I’m Really Playing Basketball

The 2018 NBA Draft begins on time in New York on June 21st.

And Chen Xiao, the first player in league history who had just finished his championship journey, was sitting at the small round table with Gao Bo, the favorite in this year's draft.

In addition to Chen Xiao, Warriors inside player Christian Wood was also sitting at Gao Bo's table at this time.

Gao Bo's parents did not come to the United States. Gao Bo's trip in the United States was arranged by his agent Dan Fagan in the United States.

Fagan is also the agent of Chinese players such as Chen Xiao and Arab League.

Since the success of Dayao and Chen Xiao's draft model, Chinese players who come to the NBA to participate in the draft are basically handed over to outstanding foreign agents. It is best for their relatives to avoid this aspect.

After all, in the United States, if you are not an American, you really have no connections.

Even if you are American, you are not well-connected.

Fagan is definitely one of the most well-connected agents in the NBA. He initially pushed the league to amend the rules and introduce the Arenas Clause, and later pushed the league to introduce the Durant Clause (the historical Rose Clause). Chen Xiao's agent is definitely a godfather-level presence in the NBA.

As for Gao Bo, Fagan also attached great importance to him. He also attended the draft in person and sat next to Chen Xiao.

You know, when Zhou Qi participated in the draft the year before last, he didn't even attend in person.

It has to be said that Gao Bo does have the possibility of becoming a superstar or even a super giant in the future, as long as he does not suffer major injuries.

In fact, draft experts here in the NBA have always had doubts about Gao Bo because he is too thin, and future injuries are a huge hidden danger.

Barkley, TNT's famous basketball commentator, rated this year's three major rookies. Under Barkley's scoring rules, the full score was 100 points. Ayton, the favorite for the No. 1 pick, as a big center, among the ten ratings, athletic ability 9, size 10, strength 9, potential 9, the total score is 83 points.

Gao Bo's athletic ability is 6, size is 8, defense is 7, and strength is 6. Logically speaking, with Gao Bo's height and wingspan, if he is a little stronger, his body size is basically 10, the height of a perfect modern big center.

The total score is 100 points. With 13 points deducted for these four items, Gaobo still reached 84 points under Barkley's scoring rules, which is 1 point higher than Ayton.

In other words, Gao Bo only deducted 3 points for the remaining 6 items.

In fact, Gao Bo's remaining 6 items are 10 shooting, 8 rebounding, 9 passing, 10 basketball IQ, 10 leadership, and 10 potential.

4 perfect scores, and Gao Bo is also the only player among the rookies in this draft to have 4 perfect scores in Barkley's rating.

And no one else would even question these four perfect scores.

Gao Bo's shooting skills are visible to the naked eye, and he has a soft touch. His CBA three-point shooting percentage can even reach over 45%. Although he doesn't shoot many, he is really accurate.

Not to mention his golf quotient, his steps under the basket and his passing looks like a smaller version of Yao Ming. After all, Yao Ming is also his master.

The leadership qualities are easier to understand. As a 19-year-old young man, he has already won three championships, three MVPs and three FMVPs in CBA, one of the best professional basketball leagues in the world.

In terms of honor, Gao Bo is already the first player in CBA history.

Yes, he is not the first player in active service, but the first player in history. No player in the history of CBA can have such a great honor as Gao Bo.

Of course, this is also related to the fact that CBA did not have FMVP before.

But no matter what, when you are 19 years old and you are already the first player in the history of honor in a world-class league, then your leadership qualities are not perfect, that is, there is a problem with the rating.

As for the potential of 10, according to Barkley: "If he overcomes all the difficulties we have raised, he will be the highest-achieving player in this class. Yes, if Ayton, Doncic and Gao all overcome the difficulties we raised, After overcoming difficulties, he became the perfect self. Obviously, Gao has the highest achievement, because we have all witnessed what a great player Yao is, and he may be better than Yao."

Let's put it this way, although Ayton is the No. 1 pick this year, it does not mean that Gao Bo has no hope of being the top pick.

NBA management has never been afraid of gambling.

After all, Gao Bo is the first player with a potential of 10 points according to Barkley's draft scoring rules.

Barkley started participating in draft commentary in 2013, and Gao Bo was the first player he sent out with a potential of 10 points.

Barkley's ratings have always been harsh. Take this draft year, which is known as the year of the draft wizard, as an example.

