I’m Really Playing Basketball

In the 2008 NBA Draft, Jordan and the Bobcats chose the strongest player in this year's draft, Rose.

Next, the Pacers selected UCLA's boss and the NCAA's No. 1 post player Kevin Love.

The Eagles selected the number one high school student of the year, OJ Mayo. Although Mayo did not play well in college, many people were still optimistic about him.

New York selected Westbrook, who competed with Rose for the top pick, with the fourth overall pick.

As the younger brother of UCLA, Westbrook was only a substitute for the team when he was a freshman. His statistics in the NCAA sophomore year were not very outstanding, but because of his outstanding performance in the national championship stage and his popularity with Rose. As a result, his draft stock rose steadily.

Although he ultimately lost to Rose as the No. 1 pick, Jordan was able to debate whether to choose him or Rose. This means that Westbrook's talent is something that even Jordan values. For such a player, to be honest, , many teams are willing to bet, not on Westbrook's talent, but on Jordan's vision.

However, the New York fans at the scene didn't care what the New York management thought. Anyway, they were supposed to be the No. 1 pick this year, but in the end it became the No. 4 pick. Rose's motorcycle became Westbrook's bicycle. Of course, they were booed. !

Therefore, when Westbrook took the stage to speak, there were applause and boos.

"I will make those who booed me today regret it!"

The stubborn lips of this young man who looked exactly like a turtle froze the entire atmosphere.

A moment later, Chris Webber, who was commentating on the draft, was excited: "I don't know if Russell believes in himself or Jordan, but I can see from his eyes that he is not an ordinary person. , his future will be very exciting!”

Not to mention Weber, Chen Xiao at the scene also thought this boy was very interesting.

The confrontation between Westbrook and the New York fans who booed him was a very interesting episode in this draft.

After this episode, the draft continued.

This year's Bobcats have a total of five first-round picks in the draft, the first, fifth, sixth, fifteenth and twenty-fifth.

Before the draft started, as far as Chen Xiao knew, all five picks were still in the hands of the Bobcats.

Chen Xiao knew that Jordan was in a very conflicted mood now.

Although it is determined that the Bucks will take the route when facing the Heat in the future, this does not mean that Jordan will give up other routes.

After all, the Heat are not the only opponent.

It's true that the Bobcats built the team with the Heat as their imaginary enemy, but if in order to defeat the Heat, the team cannot win against the Bucks, Nets and Magic, does that make sense?

It doesn't make any sense.

As a team aiming for a dynasty, it needs to have enough strength and personnel reserves to deal with all opponents.

Therefore, the Bobcats must not have fatal loopholes.

If this is the case, then the Bobcats need to make up for the team's weakest center position.

The Bobcats are in desperate need of a traditional center.

The 2008 draft was a very good opportunity.

This class has a very good reserve of traditional centers.

Although these centers will definitely not reach the level of Duncan and Ben in the future, they may not be useful against Yao Ming. To be honest, there are indeed not many insiders who are useful to the inside combination of Yao Ming and Bosh.

But, as long as it’s useful to other teams.

Anyway, if we play against the Heat, the Bobcats will go to fifth grade.

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the fifth pick in the first round, the Charlotte Bobcats selected Brook Lopez, a big man from Stanford University!"

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the sixth pick in the first round, the Charlotte Bobcats selected the big man from Stanford University, Robin Lopez!"

There are two insiders in a row, and they are also the famous Lopez brothers.

In this draft, the Lopez brothers are very popular. The eldest brother is considered to have a great chance of being in the top five. Of course, historically he has fallen to tenth, while his younger brother Lopez Jr. is considered to have a chance to be in the top five. Lotto prospects.

And now, these two brothers have been taken over by Jordan.

To be honest, the Bobcats are really hungry for talent at the center position now.

As Bynum becomes increasingly unreliable, Jordan hopes to completely solve the team's center problem in this draft.

Jordan doesn't need all the centers he selects to be talented. As long as one is talented and someone can put some pressure on Bynum, this kid won't be so jumpy.

