Chapter 578 [The Chosen Singer, Wrestler]
The Timberwolves selected Brandon Roy for the fifth place, who was once hailed as Kobe's successor and nicknamed "Yellow Mamba."
The sixth Trail Blazers selected two-way guard Randy Foye with a draft pick in exchange.
At this time, Timberwolves manager McHale was naughty again, trading Roy for $1 million for Foyega. They set their sights on Foye at the beginning, just trying to intercept other people's targets and then make a small profit on the trade. And if Foye drops one place, he can also save some money when he signs.
For a million, McHale swapped the All-Star swingman for an average role player. Roy's combination of sudden splitting and shooting is very good, Yang Rui in his previous life, if he was not ruined by injury, he would have been an excellent core of the team.
The Warriors also suffered from the fact that they gave the Trail Blazers a first-round pick and replaced the often injured point guard Juan Dixon.
The Warriors want to send Francis away, but in exchange for another injury-prone guy won't make them stronger at the No. 1 position. Yang Rui felt that Hornacek would have a hard time rising to the Warriors before the change of owners in 2009, which was a difficult road and much less fortunate than the other three assistant coaches who became head coaches
The Rockets picked power forward Sheldon Williams for seventh place.
At this point, everyone in the Rockets felt that they had picked up a big bargain, and the Duke interior player was recognized as an instant player in this draft, with four years of college experience, and one of the most feared interior defenders in the NCAA in recent years, with a reputation that rivaled that of Emeka Okafor two years ago.
NICKNAMED "THE LANDLORD", SHELDON FELL TO THIS POSITION BECAUSE OF HIS HEIGHT, 202CM BAREFOOT ON HIS SIDE, 204CM IN SHOES, AN ASTONISHING 224CM IN HIS REACH, A WEIGHT OF 117 KG, A BODY FAT RATE OF 11.4%, A HEIGHT OF 264 CM IN PLACE, A 74 CM JUMP ON THE SPOT, A MAXIMUM RUNNING JUMP OF 85 CM, 84 KG BENCH PRESS 25 TIMES, A ROUND-TRIP RUN IN THE RESTRICTED AREA OF 11.53 SECONDS, AND A 3.59 SECOND FOR 3/4 SPRINTS.
Looking at the data on the side of the body, Sheldon is an out-and-out monster, extremely strong, and super mobile.
His move to the Rockets is a good result and complements Eddie Curry's style of play.
Curry is strong on offense and weak on defense, and can pull out and shoot; Shelton, on the other hand, is a rebounder, block, and interior offense, has solid back-to-back skills, is good at hooking, and can occasionally make mid-range shots.
Then, to Yang Rui's surprise, the Cavaliers actually selected forward Rudy Gay with the eighth pick.
In Yang Rui's previous life, the Rockets selected Guy and traded with the Grizzlies in exchange for Battier, who joined the Grizzlies and was able to score 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2 assists in the second season of his career.
Gay has the perfect NBA small forward body, plus a flyer-level bounce, and can easily complete free throw line dunks. He has a big stride, fluid technical movements, and often stunning layups, and is fast and agile enough to defend most NBA shooting guards.
Gay didn't make the All-Star Game, but he was a great second-rate star who helped the team on both ends of the floor. Yang Rui feels that he has great training value, and if he can practice mid-to-long-distance shooting and passing, he has the potential to become a superstar.
It seems that the Cavaliers are going to rise? Although he didn't make the playoffs for three years in a row, the Cavaliers didn't sign a bad contract that was not easy to clean up, and Guy's only problem was that he overlapped with James, and I don't know how the Cavaliers would use him, and it was a waste to play off the bench.
Yang Rui thought quietly, James is the league's most popular star, but before 2010, James had an obvious weakness, that is...... There are no huddles. Guy is weaker than Wade and Bosh, and the Lakers should be able to stabilize the Cavaliers.
The 76ers selected center Patrick O'Bryant for the ninth place, and I don't know for what purpose, I probably think the big man is more valuable.
