter from the University of North Carolina with the second pick in the first round."
Because tonight is the home court of the Grizzlies, there are many Grizzlies fans who came to watch the draft.
Seeing that the Grizzlies chose Carter instead of Bibby, as they had predicted, many Grizzlies fans were dumbfounded.
The draft is not a random selection, there are routines to follow, even ordinary fans, if they have a deeper understanding of the NBA, they can generally guess which players their home team will choose.
Especially for the top three teams, it is even easier to guess, basically one guess is accurate, and the error rate does not exceed two percent.
But now the Grizzlies did not choose Bibe, but Carter, which undoubtedly makes Grizzlies fans a little regretful.
In their opinion, with Davidson's tutelage, Bibby may be able to play at the same level as Nash in the future......
Davidson naturally noticed the boos at the scene, and many laughed.
When the new season begins, these cheering fans are estimated to be really fragrant.
The Grizzlies' choice directly messed up the next few teams......
The Denver Nuggets, who are holding the flower check, are now confused.
Originally, they were definitely going to pick Lafrenz as an inside player.
Their situation is somewhat similar to that of the Clippers, there are not too strong points in the team, and there was a power forward McDyce in the first two years to support the scene, but McDyce was sold to the Suns by them last season.
There must have been something wrong with this deal, because after only one year with the Suns, McDies returned to the Nuggets......
As for the conditions negotiated by the Nuggets and the Suns to lease McDis for a year, only God knows.
In other words, McDyce will return to the Nuggets this season.
Originally, they naturally wanted Bibe, and Bibby plus McDyce is quite fascinating.
However, they only had a pick, and everyone thought that the Grizzlies, who had the pick, would win Bibby, so they had to settle for the next best thing and target Lafrentz.
Now that the Grizzlies don't want Biby, it's naturally impossible for the Nuggets to miss this opportunity......
"I'm announcing that the Denver Nuggets, with the third pick in the first round, selected Mike Bibby from the University of Arizona."
Next, the Raptors and Warriors with the fourth and fifth picks were even more confused.
Because the two teams were privately in contact before the draft......
The fifth-pick Warriors wanted Jamison, while the fourth-pick Raptors came and took Jamison first.
Then let the Warriors pick Carter with the fifth overall pick and trade Jamison for Carter plus a few other benefits.
With Carter drafted by the Grizzlies, the two teams were a little confused.
The Raptors didn't say a word, and directly chose the remaining Lafrentz, and they didn't bother to intercept the Warriors.
The Warriors got their wish and selected Antoine Jamison with the fifth pick.
It is worth mentioning that Jamison and Carter are actually brothers-in-law......
The world is so ingenious that the script can't write such a coincidence.
Under normal circumstances, Carter and Jamison are ranked fourth and fifth in the same draft.
Carter's wife is the real sister of Jamison's wife......
The top five picks were all disrupted except for the champion.
Davidson has been waiting, Carter has arrived, and the next thing is naturally waiting for Dazhi.
Soon, as the first round drew to a close, Davidson read out the 28th pick, and Davidson wrote a note and handed it to the Kings.
"I announce that King Saramento has chosen Wang Zhizhi from China with the 29th pick in the first round!"
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