The rest is just noise

Today, the channel chosen by the Celtics draft war room is ABC. In previous years, they chose TNT, and that was for Louis' sake.

This year, Louis can’t stand TNT either.

Compared with ABC, TNT's talent show is like a cross talk. The problem is, Barkley is such a rampant asshole. Whenever someone disagrees with him, he will mention the ring.

If the other person doesn’t have a ring, that means you don’t have a ring, so what you say doesn’t make sense.

Even if the other party has rings but the number of rings is less than his, then it will mean that I have more rings than you, so what I said makes sense.

The audience may like the effect of such a show, but for Louis, whose ring is twice as big as Barkley's, they really don't agree with this diode argument.

As for veteran champions like Ewing and Bird, who have one hand full of championships, they are even more disdainful of Barkley's behavior. Vice President Dumars is definitely one of the Celtics executives who least wants to see Barkley.

Because Barkley likes to poke fun at Dumars on this topic.

Barkley believed that Dumars retired too early. He could have stayed with the Lakers for another year and earned five rings.

I have to say that Barkley is right, but Dumas can't look back. Isn't it annoying that the damn fat guy still likes to mention this? As for Pat Riley, do you think he wants to see Barkley?

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At 7:30 in the evening, David Stern came out wearing a pink tie. Several ABC hosts began to guess the No. 1 pick.

Speaking of which, ABC's commentary team has many familiar faces to future fans, and the most surprising one among them is Stephen A. Smith.

In this world, the future Golden Mouth, whose lips can rival Kenny Smith in thickness, can no longer create the golden line for fans: "I was only 5 years old when the Knicks won the championship last time, and now I am over 50."

In addition to Smith, there is another acquaintance, and that is former NBA GM Dick Vitale, who has been working in sports networks for many years.

If you have forgotten about him, here is a friendly reminder that he is the Pistons general manager who was caught by Louis in illegal operations and allowed Auerbach to extort two first-rounders (Sampson/Thomas) in order to sign Bob McAdoo.

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After making that deal, Vitale was unemployed in the NBA.

But he quickly found a job in a television station and started a Hall of Fame-level commentary career. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Louis wouldn't have believed that the 2004 No. 1 pick would be so controversial.

After Stern said the nonsense he talks about every year, the Portland Trail Blazers, the team holding this year's No. 1 pick, were given five minutes to make a choice.

ABC took full advantage of the five minutes to compare Emeka Okafor and Dwight Howard to see who is more deserving of the No. 1 pick.

Because Kwame Brown, Eddie Curry, Tyson Chandler and other previously highly anticipated high school players have not performed satisfactorily in the NBA, professionals no longer trust high school students so much.

Moreover, the 2004 draft happened to be a small draft year in a row. Apart from Howard, only Okafor can be considered talented in college basketball.

Unfortunately, these two are still short centers with insufficient size. Okafor is more accomplished. Howard is extremely talented but technically very primitive. Who knows if he will be the next Kwame?

Dick Vitale said something that made Louis laugh: "If Portland is smart enough, they will choose Emeka, and if they are not smart enough, they will choose Dwight."

I haven't seen him for many years, and this guy's level hasn't improved at all.

Even if he didn't have any insight and asked Louis to choose between the two, he would choose Howard instead of Okafor. Because Okafor's performance in college was basically a poor version of Howard.

However, his physical fitness has deteriorated and he is shorter. After several years of training in Connecticut, his playing style and technique have been basically finalized, and he is a finished product.

Compared with Howard, he only has a few negligible advantages. One is that he has enough teamwork, and the other is that he has high tactical literacy.

Basically, those who have spent several years in college have similar characteristics. A few minutes later, the Blazers revealed the answer to the audience.

Although many people believe that Okafor is more worthy of the No. 1 pick, they do not intend to play safety with the first overall pick. If they want to choose, just choose the one with the highest probability.

So, Howard came to Portland as the No. 1 pick.

Stephen A. Smith weighs in: “Can Dwight reverse the decline of the Michael Jordan era?”

"That said, MJ just didn't win the championship. Can his years in Portland be called a decline?" Dumas said with a wry smile. Laimbeer said heartlessly: "Luthor who didn't win the championship was just any

The person dressed up as a cute little girl.”

Subsequently, the Los Angeles Clippers, holding the second pick, selected the uncrowned king Emeka Okafor.

"This is the Clippers' fourth lottery pick since 2000, and Emeka went to a team that was theoretically the worst for his development." The Clippers have Rasheed Wallace on the team.

, Stromire Swift and Eddie Curry, and now Okafor has been selected, the new insiders will soon be able to join the mahjong table.

In fact, the Clippers originally wanted to trade away the No. 2 pick. The first team to pounce was the Bobcats.

