Coach, I don't want to retire yet

Chapter 660 2016 Draft
Du Kang didn't actually have to choose a certain player when he came to the NBA draft this time.

This year is actually not a big year for drafting, and Du Kang is trying to see if there is a chance to pick up a bargain.

After all, the system simulation draft is indeed a very good opportunity to pick up bargains.

According to the predictions before this year's NBA Draft, Ben Simmons was basically confirmed to be the second pick, and Ingram was basically confirmed to be the first pick.

After Ben Simmons and Ingram, it's the rest.

Ben Simmons and Ingram are the two most promising rookies in this year's draft. One is James Jr. and the other is Durant Jr., which is indeed very imaginative.

However, now that James has become a rat crossing the street, Ben Simmons has also been affected. In fact, Ben Simmons does not want to create the image of Little James for himself now. Unfortunately, he was already Little James when he was very young, so even if he wants to give up this image now, he can't give it up.

Ingram is a bit interesting. In fact, it might be better for him to create a persona of Beasley Jr., Tebbit Jr., or McGrady Jr. But this young man Ingram is really stubborn. He insists on saying that he is Durant Jr., because his idol is Durant, and he learned Durant's moves and playing style.

Maybe Beasley, Thabeet, and McGrady are better now, but Durant is his favorite.

It has to be said that Ingram's personality is absolutely unique in the NBA.

However, although one is James Jr. and the other is Durant Jr., their talents are visibly incomparable to those of James and Durant.

Therefore, in this draft, Durant and James, who have 70% to 80% of their talents, will be the No. 1 and No. 2 picks. Such a weak draft year is indeed well-deserved.

There is no one who can challenge these two for the No. 1 and No. 2 picks now. According to the system's draft predictions, one ranks sixth and the other ranks ninth.

This really made Du Kang unable to hold back.

It is still incredible that neither the second pick nor the first pick in the same draft were among the top five rookies.

It can be said that this draft, although a weak year, was a Waterloo for the vision of NBA scouts, coaches, and management.

By the way, Du Kang came to the draft this time not only to watch the fun, but also to attend the draft of Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin as the head coach of the national team.

Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin, as talented inside players in China, have long been noticed by the NBA, but the two have never dared to come to the NBA to participate in the draft.

And with Xiao Ding's success, the two finally took this step.

Zhou Qi is 20 years old this year and still has great prospects, especially with Yao Ming and Abdul-Jabbar dominating the NBA. As the successor of Yao Ming and Abdul-Jabbar, Zhou Qi has great prospects in this draft and was invited by David Stern to sit in the green room.

Zhou Qi also invited Wang Zhelin and Du Kang as relatives and friends to sit with him in the small green house.

Neither Wang Zhelin nor Zhou Qi’s names are included in the system’s draft predictions.

Obviously, according to the system's ranking rules, their future achievements in the NBA will be very low.

However, Zhou Qi's current prospect seems to be lottery, while Wang Zhelin has the prospect of being in the late first round.

In the view of many domestic media experts, this is really thanks to the group of Chinese players brought up by Du Kang.

To the extent that even players like Zhou Qi and Wang Zhelin, who have never dominated the CBA, have the prospect of being selected in the first round of the NBA. This would have been unimaginable twenty years ago.

The teams that have dominated the CBA are generally just second-round prospects.

As their talents are not as obvious as Yao Ming's, the future of Wang Zhelin and Zhou Qi is only in the second round.

The same is true from the perspective of the system's draft predictions.

However, just like Ingram and Simmons can be first and second, and Bender can be in the top five, in fact, the draft, many times, does not necessarily perfectly reflect the future. After all, no matter how powerful the NBA's scouts, coaches and management are, there will be times when they make mistakes. It's just that this year, it seems that everyone has made a collective mistake.

In the 2016 draft, the Bucks got the first pick. The Nets, who had the worst record in the league, had their pick traded to the Celtics, who then traded it to the Toronto Raptors.

In the end, David Stern turned the Nets' pick into the third overall pick.

The Bucks selected Brandon Ingram with the No. 1 pick. Before the draft, the whole world knew that the Bucks had no intention of disguising their love for Ingram.

