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As a traverser, the most important thing Wang Chao lacks is talents who can play in the future, and he can sign some players who can play in the future and have high cost performance through various low-pick picks.

Of course, top players like Leonard and Butler don't have many opportunities to pick up leaks in the future, but just this summer, there is a superstar among the rookies who is not high in the overall pick and whose future achievements are still above Leonard and Butler.

The famous Greek monster, the alphabet brother Giannis. Antetokounmpo.

The MVP of the next two regular seasons, led the team to win an NBA championship and was elected as the FMVP of the finals.

In terms of the number of championships, Antetokounmpo has one less than Leonard, but he has two regular season MVPs that Leonard does not have, so at a very young age, his historical status has surpassed Leonard, who was in his prime at the time.

As for Butler...... Jimmy's career has always been one of constantly being underestimated and then slapping everyone in the face with his own strength, he didn't have a regular season MVP, he didn't lead the team to a championship, and he didn't even make the best team and second team.

But Wang Chao must admit that Butler is definitely the toughest player in the league, and there is no one!

Due to the time node crossed by Wang Chao, he did not catch up with the 22-23 playoffs, nor did he witness Butler's individual performance show in the playoffs, which can be called the greatest playoff in NBA history, leading the Heat, ranked eighth in the East, overturning the Milwaukee Bucks led by Antetokounmpo, G4 God went down to the earth to score 56 points to lead the team to win the key game, and G5 scored another 42 points to win the reversal, eliminating the first Bucks in the East 4:1.

In a direct duel between Butler and Antetokounmpo's star, the former won an undisputed victory.

It's a pity that Wang Chao didn't know at this time, but this did not prevent him from being optimistic about Butler.

He always felt that if Leonard and Butler's rookie contracts expired in the future and the team could only keep one person, he would choose Butler over Leonard.

On the one hand, he doesn't think Butler is much worse than Leonard, although the difference in static talent is obvious, but Butler's hard work and willingness to never admit defeat on the field are more valuable qualities.

On the other hand, Leonard is more or less anti-bone after playing his value, his grievances with the Spurs belong to the public and the public is reasonable, Wang Chao is not a professional media reporter, I don't know who is right and wrong, but then whether Leonard left without hesitation and treated him as a guest, the Raptors who gave the best treatment, and ran to the Clippers for a few years, reasonable, is not a particularly suitable helper.

When Leonard is healthy, he can definitely rank in the top five at the small forward position, and even the top three at his peak, but what is the point if he can't play? Wang Chao can't guarantee that he can get the god-level props like the protective knee pads used by Da Yao every season, so Butler is more cost-effective than Leonard.

As for the alphabet brother Antetokounmpo, Wang Chao does not consider it.

The 13-year-old rookie brother basically does not have any instant combat power, and the cycle of real growth will take about three to four seasons, even with the bonus of Wang Chao's sparring potion, it will not improve faster than Leonard and Butler.

What's more, unlike Leonard and Butler, who can play without the ball, the style of play of Brother Alphabet is the same as the current Wang Chao, James and later Harden, who need a lot of ball possession to maximize their strength, and at the same time, Brother Alphabet has not been able to develop stable mid-to-long-range shooting, and the offense is completely limited to the restricted area under the basket.

Wang Chao is not sure, when the Rockets' ball control is basically concentrated in his hands, whether Brother Alphabet can still play at the same level as in the future, and the current Rockets' hoarding in the forward position is already very exaggerated.

Leonard, Butler, Chandler. Parsons, and Chris, who has been completely tricked this season, except for being able to play in garbage time, is usually difficult to have a chance to play. Middleton.

The accumulation of forward positions has reached the point where even Wang Chao has to change to point guard to free up enough playing time for others, so naturally he has no idea of choosing Brother Alphabet.

Having said that, the road to the growth of this player is still quite tortuous, when he first joined the league, he was thin and thin, his height of 2.04 meters is not outstanding among small forwards, and his exposure to basketball is still short, so scouts are generally not optimistic that he can survive in the fierce competitive environment of the NBA.

