Chapter 253: 【Unexpected lucky draw】

After communicating with Guo Xu, Wang Zhizhi immediately returned home.
Guo Xu is already recognized as a genius in the media. After a song was popular all over the world, many people said that his IQ was a lot higher than normal people, not just playing basketball. Wang Zhizhi did not dare to believe what such people said.
Whether he wants to fulfill his obligations to win glory for the country, or wants to go back and get Yao Ming and Battle as free sparring, this ending is much better than in the previous life.
On June 26, the 2002 NBA Draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York, and Yao Ming became the top pick.
This was actually an accidental lucky draw. The most promising person was Jay Williams, Duke University combo guard, 188cm tall and weighed 90kg. He is the undisputed best player of American college students, won the Naismith and Wooden Awards, and was selected as the best player of the year by the Associated Press.
If other teams win the No. 1 pick, there is a good chance of picking Jay. If the Rockets only have a 8.9% chance of winning the No. 1 pick, Yao Ming becomes the No. 1 pick. Because the core of the Rockets is the backcourt of Steve Francis and Mobley, they can't choose another combo guard.
Guo Xu watched the draft live at home.
Unsurprisingly, the Rockets picked Yao Ming with the No. 1 pick.
Because the basketball management center has not issued a proof that Yao Ming will leave the CBA league, Yao Ming can only see himself as the No. 1 pick on the TV of TNT station in Beijing.
When President David Stern announced the result, Madison Square Garden boos.
Yao Ming is the first foreign champion in NBA history, and the response given by New York fans is enough to see how much they are excluded, even with a bit of racial discrimination, as if the Rockets did not choose Americans is an unforgivable mistake .
In fact, the Rockets' choice is really smart. Even if Jay fulfils his talents and will become an All-Star in the NBA in the future, his commercial value and Yao Ming are not comparable.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Yao Ming not only had the potential to become an NBA superstar, but also the Chinese market behind him. He dominated the Forbes Chinese celebrity list in 2005-12. Even in the entire sports world, Yao Ming is often at the forefront.
It may be nothing in the history of the NBA to discuss the wealth and influence of Yao Ming alone, but his appearance directly opened the entire Chinese market for the NBA! Later, China's NBA fans have more people than the entire American population. Most of the credit is due to Yao Ming. At that time, he had already become Chairman Yao and was thinking about how CBA would commercialize the road.
The Bulls selected Jay Williams with the No. 2 pick, and all of the next five positions have potential newcomers. Although the Bulls won the Lakers one game last season, it doesn't change the fact that they are bad teams. The top five in the draft every year.
This time, New York fans applauded, as if the Bulls had picked up a huge baby, and will definitely rise next season.
At this time, only Guo Xu knew that the Bulls chose a "double guard" who liked to ride a heavy motorcycle.
In Guo Xu ’s previous life, because Jay played mostly as a shooting guard when he was at Duke University, after coming to the Bulls, he was entrusted with the point guard role. He seemed somewhat dissatisfied. His performance in the rookie season was not satisfactory. The Bulls ’record continued to be at the bottom, with no hope of recovery.
And just after signing a four-year rookie contract, Jay began to get smug. One night, he drove his heavy motorcycle at a speed of 120 kilometers per hour and directly hit the roadside pole. He was thrown away by himself, and the result was a rupture of his left knee ligament and three left legs. Nerve is seriously injured, facing life-long amputation or even life threatening.
Although he was rescued, he was completely scrapped and said goodbye to the NBA.
Guo Xu's butterfly effect did not allow Jay to join other teams. Whether he would have another car accident depends on his luck.
The rookie picks have also changed. The Warriors did not choose small forward Mike Dunleavy, but chose insider Drew Gooden. With Sean Battier already in the team, there is no need for a high pick small forward.
The Nuggets chose Nick Rhodes Skotishvili as the fifth player, an inside player who had no impression on Guo Xu. Stern did not read his full name. If he added the middle name, he would probably become the NBA The first generation "Alphabet Brother".
The Grizzlies chose Mike Dunleavy in sixth place to reinforce the team's weakest flanking position. However, Dunleavy is a strong attacking and weak defending player. I don't know what level he can play.
The Cavaliers chose Dajuan Wagner in seventh place, which is basically a waste of draft picks. Cavaliers manager Nene Hilario, Amare Stadameier and other high-quality insiders do not want, choose a 188CM shooting guard, what is this vision?
Of course, if the Cavaliers did not choose Wagner and chose Stoudemire, the butterfly effect would be too great.
With a strongman like Stoudemire, and the partner of Ilgoskas, Ricky Davis, Boozer, etc., the Cavaliers can not be the bottom of the record. The team that had the best chance of picking LeBron James then became the Pistons. If James played under Larry Brown and averaged 5 minutes per game in the rookie season, the picture would be beautiful.
There may be an episode in the future "Spirit of the Spirit Book" American drama where President David Stern killed Larry Brown with a sharp weapon during the intermission of the star weekend, and used the rules of the court to clean up the suspicion. The protagonists Kasol and Beckett investigated James, Iverson, Hughes, Kukoc and a group of stars and Nike executives, and finally revealed the truth, caught Stern and his assistant Adam Silva. After the prison, the world is quiet.
The Clippers used the eighth pick from the previous trade to select the best power forward Chris Wilcox. This is Odom's replacement. The boss who is stinging is obviously reluctant to renew Odom's high salary, even if the team entered the playoffs last season.
The ninth pick of the Sun selected the most powerful "Little Overlord" Stadamer.
The Heat selected the striker Caron Butler in tenth place.
The overall strength of the players in this draft is not strong, many people behind Xu Xu did not impress, but the template is more scary than one. The "expert" is purely the lower limit of the show when predicting the player template, and there is almost no time to be sure.
After the first round, the most valuable ones are striker Ty Shawn Prince ~ EbookFREE.me ~ No. 23 joined the Pistons. He relies on excellent movement speed, long arm span, and entered the league. That is the immediate combat strength, is an excellent defensive player.
The Lakers chose Dandy Kao, a 183cm tall and 86 kg weight guard in the final round of the first round, a small, quick point guard. Next season Fisher, he is responsible for the bench.
No one is optimistic about Dan Di Kao instead of Guo Xu. His performance at the university is very general, the gap between the two is huge, but the Lakers can only do so, there is no salary space to introduce a good defender in the free market.
The best player in the second round was Carlos Boozer, with a height of 206CM and a weight of 120 kg. A total of 34 players were picked up by the Cavaliers.
He ranks so low because of his age, poor defense, short stature, etc. All counter-attack low-ranking rookies are basically related to these factors.
In fact, Boozer is only 4 days older than Guo Xu. He is very tough at Duke University. He shot 63.1% from the field and set a school history record. He participated in 101 games in three seasons, averaging 14.9 points, 7.2 rebounds and 1.1 assists.
Soon after, he will also benefit from the second round of contract renewal rules.