The godfather of basketball started from conquering the NBA

The long-awaited draft in 08 has also arrived as scheduled, and the annual draft is the best time for each team to strengthen.

The newcomers also came to the small green house early to wait for their own moment.

The No. [-] pick is the Thunder, which has just moved from Seattle to Oklahoma City and changed its name. They lost Durant last year, and this year they are the first No. [-] pick this year, and they selected Derry from the University of Memphis without any dispute. Cross.

"I hope the roses can bloom longer this time, so they don't wither so early." Xu Xiao prayed silently in his heart, but he also made up his mind to give Rose a health card no matter what.

If there was a ranking list of favorite players in the previous life, then Xu Xiao would definitely put Rose first. Rose was once the favorite of heaven. After being knocked down by injuries, he was able to stand up and change his style of play. The league survives toughly, and Xu Xiao was lucky enough to be a witness during Rose's trip to China. Seeing Rose burst into tears, he was also quite touched. He changed from a flying and violent defender to a evasive player, from an mvp to a substitute, One moment of heaven and one moment of hell, this kind of gap is not something everyone can understand.

When Xu Xiao was still reminiscing about Rose in his previous life, Stern had already come to the stage to announce the second place.

This time the No. [-] pick was a bit of a surprise. It turned out to be the Bucks who got it. According to the record, the Heat, who should be the No. [-] pick, only got the No. [-] pick this time.

And the Bucks chose Beasley without any surprise.

If Rose is a genius who was crushed by injuries, then Beasley must be a genius who was ruined by personality. He is 2 meters tall, has a wingspan of 08 meters, super running and jumping ability, and a top-level offense. Ability, it can be said that Beasley has the most enviable talent of a basketball player, but it is a pity that his overreaching destroyed him at the beginning. Now he has not gone to a big city like Miami, but to a small city like Milwaukee. Riley, who is not as tough as Wade, has gone to a team that belongs to him completely. I don't know if it can be improved.

To be honest, Xu Xiao admired him quite a lot. After all, his offensive ability is top-notch. If he had a better attitude, at least he would be no problem to be an All-Star. After going to the CBA and going through the baptism of socialism, he matured a bit.

Then miami used their No. [-] pick to select oj mayo, a super guard from the university of southern california, but soon announced that he would trade with the clippers with the fourth pick and send mayo to los angeles The Clippers, in exchange for the latter's No. [-] pick, as well as the second round of this year and next year, as well as the old guard Brivin Knight, at the same time sent away their own garbage contract Lavrentz.

Then the Clippers selected UCLA's Kevin Love with the No. [-] pick and announced the deal at the same time.

In Xu Xiao's view, this is a deal where everyone gets what they need. The Heat have Wade next season, and there is no shortage of guards, and what they need is a point guard. Although Mayo can play a combo guard in college, but The essence is still a shooting guard, and it is difficult to be compatible with Wade, but Love is different. Compared with Beasley, Love may not be as talented as Beasley, but he has a good professional attitude, hard work and skills are more suitable for the Heat , Protection of rebounds and positional offense are also very strong, at least to ensure that the Heat are competitive in the past two years.

As for Love's peak, it probably has nothing to do with the Heat. Now Riley is only looking for such a piecemeal contract. His current actions are obviously not now, but in the summer of 2010.

As for Mayo going to the Clippers, the Clippers need an excellent outside line. They are now in a state without a core. After Brand left, the Clippers are also in the process of rebuilding. Even if they don’t choose Mayo, they will choose Gordon , But at this stage, Mayo is definitely more famous than Gordon.

Just as Xu Xiao was still immersed in the analysis of this transaction, Ainz reminded;

"It's our turn. You are making sure. Are we sure we should choose him?"

"Of course." Xu Xiao said confidently.

Then Stern came to the stage to announce that with the fifth overall pick, the Minnesota Timberwolves selected Russell Westbrook from UCLA.

When I heard the name, there was a burst of exclamation at the scene. After all, this player was a substitute in college. It was only after the excellent performance in the trial training that the ranking rose a few places. Only looking at the performance of the university, the ranking has to go down.

"Hey Kenny, did you find out that the Timberwolves only like these players with explosive physical talents, without considering other attributes at all. The Russell Westbrook chosen this time is also a guard with explosive physical fitness. Excellent, but as a guard, his shooting and organizational skills are still far behind."

"Indeed Charles, the Timberwolves have chosen players with outstanding physical talents in the past two years, but the training of the Timberwolves in the past two years has also shown us something different. Maybe they really have the ability to train such players."

This time, the two commentators were not in a hurry to ridicule, but were analyzing seriously. Unlike the commentary, the audience didn't buy it. After all, this is a player who couldn't even start in college. Today's Timberwolves should need What's more is the core, not a functional defender.

But in the draft, it is not unheard of to make such unexpected choices. After all, as a professional nba team, there are times when they are blind, let alone the fans, so Xu Xiao didn't pay attention to them.

