Bishop of the Abyss

Chapter 100 100. Drafting Conference (4.4K words for chapter subscription)

On June 6, local time in the United States, the NBA Draft 28 was officially held at Madison Square Garden in New York.

As the NBA league is thriving under the promotion of President David Stern, the current NBA draft has become the most anticipated part of fans all over the world.

At this time, the alliance will usher in a new group of heavenly sedan chairs, and at the same time, the arrival of the heavenly pride also means that a group of veterans will completely disappear from the alliance.

The draft conference can be regarded as an important part of the transition from old to new in the NBA.

According to the prediction list released by ESPN in advance, there are five top picks this year, but Bogut, Marvin Williams, Deron Williams, and Chris Paul are the four most likely to win the title. people.

Although the talented point guard Raymond Felton from North Carolina is also on ESPN's predicted No. Leonton can only be regarded as the third choice in this draft.

If it weren't for North Carolina led by Felton to win the championship in March Madness, it would be difficult for Felton to appear in this list of No. [-] picks.

Before the start of the draft, the atmosphere on the scene was very lively, and the management of each team walked back and forth with each other during this session.

In addition to using this rare time to relax, it is more about contacting the next player to see if they can trade up and prepare for the upcoming draft.

Naturally, during this period of time, many teams wanted to negotiate a deal with the Timberwolves, hoping to use draft rights plus cash in exchange for a higher pick in the hands of the Timberwolves, but these requests were politely rejected by general manager McHale.

What a joke, Luke is not satisfied with the current draft pick in the hands of the Timberwolves. If it is not true that he has no bargaining chips, Luke would like to fool these idiots!
As the draft is about to start, the eyes of the fans gathered here instantly. The Bucks, who first held the No. [-] pick, chose Andrew Bogut, the No. [-] pick from Australia, in the first round of the first round!

This choice has caused many teams to sigh, but it is not surprising. After all, Bogut is the biggest favorite this year.

Bogut, who is 114 meters tall and weighs [-] kilograms, ranked first in the Associated Press All-American Team poll before the draft.

Successfully elected as the Associated Press and ESPN player of the year, as well as Naismith College player of the year.

In addition, the purpose of the league's draft in recent years has always been to have a big election and a small one without a general election, so Bogut's chance of losing the No. [-] pick is still very small, especially when the Bucks already lack excellent centers.

Seeing Bogut, who was selected as the No. [-] pick by the Bucks, come to the stage with excitement and shake hands with President David Stern, Luke in the room showed a sneer, and made no effort to hide Bogut's sarcasm.

"I hope you can still laugh like today in the future."

"Lu, do you have a personal grievance with" Andrew? Seeing Luke's personal reaction, general manager McHale asked a little puzzled.

It stands to reason that Bogut has just entered the league as a rookie, and the possibility of Luke and Bogut having a grudge is almost zero, unless the two have any personal grudges in private.

"It's nothing, I just saw a dog." Taking a sip of the coffee beside him, Luke waved his hand casually.

"???" General Manager McHale didn't know how to respond to Luke's words, so McHale simply chose to remain silent.

Next, the Eagles, who held the second pick, chose Marvin Williams from the University of North Carolina. A striker who did not have many bright spots in his career and could only contribute 14.7 points and 5.6 rebounds in his peak season.

However, Marvin Williams is definitely not a parallel import at the second place in the list. Even if he failed to perform as expected after entering the NBA, Williams' career is fairly stable.

He has averaged double figures in points per game for ten seasons in his career, barely worthy of the status of second place.

With the third pick in the first round, the Jazz, holding the No. [-] pick, chose Deron Williams, a strong point guard, Chris Paul's half-life enemy, or Paul's early career sufferer.

And it was after welcoming Deron Williams that the Jazz completed their rise under the head coach "pick-and-roll madman" Mr. Sloan, and gradually took off the hat of a big team.

With the fourth pick in the first round, the Hornets chose Chris Paul, who made Luke envious.

Paul is not the most talented player in this draft, but Paul is definitely the strongest player in this draft.

Coupled with Paul's innate desire to win, I am afraid that except for Luke, no one knows how fierce this guy who is only 1.8 meters tall will turn out to be in the future.

With the fifth pick in the first round, the Bobcats undoubtedly chose Raymond Felton. After all, four of the five top picks this year were selected before. The Bobcats have no reason not to pick Felton in this position.

