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On the 26th, the draft was held at Madison Square Garden.

As usual, the New York fans gave their loudest boos to President David Stern, who gave a speech. Stern was smiling as usual, as if he was not the one being booed.

There are many differences this year. Since the high-ranking high school players last season were all in a mess, the top players in this year's draft are predicted to be players with great experience, or foreign players with rich professional basketball experience.

Yao Ming is the most unusual one. As a popular candidate for the No. 1 pick, he did not come to the draft.

On June 23, Yao Ming's family delegation announced that they had reached an agreement with the Shanghai team and that he could finally play in the NBA.

Although NBA officials have repeatedly invited the Chinese Basketball Association and Yao Ming, the Chinese Basketball Association's final decision still disappointed them. Yao Ming will stay with the national team for training and prepare for the Four Nations Invitational Tournament starting on July 1. He thus became the first No. 1 pick in the 36-year history of the NBA draft to not be present.

The Knicks, holding the No. 1 pick, signed Yao Ming without hesitation. Yang Rui was not sure whether this was good news or not. New York's exposure rate was extremely high and the market was huge. But now the team's lineup and team atmosphere are really not that good, and they are in an embarrassing situation where they should be rebuilt, but it is not easy to do so.

The Cavaliers selected Jay Williams with the second pick.

He is 188 meters tall and weighs 88 kilograms. He is a talented point guard at Duke University. He is the undisputed best college player in the United States. He has won the Naismith and Wooden Awards and was selected as the college basketball player of the year by the Associated Press. He was selected as the player of the year by espn magazine, and he also won the bs player of the year trophy.

His specialty is riding a motorcycle very fast

The Warriors selected Mike Dunleavy, the son of coach Michael Dunleavy Sr., with the third pick. What an irresponsible father this is. Do you dare to be more hasty in choosing a name?

Dunleavy’s technical characteristic is accurate shooting.

He has a very high basketball IQ, but has the same shortcomings as Van Horn, slow footwork, average confrontation, only height, and poor defensive ability.

The Grizzlies selected big man Drew Gooden with the fourth pick. Master Gooden's playing style is a bit similar to Boozer's. He attacks the strong and defends the weak. When attacking, he is fully focused and has a strong style of play. When defending, he is a zombie and often loses focus. When he first entered the league, he was excellent in immediate combat, but he never improved much after that.

Oddly enough, of the two similar guys, one was fourth and one fell to the second round.

The Nuggets selected Nikoloz Skitishvili with the fifth pick, a Georgia insider. Yang Rui doesn't even remember this guy, but his template is Nowitzki. In the past few years, the template for American big men who can shoot has been Bird, and the template for international players has been Nowitzki. In the end, no one has reached the predicted height.

The Clippers selected point guard Dajuan Wagner with the sixth pick. This person is not a parallel import, but he is at risk of serious injuries. His heroic performance of 100 points in a single game in high school made him famous, and his breakthrough and shooting abilities are excellent.

With the seventh pick, the Hawks selected Brazilian big man Lahirio, who has excellent low-post offensive skills. They will definitely not give this potential big man to the Nuggets like the Knicks did.

No accident happened, the Wizards successfully selected Amare Stoudemire eighth.

Seeing that his team's goal was intercepted, the Suns manager chose another insider, Chris Wilcox, who has a strong physical organization and a single offensive method, mainly relying on picking up misses and dunks under the basket.

The Suns manager contacted Unseld, hoping to trade Stoudemire for cash or a second-round pick, but was rejected. The Wizards and Yang Rui are in their honeymoon period. Yang Rui will choose whoever he wants as manager. He will definitely not play any tricks, otherwise he will offend Jordan and it will be difficult to carry out the subsequent work.

If Unseld could make the decision, he would definitely change. As one of the top 50 stars in the league, Unseld has been working for the Wizards since 1981 and has confidence in his own vision. In the past two years, he has lost many players in the team. The right to speak, very unhappy.

With the tenth pick, the Pacers, who were short of insiders, selected Jared Jeffries.

Eleventh, the Heat selected Caron Butler.

Later, not many people were impressed by Yang Rui. Prince still went to the Pistons and Kostic was selected by the Nets. The Bulls selected a swingman, Casey Jacobson.

Last week Tom Thibodeau called Yang Rui and told him that he was going to be the head coach of the Bulls. Following Yang Rui, Thibodeau has three rings. The Bulls looked for him because he is familiar with Tracy McGrady and is good at building a defensive system.

Thibodeau proposed to strengthen the swingman position and be able to play small ball tactics. Jacobson also has good shooting ability.

With the third pick in the second round, the Wizards selected Carlos Boozer.

Jordan was very happy. Yang Rui did not give an alternative target for the second round. Sure enough, Boozer fell to the second round. This alone proves that his vision and analytical ability are different from ordinary people.

Yang Rui didn't tell Jordan that they would have to wait to sign the abandoned Matt Barnes in the free market in the future. If they did, it wouldn't be super vision but super power.

Yang Rui dared to trade the Wizards' second-round pick to the Kings because he didn't need to select the target he liked. In Yang Rui's previous life, Barnes was drafted by the Grizzlies in the second round, then traded to the Cavaliers, and was waived after the summer training camp. Now, he was selected by the Grizzlies in the second round.

Barnes is 201m tall and weighs 102kg, and is not afraid of confrontation. His shortcomings are that his offensive skills are too rough, his dribbling is poor, and his shooting is poor; his advantage is defense. During his senior year, he averaged 226 minutes per game, scoring 88 points, 48 ​​rebounds, and 2 steals.

Yang Rui knows that Barnes can play three positions and dare to defend the power forward. He has a lot of stamina, is highly motivated on defense, and plays life-threatening on the court.

Barnes can become a qualified role player in a fast-paced team. Yang Rui signed him to enhance the depth of the bench and prepare for small-ball tactics.

During the second round of the draft, the Kings and Wizards trade was announced.

The Wizards first selected Spanish guard Juan Carlos Navarro with the eighth pick, and then packaged and traded forward Gerald Wallace with Hubert Davis.

The Kings management has a good vision, Navarro shoots accurately, but the shortcoming is poor confrontation. It is a pity that Navarro's NBA journey did not go smoothly. He personally prefers to play in the European leagues where the competition is not so fierce.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Navarro joined the NBA five years later, played one season with the Grizzlies and then returned to Europe. There will be nothing in return for the Kings selecting him. Navarro is destined to make a name for himself in Europe.

After the draft, Jordan called Yang Rui and chatted for a while, but decided not to meet him yet.

Jordan was in a good mood. This draft was completely decentralized and he did not raise any objections. After reading the information, he liked the three new members very much.

"Jerry, it's time for the next step. Who do you want to replace Kwame Brown with? Let's negotiate with the other party."

"I think this person is easy to trade, because the target of the negotiation is the Clippers, and he must be replaced, otherwise we will not win in the playoffs. I need him to be the team's best sixth man, and even be responsible for grabbing the ball at critical moments. point."

"Do you want Odom?" Jordan immediately thought of the Clippers' player with the best statistics, the core of their tactics.

Yang Rui smiled and said, "It's not mine." (.)

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