Basketball K God

Chapter 29

Little green house, this is a relatively special term in the American sports draft conference.Specifically, in the NBA draft, the players who have accepted the official invitation to enter the small green room of the draft are generally selected by the general manager of the NBA team through a vote, and finally selected by the league according to the teams holding the high-ranking picks before the draft. Intention decides.Because the top 14 picks in the draft are called the lottery zone every year, at least 14 or more players will be invited.Of course, it also depends on the intention of each draft team that year. Players who enter the small green room can be accompanied by relatives and friends at the draft scene.

Of course, being in the Green Room doesn't mean being selected in the lottery, and sitting in the front row of the Green Room doesn't necessarily mean being selected in the top pick.

Paul Pierce, a Kansas alumnus, was also invited into the green room on draft night in 1998, and at one point was confident that he would be in the top three.But the reality made a big joke with him. On the day of the draft, he sat proudly in the front row of the small green room, waiting for NBA commissioner David Stern to report his name in the top three.But the reality is that no one cares about him, who was ranked 3th in the first round... His face turned green at the time, and his embarrassing expression became one of the big jokes of the day.

Although Paul Pierce failed to make the top three, he is still a top 10 lottery pick, and Rashard Lewis is much worse than him.

As part of the draft that same year, Rashard Lewis was also invited into the Green Room.In the draft that year, he wanted to play for his hometown team, the Houston Rockets. At that time, the Rockets had four picks (14, 16, 18, 41).As a result, an unexpected scene happened. The Rockets first selected Michael Dixon with the 14th overall pick in the first round, and then selected Bryce Drew with the 16th overall pick in the first round (career average of 4.4 points per game). The 18th pick selected Misad Turkan (only played a total of 90 minutes in his career).

Lewis was not selected by the Seattle SuperSonics until the 2nd round with the 32nd overall pick, and he was humiliated and lost to his grandma's house.

Xie Kai was not invited. Of the 7 players from the University of Kansas who participated in the draft, only Darrell Arthur was invited into the small green room.

Xie Kai was very nervous, even though the draft had not officially started yet.One of his concerns today is which position he was selected, and the other is whether he will be involved in the transaction that night. The NBA has always done a lot of trades on draft night, which is already a practice, and this year will certainly be no exception.It depends on whose family you will end up with.

NBA Commissioner David Stern came out to speak, and the draft is about to begin.

Amid the applause at the scene, Xie Kai's nervous heartbeat began to speed up.He has been trying his best not to be nervous, but he still can't help but his heart beats faster.This scene seems to be more exciting than the NCAA finals, because the initiative is not in their own hands.

The exciting moment has finally arrived!
The Chicago Bulls with the No. 1996 pick chose Memphis freshman Derek Rose!Rose is the shortest No. [-] pick since Allen Iverson in [-]!

It seems reasonable for the Bulls to select Rose instead of Beasley as the No. [-] pick.First, as a point guard, Rose has excellent physical talent and leadership qualities. He led the team to the NCAA finals and has unlimited potential; second, Rose is a native of Chicago. The Bulls naturally hope to be like the Cleveland Cavaliers. It is a sentimental point for a local like James to be the champion.

Rose's template is NBA history-level point guard Jason Kidd.As a point guard, his physical talent is far superior to that of Kidd, he has excellent organizational skills, and he is not selfish. As long as there are no major problems, it is only a matter of time before he plays out.

Xie Kai sighed in his heart that Rose still became the No. [-] pick. It seems that the record of reaching the finals still adds a lot to his resume.In this way, the Miami Heat are likely to choose Beasley.

The Miami Heat, with the second pick, chose Mike Beasley, a freshman from Kansas State University!Beasley, who was very popular before the conference, did not become the No. [-] pick, so the Heat, which has the second pick, will not easily miss this talented striker.

As a new generation of college data man, Beasley has excellent physical fitness and face-to-frame offensive ability, and has excellent potential and immediate combat power.His template is "Small Bully" Amar Stoudemire.

If there is not much suspense between the No. 1 pick and the second place, it seems that the suspense has returned since the Tanhua Show.Although it is said that OJ Mayo has a high voice to become a talent show before, some people will say that his achievements in college are not conspicuous.Moreover, he has more off-court affairs, has been involved in black gold incidents, and is one year older than other freshmen.

The suspense was soon revealed, and finally the Minnesota Timberwolves with the No. [-] pick selected OJ Mayo, a freshman from the University of Southern California!
OJ Mayo's draft template is the great Michael Jordan!As the rookie of this year, he is the most powerful player and the 2nd position with the best overall strength. Despite various problems, he still did not fall out of the top three in the end!
The top three have all been produced, basically not too much beyond most people's expectations, these three players are worthy of their own picks in terms of strength and reputation.

What Xie Kai was thinking at this moment was how many picks Westbrook and Arthur in the small green house would be selected.He himself will basically not be selected in the lottery anyway.

Jerry Bayless had the highest call for the 4th pick before, and according to Chad Ford, the Seattle SuperSonics, which had the 4th pick, had booked him.

But Xie Kai knows that this so-called "reservation" is just talk, it is not written into the contract, and it has no binding force.

Sure enough, the Seattle SuperSonics released Jerry Bayless, and they finally chose sophomore guard Russell Westbrook from UCLA!

Not only Xie Kai was a little surprised that Westbrook was selected with the fourth overall pick, but even he himself was surprised.You must know that in the just-concluded March Madness, his performance was not enough for him to be among the top four picks.

It's just that the draft is like this. Those teams in the NBA don't really necessarily choose players with better current statistics and better performance. They may choose players who are more suitable for their team, or players with higher plasticity and better potential.

Anyway, Xie Kai is still sincerely happy for his good friend Westbrook. At least he doesn’t have to feel nervous or anxious sitting in the small green room now, because the result has been announced.

(End of this chapter)