With the [-]th pick in the first round, the Lakers selected "Baby Shark" Bynum, but Bynum, who just entered the league, is still very rough in skills, and Luke will not take it seriously for a short time.

With the 13th pick in the first round, the Bobcats selected another talented player, Sean May, but unfortunately, another genius was ruined by injuries.

With the 17th pick in the first round, the Pacers chose Danny Granger, a star who has been underrated in his career.

Speaking of the player Danny Granger, even Luke sighed for him. Granger at his peak was definitely the best offensive and defensive combination in the league.

However, Granger's playing style is not special, and Indiana's influence at the time was not huge, so Granger has always been underestimated, and he has not been selected to the All-Star team once in his entire career.

按照丹尼格兰杰巅峰赛季的场均25.8分5.1篮板2.7助攻1抢断以及1.4次封盖来看，没能入选全明星多少是有些遗憾。

With the 18th pick in the first round, the Celtics selected Gerald Green, the "nine-finger dunk king", who is also a player Luke prefers.

Other aspects aside, Gerald Green is definitely a loyal guy, the kind of player Luke has always admired.

With the 21st pick in the first round, the Suns chose Nate Robinson, a three-time dunk king with a height of only 1.7 meters 1.7. Before Thomas Jr. entered the league, the strongest [-] meters [-] in the NBA was used to describe Nate Robinson.

With the 28th pick in the first round, the Spurs chose Mahinmi, and with the 29th pick in the first round, the Heat chose Wayne Simien.

"Ok?"

"Wayne? Why is there such a strange name, it sounds familiar." Luke whispered softly.

With the Heat's selection of the 29th pick in the first round, the next 30th pick in the first round is the Timberwolves' pick.

At present, except for Luke himself, no one else knows the seriousness of this matter. It was not until NBA Commissioner David Stern announced on stage that people knew that the Timberwolves selected high school rookie Montgomery with the 30th overall pick in the first round. Tower Ellis!

As the No. 28.7 high school student in the United States who averaged 5.2 points, 4.9 rebounds, 3.1 assists and [-] steals per game as a senior, Monta Ellis chose to skip college and go directly to the draft for a slightly different reason than others.

Players like LeBron James and Garnett choose to participate in the draft as high school students because their personal strength is very outstanding, and they can be selected at a higher pick even if they don't go to college.

But Monta Ellis made this decision completely helplessly. After graduating from high school, Ellis reached a verbal agreement with Mississippi State University. Playing opportunities.

That's why Ellis decided to skip the college stage and directly participate in the 2005 NBA draft. This is simply the sadness of a scumbag...

作为一名生涯将空中转体360上篮发挥到极致的后卫球员，巅峰赛季的蒙塔埃利斯场均可以轰下25.5分4.3篮板5.6助攻以及2.2次抢断。

In addition to his individual style of play, poor shot selection on the court, and his dislike of passing the ball after getting up, he is often called a cancer. Monta Ellis' offensive ability is definitely the top in the league.

If it is played as the best sixth man, then Ellis is definitely Jordan on the bench.

As for Monta Ellis' stabbing attributes, in Luke's view, it is not a problem at all. As far as the current team atmosphere of the Timberwolves is concerned, no matter how stabbing Ellis comes to Minnesota, he will have to squat honestly.

Otherwise, it's not as simple as being beaten three times a day, it is very likely that his career will be scrapped early, and Luke will treat this draft pick as a waste.

The reason why Luke chose the powerful offensive Monta Ellis with the 30th pick in the first round instead of David Lee with better golf intelligence is mainly because the Timberwolves' second-round pick is too low to be selected. Monta Ellis the monster.

So David Lee and Ellis can only stay one.

Although David Lee has a relatively good golf quotient, he is only [-] meters tall after all. In this period, he is more suitable to play the power forward position rather than a center forward.

After coming to the Timberwolves, David Lee will definitely be promoted to the center position. If the Timberwolves want to win the championship in the past few years, the centers they will face in the playoffs are low-post killers like Yao Ming or O'Neal.

If David Lee goes to play center forward, his mother will definitely be beaten without knowing him!
What's more, with Monta Ellis selected with the 30th overall pick in the first round, Luke has a better candidate at the center position, and is also more suitable to play next to Garnett, and is more suitable for this era. Heavy duty!
With the completion of the Timberwolves' selection of the 30th pick in the first round, there will be a short break on the scene, and the second round of the draft will be ushered in after the break.

