The rest is just noise

"I want to congratulate the Seattle SuperSonics front office for selecting the most promising player in this draft with the third pick in the first round!"

Rick Pitino's words stunned everyone.

Kwame Brown's high school highlights begin playing on the TV.

In the highlights, everyone can see how comprehensive Kwame is, dribbling like a defender, passing like Webber, and comprehensive like peak Manning.

The problem is that the quality of high school basketball in this era varies widely.

In more than ten years, high school basketball will become a game for the rich.

A team that is called a wealthy team will have at least ten 4-5 star high school players. But now, except for traditional strong teams like Oak Hill, there are not many high school wealthy teams with names.

Team.

This results in top high school players sometimes spending four years of high school in a tough environment with no real challenge.

This is why Kwame's talent has been exaggerated.

The opponent's strength was so poor that scouts misjudged his skills and potential.

Rick Pitino said that Kwame is the most promising player in this draft, which is not a compliment to many people.

However, it is not a good thing that Kwame is favored by Pitino.

Because he is the only player among the top five prospects in this draft who is close to the size of a power forward.

And Pitino has always had a soft spot for mediocre power forwards.

Louis in front of the TV silently pronounced his "death sentence" after watching Kwame Brown's highlights.

He has taken advantage of all the three taboos of having a long neck, short arms, small hands, and a small inside size.

Unreliable high school-level skills and fragile hearts are all factors that lead to talent's collapse in professional basketball.

"Rick Pitino actually thinks Kwame Brown is the top prospect in this draft?"

Ranbir couldn't help complaining: "What's the difference between this and throwing a black cat in Kwame Brown's face in public? This poor kid."

Scouting director Andy Greer was silent.

He is the only member of the Kaiyuan team besides Louis who is not optimistic about Kwame's development in professional basketball at all.

"Now, the focus is on the Eagles' choice."

Louis couldn't help but stand up, rubbed his hands and thought to himself - God of Draft, please give me strength.

In fact, from the moment the Clippers stepped into the trap and took the third overall pick and Eddy Curry, Louis' plan had been successful.

Before Curry's pick was raised by Louis, the recognized top three players in this draft were Yao Yueban, Kwame Brown and Tyson Chandler.

Now that Curry has suddenly found his way to the No. 2 pick, the other two picks will naturally be pushed back.

This isn't a hard choice.

Tyson Chandler is the only safety among the three high school players in this draft.

Kwame Brown and Eddie Curry represent two styles of super potential, while Chandler gives the impression that he is a player with extraordinary talent and average combat ability.

With Chandler's size and athletic ability, he will immediately become an excellent defender as soon as he enters the NBA. As long as he can develop a few offensive skills, he will basically be an All-Star-level inside player.

Both Kwame and Curry may lose due to various reasons, and Chandler has his own fundamentals.

The Atlanta Hawks did not hesitate and directly locked up Tyson Chandler with the fourth pick.

Louis excitedly took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and poured a glass for himself and Ranbir.

Ranbir was very surprised and took the coke.

Ever since Louis started losing weight, he has set a rule for himself.

Intake no more than 300ml of cola per day.

Later, this rule changed to only opening one can of Coke every day.

In other words, whether Louis drinks it himself or pours it to others, he can only open one bottle.

This was a great courtesy. Although Ranbir was not that fond of Coke, he felt that President Lu valued him.

"This is a toast to Ralph." Louis said to Sampson, "If you hadn't lowered your status and faked the game, Eddie Curry would not have been selected with the second overall pick, and our draft plan would not have been realized.

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Sampson nodded, that's true, but why didn't the president pour him a Coke, but instead poured a Coke for Ranbir?

Louis drank the cup of Coke and immediately called the front line.

When David Stern stood on stage for the fifth time, he announced the purpose of the Celtics' second lottery pick.

"In the 2001 NBA Draft, the Boston Celtics selected Pau Gasol with the fifth overall pick in the first round, from Barcelona, ​​Spain!"

This is an unexpected and surprising choice.

Because Gasol is considered the center version of Toni Kukoc. Although he is a rare inside unicorn who can combine ball control and height, everyone can see Kukoc's performance in the NBA.

Except for Bodiloga, players who can do anything in Europe always have to be discounted when they come to the NBA.

This is not the reason why the public was shocked that Louis selected Gasol.

What shocked everyone was that they had already used the No. 1 pick to select Yao Yueban, so why did they use the No. 5 pick to select another center?

It seems that no one has noticed that with Gasol's athletic ability, he can become a big four position as long as he maintains his current body shape. Moreover, his playing style is perfectly compatible with Yao Yue, just like

O'Neal/Webber has improved in size and dropped in ability.

