Before the draft officially started, a highlight of the players in this year's draft was played on the big screen in the center of the stage.
Many of the materials in the collection are taken from Crazy Three, and naturally there are also Lin Ying's in them, and there are more than one shots.
Hibbert's dunk (don't ask what is not a dunk on Oden), and the final buzzer-beater!
When Lin Ying appeared, the fans cheered as loudly as Oden and Durant.
Although there is a gap in the rankings, this one is extremely popular!
When the documentary ended, the old man walked out from behind the scenes.
Then, the whole place was filled with boos.
NBA Commissioner, David Stern’s exclusive boo!
Stern is already sixty-five this year, but he is still looking great.
He faced the boos at the scene with a smile. After the boos subsided, he continued:
"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to fans across the United States, American fans watching on TNTV and Canadian fans watching on CBCTV, and fans around the world, to the 2007 NBA Draft at Madison Square Garden
, you are welcome to join us.”
Listening to the familiar opening remarks, Lin Ying dreamed back to 2K time.
Because of the comparison with Xiao Hua, how many people in his era missed this old man.
"The first pick belongs to the Seattle SuperSonics, and they have five minutes to consider it."
After announcing the first pick, Stern smiled and walked backstage.
Five anxious minutes.
Over at the broadcast booth, Barkley and Kenny Smith's discussion has reached a fever pitch.
This time TNT also invited well-known reporter, "The First Viper" Bill Simmons, and ESPN expert Charlie Ford.
Just like Barkley supported Oden and Kenny Smith supported Durant in yesterday's program, these two people are also on natural opposites.
Simmons supports Durant, while Ford supports Oden.
No one could convince the other, so Ford turned on the writer mode at this time and used metaphors.
"Choosing Kevin Durant is like marrying a supermodel, she's beautiful, sexy, everyone wants her, but what about a few years later? You have kids and start a new life... She loves it every night
Go to the party and leave you and the kids at home."
"But to choose Greg Oden is to marry a girl you don't want to date, but she can spend your life with you, she will take good care of you, and she will never go out to play with women."
Durant: Meow meow meow? You finally recognized my appearance!
The discussion outside was heated, and the Trail Blazers' draft cabin was also noisy.
It is different from history, because both of them have many reasons to be selected as the No. 1 pick, and the Trail Blazers have not yet decided on the final answer until now.
"Tim Duncan is old and Greg Oden will be the next player to dominate the paint."
Trail Blazers general manager Pritchard stood by his choice.
"Kevin Durant is a player that has never been seen in the NBA. His shooting level and his height will make him unsolvable."
Hill, the Trail Blazers' vice president of operations, also expressed his views.
"What we need is an anchor-type player. As long as Oden stays established, he can keep us competitive in the next 10 to 20 years, just like Tim Duncan did for the Spurs."
Pritchard continued.
"His college performance cannot be compared with Tim Duncan at all. On the contrary, Kevin Durant is the player who easily dominates the college game. The last player to do that was Carmelo Anthony."
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At the head of the table, team president Larry Miller reached out and rubbed his temples.
He was previously an executive at Nike and took up the post with the Trail Blazers in June this year.
I encountered this "happiness trouble" in my first year in office.
The two people below had a heated argument, but he still had to make the final decision.
It’s difficult!
The scene before me is so similar to 1984.
At that time, the Trail Blazers chose the former between Sam Bowie and Jordan.
Then Rhine, who made the decision, has been scolded to this day.
Being an executive in the NBA is like walking on thin ice.
Just then the staff knocked on the door and asked for the result envelope.
Pritchard and Hill both looked at Miller.
"This is the right of the general manager."
Miller finally chose not to take the blame.
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Stern emerged from behind the stage again, already holding the envelope containing the results of the Trail Blazers selection.
Lin Ying and Durant looked at each other at this time.
Being the number one scholar is an honor.
Fans will remember who the No. 1 pick is every year, but most likely they don’t know who the No. 2 pick is!
"The first pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers selected..."
