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Chapter 273
The scouts watching the game were a little stunned. In their previous understanding, they believed that Griffin and Thabeet had all the physical conditions to become superstars, but now compared with the authentic superstars, their physical talents seem to be inferior. It's not very attractive. Everyone seems to have flaws that can be targeted. Griffin's wingspan is too short, and Thabeet's ability to fight is really poor.

Bai Warcraft received the ball that fell from the net angrily, threw the ball hard and started a fast break.

He doesn't think that his physical condition is not as strong as Totoro's. The only difference may be that the opponent has undergone a year of training in the nba system, but he has not. When he trains hard for a year under the same conditions, his strength will not worse than anyone.

At the same time, Griffin also knows where his strengths are, that is, his ability to run up and hit the basket is unstoppable, especially in fast breaks, as long as he can give himself three or four steps to start, no one can stop him .

The five members of the red team rushed towards the half court like a tide. They communicated with each other a few times. Finally, James Harden saw Griffin running from the diagonal stab to the basket, and he threw the ball lightly with his ape arm. Griffin watched the basketball and jumped up, ready to perform a ground-breaking alley-oop dunk on the blue team's basket.

Jordan Hill jumped up and wanted to block the shot, but this time he was destined to be unable to stop Griffin, because although Jordan Hill had good consciousness and played hard, there was a talent gap between him and Griffin that was visible to the naked eye. In terms of explosive power, bounce, and speed, Jordan Hill, who is pure black, can't compare with Griffin, who is white on the outside and black on the inside. Griffin is ready to dunk the opponent.

It's just that the basketball didn't reach Griffin's hands.

Because Totoro cut off his beard in front of Griffin in advance, others did not see when Totoro moved over, but he used a faster bullet speed and a higher wingspan to point the basketball ahead of Griffin. Fei destroyed it, and then took out the basketball after grabbing the second landing point, allowing the opponent to stage a wonderful off-the-ball alley-oop.

"Hold the grass! Is this guy so defensively aware?"

The scouts and the team manager were stunned, but they also knew that they were here to observe a few rookies today, not Totoro. The previous ball has fully reflected Harden's overall view and Griffin's historic outbreak Ability, if it weren't for Chinchilla to see through the sabotage in advance, the red team would definitely be able to score this time.

Just as Totoro got the basketball, DeRozan, who is the most active in the blue team, has already rushed into the opponent's three-second zone. Totoro threw the ball forward with one hand, and the basketball instantly crossed Flying out of his penalty area at a distance of 10 feet, he flew through the crowd as if equipped with infrared guidance and flew into DeRozan's hands. The black and thin guy took a step forward after getting the ball, his legs Flying up like a spring, this guy actually showed off his dunk this time, his front and rear legs lunged in the air, his body stretched, his waist leaned back, giving people the illusion that he was walking in the air .

Half a second later, DeRozan slammed the ball into the basket with his left hand. This was a powerful tomahawk dunk. He stretched the air very well. The range is also large enough, and the last dunk is also very fierce. If it is placed in the dunk contest, it will definitely be a slam dunk with more than 45 points.

"Okay, your dunk is very beautiful, are you interested in performing in the dunk contest next year?"

My Neighbor Totoro praised DeRozan who returned to defense. He praised it from the heart, but what he didn't expect was that there is nothing in this world that is more inspiring than idol inspiration?

The players of the blue team became more excited. It was often seen that Hill, who was nearly a head shorter than Thabeet, desperately used his foot power to drive Uncle Mu out of the penalty area. He gritted his teeth and used his bones to harden Griffin, who was a circle wider than him. Jennings and Curry, who were not good at defense, also entangled Harden and Flynn. The effort is to block three mature rookie Evans who wants to break through him to prove himself, two big caps and a bloody cap that wants to dunk but was directly pressed on the floor by Totoro. Tell Evans He is thinking too much.

With Curry and Jennings hitting three-pointers one after another, Chinchilla also tried to shoot a few three-pointers outside, and the result was a 4-for-3. Not yet, but there is always the hope of covering it. The three-pointer of Totoro is a bit desperate. The height of 2 meters in shoes is already equivalent to another "Yao Ming" among outside players, and Dragon The cat's arms are long, and the release point is so high that the defensive players are overwhelmed. In addition, he does not shoot from the spot like other big men but pulls up jumpers, which makes it even less disturbing.

Chinchilla's three-pointer, you can only pray that he doesn't feel good, otherwise, if the three-pointer wants to shoot it, it will be a disaster for any team.

The 10 minutes were over quickly, and the red team was pressed on the floor by the blue team, their noses and faces bruised and swollen. Although everyone knew that this was the result of chinchillas' intrusion, logically speaking, a sophomore in nba and a soon-to-be The gap between them who became nba freshmen should not be that big.

Otherwise, what are the first-year and second-year groups for the Rookie Challenge?Chinchilla can crush them partly because they have one more year of NBA experience than them, but most of them are crushed by talent. Chinchilla is the championship with Yao Ming at the beginning. Can these rookies do it?

After the training game, Totoro left his autograph for several rookies, and then he left the arena. New York is a financial metropolis in the United States. Like Los Angeles in the west and Washington in the center, it is a must for tourists who come to the United States. When he came to the draft last year, the restless Totoro didn’t have the heart to take a good look around the city, but now he has plenty of time, such as the American Museum, the Statue of Liberty, and Wall Street. He can only watch it on TV, now that he has the chance, why doesn't he experience it for himself?

June 6th arrived as scheduled. Morey and Rockets coach Adelman also arrived in New York one day earlier. After meeting with Totoro, the three of them went together to participate in the 25 draft.

