Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 406 International Player Year

The first major event of the offseason is naturally the 2011 NBA Draft. On June 6, local time, the 24 NBA Draft was held at the Prudential Center Arena in Newark, New Jersey, and was broadcast nationwide by ESPN.Abby did not go to the scene with ESPN, she still stayed in Portland to accompany Ye Feng to watch the live broadcast of the draft.

In fact, this year's draft is not much for Ye Feng to pay attention to. After all, UCLA only produced one Honeycutt, and he was considered to be selected in the second round. The success rate of the round picks is relatively higher, and it is not heard that any team is interested in Honeycutt.However, watching the draft is already a habit of Ye Feng, he can easily see his shadow in the "Little Green Room" players.

This year's NCAA championship is the University of Connecticut, and their top star Kemba Walker also participated in this year's draft. The MOP of the Final Four is considered to be selected among the top ten picks in the first round.The big winner among the players should be Brigham Young University pitcher Jimmy Fredette, who alone won seven awards including the Wooden Award and the Naismith Award. Reddette has also emerged as a hot rookie.

The Cavaliers who lost James won this year's No. 17.5 pick, which may be the league's compensation for them.In the draft, the Cavaliers selected first-year point guard Kyrie Irving from Duke University, who averaged 3.4 points, 4.3 rebounds and [-] assists per game in the NCAA.This point guard who is very skilled in dribbling is considered to be the core player of the Cavaliers' reconstruction. It seems that the Cavaliers' management thinks so too. After all, they need a younger core player after James leaves.

The No. 19.5 pick is University of Arizona wing Derek Williams, a three-and-done guy and the best player in the Pac-8.3 this season.This season, Williams averaged 59.5 points and [-] rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was as high as [-]%. How to be liked, another wing player can be regarded as making up for the team's lineup.

The Jazz, who lost the two cores of Deron and Boozer, selected Turkish center Ines Kanter with the third overall pick. In 2008, Kanter played for the Turkish powerhouse Fenerbahçe, but he didn't get much playing time. After playing in the European U2009 Championship in 18, Kanter gave up Fenerbahce and Olympiacos to enroll in Stoneridge High School in Simi Valley, California, where he played high school basketball for the 2009-10 season.

On April 2010, 4, in the 7th Nike Basketball Summit, although the international team lost 13 to 97 to the US team, Kanter scored 101 points and 34 rebounds, breaking the 13-year-old Novi Ski's international player scoring record (12 points) set in 1998. On April 33, 2010, Kanter decided to enter the University of Kentucky to play.However, because of receiving funding from Fenerbahce, Kanter was disqualified by the NCAA to represent Kentucky. After the retrial in 4, the NCAA Student Athlete Reinstatement Committee permanently disqualified Kanter from competing in the NCAA. As a last resort, he chose to directly Enter this year's draft.

坎特在第三顺位被选中仿佛预示着国际球员在今年选秀大会上的兴起，在他之后，骑士在第4顺位选择了来自德克萨斯大学但却是纯正加拿大人的特里斯坦·汤普森；猛龙在第5顺位选择了来自立陶宛的大个子内线约纳斯·瓦兰丘纳斯；奇才在第6顺位选择了来自捷克的侧翼摇摆人简·维塞利；国王在第7顺位选择了出生于刚果、在西班牙开始职业生涯的中锋俾斯麦·比永博；森林狼在第20顺位选中了瓦兰丘纳斯的老乡、立陶宛内线多纳塔斯·莫泰尤纳斯；火箭在第23顺位选择了出生于黑山共和国但却加入了西班牙国籍的大个投手尼古拉·米罗蒂奇……

Not counting the foreign players selected in the second round, nor Tristan Thompson, who has an American basketball background, there are actually 30 international players among the 6 rookies in the first round, accounting for a full fifth. It can be said that It's an international player year.And their picks are not low. Among the top ten picks below Kanter, there are four international players, and Thompson is half of them. This ratio may also be among the best in NBA history.

Perhaps due to Miller's aging, the Blazers used their 21st overall pick in the first round to select fourth-year combo guard Nolan Smith from Duke University as a supplement to the team's back line.I am not surprised that the team chose Ye Feng. Smith has excellent height and wingspan, as well as enough knowledge of the game and comprehensive skills. It is not bad for the Blazers to select him in this position. Yes, now they don't have the energy to wait for young players to continue to grow. After all, as a young championship team, they only want to put a few more championship trophies in the honor showroom.

The high-profile Fredette was finally selected by the Kings with the 10th overall pick in the first round. Originally, the pick came from the Bucks, but before the start of the draft, the Kings got the 19th pick through a three-way deal with the Bobcats and the Bucks. The specific content of the transaction is: The Bucks sent Maggette, Salmons and the 19th overall pick in exchange for Stephen Jackson, Udrih, Livingston and the 7th overall pick; Jackson, Livingston and No. 7 pick in exchange for Maggette and No. 10 pick; Kings trade Udrih and No. [-] pick for Salmons and No. [-] pick picks.

Ye Feng's younger brother, a wing player from UCLA, Honey Carter, finally fell to the 35th pick in the second round, and he will also go to Sacramento to join the Kings.Seeing his junior fell to the second round, Ye Feng was filled with emotion. Thinking back to the group of UCLA players, Westbrook was the fourth pick in 2008, Love was the fifth pick, and he was the sixth pick. , although there is no player with the top three picks, it is also the best result of UCLA players in recent years.Unexpectedly, after three years, there was only one candidate, and they fell into the second round. Compared with the 2008 draft, how can we not feel emotional?
Originally, after the draft, it was your turn to play the free agent market, but just as the head coaches and general managers of 30 teams were gearing up to upgrade their respective team lineups, a sudden change happened...

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