At this time, Jordan and Chen Xiao still have no intention of trading Bynum. After all, Bynum's talent is indeed quite coveted.

The Lopez brothers were selected by NBA No. 1 Bole Jordan with such a high pick. Obviously, the two brothers at the scene were very excited. After being selected, they rushed directly to Chen Xiao to express their gratitude to Chen Xiao.

The current Bobcats are indeed quite attractive to players.

The team's boss is a selfless leader, and the world knows it.

The team's head coach is a genius. As long as you have talent, he will not bury you.

What young person wouldn’t yearn for such a team?

The Bobcats and Timberwolves have been ranked among the top two teams selected by NBA rookies for three consecutive years, beating teams from Los Angeles and Boston.

After the Bobcats selected the Lopez brothers, the Kings selected small forward Gallinari with the seventh pick. This template is the Italian model of Turkoglu and Chen Xiao.

The Warriors, on the other hand, selected outside swingman Eric Gordon with the eighth pick, which meant they would form a double-shooter with Monta Ellis on the outside.

With the ninth pick, the Boston Celtics selected Aldridge's younger brother at the University of Texas, point guard DJ Augustin. The Celtics were still quite short of point guards. Augustin is one of the best point guards in this class.

On April 3, 2008, Augustin was awarded the Bob Cousy Award by the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.

Looking at it this way, don’t you think it’s fate?

The John Wooden Award, Naismith Award, Robertson Award and Bob Cousy Award are some of the more high-end individual awards that NCAA players can receive. The other name of the Cousy Award is also called: "Best Player of the Year". Point guard".

As for the other Oscar Robertson Award named after a point guard, this one is actually the ‘NCAA Best Player’ award, which is similar to the Wooden Award, not a point guard award.

By the way, Rose was selected for the Cousy Award and the Five-Deng Award, but in the end he lost to Augustine and Hansbrough, who is a solid little prince.

There is no way, the NCAA is based on seniority. If you want to win these awards as a freshman, you need to be like Durant last season. You have no choice but to give the award to you, otherwise it will be a shady case. Although Rose was the final winner of the NCAA, his statistics in the NCAA were not very good and were considered flawed.

With the tenth pick, Mosaic selected a player of Chinese descent, Joe Alexander, whose template is Marion. Historically, he was selected by the Bucks with the eighth pick.

Watching the players in the little green room go up and down one by one, although it is not the first time that Chen Xiao has come to the draft to watch the draft, he always feels that such moments are very interesting.

Each and every one of the unbroken Hua Guduo is full of confidence and expectations for their NBA career, and each one is full of illusions about their basketball dreams.

And looking at all the new blood, to be honest, Chen Xiao is quite excited.

Of course, Hua Zai next to Chen Xiao was not so excited.

Because the Jazz are about to select someone soon. Although he has received a commitment from the Jazz, what if the Jazz suddenly changes his mind?

This is not impossible. It should be said that this is very possible. Who knows if the Jazz’s favorite player is still there?

For example, at this time, a hot rookie named DeAndre Jordan has not been drafted yet. What if the Jazz see this hot rookie fall into this position and want to draft him away?

"In the 2008 NBA draft, with the twelfth pick in the first round, the player selected by the Utah Jazz was a 19-year-old guard from China, Chen!"

When David Stern read Hua Tsai's name, he did not mention his specific position as point guard, nor did he call him by his full name. Instead, he used a very strange description.

China, 19 years old, defender, Chen!

These four labels belonged to Chen Xiao before!

Obviously, David Stern has high expectations for Chen Jianghua.

Similarly, although such a label is full of expectations for Chen Jianghua, it is also slightly disrespectful.

If it were Kobe, he would definitely say, I don’t want to be the second Jordan.

I am me, different fireworks!

It’s just obvious that Hua Tsai is not a person with the character of Mr. Ke. He does not feel that being transformed into Chen Xiao by David Stern is an insult to him. He feels that this is simply an insult to him. Praise.

In the minds of Chinese players, especially young players, Chen Xiao is not only the captain, but also an idol and a teacher. He is almost a god-like figure.

