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Chapter 426 Changes in the Draft
The Nets general manager and a slew of uniformed staff sit in a box, excitedly answering every request to call them.

This is a feeling of mastering the audience, as if the initiative is in your own hands.

This mechanism in the league is also to give small teams some sense of experience, which is similar to saying: Look, although your combat power is not good and you didn't make the playoffs, at least you are the absolute protagonist in the draft.

Relatively speaking, some powerful teams that are below the top teams but have also entered the playoffs have no sense of existence.

The host of the telecast of the draft gave a gag, and introduced the situation of this year's draft, as well as their predicted No. [-] pick.

After making a long and eloquent statement, the camera cuts to the scene, and David Stern walks out amidst the long-awaited.

According to the rules, the president of the league may be booed.

However, it's okay to reach Minnesota, and it seems that there is no booing, which shows that the Timberwolves fans don't have much opinion on the president of the league.

Qin Fei looked at it in the box and sneered endlessly. It is estimated that after a while, the fans present will regret not giving the league president a good boo.

David Stern held the envelope in his hand.

When he came to the stage, the microphone had already been adjusted in place.

All eyes were on him.

Stern first made a speech, reviewed the glorious course of last season, summarized the achievements of the league, and looked forward to the new season.

Then, according to the procedure, they began to formally enter the draft conference.

He began preparing to announce the Nets' selection.

"In the 2000 NBA draft, the first pick in the first round of the New Jersey Nets selected—"

"Power forward from the University of Cincinnati—"

"Kenyon Martin!"

The moment the broadcast came out, there was applause at the scene, and the fans of the Nets who came here were excited, facing the camera, waving the flags in their hands happily.

The camera cuts to the scene immediately.

Kenyon Martin in a white suit looked a little young, but still had a very excited smile on his face. He hugged his family and shared the good news with them as soon as possible.

Then the camera showed several other popular rookies who had the opportunity to run for the No. [-] pick in the same period, such as Marcus Fizer and Darius Miles.

They were stunned for a moment, and immediately applauded quickly, maintaining their own demeanor and conveying a good image to the outside world.

The one who reacted slowly had a slightly stiff face, but after being reminded by the people around him, he immediately raised his hands and applauded, but he could still see the difficulty of being forced to open his business.

Martin, as the brightest rookie of the night, stepped onto the stage.

He does have the capital to be the No. [-] pick, not only because of his outstanding physical fitness, but also because of his good performance data in college.

Martin is 2 meters tall and is a power forward on the field.

As a sophomore, he completed the first triple-double in school history in the past 31 years (24 points, 23 rebounds and 10 blocks).

In his senior year, he averaged 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks per game.Named to the First Team All-American, named Player of the Year, and named Defensive Player of the Year three consecutive times.

This is a player who is considered to be a Tim Duncan type player. The only problem is that in the first game of this year's 64 tournament, Martin broke his leg and has potential injury problems.

Otherwise, he would be the undisputed No. [-] pick.

Qin Fei's efforts to fuel the flames had no effect in the end. The Nets never considered a Chinese player who had never proven himself in the NCAA, even if he had the potential to be the No. [-] player in the NBA.

Martin took his baseball cap, stepped onto the stage and began to give his speech.

The fans of the Nets are very happy. The "two-horse" combination of "Marbury + Martin" looks very strong and has great potential for development. It has both athletic ability and shooting ability. One inside and one outside complement each other.

After Martin left the field, the scene naturally sent even more enthusiastic applause.

In fact, no one knows what he said, at least they don't remember what he just said, only his name and such a fact.

Kenyon Martin was selected with the first overall pick in the first round of the 2000 NBA draft.

Martin got his wish and became the No. [-] pick.

After Martin, Stern announced the No. [-] pick.

"The Vancouver Grizzlies selected the second pick in the first round of the 2000 draft—"

"Power forward from LSU—"

"Tromile Swift!"

The choice this time caused some discussions on the scene.

Fans haven't heard of this player's name much. With Darius Miles, Marcus Fizer and even Yao Ming and other popular players still at the top, the Grizzlies actually chose Tromile Swift, a sophomore.

It’s not that Swift isn’t good enough, but that this physical player doesn’t have the resume to reach the No. 16.2 pick level. In his sophomore year, his data was 8.2 points and [-] rebounds. His dunks are as powerful as O’Neal, but that’s all.

He seems to just dunk.
With a height of 2 meters and a weight of 06 kilograms, among the meat shield insiders everywhere in the NBA, it may not be possible to have such an easy dunk opportunity, not to mention that the Grizzlies already have Raheem. This operation is really fascinating.

The Grizzlies must be very proud, what they want is that you don't understand.

Then, with the third overall pick, the Los Angeles Clippers selected Darius Myers.

Darius Miles is also known as 2 meters 06, a forward position, and is a high school player.

His characteristics are exactly the same as the previous two players, that is, his physical fitness explodes, he can fly, run and dunk. In his final year of high school, he averaged 22.1 points, 12.4 rebounds, 7.2 blocks, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals per game, completely dominating the high school league.

Big bets on high school students proved to work.

At least for now, these high school players have performed very well and have a high success rate. Kemp, Garnett, Kobe, McGrady, Jr.
So during this period, the league's prejudice against high school students has dropped to a new low in history.

So much so that players like Darius Miles have become this year's No. [-] pick, and the fans on the scene are very understandable. After all, judging from his physical talent and performance in high school, it seems that even the first high school student in history.

