I'm really good at shooting.

Kenny Smith didn't realize it at the first time, but after he realized it, he realized that he was talking about the previous bet.

"How do you plan to spend it?"

Smith smiled back, and Barkley felt like he had won.

"Christina is about to have her [-]th birthday and I've already got something for her, she loves hats off Broadway."

Barkley really thought about it, even where to buy it.

This made both Ernie Johnson and the magician laugh.

"I can give the hat to Christina as a birthday present, but you lose tonight, Magician, tell him who the Lakers are going to pick tonight."

Smith can't wait to see Barkley embarrass himself.

The magician laughed and said nothing. The draft hasn't started yet, so he won't say anything.

The fight between the two was really fun.

Sun Hao also enjoyed listening to it in the background, don't tell me, this scene is really similar to the cross talk in China.

Watching the cross talk, time flies quickly.

More than two hours later, Stern walked from behind the scenes to the stage with a smile.

Sun Hao also turned his gaze to the stage.

Stern is fifty-eight now, and most of his hair is gray.

Just like when people realized the greatness of Van Gogh's paintings after his death, fans didn't realize his great contribution to the NBA until Stern retired in history.

It is this old man who is nearly sixty years old, who has pushed the NBA to the world step by step, and achieved the prosperity of basketball.

Smart and wise, foresight.

Of course, the fans haven't realized this yet.

There were boos when he came out.

The NBA ushered in the fourth lockout in history last year. Stern's tough attitude in the negotiations attracted dissatisfaction from many fans.

Coupled with the usual things like referee scripts, all the dissatisfaction was vented in the draft.

In particular, there are mostly New York fans at the scene, and most of them are the ones who don't think it's a big deal to watch the excitement.

Stern was very calm. He lowered his head and said nothing. He only smiled when the booing stopped by itself.

"Gentlemen and ladies, good evening everyone, warmly welcome everyone to the scene of the draft..."

Accompanied by Stern's familiar voice, the curtain of the 2000 NBA Draft officially opened.

"The No. 2000 pick in the first round of 5 belonged to the New Jersey Nets, and they had five minutes to think about it."

After Stern finished talking about the ownership of the No. [-] pick, he went back behind the scenes.

This night, he had to go in and out of that door 29 times.

After Stern left, the scene was extremely noisy.

Who will the Nets choose as the No. [-] pick? This is something that fans and the media have been discussing since before the end of the season, and it has been discussed until now.

It's still far from where he might be, and Sun Hao's mentality is relatively relaxed.

He also recalled many familiar fragments in his mind.

Founded in 1967, the New Jersey Nets are one of the original 11 teams in the ABA.

Basketball in the 60s was not that popular, and the team's experience in that era was as difficult and turbulent as most other teams.

Even this team can be described as being displaced. They had to play back and forth between six different cities in the first season.

But there's something very special about this team. It's a New Jersey team with a New York tag.

As the name suggests, this team, originally labeled New Jersey because it was founded in New Jersey, is actually based in New York most of the time.

From the Cormac Arena in Long Island, New York, to the Island Garden Arena in West Hampstead, and even the future Barclays Center Arena in Brooklyn.

All they've been doing is getting close to New York, the most beautiful goddess in North America, and entering her.

So for New York fans, although the Nets are called the New Jersey Nets, they all know that this is a New York team.

This is another reason why the scene is so noisy.

The Nets are their second home team.

The advantage of being a time traveler is that Sun Hao is like a god now, he knows that Martin will be the champion.

So when Su Qun and La Suo were arguing about who was the No. [-] pick, he could act like a happy melon-eating crowd.

Five minutes later, Stern appeared on the stage again.

"The first pick in the first round in 2000, the New Jersey Nets selected...Kenyon Martin, a 2-foot-06 power forward, from the University of Cincinnati."

When Stern announced the result, the New York fans cheered at the scene.

The argument between Su Qun and La Suo beside Sun Hao finally stopped.

Martin, like Duncan, completed four years of college before entering the NBA. He has excellent college statistics and outstanding physical talent.

However, the playing styles of the two are actually completely different. The Nets still choose him when the latter is injured. In fact, it is a bit helpless.

They are lucky, with only a 4.4% chance of winning the lottery;

But unfortunately, they caught up with a draft with almost no talents;

The previous rookies included Brand, Francis, and Odom, and the next session included Tyson Chandler, Pau Gasol, and Joe Johnson.

But this time, they have no choice but Martin.

The so-called champion is the kind that can be used to build a team.

Swift can indeed run and jump like a buck, as Barkley said, but even if he jumps out of outer space, it can't change the fact that his skills are rough.

Not to mention Darius Miles and Marcus Fizer, they are much worse than Martin.

But as a time traveler, Sun Hao didn't think so.

Whether a rookie can become a talent actually has a lot to do with the environment.

