The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 232 Bai Bian and Kao Shen Got It
In late June, the annual draft begins.

Although it is a cursed draft, the potential of these rookies is very dazzling, and many teams have high expectations for this draft.

New York's Madison Square Garden was once again selected as the venue for the draft this year.

Half an hour before the draft, Dumas brought Li Xun into the venue.

Originally, Li Xun didn't want to come. He was going to tell Dumas the draft list, and then Dumas would participate by himself.

After all, this year's draft, according to Li Xun's plan, is to win Kaoshen and the white border, and the remaining leftover picks may be won by junior brother Lance Stephenson.

This year's second-round show, apart from a junior, there really isn't any good candidates.

Even juniors are not at the All-Star level, they are optional players.

But Dumas forced Li Xun to participate, saying that it was to prevent accidents from happening.

It is not uncommon for a Hu interception incident to occur in the draft.

In case the players who were spotted were intercepted, Li Xun could immediately shift the target if he was on the scene.

In desperation, Li Xun had no choice but to follow Dumas.

In fact, Dumas's real purpose is not to be afraid of being cut off. Even if he is cut off, he can still get out of the siege by calling Li Xun himself.

The main reason why Li Xun was brought in was to let Li Xun continue to enhance his sense of belonging to the Pistons.

Let him feel that the Pistons are his home, and this team is created by him.

In the draft venue, representatives from each team have almost arrived.

When Dumas led Li Xun into the arena, the scene immediately boiled.

"Old man, congratulations, you have won another championship trophy."

"Old Joe, your Pistons have made great achievements in the draft for two consecutive seasons. Who is the target this time?"

"Tsk tsk, getting Li Xun, Curry and other outstanding rookies, the Pistons are really lucky."

"Why don't we have such good luck?"

Dumars has a very wide network of contacts in the league. After seeing him, many old acquaintances stood up to say hello.

Dumas also hugged each other warmly, looking in a great mood.

It's no wonder he's in a bad mood, he just won the championship, and this time he can get a top insider in the draft.

That is to say, Li Xun didn't tell Dumars that the Pistons could get two top insiders this time, otherwise he doesn't know how happy Dumars will be.

As a player like him who came out of the retro era, it can be said that he has a soft spot for the inside line, even if he is a defender.

Both Cousins ​​and Baibian can undoubtedly be regarded as top insiders.

However, this top insider can only be regarded as the top insider of the same era, not the top insider of the historical level.

Cousins' scoring data is very good, averaging 25+ points per game for several seasons.

Among the centers in the 21st century, besides O'Neal and Yao Ming, Cousins ​​is the third player to hit this kind of data.

But Cousins ​​has a very fatal problem, that is, the offensive efficiency is not high.

It can even be said to be very low.

As a center, it is undoubtedly unreasonable to maintain an average level of around 45% per game all year round.

However, apart from low offensive efficiency, Cousins ​​doesn't have any other major problems. He rebounds and defends very well. It is definitely not a loss for the Pistons to use the third pick.

But in terms of cost performance, it is definitely not as high as the white edge.

As a second-round pick, Baibian really gave people a big surprise.

Although the defense can't be compared with Jordan, but at least he has been selected to the best defensive team, and his ability to block shots is superb.

The rebounding ability is even stronger than Cousins.

At that time, these two people should be trained well, even if the Pistons don't need it, if they sell it, they will definitely be able to sell it at a sky-high price.

After greeting Dumas, everyone turned their attention to Li Xun again.

Everyone knows the reason why Li Xun participated in the draft tonight, it must be to show off his talents.

"Brother Li!"

Not far away, Ah Lian waved at Li Xun.

It may be that the Nets management was afraid that Li Xun would let them go, so this time they specially brought Ah Lian over.

As the saying goes, don't look at the monk's face to see the Buddha's face. The Nets have no friendship with Li Xun, but Li Xun will not even cheat Yi Jianlian.

Li Xun nodded at Ah Lian.

Then followed Dumars to the Pistons' seat.

After waiting for about 10 minutes, the grizzled Stern appeared.

After talking about the opening remarks for 15 minutes, Li Xun's ears could hear calluses.

Finally, he finally finished his long and stinky opening speech, and the draft officially started.

"I announce that the Washington Wizards have selected John Wall from the University of Kentucky with the No. [-] pick in the first round!"

