NBA: This flower path is a bit strong

Then the Milwaukee Bucks, who had the third pick, picked up the defensive maniac Marcus Camby.

Interestingly, the 96 Golden Generation produced 13 All-Stars, the most in history. Many superstars including Iverson, Kobe, Nash, Ray Allen, Marbury, and O'Neal were born in this year's draft.

It is often said that "the first and second picks must be good", and Marcus Camby, who was picked by the Raptors in the original history, can be said to be good, he can win four blocks; if it is not good, in his 17-year basketball career, this original second pick has never been selected as an All-Star, including an All-Star substitute!

Camby's registered height is 6 feet 11 (about 211cm), weight is 220 pounds (about 100kg), age is 22 years old, can play as a power forward or center, speed and blocking are his advantages, but strength and weight are his disadvantages.

In his junior season, Camby averaged 20.5 points, 8.2 rebounds and an amazing 3.9 blocks per game, winning both the National College Player of the Year Award and the Naismith Player of the Year Award.

To some extent, he is the best player in college, even better than Iverson and Duncan.

In addition, 1996 was an era that valued the inside players, so Camby's draft prospects have always been very promising.

Even though the Grizzlies did not use the second pick to select him, the Bucks' third pick still gave this inside player.

But Hanamichi knew that this big man favored by the media did not have such good dribbling skills when playing as a small forward; when playing as a power forward, his lower limb strength and even weight were seriously insufficient, not to mention the center position.

So Marcus Camby's position is very awkward. If it was in the small ball era of the future, he would still have a certain chance, but in this cruel last decade of the 20th century, if there is no accident, Marcus Camby's height will stop at the four-time block king in the previous life!

In any case, the top three picks are reasonable in the eyes of reporters and the media.

But when it comes to the Timberwolves with the fourth pick, there is a sudden change.

The Minnesota Timberwolves with the fourth pick did not choose Ray Allen as in the original time and space, but chose KG's friend, the 188cm point guard [lone wolf] ~ Stephen Marbury.

In other words, Ray Allen, who was guaranteed to be in the top five or even the top three in the draft, has dropped to fifth!

In fact, it was a foregone conclusion that the Timberwolves would choose Stephen Marbury.

Long before the draft, Timberwolves head coach Philip Saunders publicly told the media:

"We have no second choice, only Stephen Marbury."

The original Timberwolves chose Ray Allen to trade with the Bucks, using Ray Allen and the 1998 first-round pick in exchange for Stephen Marbury.

And in the future, Ray Allen, the three-point shooter who won the [Sports Ethics and Style Award], was determined to fall to the 5th pick and was picked up by the Celtics...

It is worth mentioning that the Boston Celtics actually made some entanglements and careful considerations in choosing Ray Allen.

The Celtics' team management also had two differences in the selection of players, Ray Allen or that [Rabbit Snake].

In the original history, some Celtics management had publicly stated that we like Kobe, but choosing him with the 5th pick can be said to be a gamble, so we will not choose him.

And now, it seems that the Celtics, who are as stable as ever, are unwilling to gamble and still choose to give up Kobe.

What is not well known is that Kobe, who rejected the Grizzlies and was abandoned by the Celtics, also rejected the New Jersey Nets, which held the No. 7 pick. The "rice snake" clearly stated that he would not go to New Jersey to play.

In fact, when Kobe graduated from high school, he successfully invited the then famous singer Brandy Norwood to be his backup dancer, which caused a sensation. As a high school student participating in the show who is "both literary and sports", Kobe and his team would never agree to go to a small ball city to play. (Otherwise, Kobe's ranking would not have dropped to 13!)

This has nothing to do with salary, but the exposure of big ball cities is much greater than that of small ball cities, and the chance of contacting big stars in big ball cities is also much greater than that of small ball cities.

Imagine playing in Los Angeles, you can go to Hollywood to watch a movie or even make a guest appearance in a movie in your spare time. Isn't it better than working in the cornfield in your spare time in Indiana?

Otherwise, you can only invite your teammates to eat Akron's special tacos in your spare time in Cleveland like a certain James?

Although New Jersey is much better than the above places, it has not yet met the expectations of [Cauliflower Snake]. In his mind, only those big basketball cities areMy final destination!

"New Jersey? Of course not!"

"What are you going there for? Running for the US president?"

(New Jersey has produced five US presidents in history, and President Kennedy's campaign headquarters was also set up in New Jersey)

Kobe's decisive refusal also made the Nets' head coach John Calipari and general manager John Nash very depressed.

The Nets chose the 196cm tall shooting guard, Kerry Kittles, with a second-best mentality. This was considered a shooting guard second only to Ray Allen at the time, and his three-point shooting ability was also very outstanding.

The Nets' head coach, Calipari, who selected Kerry Kittles, even publicly compared in a subsequent interview:

"I think Kerry will be better than Kobe in the first five years of entering the league."

"As for what will happen in the next five years, who knows!"