I’m Really Playing Basketball

On June 28, 2006, the NBA Draft kicked off on time at Madison Square Garden in New York.

Chen Xiao was absent from this year's draft for the first time since entering the NBA.

In 2002, he ran for office himself.

In 2003, he assisted Xiao Zhan and Xiao Tiantian in their election.

In 2004, he assisted Xiaopao in the election.

In 2005, he assisted Xiao Zhu in the election.

Although there are some Chinese players participating in the election this year, and there will definitely be more and more in the future, Chen Xiao will not go to every one of them. At least, you must be an acquaintance of Chen Xiao, right?

In fact, there is also an acquaintance of Chen Xiao in this year's NBA draft, and that is Novak, Chen Xiao's "brother and brother".

Novak, who often had three-point contests with Chen Xiao in the training ground and beat Chen Xiao to death, will participate in the draft this year. However, this NCAA superstar was not invited to the Little Green Room, so Chen Xiao will also There's no need to go to New York.

Although Novak is the NCAA's three-point champion and a superstar, the draft is not necessarily based on your NCAA greatness. In the final analysis, the draft is based on your future potential.

It is almost obvious to the naked eye that Novak does not have a good future in this regard.

Novak is the kind of player who adds all his extra points to three-pointers.

In the past and this year's NBA draft, one of the biggest attractions has always been the "male model team" led by Chen Xiao. This year's draft, whether it is the audience in front of the TV or David Stern in the stands, watching Until that familiar figure didn't appear, I felt like there was something missing in this year's draft.

Looking at the young men sitting at the round table in the small green room under the stage, David Stern also had a smile of memory on his face.

Four years ago, he welcomed the young people of 2002 here.

Like the young people of this generation, the young people of that generation are also called the young generation in the draft.

Among the young people of that generation was Yao Ming, the favorite of the number one international player, and this time it is Bargnani.

Among the young people of that generation was Larry Bird Jr. and Chen Xiao, who was recognized by Jordan, while this time it is Morrison.

In that class, there was Wade, who was considered to be invincible, and in this class, it was Gay.

In that class, there was Ron Howard, who was considered both offensive and defensive in Payton Jr., and this class also had Tyrus Thomas in Marion Jr., who was considered both offensive and defensive.

That class had an NCAA invincible Jay Williams, and this class also had an NCAA invincible point guard Randy Foye.

How similar it is.

Four years have passed. The 2002 rookie, who was once a rookie in that draft, has now contributed 2 regular season MVPs and 2 finals MVPs to the NBA, three first-teamers, and six All-Star players.

Chen Xiao, Wade, Ron Howard and Yao Ming, who were once considered the most mediocre generation, have now all grown into NBA Optimus Primes, superstars, and superstars.

Once considered the most mediocre generation, there are now six NBA team leaders including Chen Xiao, Wade, Ron Howard, Boozer, Jay Williams, and Stoudemire.

This so-called most mediocre generation is not inferior even when compared with any draft year.

After all, it’s only been four years!

Even in 1984 and 1996, they were unable to completely take over the entire NBA in four years.

And this season, with Wade and Yao Ming leading the Heat to the Finals, with Ron Howard leading the Spurs to the Finals, and with Chen Xiao defeating the 73-win Bucks.

After this season, many people say that the NBA will enter an era where the 2002 rookies will dominate the NBA.

It doesn’t matter whether this statement is right or wrong, or whether it is just sensationalism.

For David Stern, that's a statement he likes.

This shows that everything is possible in the NBA!

Even if you are considered mediocre, you can still be mediocre, as long as you have enough dreams and hard work!

Therefore, no matter how mediocre this year's draft players are, the smile on David Stern's face is gentle and warm.

Because they may be another 2002 rookie who surprises him.

Of course, the rookies sitting in the little green room certainly don't know what David Stern is thinking.

However, the smile on David Stern's face cannot be deceived.

They could see that the president welcomed them.