It was when Kidd coached the Bucks that he discovered the potential of Brother Alphabet, let Brother Alphabet, who was originally a forward, change to point guard, and determine his future development path, Brother Alphabet began to increase weight to improve impact and lethality, and at the same time, his height also ushered in a wave of soaring with age, growing to the current 2.13 meters.

If he hadn't been drafted by the Bucks with the fifteenth pick, or hadn't been able to meet Kidd, maybe he would have developed in the direction of Batum, the draft template, like his rookie season, constantly practicing his three-point shooting ability and never being able to figure it out, and finally being eliminated from the NBA by doing nothing.

All of this is very likely to happen, and sometimes, people's fates are so changeable that a little butterfly effect can bring about countless changes.

Wang Chao is not sure if Brother Alphabet will be able to grow up in the future, and he is not interested in getting a first-round No. 15 pick to intercept a player who is not needed in the team.

In addition to the fifteenth pick in the first round, there was only one low-pick rookie in the class of 2013, who was selected with the 27th pick in the first round. Goebel still has some value.

However, Gobert is also a standard defensive blue-collar player, with little to no offensive ability on his own, and even if he is defensive......

The future Gobert, a three-time Defensive Player of the Year winner, equaled Howard in this award and is second only to the four-time winner Ben. Wallace and Mutombo.

But in fact, Gobert's defensive ability has really caught up with the footsteps of these three predecessors? The answer is clearly no.

Gobert's defense is extremely flawed, first of all, his weight of 111 kilograms is destined to be absolutely unable to withstand the traditional heavy center of the past, and even James, who is a small forward, is heavier than him.

Of course, there is no traditional heavy center in the future small-ball era, and this option can be directly ruled out, although this guy is ashamed to say that he can guard O'Neal, and has been ridiculed for a long time, but who let the traditional heavy center not exist in the small-ball era?

But as a center in the small-ball era, Gobert's effectiveness in defending small is also extremely poor, his actions are slow, his movements are clumsy, and any flexible small man on the outside can play him at will.

Wang Chao actually understands why Gobert can win the best defensive player award three times in the future, because there is really no better candidate in the league, and it is really a big one among the short.

However, after saying so many shortcomings of Gobert, Wang Chao still plans to find a way to ease Gobert.

After all, the 27th pick in the first round is not expensive, and even if you don't use draft picks, you can easily get this guy from other teams by paying a little chips.

In fact, the Jazz did just that.

The Denver Nuggets reached an agreement with the Jazz after selecting Gobert with the No. 27 pick in the first round, who used the No. 46 pick in the second round of the same year, Eric Brown. Green plus some cash in exchange for Gobert from the Nuggets, which is a big leak.

The Nuggets felt good at the time for a bottom-round first-round pick in exchange for some money, and later Gobert regretted it after becoming an All-Star, if Gobert was not traded, let Gobert and the next two regular season MVP Jokic form an interior twin tower, the two will definitely have considerable dominance in the future league.

For Gobert, Wang Chao's attitude is that if you get a four-year white prostitution contract in the rookie season, it is simply beautiful, but after four years, the rookie contract expires, and you want to give such a guy who is essentially not much different from Whiteside a four-year $102 million, with an average annual salary of $25.5 million, why don't you grab it?

Whiteside, who is currently playing soy sauce in the Rockets, Wang Chao also has the same attitude.

As a blue-collar player, it's good to grab rebounds and defend and give one or two million a year, what kind of bicycle do you want? ——

On June 27, 2013, the NBA Draft began as scheduled.

The location of the draft was changed from the former Madison Square Garden arena to the Barclays Center, which has just been relocated this season, from New Jersey to the new home of the Nets in Brooklyn, Big Apple.

This is clearly a good place to be "blessed".

The Cavaliers drew the top pick for the second time in three years, and they chose their new champion, Anthony Brown. Bennett.

With Irving and Bennett on the outside, the Cavaliers are ambitious and vowed to return to the playoffs in the new season and regain their former glory.

