Legend of Tomorrow

After the holiday, Guo Xu stayed at home to rest and spend the summer vacation with Megan.

On June 27, he watched the live broadcast of the draft.

The Wizards selected high school big man Kwame Brown with the No. 1 pick, missing out on a large group of strong players.

The Clippers selected inside spring man Tyson Chandler with the second pick.

The Hawks selected Pau Gasol, whom Zen Master Jackson liked with the third pick.

The Bulls selected Eddie Curry with the fourth pick, a fat man nicknamed Baby Shark. Unfortunately, he is not actually a shark, just a fat man. What's even more regrettable is that if this trend develops, the Bulls management will still trade Elton Brand. This is good news for Jason Richardson, who is likely to become the first core and be focused on training.

The Warriors selected President Shane Battier with the fifth pick. Without Richardson, the Warriors selected the most reliable swingman in the NCAA, a selfless team player. He seems to be good with Jamison.

Without Richardson, the Warriors may not trade Jamison to rebuild.

This is a butterfly effect. Guo Xu feels that without Battier, it will be much more difficult for the Grizzlies to rise than in previous lives.

As a result, the Grizzlies immediately selected a strong man. With the sixth pick, they actually selected first-year NCAA freshman Zach Randolph. The Black Bears pick was significantly improved compared to the previous life.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Randolph was not selected by the Trail Blazers until the 19th pick. Since the team had Roaring God Rasheed Wallace, he played as a substitute for two seasons. It was not until Rasheed was traded that he reached his level and became a 20+10 player.

In this year's NCAA, the Michigan State University Spartans reached the quarterfinals of the tournament after losing the Fantastic Four. Although their performance dropped from last season, they received extremely high evaluations. The most eye-catching player is Lando husband.

If Richardson stays in school, Randolph can only be the second-in-command with average statistics. Now he has become the team's leading scorer and rebounder, and his stable mid-range shooting has left a deep impression on people. Under the training of Tom Izzo, Randolph can shoulder the core responsibility. He is not that fat, his physical fitness is not too bad, and he is not a pure floor player.

Destiny is so wonderful. Guo Xugang lamented that the Grizzlies were finished and they were showing signs of rising. If they trade for Gasol according to the original history, they will have good inside strength.

The Nets selected Eddie Griffin with the seventh pick, a problematic player with excellent quality who looks a bit like Tony Leung.

The Cavaliers selected center Desaguena-Diop with the eighth pick.

The biggest blue-collar center in this class.

The Pistons selected Rodney White with the ninth pick, a forward who Guo Xu had no impression of at all.

The Celtics selected Joe Johnson with the tenth pick, and Guo Xu was stunned.

It was impossible for Guo Xu to remember everything in his previous life clearly. After all, it had been five years since he was reborn. Even if he recorded some important things he thought were important in Chinese in a computer document, there were still many mistakes and omissions.

He was under the impression that Joe Johnson played for the Suns. Now the Celtics have put together a lineup of Joe Johnson, Jamal Crawford, Pierce, and Walker, which looks very promising.

In the previous life, the Green Army would trade for the No. 11 pick to select a swingman, but now they have too many swingmen and did not make this deal.

The Nuggets, who desperately needed to strengthen their forward line, selected Kedrick Brown, who is 201cm tall and weighs 101kg, with the 11th pick.

Kedric's fate also changed due to a series of chain reactions. If he joined the Celtics, he would be dead. He could only serve as a substitute for Pierce and not have many chances to play. In 2004, he was reduced to having no ball to play. Maybe now You can still practice it.

Guo Xu has only played one season in the NBA, and many things have changed, and the changes will become bigger and bigger in the future.

Players were selected one after another because they were all targets after the team's trial training. Most of the choices were the same as Guo Xu's previous life.

Elvis Gerald Wallace was selected by the Kings and will definitely be put on the bench by Adelman.

Center Dalembert was selected by the 76ers, and the template is Mutombo. Larry Brown was beaten out of Xiang in the Finals, but he still likes blue-collar centers, and he is not interested in those who can shoot.

Tony Parker joins the Spurs. There is no good point guard in this lottery pick. The Spurs need a point guard, and Parker is already the most reliable choice. Their scouts are really good.

At the end of the first round, Guo Xu realized that the 2001 Lakers draft pick had long been traded away.

Even so, he still watched it with gusto, it was a very interesting feeling. In his previous life, most of the rookies in this class had retired, but now they are all young and their image is very different.

At the beginning of the second round of the draft, Guo Xu was filled with emotions.

If the Lakers have the draft rights and let him, a time traveler, be the manager, they can easily select and train potential players.

General Gilbert Arenas was selected by the Warriors in the second round.

The second-best player also has center Memit Okur, who can defend against man on the defensive end, and can open up space for pick-and-rolls and catch and shoot on the offensive end. This player with All-Star potential was selected by the Pistons with the 10th pick in the second round.

Earl Watson was selected by the SuperSonics in the second round with the 11th pick. He is a defender who has made a name for himself in the NBA. The Sonics also selected swingman Bobby Simmons with the 13th pick in the second round, which is very reliable from a future perspective.

The Lakers didn't select anyone in the second round, and the draft rights were traded. Guo Xu didn't wait for a new teammate.

Kupchak's reinforcement idea is very clear. In the free market, he will sign veterans who are willing to reduce their salary to join and compete for the championship at the end of their careers. There will be no newcomers. There are many young players in the team, but they cannot be trained after they come.

Several trades were also announced during the draft.

After Richard Jefferson was selected by the Rockets with the 13th pick in the first round, he was sent to the Nets along with blue-collar center Jason Collins, the 18th pick, in exchange for No. 7 pick Eddie Griffin.

Even if Collins is not added to this deal, the Rockets will still lose money. In Guo Xu's previous life, Rockets manager Dawson basically did nothing good except selecting Yao Ming with the No. 1 pick. Of course, this was not a good thing for Yao Ming...

The Hawks and Grizzlies also completed a big deal.

The Hawks selected Pau Gasol with the third pick, and then sent him to the Grizzlies in a package along with Brevin Knight and Lorenzen White in exchange for short power forward Shareef Rahim and guard Jamal. -Tinsley.

In Guo Xu's previous life, the 38-year-old Gasol could still score 10.1 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in 23.6 minutes of playing time; Rahim only played for the Hawks for 2 and a half seasons before being kicked out. In his 12-year NBA career, he only had 10.1 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. An All-Star substitute experience and only participated in the playoffs in one season.

This deal currently seems to be very profitable for the Grizzlies. As Gasol matures and slowly becomes the core of the team, the Hawks realize how stupid this deal is.

Phil Jackson also watched the draft at home, and he felt very sorry when Gasol was easily traded away by the Grizzlies for a chip that was not an All-Star.

While meditating, he imagined the situation of Guo Xu, DeMar Johnson, Gasol, and O'Neal teaming up. The team could be good at offense and defense, fast or slow, and the game would be exciting. Unfortunately, I can only think about it.

The Lakers will definitely not renew the contract of veteran Horace Grant this summer. There will be weaknesses in relying solely on Horry and Madsen at the No. 4 position next season. Jackson now only hopes that Kupchak will be more reliable in selecting players in the free market.