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Chapter 1481 Just like this one with high talent

"I would like to congratulate the Seattle SuperSonics uniform staff, they selected the most promising player in this draft with the third overall pick in the first round!"

Rick Pitino's words made everyone stunned.

Kwame Brown's high school highlights began to show on television.

In the highlights, you can see how comprehensive Kwame is, dribbling like a guard, passing like Webber, and comprehensive like peak Manning.

The problem is that the quality of the game in high school basketball in this era has been spotty.

In a decade, high school basketball will be a game for the rich

A team known as a wealthy team will have at least ten 4-5 star-level high school players.Now, apart from the traditional strong team like Oak Hill, there are not many high school giants teams that can be called names.

This leads to top high school players sometimes spending their four years of high school in a state of abuse, never really challenged.

This is why Kwame's talent is exaggerated.

The opponent's strength is too poor, causing scouts to misjudge his skills and potential.

Rick Pitino calling Kwame the top prospect in this draft isn't exactly flattery to many.

However, it is not a good thing that Kwame is favored by Pitino.

Because he is the only player among the top five picks in this draft who is close to a power forward in size.

And Pitino has always had a soft spot for mediocre power forwards.
Louis in front of the TV silently pronounced his "death sentence" after watching Kwame Brown's highlights.

Long neck, long arms, short hands, small inside line, and body shape. He has all three taboos.

Unreliable high school-level skills and a fragile heart are the reasons why talent collapses in professional basketball.

"Rick Pitino thinks Kwame Brown has the highest potential in this draft?"

Lambiel couldn't help complaining: "What's the difference between this and throwing a black cat in Kwame Brown's face in public? This poor child."

Scouting director Andy Greer was silent.

He is the only member of the Kaiguan who is not optimistic about Kwame's development in professional basketball except for Louis.

"Now, it's all about the Eagles' selection."

Louis couldn't help standing up, rubbing his hands and thinking to himself—the god of the draft, give me strength.

In fact, from the moment the Clippers stepped into the trap and took the pick to cut off Eddie Curry, Louie's plan had succeeded.

Before Curry's pick was raised by Louis, Yao Yueban, Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler were recognized as the top three in this draft.

Now that Curry suddenly broke his way and took the position of the second pick, the other two will naturally be postponed.

It's not a hard choice.

Tyson Chandler is the only high school safety in this draft.

Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry represent two styles of super potential, while Chandler gives the impression that he is a player with outstanding talent, that is, a player with mediocre combat power.

With Chandler's size and athletic ability, as long as he enters the NBA, he can immediately become an excellent defender. As long as he can develop a few offensive skills, he is basically an All-Star insider.

Both Kwame and Curry may be lost for various reasons, and Chandler has his own basic set.

The Atlanta Hawks did not hesitate and locked up Tyson Chandler with the fourth overall pick.

Louie excitedly took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and poured himself and Lambiel a glass.

Lambiel took the Coke in great surprise.

Since Louie started to lose weight, he has set a rule for himself.

Intake of no more than 300ml of cola per day.

Later, the rule changed to opening only one can of Coke per day.

In other words, no matter whether Louis drank it himself or poured it for others, he could only open one bottle.

This is a great courtesy. Although Lambiel is not that interested in Coke, he can feel the importance that President Lu attaches to him.

"This one, to Ralph." Louie said to Sampson, "If you hadn't dropped your status to play fake games, Eddie Curry would not have been selected with the second pick, and our draft plan would not have been realized."

Sampson nodded, that's right, but why didn't the president pour Coke for him, but instead poured Coke for Lambiel?
Louie drank the Coke and immediately called the front line.

When David Stern stepped forward for the fifth time, he announced the use of the Celtics' second lottery pick.

"In the 2001 NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics selected with the fifth pick in the first round. Paul Gasol, from Barcelona, ​​Spain!"

This is an unexpectedly stunning choice.

Because Gasol is considered to be the center version of Tony Kukoc. Although he is a rare inside unicorn who can combine ball control and height, everyone can see Kukoc's performance in the NBA.

Except for Bodi Loga, those players who are omnipotent in Europe will always be discounted when they come to the NBA.

That's not why the public was shocked that Louie drafted Gasol.

Everyone was shocked that Yao Yueban had already been selected with the No. [-] pick, so why did he use the No. [-] pick to select another center forward?
It seems that no one has noticed that with Gasol's athletic ability, he can become a big four as long as he maintains his current size. Moreover, his style of play is perfectly compatible with Yao Yueban, just like O'Neal/Webber who has increased in size but decreased in ability.