Ingram even participated in the Bucks' draft training camp, which meant very clearly that during the draft training camp, Ingram's team and the Bucks had already reached an agreement and both sides had already confirmed each other.

After being selected by the Bucks, Ingram was very excited. After all, he was the No. 1 pick. Although Milwaukee is not a good place to go, in fact, for most rookies, they are actually more looking forward to the No. 1 pick.

The meaning of the No. 1 pick is different, and Ingram knows very well that the Bucks have no one now and all the resources are his. He can do whatever he wants in the Bucks, just like his idol Durant, and use the resources of the entire team to grow himself.

"I won't say the Milwaukee Bucks are a small team, just like KD wouldn't say Seattle was a small team. They are both championship teams. KD was able to become one of the best players in the NBA from Seattle and become a two-time regular season MVP. I hope I can also get the growth I want in Milwaukee. I hope my growth can make Milwaukee shine again in the world!"

After becoming the No. 1 pick, Ingram seemed to have opened up completely.

Looking at Ingram who was extremely excited on the stage, Du Kang was also applauding. He spoke really well and it was obvious that he was sincere.

"It's hard to imagine that he would be so far down in the system. Maybe history has changed from now on?"

A player's fate in the NBA is often not static. For example, in last year's draft prediction for Ding Yanyuki, his name was not included in the system. However, if we re-rank the rookies in the 2015 draft, Ding Yanyuki's ranking would be very high.

this is the truth.

Reality is always changing, and systems are often unchanging and mechanical.

After the Bucks selected Ingram, the Pelicans selected Simmons with the second pick.

This was also determined before the draft began. Simmons did not participate in the draft training camps of other teams except the Pelicans.

The Pelicans also had no choice but to choose Simmons.

The Pelicans hope Simmons can join the team to form a backcourt duo with Jrue Holiday, one responsible for organization and the other responsible for offense.

In addition, both of them have strong ball-handling and defensive abilities, so the Pelicans' backcourt next season will be worth looking forward to.

However, compared to Ingram's excitement, Simmons' expression was a little silent. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or unhappy. It seemed more like he was just going through the motions.

After Simmons, the Toronto Raptors picked third, the pick they traded for Leonard.

After trading Leonard, the Toronto Raptors can be said to be the rich team in the draft, with many draft picks, among which the third pick is the most troubling for them.

Because Ingram and Simmons were picked third overall, the others always felt a little lacking.

Therefore, before the draft, on the one hand, they hoped to use the third pick to seek a trade to see if they could exchange it for Jimmy Butler.

The Heat will certainly not trade him. Butler is performing very well in the Heat now and is highly regarded by Pat Riley.

The third pick in a weak draft year is like trading for Jimmy Butler. What a joke!
Since they couldn't trade for Jimmy Butler, the Raptors could only see if they could use him themselves, so they tried out a bunch of forwards, guards, and swingmen in the draft training camp.

Jaylen Brown performed well. He is a small forward with excellent physical condition and explosive power. He is a scoring forward who can attack and defend.

Although the Raptors have powerful scorers like Durant, Carter and McGrady, it is currently unknown how long Durant will rest. The team lacks athletic vitality. Gay is energetic enough, but his offense still has obvious shortcomings. He can only play as a gangster, and starting will affect the space of Yao Ming and McGrady.

Brown is expected to make up for the Raptors' lack of scoring and energy.

This is actually a very good choice.

Because according to the system's prediction, Jaylen Brown is the No. 1 rookie this year.

Jaylen Brown was also very happy to be selected by the Raptors.

"I can't wait to play with TMC, KD, Vince Carter, Yao, and Chris Paul!"

For young players of Jaylen Brown's age, the Raptors are simply the strongest team of sentiment.

The current Raptors are extremely attractive to young people.

Nash, Carter, McGrady, Yao Ming, Durant, and Paul are all very popular among young people.

With the fourth pick, the Suns selected Bender, a player from Israel. This choice of the Suns was actually very surprising.