Adam Morrison, Tyrus Thomas, Rudy Gay, Aldridge, Bargnani, Roy, Randy Foye, Marcus Williams, Rodney Cane, Sheldon Williams Si, Patrick O'Bryant, Cedric Simmons, Ronnie Brewer, Hilton Armstrong.

These four Little Green Room players who were officially invited by the NBA, in David Stern's loving eyes, seemed to see that the future of the world belonged to them.

To be honest, since the 2002 rookie class successfully counterattacked and led the team to win three championships in the past four years, this has been a huge incentive for NBA rookies.

It has to be said that the 2002 rookies headed by Chen Xiao did bring the light of dreams to many subsequent rookies.

Four years ago, who would have thought that Chen Xiao would become the first player in the NBA?

Four years ago, who would have thought that Wade would become the MVP and the leader of a championship team?

Four years ago, who would have thought that Yao Ming would become FMVP?

Four years ago, who would have thought that Ron Howard would become a first-team defense?

Four years ago, the nation's most recognized rookie was Jay Williams!

As long as you can enter the NBA, you have the opportunity to change everything and hold the whole world in your hands!

And the fact that they can sit here means that their talents are not much worse than Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, Wade and Ron Howard.

So, everyone is looking forward to it at this time.

Of course, Chen Xiao is also looking forward to it at this time.

After all, David Stern has already put out the envelope for the No. 1 pick.

When David Stern took out the envelope, almost everyone's focus turned to the small round table in the middle of the little green room, where Morrison sat.

With Sonics general manager Rick Sund's "selling Jordan" operation, Morrison's No. 1 pick position is really stable.

Even if the Sonics can't use him, the Sonics will still choose Morrison.

As long as you get Morrison in your hands, there will naturally be teams willing to offer him a price.

Of course, at this time, fans and viewers didn't know that the Sonics had traded the No. 1 pick to the Celtics.

On the morning of the draft, after Jordan found out that the Sonics had traded the No. 1 pick to the Celtics, Uncle Joe was absent-minded for a long time, feeling as if his soul had been sucked out of him.

"Chen, I feel like I've lost myself."

It was quite a philosophical sentence. This sentence made Chen Xiao a little confused about how to understand it for a while.

However, no matter how you understand it, you can see how much Jordan loves this person.

In fact, Chen Xiao also likes this player quite a lot.

Although his attributes are not very high, only B- for now, he is a player with very delicate skills, very elegant style of play, and even his outfit is very retro.

In him, you can see a strong NBA style of the 1980s and 1990s, and these qualities of his not only allow Jordan to see a strong shadow of Larry Bird, but also allow Jordan to see his own youth. .

So, he fascinated Jordan so much.

Losing him is like losing your own youth and years.

Therefore, even if he was not with Jordan, Chen Xiao could still feel the heart-breaking sound from a distance after David Stern took out the envelope and read out that person's name.

"In the 2006 NBA draft, with the first pick in the first round, the Seattle SuperSonics selected forward Adam Morris from Gonzaga University!"

There is no suspense.

The audience applauded when David Stern read Morrison's name.

Even the rookies on the scene applauded.

Morrison's strength statistics and reputation are recognized as the number one among this hot rookie.

Not to mention reputation, with Jordan’s endorsement, who can compare to Morrison?

In terms of strength data, Morrison averaged 28.1 points per game in his junior season last season, shooting 52.3% from the field and 42.8% from three-point range.

This data is incredible in the NCAA.

Therefore, he was the winner of the NCAA Wooden Award last season.

He was also a first-team All-American last season and the leading scorer last season.

Morrison's NCAA honors last season were basically equivalent to winning the NBA regular season first team, scoring champion and regular season MVP.

Saying that such a player is the first in the NCAA is no problem, right?

Nowadays, high school students are not allowed in the draft. As the first person in the NCAA to be selected as the number one pick, isn't this the most natural and acceptable thing?

Therefore, as this year's No. 1 pick, Morrison gets everyone's blessing.

Including his competitors.

If Gay takes the No. 1 pick, Aldridge and the others won't accept it.

Morrison, there is really no one who will be dissatisfied.