You must know that Westbrook is a future mvp-level player. You cannot deny Westbrook's ability because of his performance in the later stages of his career, especially after going to the Lakers, and objectively analyze Westbrook's career.

First of all, Westbrook's physical fitness is extremely good, he has the strongest talent among defenders, and his offensive ability is beyond doubt. He is the two-time scoring champion in the NBA and the creator of a triple-double averaging 30+ per game. Even if he is criticized by people in the later stage His poor shooting was also after the serious injury. Before the serious injury, although Westbrook's three-point level was average, he was quite accurate in the mid-range. The zombie jump shot was quite incomprehensible. This former Lakers fan should be impressed. the deepest.

It's just that after being injured by Beverly, his body began to decline, but this decline has little effect on Westbrook, who is at his peak, especially since Westbrook is the two scoring champions. He averaged 30+ triple-doubles per game again, giving the impression that he was not affected by injuries.

But this kind of thing will be revealed with age. When Westbrook's age rises and his athletic ability declines, the impact of the original injury will be reflected at this time, and that serious injury has led to many problems. Less associated injuries, so in the later stages of his career, after his body no longer has such strong athletic ability, his shooting naturally dropped sharply.

But Xu Xiao doesn't need to worry about this. After all, he has a health card, and there are other people who criticize Westbrook's play style as too malignant, poor organizational skills, and don't worry about being keen on swiping stats.

Because anyone who has really watched Westbrook's ball knows that although Westbrook's organizational ability is not as good as a field control master like Paul, it is definitely not bad. At his peak, he averaged 3 assists per game for three consecutive years. He became extreme after being assassinated by Durant, and that year, coupled with the connivance of the coach, made him keen on statistics. Xu Xiao is confident that such things will not happen in his team, and Westbrook is essentially Not a cancerous player. After George Anthony arrived, Westbrook also took the initiative to give up the ball, and whether it was Durant or George's best year, they played with Westbrook.

Therefore, it is said that Westbrook is cancerous, and those who do not know how to organize data brushes can stop for a while. If it is not possible, let’s look at Durant’s last year in the Thunder, what Westbrook was like, and Westbrook in that year was worthy of the name A team of guards, that year the Thunder dominated Westbrook, dared to enter the Western Conference finals, and almost defeated the Warriors. If it weren't for Durant's disastrous performance in games [-] and [-], that year This year may really be the Thunder's finals.

Because of the poor record of the Rockets that season, Xu Xiao spent a lot of time paying attention to the Thunder. It can be said that that year was Westbrook's peak year. The game against the Spurs in the playoffs was even more impressive. Reasonably, Westbrook is simply killing God. Driven by him, the Thunder directly overturned the 67-win Spurs. If there is no Warriors, or Duran With the same performance in the last two undercover games, that year was the year Westbrook became a god.

Therefore, Xu Xiao is not worried about these two aspects. He needs to worry about other aspects such as defense, such as three-pointers without the ball, and how to keep Westbrook more calm on the court while maintaining his enthusiasm. Above, reducing mistakes, this is what Xu Xiao needs to worry about the most.

The star card in Xu Xiao's hand has no one who can make up for Westbrook's defect, but now Xu Xiao doesn't want to draw anymore. For two years, Xu Xiao hasn't figured out what tasks this system has to get the system currency, and now he is in the During the team's trading period, even if they are drawing, they have to wait for the team's lineup to be finalized before drawing, otherwise those teams that don't need money will be wasted.

Since you can't draw a lottery, let's open a special skill card head office.

Xu Xiao thought to himself, don't be the kind of deceitful person last time, Xu Xiao's waist would tremble when he thought of the last time.

But now Xu Xiao also had some expectations. After hesitating left and right, Xu Xiao still opened a special skill card.

", Congratulations on getting the star designation card."

A crisp voice came, and Xu Xiao knew he had chosen the right one.

The star designation card, you can designate a star card that does not exceed the system level.

"This is really about Cao Cao, Cao Cao is here, this thing is too timely."

Xu Xiao immediately searched in his mind, a player who is calm, big-hearted, good at defense, can play off the ball and has a good three-point ability.

A player comes to mind.

"Chauncey Billups!"

At the beginning, it was also known as the brain of the Pistons team, with a good overall view, leading the civilian team Pistons to defeat the Lakers f4, and successfully won fmvp, a player with a big heart, and the three-point level is also good. Defense is good, especially at critical moments. Very reliable, the more important the key, the more accurate, which also makes him the key player in the NBA. He also has a relatively high golf quotient. He can organize the ball with the ball in hand, and he can also play without the ball. He is also very good at using his physical advantage to back up. The ability to eat the opponent's small guard raw and drive his teammates is also top-notch.

Xu Xiao can't forget that when Billups first went to the Nuggets, he took Anthony directly to the Western Conference Finals and gave the god of point guards a 58. In short, in terms of advantages, it should be said that it can best make up for Westbrook's shortcomings players.