Rick Pitino said with a smile: "The Celtics actually chose another center? Does this show that even Legend Lu was not sure that Yao could hold up the team, so he chose another center?

As a backup plan?”

Barkley said calmly: "I don't understand the draft, but I believe Coach Lu will not waste this extremely valuable No. 1 pick."

From the moment Gasol was selected, half of the core lineup of the black-free championship team in Louis' mind has been formed.

Yao Yueban, Gasol and Nowitzki are the three most valuable non-black elite insiders in the first decade of the new century.

He got two of them, which was a great start.

Thomas expressed confusion: "Why do we want this European? Yao is enough to guard the basket. The fifth pick should choose some wing players, such as Shane Battier."

Andy Grier explains: "Pau Gasol is athletic enough to play the four."

Louis said unabashedly: "Yao and Paul are the first and second picks in this draft. Isiah, I hope you can make good use of them. Those who can get inside win the world. We already have a reliable inside cornerstone."

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Thomas can only accept this statement because he has no decision-making power in the draft.

Subsequently, the Nuggets chose Jason Richardson and Shane Battier.

While the latter is a bigger name in college basketball, Richardson's talent gives him a ceiling well above Battier's.

The Nuggets' selection represents the direction of rebuilding the team.

Only choose those with high talent, not those who are stable and incompetent.

Those with high talent can continue to be selected next year if they make the wrong choice. The advantage of being stable is stability, but the disadvantage is also stability. They can stably send you back to the lottery. This kind of player can only realize its value in a strong team.

The Washington Wizards made the same choice as the Nuggets: just go with this talent.

They passed over Shane Battier and locked in talented man Eddie Griffin (PF).

This choice is definitely confusing.

Although it is right to choose those with high talents when rebuilding the team, you cannot blindly choose those with high talents.

Griffin is a person whose talent seems to be very high, but the possibility of realizing his talent is very low.

He's worth taking a chance on in the lottery, but not worth the No. 7 pick, especially with Battier at the position.

The Nets, holding the eighth pick, directly selected Battier.

Then, news broke on the scene.

The Phoenix Suns sent Yu Tiancan to the Charlotte Hornets in exchange for the ninth pick in the first round.

As Kevin Johnson announced his retirement, the Suns also decided to start rebuilding. However, they did not expect that they would exchange Yu Tiancan for the ninth pick.

Although Yu Tiancan has passed his peak, he still averaged 12 points and 7 rebounds per game last season. He is a good starting insider. He deserves more.

The Suns used the No. 9 pick in exchange for Yu Tiancan to select another talented high school big man Dessaguena Diop.

The reason why Diop's reputation is not as good as others is that he is not an American, and he has problems both in terms of immediate combat ability and degree of completion. He is basically a rough draft, and was selected entirely based on top talent.

After that, Joe Johnson went to Toronto as the No. 10 pick.

Richard Jefferson was selected by the Bucks with the 12th overall pick in the first round.

Troy Murphy, winner of the annual "He reminds me of Larry Bird" award, was selected by the Jazz.

Jason Collins is destined to go down in history as a mediocre NBA player because he was the first person in the league to come out publicly.

This guy was drafted by the Spurs.

Then, it was the Celtics' turn again.

They hold the 19th pick in the first round and the 24th pick in the first round.

Louis didn't have many options.

He first looked to see if there were any non-black players worth selecting.

No, okay, then I can only choose black people.

This idea seems so racist - since Yao Yueban and Gasol have already been selected, Zach Randolph, Brandon Haywood and Samu are very worthy candidates in this pick.

High-quality insiders such as El Dalembert can only take advantage of his allies.

"Mr. Director," Louis looked at Greer playfully, "do you have any recommendations?"

Greer knew that what the Celtics needed most now was to strengthen the back line, so he directly said: "Jamaal Tinsley (Jamaal Tinsley PG) is worthy of selection."

Louis has some impressions of Tinsley. His playing style is very gorgeous, and his playing ability is considered to be at the beginning of the new century. However, if he wants to win, he has a better candidate.

The fact that Greer can mention him shows that he has indeed done his homework, but not enough.

Louis looked at Dumas and others again.

They all had no objections. Thomas thought like Greer and thought Tinsley was a good choice.

"Jamal Tinsley is indeed good, but I prefer another option." Louis said humbly, "Let me make the decision. After all, I still have some achievements in the draft."

Louis dialed the phone to the front and said: "Our choice is Tony Parker, repeat, Tony Parker."