Healing Basketball

Chapter 3 3. Big upset (for collection)

Going to the Pistons, Anthony must consider more in his actions, and he must also consider the actual situation to become bigger and stronger.

But if you go to the Nuggets, it will be his world immediately.

Thinking of this, Anthony felt like a blessing in disguise.

He is very confident in himself.

There is already a solution. Anthony was a little cautious at first, but now the boss's breath is scattered, and he complained to Liu Xiu: "Jess, if you are a little thinner and control your body shape, you will have a greater chance of being selected."

Liu Xiu took a look at Anthony, and he was still not a fat melon, but very thin and muscular.

Liu Xiu nodded and said, "Don't worry, you will become fat one day."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

"What if you really got fat?"

"If I really get fat, I'll give you..."

"You'll perform handstand washing your hair live broadcast across the United States!"

"???"

Anthony wanted to bet $100, but this guy actually said such a weird punishment.

Anthony wanted to refuse, but when he saw Liu Xiu's eyes of 'you absolutely dare not', he blurted out: "Just bet!"

Before gaining weight, Anthony didn't feel that he would become fat in the future, so he agreed decisively.

It's just that after answering, Anthony felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong...

The draft was still going on, and Liu Xiu, after noticing Anthony's rising mood, returned to the mentality of watching the crowd.

Liu Xiu knew that he would definitely not be selected with such a high pick, and after the top three picks, his attention was not fully focused on the stage.

He opened the system panel.

"Name: Liu Xiu, English name: Jess.

Age: 21 years old (February 1982, 2)
Height: 188 cm, weight: 93 kg.

Affiliated team: Syracuse University Orange team (withdrawn).

Achievements: 2002-2003 season NCAA basketball championship.

数据：2002-2003赛季，场均12.6分3.4板4.2助攻2抢断……”

Fat or not fat depends on who sees it.

Compared with most of the members of the Little Green Room here, Liu Xiu must be fat, with abs that are integrated into one body, just like Baron Davis, who has no contour lines when he relaxes.

The flesh is much tighter than that of ordinary people, and it is really not fat. After all, he is an athlete, and his figure is closer to ordinary people who are heavier. Compared with his teammates, he looks fatter. On the contrary, he is more popular among school team fans. .

Liu Xiu reviewed his college performance. Although he is 21 years old and a junior, he actually only played this year.

He didn't start playing college basketball until his junior year. He didn't have a chance to play in the opening game, started in the middle of the season, and became the team's second-leading scorer in March Madness. He averaged 6 points and 15 assists in those 6 games... This is He has a core reason for his high draft expectations.

His current size, from a certain perspective, has also become one of the reasons why he has high draft expectations.

But the 21-year-old is indeed a hurdle that cannot be passed.

Just in case?

So he got a ridiculously wide range of draft expectations from the middle of the first round to the undrafted.

Liu Xiu didn't know which pick she would be selected, and she was even prepared to lose the selection, keeping her expectations to the minimum.

He even felt that he could get the draft expectations in the middle of the first round because the league selected him into the small green house.

Therefore, he chose to watch the draft with the mentality of watching the crowd. Even if he was not selected, or the pick was too late and was not taken seriously, at least he spent a few days in vain. In the draft, the treatment is much better than other low-ranking rookies.

"The young year of the draft may be a real gamble on me. The 03 class is a bit difficult..."

"If you are lucky enough to be selected, you will play in the summer league. If you are guaranteed in the first round, you don't have to worry so much. If you lose in the second round... one step at a time. '

After Anthony, Bosh and Wade were drafted fourth and fifth, respectively.

Bosh was selected by the Raptors with the fourth overall pick. The rookies on the scene were not surprised, but the Heat did not choose Chris Kaman!

In the trial training stage, Pat Riley caught Bosh, Kaman, and Hinrich and praised him to the sea. The next Garnett, the next Mourning, the next Stockton... People think that the Heat One of these three will be selected, among which Kaman has the highest voice for the top five picks. In the earliest prediction, Kaman may even be selected for the top three picks.

Wade, although not as well-known in the United States as Milicic, is expected to be around tenth in the draft.

However, there was an astonishing move by the Pistons in front. Wade was selected with the fifth overall pick, which did not cause much disturbance, but was an upset.

Immediately afterwards, Kaman, who thought he was going to join the Heat, was selected with the sixth overall pick, and Kirk Hinrich, another rookie who wanted to join the Heat, was selected by the Bulls with the seventh overall pick.

Liu Xiu saw Hinrich walking on the stage shaking hands with David Stern and kept staring at Wade...'No wonder he caught Wade and beat him to death when he got the chance...'

Liu Xiu thought of the first round of the playoffs of the 06-07 season in the original time and space, when the defending champion was swept and bloodbathed, Hinrich thus won a five-year 5 million contract that he shouldn't have gotten with his strength.

Immediately afterwards, the Bucks took TJ-Ford with the eighth pick.

