(This is today's fourth chapter, and it is also today's 22,000 words, and it was finally finished around the early morning, asking for everyone's guaranteed monthly pass, please accompany the fisherman to fight next month's monthly ticket list)

"This day is one of the most important days of my life for me, ten years ago, when I was holding Wake Forest's signed jersey Carter, I swore to myself, I must be a player for Mr. Zhuang, and a year ago, when I graduated from high school and entered Wake Forest, Mr. Zhuang had already left Wake Forest, I thought I would lose this dream, today my dream really came true, it was a great moment, I will bring my talent to Los Angeles and let Mr. Zhuang test my growth over the past 10 years."

Although he is only one year older than Howard, Paul on the stage at this time is obviously more mature than Howard in all aspects, although this year's No. 3 show looks excited, but it is obvious that he is much more organized than Howard, and his performance in the spotlight is also more relaxed, and at this time, the top student who graduated from Wake Forest also came down with his head held high after speaking, and he was not embarrassed like Howard, but it was obvious, Paul's speech on the stage he didn't think there was anything wrong, but it made Zhuang Fei the focus of the audience, almost everyone in the audience looked in his direction, according to Paul's words, Zhuang Fei began to 'abduct' Paul ten years ago, how old was Paul at that time? So at this time, when these people thought of the tendency to sign the Timberwolves and Celtics head coach Zheng Taikong, they also showed some different smiles in their eyes, which also made Zhuang Fei very helpless, but at this time, compared to the attention of others, the boos of the New York fans on the scene were not bad at all, at least when Paul mentioned Zhuang Fei, it was full of boos.

"Zhuang, it seems that the Lakers' playmaking guard problem has been solved in the new season, and Paul is very strong. I've watched his game, his ball control rhythm is stronger than many first-line point guards in the NBA now, and Nash may not be able to compare to him in this regard" After seeing that his old boss selected Paul, D'Antoni also said with a smile, and after hearing D'Antoni's words, Zhuang Fei also nodded, Paul's ability is indeed very strong now, which he naturally knows. There are only a handful of players who can reach the A level when they enter the NBA, but compared to Nash, Paul is still a little inferior in experience and ability.

"He still has a long way to go, and there are a lot of things that need to be corrected" So after D'Antoni complimented Zhuang Fei, Zhuang Fei also shook his head with a smile and said, and at this time, David Stern on the stage announced the next draft pick again.

After Paul, the team with the No. 4 pick is the league's newcomer Bobcats, who have chosen Gerard Wallace, captain from Wake Forest. It's fair to say that this selection is definitely an underdog, and you know, the latest draft predictions, after Howard and Okafor Paul, are considered the most talented rookie is Andre Iguodala. Iguodala's template is Bulls legend Scott Pippen, and is even considered by many to be a 100% replica of Pippen, while Gerard Wallace and Ben Gordon are considered fifth and sixth, but obviously. For Jordan and Bobcats, the temptation of a Pippen is no better than opening up the basketball market in North Carolina, although they can't pick the most popular rookie in North Carolina right now, Paul. But it wasn't bad to pick the captain of Wake Forest, and Gerard Wallace, although considered by many to be inferior to Iguodala in terms of potential, was not much worse. Unlike Paul in front, the typhoon was more stable after Gerard Wallace came to power, not only thanking Zhuang Fei but also all his teammates and coaches at Wake Forest University, and this naturally met with boos from the audience again.

And this time in the face of the boos in the field, Zhuang Fei felt very enjoyable, because this year Wake Forest once again had two players enter the lottery area of the draft, in the past few years after Zhuang Fei became Wake Forest, Wake Forest is the NCAA team with the most lottery players, they not only have the current first and second people in the league.

