In those years 868, those rookies
After Cousins was selected, the Suns took action with the sixth pick.
The Suns are relatively lucky. They can have the sixth pick this year, thanks to the three-way matches with the Trail Blazers last season.
At that time, in that deal, the Suns actually wanted the Raptors' first-round draft pick this season. Although Oden was the No. 1 pick of the year, he was actually a big shot. No one expected that this big shot would become the king of heaven.
However, the Suns will certainly not let go of this precious No. 6 pick, so they started the selection.
Originally, the Suns wanted to choose the center forward, but Oden appeared like a comet and became the Suns' indestructible super-strong existence in the interior, so they had more choices and chose a power forward
"Now, it depends on whether they choose Greg Rod, or Epé Freddy-Yudo." Chamberlain murmured to himself.
Sir Xiao left the Suns this summer, and this is a foregone conclusion. After the Western Conference semi-finals, he had a very unhappy relationship with the team, mainly because the professional qualities he showed in the playoffs were so bad that Nash, who had been with him for so many years, was angry.
If Sir had the level he was when he was with Nash back then, it would be too difficult for the Warriors to win the Suns, and his performance was not as good as Ibaka. In this way, the Suns would be too unlikely to win.
Without Sir, the Suns will be short of players at the fourth position, and Monroe and Yudo are the best candidates at the fourth position among the remaining players.
Monroe and Yudo each have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The characteristic of Yuduo is that he has a perfect power forward figure, a height of 2 meters and a weight of 110 kilograms. In addition, he has a variety of offensive methods, and has obvious advantages on the defensive end, and has a very good rebounding and blocking ability. He has a very high basketball IQ, excellent reading ability for games, and strong learning ability.
In comparison, Monroe is much stronger. He is 2.06 meters tall, but weighs 115 kilograms. Compared with Howard and Chamberlain, his body is not enough, but among rookies, he is already the strongest.
What's amazing is that despite being so strong, Monroe is a technical frontcourt player. He can find the feeling of a game in every game. He has excellent offensive skills in both the basket and the face frame. He has super passive ability at this height. He can find teammates who run out of open positions when playing hard at the basket. He has a very high basketball IQ.
Stern then read out the Suns' choice - they chose Greg JL丨Ro
At this time, the atmosphere in the Pistons' VIP room was solemn. The team's head coach Sanders smashed the rookie information on the table and cursed: "Damn Phoenix people, they should go to hell Monroe, Monroe, what we want is Monroe."
The Suns Uniform Team over there was a smug ambition, and Nash said to Oden humorously: "We have two Gregs now."
Greg Oden, Greg JL丨Ro, it can be foreseen that the inside line formed by these two will give the Warriors a headache next season.
Monroe was chosen because he looked stronger and more durable. Oden's rookie season made the Suns afraid of it all the time. They hoped to choose Monroe, who had no history of injury, so that even if Oden's old illness recurs in the future, Monroe could still hold up the store.
In addition, Monroe also has a better vision and support ability. He has given away two of his highest assists in his career against Providence, which is also the highest assist record for inside players in the history of the Great Eastern Conference.
The Pistons had no choice but to take Yuduo. In fact, now it seems that Yuduo is better than Monroe, at least in terms of honor.
When he was a junior, Yudu was nominated for the Associated Press Player of the Year, the second team of the two major leagues, the coach was selected as the first team of the best defensive team of the two major leagues, and was elected as the first team of the two major leagues' best player of the week. He was also selected as the first team of the top ten leagues' best defensive team when he was in his sophomore year at the University of Michigan.
The eighth place is the Clippers. This team has been playing badly since entering the 21st century. They have always hoped to turn around by taking advantage of the draft. They finally got the No. 1 pick last season, but Griffin, who was selected, was reimbursed again for the season.
So, they have to consider this draft. The tenth place is the Pacers. General Manager Bird, Big Bird, looked at the rostrum with his uniform team, waiting for the Clippers to choose.
The Clippers are boss Sterling, and general manager Carl Shadra lowered her eyebrows and said in a stance as if the chief executive of the home office reported to Emperor Kangxi: "Boss, I think we should choose Al He Milu. He was nominated for the All-American Best Team by the Associated Press in his sophomore year, and was nominated for the Naismith Award and the Wooden Award. He was selected as the second team of the Division's Best Team. He was named the All-American Rookie Team by Sports Online in his freshman year. He was selected as the All-American Best Team in the Year of the Senior Year. He participated in the Nike Peak Challenge Camp..."
Amilu is the junior brother of Duncan and Paul. She studied at Wake Forest University, but her team was not well-known and she had never even rushed into the quarterfinals once.
Amilu has to thank his mother for giving him a powerful body. He is 2UU meters tall and is a double-ath forward with excellent athletic ability, excellent rebounding skills, and better defensive end than Duncan in college.
The reason why he has been slow to lead the school team to make a breakthrough in the NCAA is because Amilu's offense is too poor, his offensive skills are still to be developed, and he lacks NH-level shooting ability.
In contrast, Amilu is a trendy man, and other rookies are all wearing suits and trenched. This guy actually wears big sunglasses, and his suit is colorful and looks like a non-mainstream country dress.
Amilu had tried out before in the Clippers. He performed very well at the time, dunked and blocked, and even threw a layup from Griffin, which made Clippers general manager Carl Shadra feel bad at that time.
