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Chapter 402 2007 NBA Draft
On June 6, the NBA Draft 28 began.

This draft is a bit interesting.

Historically, there were two Chinese players participating in the draft this year, Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue.

But now, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Hornets a year earlier in 2006, so there is only one Sun Yue left.

In addition, Marc Gasol, brother of Li Lei's teammate Pau Gasol, also participated in the draft.

With these in mind, Li Lei simply formed a team and went to New York for a tour.

The training is very hard and requires a combination of work and rest.

In order to prevent Kobe from training secretly, Li Lei took Kobe with him.

And Rose is preparing to participate in the next year's draft, so follow along to take a look.

So Li Lei, Kobe, Rose, Sun Yue, Pau Gasol, and Marc Gasol formed a big group.

In addition, Jerry West, Rick Carlisle, Jeff Van Gundy and others also formed a large group.

Of course, Li Lei's group is for fun, and the old man's group is for drafts.

The two groups cannot go together. After all, Marc Gasol and Sun Yue are both candidates, and the two sides cannot have abnormal contact.

It is also worth mentioning that coach Xiao Fan (Jeff Van Gundy) joined the Grizzlies coaching staff and became Carlisle's assistant.

The thing is like this.

Coach Xiao Fan led the Houston team, but the results were not very good.

Especially this season, Yao Ming went away and won the championship directly, but Houston is still a belly.

Houston fired Coach Xiao Fan.

Coach Xiao Fan was a little disheartened and prepared to change his way of life.

Just at this time, ESPN and ABC both sent invitations to Xiaofan, hoping that coach Xiaofan would be the special commentator.

Coach Xiao Fan is ready to agree.

But before that, Mr. Jerry West made a move.

The old man took a fancy to Xiao Fan's ability.

Coach Xiao Fan is not good enough as a head coach, but if he is a full-time defensive coach, he is definitely the top in the league.

It's a pity that the old man made a move for the first time, but Coach Xiao Fan refused.

This can also be seen how deeply Houston hurt Coach Xiao Fan.

Of course, it's not Jerry West's style to just give up. He approached Li Lei.

The old man knew that Li Lei and Coach Xiao Fan had a good personal relationship, and the two had always been in contact.

Li Lei often asks coach Xiao Fan for advice, and Coach Xiao Fan also regards Li Lei as his disciple.

So, the old man took Li Lei and Carlisle to invite Xiao Fan.

Feeling the sincerity of the Grizzlies, coach Xiao Fan finally nodded in agreement.

Now, coach Xiao Fan is the chief assistant coach of the Grizzlies, and is responsible for the team's defensive issues full-time.

And this time, coach Xiao Fan will naturally participate in the draft.

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This year's draft conference is full of talents, especially Greg Oden.

How awesome is Oden?
When he was in high school, he was called the Great, and he was the only high school senior who won the title of Mr. Basketball of the Year besides James.

In his draft report, the template given to him by scouts was a combination of "Admiral" David Robinson and "Lord of the Rings" Bill Russell.

During the NCAA period, Oden was even more unstoppable.

In the finals that year, he dragged his injured hand and led Ohio State University to the finals. Facing Noah and Horford, he scored 25 points and 12 rebounds, allowing his opponent Noah to make 3 of 1 shots.

Fans joked that he beat Noah and Horford with one hand.

The whole of North America is crazy for him.

This sentiment has even spread to China across the ocean.

There is a magazine in China that uses Auden on the cover, and the picture is eight characters...

Oden is coming, the gods avoid!
So there is no suspense, the Portland Trail Blazers with the No. [-] pick immediately won Greg Oden.

It is worth mentioning that the No. [-] pick of the Trail Blazers was drawn by the team's rookie Brandon Roy himself.

According to the record, it should have been the Celtics who had the greatest hope of winning the No. [-] lottery.

But since Duncan's class, the Celtics have had bad luck.

And after selecting Brandon Roy, the Blazers released news to sell Zach Randolph.

This is to clean up the team, give Oden enough playing time, and support him in the top position.

All of a sudden, the Blazers gathered a super talented youth army of Oden + Roy + Aldridge, with unlimited potential.

The second pick is the Seattle SuperSonics.

They selected a forward from the University of Texas, 206cm Kevin Durant.

Kevin Durant's template is McGrady, he is tall and thin, very similar to McGrady.

On the major draft prediction websites, Durant is ranked second, second only to Oden.

But the scene of the New York fans broke out boos.

This Durant has obvious advantages.

He looks very tall, and it looks obviously more than 206cm, which must be a false report of height.The wingspan is extremely long, almost hanging down to the knees, comparable to Liu Bei.

But his shortcomings are more obvious.

He is so thin that he looks frail.

It is worth mentioning that Durant also created one of the worst NBA rookie training records.

He couldn't push the 84kg bench press once.

(Chris Paul can putt 10, as can Stephen Curry.)
In addition, his physical fitness is poor, his dribbling skills are not proficient, and his psychological quality is average. He still played inside in college...

"TX" Sports at the time also named Durant one of the top 10 players in the NBA who should be thrown in the trash.

Of course, the most interesting thing is that New York fans booed Durant wildly, and Durant also counterattacked.

Taking advantage of the staff's inattention, Durant gave the New York fans a hard look and muttered something.

According to Li Lei's judgment, it should be an idiot in the English version, shit!

Durant thought he was sneaking around and no one noticed, but in fact he stood on the stage and was clearly seen by everyone.

New York fans booed even more frantically.

Li Lei laughed so hard that he covered his stomach, it hurt so much.

"Damn, this Durant is too real, cuter than Kobe!"

Li Lei leaned back and said together.

Kobe's face turned black.

I'm fucking...cute?no!You just praise Durant, why mention me?

Li Lei didn't intend to explain to Kobe at all, and looked at the big and small Gasol: "Paul, Mark, have you noticed that this Durant must be taller than me, or even about the same as you. Why don't you stand up and compare with him .”

Big and small Gasol directly refused.

They are not such lively people.

Li Lei doesn't care either, if you don't go, I'll go.

When Durant stepped down to accept the interview, Li Lei walked over and compared his and Durant's heights.

Logically speaking, Li Lei is 205cm and Durant is 206cm. There is almost no difference between the two.

But when Li Lei really walked over, he found that Durant was a bit taller than him.

Fuck, how many centimeters did this guy falsely report?

At this time, the reporter and Durant also discovered Li Lei.

(End of this chapter)