Stern's daily pause attracts everyone's attention.
Especially the Blazers fans at the scene held their breath unconsciously.
The Trail Blazers have been favored by the league in their ancestors and have had three No. 1 picks before.
But at that time, the league's commissioner was still Larry O'Brien.
This is their first one since David Stern came to power, and according to Stern's habits, it will most likely be their only one during his term.
So, everyone is nervous!
If you choose well, you may not have to worry about it for the next ten or twenty years. If you choose poorly, you may not be able to win the championship in ten or twenty years.
"Greg Oden, 6-foot-13 center from Ohio State University."
Or Oden!
Live footage showed Auden immediately.
Oden stood up with a smile like a 49-year-old uncle, hugged people around him, took the Trail Blazers hat from the staff, and walked onto the stage with a relaxed pace.
Outside the camera, Durant's eyes were inevitably a little disappointed.
His lucky green briefs didn't seem to help him in the end.
At this time, Lin Ying stood up and walked to Durant, reaching out and pressing his shoulder to tell him to relax.
Although even if history changes, it cannot shake Oden's status as the number one pick, but this is actually a good thing.
There is an unlimited possibility for Durant to go to the Trail Blazers. After all, the Trail Blazers already have Roy and Aldridge.
Coupled with Durant, there is great hope of winning the championship in two to three years.
Although Roy is fragile, his retirement will only happen after 2010, so there is still enough time.
But... who knows if Durant will be outplayed by the Trail Blazers!
The capabilities of the team doctors here are really daunting.
And with Roy around, Durant doesn't have enough shot power, and there's a certain probability that he won't be able to make a shot.
If you change the team, it will still perform the same as in history. That is a plot that only exists in novels.
In comparison, going to the SuperSonics, regardless of whether he can win the championship, Durant will at least become a super giant as surely as he has in history.
After Lin Ying sat back down, he happened to see Oden and Stern taking a photo together.
He suddenly remembered that Auden had recommended an old Chinese medicine practitioner to him.
I don’t know what the old Chinese medicine doctor named Tang Tian did to Oden, and I don’t know if there will be any changes in Oden’s career.
If possible, he really needs to get to know him.
The Trail Blazers made their choice, and the Sonics saved the day.
In the last draft prediction list of "NBAdraft", Oden and Durant both scored 106 points, while Horford, who was third, only had 95 points.
These two are the only ones among the rookies. If one is selected, the other will automatically become the second pick.
"With the second pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA, the Seattle SuperSonics selected Kevin Durant, a 2.06-meter small forward from the University of Texas."
Stern did not pause this time and directly announced the Sonics' selection.
The Seattle fans at the scene were very excited.
Because it’s not that the No. 1 pick doesn’t have the initiative, but no matter which one of these two is selected, there will be no loss!
And they are looking forward to the double-gun combination of Durant and Ray Allen!
Under the camera, Durant also stood up. He first hugged his mother Wanda, then hugged his brother Tony, and then greeted others one after another.
Finally, he walked to Lin Ying's table and bumped shoulders with Lin Ying out of habit.
Finally, he took over the SuperSonics hat from the staff.
What's more interesting is that he didn't smile the whole time after he appeared in the camera, and his damn temperament filled the screen.
The first two picks are the same as in history, and there seems to be no big change in the latter ones.
With the third pick, the Hawks selected Al Horford.
With the fourth overall pick, the Grizzlies selected Mike Conley.
All the way up to the 5th pick.
The Celtics are considered a special team in this year's draft.
Because just at the end of October last year, Auerbach, the Celtics' hero and NBA legend, passed away.
That cigar that never goes out will eventually return to dust.
Auerbach brought 16 championships to the Celtics. It can be said that in the minds of many fans, Auerbach is equal to the Celtics.
This is indeed the case. The Celtics have never won a championship since Auerbach retired.
So at such a special time point, in addition to the draft, they are also considering other ways to get the team back into the championship ranks.
Especially, after they failed to get the No. 1 or No. 2 pick as expected.