He had already received a call from his agent before, saying that no surprise, the Clippers would choose him.
When Stern began to read out the Clippers' list of candidates, Amilu stood up first and said to his friends beside him: "Guys, I'm going to Los Angeles soon. You know, I don't like those impetuous big cities, it's boring, the pace is too fast, the hearts are too bad, and the style is too low. I still like Utah, the plateau cities in Denver, that's where men should conquer..."
"The Los Angeles Clippers chose a 6-foot B-short forward from Fresno State University, George Paul."
As Stern's voice fell, Amilu was stunned. He looked at the arena foolishly, his mouth twitching constantly - Where is the big city in Los Angeles that he had promised?
George Paul was also stunned. He remembered that before the draft, the agent said that the Pacers wanted to choose him, but he was intercepted by the Clippers halfway.
He also went to the Clippers for trial training before, and he went with Amilu. His performance was not as good as Amilu at that time. The most important thing was that Amilu showed a superlative entertainment spirit at that time.
Los Angeles is an entertainment city, and Hollywood Billy Villa is here. Of course, I hope to choose an extroverted, playful and joking star to increase exposure.
Compared to Amilu, George Paul was as boring as a stone.
However, Stern had read his name, so George Paul could only walk up quickly. He secretly comforted himself in his heart that it would be good to go to the Clippers, so that it would be very close to his hometown, and he could also play and train with his idol Kobe in the same stadium. He might not be able to eat together.
George grew up in a desert town in Palmdale, north of Los Angeles, California. As a child, he didn't play much team basketball. Although he loved the sport and went to play basketball whenever he had free time, he mostly practiced alone in the park or competed one-on-one with his sister.
Compared with other geniuses, George is not the kind of genius high school student who became famous early or even famous all over the United States. He didn't join the school team until he was in his sophomore year, and he became the main force of the team until his third year.
In high school, as he grew taller, he was asked to play more inside, but his long-cherished wish was to become a wing player. When George focused on practicing ball control skills and shooting from outside, he would not only imitate McGrady's style, but also learn from the star he admired most, Kobe.
However, from the moment, George has not learned much from the two idols. At least his offense is far worse than these two scoring champions.
But this did not affect his shining points. When George brought the Clippers hat, Bird's heart almost broke.
At the first moment, Bird yelled at his subordinate: "Call Sterling's idiot and ask him what he wants. Damn, how could this idiot who doesn't know basketball choose George?"
Pacers deputy general manager Seander asked tremblingly: "Who will we choose the tenth pick?"
Yes, they originally wanted to choose George. As early as when Paul George announced that he would participate in the 210th draft, Bird determined his plan. In fact, as early as the past two years, he began to observe and inspect Paul George silently.
Just like Cardinal Auerbach inspected Bird, Bird also used the same method to investigate Paul George, and then was convinced that this child was a crafty material and would definitely lead the Pacers to complete the revival in the future.
Hearing Seander's inquiry, Bird's nose was almost pissed. He roared: "Choose any one, just choose any one. Anyway, it's all garbage. The rest are garbage. Call the hateful capitalists in Los Angeles, ask what they want, and take Paul George for me."
At the same time, Old Nelson also said in a deep voice to his son Nelson Jr.: "Contact Sterling and ask him who is interested in our team. Now Paul George is ours."
Trading is not that easy to go, especially such temporary decisions.
The draft is still going on, and the Jazz are the ones with the ninth pick. Sloan looked at the remaining rookies to be selected seriously. He nodded to the staff, and then someone sent their choice to the rostrum.
"The Utah Jazz, the tenth pick in the first round, chose Gordon Hayward, a six-foot-eight forward from Butler University."
Although Amilu, who has more glory, claims to have greater potential and stronger abilities, sat in the small green house, Sloan still chose Hayward, who had a pre-examination.
Hayward is a typical forward swaying man, with skilled scoring, ball control, pass and rebounding skills, a large and stable shooting range, and although he is a white man, he is extremely tough in his playing style. Sloan likes this kind of tough guy the most.
In the tenth pick, Bird, who had a dark face, hung up the phone. Sterling was very swaying during the call. He did not say that he would trade George Paul, but only revealed in vain that his team still liked Amilu's meaning.
In this way, Bird had no choice but to sign Amilu with the tenth draft pick.
Amilu was stunned when she heard Stern say she was going to Indianapolis.
Compared to Los Angeles, Indianapolis is a town, that is a big countryside. It is said that nightclubs will close at 12 o'clock. This is simply hell for the little prince of nightclub Amilu.
What's more hell is that the boss of the Pacers is Bird, the big bird. Bird's bad temper is well known. A guy likes to play and play, isn't he looking for abuse when he goes to Pacers?
But Stern had read his name, and no matter how resistant he was, he had to accept the result.
Moreover, it is too late to withdraw from the election now because the NHA has a "Mouning rule that stipulates that the league president has the right to impose financial or bans on players who refuse to play for their new club after transfer.
In this way, Amilu could only walk towards the rostrum with heavy steps that could hardly be moved. During this period, the Pacers staff handed him the draft hat. He took the hat and gave the staff a smile that was even worse than crying.
Bird looked even more ugly. Seeing Amilu standing on the rostrum with a coquettish suit and big sunglasses, he felt annoyed and shouted to his subordinates: "Go tell the idiot rookie, take off my glasses and think where is this? Are you sunbathing? Bastard?"
Chapter completed!