Chapter 285: The Clippers
Bradley at shooting guard, the 19th rookie in the first round in 2010, graduated from the University of Texas and played only one year in the NCAA, but Bradley showed his quality that season.
He averaged 11.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game and was named to the All-Rookie Team of the Division at the end of that season and was named to the All-Game Team.
Bradley immediately announced that he would participate in the draft, and was finally selected by the Celtics with the 19th pick, but the 10-year Celtics still have the strength to win the championship and still have a lot of hope to compete for the championship, so Bradley's rookie season was not too smooth, and he was even sent to the Development League.
However, in the 2011-12 season, due to the increase in injuries caused by the shortened season, Rajon Rondo and Ray Allen were sidelined for a long time, which gave Bradley, who can be qualified in both the first and second positions, more opportunities. In the final month of the regular season, Bradley averaged 15.1 points per game and shot 52% from the field.
The following season, he successfully developed his defense and was named to the All-Defensive Second Team. On May 26, 2016, the NBA officially announced the best defensive team for the 2015-16 season, and Avery Bradley was selected to the first team of the All-Defensive Team, and was selected to the All-Defensive Team for the first time in his career.
At the same time, on October 30, 2016, the Celtics defeated the Hornets 104-98 away, Avery Bradley played 35 minutes, scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 4 assists, including 8 of 11 three-pointers, setting a new career record for rebounds and three-point shooting in a single game.
After becoming a well-known 3-and-D player in the league, he was traded to the Pistons and the Clippers this year, but no matter what team he is on, he is a well-deserved choice for starting guards, which shows that his quality is highly recognized.
The Clippers' small forward is Wesley Johnson, the No. 4 rookie in the first round in 2010, and judging by the draft pick, he can be described as talented, and that's the impression he made back then.
In 2006, Wesley Johnson attended Iowa State University. In the 2006-07 season, Wesley Johnson averaged 12.3 points and 7.9 rebounds per game and was named to the 12-big league rookie team. He averaged 3.16 offensive rebounds per game and 33 blocks to top the top 12 leagues, and his total of 244 rebounds ranked second in the Iowa State University rookie record.
In fact, this performance, he is fully qualified to participate in the draft.
But he did not immediately announce his participation in the draft, but chose to stay in college and continue to polish. In the 2007-08 season, Wesley Johnson won the 12 Major League Merit Award, scoring 20+ points a total of seven times.
However, he still did not announce his participation in the draft, but made a surprising move, transferring schools - according to NCAA regulations, transfer students are not allowed to play next season! This is also taboo for many rookies!
But Wesley Johnson chose to do so anyway, and in the 2008-09 season, Johnson could only train with the team and not play.
However, Wesley Johnson, who had been training for a year, exploded the following season, the 2009-10 season, averaging a team-high 16.5 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, helping Syracuse University to a 30-5 record, winning the Great East Division championship, being named the Great East Division Player of the Year, and being selected as the No. 1 team in the United States by the Associated Press and the American Basketball Writers Association. In the top 10 games in the Great East Division, he averaged 16.5 points per game and ranked 10th, 8.5 rebounds and 1.7 steals ranked fifth, and his 41.5% shooting percentage ranked seventh. In the NCAA tournament, he averaged 22.0 points per game, including a career-high 31 points against Gonzaga University in the second round.
It was these performances that made Wesley Johnson the No. 4 pick in the 2010 draft.
It's a pity that throughout his career, probably because he lost too much time in college, his potential was exhausted, there was no trace of growth at all, and he continued to wander in various teams, and he would not have been able to start this game if it wasn't for other injuries.
The big forward is Gallinari, the 6th pick in the first round in 2008, compared to Johnson's draft pick, Gallinari is a real amazing talent, as an international player, Gallinari began to play professionally as early as 06!
In 2004, at the age of 16, Danilo Gallinari began playing for an Italian B1 team, and in 2005, Gallinari was loaned to Serie B by Italian Serie A club AJ Armani.
In Serie B, Gallinari gets more playing time and is placed in the PF position by the team. In the 2005-06 season, at the age of 18, Gallinari was elected the home MVP of Serie B, becoming the youngest MVP in the history of the Italian second division.
In 2006, Gallinari was recalled by parent club AJ Armani and officially wore the number 8 shirt to play in the 2006-07 First Division and compete in the UEFA Cup. During that season, he also won the 2007 Italian All-Star Game 3-Point Shooter Challenge.
In 2007-08, Gallinari averaged 17.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.3 assists per game in 33 regular season games in Serie A, and 18.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.8 steals and 1.5 assists in eight playoff games.
He is a well-deserved core figure of the team.
After entering the league, Gallinari continued to grow, from an average of 6.1 points per game to an average of 15.1 points per game He only took two seasons, such a performance is naturally the core of the team, and Gallinari is indeed the core of the Nuggets for a long time, if it is not for the rise of Jokic, I am afraid the Nuggets will be reluctant to take him out.
The Clippers' starting center is DeAndre Jordan, who, like Gallinari, was also a rookie in '08, but unlike Gallinari's high pick, Jordan Jr. was not drafted by the Clippers until the fifth place in the second round.
At that time, no one thought that he would succeed.
Because of his performance in college!
Early in the NCAA2007-2008 season, DeAndre Jordan hit 16 goals in three consecutive games, breaking the Big 12 record held by Mickey Moore in 1998 at the University of Nebraska for 13 consecutive goals.
I thought it would be another genius debut.
But after that, DeAndre Jordan's rough skills were revealed, and he gradually lost his main position, and it was even more difficult to have a chance to play in the knockout stage. In the game against UCLA, in order to play 15 minutes off the bench against Kevin Love, DeAndre Jordan was completely underdogged, scoring only 6 points and 4 turnovers.
It was also this performance that finally Jordan Jr. fell to the 5th pick in the second round.