Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 302 Repaired
On June 6, local time in the United States, the 24 NBA Draft officially kicked off at Madison Square Garden, home of the Knicks.

值得一提的是，在选秀大会开始之前，除了乐透抽签以外，上赛季战绩相同的球队先进行了抽签，从而决定彼此之间的选秀顺位。同为53胜29负的三支球队顺序为：爵士、老鹰、掘金；同为50胜32负的四支球队顺序为：凯尔特人、马刺、雷霆、开拓者；同为40胜42负的两支球队中，灰熊排在猛龙前面；同为29胜53负的快船排在尼克斯之前；同为27胜55负的76人排在活塞之前；同为26胜56负，勇士顺序优于奇才。

而14支乐透签也已经确定，东部第14位、26胜56负的奇才拿到了状元签，东部第13位、27胜55负的76人拿到了榜眼签，东部第15位、12胜70负的篮网拿到了探花签。其余4号签到14号签分别归属于森林狼、国王、勇士、活塞、快船、爵士、步行者、黄蜂、灰熊、猛龙和火箭。其实像火箭这种在没进季后赛的球队中战绩第一的球队是很吃亏的，基本上只能拿个乐透区的末位签，毕竟他们得到状元签的概率是0.5%，真要拿到那是很逆天的。

Ye Feng is not very interested in this year's draft. First, the team's draft pick position is not very good. Second, there are no outstanding UCLA players participating in the draft this year. It is estimated that the possibility of losing the draft is relatively high.But even so, he took the time to watch ESPN's live broadcast of the draft at home. Those college players with young faces in front of the camera looked vaguely like him back then.However, Ye Feng also forgot that he himself was just a rookie in the class of 2008, and he just finished his second season of professional career, but he always had an illusion, as if he had played in the league for a long time.

At the draft meeting, Stern opened the envelopes of the teams one by one, read out the names of all-powerful or unknown in college, and then hugged and took photos with the players on stage one by one.These are the things that the leaders of the league do every year. No one will pay special attention to them. Everyone's eyes are on the selection of each team, especially the team with high draft picks.Although the "Blue Devils" Duke won the 2010 NCAA championship, there were no outstanding players in their team. Instead, the University of Kentucky, which was eliminated in the quarterfinals, gained more favor.

With the first pick, the Wizards did not hesitate to choose John Wall, the super point guard of the Kentucky Wildcats;

With the second pick, the 76ers picked Oden's younger brother, Ohio State guard Evan Turner;
With the third overall pick, the Nets chose Georgia Tech power forward Derek Favors;

With the fourth pick, the Timberwolves selected Wesley Johnson, who had a relationship with Ye Feng once. This gentleman originally played for Iowa State University, but transferred to Syracuse University in 2008. He didn't announce his participation in the NBA until this year. Draft;

With the fifth pick, the Kings selected another Kentucky player, DeMarcus Cousins, who is also the inside core of the Kentucky Wildcats;
With the sixth pick, the Warriors selected Baylor University's small forward Ai Pai Udo;
With the seventh pick, the Pistons selected Georgetown University insider Greg Monroe;

With the eighth pick, the Clippers chose Paul and Duncan's younger brother, Al Fanuk Aminu from Nigeria;
With the ninth pick, the Jazz chose the white forward Gordon Hayward of Butler University, which can be regarded as the appearance of this year;
For the tenth pick, the Pacers chose Paul George of Fresno State University, the only player in the top ten who did not play in the NCAA Division I;

With the 11th overall pick, the Hornets selected University of Kansas center Cole Aldridge;

With the 12th pick, the Grizzlies also selected guard Xavier Henry from the University of Kansas;

With the 13th pick, the Raptors selected power forward Ed Davis from the University of North Carolina;

With the 14th pick, the Rockets chose another player from the University of Kentucky, power forward Patrick Patterson;

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The Trail Blazers really couldn't choose any good players for the two picks. They chose shooting guard Elliott Williams, who first joined Duke and then moved to Memphis, with the 22nd pick in the first round. Amon Johnson, a combo guard from the University of Nevada, was selected for the first place. It can be seen that the team was really frightened by Roy's intermittent injuries. The only two draft picks actually selected two guards in a row.However, after the draft, the Blazers quickly exchanged the 34th overall small forward with the Minnesota Timberwolves who played only a few games last season, and was also Johnson's teammate Luke Babbitt.

So far, the Blazers' operations in this year's draft are all over. Although Williams, Johnson and Babbitt don't know what they can do in their rookie season, it is better than nothing, as long as they can play when needed. Players can do it for a while.Basically, a team like the Trail Blazers that has a chance to hit the championship will choose one of two paths, either to search for superstars to enhance their strength, or to maintain the status quo and tap their potential.

Although many teams would choose the former, the Blazers chose the latter this time.First of all, their opponent in the Finals, the Celtics, is already an extremely old team. As the Big Three get older, this may be their last championship in Boston. Secondly, most of the Blazers' players are quite young. Although Miller is a bit old at the starting point guard position, after Roy and Oden returned from injury, the team's second to fifth positions all They are all talented young people who are still far from reaching their peak.

Most importantly, the Eastern Conference has greatly strengthened itself this summer, while the Western Conference has correspondingly weakened.When the Lakers and Celtics are both starting to age, the league has begun to enter the era of all heroes. This is good news for the Blazers. With their current lineup and their magical performance last season After entering the finals, who can guarantee that they can't make further progress on this basis?

(End of this chapter)