After Morrison was selected with the No. 1 pick by the SuperSonics, viewers across the United States soon saw the latest NBA trade information on TV.

The Boston Celtics sent Pierce to the Seattle SuperSonics in exchange for this year's No. 1 pick Morrison.

When the Celtics fans in front of the TV saw that the team sent Pierce away for Morrison, they were stunned for a moment, and everyone celebrated like crazy.

"We've got Larry Bird again!

Ha ha ha ha!

We have Larry Bird again! "

Pierce has led the Celtics in recent years with some personal data but no team record, which has long made local Celtics fans impatient.

Because of Pierce's background, many local Celtics fans don't like Pierce.

So much so that when the Celtics played last season, Boston Celtics fans often shouted, ‘Go back to Los Angeles! '

Now Pierce is finally out.

Now, Celtics fans are finally happy. This is their happiest moment after losing Duncan and Nowitzki.

For a time, Celtics general manager Danny Ainge was praised by everyone in Boston.

At this time, Angie, who was being praised by Boston fans in front of the TV, looked a little ugly.

It's not the outcome he wanted, but like others have said, when he has the No. 1 pick, there's no reason why he can't draft Morrison this year, he's the No. 1 guy in the NCAA, he's Larry Bird II, What reasons do you have to convince celebrities and fans not to choose Morrison?

If you tell the Celtics stars and fans that our No. 1 pick is not Morrison, but Gay, Aldridge and Bargnani, then you should not appear on the streets of Boston this summer.

If Morrison succeeds in the NBA in the future, you should never appear in Boston again in your life.

Therefore, Ainge really doesn't want this year's No. 1 pick. He would even trade Pierce for the No. 2 pick and let Morrison be selected by other teams.

However, as long as the Cardinal is around, he can't just doodle on the Celtics.

He has neither the ability nor the right to choose the No. 1 pick instead of the No. 2 pick.

While the entire Boston fans were going crazy for Morrison and cheering for the team, no one cared about Pierce's mood when he was suddenly traded away.

When your loyalty is no longer valued, then all you can have is yourself. You don’t need to be loyal to anyone. The only person you need to be loyal to is yourself.

In that moment, Pierce figured it out.

He no longer has the heavy burden of reviving a great team on his shoulders. Who are the Celtics, who are Danny Ainge, who are Chen Xiao, Ray Allen, Kobe, Iverson, Tracy McGrady, and Carter?

He Pierce will only live for himself from now on!

Back to the draft.

After the SuperSonics selected Morrison with the No. 1 pick and traded him to the Celtics, the Wizards soon made their own choice with the No. 2 pick.

The Wizards announced they selected guard Brandon Roy from the University of Washington with the second pick.

When the second name David Stern read wasn't Gay, it wasn't Foye, it wasn't Tyrus Thomas, it wasn't Aldridge, it wasn't Bargnani, it was Roy, the whole place was in uproar.

Even Roy himself, who had always been a little paralyzed, was surprised now.

Second place?

I?

Is this a dream?

So much so that Roy, who was talking on top while wearing a Wizards hat, said thank you without even saying a word.

Because the words he prepared are useless!

Of course, the most important thing is to be confused.

In addition, I was a little stupid, so I didn't react.

Also, he really doesn't understand why the Wizards chose him.

Looking at Roy, who was always confused after being selected, Dawson, the general manager of Mosaic in front of the TV, had a very ugly look on his face.

Got robbed!

Can Mosaic's third pick be robbed? !

He previously wanted to trade down because selecting Roy with the third overall pick was too wasteful, and finally reached a deal with the Knicks to exchange the No. 3 pick for the No. 6 pick.

Now, even if he keeps the third pick, he can't select Roy!

"In the first round of the 2006 NBA draft, with the third overall pick, Houston Mosaic selected Italian big man Bargnani!"

Dawson's face was livid when he saw Bargnani becoming the third pick in front of the TV.

If he knew he couldn't draft Roy, he would never trade down the No. 3 pick to the Knicks.

