As the most successful basketball league, the NBA's draft mechanism has been changed again and again, and almost all the loopholes have been closed. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

In the history of the NBA draft, there are a few special cases that have to be mentioned.

The first was the 1994 champion show, Glenn Robinson, nicknamed "Big Dog".

Robinson, who had a dazzling performance in the NCAA, was unsurprisingly selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the first pick.

But when it was time to sign the contract, something went wrong.

Robinson opened his mouth and demanded a 10-year, $68 million contract.

You must know that at that time, Jordan, the "flying man" who was in full swing, had a salary of only $4 million.

But in the end, for the sake of the team's future, the Bucks could only pinch their noses and agree.

As a result, the later collective bargaining agreement immediately imposed restrictions on the length of the rookie's contract and the amount of salary.

According to the 1999 collective bargaining agreement, the current first-round show and signed contracts are all standard 3+1.

Each rookie, corresponding to his rank, has a fixed contract amount.

Of course, during the negotiations, the players' union did not let the owners take all the benefits.

The players also have benefits: the first-round draft players, as long as they sign a contract, are guaranteed contracts.

As long as the contract is signed, the newcomers will not be able to play even one game, and the salary for the first three years will have to be paid in full, and the team will not have a choice until three years later.

Why is it the "first round"?

Because most of the players who can play in the NBA for a long time are first-round picks, when negotiating, the rights to second-round picks are sold.

The signing of the second-round show has neither the restrictions of the first-round show, nor any guarantees.

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The second case is the 2001 champion Kwame Brown.

That year, Jordan was a small boss with the Wizards, in charge of the draft, and he drafted high school student Kwame Brown with the first pick.

Now everyone knows that Kwame Brown is the biggest parallel import, and has become a rare stain in Jordan's glorious basketball history.

You must know that there were a lot of rookies that year, not to mention the "best rookie" Pau Gasol, and there are also "dunk kings" Jason Richardson, Joe Johnson, Tony Parker, Zach Randolph and Arenas behind him.

But that's the "unspoken rule" of the NBA draft: teams that are at the top of the list value talent and potential more than immediacy.

The teams with high picks are basically bad teams that want to be rebuilt, and they don't care about spending a few years developing a superstar, and they don't care so much about the instant combat power of rookies.

So what is talent?

Height, bounce, speed, this is an obvious talent, basketball IQ is also counted, but too empty, unless you play in the United States for a few years, everyone knows that you have a high ball quotient.

As for technology, in the opinion of experts, with talent, what technique can't be practiced?

Therefore, the choice of Champion Yuanxiu has always been more fond of big men.

There is a famous saying about the draft: if you don't know which one to choose, choose the big one.

So, I can't blame Jordan for choosing Kwame Brown, whose physical talent is not inferior to Howard's.

Back then, even if Jordan was so good, even if the Rockets only selected star interior Sampson the year before, they still selected Olajuwon with the top pick.

For another example, in last year's Pistons draft, when I saw that there was nothing lacking in the team, well, it was right to choose the big one, so I chose Milicic, and even college stars Anthony and Wade were not wanted.

Looking through the NBA's draft history, the top picks are almost all big men.

The little champions can be counted on their fingers, they are basically recognized stars, they have long been famous in the United States, and they are bound to become superstars, so they don't have to think about it.

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This third case is the aforementioned Arenas, the most famous second-round show.

Under normal circumstances, it is difficult for high-quality rookies to fall into the second round.

There are so many professional scouts in the NBA, and there are not many cases of collective blindness.

And who wants to play in the NBA, who wants to fall to the second round?

If the second-round pick is selected, it may not necessarily be signed, and the contract may not be guaranteed, and if a performance is not good, he may be cut by the team.

And the contract amount, in most cases, is the base salary.

What's worse is that the first-round picks are all newcomers that the team focuses on cultivating, and they generally enter the team, that is, the main force, or the main substitute.

The second-round show can only start from the very end of the bench, from the substitute to the substitute, or even from the "water cooler manager".

When playing in the first round, you can only wave a towel on the bench in the second round, as a spectator.

Who doesn't get injured when they play?

Can play, who wants to be a sparring partner every day?

If you can get a high salary, who will not be able to get along with money?

So, basically, when the newcomers came to the team for a tryout, they were all working hard and doing their best.

But Arenas fell to the second round, which is said to be because of the poor physical condition during the trial.

But "gold always shines", and after Arenas was drafted by the Warriors, he hit star stats the following year.