Stern announced the candidates for the No. [-] pick, and Li Xun was not surprised at all.

Arenas is completely cool now, and the Wizards now need a top offensive player to stabilize their market.

The key brother wall is indeed worthy of this champion.

Born in a famous school like the University of Kentucky, he is also the core of the team, with overwhelming physical fitness and comprehensive skills.

In the draft report, he was directly given full marks for his athletic ability, body, speed, potential and so on.

In terms of templates, the template for Rose of the Windy City is also given.

This is definitely the pride of heaven.

It's a pity that injuries and lack of self-discipline eventually ruined this proud man.

Hearing that Wall was selected, many team representatives began to sigh.

Next, the Philadelphia 76ers, who held the second pick, chose Evan Turner as a parallel importer under normal circumstances.

Originally, Li Xun was thinking about whether to remind Iverson.

After all, Iverson is now back in Philadelphia.

But after thinking about it, the 76ers can't say how kind they are to Iverson. Whether he suffers or not, it has nothing to do with him anyway.

After all, Iverson's return to the 76ers this season is entirely for the fans of the 76ers.

The Nets management showed a relaxed look.

Their original goal was Turner, and now that Turner has been chosen, they don't have to hesitate.

Then everything depends on Li Xun.

Dumas brought a note and asked Li Xun to write the name of his favorite player.

Li Xun hesitated for a moment, and finally wrote Cousins' name.

In terms of potential, pickled peppers may be better, but the Pistons do not lack the backcourt now.

The note was handed over to the Nets management.

After a while, Stern returned to the venue with a sad face.

He already knew that Cousins ​​was selected by the Pistons, to be precise, by Li Xun.

The Pistons have been ridiculously strong this season, and what Stern is most worried about now is that the Pistons will make a lot of gains in this year's draft.

Especially when an insider like Cousins ​​is selected.

The inside rookies are too strong to be ridiculously strong, and the weak are so weak that they make people collapse.

It is said that players at the center position need time to polish, but that being said, in fact, all of the top centers in history have played well since they first entered the league.

Now Stern is afraid that Cousins ​​is such a flourishing center.

That would be too bad, and the Lakers will have no chance of winning the championship next season.

In his heart, he still looks forward to the Lakers winning the championship. For no other reason, the Lakers earn more money by winning the championship.

"I announce that the New Jersey Nets have selected DeMarcus Cousins ​​from the University of Kentucky with the third pick in the first round."

Cousins ​​is also from the University of Kentucky and is teammates with Brother Wall.

In this way, the University of Kentucky will definitely have a bright future this year, sweeping the No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick.

Next, the Timberwolves, holding the No. [-] pick, selected Wesley Johnson, a junior of Melo Anthony from Syracuse University.

As a small forward who was born at Syracuse University, his template happened to be Anthony.

It's a pity that Li Xun knew very well that there was almost one Granger gap between this guy and Anthony.

Soon, it was the turn of the Kings holding the fifth pick.

The Kings were dumbfounded. They had tried Cousins ​​before and had decided to use the fifth pick to pick him off.

As a result, a basket was shot halfway, leaving the Kings dumbfounded.

What does the Nets want Cousins ​​for?Don't they have Daluo and Yi Jianlian in their team?
Now the King is not clear about the transaction between the Nets and the Pistons.

If he knew, he probably regretted it.

Li Xun chose Cousins, in fact, he also had the idea of ​​revenge on the king.

When the king traded Lagabel, it was clear that he would not give Li Xun face.

That being the case, it is impossible for Li Xun to make them feel better.

Cousins ​​was selected, and the Kings had no choice but to choose center Greg Monroe, who had a lower predicted pick.

This choice is actually not too bad.

At least Monroe is not a parallel importer. He has thermos pots hanging on his buttocks and a small water bottle.

After all, he graduated from a famous school like Georgetown University.

Next, the Jazz chose Hayward, and the Pacers chose Paul George, which made Li Xun feel distressed.

But these two are not to say that they are completely out of luck with the Pistons.

The Pacers now have the boss Granger in the team, who overlaps with Pickle. As long as there are enough chips, they can still be traded.

As for Hayward, the same is true, he also has to play off the bench.

One rookie after another was picked up by each team, and the Nets waited extremely anxiously.

