With the 5th pick in the first round, the Vancouver Grizzlies chose a 6-foot-7" forward from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Sean Marion! ”

In the field, still in the small green house, Sean Marion stood up and hugged his relatives and friends excitedly.

Originally, Sean Marion's predicted pick was around the 10th pick in the first round, and the Phoenix Suns, who had the 9th pick in the first round, gave Sean Marion a draft promise, but the result made Marion overjoyed.

In the fifth round, he was actually selected directly.

This was a real surprise, before the draft, the Grizzlies never mentioned that they wanted to draft Sean Marion, and the Grizzlies did.

For Sean Marion, the promotion of the draft pick, on the one hand, reflects the Grizzlies' recognition of him, believing that he is worthy of a top-five pick, on the other hand, because of the big dog Robinson incident, the rookie's contract has been restricted to a certain extent, the fifth pick in the first round was selected, and the ninth pick in the first round was selected, and the gap in the salary of the rookie contract is not small, and the fifth pick is selected, which means that Sean Marion can make more money.

Naturally, he was very happy.

As for the strength of the grizzly bears who chose him, what the geographical location is, etc., he doesn't think about it all.

Shaun Marion wants a chance to get into the NBA, he has the confidence to be successful in the NBA, so no matter which team he goes to, the result is the same for him.

On stage, Sean Marion shook hands with David Stern and gave a speech in which he thanked his mother, a single-parent family, who was born when he was 14 years old.

At the same time, he also thanked his coaches and teammates during his three years of college.

He played in the NCAA for three years, the first two years on a weak team called Vincens, and despite his flashy stats, he never got noticed.

So, in his third year of college, he transferred to the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where Sean Marion proved his strength by being named to the All-American College All-America Second Team, squeezing into the Little Green House.

Finally, Sean Marion thanked the Grizzlies team for choosing him.

With the Grizzlies hat in hand, Sean Marion left the stage and was interviewed offstage again.

Sean Marion is in the bag, Qiao Hai is in a good mood, he thought of the forum in his previous life, there is a column called the draft rearrangement series, it seems that the champion of the 1999 draft rearrangement is Sean Marion, does this prove the correctness of Qiao Hai's choice from another level?

Qiao Hai didn't know, but what Qiao Hai knew was that Sean Marion was already a Grizzly Bear, but compared to his previous life, this Sean Marion, he had to make a good makeover.

In the previous life, Sean Marion dedicated his peak to the Suns, but in the Suns, Sean Marion's offense was overdeveloped, which led to Marion's defensive talent actually failed to materialize.

Qiao Hai believes that with a little training, Sean Marion can not only make the All-Defensive Team for a while, but even become the best defensive player (Dpoy).

Therefore, if Qiao Hai is allowed to cultivate Sean Marion, he will make Sean Marion a player with first-class single defense, top co-defense, strong off-ball running on the offensive end, and stable fixed-point shooting, which will be very different from Sean Marion in his previous life, however, such Sean Marion will be the Sean Marion who has truly fulfilled 100% of his potential.

The Timberwolves chose Wallis Zebiak with the sixth pick, the Wizards selected Richard Hamilton, the Cavaliers chose Andre Miller, and the Suns lost Sean Marion with the ninth pick, and they chose Cory Magetti instead, and history changed.

The Hawks selected Jason Terry with the 10th pick, and the Pacers, who still didn't give up Jonathan Bender, eventually completed a trade with the Cavaliers and got the Cavaliers' 11th draft pick, and then the Pacers selected their favorite Jonathan Bender at this position.

Johi wanted to laugh when he saw Larry Bird wanting Jonathan Bender so strongly, and time will tell how the Pacers' painstaking selection of Jonathan Bender would fail.

With the 12th pick, the Raptors selected Montenegro center Aleksandar Radocevic, and the general manager of the Raptors was very satisfied with the operation of their draft conference, one Steve Francis, one Radocevic, and the Raptors next season seem to be worth looking forward to.

With the 13th pick in the first round, the SuperSonics failed to get Cory Magetti, and they chose shooting guard Trajan Langton, another member of the Little Green House.

With the 14th pick, the Timberwolves selected point guard William Avery, and they still wanted to take a gamble to see if they could get a good rookie point guard to replace Trill Brandon.

At this point, the draft in the lotto area is over.

After that, several players that Qiao Hai followed were selected one after another.

Ron Artest followed history and was drafted away by the Bulls, James Posey was drafted by the Nuggets, Kenny Thomas was drafted by the Rockets, Andrei Kirilenko went to the Jazz, and one by one the players Qiao Hai knew left him, Qiao Hai was also very helpless, no way, the Grizzlies are too poor, there are not many draft picks, and there are fewer chips in exchange for draft picks.

He could only watch as one good player after another was drafted by other teams.

Soon, David Stern left the game for a break, and the league's vice president presided over the second round of the draft.

With the 30th pick in the second round, the Lakers selected point guard John Celestad.

With the 31st overall pick in the second round, the Clippers selected power forward Rick Hill.

Then, the league's vice president announced a trade, and the 32nd overall pick in the second round belonged to the Grizzlies.

And the Grizzly Bear's selection is very simple, Wang Zhizhi, from China, 2.14 meters tall inside.

Probably didn't show up for the event, so after the league vice president read it, he announced that the team with the 33rd overall pick in the second round could be selected.

At this time, in a residential house in China, the tall, white and strong man screamed a few times excitedly, and then stopped squeaking, he knew that the team he played for was different from others, and if the team didn't let go, even if he was selected, it would be difficult for him to go to the NBA to play.

Qiao Hai, who is far away in the United States, no matter when he can come, will be selected first, and when he will come depends on the negotiation between the Grizzlies and the domestic Bayi team and the Basketball Association.

After the draft, the Grizzlies still have a draft pick with the 37th pick in the second round, and Qiao Hai flipped through the remaining roster, and there was really nothing to choose.

But at the end, Qiao Hai was stunned.

"Damn, I almost missed out on a historic player!"

He saw Manu Ginobili, he really didn't know that Ginobili participated in the 1999 draft, and he had the impression that Ginobili joined the Spurs after Tony Parker, but in fact, after being selected by the Spurs in 1999, Manu Ginobili experienced three more years in Europe and won the European MVP before officially joining the Spurs.

Now that he saw Ginobili, Qiao Hai naturally didn't want to miss it.

With the 37th overall pick in the second round, he directly motioned to Stu Jackson to write Manuginobili's name.

However, Stu Jackson was stunned, and asked rhetorically: "What, Manu what?" ”

"Ginobili."

"How do you spell?"

“Emanuel David “Manu” Ginóbili……”

Qiao Hai is also a little helpless, in 1999, Manuginobili was only the star of a team in the Italian Basketball Second Division, although he helped the team to be promoted to the first division, but after all, he has not proven himself in the top European league.

The choice of such a player, Stu Jackson was surprised and did not expect it.

After writing Ginobili's name, the work of the Grizzlies draft is over, Qiao Hai is very satisfied with this draft, Sean Marion, Wang Zhizhi, and Manu Ginobili, this time he has gained a lot, but there are problems, the problem is that it should not be possible to come to Ginobili this season.

Therefore, although three people were chosen, there is only one Sean Marion that Qiao Hai can use next season, and Qiao Hai is a little unwilling.