Instead, he will use the third pick to select Aldridge.

Aldridge is a native of Dallas, Texas, and a local player at the University of Texas.

After Roy, Aldridge is definitely the best choice.

But, who would have thought that Roy's draft pick would be so high?

Who would have thought that the Wizards would rob?

In 2002, the Heat robbed him of Yao Ming.

In 2006, the Wizards robbed him of Roy again.

Thinking of the Wizards, Dawson had a glimmer of hope.

I hope the Wizards don't want to use it for themselves, but use it for robbery.

Don't the Wizards need a big man to partner with Kwame Brown?

Dawson had a glimmer of hope again.

When the No. 3 pick was traded, Dawson knew Aldridge had no chance with him.

A player like Aldridge may not be the No. 1 pick, but it's hard to fall outside the top five.

Sure enough, with the fourth pick, the Warriors selected Aldridge with the fourth pick.

Immediately afterwards, the Hornets selected Cedric Simmons with the fifth pick, which is considered a dark horse.

Simmons' template is Nene, with very long arms, quick movements, tough style in the paint, good at jump shots and rebounding in the paint, and has strong shot-blocking ability. The free throw form is stable and the hit rate is high. Excellent pace, wide vision, excellent passing skills.

The downside is lack of jump shot from any spot and needs to improve his shooting. The body is not strong enough, need to continue to exercise to improve.

It can be said that, in theory, Boozer is the perfect partner.

So it's understandable that the Hornets selected him with the fifth pick, because of his outstanding talent.

Immediately after the sixth pick, the New York Knicks chose Tyrus Thomas from the No. 1 pick.

After the Knicks drafted Tyrus Thomas, there was another trade on TV.

Mosaic sent Bargnani to the Knicks for Tyrus Thomas.

And just when Dawson was about to use Tyrus Thomas to ask the Wizards for Roy.

Soon, the Blazers picked Randy Foye, one of the best guards of the year, with the seventh overall pick.

At the same time, after the Blazers' selection was over, another deal was played on the TV.

The Trail Blazers announced that Foye would be sent to the Wizards, the Wizards announced that Roy would be sent to the Bobcats, the Bobcats announced that Lou Williams would be sent to the Trail Blazers, and Blatche would be sent to the Wizards.

The three teams completed a wave of young player swaps.

Dawson, who saw the deal on TV, was quite surprised.

He just wanted to ask for the price of the Wizards.

So, Tyrus Thomas got a free pick?

After the shock, Dawson quickly regained his composure.

At least Tyrus Thomas is the favorite for the No. 1 pick, and it's not a loss to get him with the sixth pick.

After the Trail Blazers, the Celtics selected Gay from UConn with the eighth pick.

This is Angie's own decision.

Selecting Gay with the eighth pick is a surprise.

With the ninth pick, it was Mosaic's turn, and Mosaic chose center Patrick O'Bryant.

After Bogut and He Shengzhen failed last season, Mosaic needs a truly promising center player.

This seven-foot tall man averaged 13+8+8 per game in the NCAA last season. He is tall and long-armed, agile and moves well. He can adapt to the rapid transition between offense and defense. He has good upper body strength and is also good at blocking shots and grabbing rebounds. And the technology is excellent.

This can be seen from the data.

The statistics of these lottery picks in college this year are quite distinctive.

With the tenth pick, the Philadelphia 76ers selected Sefolosha, the only rookie to enter the lottery without appearing in the Little Green Room.

As the rookies in the Little Green Room were selected one by one, after the Bobcats selected Ronnie Brewer with the fourteenth overall pick, Marcus Williams was the only player left in the entire Little Green Room.

After the Bobcats selected Brewer with the 14th pick, they immediately announced a deal with the Warriors.

The Bobcats sent this year's 14th overall pick Brewer and Monta Alice to the Warriors in exchange for Aldridge.

At this point, the Bobcats' first-round draft picks are complete.

Although they did not get the team's first goal, Morrison, who Jordan dreamed of, Roy, the second goal, and Aldridge, the third goal, were completed, which can be considered a success.