Adelman was still thinking about what kind of rookie he should use the remaining draft picks in his hands. If the big waves can find a jade like Totoro, wouldn't the Rockets be even stronger?But when the old coach saw that Totoro's tendons were half a circle stronger than last season, Adelman felt that he was really confused.

There is already such a talented and hardworking star in his team, what is he still thinking about?Chinchilla is the core that can be used for 15 years, and all other rookies cannot be compared with him.

Following the parallel history, although Totoro abused Griffin and Thabeet in the training game, Griffin and Thabeet were picked up by the Los Angeles Clippers and the Memphis Grizzlies as the No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick respectively. Although they were abused, they were only taught by the FMVP. They are still the top rookies in this class, and their agents have greeted the team in advance and made a verbal contract, unless there are some special circumstances. Otherwise, the team will not violate the agreement.

The Hornets picked up the Spanish golden boy Rubio, who has always been inconspicuous but famous in the NBA, at the third place. Although he is expensive, Rubio and his son are not satisfied with the result. Rubio originally planned to go to the They play in a big city team in the nba, but New York's draft pick is here with the Rockets, and the Lakers' draft pick is too late, so they are going to settle for the next best thing and go to a championship team to develop, Rubio His agent team has been communicating with the Rockets, hoping that the Rockets can use the Knicks' third pick to select Rubio, and Morey also verbally agreed.

But who knows that at the last minute, the shrewd Morey still used this draft pick as a bargaining chip in exchange for Chris Paul, which made Rubio and his son very angry, but think about it, one is Houston, an industrial city with a strong atmosphere for winning the championship, and the other It was New Orleans, which had just been hit by a hurricane and the people were struggling to survive. It was like a world and a world, and the gap between them was too big.

The Thunder picked Harden at the No. 17 pick, and the King picked Evans at the No. 15 pick. Totoro was already wearing headphones and lying on a stool listening to music. Although the Rockets still have a first-round pick Not very low, 5 can be regarded as a middle position in the first round, but the draft is too boring. After David Stern announces his name in his half-dead voice, there will be a short documentary on him, and In my own acceptance speech, it takes about 1 minutes to select one of the top 7 rookies on average. Although the progress will be faster later, it will take at least 40 minutes to wait until the Rockets choose in the [-]th round.

After Totoro listened to a few popular Chinese songs on the Internet, Morey who was next to him suddenly patted him, and then handed Totoro a list, a piece of white paper and a pen.

The list is full of the names of this year's draft players. Among them, the selected ones have been crossed out by Morey with a pen, and the top of the paper is blank. Obviously, it is for Chinchilla to compare the names of the unselected players on the list.

Originally, this was not the job that Totoro should do. Even if the boss handed over this right to Totoro, Adelman and Morey would not feel comfortable, but now it is the decision made by Morey and Adelman after independent discussions. Giving this year's draft work to Totoro, Totoro will not have any scruples.

I glanced at the list, and there are still James Johnson, Jrue Holiday, Ty Lawson, Darren Collison, Ty Gibson and other unknown players on the list. Totoro, who is familiar with the future, knows these Players seem to be good players, but they also have their own flaws. Totoro took a few glances and found that the draft is really not a simple matter. The players of your own team are the work that scouts, coaches and managers can all work together to complete.

Each team has 5 minutes for the draft, but Totoro didn't hesitate for too long. Wearing casual clothes, Totoro stepped onto the draft stage.

The few players who were still sitting in the small green room and the rookies sitting in the audience all looked forward to Totoro, especially the power forwards, small forwards and shooting guards. They all knew the big money that shocked the league not long ago. In the transaction, I also know that what the Rockets lack is the backup swingman and power forward players. They are more likely to be selected by the defending champion than people in other positions.

Those rookies who enter the lottery are not necessarily lucky. Many top picks in history may not be able to play well in the league, let alone win a championship ring. The rookies are much happier, because they may get an honor that 90% of the players in the league can't get.

As soon as Totoro came on stage, he immediately attracted a lot of people's attention. Not only did he have the skills of an NBA star, but he also had the looks of a Hollywood star. The figure of a basketball player and his peak appearance immediately attracted countless people's attention. Countless New York Knicks fans also formed a group and shouted the slogan of bringing Totoro back. They all wore their own special Knicks jerseys with Totoro’s name and number printed on them, because they were selected at this time last year. Totoro, and then traded it out with his own hands.

Totoro waved politely at the Knicks fans. He actually didn’t hate joining the New York Knicks last year, but this kind of thing can’t be decided by the fans and himself. Now that he has achieved such great success in the Rockets, this will Son, he is not going to change anywhere.

The hearts of the rookies waiting in the audience were hanging in their throats instantly, especially Gibson from the University of Southern California. He and Totoro were college comrades last year. At that time, Totoro was a freshman. And he is already a veteran who has been fighting in the ncaa for three consecutive years. As the president of the University of Southern California basketball team, it may be the difference between black people and white people. I complained about Totoro when the NCAA lost last year, but now it's only been a year and things have changed. He is the hottest superstar in the league, and he is just a No. 17 round.

Totoro handed the list to David Stern. The old man smiled kindly at himself. This is the second time he has seen this old man in two months. The last O'Brien Cup was also David Stern. Stern handed it to him, and Chinchilla always felt that the old man seemed to have a special affection for him. This made Chinchilla feel cold, and he was not a rabbit.

David Stern turned over the list, then cleared his throat and read.

"The Houston Rockets' pick in the 17th round is Tai Gipson from the University of Southern California!"

(End of this chapter)