"With the fifth overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NBA, the Boston Celtics selected Jeff Green, a 2.03 meter small forward from Georgetown University."
When he heard this, Lin Ying knew that the Big Three of the Celtics had arrived as promised!
Because if we really select and train people, Yi Jianlian is the most suitable for this position.
After all, the Celtics already have Pierce, and Green is in a positional conflict.
Yi Jianlian not only did not conflict with Pierce, he did not even conflict with Al Jefferson.
Coupled with the Chinese market behind it, that is the choice Anji would make in a normal draft.
Oh, by the way, don’t underestimate the Chinese market in the Stern era.
The money Yao Ming made for Alexander may not be visible or measurable to others, but the owners of other teams can see it clearly.
When the Bucks were considering the sixth pick, the scene was already abuzz with excitement.
Because ESPN has already revealed the transaction information.
The Celtics sent out the newly drafted No. 5 pick Jeff Green, Szczerbiak and Delonte West, and got the Sonics' No. 35 pick, along with Ray Allen!
Although Ray Allen is 31 years old, he was still the core of the Sonics last season, averaging 26.4 points, 4.5 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.
Of course, the fans' reaction must be different from Lin Ying's, because they didn't know that the Celtics would trade for Garnett from the Timberwolves a month later!
And then Jeff Green was a little miserable.
At this moment, he just came to the stage to be interviewed by reporters, expressing his excitement about playing for the Celtics.
As a result, before the interview was over, a staff member came over to remind me about the transaction.
Lin Ying couldn't help but feel sorry for Green.
But it's okay, if history doesn't change, Green will still play for the Celtics.
Green's interview hasn't ended yet, and the Bucks' results have also come out.
Yi Jianlian!
It's the same as in history.
Lin Ying looked at Yi Jianlian at this time, and he could clearly feel the unhappiness on Yi Jianlian's face.
The series of tricks Fagan made for him, in addition to covering up his lack of confrontation, also had a more critical reason, which was to let him go to the team he wanted to go to.
As Handy and Lin Ying said before, for a rookie, unless he is the No. 1 pick, a suitable team is far more important than a few picks.
In Fagan's judgment, a suitable team includes a good football market.
This is why he chose the Hawks, Celtics and Warriors as the teams for Yi Jianlian's separate trials.
The markets where these three teams are located are not small, and they all have a large number of Chinese people.
When neither the Hawks nor the Celtics made a choice in the end, the Warriors became the most suitable choice.
In fact, in the Warriors' draft room, when they saw that the Celtics did not select Yi Jianlian, general manager Mullin and head coach Nelson were very excited.
Because Yi Jianlian has not tried out with other teams, the chances of the other two teams selecting him are low.
You must know that Yi Jianlian is very suitable for Nelson's running and gunning style!
However, the Bucks' Cheng Yaojin is outrageous!
Not only had they not tried out Yi Jianlian individually, but when Yi Jianlian showed up for training, none of the dozen or so teams he went to were from the Bucks!
You're holding off on opening the blind box, brother!
But there was no way. The Bucks originally wanted to draft Conley but he was chosen. They chose the one they thought had the best talent among the remaining players.
After barely suppressing a smile and taking a photo with Stern, Yi Jianlian showed his dissatisfaction when he went to the stage to be interviewed by reporters.
"I didn't know that the Bucks wanted to draft me before, because they had never come to see me during the trial training before, and I don't know the Bucks very well. I think it still takes time to adapt to the overall style and style of this team.
and adjustments.”
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The Warriors are most hurt by this wave of interceptions by the Bucks.
Because it was impossible for them to select Yi Jianlian with their original No. 18 pick, they had already reached a deal with the Bobcats before the draft started.
They traded Jason Richardson and Davidson, as well as this year's No. 36 pick, to get the Bobcats' No. 8 pick.
This setback forced them to activate their plan B.
With the seventh overall pick, the Timberwolves selected Corey Brewer.
Chapter completed!