Chapter 231 [Butterfly Effect, Chain Reaction]
After the holiday, Guo Xu stayed at home to rest and spent the summer vacation with Megan.
On June 27, he watched a live broadcast of the 2001 NBA Draft.
The Wizards drafted high school interior Kwame Brown with the No. 1 pick and missed out on a large group of strongmen.
The Clippers have drafted interior spring man Tyson Chandler.
The Eagles drafted Pau Gasol, who "Zen Master" Jackson liked.
The Bulls drafted Eddie Curry, a fat guy nicknamed "Little Shark" with the fourth pick, but unfortunately he wasn't actually a shark, just a fat man. Unfortunately, if this trend continues, the Bulls management will still trade Elton Brand. This is good news for Jason Richardson, who is likely to be the first core to be focused on.
The Warriors chose "President" Sean Battier for the fifth place, and without Richardson running, the Warriors chose the most reliable swingman in the NCAA, a selfless team player, who seems to be good with Jamison.
Without Richardson, the Warriors won't necessarily trade Jamison for a rebuild.
This is a butterfly effect, Guo Xu feels that if the grizzly bear does not have Battier, it will be much more difficult to rise than in his previous life.
As a result, the Grizzlies immediately selected the strongman, and their sixth pick actually selected NCAA first-year rookie Zach Randolph, and the "Black Bears" pick was greatly improved from their previous life.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Randolph was not selected by the Trail Blazers until No. 19. Due to the presence of "Roaring Celestial" Rashid Wallace on the team, he played as a substitute for two seasons until Rashid was traded and became a 20+10 player.
In this year's NCAA, the Michigan State University Spartans reached the quarterfinals of the tournament after losing the "Fantastic Four", although the results were down from last season, but they were highly rated, and the most eye-catching player was Randolph.
If Richardson stays in school, Randolph will only be the second leader, and the data will be average. Now he is the team's leading scorer and rebounder, and his consistent mid-range shooting has left a lasting impression. Under Tom Izzo's tutelage, Randolph can take on the core responsibility, he is not so fat, his physical fitness is not too bad, and he is not a pure floor stream.
Fate is so wonderful, Guo Xu just sighed that the grizzly bear is over, and they have signs of rising. If they follow the original history and then exchange for Gasol, the inside strength is not bad.
The Nets picked Eddie Griffin for seventh place, a super-quality problem player who looks a bit like Tony Leung.
The Cavaliers chose center Desagena Diop for eighth place, the biggest blue-collar center in the class.
The Pistons selected Rodney White for ninth place, a forward who Guo Xu was completely unimpressed.
The Celtics selected Joe Johnson for the tenth place, and Guo Xu was stunned.
Guo Xu can't remember all the things in his previous life very clearly, after all, it has been five years since he was reborn, and even if he recorded some things that he thought were important in Chinese in computer documents, there were many errors and omissions.
He was under the impression that Joe Johnson was playing for the Suns, and now the Green Army has put together a lineup of Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford, Pierce, and Walker, and it looks promising.
In the past, the Green Army would trade to pick a swingman at No. 11, but now they have too many swingmen to make this deal.
The Nuggets, who are in dire need of reinforcement at the front, selected Kedrick Brown, who is 201cm tall and weighs 101kg, for 11 percent.
Kedrick's fate has also changed because of a series of chain reactions, if he joins the Green Army, it will be a dead end, he can only play as a substitute for Pierce, there are not many opportunities to play at all, in 04 he was reduced to no ball to play, and now maybe he can still practice.
Guo Xucai played in the NBA for one season, and many things have changed, and the changes will be bigger and bigger in the future.
The players were selected one after another, because they were all the goals of the team after the trial, and most of the choices were the same as Guo Xu's previous life.
"Elvis" Wallace was drafted by the Kings and will certainly be pressed to the bench by Adelman.
Center Durham Porter was selected by the 76ers and the template was Mutombo. Larry Brown was abused in the finals, and he still likes blue-collar centers, and it is not uncommon for him to be able to shoot.
Tony Parker joins the Spurs. There is no good point guard in this lottery show, the Spurs need a point guard, Parker is already the most reliable choice, and their scouting is really good.
At the end of the first round, Guo Xu knew that the 2001 Lakers' draft pick had already been traded.
Even so, he watched it with relish, and it was a very interesting feeling. In his previous life, most of the rookies in this class have retired, but now they are all young and have a big difference in image.
At the beginning of the second round of the draft, Guo Xu was even more emotional.
If the Lakers have draft picks and let him, a traverser, be the manager, they can easily select players with potential to develop.
"The General" Gilbert Arenas was drafted in the second round by the Warriors.
There is also center Memet Oku, who can defend against others on the defensive end, and can open up space to block and dismantle on the offensive end, catch and shoot. The All-Star potential was only drafted by the Pistons at No. 10 in the second round.
Earl Watson was selected in the second round by the SuperSonics at No. 11 and is a guard who has made a name for himself in the NBA. The SuperSonics also selected swingman Bobby Simmons in the 13th round in the second round, which is very reliable from a future perspective.
The Lakers didn't choose anyone in the second round, and the draft picks were traded, and Guo Xu didn't wait for a new teammate.
Kupchak's reinforcement idea is very clear, sign veterans who are willing to take a pay cut to join and hit the championship at the end of their careers in the free market, and no newcomers are needed, and there are many young players in the team, and they can't be trained when they come.
Several trades were also announced at the draft.
After being drafted by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the first round, Richard Jefferson was sent to the Nets along with 18-point blue-collar center Jason Collins in exchange for No. 7 pick Eddie Griffin.
Even if this deal doesn't add Collins, the Rockets will lose to their grandmother's family. In Guo Xu's previous life, during the reign of Rocket manager Dawson, he basically did nothing good, except for the selection of Yao Ming by the champion, of course, this is not a good thing for Yao Ming......
The Hawks and Grizzlies also completed a big deal.
The Hawks drafted Pau Gasol with the scout pick and then sent him to the Grizzlies with Brevine Knight and Lorenzen White in exchange for short power forward Sharif Raheem and guard Jamal Tinsley.
In Guo Xu's previous life, the 38-year-old Gasol could still get 10.1 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in 23.6 minutes; Raheem was swept away after only playing for the Hawks for 2 and a half seasons, and only had one All-Star bench experience in his 12-year NBA career, and only played in the playoffs in one season.
The deal looks like the Grizzlies are making a lot of money at the moment, and as Gasol matures and slowly becomes the core of the team, the Hawks know how stupid the deal is.
Phil Jackson also watched the draft at home and felt very sorry when he saw Gasol easily traded away by the Grizzlies with a chip that wasn't an All-Star.
During his meditation, he imagined the scene of Guo Xu, Demar Johnson, Gasol, and O'Neal partnering, the team can attack and defend, can be fast and slow, and the game is exciting. Unfortunately, this can only be thought about.
The Lakers will definitely not re-sign veteran Hores Grant this summer, and next season's No. 4 spot will only rely on Horry and Madsen's words to have weaknesses, and Jackson now only wants Kupchak to be reliable in the free market.