Rick Pitino said with a smile: "The Celtics actually chose another center? Does this mean that even Legend Lu is not sure that Yao can support the team, so he chose another center as a backup plan?"

Barkley said lightly: "I don't know about the draft, but I believe Coach Lu will not waste this valuable No. [-] pick."

From the moment Gasol was selected, half of the core lineup of the no-black champion team in Louie's mind was already in place.

Yao Yueban, Gasol and Nowitzki are the three most valuable non-black elite insiders in the first decade of the new century.

He got two of them, which was a natural start.

Thomas expressed puzzlement: "Why do we want this European? Yao is enough to guard the basket. The fifth pick should choose some wing players, such as Sean Battier."

Andy Greer explained: "Pau Gasol is athletic enough to play the four."

Louis said unabashedly: "Yao and Paul are No.1 and No.2 in this draft. Isiah, I hope you can make good use of them. Those who win the inside win the world. We already have a reliable inside cornerstone."

Thomas can only accept this statement, because he does not have the decision-making power in the draft.

Subsequently, the Nuggets chose the former between Jason Richardson and Shane Battier.

While the latter is a bigger name in college basketball, Richardson's talent gives him a ceiling far above Battier's.

The choice of the Nuggets represents the orientation of rebuilding the team.

Only choose those with high talents, not those who are stable and unskilled.

Those with high talents who are wrongly selected can continue to be selected in the next year. The advantage of stability is stability, but the disadvantage is also stability. They can send you back to the lottery in a stable way. This kind of player can only realize its value in strong teams.

The Washington Wizards made the same choice as the Nuggets: just like this talented one.

They skipped Battier and locked up the talented Eddie Griffin PF.

This choice is absolutely confusing.

Although it is true that the rebuilding team chooses talents with high talents, they cannot blindly choose talents with high talents.

Griffin's talent seems to be very high, but the possibility of realizing his talent is very low.

He's worth a shot at the lottery pick, but not at No. [-], especially with Battier at the spot.

The Nets, holding the No. [-] pick, selected Battier directly.

Then, news broke out on the scene.

The Phoenix Suns sent Yu Tiancan to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the ninth pick in the first round.

With Kevin Johnson announcing his retirement, the Suns also decided to start rebuilding, but they didn't expect that they would trade Yu Tiancan for the No. [-] pick.

Although Yu Tiancan has passed his peak, he still averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds per game last season. He is a good starting insider and he deserves more.

The Suns exchanged the No. [-] pick for Yu Tiancan to select another talented high school insider, Desagena Diop.

The reason why Diop’s reputation is not as good as others is that he is not an American. Moreover, he has problems in both immediate combat ability and completion.

After that, Joe Johnson went to Toronto as the No. [-] pick.

Richard Jefferson was selected by the Bucks with the No.12 pick in the first round.

Troy Murphy, winner of the annual "He Reminds Me of Larry Bird" award, was selected by the Jazz.

Jason Collins is destined to remain in the history books as a mediocre NBA player because he was the first openly gay player in the league.

This person was selected by the Spurs.

Then, it was the turn of the Celtics.

They have the No.19 pick in the first round and the No.20 fourth pick in the first round.

There are not many choices for Louis.

He first looked to see if there were any non-black players worth drafting.

No, well, then only black people can be selected.

This idea seems too racist-since Yao Yueban and Gasol have already been selected, so the high-quality insiders such as Zach Randolph, Brandon Haywood and Samuel Dalembert, which are very worthy of the pick, can only cheapen his allies.

"Mr. Director," Louis looked at Greer playfully, "Do you have any recommendations?"

Greer knows that what the Celtics need most now is to reinforce the back line, so he said directly: "Jamaal Tinsley (PG Jamaal Tinsley) is worthy of selection."

Louis has some impressions of Tinsley. This person's style of play is very gorgeous, and his viewing ability can be counted at the beginning of the new century. However, if he wants to win, he has better candidates.

The fact that Greer can mention him shows that he has indeed done his homework, but not enough.

Louis looked at Dumas and the others again.

None of them had a problem, and Thomas thought, like Greer, that Tinsley was a good choice.

"Jamal Tinsley is really good, but I prefer another choice." Louis said humbly, "Let me decide, after all, I still have some achievements in the draft."

Louis put the phone to the front and said directly: "Our choice is Tony Parker, repeat, Tony Parker."

(End of this chapter)