Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 117 NBA Rookie List

The home game against the Timberwolves is Saturday, and the next game is an away game against the Magic on Monday. On Sunday, the NBA officially released the first rookie list of the 2008-09 season.Because there are many potential stocks among the rookies this year, such as Rose, Westbrook, Love, Ye Feng and others quickly became the main players of their respective teams, so the first round of the rookie list has attracted the attention of many experts and media.The rookie list is a list made by the NBA for first-year rookies. Players like Oden who missed the entire rookie season due to injury can also be selected for this list. Basically, players who have been ranked at the top of the rookie list for a long time will become the best of the year rookie.

Although Ye Feng doesn't have that much fame and fortune, but this is the biggest award he can fight for, so naturally he should pay attention to it.But in fact, as a rookie, there are no individual awards to fight for. Now is not the time for monsters to emerge in large numbers in the 70s and [-]s. Chamberlain became the scoring leader in his rookie season, and "Magic" won the Finals MVP in his rookie season. There is no possibility of copying.As a rookie who has just entered the league, the best rookie and rookie team can still compete, and the best team and best defensive team are already relatively far away.

Even so, when he saw the list, he had to sigh.To be honest, he played quite well in the first six games, averaging 17.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, a very standard 15+5+5 data, no matter how you look at it, he is the embryo of a future superstar.But there is no way, his stats are really not as good as Rose, and they are about the same as Westbrook. It is normal to be squeezed into second place in this way. It's only 3 wins and 3 losses, but it's much better than the Sonics' 1 win and 5 losses, so when he and Westbrook's statistics are hard to distinguish, put him in second place.

For such a result, Ye Feng was not surprised. For rookies, personal data is largely related to the player's status in the team.I am indeed a rookie that the Blazers management is optimistic about, and it took a lot of money to bring him back to Portland, but the team already has two rising stars, Roy and Alder, who are back from injury Oden also showed impressive strength. Basically, he is the team's No. [-] or No. [-], and he is worse than Westbrook.The Sonics chose him because they were in urgent need of a talented young point guard. Although there are still young talents like Jeff Green in the team, Westbrook, who is a point guard, is the stable No. [-] player on the team. The two are second only to Durant.

Oh, by the way, his team should not be called the Sonics. In early July, the new owner of the SuperSonics, Bennett, announced that he had paid $7 million in lawsuit compensation and moved the team to Oklahoma City.And on September 7500, he held a press conference to announce that the team changed its name to the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is also the newest team in the NBA.Although the fans were not very impressed with the team name and logo of this new team, Westbrook, who had just arrived, felt that the new name was quite domineering and very appealing to him, so he decided not to list it for the time being.

So to a certain extent, Ye Feng's second place is not only because the team's record is superior. After all, Westbrook is the point guard and holds a lot of possessions for the Thunder. It also depends on his face, but in this case, if you can't surpass Ye Feng's performance, that is the gap in strength, even if it is very small, it is still a gap.In contrast, Ye Feng was used more as an end point in the Trail Blazers. He averaged 5.5 assists per game during the rotation time. Fortunately, he did not assist for the sake of assisting. McMillan also Let him go.

Also as the team's starting point guard, Rose performed much better than Westbrook.Although there are old players like Ben Gordon and Salmons on top of their heads, the Bulls obviously want to train him as the core of the team. This is a talented player from Chicago.Of course, Rose in his rookie season is not that strong, but the data of 17.3 points, 8.2 assists and 1.5 steals per game is quite beautiful, which also makes him firmly occupy the top position of the rookie list.Ye Feng had to sigh: It's cool to be regarded as the core of the future, unlike the pioneers who hoarded a large number of talents and just waited for everyone to explode together.

Interestingly, Love, who had just suffered a defeat in Portland and was pushed to the bench by the head coach, also ranked fifth. The Timberwolves already had Jefferson as a big killer inside Under the circumstances, his performance is also remarkable.Of course, the loss to the Trail Blazers was a rare blemish. He missed all 7 shots and made 4 of 2 free throws. But isn't that what rookies are like?It's understandable to be out of whack once in a while.In fact, the Timberwolves' management is also very proud of being able to pick Love in the draft, because his technical characteristics are very suitable for partnering with a traditional insider like Jefferson. If nothing else, he and Jefferson will be an important cornerstone of the team's rise.

