On June 24, local time in the United States, the 2010 NBA Draft officially kicked off at Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

It is worth mentioning that before the start of the draft, in addition to the lottery draw, the teams with the same record last season had a draw to determine each other's draft picks. The order of the three teams with the same 53-29 record is: Jazz, Hawks, Nuggets; The order of the four teams with the same 50-32 record is: Celtics, Spurs, Thunder, Trail Blazers; Of the two teams with the same 40-42 record, the Grizzlies are ahead of the Raptors; The Clippers, both 29-53, are ahead of the Knicks; The 76ers, who are also 27-55, are ahead of the Pistons; With the same 26-56 record, the Warriors are better than the Wizards.

The 14 lottery picks have also been determined, the 14th place in the East, the 26-56 Wizards got the top pick, the 13th place in the East, the 27-55 76ers got the list pick, and the 15th place in the East, the 12-70 Nets got the scout pick. The remaining No. 4 picks and No. 14 picks belong to the Timberwolves, Kings, Warriors, Pistons, Clippers, Jazz, Pacers, Hornets, Grizzlies, Raptors and Rockets. In fact, a team like the Rockets with the first record among the teams that did not enter the playoffs is very disadvantaged, and basically can only get the last place in the lottery area, after all, the probability of them getting the top pick is 0.5%, and it is very unnatural to really get it.

Ye Feng is not very interested in this year's draft, firstly, the team's draft pick position is not very good, and secondly, there are no outstanding UCLA players to participate in the draft this year, and it is estimated that the possibility of losing directly is relatively high. But Rao is so, he still deliberately took the time to watch ESPN's live broadcast of the draft at home, and the college players with green faces in front of the camera looked like they were back then. However, Ye Feng also forgot that he himself was just a rookie in the class of 2008, and it was only the second season of his career that he had just ended, but he always had an illusion as if he had played in the league for a long time.

At the draft meeting, Stern opened the team's envelopes one by one, read out the names of those who were famous or unknown in college, and then hugged and took photos with the players on stage one by one. These are the things that the leaders of the league do every year, and no one pays special attention to them, and all eyes are on the selection of each team, especially the team with a high draft pick. Although the "Blue Devils" Duke won the 2010 NCAA championship, they did not have any particularly outstanding players in their team, but the University of Kentucky, who was eliminated in the quarterfinals, was more favored.

With the first pick, the Wizards did not hesitate to choose John Wall, the super point guard of the Kentucky Wildcats;

In the second pick, the 76ers picked out Oden's younger brother, Ohio State guard Evan Turner;

With the third pick, the Nets' choice was Georgia Tech power forward Derrick Favors;

With the fourth pick, the Timberwolves selected Wesley Johnson, who used to have a relationship with Ye Feng, who originally played for the University of Iowa, but transferred to Syracuse University in 2008 and did not announce his participation in the NBA draft until this year;

With the fifth pick, the Kings drafted another Kentucky player, DeMarcus Cousins, who is also the interior core of the Kentucky Wildcats;

With the sixth pick, the Warriors selected Baylor University small forward Apie Yudu;

With the seventh pick, the Pistons selected Georgetown University's interior Greg Monroe;

With the eighth pick, the Clippers chose Paul and Duncan's apprentice, Al Fanuk Aminu from Nigeria;

In the ninth pick, the Jazz chose Gordon Hayward, a white forward from Butler University, who can be regarded as the face of this year;

With the 10th pick, the Pacers selected Paul George of Fresno State University, the only player in the top 10 who did not play in the NCAA Division I Conference;

With the 11th pick, the Hornets selected center Cole Aldridge from the University of Kansas;

With the 12th pick, the Grizzlies also selected guard Xavier Henry from the University of Kansas;

With the 13th pick, the Raptors selected Ed Davis, a power forward from the University of North Carolina;

With the 14th pick, the Rockets selected another player from the University of Kentucky, power forward Patrick Patterson;

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The Trail Blazers' two picks really didn't pick any good players, they chose Elliott Williams, a shooting guard who first joined Duke and then moved to Memphis, with the 22nd pick in the first round, and Ammon Johnson, a two-way guard from the University of Nevada, with the 34th pick in the second round. However, after the draft, the Trail Blazers quickly traded the corner and the Timberwolves, who did not play a few times last season, for the 16th pick small forward, who is also Johnson's teammate Luke Babbitt.

At this point, the Trail Blazers' operations in this year's draft are all over, and although Williams, Johnson and Babbitt don't know what their rookie season will look like, it's better than nothing, as long as they can get on the court and give the main players some time when they need to. Basically, a team like the Trail Blazers that has a chance to challenge for a championship will choose one of two paths, either to recruit superstars to strengthen their strength, or to maintain the status quo and tap their potential.

While many teams would choose the former, the Trail Blazers chose the latter this time. First of all, their Finals opponents, the Celtics, are already an incredibly aging team, and as the Big Three get older, this could be their last championship together in Boston, so such a team is not to worry about; Secondly, most of the Trail Blazers' players are quite young, although Miller is a little older in the starting point guard position, but after Roy and Oden returned from injury, the team's No. 2 to No. 5 positions are all talented young people, and they are far from their peak.

On top of that, the eastern teams have greatly strengthened themselves this summer, while the western teams have correspondingly weakened. While both the Lakers and Celtics are starting to age, the league has begun to enter an era of rising stars, which is good news for the Trail Blazers, and with their current roster and their magical run to the Finals last season, who can guarantee that they won't be able to build on that?