The total score is 100, and the highest score of Gao Bo is only 84, and 84 points is already the highest score given by Barkley in the past five years.

In this year's draft year, there are only three players with a score of 80 or above, Gao Bo 84, Doncic and Ayton 83.

Among them, Doncic has the same problem as Gao Bo. Doncic's athletic ability is only 7. As an outside player, his athletic ability is as good as Gao Bo's.

As Barkley said: "As an outside player, if his athletic ability is not good enough, we can predict his height. In the history of the NBA, there is no historical-level outside giant with athletic ability. People at Doncic’s level include Magic.”

Therefore, Doncic's potential is the same as Ayton's, which is also 9.

They can become superstars, but super giants, especially historical super giants...

Barkley is not optimistic.

In addition to these three, Bagley, Michael Porter, and Hamidou Diallo, these two rookies that most draft experts are not optimistic about, Barkley also gave a potential rating of 9 points.

It can be seen that Barkley's score is weird, but weird is weird, but there is some truth.

Bagley is currently popular, let alone Michael Porter Jr., who was originally the No. 1 high school student in the United States. This evaluation is understandable.

However, Hamidou Diallo, you know, he participated in the draft in 2017, but his prospects were not good, so he withdrew and played in the NCAA for one more year.

This year's NCAA performance cannot be said to be good, nor is it bad. He averaged 10 points and 4 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was only 45%. He also did not shoot well on three-pointers. He wanted to attack without attacking, and he had to defend without defending. Except for physical fitness, he has nothing else.

Such a player is hard not to think of the famous White.

But for such a player, Barkley rated his potential as 9 points, and Diallo's ten-point rating included 10 points for athletic ability, 9 points for potential, and 8 points for size. There was no one with 8 points for the rest. It's 7 points, 6 points.

To be honest, Barkley is very courageous to give a potential of 9 points to a player who is predicted not to even make it into the first round, or even lose the draft.

In fact, Barkley has always been a very courageous person.

For example, those with a potential of 8 points are also full of slots.

Players rated as potential 8 by Barkley in this class include Jaren Jackson Jr., Trae Young, Bamba, Sexton, Kevin Knox, Alexander, Miles Bridges, and Lonnie Walker. , Anfernee Simons, Dzanan Moussa, Mitchell Robinson, Isaac Banga.

Wendell Carter, Mikal Bridges, Jerome Robinson, Tenoy Brown, Zhaire Smith, these relatively popular rookies, he does not give an 8-point rating.

On the contrary, Sexton, Alexander, these third-tier players are rated very highly.

Even Mitchell Robinson, who Barkley is very optimistic about, will not even make it into the first round in this year's draft prediction.

Not only does Barkley think he has outstanding potential, but his rating of 74 is the same as Robert Williams, even tied for 14th place.

By the way, Robert Williams, although Barkley gave him a potential of only 7, but overall, Barkley is also very optimistic about him. Barkley rated him as 9 for athleticism, 9 for size, 9 for defense. A born player.

Of course, from a historical perspective, these comments by Buckley are not so outrageous.

Anyone who has played 2k22, whether playing inside or outside, will be afraid of the New York Knicks center named Mitchell Robinson. His defense and shot blocking are indeed terrifying.

Similarly, the Warriors players must be afraid of Lowe, who is half-disabled in the finals, and Lowe's defense.

Then there's Sexton and Alexander, who were less fancied but became stars.

It can only be said that Barkley's system for evaluating rookies does have some problems, but it also has great advantages.

The advantage is that if you want to gamble, just follow Barkley's evaluation system and grab players with high ability and potential.

It must have a higher success rate than your blind bet.

So, in this year's draft, how many teams will be crazy for Gao Bo, a player with the best ability and potential?

Atlanta, which holds the No. 1 pick, has repeatedly emphasized before the draft that it is very optimistic about this year's three major rookies, and anyone can do it.

This sounds nice to say, but in different people's ears, the taste is different.

For the Heat, who have the second pick, the meaning of robbery is very strong.

Don't think that you can sit back and relax because everyone predicts that we will choose Ayton. Let me tell you, Gao Bo, we want it too.

What do you think Pat Riley would do after he spent a whole season playing for Goblet?

Did he grit his teeth and refuse the Hawks' robbery and choose Ayton for the sake of dignity, or did he honestly submit himself to the Hawks and let them kill him?

It can only be said that Yao Ming was too successful in the Heat, and Pat Riley was too passionate about Gao Bo, letting the whole world know his goal.

