Chapter 360: 9 All-Star Drafts
The 1999 draft was held at the MCI Center, home of the Washington Wizards.
Elton Brand, a son of New York who lives in a small town in the northern suburbs of New York City, would love to be drafted by the New York Knicks because of its proximity to home.
It's a pity that the Knicks didn't have a first-round pick, and the Bulls chose him!
An inner line with a height of only 2.03 meters has become the champion!
"Dad, Brand is the champion, your prediction is really accurate!" Xie Siqi said excitedly.
"Haha!" Li Wei smiled lightly.
In fact, a few days before the draft, reporters had already broken the news that Brand would become the champion, but Xie Siqi was quite happy to see that this guy was selected and Li Wei's prediction came true.
The Grizzlies have chosen Steve Francis from the University of Maryland!
Boss Fu was stupid at the time!
I have to play abroad, and I have to be a substitute for Bibby?
Make no mistake!
The Hornets chose Byron Davis of UCLA (UCLA)!
Lamar Odom, a son of New York who lives in Queens, New York, would love to be drafted by the Knicks because of his proximity to home.
It's a pity that the Knicks didn't have a lottery pick, and the Clippers picked him with the No. 4 pick!
The No. 5 pick originally belonged to the Nuggets, but they traded it to the Raptors earlier in the season in order to get Billups.
The Raptors chose Jonathan Bender, a talented high school student who is 2.11 meters tall and only 18 years old.
The No. 6 pick was supposed to belong to the Nets, but this season they traded it to the Timberwolves in order to get Marbury.
The Timberwolves have chosen Wally Szczebiak, a talented shooter born in Spain but based on Long Island, New York!
On the 7th, the Washington Wizards chose the guard swingman who helped the University of Connecticut win the championship this year, MOP (NCAA Most Outstanding Player Award) Richard Hamilton, and the Wizards fans on the scene cheered together!
The No. 8 pick was supposed to belong to the Celtics, but at the beginning of the season they traded it to the Cavaliers in order to get the Ukrainian train, the 12th pick in '96, and beat the man in Kobe.
The Cavaliers chose Andre Miller of the University of Utah!
The Suns, who just got the No. 9 pick, chose Sean Marion of the University of Nevada!
Hawks general manager Pete Babcock was overjoyed and immediately selected Jason Terry of the University of Arizona with the No. 10 pick!
Xie Siqi said happily: "Dad, let's guess all right, all right!" ”
Li Wei smiled lightly. In the previous life, this year's top 10 rookies, except for Jonathan Bender, who fell due to injury, the other nine have played their worth, 6 are All-Stars, Terry and Odom, who did not become All-Stars, both won the Best Sixth Man trophy and helped the team win the championship, only Andre Miller has fewer honors and has only won one assist king!
He can't be mistaken about these people!
With the No. 11 pick, the Cavaliers selected Trajan Langton.
This person is a scoring guard at Duke University, and he is one inside and one outside Brand, and the average points per game of the two are about the same, which is considered an instant combat force. However, he is already a senior and has average physical fitness, and most of his predictions before the draft are the second round, but he didn't expect the Cavaliers to pick with lotto.
On the 12th pick, the Raptors chose a super center from Yugoslavia, Alexander Radočević, who is 2.21 meters tall. This man is a tragedy, he was injured after playing three games, and he was reimbursed for the season, and the next year he didn't play a few games, and he was reimbursed again.
Then again, big people who are more than 2.2 meters tall are more likely to get injured, but it's all too rare for them not to get injured.
With the No. 13 pick, the Seattle SuperSonics chose Corvo, a talented small forward from Duke University, Corey Margety. At only 19 years old, he has unlimited potential, and some media even predict that he is the top spot, and if he can be selected in this pick, the supersonic is really profitable.
This is the end of the lottery draft, and it's the turn of the teams that make the playoffs.
With the No. 14 pick, the Timberwolves selected William Avery from Duke University in the eighth place in the West. This is Duke's playmaker, and all three of his classmates are lottery picks, and he is the only one who falls out of the lottery zone.
The No. 15 pick originally belonged to the eighth Knicks in the East, but Li Wei traded it to the Lakers last year in exchange for Da Yao, so it is now the Lakers draft.
The Lakers chose a super center from France, 2.18 meters tall, Frederick Weiss.
Weiss was a very talented player, but at the 2000 Olympics, he was dunked over his head by Vince Carter, also known as the "death dunk".
Poor Weiss has had a psychological shadow since then, and he has never played in the NBA for the rest of his life!
The No. 16 pick was supposed to belong to the Suns, who are seventh in the West, but at the beginning of the season, they traded it to the Bulls to bolster the team.
Son of New York, yes, another son of New York, Ron Artest, who lives in Queens, New York, wants to be drafted by the Knicks because of its proximity to home.
It's a pity that the Knicks traded the No. 15 pick, so the Bulls took Artest away!
Li Wei did not regret trading the No. 15 pick at all, because Artest is a problem player, and it may not be a good thing to be selected to New York. The Knicks have no shortage of talent, the existing talent is enough, and they are most afraid of the atmosphere in the locker room being ruined.
Maybe one day, Artest will wear off his anger and transform into a qualified veteran who can drive the atmosphere in the locker room, and change his name to Charity, World Peace, or Friends of Panda, but definitely not now!
He needs time to grow, he needs time to be baptized!
"Play well with the Bulls, Ci Shiping, and the one named Michael Jordan, watch your ribs!" Li Wei thought silently.
After that, the No. 17 pick for the Hawks selected Carl Budler, the No. 18 pick for the Nuggets selected James Posey, and the No. 19 pick for the Jazz selected Quincy Lewis!
Similar to the No. 15 and No. 16 picks, the signings of these teams are not their own, but through various previous transactions.
The Knicks have this year's No. 20 pick, which is the Magic's first-round pick, and they traded it to the Jazz three years ago, and Lee Wei traded it to Jeff Hornacek two years ago!
The Magic team is without O'Neal, and Hardaway has also fallen, which is really difficult.
In his previous life, the head coach of the Magic team this season was Chuck Daley, and when the team was unavailable, he still led the Magic to become the joint first place in the Eastern Conference regular season!
In the 98-99 season in the previous life, the three teams in the East had the same record and tied for the first place, they were the Heat, Magic, and Pacers!
However, the Magic's lineup is really bad, and the frequently injured penny Hardaway has long said goodbye to the superstar ranks, so in the first round of the playoffs, they were eliminated by the 76ers led by Larry Brown, and then Chuck Daley resigned and never served as a coach again!
Daley hasn't had much luck since he left the Pistons. To the Nets, the team's leading scorer, Petrovic, died in a car accident, went to the Magic, and Hardaway was reimbursed. His team has only missed one playoff game, going 41-41 that season.
In this life, due to Li Wei's quick arrival, the Magic team failed to hire Chuck Daley, so they hired another famous coach - Hubby Brown.
Hubby Brown is not a weaker either, and has also brought the Magic into the playoffs, ranking sixth in the East!
It is precisely for this reason that the Jazz team, which had a Magic sign in the previous life, selected Kirilenko at the 24th pick, and the Magic's record in this life is slightly worse, and Li Wei can be selected with the 20th pick!
There was nothing to say, Li Wei asked Dennis Johnson to write Andrei Kirilenko's name and hand it to the staff!