Chapter 61 [Selection criteria, the rest]
NBA President David Stern came on stage to deliver a speech, and fans at the scene booed. Since the NBA was suspended in 1998, booing the president in the draft has become a tradition. Stern smiled and didn't care. The 2000 draft officially began.
The New Jersey Nets used the No. 1 pick to pick the University of Cincinnati power forward Kenyon Martin.
Martin was reimbursed for injury in the Championship and was still able to become the NBA No. 1 pick in the draft. His physical fitness is so attractive.
The Grizzlies' second pick selected Stromayer Swift of Louisiana State University, a 208cm tall and 100kg spring man.
Swift's team was eliminated in the round of 16. He also impressed the Grizzlies with top physical fitness. If you only look at the highlights of college goals, he is even stronger than Michael Jordan. His football quotient is so low that he is impossible to become a star. Now no one knows this, and the media generally optimistic about him.
Like Guo Xu's previous life, the Clippers selected Dalius Myers, a forward who was 206CM tall and weighed 107kg, and a guy who secretly tested the test papers with Black Widow and Captain America.
He is a player who participated in the NBA draft after graduating from high school. In his last year of high school, he averaged 22.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.4 steals and 7.2 blocks. Because of his exaggerated data, he was called "KG II" by some media, and his cowhide was almost blown away.
Myers is indeed a high school student in the draft, but he was born on October 9, 1981, one month older than Guo Xu. And although he has a strong physical fitness, his defense is not active and his shooting is unstable... This man wouldn't even have the nerve to say "KG II"?
There was a major change in the fourth pick. The Chicago Bulls selected Jason Richardson, which was higher than Guo Xu's previous life in 2001. He played for one more year and became fifth.
The Bulls management believes that Richardson has unlimited potential, bounces and strength, with a three-point shooting range of three points, and is less than 19 years old, and is a true All-Star seedling. Moreover, he has an NCAA championship bonus. Other rookies are either older or have poor data as good as him. The compromise looks particularly good.
Richardson hugged his family on the spot, put on a rookie hat and shook hands with Stern, smiling happily.
The public official Blake asked in disbelief: "So high? Isn't he the third in your team?"
Guo Xu was also surprised and smiled and said, "I didn't expect him to be selected so high, and his fate has changed."
The Magic selected pitcher Mike Miller in the fifth pick. Richardson looked normal. He was also a forward. Miller was so cruel in the finals. His physical fitness was even worse than Richardson's level. How could He De be in the front?
Black was dissatisfied with it at first sight. "Fuck, how did you choose this? Is this stupid guy from the Buddha University? It's useless in the final."
"Maybe the magic manager is blind." Guo Xu smiled, and he couldn't explain the managers' selection criteria.
There are too many such things in the draft. Miller's advantage is that he can provide instant combat power. He is also the best three-pointer among the rookies this year. But this year, Michael Reed, who is also instant combat power, able to shoot and have better physical fitness, is completely unpopular. In his three seasons of playing for Ohio State, Reed averaged 19.6 points per game, but was only predicted as a second-round pick. The reason for the "experts" is that he has a poor record.
In fact, when choosing a manager, it generally depends on whether it is suitable for the team's tactics. Scouts also have a general selection criteria.
The first thing is to look at the physical fitness, the second thing is to look at the spirit of the players, and the third thing is to look at the origin of the players.
The body, height and wingspan are undoubtedly the first consideration. No one can teach these things. Speed bounce and explosive power can be practiced, but the golden age is between the ages of six and twenty, and it will be difficult to improve in the future.
Therefore, in terms of players' physical condition, without any injury history, the wingspan is the first, and then the height is the explosive power, speed, agility, bounce, balance, and finally the strength.
In terms of spirit, first of all, whether the player can work in a team environment. A humble player can teach him training comfortably, and no one likes the thorned players. Secondly, it depends on perseverance. Not everyone can endure so much hardship to train. Perseverance is easier to play out, and the quality can be improved almost. Spiritual attributes can really determine the player limit.
The last origin refers to the level of basketball education that players receive at the beginning, what kind of basketball system they have experienced, and the players have different styles of playing different backgrounds.
Like the players who are now big in Michigan State, their specialties are fast offensive and defensive conversions and pick-and-roll cooperation; those who are big in Duke University are often excellent team players, and they are selfless on both offense and defense; the University of Florida is a high-quality forward or three-pointer.
These are determined by the coach's tactical style and will label young players. Reed is not favored, largely because he likes to fight randomly.
The Hawks selected Demar Johnson as the sixth place, with a 206CM height and a 91kg front guard swinger. The template is Scott Pippen, with amazing physical fitness.
Looking at Johnson with a smile on the stage, Guo Xu suspected that there was such a thing as fate. Even though Richardson participated in the draft one year in advance and triggered the butterfly effect, he was still chosen by the Hawks.
Guo Xu was deeply impressed by Johnson in his previous life, a genius who was ruined by injuries. In 2002, he encountered a car accident in Atlanta, and his neck was almost broken and he almost died. However, he returned to the NBA with his firm personality. He became a very inspiring player, but he failed to recover from his previous state of injury and said goodbye to the NBA early in 2007.
If he was selected by other teams, the car accident might be avoided. It might still happen now. Even if Guo Xu knew about this, he could not save this person. He didn't know which day the car accident was.
The seventh draft pick is from the Bulls again, and Marcus Fezer, a power forward with a height of 203CM and a weight of 117 kg.
In Guo Xu's former world, Fizer is very famous. It's not that he became an all-star, but because of his crazy tattoo hobby. He has more than 30 tattoos on his body. You know, at this time, Iverson, the famous tattoo king in the league, only had 21.
The Cavaliers selected Jamal Crawford in the eighth place; the Rockets selected center Joel Poulzbila in the ninth place. The Magic selected point guard Kenyon Dulin with the tenth pick; the Celtics selected center Chris Meim.
The overall draft results have not changed much. All teams have set their favorite goals through trial training. In the era when rookie training camps are not disclosed, there are few cases of intercepting Hu.
Cliffs joined the Pistons in the 14th place, twice selected as the Best Player in the Top Ten League, three times selected into the All-American team, and once won the NCAA championship with Michigan State. Such a beautiful resume is not high in this ranking, but Cliffs is very happy. As a native of Michigan, the team he wants to join the most is the Pistons. At this time, he never thought that this was a big pit.
Morris Peterson joined the Raptors with 17, which was similar to the predicted position. He was not very happy because he was going to Toronto, Canada.
Chapter completed!