The Bobcats want to use the No. 2 pick of the Clippers in the future first round, and then select one of Howard and Okafor. If Howard is selected, it may really let the blind cat of Mr. Dan meet a dead mouse.

However, Wilson opposed Jordan's plan because the Bobcats had just been established and had no foundation at all. The draft pick was their most important asset. A slight mistake would be fatal.

Unable to obtain enough returns, the Clippers can absorb the No. 2 pick on their own.

Because Penny Hardaway chose to sit out indefinitely after being injured last season, the Warriors, who lost the guarantee of winning, kept losing games and eventually fell into the lottery and were selected with the third overall pick.

If the team that gets the third pick is not the Warriors, maybe Okafor's college teammate Ben Gordon will be selected as the third pick, but the Warriors are different. They sit in the largest Asian business market in the league, so they will naturally not miss it.

The top five picks in this draft—"Rakish" (1) Lin Ziye of the University of Memphis.

"Is there any mistake?"

Louis has always had some misunderstandings about Lin Ziye. He thinks that this kid is a bit exaggerated and has too many tricks. Although his talent is very good, he can easily lose himself in a country with many temptations like the United States.

As a result, Louis was right.

Lin Ziye is indeed a man of many affairs. From high school to college, he has had more girlfriends than he can count on both hands and feet. During his sophomore year, there was even a rumor that he encountered three girls in the same room on Valentine's Day.

Anecdotes of Shura Field.

The nickname "Rakish" completely reflects the outside world's view of Lin Ziye - this nickname was born last winter. When he went to play a cup game with the team, he met a beautiful woman, so he expressed his desire to score 40 points in a single game as the two of them.

The greeting gift, and then he did what he said.

Let's put it this way, as a talented basketball player who was locked into the lottery early, his two-year affair history in college is far richer than his basketball history. However, this person loves to play, but he has not missed his real career.

Last year, when he and Wu Xia were both freshmen, he was firmly in the starting lineup and helped the team win the national championship.

Later, Lu Wuxia ran for the draft, and Lin Ziye, who stayed in school, became the core of the Tigers in his sophomore year, averaging 24 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists per game. In Louis' eyes, Lin Ziye is more like a puller with full offensive attributes.

Mal Odom.

As a result, the scouts dared to brag and directly modeled him on the template of James and Worthy. Not to mention, at first glance, they didn't seem to match up, but when you think about it, they look very similar.

Lin Ziye has an excellent height of 206 centimeters and a wingspan of 218 centimeters. He is tall and has long arms. His agility, explosive power, coordination, and ball sense are all above average. His first step when holding the ball is extremely fast.

As a left-handed player, he has good passing ability and likes to be playful, but what he loves most is scoring.

His problems are very similar to Odom's. He is easily distracted without the ball and doesn't know what to do. Technically, scouts rate him highly, but there are doubts about whether his ball-handling ability can be realized in the NBA.

Seeing that Lin Ziye was selected, Louis quickly looked at the list of Little Green Houses and found that Xiao Yi was not there.

Later, Louis learned that Xiaoyi chose to stay in school for the third season because he was not a highly mature player like Lu Wuxia and Lin Ziye. Playing a few more years in college would help him prepare for the NBA.

Louis thinks this decision is a good one. The risk of a semi-finished big man entering the NBA is too great. Looking at the history of the league, there are very few top big men who have become top players through team training and their own growth after entering the league.

Because there are not many teams that can train insiders, it would be better for a talented guy like Xiao Yi who has an autistic personality and needs to strengthen his basic skills and skills to play in college for a few more years.

Later, after seeing that the Bobcats selected Ben Gordon with the fourth pick, Louis told others that he was going to the gym to take a few steps. "Unless Tony Allen is selected by someone else, there is no need to call me."

During this period, the only thing worth talking about was the Suns selecting Andre Iguodala with the eighth pick. When Kevin Martin was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 26th pick in the first round, Louis was still running. No one

Go inform him that it's Celtics draft time.

Because Tony Allen is still there.

Everything happened quietly after that. The Celtics selected Tony Allen with the 27th pick, thereby completing their most important task in the draft.

But the Celtics still encountered a little problem.ωωw..net

When the draft came to an end, the Celtics came on the scene again, and they needed to make a selection with the 28th pick in the second round. The talent in this draft was so low that there was nothing to say, and Andy Greer made a head-scratching suggestion.

name. Then, Bird said: "Maybe we need to ask the boss for advice."

On the phone, Louis impatiently threw out a more puzzling name: "Vasilis Spanoulis—if you don't know who to choose, just choose him!"

Andy Greer remembered one thing from then on.

When everything seems to go wrong, you can choose a foreign player, not because he is very good, but because he is mysterious enough, and you can have a dream, maybe he is the next Manu Ginobili?

(1) Rakish: This word describes a person's behavior that is informal and slightly bohemian, usually with a certain degree of attraction and charm.

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