Chapter 760 [Stealing the limelight of the rookies]
On June 26, the 2002 NBA Draft was held at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The Rockets won the No. 1 pick and selected 188cm tall point guard Jay Williams.
In his junior season, Jay averaged 21.6 points and 6.1 assists per game and led Duke University to the NCAA championship. He was the best guard among his peers. In 6 NCAA games during March Madness, he averaged 25.7 points per game.
Yang Jian watched the live broadcast of the draft. When the Rockets made this choice, BGM seemed to be ringing in his ears. "I don't even have to say a word, forgive me. Life is condensing at this moment. In the past, you have searched for a certain lost voice." When the sun sets far away, people pray to retain the moment of youth. There will always be sadness in dreams when the thoughts of wind and rain are exposed..."
Jay, who only played for one season, was driving his motorcycle at high speed one night in the summer of 2003. The ending was that he was lying on the ground with a nosebleed, twitching, and died with a horn... no, with a telephone pole. Already.
In a parallel world, the Rockets have made a lot of money because of Yao Ming. Although Wang Zhizhi is in the Rockets now, he does not have such high commercial value. Not many Chinese fans watch Rockets games. There are Yang Jian games to watch, who would deliberately seek abuse?
The Eagles selected Mike Dunleavy, the son of coach Michael Dunleavy, with the second pick. So the question is, how much do the Dunleavy family like the name Michael? The difference between my father's name and my son's name is just abbreviation.
The Cavaliers selected Drew Gooden with the third overall pick, a strong offensive and defensive interior line.
The Nuggets drafted power forward Niko Rhodes-Skotyshvili with the fourth pick. Yang Jian didn't even know what this guy did, and had no impression that he was the fourth pick.
With the fifth pick, the Grizzlies selected post player Nene Hilario, who is 211cm tall and weighs 113kg. This is a good choice, and can even be said to be the only reliable one among the top five.
The Warriors selected the 188cm-tall combo guard DaJuan Wagner with the sixth pick, another parallel import.
The Clippers used the trade pick to select power forward Chris Wilcox with the seventh pick. When they wanted an inside player, Clippers manager Elgin Baylor perfectly missed the right answer. .
The Suns selected Amare Stoudemire with the eighth pick, the most physically fit player in this draft.
Stoudemire is 208cm tall, weighs 111kg, and his physical test data is eye-catching. He can shoot suddenly. I don’t know why the draft template given by the scouts is Ben Wallace. There is no similarity between the two.
The Heat selected Caron Butler with the ninth pick, a small forward who is 201cm tall and has strong physical fitness. This choice is also good. Butler was selected to the All-Star once in the parallel world and averaged 20.00 points per game in two seasons.
Yang Jian watched it for a while and felt that the success rate of this NBA draft was very low, not just because Yao Ming was missing.
There are not many reliable first-round picks. The small forward Tayshaun Prince selected by the Pistons outside the lottery is pretty good. Prince has never been selected to the All-Star in his career and is an excellent defensive wing.
This year, apart from Stoudemire, the player with the most potential is Carlos Boozer. The SuperSonics successfully selected him with the 28th pick. Since the Timberwolves had their draft rights revoked, the Sonics automatically moved up one spot in the draft.
In a parallel world, Boozer was selected to the All-Star Game twice and won a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Boozer fell to the second round mainly because of his size. He is 206cm tall and weighs 120kg. He is the height of a power forward and the weight of a center.
Although his shooting percentage was extremely high in college, many scouts believed that Boozer could not adapt to the NBA game. Some scouts believed that his weakness was shooting, which is so amazing.
The most critical thing is that Boozer has problems with both his defensive skills and defensive enthusiasm, which has already started to show up in the NCAA. As a double-double machine, his energy is obviously spent more on offense and rebounding. He has neither
He has excellent lateral speed and is not good at blocking shots, but he is strong enough to withstand centers.
This is not a problem for the Sonics. Lewis's defense is not much better when he plays power forward and he still wins. In the SuperSonics, the key is for players to cooperate with Yang Jian's offense. Boozer, who is good at pick-and-roll, is an excellent player.
