Chapter 604 [The Emperor to the Bull, the First Person in the Green House]
The draft was held at Madison Square Garden, and this time there were two Chinese players running, so Chinese fans paid special attention to it.
If Sun Yue and Yi Jianlian are both selected, there will be four Chinese players playing in the NBA, and the Chinese men's basketball team is unprecedentedly strong. Chinese fans hope that the Olympic men's basketball team can win the championship at home and create another miracle after the World Championships, and the NBA is the best place for players to experience.
After Yi Jianlian arrived in the United States, he called Wang Jun, and he was waiting for the results of the lottery in the "green room" to know if there was anything to pay attention to.
Wang Jun said with a smile: "You are the first Chinese to sit in the green house, Yao Ming and I didn't go to the draft site, are you calling to show off?" ”
"Uh...... I didn't mean that. ”
"Just kidding, you don't have a sense of humor. The draft is just a formality, there's nothing to pay attention to, the main thing is that you have to let go of the team after you get in, don't be awkward, speak boldly, show boldly, you have to let the coaching staff know that you want the ball, no matter where you go. ”
Yi Jianlian asked: "Wouldn't this be bad?" I'm just new. ”
"If Milicic dares to stand up to Larry Brown in his first season, offer to play him or trade him, he can leave the Pistons for a season at most. Talent is only one aspect of success, you don't want to end up with him, it's better to show the side of others. ”
"Thanks, I remember." Yi Jianlian does not doubt Wang Jun's experience.
He also called Yao Ming, and got a similar answer, Americans like confident people, not humble people.
Wang Jun also thinks that black coaches are more and it is difficult to give foreign players a chance, and if you want to get ahead, it is better to go to a team with white coaches.
He thought about it and didn't say anything, not wanting to scare Yi Jianlian.
Sun Yue did not call Wang Jun. When they were in the national team, the two didn't talk much.
At the start of the evening draft, the Bulls selected Oden with the No. 1 pick.
Auden University has performed well, being named to the first team of USA Today and Prada Magazine twice, and is not inferior to LeBron James.
Oden's stats don't stand out from the outside, because he started the tournament with a right hand injury. Most of the time he attacked with his left hand, and his injury in the NCAA knockout game was basically healed, and he opened the bow left and right, and his statistics immediately improved.
Because of his injury, he only averaged 28.9 minutes per game, but it was not as good as O'Neal's college stats that year.
The Sharks had 13.9 points, 12 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 3.7 blocks in 28.1 minutes, and Oden had 15.7 points, 9.6 rebounds, 0.7 assists and 3.3 blocks in 28.9 minutes.
The two were almost evenly matched, with Oden outperforming O'Neal in the playoffs, shooting 62.8 percent from the free-throw line in his freshman year.
Auden was also the biggest winner of this physical test. HE HAS AN OUTSTANDING JUMP, WITH A JUMP HEIGHT OF 81CM ON THE SPOT, A RUN-UP HEIGHT OF 86CM, AND A VERY GOOD PERFORMANCE IN THE SWITCHBACK RUN. Worried about the wrist injury, he did not take part in the bench press test. Judging from the items he participated in, he was the best comprehensive data among the rookie centers who participated in the physical test in recent years.
The SuperSonics chose Durant.
The 208CM Durant weighs only 97 kilograms, has a hemp stick body, and can't do a single bench press. It's just that the flexibility is acceptable. Whether he can become a star is doubted by basketball experts.
Al Horford joined the Trail Blazers as Tanhua. The NCAA finals gave him and Noah a bonus. Draft predictions, many people think that Yi Jianlian will be selected third.
That's not good news for Horford, as the Trail Blazers have a center curse, and from 1984 to the present, their center has suffered frequent injuries.
The fourth Grizzlies drafted point guard Mike Conley, Oden's college teammate.
The fifth king chose Yi Jianlian. The Ma'rouf brothers have been very unlucky in the past two years. I hope Yi Jianlian can become another Chinese star and help them make money.
The Bucks chose Brandon Wright for the sixth place, and they wanted to choose Yi Jianlian the most, but unfortunately they were preempted by the Kings. It's also a good thing that the bucks are not in a high order, if you go to that rotten place. Yi Jianlian can cry to death.
Bogut didn't get much of the ball, and he just waited to be a blue-collar worker. Yi Jianlian also knew that Milwaukee was a rotten city, and had previously turned down a tryout from the Bucks.
The Hawks selected Jeff Green for the seventh place, and from the perspective of the lineup, Green and Marvin Williams and Josh Smith overlapped a little, all of them swinged at the No. 3 and No. 4 positions, and it would be too wasteful to choose only to be a substitute.
The Eagles are also helpless, and the big man center is not very attractive. Rather than pick Rough Noah, the Hawks management felt that it would be better to choose a mobile swingman who could learn the Bulls' small-ball tactics.
The Timberwolves drafted Cory Brewer with the eighth pick, a swingman with excellent physical fitness.
The Bobcats drafted Joakim Noah, a blue-collar center with the ninth pick, who won't shoot.
The 76ers drafted less athletic white center Hawes at No. 10.
There were no particularly well-known players in the back, and the Pacers also wanted to pick a center, but Hawes was picked away. There was no way, they chose Thaddeus Young, a 203CM tall striker swingman.
Artest is clamoring for a move in the summer, and he won't be with the Pacers for long, just not having the right chips yet. There are now three players in the team with similar styles, Granger, Artest, and Thaddeus Young.
This is still not counting Dunleavy, if there is no trade, there will definitely be players to be scrapped next season.
The Hornets also wanted to pick a center, no strongman, and finally selected Jason Smith, and this summer the Hornets also wanted to trade Ben Wallace out, fed up with Big Ben's terrible free throws.
THE ROCKETS PICKED A 180CM SMALL POINT GUARD, THE FASTEST OF THE ROOKIES, AARON BROOKS.
After Van Gundy was cut, the Rockets set their sights on former Kings coach Adelman and prepared to fight for offense in the future. It's not actually a good choice.
Adelman's tactical system emphasizes mobility, if he is a good fit for a team like the Bulls, how can Yao Ming, who has a big center, get up quickly?
As long as Yao Ming's low-post offensive tactics are adhered to, Princeton will not be able to play, which will definitely test Adelman's ability. If he let Yao Ming run, or respond in a high position, it would be a test for Yao Ming.
The Knicks drafted Finnish point guard Petri Kuponeng with the 30th pick, and Thomas went crazy again.
The point guards on the team are already fighting for the ball, what do you want to do with another one? Is it because this young player has a contract that he can't join the NBA for the time being?
The Knicks owner also continued to have Thomas as coach and general manager, raising suspicions that the two had some ulterior secrets. Otherwise, I really can't figure out why the boss reuses this kind of person.
Thomas's stupidity isn't just about running the team, as he took the team to court for allegedly ****** former senior senior director of marketing and operations.
Unable to reach an out-of-court settlement, Federal Court Judge Gerard announced that the case would be heard again in September this year, and the outcome awaiting Thomas's guilt is highly likely.
Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers in the second round of 40, and the Lakers' move was also to attract Chinese fans and raise attention, and they also selected Grizzlies star Pau Gasol's younger brother Mark Gasol with the 48th pick.
The Bulls didn't pick any more people, and they couldn't develop low-pick rookies, so they traded the second-round pick to the Mavericks for a little cash.
PS (To be continued.) )