And the fifth draw after the Bobcats is the Magic team that got the No. 5 pick from the New York Knicks, this team chose Sean Livingston, for this kind of Magic, they now have big forward Bosh, small forward Butler, and scoring guard Alan Houston, what they are most lacking now is a playmaking guard, in fact, Livingston's draft ranking this year is still behind another organizational guard Devin Harris, but it is clear that they are more inclined to choose an organization-oriented than the offensive Devin Harris. And the team with the sixth pick after the Magic is the Nets, last season because of the loss of Kidd, the playoff team directly became a fish belly, in this case the team also needs a playmaker, and they also look at Livingston, a selfless playmaker like Kidd, which is also the reason why the Magic participated in the O'Neal trade, although Livingston's predicted pick is slightly lower than Devin Harris, but it is a sought-after commodity, and now in the case of Livingston being robbed by the Magic, The team also chose Devin Harris, which is also a good choice. Of course, the Kings, who got the No. 7 draft pick from the Magic, chose Connect's scoring guard Ben Gordon this time, and Connect's shooter is known to everyone, whether it is Ray Allen or Hamilton are the top shooters in the league, and Ben Gordon's template is his two seniors, and the Kings also need a shooter after Peja and Bibby leave.

The team with the eighth pick in the draft this year is the Pistons, and for the rebuilding Pistons, they don't need to think about anything, they don't need to think about the ability of the players, they only need to consider the potential of the players, in this case, they did not hesitate to pick up Iguodala, who is predicted to be in the top five, and the 76ers, who are in ninth place, are small forward Rohr. Deng, and the tenth Jazz chose an inside high school student Al Jefferson, and when the Jazz selected Al Jefferson, Zhuang Fei also frowned, it is obvious that Sloan has definitely inspected this player, because this interior liner, who is a high school student like Howard, ranks around 20th in the draft prediction, and is not at the top, because this interior is very rough in terms of both technical and tactical ability, and it is a work that definitely needs to be carved for a long time, Zhuang Fei originally planned to sign him, Just give up at the thought of his current ability, and now he has absolutely no ability to play for the Lakers. The eleventh selection after the Jazz is the Suns, and this team chooses small forward Josh. Childis, while the twelve-ranking Rockets chose forward Chris. Humphries, this is also a player they lack, if the rookie can work well with Camby, maybe the Rockets' interior line is worth looking forward to this year, at least the defense will not be bad.

The thirteenth player the Clippers selected after the Rockets is Luke Jackson. The fourteenth Hornets chose Marbury's cousin, the guard Sebastian Brown. Telfil, since Byron Davis went to the Kings, this team has been a shortcoming, and after Telphier was drafted by the Hornets, this year's lottery is over.

In the next No. 15 pick, the Pacers chose the interior Biedlings, while the No. 16 pick of the Bulls chose a small forward Kirksnyder, who is also lacking a small forward when Pippen retires this year. The Kings, who have the No. 17 pick, have traded the draft pick to the Lakers, so the No. 17 pick still belongs to Zhuang Fei's pick.

And when David Stern read the No. 17 sign, everyone on the scene also looked at Zhuang Fei, after all, for Zhuang Fei, they can be said to have a good choice at this time. This team is now short of a center forward, everyone on the scene knows it, and at this time there are still two center forwards sitting in the small green house, one is Brazilian Rafael Arroyo. One is Robert Swift, the white insider, the first 16 teams missed these two people, which is a pity for everyone, and it also feels that the Lakers have picked up a big bargain, but when David Stern read out the name of the player Zhuang Fei chose this time. There was a suffocating silence at the scene.

"In the 2004 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected Josh Smith, a forward from Oak Hill High School."

Josh Smith, can't say he's bad, if he chooses to play in the NCAA for a year, then he can definitely become a lottery player, but now he is really not as good as the two centers in front of him, and more importantly, the Lakers now have so many versatile forwards, do they still need such a non-trivial player? Can he help the Lakers defend the basket? , so when Zhuang Fei finished selecting Josh Smith, there was a commotion in the audience, and some people had already laughed, this is not laughing at Zhuang Fei choosing the wrong person, Zhuang Fei did not choose the wrong person, the No. 17 pick Josh Smith is not a loss, but the Lakers don't need him, if other teams can select Josh Smith on the 17th, it will definitely earn him has this potential, if it is the Lakers who selected him, then it is another story.

