"The first pick in the first round, the Portland Trail Blazers selected ...... Greg Oden from The Ohio State University, USA! ”

Listening to David Stern's passionate words on the rostrum, David Adelman also sighed slightly.

Although, after the previous Oden retired early due to injury, in various "afterthought" reviews, Durant should have locked in the top pick early in 2007.

But in fact, in David's opinion, no matter how many times he chooses, Auden is the ironclad champion of 2007!

The reason is simple, Oden has a center size rarely seen in the NBA.

The height of the bare feet is 2.10 meters, the height of the shoes is 2.13 meters, the weight is 117 kilograms, the height of the standing touch is 2.84 meters, and the bottom line switchback runs in only 11.67 seconds, which is the physical measurement data handed over by Oden before the draft.

The most critical point is that at this time, the traditional basketball mentality of inside is still dominant in the NBA.

From 1997 to 2006, the top pick in the NBA draft for ten years, only LeBron James in 2003 was not an interior player, even if there are many parallel goods such as "Sugar Man" Olovo Kandi and Kwame Brown among these 9 interior picks, NBA teams are still eager for the inside.

Bill Syever, Kansas head coach and NCAA coach who led the team to meet with Oden and Durant in the 2006-07 season, and his words before the draft represent the voice of NBA team management. "Durant is the best player I've seen since I took charge, and we can't stop him at all." "But if I had to pick the top pick, I would still pick Oden." ”

Moreover, Oden, who was born on January 22, 1988, only played one season in college, averaging 15.7 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, shooting 61.6% from the field.

Also in his freshman season, O'Neal averaged 13.7 points and 12.0 rebounds per game while shooting 55.6% from the field; Duncan averaged 9.8 points and 9.6 rebounds per game while shooting 54.5 percent from the field.

As for the risk of injury?

No one is a god.

From high school to college, his ankles and knees never bothered Oden.

In fact, the most worrying thing about him in the draft was his right wrist, which he injured in college. In the 2007 draft, Oden did not back down, and although Oden did not bench press because of concerns about a wrist injury, he used only 3.27 seconds in the 3/4 sprint, 0.2 seconds faster than Joakim Noah and 0.1 seconds faster than Al Horford, and 11.67 seconds for the full court switchback, 0.12 seconds faster than Noah and 0.48 seconds faster than Horford.

If you only look at such data, the Trail Blazers will definitely be a big laughing stock in the NBA if they don't pick Oden with the top pick, comparable to the one they missed Jordan in 1984.

Previously, the reason why David turned down the invitation of Ohio State University to be the head coach was not because the team's lineup was too poor after Oden's departure.

If Oden is still around, he is confident that he will lead Ohio State to the 2007-08 NCAA championship!

"David, any comments?"

While David was still reviewing Oden's tragic career, the draft was running according to the trajectory of the previous one, with the Seattle SuperSonics selecting Durant, Yi Jianlian also being selected by the Milwaukee Bucks, and the Utah Jazz, who were ranked 25th, chose the quarterback swingman Morris Almond, and the next one was the Houston Rockets, who held the No. 26 pick in the first round.

"Daryl, I agree with your choice. Brooks is the best point guard left right now. David replied to Morey, who had just been questioned.

Darryl Morey, who replaced Carol Dawson, who retired this year, as the general manager of the Rockets, and Adelman became head coach is the difference in time between the front and back feet.

Because of his previous lack of experience in the NBA, Morey still respects Adelman's opinion on draft and player transfers.

Before the draft, he traded Juwan Howard power forward for Mike James and Justin Reed from the Timberwolves after consulting with Adelman.

Although Morey was also a controversial general manager in his previous life, he was very good at the beginning of his tenure.

At the beginning of Morey's tenure, he was left with a huge mess, when there were only two superstars on the team, Yao Mai, and the role players were old and young, and there were almost no available talents.

In 2007, Morey quickly cleaned up the original junk contracts such as Juwan Howard, and successively recruited a group of stalwarts such as Scola, Landry, and Brooks through trades and drafts, which also laid the foundation for the most brilliant stroke of Yao Mai's career this season - 22 consecutive wins.

Even if David is part of the army of reborn, it will be difficult to do better than Morey.

"The 26th pick in the first round, the Houston Rockets selected the ...... Aaron Brooks from the University of Oregon, USA! ”

Looking at the little black bean wearing the hat of Team Rocket on the stage, David also showed a smile.

The 2007 draft was a neglected one, although the supergiant seems to be only Durant, but Mark Gasol, Conley, Horford, Noah and others are all All-Stars or first-line stars, and Aaron Brooks, who averaged 19.6 points per game in his peak season and won the Most Improved Player Award that year, is also a non-negligible presence in this draft.

Although the Rockets currently have a good scorer in the ball-handling position, the only player who can choose the most effective player in this position is Brooks.

Moreover, David still remembers that although Mike James has a good offense, he seems to have a bad relationship with his father, and he was swept away in the end when he entered the palace for the second time.

After the first round of the draft, David Stern handed the stage to Xiao Hua, watching the future culprit of betting into the NBA, David Adelman didn't pay much attention to the future NBA president as he prepared to make trouble in the second round.

In the second round, the Rockets held the No. 54 pick, and Morey's original target was Brad Newley from Australia, but after learning that the latter could not give a promise to enter the NBA in the new season, David persuaded Morey to change his choice.

Originally, the No. 54 signing was dispensable, and if selected, it may not be signed, so Morey gave David this face.

What's more, Morey just completed a deal that David admired, trading a future second-round pick and cash from the Seattle SuperSonics for a Karl Landry pick.

The healthy "Divine Bird" is the league's top fourth-quarter scorer, and his awareness is something that a lot of interior muscle sticks will never understand, and the biggest jewel of this class other than Marc Gasol, who can't immediately log in to the NBA!

At the end of last month, Landry attended Rookie Camp in Orlando before the draft and, like many other rookies, tried to impress NBA teams with his performance.

But at the time, scouts' questions against Landry always focused on two things, height and athleticism. According to the information reported by Purdue University for Landry, the 2.01-meter-tall power forward and a serious knee injury have discouraged many NBA teams from retreating early.

However, in the Rockets' training camp, David found that Landry's real height was close to 2.07 meters, and the knee injury was not as serious as the university said, so Landry was immediately included in the list of candidates by Morey, and finally got Landry through a trade.

Brooks + Landry, this is what the Houston Rockets are getting from this draft at the moment, it's perfect!

But David still felt regretful.

The second round of the draft continued, and when it came to this signing, many fans at the scene had already left the stadium in advance, and even the huts of some teams gradually quieted down.

By the time they were in their forties, there were not many people left on the scene, and some of the selected teams had withdrawn in advance.

"Dalyl, can you trade for the pre-48 sign? Or on No. 48. David asked aloud.

The 48th pick, the team will most likely not sign in the end, and since David has spoken, Morey naturally has no reason to refuse.

After an exchange, Morey put down the phone and let out a long breath.

"I just made a trade with the Golden State Warriors, and I traded No. 54 for their No. 46 pick. David, who do you think is the right choice? Morey said and looked at David curiously.

"I have a candidate here, and I've seen his game video by chance, and I think he's very valuable to develop." David said, sending a copy of the materials he had prepared to everyone.

"Marc Gasol?"