892.Draft

It is very common for the government to give honorary awards to athletes.

Like Jordan, there are 3 named streets in Chicago and 7 festivals, large and small.

There are also honorary citizens, mayors for one day and so on.

The gimmick of ‘Honorary Lifetime Member’ is quite new.

But the actual meaning... Anyway, it's enough to grab the limelight. When Liu Xiu was invited to receive the certificate, he readily agreed.

As a result, he was given a new nickname—Congressman Jess.

This actually made him a little bit sad... He yelled "General" for several years and no one answered him. The people in the city hall gave him an award and he got a new nickname.

During the day, the basketball world was bustling with the arrival of "Congressman Jayce". After nightfall, people's attention returned to the draft.

After a busy day, Liu Xiu stayed in front of the TV to watch the live broadcast.

The Timberwolves selected Oden without any suspense.

Not to mention his achievements in the NBA, as far as Liu Xiu knows, Oden's market conditions during the draft were such that he could compete with O'Neal, Duncan, and James for the No. 1 pick.

The Sonics selected Durant with the second overall pick. There was no suspense about this. Although this year was a big draft year, there was no suspense about the first two picks. In another year's draft, Durant would have been the No. 1 pick.

It was just unlucky that I met Oden, otherwise when he entered the NBA, he would have had Roy and Luol Deng as teammates.

With the No. 3 pick, the Eagles selected Yi Jianlian!

This little one got an upset!

Although Yi Jianlian is also a top-five pick candidate, the original favorite for the third pick was another "James-like player" from Georgetown University-Jeff Green.

Oden is the representative of "talent + immediate combat ability" and the "next Russell".

Durant is 'synonymous with talent', and there is no doubt that Oden will be the number one pick.

No one is the most stable pick at No. 3, so the Eagles chose... the Chinese market?

Liu Xiu speculated for a while and made this judgment.

But it's also possible that they took a fancy to Yi Jianlian's talent and the success of his Warden and Little Giants in the NBA, and let the Hawks, a team that likes to gamble, give it a try.

The Celtics immediately grabbed Jeff Green with the fourth pick.

The Grizzlies selected Mike Conley with the 5th overall pick.

With the sixth pick, the Hornets selected Al Horford.

Liu Xiu mourned Horford. The Hornets failed to rise successfully. Now their boss is selling the team everywhere. In order to avoid the first bankrupt team in the modern basketball era, NBA officials have begun to bear nearly half of the Hornets’ salary.

, but the Hornets management began to make some blind operations, just to increase the value of the team, completely regardless of the rationality of team building.

The value of the team...a bunch of talented insiders is the value.

It seems outrageous, but this is what Liu Xiu learned. Because the Hornets have two insiders, Aldridge and Bogut, the Hornets' market value is not low.

The Bucks selected Joakim Noah with the 7th overall pick, the Bobcats selected Brandon White with the 8th overall pick, the Bulls selected Corey Brewer with the 9th overall pick, and the Kings

Spencer Hawes was selected with the 10th pick, and the 76ers selected Thaddeus Young with the 11th pick...

Liu Xiu remembers the names of 4 of these 5 people. Each of these 4 people are players who have played in the NBA for many years and performed well.

Boss Joe chose the weakest one with the 8th overall pick.

This vision is worthy of the god of basketball!

Then the Clippers selected Marcus Thornton with the 12th overall pick, and the Rockets traded the 13th overall pick to the Hawks, who selected 22-year-old Ace Law...

Three minutes passed one after another, and one rookie after another was selected and received a first-round guaranteed contract.

Finally, the 27th pick in the first round...

David Stern returned to the stage again, opened the envelope, his eyes showed a trace of confusion after seeing the name, but he did not stop and said: "Ladies and gentlemen, 2007 NBA Draft, Portland

The Trail Blazers selected Marc Gasol from Spain with the 27th overall pick in the first round!"

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Sister-in-law, take it!

Marc Gasol did not take the initiative to participate in the draft. He has reached the age of automatic participation. Any team can take the initiative to select him, just like the Spurs selected Ginobili.

If Marc Gasol is not selected this time, when he wants to enter the NBA in the future, he can enter the NBA as an undrafted free agent, or he can actively sign up for the draft.

Generally speaking, the latter will be chosen. There is a huge difference between the contract benefits of undrafted draft picks and the contract benefits of draft picks, even if they are second-round picks.

But the Trail Blazers selected him, and if he wanted to enter the NBA, he had to sign with the Trail Blazers.

People who don't pay attention to international competitions don't know who Marc Gasol is at all. Even if they do, not many people remember him. Pau Gasol standing in front is too dazzling.

Even Liu Xiu's father didn't remember who Marc Gasol was.

Selecting Marc Gasol was Liu Xiu's suggestion. Why use the first round instead of trading the second round pick for...

The reason is that if Marc Gasol really wants to join the NBA and is a second-round pick, his salary will not be low. It is possible that his annual salary will be three to five million.

However, the salary of a first-round pick is fixed. The starting salary for the 27th pick in the first round is less than one million.

The boss doesn't care about money. They, the management, the coaches, the team's stars... they have to consider the team's salary structure.

Selecting Marc Gasol, receiving the rookie bonus, or trading him after the 2008 Olympics are all good options.

Marc Gasol currently has one year left on his contract with Barcelona, ​​so it would be a good investment to choose him and let him go.

With the 27th pick in the second round, the Trail Blazers selected a forward, Liu Xiu's junior, Demetrius Nicholas, who came out of Syracuse University.

A small forward, a pure small forward that the Trail Blazers are currently lacking.

This year's draft was uneventful, with very few transactions. After the draft, the commentators gave unfavorable reviews. One was that Yi Jianlian was selected with the third overall pick, the other was that the Hornets selected Horford, and the other was that the Trail Blazers selected him in the first round.

A European center was selected.

The Chinese players selected this year are not only Yi Jianlian, but also Sun Yue, who was selected by the Lakers with the 20th overall pick in the second round.

If Sun Yue is not selected by the Lakers, the Trail Blazers will select Sun Yue.

This year's Trail Blazers draft has no principles and no lower limit. Whoever the warden wants, even if they have to split the lineup and trade draft picks, John Nash will be satisfied.

But even though Liu Xiu wanted to win over Sun Yue, he would not sacrifice too much of his own interests and did not act recklessly.

On June 30, the day of the NBA’s annual regular owners’ meeting arrived.

There are many more proposals of this kind that need to be voted on by the bosses.

For small things, two-thirds of the bosses need to agree; for big things, more than 90% of the bosses need to agree.

After a day of voting on the proposal, the Trail Blazers management cursed!

Such an outrageous proposal can be passed, and you are saying that it is not targeting their prison team?
Chapter completed!