Because before the game many experts said that the Suns would choose Stoudemire Jr. and Marquese Chriss. His template is Stoudemire. He has an excellent physique and can run, jump and block shots. At the same time, he can also pull out to the outside and shoot three-pointers.

Unexpectedly, the Suns changed their mind in the end.

Of course, there is a reason why Bender can make the Suns change their minds. Bender is a power forward player who can open up space. In many ways, he is like Porzingis of the Heat. Because of Yao Ming's outstanding performance, this type of technical big man is becoming more and more popular.

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that many NBA general managers believe that Bender is actually the third best player in the draft.

Simply put, in terms of draft predictions, many people predicted that Bender would be selected by the Raptors.

In the end, the Raptors chose Jaylen Brown. Obviously, there seemed to be some changes in the middle.

Du Kang actually knew what had happened. Yao Ming and Mai Zijie went to the Suns. After watching the tryout videos of these young people, they unanimously rejected Bender.

Mai Zi and Dayao’s understanding of basketball is now definitely at the level of top scouts.

Mai Zi is different from Dayao and Jordan. They have played countless games in all aspects. Their eyes are venomous...

Let’s put it this way, when it comes to understanding basketball tactics, Yao Ming and McGrady are better than him, better than Popovich, and probably better than all NBA coaches combined.

Invincible level.

This is also the reason why Du Kang asked Nash to be the head coach of the Raptors.

The purpose is not to let Nash coach Yao and McGrady, but to let Nash learn.

And this Bender is indeed a huge counterfeit.

Because the Raptors did not select Bender, the Suns felt they had picked up a big bargain and got the third-best player with the fourth pick.

With the fifth pick, the Nuggets selected Jamal Murray.

With the sixth pick, the Pistons selected Kris Dunn. The Pistons fell into a vicious cycle of constantly selecting point guards and constantly selecting counterfeit players. Kris Dunn was also a counterfeit player in the system rankings.

With the seventh pick, the Kings selected Marquese Chriss, who was missed by the Suns.

All I can say is, what goes around comes around.

According to the system's predictions, the first seven, except Jaylen Brown and Jamal Murray, are all duds that don't match their draft picks.

This shows how much fun this year's draft is.

In the NBA, it is rare for professional scouts, coaches and management to be so inaccurate.

However, some teams still have traditions, for example, the Magic selected Sabonis Jr.

Being able to select a player who was predicted to be third by the system in a relatively late draft can only mean that the Magic have a tradition of selecting inside players.

After Sabonis was selected by the Magic with the 11th pick, Zhou Qi next to Du Kang became visibly nervous.

Because it will be his turn soon. The players in the green room are being selected one by one, and now there are not many left in the green room.

"The Utah Jazz selected Zhou Qi from China with the 12th pick in the first round!"

Without making Zhou Qi wait any longer, the Jazz selected him with the 12th pick.

When Zhou Qi heard his name, he was a little confused at first.

But soon, he stood up excitedly, hugged Du Kang, and then went upstairs wearing his hat.

Compared with Zhou Qi, Wang Zhelin is not so lucky.

A 22-year-old player whose talent seems average, it is indeed impossible for him to be selected in the first round.

Finally, Wang Zhelin was selected by the Grizzlies with the 38th pick in the second round. Being selected by the Grizzlies in the second round, Wang Zhelin's face was obviously not very happy.

By the way, the Bobcats used their first-round pick, No. 29, to select guard Malcolm Brogdon, and used the No. 30 pick in the first round in exchange for the Lakers to select Fred VanVleet.

Both of these are defenders.

And they are all defenders who can play smartly.

This is Du Kang's favorite.

Du Kang even thought about whether he could arrange a five-guard lineup for the Bobcats, each of whom would be a Jordan-like player who dared to throw the ball as soon as he got it.

The five defenders may not be used in normal times, but they are absolutely indispensable.

Whether it is VanVleet or Brogdon, they are both among the best guards this year, and Du Kang has gained a lot.

Of course, the team that reaped the biggest rewards is definitely the Raptors, who selected Jaylen Brown and Siakam, two of the top five players in this class evaluated by the system.

(End of this chapter)