If Kwame Brown didn't go to Jordan's Wizards, if Milicic didn't go to Larry Brown's Pistons, what they achieved would definitely be better than in history.

Similarly, if you put Rose and Wade in this era, because of the existence of the handcheck rule, their performance must not be as good as history.

After all, there are few historical superstars who are strong enough to change the rules like O'Neal and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Most players can only adapt to the rules and the environment.

The draft is still going on, and the team's selection is not too different from what Sun Hao knows.

The Vancouver Grizzlies selected inside springman Swift with the second overall pick;

The third pick is Darius Miles, a 2-foot-10 big man of the Los Angeles Clippers;

The fourth overall pick of the Chicago Bulls chose 2 meters 03, 117 kg stocky insider Marcus Fizer;

The Orlando Magic with the fifth overall pick selected 2-meter small forward Mike Miller;

The choices of each team are the same as Sun Hao knows.

Four of the top five picks are inside players!

Because Jordan retired for the second time, super insiders like O'Neal and Duncan began to dominate the league.

Just like when the team chose the swingman to defend Jordan, the current team also aims at the big man to choose from the dead.

Don't ask to choose the next Duncan O'Neal, but also choose someone who can match them on the court.

Even at this moment, Sun Hao suddenly felt that the height of the country is one size fits all, and it is largely influenced by the NBA.

It's just that like most things, it's just a sample, and it's a problem across the board to save trouble.

He didn't think much about it when he first crossed, but now he suddenly realized that it is better to solve this problem from the source instead of trying to reform it.

If the person who ruled this era is not O'Neill or Duncan, but him.

Then the NBA will naturally turn to his combo guard era from the swingman era in Jordan's era to the insider era in O'Neal Duncan's era.

The atmosphere in the country will naturally change accordingly.

This can be called: the guiding force of League No.1.

This is really true, even if he is a time traveler, he would not have thought of this level until he experienced it on the spot.

And when he was in Europe, he had set the big goal of turning basketball into the world's number one sport.

So before that, his becoming NBA No. 1 is another big goal he wants to accomplish under that.

When he was thinking, his thoughts were pulled back by Barkley's voice.

Unknowingly, the draft has reached the No.11 pick.

After Stern announced that the Celtics used this pick to select Jerome Moiso, another 2-meter inside big man, Barkley's chatter began again.

"I just saw that old Nelson went to say hello to the Suns. Do you think it is possible for the Mavericks to select him with this pick?"

Kenny Smith throws up a topic.

"You're crazy, Kenny, you're crazy!"

Barkley spoke up.

"Who the hell would use the lottery pick to select a 1-meter point guard, he's not Isaiah Thomas, and he's not Allen Iverson."

"Well, I'm just saying, but the Lakers will take the Suns and I'll still win."

Sun Hao didn't understand what the sun meant at first.

After they chatted for a while and he noticed that it was a name, he realized that the sun was referring to himself.

Barkley and the others, the temporary nickname they gave him on the show that day, really used it just like that.

After a while, Stern came out again.

He announced the Mavs' [-]th pick.

Etan Thomas, 2 meters 08, 117 kg inside.

Same as in history.

No matter how old Nelson likes Sun Hao, it is impossible to use the lottery to choose him.

"Kenny, it's not that I want to hit you, but as a boss, I have to tell you some brutal facts."

Barkley had the upper hand and began to pursue the victory.

"Do you know who the head coach of the Lakers is? Phil Jackson! Do you know what kind of point guard Phil likes? Tall point guards!"

Barkley drew his knife out of its sheath and took Smith's head straight.

This really left Smith speechless.

Phil Jackson likes to play the triangle offense, and he especially respects the triangle offense.

In this offensive system, the insiders and guards are the dominant players, and what everyone else has to do is cut and defend.

So that's why he loves tall guards.

Because the tall guard has a large defensive area, coupled with the partner's shooting guard and small forward, he can completely block the opponent's offense beyond the free throw line.

This is also the reason why Smith is speechless. Although he is not as famous as Barkley, he also played against the Bulls during his time in Houston.

There is nothing wrong with what Barkley said.

Sun Hao rubbed his hands unconsciously at this time, he felt that the draft promise was not so stable anymore.

And slowly, as the draft picks continued to go down, he also became a little uncontrollably nervous.

The draft is going fast, and it's about to go to the Jazz.

Sun Hao's nervousness reached a peak at this time.

Among the teams he tried out, the Jazz were the top picks.

"With the 2000rd overall pick in the first round of 23, the Utah Jazz selected Dee...Shawn Stevenson, a 1'96" shooting guard from Washington Union High School in Fresno."

The Jazz chose Stevenson.

This choice is also reasonable. The Jazz have always been known for their iron blood, and they prefer perimeters with strong defensive capabilities.

As for whether it is suitable for pick-and-roll tactics, as Zanick said in the previous interview, their coaching staff will solve this problem.