Chapter 817: Draft Day
For every young person who is looking forward to playing in the NBA, draft day is one of the most stressful moments they have to experience.
Yes, no matter how you perform in the training camp, it is the draft day that determines the fate of life and death in the end, and only when the dust really settles and you are selected, can you be down-to-earth, not that which pick you are predicted to be must be that pick.
Of course, the top three in the draft year will generally be relatively stable.
2014 is also known as the draft year in later generations, and the quality of rookies this year is really good, especially the Cavaliers who hold the top pick, they already have Irving and Bennett in the team, and James has determined to go back, and then add this year's champion, the Cavaliers will come up with a rather terrible four-top combination!
Is this the rhythm that turns all five starters into champions? Collect the five champions to summon the dragon? (Later, it seems that a team has collected all five champions, but unfortunately, the dragon can't be summoned)
In fact, if it weren't for the 12-year No. 1 pick compensation to the Hornets (now the Pelicans), the Cavaliers could have really made 5 No. 1 picks, and 4 of them were still consecutive.
If that's the case, we can imagine the Cavaliers' five-star lineup:
Davis, Ben Nete, James, Wiggins, Irving.
Hiss...... This lineup, even if Ben Nate is a little watery, is terrifying! This lineup, Ben Nate obediently serves as a meat shield and can lie down to win.
The list is in the hands of the Bucks, and the future deer king of the Bucks, Adtecumbo, has not fully grown up yet, of course, he has shown good potential, so the Bucks' goal this time is to find another young talent, their target is Wiggins and Jabari Parker, and the Bucks have big hearts, are not picky eaters, anyone can do it, anyway, they are the second, just wait for the Cavaliers to pick the rest.
Tanhua is a 76er, which is a little embarrassing, 76man, there have been a lot of high-level signings in recent years, but he is not like the Cavaliers who can take the champion in a row, so sometimes the 76ers are in a situation where they can't go up or down. (Fortunately, 76 people also had a champion sign)
Fortunately, there is also a big center Embiid to look forward to in this year's Tanhua position, so the 76ers are not in a hurry.
As for the rest of the people, almost every team has their own favorite goals, and if they really don't have a goal, they are ready to cut off others, so it can be said that the next thing is to look at the ability of each uniform group.
Popovich and Duncan arrived together, Qin Yan is still in Bulgaria and can't come back, in order to better draft, this time Popovich happily brought his eldest disciple Duncan over, after all, Duncan was also there during the last discussion.
"Coach, it doesn't seem like we're going to be able to do any tricks with our current signing?"
Duncan was a little reluctant to accept the coach's excited expression, what can this third-to-last and first-to-last draft picks do?
"You don't understand, that's the fun of picking up leaks, except for you, Tony and Manu were picked up by me like this." Popovich took a closer look at this year's roster, and he felt that there were not many of these players who might succeed in becoming superstars, but there were definitely not a few players who had the ability to be a qualified starter!
Especially the little white fat man Jokic that Qin Yan said last time, Popovich vaguely saw Divac's shadow from the video materials of his play.
Of course, this little fat man's contract is a problem, and now that Split is gone, if you can't let this little fat man come over to fight right away, then the Spurs' interior height is not enough!
But I think the boss will solve that trouble, and I'll get the people first.
As for the other target, Popovich also has personnel, that guy from UCLA, Kyle Anderson, who can play three and four, Popovich values this guy's playing rhythm, in layman's terms, this guy has the potential to become the next rhythm master!
So, until then, no matter what happens to the team in front of you, everything is with the Spurs five crowns.
Even Popovich wanted to just unplug the landline phone line, saving him a bunch of people from bothering him for a while.
Of course, with Duncan's stopping, the phone line was not unplugged in the end, and he escaped.
At this time, in Bulgaria on the other side of the world, Qin Yan was watching the live broadcast of the draft through the computer, and he also wanted to know if the team would select Jokic, after all, this is about the Spurs' lineup and future inheritance next season.
When Xiao Hua announced the start of the draft, it was no surprise that the scene was boiling, of course, the Cavaliers had no impact, they would not let go of this champion, James was coming back, and James wanted to see that the current Cavaliers were no longer the poor ghosts they used to be, and they would spend a lot of money to build a perfect team for James!
Wiggins! There are no surprises, the champion is still Wiggins's! Although Jabari Parker is also excellent, the Cavaliers have opted for the healthier Wiggins because of the injury factor!
"Ugh." The leader of the scene also gave Parker at the right time, and although he was a little disappointed, he still hugged Wiggins very generously!
Wiggins was taken away, so the next Bucks were very simple, and they sent the envelope with Parker's name on it.
The Bucks uniform team prepared two pieces of paper for the roster today, one with Wiggins' name on it, and the other with Parker, all they have to do is put the name in the envelope, anyway, when the Cavaliers are selected, the rest is theirs, and they don't need to use their brains at all.
Of course, this is also due to the fact that the Cavaliers are relatively normal, if they don't follow the routine just now and choose Embiid as the champion, then the Bucks will have a headache.
Fortunately, everything went well, although the 76ers were a little disappointed (they didn't see a miracle happen), but Embiid was not bad, and among the rest, Embiid was the best.
Well, in a few years, the 76ers will be happy with today's choice, although Embiid has been relegated for a long time due to injury, but in the future, it is Embiid who will lead the 76ers back to glory!
Then the fourth-place Magic chose the explosive dunker Aaron Gordon, the young version of Griffin, the fifth-place Jazz chose the point guard Essam, and then the sixth-place Celtics chose the future steel plant director Sima Gang, well, I'm sorry, it was Smart, and the Lakers, who fell in love with the Green Army, chose Randle in the seventh......
The old god Popovich is sitting on the ground, as steady as Mount Tai, anyway, it's not the person he wants, whatever you choose, it doesn't matter to me, I'll be in charge of watching the play.
However, when he was in the sixteenth pick, Popovich suddenly heard a somewhat familiar name, which startled him.
European lads, or with the insider, have they been cut off?
When he took a closer look, he realized, oh no, there was a little oolong, and the sixteenth European guy to be selected by the Bulls was Nurkic, a taller guy, not the little white fat guy he fancied.
Well, it's good if it's not, it's good if it's not.
In this way, until the 28th pick, it was finally the Spurs' turn, and Popovich calmly sent the envelope with Jokic's name to his assistant.
When Xiao Hua pronounced the name "Nikola Jokic", Qin Yan, who was far away in Bulgaria, finally breathed a sigh of relief, okay, the future teacher of the covenant is here!