This time the Bobcats have three remaining targets, one is Roy, the second is Aldridge, and the third is Gay.

Because we have the 2nd and 4th picks, these three will definitely be able to get Roy. As for the two B-level targets, Aldridge and Gay, it is a choice between them.

After the Bobcats drafted Ronnie Brewer, the last remaining Green Room rookie, Marcus Williams, ended up falling to the 21st pick before being drafted by the Nets.

In the middle, the Grizzlies selected Lowry with the 17th pick, and the Timberwolves with the 20th pick selected point guard Rajon Rondo, whom Chen Xiao had not seen in the Bobcats training camp.

Because Garnett's reputation is so great among rookies, many rookies attend the Timberwolves training camp specifically to support Garnett.

Also, the Cavaliers selected Shannon Brown with the 22nd overall pick.

With the 25th overall pick, the Lakers selected Jordan Farmar.

The Heat selected Chen Xiao's beloved junior star Novak with the 29th pick.

Originally, the Bobcats wanted to draft Novak in the second round, but they knew the chance was slim.

Although Novak is not a popular rookie, he is not that far behind.

Although Novak couldn't go to Chen Xiao to receive a caning, it would be good to receive training next to his other senior, Wade.

I heard that after this year's finals, Popovich was crazy about his three-point shooting ability. This made Wade, a die-hard fan of Jordan and Iverson who has always looked down on three-pointers, have some feelings. some other ideas.

He wants to practice three-pointers.

And is there a better three-point coach in the world than Novak?

Chen Xiao thinks there should be no more.

Wade feels the same way.

Wade watched the entire scene of Novak ravaging Chen Xiao crazily.

The reason why the Spurs before the Heat did not draft Novak was because the Spurs drafted Tucker, a local Texas college player.

Tucker and Aldridge are teammates.

Also captain of the University of Texas.

Historically, the Spurs traded their first-round pick this year and failed to select Tucker.

As for the Bobcats' second-round pick this year, the player selected with the 48th pick in the second round is another player from the University of Texas, Danny Gibson.

Before the Bobcats, the Jazz selected Paul Millsap with the 43rd pick in the second round. This was also a player Chen Xiao had never seen. According to Arab League, he entered the Jazz through the back door to serve as a substitute for him.

The one who walked through the back door was Ma Long, who was his junior.

If Ah Lian hadn't mentioned this person, Chen Xiao would not have remembered his name. After all, he was a second-round pick.

After the Bobcats selected Daniel Gibson with the second-round pick, the Bobcats' draft this year is all over.

In this draft, the Bobcats took away Monta Alice, Lou Williams, Blatche, and came to Roy, Aldridge, and Gibson.

Three for three, I don’t know whether it is a success or a failure?

Whether it is success or failure, this is a matter of the future, but now...

The draft ended, and Uncle Qiao once again became the focus of the world.

"Adam Morrison? I've heard about him, but man, I'm not crying, I'm not going to cry for him, he's not Chen, I'm not going to cry for not getting any player other than Chen.

In fact, everything Rick Sand said was a lie.

I have never been that humble.

My targets in this draft have always been Roy and Aldridge.

I said, Adam is an excellent player, but we already have Granger, and we can't continue to select another player with the same function.

Therefore, what Rick Sander said is a lie.

I never wanted to get Adam.

So, that ends here.

Is this my plan to get Roy and Aldridge?

You can also understand this. "

At the end of the draft, reporters interviewed Jordan, who had lost Morrison. Jordan's words simply shocked the entire NBA!

"conspiracy!

Jordan's crazy praise of Morrison before was a conspiracy!

He is here to get Roy and Aldridge! "

For a time, the entire NBA was in an uproar.

As a rookie general manager, isn't Jordan too impressive this time?

"This pretense looks too similar!"

Almost immediately, Chen Xiao and Rick Sander subconsciously shouted this sentence.

Of course, the two words are the same, but the connotations are completely different.

ps: There is only this chapter today, and it takes a little long to write.