The players in the back are not too strong, and most of them are blue-collar.
The Clippers selected a blue-collar power forward named Cedric Simmons in the first round, and Yang Rui had never heard of this and had some impression of others, at least having played in the NBA. Elgin Baylor's vision is really too accurate, and he can always find gold in the sand.
Point guard Rajon Rondo was selected by the Nets, and the "Basics" and "Rondo Shots" were put together in a team, and the Nets' ability to grab rebounds next season will be much better.
The Suns drafted center Josh Boone and was eliminated for two consecutive years due to a loss on the inside, D'Antoni finally gave up on pure small-ball tactics, and a team can't do without a meat shield.
The Grizzlies selected Kyle Lowry, which is a good gain at the end of the first round, although the "Little Steel Cannon" is short, it is fast and has strong impact and development potential.
The Mavericks drafted point guard Jordan Farmar to bolster the No. 1 position.
The Bulls also chose a point guard, Spaniard Sergio Rodriguez, who has shooting ability and is sharp on the break, but has a bad matchup.
The Lakers' 30th pick selected point guard Daniel Gibson at the request of Yang Rui!
Gibson is 188CM tall and weighs 90 kilograms, and as a point guard, he has basically no organizational ability, and in Yang Rui's previous life, he fell to the second round and joined the Cavaliers.
He is an underappreciated rookie, but Yang Rui feels that he deserves to be selected in the first round, in terms of ball control and organization, Gibson is rotten and has no advantage at all, but his style is very suitable for the Lakers and can be a replacement for Mo Williams because he is good at shooting three-pointers.
He is a well-known shooter in the league, shooting 47.7% from three-point range at his peak and more than 40% from the field for many seasons. In the 07 semifinals against the Pistons, there was a critical moment when Gibson received consecutive passes from James and hit a three-point shot, big heart!
In his peak 10-11 season, he averaged 11.6 points and 3 assists per game.
At the 2008 Rookie Challenge, the sophomore Gibson hit 11 three-pointers and eventually became the MVP with 33 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks.
Gibson is still a straight person, since James switched to the Heat, he has become the standard "Zhan Hei", and began to fight with the little emperor everywhere, fighting war of words. Then, the buddy started to go downhill, injured his ankle, broke up his marriage, died of his grandmother, and was unlucky enough to participate in the singer audition in China.
With the eighth pick in the second round, the Lakers selected short and strong forward Paul Millsap.
Millsap claims to be 203CM tall, but his actual bare foot height is only 199CM, but his weight has reached 113 kg, and the only excellent thing is that he has an arm span of 217CM. He has weak ball control and average shooting ability, so he can't play small forward, so he can only be used as a big forward.
As soon as scouts looked at Millsap's body stats, they felt that he should go to professional wrestling, playing basketball was a waste of talent. So, despite his average of 18.6 points, 12.7 rebounds, 2 blocks and 1.3 steals per game in his three years of college, the stats are beautiful, he still fell to the second round.
Yang Rui knows that Millsap is the most valuable inside line in this draft, even better than Aldridge.
Since entering the league, Millsap has been improving, and in his rookie year, he was a fierce defensive and instant fighter, able to resist others and grab boards. He later developed accurate mid-range shooting and longer range, and 11 years later he developed three-point shooting and playmaking. He was a four-time All-Star and a All-Defensive Second Team selection.
Aldridge scored a lot, was not very good on the defensive end, and had a soft overall style of play, and belonged to the kind of player who had a level but couldn't shoot, and after joining the Spurs, he was not only reduced to Leonard's deputy, but also couldn't help the team go further.
Millsap is one of those people who can make a difference no matter what team they join and immediately improve the team.
The Lakers made a lot of money by selecting him, and the reason why Yang Rui didn't have to be selected in the first round was that he might not stay with the Lakers after 2009, and he didn't want to make the Lakers too inexplicable, and he was selfish about cheapening the successor later.
Next season, the Lakers will be stronger on the inside, and Dio will not renew his contract, which is not a matter at all.