"My name is Chen Jianghua, and I am also a 19-year-old Chinese defender Chen. I know what you are thinking now. I will work hard to make my name worthy of these great labels!"

After thanking him a lot, Andy said excitedly.

There was a round of applause from the audience, but Andy on the stage calmly noticed that the people applauding him in the audience were laughing. They did not think that his performance in the NBA was worthy of what David Stern said just now. That string of labels.

Yes, the last guy who created these labels was so fierce.

Therefore, Hua Zai immediately calmed down after getting extremely excited about what these people thought.

"Brother Xiao, I've just started now!"

After Chen Xiao was stunned for a moment, he nodded approvingly.

"good."

After Hua Tsai was selected by the Jazz, Chen Xiao set his sights on the Bobcats' 15th pick.

According to Jordan's previous plan, the Bobcats shouldn't want so many young people.

But after formulating a strategy with the Bucks' five players as the core, Jordan seems to feel that the team can give some potential young players at the edge, especially the center position that the Bobcats urgently need.

"Will it still be a center forward?"

Chen Xiao looked at DeAndre Jordan, who was still sitting in the small green room next to him and was very nervous at this time, and was a little curious.

After the Hornets and Pistons, it was the Bobcats' turn.

"In the 2008 NBA draft, the first round, the fifteenth pick, the Charlotte Bobcats selected a center from Georgetown University, Roy Hibbert!"

It wasn't the D Jordan that Chen Xiao was looking at, it was Hibbert, another center with a great reputation in the NCAA.

Hibbert was not invited to the Little Green Room this year.

He was typically tricked by himself this year.

If he had participated in the draft with his teammate Jeff Green last year, he would definitely have been in the Green Room, or even ranked in the top ten. However, this year, due to the performance of the team, his draft prospects have not just dropped off a cliff, but it can be considered a serious drop. .

However, despite his serious market decline, he is still one of the best traditional centers in the NCAA.

Therefore, he was favored by Boss Qiao.

"Brother Lopez, now there is another Hibbert. Boss Joe wants to raise Gu in Bobcat, right?"

With Rose at other positions and Gibson in the playoffs, the Bobcats have no shortage of point guards. Therefore, Jordan has enough capital to cultivate the traditional center position in the team.

Lopez, Lopez, Hibbert, three centers, three completely different styles.

Chen Xiao feels that the pressure on the washing, cutting and blow-drying machine at home is a bit too great now.

Thinking of the troublesome washing, cutting and blowing, Chen Xiao also had a smile on his face.

After the Bobcats took Hibbert, the draft continued.

The Bobcats also have two draft picks, one at No. 25 in the first round and No. 55 in the second round.

As the draft continued, the number of players in the Little Green Room was actually decreasing. In the end, only D Jordan was left in the entire Little Green Room.

Observing the changes in D Jordan's expression has become the most interesting thing for Chen Xiao now.

To be honest, he was not mocking, but reminiscing.

Wasn't he in the same mood when he participated in the draft?

If it hadn't been for Boss Qiao's stick that raised his draft price, he would have been selected in the second round as well.

That suffering, how painful it is.

Therefore, although six years have passed, Chen Xiao is very grateful to Boss Qiao for driving up his price. If it weren't for Boss Qiao's price increase, how could he have been ranked seventh overall?

As for D Jordan, it was obvious that no one was trying to flatter him, so he, who had the same huge flaws as Chen Xiao, was still sinking even though he was invited into the Little Green Room.

Just as Chen Xiao was recalling history, the Bobcats selected D Jordan with the 25th pick, who was already on fire.

When D. Jordan was selected, the young black center was confused.

Same as Rose, who was selected with the No. 1 pick.

"Welcome, DeAndre."

Another center, and a completely different style of center.

After Joe later traded the No. 55 pick to the Trail Blazers in exchange for cash, the Bobcats also ended their selection in this year's draft.

Obviously, Boss Joe's gathering of four centers in this draft has become the focus of the entire world.