"The Pacers are a great team and I can't wait to put on the Pacers jersey and play with Meng, Reggie and Jermaine and I will prove that the Pacers made the right decision to choose me." When David Stern, who was standing on the stage, opened the envelope in his hand and announced that the Pacers had selected Amare Stoudemire with the fourth pick in the first round, Amare Stoudemire, who came out of the small green house, said his speech excitedly.

Amare Stoudemire, who originally participated in the draft as a high school student, was about fifteenth in the first round of the simulated ranking before the draft, but after some praise from Larry Bird, Amare Stoudemire's draft market soared and directly entered the lottery area, and after Larry Bird invited Amare Stoudemire to the Pacers for a tryout, Stoudemire refused the tryout invitations of all the remaining teams, and in Stoudemire's opinion, the Pacers will definitely use the No. 4 pick to select themselves, Therefore, there is no point in going to other low-pick teams for a tryout, and in Stoudemire's view, it is undoubtedly very beneficial to his career to be able to join a strong team like the Pacers in his rookie season and play with the best players in the league, so when David Stern announced that the Pacers chose him with the No. 4 pick, it was difficult to suppress the excitement in his heart when Stoudemire announced that the Pacers had chosen him with the No. 4 pick.

Obviously, Larry Bird's praise of Stoudemire before the draft did not fool those professional managers, and the Rockets did not hesitate to choose Yao Ming with the first pick in the first round, and Yao Ming also became the first non-American No. 1 pick. The Bulls, who have the No. 2 pick, also directly selected the best outside player of the year, Jay Williams, and the Bulls with Brad Miller, Eddie Curry, and Tyson Chandler, who have potential inside players, don't need interior players at all, as the winner of this year's Naismith and John Wooden Awards, the Associated Press's college basketball player of the year, ESPN Magazine's NCAA Player of the Year, and the winner of the CBS Player of the Year trophy, Jay Williams has been the favorite for the top pick since he announced his participation in this year's draft, but the Rockets, who have the top pick, are more fond of Yao Ming because they already have Francis and Mobley on the team, and they did not choose Jay Williams. Although the Bulls, who have the top pick, immediately chose Jay Williams after the Rockets, Jay Williams, who missed out on the top spot, was still very dissatisfied, and Jay Williams, who walked into the stands, only said one sentence: "I will prove to everyone who is the best rookie this year in the new season." ”

After the Bulls, the Cavaliers, who had the No. 3 pick, finally chose an outside player Mike Dunleavy after hesitating for a long time, almost every player who participated in the draft in the past will have a template for hanging the sky, such as Yao Ming's template is Olajuwon, Jay Williams's template is Isaiah Thomas, and the Cavaliers selected Mike Dunleavy with the 3rd pick, his template is Larry Bird, who is also a white player, and also has a height of 2.05 meters, Mike Dunleavy is the same as Larry Bird, In his junior season, Mike Dunleavy averaged 17.3 points, 7.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.3 steals per game, shooting 52% from the field and 43% from 3-point range, ranking in the top 10 in the ACC league in points, rebounds, steals, shooting percentage, 3-point shooting percentage, and 3-point shooting per game.

Although Larry Bird is constantly touting Stoudemire, but when the Pacers really selected Stoudemire with the No. 4 pick, many NBA managers and head coaches on the sidelines looked at Larry Bird with a gloating expression, there are absolutely no mediocre people who can enter the draft, and there is absolutely no straw bag in this group of managers in the audience, Stoudemire's physical test data and evaluation data, each of them has it, and even some teams have invited Stoudemire to tryout, Stoudemire's physical fitness is very good, his strength, speed, and bounce are all first-class, but his technique is too rough, his back can't be used, his mid-range shooting is average, his scoring depends on dunks and layups, his defensive attention is not good, he is very easy to lose position and eat feints, and he relies on his body to grab rebounds, so many managers are not optimistic about Stoudemire's career prospects.

But among these many managers, there is one person, after hearing the choice of the Pacers, he has been frowning, his hands are constantly rubbing, it is very obvious, his draft target was cut off by the Pacers, this person is the general manager of the Suns, Jerry Colangelo, after a failed season, Jerry Colangelo, who had already retreated to the second line, came out of the mountain again, directly fired Scott Skels, who caused the team to fall, and began to intervene in the management of the team. After it has been determined that Marbury cannot bear the burden of the team's revival, Jerry Colangelo is ready to rebuild ahead of schedule this season, and an important player in the Suns' rebuild, is Stoudemire, who was selected by the Pacers in advance, because he missed the playoffs this season, so the Suns began to prepare for the draft very early, Jerry Colangelo first went to the rookie training camp in person, inspected all the rookies on the spot, and then invited a group of players who he liked to go to the Suns for a trial. Of all the rookies, Jerry Colangelo had his eye on Stoudemire at first sight, and in his own words, the first time he saw Stoudemire, he remembered meeting Kobe Bryant in rookie camp. After a few days of observation, Jerry Colangelo finally decided to use the No. 9 pick in his hand to select Amare Stoudemire, and then focus on training as the core of the team's rebuild, but now everything has come to naught.

"The Denver Nuggets selected Nickroz Skotishvili with the 5th pick, congratulations to them."

"The Los Angeles Clippers selected Dajuan Wagner with the 6th pick, congratulations to them."

"Jerry, what do we do now?" After the team's original selection was cut off, not only Jerry Colangelo, but even the current head coach of the Suns, Frank Johnson, was a little at a loss. Because he was determined to use the No. 9 pick to select Stoudemier, and with the Suns' original spare tire Mike Dunleavy, he was selected by the Cavaliers, so after Stoudemire and Mike Dunleavy were both cut off, as the draft continues, the Suns now urgently need to consider who to pick with their No. 9 pick.

Originally, at the beginning of the draft, Jerry Colangelo had been uneasy, because Larry Bird's praise of Stoudemire really made Jerry Colangelo tremble, for fear that these people would really believe Larry Bird's nonsense and choose Stoudemire ahead of him. And when the Rockets still selected Yao Ming according to the original plan, Jerry Colangelo, who had been hanging in his heart, had already calmed down somewhat, and after the Pacers' selection results were released, his mood immediately dropped to the freezing point, and he even stretched out his hand in his arms and groped for a heart-saving pill.

"Caron Butler, ** Hilario, Drew Gooden, in that order, pick any one, you go and contact Larry Bird's assistant to see if they are willing to trade Amare." The Pacers already have an All-Star interior like Jermaine O'Neal, and it is said that they are still in contact with Mutombo, so Jerry Colangelo also hopes that Larry Bird chose Stoudemire, just a helpless move after losing Yao Ming, so that the Suns still have hope of getting Stoudemire, but Jerry Colangelo also knows that if he wants to get Stoudemire from Larry Bird, the old fox, the Suns will inevitably be knocked out by the Pacers.