Between Westbrook and Love was Beasley who went to Miami, this is another acquaintance, Ye Feng still remembers the scene of Love fighting with him.Interestingly, Beasley is the only substitute player among the top five in the rookie list. In fact, there is nothing he can do if he does not play as a substitute. The Heat's captain Haslem is in the prime of life, and he plays more than 30 minutes in every game. He, a swingman at the third and fourth positions, can only spend some time off the bench.However, Beasley also has his own trump card. Compared with the captain with outstanding defense, his offensive ability is stronger and his shooting percentage is also very impressive. Slem put them on the field together and let O'Neal take a rest. The two attack and defend perfectly complement each other.

Ranked sixth to tenth are Mayo, Oden, Eric Gordon, Brook Lopez and Jason Thompson. Among them, Oden's seventh place really surprised many people.Last season, when Oden was reimbursed for the season and Durant showed super potential, many people secretly laughed at the Blazers and looked away again.Why do you say again?Well, in the 1984 draft, the Blazers missed Jordan and selected Sam Bowie. It was regarded as the biggest joke in NBA draft history, and it is still brought up to this day.So now that Oden has entered the top ten of the rookie list, he undoubtedly won a breath of relief for the team management.

However, the most eye-catching thing on the entire list is the "UCLA Three Masters", that is, the troika of UCLA in the 2007-08 season: Westbrook, Ye Feng and Love.All three of them made it into the top five of the list, and while none were able to beat Ross for the top spot, he was second.The third and fifth cannot be said to be bad.The outstanding performance of the three of them is undoubtedly the best advertisement for their alma mater. If one of them can be selected as the best rookie of the season, it will be more convenient for UCLA to recruit high school basketball stars next summer.

Fortunately, these three players are now in the West, which also greatly relieved UCLA fans, and they plan to see the UCLA troika play together again in the Rookie Challenge!If one of them goes east, their wish will come true.Indeed, it is still too early to discuss who will win the best rookie. We must seriously say that any of the top ten players has a chance to win that award. It can only be said that the top five or even the top three players have a higher chance of winning the award. Just a few.Although Rose is held in the hands of the Bulls, he has not yet been able to crush other rookies of the same class.

On the contrary, the Rookie Challenge of the All-Star Weekend has much greater public opinion than the best rookie. In fact, the All-Star voting is indeed much earlier than the selection of other individual awards.And the rookie challenge list does not require voting at all, as long as the coaching staff of the temporarily organized first-year rookie and second-year rookie teams feel that you have the ability to be selected, you can play in the rookie challenge.It just so happens that Westbrook, Ye Feng, and Love play the three positions of point guard, small forward, and power forward respectively, and there is no one who influences the other. Presumably, they can join forces again in this season's All-Star Rookie Challenge.

However, Ye Feng's thoughts did not drift to the All-Star Weekend. He felt that the most important thing right now was to play the game well, and by the way, put on a brilliant personal performance, trying to squeeze Rose out of the rookie list in the next round. . UCLA and the University of Memphis fought twice last season, each winning one and losing one. Unfortunately, the one that the University of Memphis lost was in the NCAA Finals. I think Rose is also worried about this matter, after all, they have always It is the No. [-] super team in the United States, and their failure to win the championship has indeed caused their strength to be questioned. Fortunately, he has outstanding talent and is a native of Chicago, so he was acquired by the Bulls without hesitation. But there is always a thorn in my heart.

Ye Feng wanted to beat Rose to the top of the rookie list, so why wouldn't Rose want to keep suppressing these three rookies from UCLA and win the Rookie of the Year award?But in the final analysis, all of this has to be determined by individual performance. The team's record does not add much in this regard, but Ye Feng is still very confident that he can beat Rose. You must know that he has a group of teammates who are more willing to share the ball. As for Rose, are you talking about Gordon and Luol Deng, the two big ball players?
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