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Chapter 64 The Prospects of the First NBA Draft

The University of Miami Hurricanes, who sit at home, entered the state earlier than the visiting team, the George Mason University Patriots.

Anthony King and Gary Hamilton took the lead in showing their strength in the interior, and they jointly scored in the low post. Robert Hight also made a three-pointer from the outside.

On the Patriots side, only Zhou Lin hit two mid-range points.

The 8-2 start once made the home audience very excited, but within 4 minutes, the Hurricanes suddenly lost their touch and scored 1 point only by free throws.

On the other hand, for the Patriots, after the timeout, the internal and external linkages began to increase frequently. Zhou Lin and Lamar Barrett hit one and two three-pointers respectively, plus a few layups from the inside. Bian quickly opened the score.

Although the Hurricanes began to recover their touch after that, it was difficult to contain the Patriots' scoring.

In the first half, the Patriots led 56-40 by a full 16 points.

The home fans are looking forward to the Hurricanes' counterattack in the second half.

With Diaz and Hight hitting four goals, including three three-pointers, the Hurricanes got within 10 points in the early part of the off-duty period, the smallest point difference in the second half.

In this game, Blair got 22 minutes of playing time, and also injected a lot of energy into the Patriots in this game. In the critical period of the Hurricanes' start in the second half, he gave the Hurricanes core player Diaz Two key blocks completely extinguished the momentum of the Hurricanes chasing points.

Blair's wingspan, lateral speed, and tonnage are simply nightmares for small guards.

With Zhou Lin scoring 7 consecutive points in the middle of the second half, with 12 minutes left in the game, the Patriots led 79-58 by a full 21 points, and the game completely entered garbage time.

This game was similar to the game between George Mason University and Tulane University. The game did not add suspense. The Patriots continued to maintain their defensive strength until 4 minutes left in the game. With a 23-point lead, Miami took the initiative to replace the ball on the bench.

98-82, in the end George Mason Patriots took away the victory in the away game with almost no suspense.

Zhou Lin, who played only 27 minutes, was in a state of paddling most of the time, but still had a good performance of 18 points and 7 assists.

The George Mason Patriots team included Jay Lewis, Will Thomas, Lamar Butler, and Fralin Campbell, all of whom scored more than 10 points.

Five players scored in double figures, which was a team victory.

After the game, a reporter from Yahoo Sports found Zhou Lin for a brief interview.

He is Yahoo's domestic reporter based in the United States.

In fact, Zhou Lin didn't know that he was becoming more and more popular in China, and some netizens even dubbed him one of the successors of the new generation of Chinese men's basketball team, and this reporter was also because Zhou Lin participated in this game, so All the way to Miami.

One of the most important questions for reporters is whether Zhou Lin has the idea of ​​participating in the 2006 draft.

Three days ago, Yahoo Sports' list of the 2006 NBA draft ranked Zhou Lin as the fifth overall pick among international players.

The international players ahead of Zhou Lin are all top basketball talents in each country, and they all have impressive resumes.

Italy's Andrea Bargnani, who has Italian professional league experience, is 37-foot-[-], can play the four and five positions, and has a [-]% three-point shooting rate. He is hailed as the next 'Dirk Nowitzki' is also the No. [-] pick this year.

Mohamed Heaney, from Senegal, has great physical fitness and an amazing wingspan. It is said that he has reached a historical level of 7 feet 8 inches. Although his skills are rough, before the small ball era has not arrived, many players are willing to scratch the lottery on the inside players. And he's a lottery prospect.

Sapo Sefolosha is also a rising star in the Italian league. He has five years of professional career, and he is about to turn 22. He has immediate combat power and potential, and many teams are willing to bet on him.

And later history also proved that Sefoloza is indeed a high-quality role player, and has the resume of being selected to the best defensive second team.

The fourth international player is Joel Freeland from England. He is also an inside player. In fact, there is no shortage of market for European big men in the United States. After all, European big men have both high hardness and Skill, and the England big man can be expected to be picked late in the first round or early in the second round.

Zhou Lin is ranked fifth among international players, and is expected to be drafted between 35-40. Even if considering the Chinese market and Yao Ming's huge achievements in Houston, there will be many club owners, Gamble on Zhou Lin with the pick at the end of the first round.

After all, China is the largest NBA market in Asia.

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It’s not that Zhou Lin has never thought about participating in the NBA draft. Even the head coach Jim talked about it with Zhou Lin, and Coach Jim’s suggestion was to sign up to test the waters. Anyway, he can withdraw at any time before the deadline. Just be a high pick and come back.

Indeed, Zhou Lin wants to show himself on a higher stage, but he is not sure whether he will try to knock on the door of the NBA next summer.

The reporter also expressed the expectations of domestic fans for Zhou Lin.

Too many people hope that more Chinese faces will appear on the NBA stage.

Perhaps Zhou Lin will become the fifth player selected by the NBA after Song Tao, Wang Zhizhi, Yao Ming and Xue Yuyang.

Even, if Zhou Lin really participates in the election, there may be four players in China who may be selected. Of course, there are too many scenes of domestic fans YY.

Because there are rumors that Tang Zhengdong from Jiangsu will also try to hit the NBA in 2006. The latter has won the MVP of the CBA League and has the opportunity to join the NBA. However, due to the potential brought by his age, Yahoo Sports failed to rank him. Into the top ten international players.

In fact, Tang Zhengdong also failed to stand out in this year's draft.

There is also the draft that Yi Jianlian may enter the NBA, but Zhou Lin knows that Yi Jianlian will give up the draft before the 2006 deadline, and set his sights on the 07 class.

And Sun Yue, although he started preparing for the 05-06 season, he didn't really participate in the draft until 07.

2006 is a well-known draft year. Before that, there was the last draft of high school players in 2005. It was also the year of point guards in history. Later, in 2007, Gray, who had the appearance of a great emperor, Greg Oden and Kevin Durant, the favorite of the heavens, are leading the election, as well as Joakim Noah, Al Horford, Mike Conley, and many other well-known players in the United States. It is absolutely star-studded .

Entering the draft in 2006 is a wise choice if you don't have absolute confidence, avoiding a lot of strong contenders.

In the case that the level and performance have not improved too much, the pick in this year's draft will definitely be higher than the one who waited another year to participate in the 2007 draft.

Of course, Zhou Lin's expectation is the first round.

Even if it doesn't make it to the first round of the lottery.

If it is the second round, he will choose to play another year or a few years of college basketball.

You must know that becoming a first-round pick means that you will get a guaranteed four-year contract.

And it will also be the focus of training in the team.

According to technical statistics, the average career length of NBA players is only 4-5 years, and the average length of NBA careers of second-round picks is only more than one year.

You must know that most of the second-round picks signed a two-year minimum salary contract or a three-year special contract.

They didn't achieve results in the first year, and basically didn't have many opportunities in the second year. They were mixed in the development league, or even faded out of the league, and some second-round rookies didn't even have the opportunity to directly enter the NBA.

(End of this chapter)