(The second shift, there will be another shift in the afternoon!) ）

The draft came to an end, and the selected rookies cried with joy, while the unsuccessful ones looked lonely and began to think about the way out in the future.

Wu Di's friend Brian Cook was selected by the Atlanta Hawks with the 20th pick in the first round, which is not very high, but it is also a good result.

Subsequently, Cook returned to Illinois to practice for the summer league and the new season, and Wu Di did not go with him, did not go to Washington, Wu Di went directly to the Delaware Valley, a place that could concern him.

Soon June passed, and the depression of the new season began to emerge.

The time enters July, and at this time, the NBA Summer League is in full swing in various places, and the rookies of '03, who symbolize the platinum generation, will naturally participate in it.

Although the small leagues held by these NBA teams are not particularly popular, they do have a certain reference value for teams to observe the performance of some rookies.

In the summer league, some teams can often see how much strength and potential their rookies have chosen, and they can often find some draft pearls.

Therefore, it can be said that the summer league saving zài is an opportunity for some undrafted rookies to cherish.

When the summer league is in full swing, the table of 03 super talents will naturally attract the attention of many fans.

Anthony and James are two high-spirited two, they have played several games, and their performances are very good, Anthony's excellent offense and James's all-round are extremely characteristic of being displayed, which makes both teams more determined to build a team with them as the core.

As for Wade and Bosh, the two can only be said to be remarkable, and in the summer league they more or less exposed some of their shortcomings.

Surprisingly and happily, the Toronto Raptors' selection of Mirisic seems to be really good, although he has just turned 18 years old, Mirisic's physical confrontation and defensive attitude are not in line with his age.

Willing to fight physically and more to grab rebounds and participate in defense, coupled with his ability to shine on offense from time to time, Milicic is enough to make anyone excited.

Seeing Mirisic's double-double in the summer league, Wu Di was also more satisfied, and in his opinion, choosing this traditional center forward was definitely a wise decision.

Mirisic is 7 feet tall, but he's only 18 years old, and obviously, if nothing else, he's still able to grow taller.

And his reach and strength are very good, and such a body is completely the standard of a big man traditional center, capable of sitting in the box on the inside.

Quite remarkably, Milicic is very athletic, which is somewhat contrary to the characteristics of a traditional centre-forward.

Considering that the number of traditional interior players is getting smaller and smaller each year, this Mirisic, if he grows, seems to be able to make any team covet it.

As a result, in the middle of the summer league, multiple general managers began to contact the Raptors, saying that they wanted to get the signing rights of Milicic through a guò trade.

But they were all rejected by the Raptors.

In fact, the reason why the value of a traditional insider with delicate technology is getting higher and higher is mainly because of the changes of the times. The pace of basketball is getting faster and faster, the players are generally getting better and better, and some outside players who can run and jump are slowly becoming the mainstream of the dominant league.

As a result, the tactical position of the interior is slowly weakening, and the number of teams building tactics around the interior is getting smaller and smaller, as an episode of ESPN put it.

"After the center era of the 90s, Michael Jordan and other very few quarterbacks were unique at the time. And now, the league has obviously entered the era of defenders, so some of the inside lines that are like a rarity are unique and existing. ”

As mentioned above, defenders are slowly starting to become the dominant force in the league, and they are becoming more and more involved in the offense during the game.

In last season's scoring list, although there are still five inside players in the top 10: O'Neal, Duncan, Nowitzki, Garnett and Webber...... But it's an indisputable fact that O'Neill is the only one in the top five.

The reason why the guard is the mainstream of the league is mainly because there are too many strong players in the guard line, which makes the star of the center begin to dim.

And some believe that it is only a matter of time before the outside line replaces the dominance of the inside line.

In this episode of ESPN, the roundtable discusses the league's mainstream guard line.

Maddy, Kobe, Carter and Iverson, the four stars of the Mesozoic generation, are clearly the four most popular and powerful shooting guards.

In addition, players such as Michael Reed, Joe Johnson, Ray Allen, and Hamilton are all pure-blooded quarterbacks, while the older generation, such as Reggie Miller and others, are still active on the NBA stage.

In addition to these people, ESPN's more optimistic rookie quarterbacks are two international players, Wu Di and Manu Ginobili.

Of course, in addition to these scoring guards, there are many swing guards, such as Paul Pierce and others, who can lead the division guard to prosperity.

Moreover, in this year's rookie, LeBron James announced that he would play guard, and considering his height, ESPN even raised a question, will LeBron James be a good shooting guard? Or a good organizer?

It's a question that may seem difficult to answer before the new season kicks off, but judging from the summer league, James seems to be more of a big playmaker.

Relatively speaking, the scoring guard is the highest benchmark position, therefore, the general pure scoring guard is subject to high requirements, so the number of pure scoring guards is extremely rare, most of them are some swing people in the 2nd and 3rd positions or 1 and 2 positions.

However, it has to be said that some pure scoring guards, once they grow up, are definitely all the rage.

With a low success rate and a high level of skill, this scoring guard can be said to be a very difficult position to play.

But now, after the retirement of the best shooting guard in history, the league has entered an era of quarterback blowouts, which is unexpected.

Wu Di expressed his overwhelming approval of being listed as the No. 2 potential star for the future, and what he has always hoped for is to be a pure scoring guard.

In his rookie season with the Wizards, in fact, he played the No. 2 and No. 3 positions to swing out of helplessness, after all, he couldn't squeeze Michael Jordan out of the starting position.

Wu Di feels that for the position of scoring guard, he needs to have a deep understanding to be able to play like a fish in water, and in this regard, Wu Di believes that he needs more training.

As for the so-called quarterback era, Wu Di did not dare to agree in his heart, the base of scoring guards is too small, and the success rate is low, in this case, if there are only a few people, it is difficult to rule the league to create the so-called quarterback era.

Of course, this hype is not without reason, and in this year's Summer League, the high-scoring tables of various forward players appeared like a blowout.

And some of these swingmen have said that they want to return to the No. 2 position in the new season, which will give the so-called quarterback era more hype weight.

But what the real development will look like is still unknown.

Whether the so-called quarterback era can become a reality seems to depend on how many of the absolute core of some teams are shooting guards? Or something else?