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With the first pick in the second round, the Eagles chose Salim Stoudemire. Although this guy is also called Stoudemire, his ability has nothing to do with Stoudemire.

The third pick in the second round, the Hornets chose Brandon Bass, yes, he is the famous "CBA star" in later generations!
With the fourth pick in the second round, the Jazz chose Miles, a role player with good shooting ability, whose personal ability is worthy of this pick.

With the sixth pick in the second round, the Bucks chose "Turkish Fortress" Ilyasova, a high-ranking fortress that even Luke is a bit greedy, and he is an extremely stable space-type insider.

With the ninth pick in the second round, the Lakers chose another "CBA legend" Vaughn Weaver.

With the 14th pick in the second round, the Magic selected Maternas Andriuskovickis from the European League, an old acquaintance of Luke.

His personal strength is average, except for his height of [-] meters, he doesn't have any personal advantages on the field.

After all, the NBA league is not Europe. Compared with the European league, which pays more attention to tactical literacy, the NBA has very high personal requirements for players. If there is no accident, it is still difficult for Mattenas Andrius Skovikis in this life to stay in the NBA and play well. .

The 15th pick in the next round, which originally belonged to the 76ers and now belongs to the Timberwolves, was used by Luke to choose Massingott, known as the "Polish Hammer"!

Compared with Zhou Qi, the "Great Polish Demon King", Gortat is the upright and honest "Polish Famous Man"!
Gortat is two meters tall and weighs 110 kilograms. Born in a sports family, Gortat has excellent physical fitness, especially the hook shots on the left and right sides of the basket. The most skilled center since Olajuwon.

Unlike regular blue-collars, Gortat's offensive ability is far stronger than most centers in the league, which can be regarded as below the first-rate center and above the second-rate center.

In his peak season, Gortat averaged 15.4 points, 10 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as 56%. He was very stable on the offensive end and had an excellent shooting range.

In fact, Gortat's entire career, except for his rookie season, has never shot below 50%, and rarely even below 55%.

As a non-blue-collar offensive center, Gortat's offensive efficiency is already very good. After all, not everyone is Yao Ming, not everyone is O'Neal.

As for the title of "Polish Hammer", it is because Gortat spent four years studying car repair in a technical school when he was in Poland. Later, he also worked as an apprentice in a repair shop, beating with a hammer all day long. That's why the fans gave him the title "Polish Hammer".

Gortat's playing style is very suitable for playing next to Garnett. After all, Garnett has excellent coping skills, and a center like Gortat will not conflict with Garnett.

In the new season, the Timberwolves also lost two inside players, Karl Malone and Divac, so the joining of "Polish Hammer" Gortat will be crucial to Luke.

At least in the new season, Gortat will definitely get good playing time and play his own role in this defending champion.

In addition, what Luke really loves about Gortat is not just his performance on the court. A large part of the reason is that Gortat is a "boxing madman".

Gortat was born in a boxing family, his father was the best boxer in Poland, and he is also a boxing enthusiast.

Even in an interview with ESPN in 2014, Gortat proposed that the NBA could adopt ice hockey rules to allow fights to a certain extent. At that time, this view caused controversy.

For Gortat's desire to punch, Luke's eyes are shining. After all, it just so happens that the Timberwolves team also loves to punch! !

So whether it is on or off the court, Luke has no reason not to choose Gortat, because the "Polish Hammer" is too damn suitable for the Timberwolves! !
In the next round, the Wizards selected Brac with the 19th overall pick, the Pistons selected Amir Johnson with the 26th overall pick in the second round, and the Eagles selected Akeyo with the 29th overall pick in the second round.

Until the Pistons chose Alex Ake last in the second round, the NBA Draft 2005 officially came to an end.

Luke also turned around and left the scene at the same time, leaving the rest of the matter to general manager McHale to take care of.

As for Luke, there are more important things to think about at present. In addition to the upcoming summer league in July, there is naturally the trading market that will open in July, and the list of players that need to be signed in the free market this year.

These things need Luke to plan well. After all, if you work harder during the offseason, the Timberwolves' road to defending the title next season will be less bumpy!
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