Of course, Billups is not perfect. He also has shortcomings. He is not explosive in scoring. Although he is physically strong, his breakthrough level is average, and his fast break is average. In most cases, Billups' fast break is based on chasing three points To conclude, the single-point blasting ability is not good, although the autonomous attack ability is not bad, but it is not top-notch, and cannot absorb a lot of ball possessions. Although the body is strong, but the speed is as explosive as it is, and the ability to make cakes is average, in other words. , Billups is not the kind of ability to forcefully create scoring opportunities for teammates with his own ability. He prefers running tactics, so Billups averages average assists per game.

Doesn't this just hit Westbrook's gun? There is no doubt about Westbrook's scoring ability, and his hard-breaking ability is also underestimated. After that, Westbrook's hard-breaking ability, single-point blasting, and independent offense are also very strong. As for making cakes, there is no need to say more, and there is also fast break. That is also because of the age, and the impact of injuries is magnified. As long as Westbrook remains healthy, then Westbrook will definitely have this ability. Westbrook at the peak, fast break is the most violent guard ever.

In short, Billups's advantages can perfectly make up for Westbrook's shortcomings, and Billups' shortcomings are Westbrook's strengths. The two people are similar in size, but their technical characteristics are completely different. level, Billups' advantages can be infinitely magnified, and the shortcomings are almost completely covered up. This is the perfect point guard, the god of point guards in my heart.

Since this is the case, then don’t hesitate to exchange Billups’ star card directly, but now Xu Xiao doesn’t plan to use it right away, and now Xu Xiao doesn’t fully understand the functions of this star card, in case of delay Without Westbrook's initial growth, the loss outweighs the gain, so Xu Xiao plans to let Westbrook practice first, and then use it after the season starts.

And just as Xu Xiao was still thinking, Ainz next to him woke up Xu Xiao.

"It's our turn again, you're right, no one picked him, but this guy read the scout report, he is a rough guy, what's the use of him, Ainz looked at Xu Xiao with puzzled eyes .”

While Xu Xiao was still immersed in his own world, the draft was still going on in an orderly manner.

The Knicks with the sixth pick still chose the Italian Gallinari, the Grizzlies with the seventh pick selected Gordon, who is the future Erden, and the Bulls with the eighth pick The worst Joe Alexander in the lottery, if you say that the Bulls are really miserable, not only lost the No. [-] pick, but also selected the worst one in the top ten, this is really unlucky and we can't blame the society.

The Bobcats with the ninth pick chose DJ Augustine, a fairly satisfactory choice, the Nets with the tenth pick still chose Lopez, and the Kings with the eleventh pick, as always, selected Bayless.

Then it's time for the Timberwolves again, which is the pick they traded from the Trail Blazers with Kwame Brown.

While everyone was still expecting which of the remaining young talents the Timberwolves would choose, the Timberwolves made another move and selected Serge Ibaka from the Congo with the 12th overall pick. It fooled everyone present.

"What's the situation? Who is this guy?" Questions came one after another, and it was Timberwolves' coquettish operation that shocked the audience.

Nowadays, there are still many young talents left in the small green room, such as McGee, Hibbert, Anthony Randolph, Brandon Rush and others, but Xu Xiao wants to go the wrong way, which is another unbelievable one. s Choice.

Others don't know, but Xu Xiao knows that Ibaka will become an excellent defender in the future. Although he has been beaten by Nowitzki and Aldridge, it cannot be denied that Ibaka's defense is indeed excellent. The top level in the league, but he is not good at single-handedly defending these heavy power forwards, but Ibaka's frame protection and supplementary defense are still very strong. There are only a handful of people in the entire league who can face the hard cap of the peak James. , and Ibaka is one of them.

And Ibaka will develop shooting in the future, which also meets the requirements of future basketball for inside players.

Ignoring the doubts from the outside world, the draft is going on as scheduled, but the subsequent picks have all changed.

The Pacers selected Jason Thompson with the No.13 overall pick, a conscientious blue-collar worker who later came to CBA, the Warriors selected Brandon Rush with the No.14 overall pick, and the Suns selected them with the No.15 overall pick. Anthony Randolph, the 76ers selected the "Slam Dunk King" Speights in the finals, and the Raptors selected Lopez Jr., but then used Lopez as a bargaining chip to trade for O'Neal. Failed transaction.

Then people ridiculed Gao Yuanyuan Hibbert, who was selected by the Wizards, the Cavaliers selected JJ Hickson, which was also selected by the emperor, the Nuggets selected McGee, the Denver Athletic Team was established in advance, and the Suns selected the 23rd overall Without Courtney Lee, this is a good reinforcement for them.

And another surprise to Xu Xiao was the Spurs. The Spurs did not choose Popovich's lover George Hill at the 25th pick, but chose Batum from France. The successor is now, but I don't know if Batum will become the next small card under the Spurs system, but what can be met is that they will not ask for a small card anymore.

The 27th pick belongs to the Rockets, but it was also traded to the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves don't want to use this pick to pick anyone anymore. They have already selected two first-round picks, but they have no second round this year. It was announced that the most important deal in the draft was reached.