In this regard, the Dallas Mavericks, who have the third pick this year, are very careful.

After all, Doncic is indeed the third choice, so he can just stand still.

And it was in this atmosphere that as the audience booed, Jordan appeared on the stage holding an envelope, and everyone's focus was on Jordan.

In fact, for Gao Bo, which team Atlanta and the Heat are willing to go to, of course the Heat is better.

This is not because of Yao Ming's plot, but also because Pat Riley is a person with pursuits. Only when you join a team with pursuits can you realize your dreams and goals.

If you go to a salty team like the Thunder or the Hawks, let alone the championship, as long as the team can stably enter the playoffs, as for the championship, it really depends on luck. , is not in the team's long-term plan.

“In the 2018 NBA draft, the first pick in the first round, the player selected by the Atlanta Hawks is from————China

Gao! "

With the shout of Jordan Joe, who is destined to be recorded as a classic moment in the history of Chinese sports, Gao Bo, who is beside Chen Xiao, stood up very happily, and then happily chatted with Chen Xiao, Fagan, Wood and other relatives and friends. After hugging and thanking each other in turn, I put on my Eagles hat and walked happily to the stage.

If Chen Xiao and Fagan hadn't both known Gao Bo's thoughts, I'm afraid no one would have thought that Gao Bo actually wanted to go to the Heat instead of the Hawks.

"This boy is a person who will achieve great things!"

Fagan said very satisfied with Gao Bo.

You know, at this time, there are high-definition cameras all over the place, and they are all facing Gao Bo. For ordinary young people, the thoughts in their hearts will be exposed instantly. It will be really embarrassing at that time, and it will also have consequences for his career. Influence.

But Gao Bo, this performance is simply incredible.

Chen Xiao and Fei Gen looked at Gao Bo talking freely on the stage and were very satisfied.

The audience in front of the TV and the audience at the scene looked at the young and generous Gao Bo and seemed to see the Yao Ming of the past.

Ayton, who had been competing with Gao Bo for the top pick, had envy in his eyes at this time.

Although the Hawks are not as good as the Heat, the title of No. 1 pick is still very valuable.

However, Ayton thought about it for a while, and then he became balanced.

"It's fair to give you the No. 1 pick and give it to the Heat to me."

But soon, Ayton's mentality exploded after being selected by the Heat.

Because when Ayton came down from the stage, the reporter interviewing Ayton in front got the news that the Heat and Hawks completed the deal.

The Heat sent Ayton to the Hawks in exchange for Gao Bo...

Therefore, in front of the TV, Ayton and Gao Bo were being interviewed. Gao Bo was surprised, neither happy nor sad, just surprised, while Ayton, with his already dark face, immediately stinked, even a fool could see it. It comes out that Ayton doesn't like this deal.

Of course, the draft continued, and the Dallas Mavericks selected Doncic with the third pick.

The Kings selected Marvin Bagley with the fourth pick.

The Grizzlies selected Jaren Jackson Jr. with the No. 5 pick.

The Magic selected Bamba with the No. 6 pick.

The Chicago Bulls drafted Wendell Carter Jr. with the No. 7 pick.

The Thunder selected Trae Young with the 8th pick. Trae Young is a boy from Goose City, and being selected by Goose City was also predicted by many people.

The New Orleans Hornets selected Sexton with the 9th pick.

With the 10th overall pick, the Pistons selected Kevin Knox.

Houston selected Miles Bridges with the 11th overall pick.

The Pacers selected another Bridges with the 12th overall pick.

The Nuggets, with the 13th overall pick, selected Alexander.

But soon, the Nuggets traded Alexander and the team's 43rd pick in the second round to the Warriors in exchange for the Warriors' 30th pick in the first round and 60th pick in the second round this year, as well as the Warriors' inside players. Christian Wood.

Yes, Wood, sitting next to Chen Xiao, knew that he was being traded.

Soon, it was the Warriors' turn again. With the 19th pick, the Warriors selected Michael Porter Jr., who was sitting restlessly in the small green room.

Michael Porter Jr. cried when he heard that he was selected by the Warriors. He was still crying when he hugged Chen Xiao.

In addition, with the 43rd overall pick, the Warriors selected Diallo, another player with nine points of potential who was favored by Barkley.

At this point, the Warriors' 2018 draft is all over.

Jerry West also laughed and breathed a sigh of relief behind the scenes.