Just after the Rockets selected Patrick Patterson, also from the University of Kentucky, with the 14th overall pick, Ah Lian quietly walked to Li Xun's side.

"Brother Li, they said they don't want that short shooting guard anymore, they want that all-star point guard."

Li Xun nodded.

Bradley is 188 cm tall and Beverly is 185 cm tall. There is actually no difference between the two.

Bradley can play shooting guard, why can't Beverley play.

If you don't choose Bradley, you can win an All-Star point guard, and that is a young All-Star point guard!
"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected Eric Bledsoe from the University of Kentucky with the NO.15 pick in the first round."

After Stern finished speaking, he glanced at the direction of the Nets.

If nothing else, this Bledsoe should be the rookie of the Nets.

Everyone in the audience was shocked, not because the Pistons selected Bledsoe, but because the University of Kentucky's appearance rate is really a bit high.

The No. 14 pick, No. 15 pick, No. [-] pick and No. [-] pick are all players from their University of Kentucky.

You must know that they participated in the draft with a total of four players this year, and all of them were selected with high picks.

The 2010 draft can be called the year of Kentucky.

As the top NCAA giants in the United States, the University of Kentucky has produced the largest number of NBA players.

For example, Prince is a player from the University of Kentucky.

So is Rondo.

In addition, Mr. Tang and Brother Nongmei in later generations all came from this wealthy family.

Listening to the admiration of everyone around him, Li Xun also had to admire the foundation of the University of Kentucky.

It's not an exaggeration to say that this year's school team will go to the World Series, and they may really get a good ranking.

Four players in the draft, three All-Stars, it's just fantastic.

"Lee, did you just say that Bledsoe is an All-Star point guard?"

Old Dumas heard Yi Jianlian and Li Xun's whispers just now, so he couldn't help asking in a low voice.

Li Xun nodded, "That's right, he is indeed a real All-Star point guard."

"A sin!"

"Such a good player, why do you keep giving them away to others, can't we keep them for ourselves?"

Dumas patted his thigh, looking regretful.

If he had known that the 13th pick would be able to select an All-Star point guard, he should have traded another 14th or [-]th pick to cut off Bledsoe.

"The strength of an All-Star is different from an All-Star."

"His potential is not as great as Lowry, let alone compared with Curry."

"We already have two All-Star point guards, why do we need so many point guards?"

Li Xun said dumbfoundedly.

These words made Dumas stagger in fright.

Curry will become an All-Star in the future, and he is very sure of this.

If it weren't for the restrictions of Yi Jianlian's rules, Curry might be selected for the backup All-Star team based on his performance in his rookie season.

But Lowry?That black iron egg is also an All-Star point guard?

Dumas doesn't look like anything.

But since Li Xun said so firmly, Dumas still believed Li Xun.

From this point of view, the Pistons really don't need Bledsoe.

Half of the first round of selection was completed, and it took a full hour.

Next, Li Xun waited until he yawned and waited for another full hour, and finally got the 30th pick in the first round that the Pistons had.

The Pistons' record this year ranks first in the league, and this first-round pick is of course the last one.

Li Xun neatly wrote Hassan Whiteside's name on the note.

"Hassan Whiteside?"

Dumas frowned and began to recall.

Because in his impression, such an unknown person really does not exist, and he doesn't even know what position this guy plays.

Dumars has been very busy during this time, so he has no time to pay attention to these rookies who are not predicted to be high.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected Hassan Whiteside from Marshall University with the [-]th pick in the first round."

Dumas immediately became clear.

No wonder I didn't know that Whiteside was originally from such a little-known second-rate school.

"Is this a center forward?"

Dumas asked with surprise after seeing Whiteside's height on the stage.

Li Xun nodded.

"That's right, Center."

"It's the same style as the emperor's uncle, but his strength is slightly worse than the emperor's uncle."

Hearing this, Dumas wished he could look up to the sky and burst out laughing.

Blood earned!
He didn't expect that in this draft, Li Xun would be able to give him two top insiders.

Now Jordan has initially possessed the potential of the league's number one blue-collar center.

Of course, the first blue-collar here, the premise is to get rid of Howard.

Slightly worse than Jr. Jordan, isn't that the second blue-collar center?

For a bottom pick in the first round, to be able to select such a rookie is an absolute bloodbath.

(End of this chapter)