As long as you are a traverser, the latter thing is clear, with the efforts of the whole Cavaliers, it is a miracle that the two champions in three years have successfully turned into an unprecedented three champions in four years.

Charlotte Bobcats, who picked the second-round pick, chose shooting guard Victor. Oladipo, which made Wang Chao a little surprised.

You know, the Bobcats, who got the top pick last year, chose Anthony. Davis, who was extremely lucky to win the lottery this year.

Don't look at Oladipo's ugly appearance, but in the 2013 rookie class, he was the first to play a role, averaging 17.9 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists per game in the second season of his career.

Now that Oladipo and Davis have joined the Bobcats, Joe's character has exploded?

The rest of the rookie draft is actually irrelevant, including CJ McCollum, who was drafted with the 10th pick, and was originally selected and then traded to the Trail Blazers as a chip.

To be reasonable, McCollum is actually quite good, he can average 20+ points per game in the third season of his career, and his three-point shooting rate can be maintained at more than 40%, and he is a very good shooter-type guard.

But the price of the 10th pick in the first round is still too expensive in Wang Chao's opinion, and the current Rockets can't afford to make such a bargaining chip. Parsons was sent away as a trade chip with a first-round pick.

But that would be more than worth the loss, the Rockets already have the best alternative Middleton for the shooting guard position, his style of play is similar to McCollum's, while his outside shooting is equally accurate, his height of 2.01 meters is also better than that of McCollum at 1.91m, and his defensive performance is better.

Therefore, Wang Chao did not choose to sacrifice the team's combat power to intercept McCollum.

The draft continued, and Antetokounmpo was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks with the 14th pick.

It was supposed to be the fifteenth pick, but because of the butterfly effect and probability, the Bucks' draft pick was one place earlier, but it didn't prevent them from choosing Brother Alphabet.

In this way, Antetokounmpo will most likely grow into a top superstar in the league in the future, which also makes Wang Chao breathe a sigh of relief.

Out of personal selfishness, Wang Chao still hopes that Brother Alphabet can play, so that he can fight with the other party in the future.

It's too boring to come to the NBA and not be able to play against some of the biggest names in the NBA.

As a representative of the new generation of stars in the future, Brother Alphabet is famous in the league for his terrifying physical fitness and lethality under the basket, and some people even think that Brother Alphabet's impact is better than that of James at his peak.

Wang Chao has fought against James many times, so he naturally wants to experience the strength of Brother Alphabet in person.

The draft continued, and with the 26th pick in the first round, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected center Rudy Murphy from France. Gobert, but then traded him to the Houston Rockets, where he received two future first-round picks and some cash compensation.

The Nuggets, who were going to choose Gobert with the 27th pick and trade with the Jazz, were a little dumbfounded, they didn't expect Gobert to be selected by the Timberwolves in advance, after all, the Timberwolves currently have Kevin on the inside. Lefou, Derek. Williams and Nicola. Pekovic doesn't need to choose an interior player at all.

And the subsequent trade of the Timberwolves also made the Nuggets and Jazz understand that it turned out that the Rockets wanted Gobert and used two second-round rounds plus some cash as chips to lure the Timberwolves.

The 26th pick in the first round is actually not much different from the second-round pick, and the players who will fall to this position are basically some players with little development prospects, and those who can play the value of a star are rare, Gobert has rough skills and a thin body, so he doesn't look like a player who can play with a high value.

It's nice to be able to trade him for two second-round picks plus a sum of cash.

The Jazz are even prepared to trade only one second-round plus cash compensation for Gobert, which shows its value.

And the Rockets want Gobert, which is completely understandable.

After all, although he has just won the championship and his combat effectiveness is the strongest in history, the problem of the aging of the Rockets' interior lineup does exist, next season Da Yao is 34 years old, Garnett is 38 years old, and O'Neal Jr. will be 36 years old if he continues to renew his contract.

If the Rockets want to ensure the strength of the interior line, they must bring in fresh blood, otherwise in addition to these three veterans, the Rockets will only have one Whiteside left on the inside.

(End of chapter)