The Bucks, who failed to agree on a contract extension with Payton, would definitely choose TJ-Ford or Hinrich if they had a chance. At the beginning, the Bucks’ goal was not TJ-Ford, but TJ-Ford actually fell to the eighth pick. , naturally to win.

The Knicks selected Georgia State's Michael Sweetney with the ninth overall pick.

The Wizards took another Georgia State talent, Jarvis Hayes, with the [-]th overall pick.

Liu Xiu has the impression of these two people. In the top 16, their opponent Syracuse University defeated was the Georgia State University Bulldogs. This team has many talented players who may enter the NBA. Georgia Tech is strong.

With the deepening of the draft, the remaining members of the Little Green House who were not selected no longer care about the number of picks, and no longer feel upset that they were not selected in a higher pick. name.

They've panicked, the problem is they haven't been chosen yet!

Liu Xiu knows that the 03 rookies can be called the platinum generation, purely relying on the first few picks. The top players in this rookie are top-notch, but first-class stars and ordinary starting-level players, compared with ordinary draft years They don't necessarily have an advantage, and they are supported purely by high-end combat power.

But at the moment, people are very optimistic about this rookie class, and their expectations are a combination of the 96th + 97th. This kind of public opinion also makes the members of the Little Green Room have high expectations for themselves.

But Milicic and Wade were selected in the top five picks. The Clippers and Bucks picked Kaman and TJ-Ford, which they didn't think they could pick. The Knicks and Wizards, they directly gave up the people they originally planned to choose, and chose the two with the best talents in people's perception.

With such a disturbance, the members of the Little Green House, who already had their own hearts in mind, didn't know where their future was headed, even though they had hoped for a higher ranking.

More than half of the 19 members of the Green Room have been selected, with Brian Cook of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Michael Pietrus of France, Rhys Gaines of the University of Louisville, Troy Bell (Boston College), Duntay Jones (Duke), Zako Kabakapa (Serbia), Aleksandar Pavlovic (Montenegro), Travis (Starkville High School, Mississippi) Outlaw, and Liu Xiu.

Among the members of the Green House who have not been selected, including Liu Xiu, there are nearly half of overseas players. In this draft, there are 5 members of the Green House who have no experience in American basketball. Except for Milicic, the rest have not been selected .

That's why Anthony couldn't even remember Milicic's name. He didn't care about those competitors who had no experience in American basketball at all.

At the No.11 pick, No.2 overseas players with no experience in American basketball were selected, and the Warriors selected Michael Pietrus from the French Baufus team.

There are only two positions left in the lottery area, and everyone is eagerly looking at David Stern who has returned to the stage again.

The name David Stern read this time was Nick Collison from the University of Kansas!
This one is not a member of the Little Green House, but he is very famous. Last year, he represented the US team in the World Championships and was beaten by various European centers...

Looking at Nick Collison who was notified and rushed from the candidate room, the members of the Little Green Room who hadn't been selected didn't have the heart to slander, and felt more and more uneasy.

Among the rookies who were drafted, who wasn't the pride of heaven in high school and college?But when it comes to the draft, these members of the Little Green House who have not been selected have already encountered the first big blow to stepping into society.

Now, there is only one lottery pick left!

It's not just a matter of face.

Lottery teams, except for the special case of the Pistons who got the unprotected pick of the Grizzlies this year several years ago, other lottery teams represent more opportunities.

The higher the pick, the weaker the team. For rookies, this is an opportunity.

Even if it's just the No.13 pick, for a rookie, there are more opportunities than teams with a lower pick.

Moreover, this year's 13th pick is not in the hands of the Rockets, which has 45 wins and a basically neat starting lineup, but in the hands of the Grizzlies, which originally drew the second pick!
Compared with Francis, Mobley, and Yao Ming of the Rockets, Gasol, Battier and others of the Grizzlies are obviously more bullying.

The rookies who were selected into the small green room all regard themselves as future superstars.

What happened to the 13th pick?Still want to be a superstar!
Soon, a few minutes passed, and David Stern returned to the stage again.

When he opened the envelope and saw the name, his hands shook, and the smile that emerged was not the official smile, but unstoppable joy.

Under the expectant eyes of the members of the Little Green Room who have not yet been selected, David Stern quickly calmed down his emotional fluctuations, but his voice was obviously louder: "Ladies and gentlemen, the 2003 NBA Draft, The Memphis Grizzlies' No. 13 pick was..."

The members of the Little Green Room who have not been selected are particularly focused, and many of them keep chanting their names, more nervous than any of the previous picks.

Even Liu Xiu started to pay attention this time... Looking around at the members of the Little Green House who have not been selected, he really can't remember who the No. 13 pick is, but this pick is always very good. special.

The corner of David Stern's smiling mouth unconsciously ticked up again, and continued: "...Chinese players from Syracuse University, come on!"

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(End of this chapter)