After Zhuang Fei selected Josh Smith in the 17th pick, the eighteenth person selected was the Trail Blazers, this team did not hesitate to choose the white inside Robert Swift, although they did not lack the inside line, it was also a very good thing to take a lottery player as a rotation substitute at that time, and in the 19th person who came out to choose Zhuang Fei, the choice of Zhuang Fei was less than half of the last time, and the lottery center sitting in the small green house was only Arroyo one, and Swift had been taken away by the Trail Blazers, And at this time, when everyone thought that Zhuang Fei should choose the striker this time, and even Arroyo himself in the small green house thought so, but at this time, when David Stern read out the name of the player selected by Zhuang Fei this time, everyone on the scene was speechless.

"In the 2004 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected guard Tony Allen from Oklahoma State University"

This time it's a guard, if the last Zhuang Fei chose Josh Smith in the potential and said the past, then this time Tony Allen definitely doesn't even have potential, put Arroyo, a player who is stronger than Tony Allen in all aspects of potential and team needs, and choose a crippled guard who is considered to have no potential or even no NBA ability, which can definitely make everyone laugh out loud, and in fact, after a moment of silence in the audience, everyone laughed, Even the New York fans who have been booing Zhuang Fei are the same.

It's just that Zhuang Fei, who was booed at this time, still looked calm, while his former assistant coach D'Antoni was quietly wiping a cold sweat, his old boss was too unusual, it can be said that he didn't think that Zhuang Fei would choose people like this.

No matter how Zhuang Fei chooses people at this time, the NBA draft is to continue, Arroyo, who has been ignored by Zhuang Fei, finally settled in the twenty-first team SuperSonics, this team lacks a center to partner Ray Allen and Lewis, the two guns, I am afraid they themselves did not think that they would get Arroyo, and the Hawks who played in the twenty chose Jamal Nelson, Facing the Celtics in the playoffs last season, no one could attack with the ball except James, which was unbelievable for this team, so the Hawks also abandoned Arroyo in favor of playmaking guard Nelson.

In the other drafts, the Wizards selected Kevin Martin for the twenty-four appearances, and it is clear that D'Antoni listened to Zhuang Fei's advice, while the Spurs for the twenty-sixth appearance chose guard J.R. Smith.

And the most surprising thing about Zhuang Fei in this draft is that the twenty-seventh Timberwolves chose a player from China, Moko, this player was considered to be selected at the end of the second round when the draft was predicted, and when Zhuang Fei saw that the Timberwolves selected Moko, he also subconsciously shouted a national scolding, he understood the Timberwolves owner Glenn Taylor too well, a Yao Ming made him lose a lot now, when there was only Wang Zhizhi in the NBA, all the interests from China were his, And now it is divided by the Celtics in half, for this stingy boss, any player from China can only control it in his own hands if he can master it, if there is another Yao Ming, it will be a tragedy, but with more and more NCAA Chinese players, it is difficult to say how long the Timberwolves owner can monopolize Chinese players.

After the Timberwolves drafted the players, the Grizzlies, who were the 28th to play, chose an interior player with shooting ability, who was also a European Victor. Kayapa, after the Grizzlies chosen, when it was the Lakers' turn again on the 29th, this time under everyone's eyes, Zhuang Fei finally chose again.

"In the 2004 NBA Draft, the Los Angeles Lakers selected small forward Trevor Ariza from UCLA"

Another small forward, this time the scene was silent again, and after the silence, there was no more ridicule, and the 30th appearance of the Celtics selected Brazilian interior Anderson Valejo.

And the Lakers' last pick, the 59th pick, was a small forward from Argentina, Andres Nocioni, who was a pitcher.

Five draft picks, five outside guards, and none of the centers that the team lacked, after a while, the United States was in an uproar. (To be continued.) )