basketball pope

Chapter 864 [Three outside newcomers]

The Clippers have four draft picks this year, with the highest first-round pick of 13 from the Celtics, acquired by trading Faried last year.

The Greens did not send Rajon Rondo, and they cooperated well with the new Faried. Both of them are good at rebounding and fast breaks.In addition, the strength of the eastern team is generally weak, and finally the Green Army actually won the ninth place and almost entered the playoffs.Out of the top ten protections, this draft pick belongs to the Clippers.

The overall evaluation of the 15th rookie is not high, so the Green Army did not deliberately put it down. Rondo is an expired contract. It is easy for the Green Army to complete the reconstruction in the summer, and the goal has been achieved.

The 30th pick in the first round is the Clippers' own draft pick, the other is the 41st pick in the second round, and the 60th pick in the second round.It is difficult to pick a strongman with a low second-round pick, which will test his eyesight, so Yang Rui asked the manager to trade the Clippers' own second-round pick for cash.

The top pick in the second round still has to stay, because the salary of the players is about to increase, and it is more cost-effective to supplement the bench with rookies.Players with some strength in the free market can get contracts with tens of millions of annual salary unless they are willing to take the initiative to reduce their salary.

On June 6, the draft was held at the Barclays Center, the home of the New York Nets. Yang Rui still only provided the list and let the manager operate.

This year's draft has many similarities with Yang Rui's previous life. The NBA is where the strong are always strong, and the weak will become a bad team in a few years.

The Timberwolves won the No. [-] overall pick with the third-worst record in the league, selecting insider Karl-Anthony Towns.

The Lakers regrettably ranked second, and the second place selected dual-energy guard D'Angelo Russell.

The 76ers selected Jahlil Okafor with the third overall pick.

The Knicks selected Kristaps Porzingis with the fourth overall pick.

After Porzingis was selected, New York fans booed wildly. Many people were not optimistic about this white guy, thinking that the Knicks were SB.The reporter interviewed the fans at the scene, and a Japanese fan said excitedly: "Even if you choose Yui Hatano, you are better than him!"

Japanese fans were kicked out of the conference, again...

The Knicks scouting report believes that he can be an economical double-double player like Biedrins at most. I don’t know how this ball blind got into the Knicks as a scout. Biedrins will not shoot or free throws until he retires. The lowest hit rate in the league.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Porzingis really dared to fight and work hard, and frequently made the top five goals. He has comprehensive skills, excellent shooting, good bounce, tall but very flexible.Later ESPN famous people shouted that the Knicks want to trade "melon" Anthony, rebuild around Porzingis, the Knicks did send Anthony in 17, and Porzingis became the 22-year-old team boss.

If it weren't for the fact that there are too many potential insiders in the Clippers, and Jokic joined this year, Yang Rui would consider replacing Porzingis with the team.Of course, this is difficult. As long as he speaks, the Knicks will definitely not change it. Yao Ming's incident has already been tricked once.

The Bucks selected point guard Emmanuel Mudiay with the fifth overall pick. This is a very individual player. He did not go to college. He started his career with the CBA Guangdong Hongyuan Team in 2014 and played for a year. After reaching the age to participate in this draft.

Mudiay became the highest-ranked high school student after Brandon Jennings to drop the NCAA and go straight to the NBA.

In the CBA, he played well, averaging 18 points, 6.3 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 51.2% from the field and 34.4% from three-pointers, which seems very mature.

He strengthened his muscles through strength training, and he became stronger and more explosive against adult players in the CBA.

Mudiay entered the draft looking like a seasoned NBA veteran, but the fact that he is only 19 years old has a lot of teams interested in him.

After that, several players were of average strength, and the data in college was not very beautiful.

Clippers manager Olshey selected Devin Booker with the 13th lottery at the request of Yang Rui, a swingman with a height of 198cm and a weight of 93kg.

In the 2014-15 season, Devin Booker averaged 21.5 minutes per game at the University of Kentucky, scoring 10 points and 2 rebounds, making 47% of his two-pointers and 41.1% of his three-pointers, and was elected the sixth best in the Southeast League. He was named to the Southeastern Conference All-NBA Second Team and All-Rookie Team.

Booker's college data is not good, and he can't even make a start. The template is JJ Redick, and the upper limit is Klay Thompson.His body side data is also tragic, with a wingspan of only 204CM and a standing reach of 260CM.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Booker was a ruthless man. On March 2017, 3, the Suns lost 25-120 to the Celtics away. Booker played 130 minutes and made 45 of 40 shots and 21 of 11 three-pointers. He made 4 of 26 free throws and scored 24 points, 70 rebounds and 8 assists, breaking a career single-game scoring record and a personal single-game scoring record in the history of the Suns, becoming the sixth player in NBA history to score 6+ points in a single game.

20岁的布克还成为了NBA历史上单场得到60分以上的最年轻球员。此役布克仅用40次投篮就得到了70分，是所有得到70分球员中出手次数最少的。此外，布克也成为了NBA历史上第三位得分70+却输掉比赛的球员。

Before the Clippers, the Suns selected power forward Trey Lyles, who can shoot 11-pointers, at No. 2 because Tyreke Evans started at No. [-].

The Clippers selected Norman Powell with the 193th pick, a shooting guard with a height of 98cm and a weight of [-]kg.

Powell's running and jumping ability is extremely good, with a wingspan of 211CM, strong confrontation, can not only rush in for layups, but also catch the ball and shoot three-pointers.On the defensive end, he is also an active defender, good at defending face frame breakthroughs and steals, but his shortcomings are his lack of height and unstable mid-range and long-range shots.

2014-15赛季，鲍威尔代表UCLA大学出战36场比赛，场均出战34.6分钟，得到16.4分4.7篮板2.1助攻1.8抢断。他是UCLA的第一得分手，赛季3次赢下了Pac-12分区的周最佳，最终入选Pac-12分区的第一阵容并入选美国篮球教练协会的第二阵容。

Yang Rui also noticed a bright spot. During the college period, Powell played a total of 141 times, never missed any games, and served as the starter in the last 75 games.

Obviously, this is an iron man, his athletic ability is defined as "big era" in the rookie report, and his development template in the NBA is set as Tony Allen.If Powell can really reach the heights of Tony Allen, the Clippers will make a lot of money.

In fact, Yang Rui can't remember what data Powell got in his previous life. He has been reborn for 18 years, and he has not become a star, or a player who has not made an amazing single game, he can't remember all of them.He was willing to bet on Powell's future even though he was 22 years old after looking at the college data and his body condition.

In the second round of the draft, the Clippers selected point guard Joseph Yang, who is 41cm tall and weighs 188kg, as the 82st pick. This is also the person designated by Yang Rui.

I don’t know if the young heroes surnamed Yang are all good at singles. At least there are two players in the league who are good at singles, Nick Young and Thaddeus Young.

In his senior season, Joseph Young averaged 20.7 points and 3.7 assists per game.His greatest strengths are offense, capable of scoring in a variety of ways, and skilled.But he lacks a physical advantage, and at 23 years old, he has little room for improvement. The fatal flaw is that he is not good at organization and is more like a shooting guard.

If the Clippers did not choose Joseph, the others would be even less capable, so Yang Rui chose this person.

The Clippers' offensive system doesn't need a point guard organization at all. People who are fast and who can run heads-up can help the team.

Yang Rui doesn't have to let Joseph stay. He plans to let him play in the summer league first. If the data is very good, and a team likes him and wants to trade, maybe the Clippers can get back the person they want.

(End of this chapter)