Basketball K God

Chapter 30

The Seattle SuperSonics selected forward Kevin Durant with outstanding scoring ability in last year's draft, and this year is bound to target the back line.Unexpectedly, they would give up Jerry Bayless and choose Westbrook, who is more physically fit.

Westbrook's draft template is Monta Ellis, but in Xie Kai's view, he and Ellis are still very different, at least he thinks so.

The Memphis Grizzlies, with the fifth overall pick in the first round, chose Kevin Love, a freshman from UCLA!
Love, as Westbrook's teammate at UCLA, was able to be selected with the 4th and 5th picks, which is also a very happy thing.As a big man with top shooting, rebounding and passing in the NCAA, if he hadn't performed sluggishly in the semifinals and let those teams that like him discover the shortcomings of his ordinary physical fitness, he might have a higher draft pick.

Love's draft template is David West, who is also an offensive big man who can play inside and outside!

The New York Knicks, with the 6th pick, chose small forward Danilo Gallinari from Italy!
Gallinari has been playing in the Italian league. Last season, he averaged 17.5 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.0 steals, and 1.3 assists.As an international player, he has excellent offensive ability, is tall, and has a strong outside offensive ability.The downside is that his athletic ability is average. Under the confrontation at the NBA level, can his offense be as sharp and defense will become his weakness.

Gallinari's draft template is point forward Hido Turkoglu, who is also an international player.

With the 7th overall pick, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Eric Gordon, a freshman from Indiana University!
As the top shooting guard in the NCAA, Gordon has super scoring ability and good athletic ability.If there is something that restricts him from entering the top 5 or even the top 3 picks, then his height of 193cm is still somewhat disadvantaged in size.You must know that Wade is also 193cm, but his wingspan and athletic ability are unmatched by him.

Gordon's draft template is Mitch Richmond.

The top 7 picks have already come out. Xie Kai thinks that there have been no surprises so far. Of course, it is impossible for his name to appear in David Stern's mouth for the time being.

With the 8th pick, the Milwaukee Bucks selected West Virginia University's junior forward Joe Alexander!
Xie Kai almost stood up while sitting!This is definitely an upset!
Although Alexander averaged 16.9 points and 6.4 rebounds per game this season, and led West Virginia University to upset the No. 2 seed Duke University in the United States in this year's NCAA tournament, he is already a junior. , and already 21 years old.Although he announced his participation in the draft before, he left a way for himself and was ready to return to campus at any time. In ESPN's top 100 college players, he only ranked 41st!
As the only player in this draft who has at least half Chinese ancestry besides himself, he can also speak Mandarin, but in Xie Kai's opinion, the 8th pick is still a bit high.Of course, he feels that the Bucks are probably betting on his potential.You must know that although Alexander is a mixed race of white and yellow, he has the ability to kiss the basket!Moreover, as a player at position 3, he is of full size and has a shooting foundation, which is a piece of rough jade.

Alexander's draft template is "Hacker" Sean Marion!

Xie Kaixin sighed, if he could kiss the basket, he might be able to enter the lottery, what a pity!

On the way to the draft, the previous rookies have already exchanged clubs!
The Timberwolves sent Mayo's signing rights and Jaric, Walker and Buckner to the Grizzlies in exchange for Love's signing rights, shooter Mike Miller, forward Cardinal Noel and center Jason Collins.

Xie Kai sighed, this is the NBA, even if you are a lottery pick, you still cannot escape the fate of being traded.So sometimes until the end, no one can predict the ending.

With the 9th pick, the Charlotte Bobcats selected sophomore guard DJ Augustin from the University of Texas!

Augustin is very good at making sudden shots. He was one of the top college point guards in the United States in his college days!However, he is only 183cm tall, his wingspan is not outstanding, and his talent is still a bit average, so he was overtaken by Alexander and fell to the 9th pick!

Augustin's draft template is Jameer Nelson!

With the 10th pick, the Brooklyn Nets selected sophomore center Brook Lopez from Stanford University!

As a center, Brook Lopez has excellent inside singles ability, as well as a long-range shot and above-level defensive ability.But he's average athletically, moving slowly for a big man.

Brook Lopez's draft template is PJ Brown!
In a blink of an eye, the top 10 draft picks were over, and except for Westbrook, none of the people who were close to Xie Kai were reported by David Stern.

The draft continues!

With the 11th pick, the Indiana Pacers selected freshman guard Jerry Bayless from the University of Arizona!

Originally released by the Seattle SuperSonics with the 4th overall pick, and then kept falling down until the 11th overall pick, Bayless can be said to have sat in the small green room and experienced Paul Pierce's past. That feeling of being on pins and needles.Fortunately, even though the pick fell, at least he has not fallen out of the lottery. This should be regarded as a blessing in misfortune!

Although Bayless plays point guard, his style of play is more like a shooting guard, and although he has good physical fitness, his short wingspan and paranoid personality make him not an easy player to coach.

Bayless' draft template is "General" Gilbert Arenas!
With the 12th pick, the Sacramento Kings selected Jason Thompson, a senior insider from Rider University!

Although Jason Thompson is a senior, he is still under 22 years old and has a height of 211cm. He moves very fast and still has great potential.

Jason Thompson's draft template is Patrick O'Bryant!

With the 13th pick, the Portland Trail Blazers selected wing Brandon Rush from the University of Kansas!

As the University of Kansas who just won the NCAA championship, among the 7 champion members who signed up for the draft, someone finally entered the lottery!

Xie Kai is very happy for his teammate Rush. The two are both teammates and roommates. The snoring sound of each other is very characteristic!

As an excellent outside shooting wing, Rush has a history of knee injuries and is already 22 years old. Being able to enter the lottery is already a very good result!

Rush's draft template is Caron Butler!

At this time, there is only the last one left in the lottery area!At this time, Xie Kai teammate Darrell Arthur and freshman center DeAndre Jordan of Texas A&M University sitting in the small green room were very nervous.After all, no one wants to be Rashard Lewis No. 2!

The answer was soon revealed, with the 14th pick, the Golden State Warriors selected freshman forward Anthony Randolph from Louisiana State University!

Anthony Randolph is tall and has long arms. He is another dark horse in this draft after Alexander.Excellent potential is his advantage and selling point.

In this way, Arthur and Jordan will definitely miss the lottery!The two sat there, awkwardly not knowing what to do.

(End of this chapter)