But the Warriors only signed a 1+1 base salary contract with him at the beginning, and when Arenas played dazzling data, the highest salary that the Warriors could give was only a middle-class contract of less than 5 million.

The rookie star that the Warriors worked so hard to cultivate was poached by the Washington Wizards with a high salary.

In the previous collective bargaining agreement, there was also a clause to prevent the team's stars from being poached, which is the famous "Larry Bird Clause".

But that clause was for veterans who had played for three years, had not been fired and had not changed teams as a free agent.

No one expected that in the second round of the show, there would be a top-paid player, which became a loophole.

In the future, there will be a "Arenas clause" in the collective bargaining agreement to fill this loophole.

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With these restrictions in collective bargaining agreements, there are a lot of considerations when selecting NBA teams.

Compared with the high picks, those who are later in the draft are a bit chicken for some teams, and they can't choose too good players, but they have to force them to sign 3+1 contracts.

A lot of times, teams want to throw away their late first-round picks.

But the collective bargaining agreement also stipulates that you can't go without a first-round show for two consecutive years.

Therefore, those teams with very good records are very cautious in choosing rookies who are lower in the ranks, and basically choose the kind of role players who have proven themselves.

This kind of person has a skill, and as soon as he enters the NBA, he can exert his energy from the bench.

Some strong teams have run out of salary space, and there are restrictions on signing free agents, so they are more cautious about this kind of late first-round pick.

Like some players in Europe, they have already played good statistics, but the NBA powerhouses dare not be selected in the first round.

I'm afraid that after being selected, the player will not be able to go to the NBA for various reasons, and it will be a blind opportunity to introduce players.

The second-round show has become a Taobao show for some teams, although for so many years, few teams have found treasures, but the managers are happy to do it.

Just because you choose a second-round show, you can either sign a contract without signing a contract, or you can sign a short non-guaranteed contract, and you can also use the minimum wage.

If the performance is not good, then admit it, and if it is cut, the loss is not big.

Aren't Michael Reed of the Bucks and Arenas of the Warriors the treasures of the second round?

There's even this year's championship-winner, two-time Defensive Player of the Year, Ben Wallace of the Pistons, who didn't even make the second round in the 1996 draft.

In the future, more and more European players will enter the NBA, and it is nothing new to produce talent in the second round.

Lu Xiaofeng's ability, as the head coach of the national team, Harris, of course, saw it, and he also gave advice to the Mavericks.

Even, Yao Ming called Alexander the owner of the rocket.

They were all playoff teams, and they traded all of their late first-round picks.

In fact, even if there is a first round, it is impossible to choose Lu Xiaofeng, because Lu Xiaofeng did not go to the Mavericks or Rockets for trial.

They both have second-round picks, with the Mavericks at No. 50 and the Rockets at No. 55.

After listening to the advice of the important personnel in the team, although Lu Xiaofeng had not been tried out, the Mavericks and the managers of the Rockets were willing to give it a try.

With the relationship between Harris and Yao Ming, Lu Xiaofeng is very sure that he will be selected for the NBA, but he really doesn't want to go to the Mavericks or the Rockets!

The Mavericks' style has been set, and there is no need to organize defenders at all, so what is he going to do?

And the Mavericks' players, whether white or black, are a bunch of ugly ghosts, and it's uncomfortable to look at, even though there is a generous boss Cuban, he doesn't want to go.

As for the Rockets, he knew there would be a big trade soon, and Francis who played point guard would be swapped, but it was not a conflict.

But Lu Xiaofeng's style of play, his favorite is the kind of teammate who can run and jump and has good athleticism.

is also Chinese, and he does not need Yao Ming to increase his popularity, and there is no benefit in being in a club with Yao Ming.

In the training of the national team in front of him, in order to pass the ball to Yao Ming, in order to keep his rhythm, he was aggrieved enough, and he went to the Rocket team to suffer?

What's more, the Rockets still have the number of door-picking bosses in the NBA!

The rocket's order is behind the Mavericks, and if nothing else, it's probably the Mavericks.

As time went on, Stern read the names one by one, and seeing that there were more than forty people, and it was about to reach the calf, Lu Xiaofeng's palms began to sweat.

"No. 48, Sacramento Kings, pick Ricky Millard."

"No. 49, Memphis Grizzlies, choose Lu Xiaofeng, from China."

"Huh?" Suddenly hearing his name, Lu Xiaofeng was surprised and delighted. (To be continued.) )