That is combat power.
The SuperSonics signed him to a four-year rookie contract, and they will let him go immediately after finishing the rookie bonus. There is no need to renew Boozer with a high salary. His weaknesses are too obvious and his cost-effectiveness is very low.
Next season, Boozer will definitely be much better as an inside substitute than veteran Danny Ferry, and his ability to control rebounds is twice as strong. With him playing center, the Sonics can also play small-ball tactics.
The SuperSonics selected Boozer, and there was no strong player in the second round. There is also a good inside man, Argentine "Diamond" Luis Scola was selected by the Spurs with the 55th pick, and he had to wait until 2007 to land in the NBA.
On the second day of the draft, Yang Jian made headlines in entertainment news, stealing the limelight from the rookies.
Warner Bros. Pictures officially announced that it has officially signed a contract with Yang Jian to co-produce the musical film "Phantom of the Opera". The copyright is in the hands of producer Andrew Lloyd Webber, and both Huaer Pictures and Universal Pictures
No longer involved, Yang Jian joined the crew as an actor, producer, and screenwriter.
This incident immediately attracted countless people to discuss on the Internet, and not many fans discussed the NBA rookie. "Phantom of the Opera" is the most famous musical in the world, and Yang Jian is the most famous star.
"Good guy, Yang Jian said before that he wanted to try a new music style, and now he's making a big move. He said he wanted to sing R&B, but he ended up starring in a musical. Isn't this a big step?"
"Who is the heroine? Who is the second male lead? If it were Leonardo and Naomi, this movie would be great."
Some comments exposed the fact that netizens did not understand the original work of the musical. How could Christine be older than the Phantom? This is exactly what the people at Warner Bros. and producer Weber wanted to see. Many people are not interested in musicals.
Passerby fans may enter the theater for Yang Jian.
"Musical theater master Weber was full of praise for Yang Jian's acting skills and singing voice. What's wrong with you, Dom? You didn't want to avenge Letty and went to sing a musical?"
"What the hell is Yang Jian starring in a musical? Hurry up and film Vegetarian Chicken 4, you bastard! I'm still waiting to see Dom master his kung fu and defeat the gang!"
"Yang is making a Warner Bros. movie this time. Is it because he can't agree with Universal on the sequel's remuneration, production costs, etc.? We can't stop the Veggie Chicken series. I think it's better than Tom Cruise's.
Mission: Impossible is wonderful.”
There were so many comments online that Yang Jian had to issue a statement for vegetarian chicken fans to calm them down.
Yang Jian said: "Vegetarian 4 will be filmed in two or three years. The script of the movie needs to be carefully conceived, and there will be a new heroine in the sequel. How to set her identity to make her shine, and who to choose?"
It is very important to play the heroine. This series has reached a critical moment, I must keep the story reasonable, and the goal is to make it better and better."
Yang Jian also said: "I starred in "Phantom of the Opera" because I like this musical very much. In addition to this and "Chicago", I also like "Les Misérables". I feel very honored to be able to star in "Phantom of the Opera".
There is no problem with Universal and we will cooperate for a long time."
He only needs to give a few simple examples to dispel people's doubts. The two parties have cooperated too closely. "Night at the Museum", "Death Comes 2", "Legally Blonde 2", "Revenge of Love Rivals", "Thunderbolt"
Movies such as "Girls 2" will be released globally one after another.
Seeing that many movies are scheduled to be released, people feel that Yang Jian is awesome and wants to dominate the pace of Hollywood.
The series of movies produced by Huaer Pictures is not just "Fast and Furious", many movies have made sequels. Universal is also preparing to shoot "The Ring 3". This time Naomi made it clear that she will not participate, otherwise she would also have three movies
Song series.
This year, Huaer Pictures has vaguely surpassed DreamWorks, the company co-owned by Spielberg and his friends. DreamWorks has made more award-winning films, and Huaer Pictures is even better at the box office.