Darius Miles himself is very satisfied with the record high pick that this high school student has achieved. In his eyes, this is already on the road to becoming a superstar. Next, he should be like countless high school seniors, achieve the best rookie glory as soon as possible, and take a solid first step.

So Darius Miles' speech is also very targeted.

"I think I am an excellent high school player. I have great potential to be tapped. I want to be an excellent NBA player. The best rookie is my primary goal in the new season."

The top three players and picks have been determined.

Yao Ming, who was preparing for training in China, was sitting in front of the TV with his manager, family and relatives.

The officials specially dispatched staff to record the footage of them watching the live broadcast.

This is a precious draft screen belonging to Yao Ming.

At this time, Yao Ming was still quite nervous, and also slightly disappointed.

Among the top three players selected, Darius Miles has never been in contact with him. He has been in contact with both Kenyon Martin and Swift. Kenyon Martin is okay. Swift was hammered by Yao Ming in the training camp before, so Yao Ming thinks that Swift is not too surprising.

Zhang Mingji comforted Yao Ming.

"This is actually very normal. The NBA draft is like this. When a team selects players, especially young players, the first choice is not the player's immediate combat ability, but the player's personal physical fitness, potential equivalent evaluation, etc. Perhaps in the eyes of the Clippers, this is a good choice."

Zhang Mingji thought Yao Ming was struggling with the fact that the Los Angeles Clippers chose a high school student.

In fact, Yao Ming is not talking about high school students. I have seen a lot of Yao Ming who is a good high school student. Darius Miles has never been in contact with him. With his stable personality, it is difficult to comment.

Yao Ming originally wanted to ask Zhang Mingji if the Rockets would definitely choose him.

He now knows this kind of suffering, and he really doesn't know what it feels like to sit in the little green room.

He wanted to ask, but the cameras were all there, so he pressed the question to his heart, showed a forced smile, and asked, "If you are selected, what is the first thing?"

Zhang Mingji accurately grasped Yao Ming's point this time. He said, "The first thing to do is to express your recognition and praise for the new employer. After all, they will be the unit that will pay you in the future. This is very important."

Yao Ming listened to his answer and nodded with a smile.

I can still laugh.
Yao Ming's parents, who were sitting next to him, were even more nervous than Yao Ming. The top three had already been drafted away. I heard that in the NBA draft, some players would often be upset. Would Yao Ming fall out of the top ten or not even be selected in the first round?

The more they thought about it, the more nervous they became, thinking wildly over there.

Darius Miles' high school career highlights are still being played back in the camera. This is also a regular procedure, and every player who is selected will play highlights after being selected.

This is the first step in the first wave of official publicity for them, the "NBA Star-making Movement".

Everyone is waiting for this wave of videos to end, but this video just doesn’t end, it’s been playing for a long time
day by day
Finally, the highlight of the third show is over.

Then listening to the host talking nonsense, the camera returned to the venue, and David Stern came to the stage.

All eyes converge.

David Stern opened the envelope, and the sound was transmitted around the world through the signal.

"The fourth pick in the first round of the 2000 NBA Draft."

"The Chicago Bulls chose—"

"Yao Ming!"

"from China!"

This is a very historic moment, and the picture has been transmitted to Chinese fans all over the world who pay attention to the draft.

At this moment, all the fans in the country were boiling, raising their hands and cheering.

Yao Ming was selected by the Chicago Bulls with the fourth overall pick in the first round!

Yao Ming in front of the TV also jumped up happily.

There was jubilation and applause throughout the room.

"congratulations!"

"When I was a child, I always thought Yao Ming was promising, now he is really famous!"

"Now it's not just rushing out of Asia, it's also rushing across the Pacific Ocean!"

The relatives clapped their hands, looked at Yao Ming who was hugging his parents, and sent congratulations one after another.

Yao Ming's management team was also very happy as if they had received a bonus.

"Chicago Bulls?"

Zhang Mingji was slightly stunned. To be honest, this team did not show much desire to compete with Yao Ming before, but on the day of the draft, they actually picked Yao Ming with the fourth pick?

No wonder others say that the NBA is a place where accidents happen frequently. This is a special accident when you take the first step in the draft.

The Los Angeles Clippers, who were originally interested in Yao Ming, chose high school student Miles Darius, and then the Atlanta Hawks and Houston Rockets are very active teams.

The team in the United States has even approached these two teams very well.

Well now, here comes the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls were also in contact before, but the Bulls did not make their commitment until the start of the draft. Among the remaining high-quality rookies inside, Yao Ming was once ranked behind Marcus Fizer.

At the scene of the draft, Marcus Fizer, the "top pick" was ashen-faced.

Fizer also reported a height of 2 meters and 06 kilograms. He is a power forward and has a strong physique.

In high school, he was selected to the McDonald's All-American High School All-Star team. In college, Fizer was full of honors. When he was a junior, he became the No. 12 scorer in the Big [-]. He was voted the first team of the All-American.

The most important thing is that Tim Floyd, the current head coach of the Bulls, was Fizer's mentor when he was a freshman in college. Later, Floyd went to coach the Bulls, and there was a mentorship between the two.

Therefore, many outside media have analyzed that if Fizer is selected before, it will be fine. If he falls to the fourth overall pick, then the Bulls will inevitably select him.

But the accident came like this, never expected that the mentor chose Yao Ming.

Of course, it may not be the mentor, but the strategy of the Bulls general manager Klaus' team.
The fans at the scene were also in an uproar, "buzzing" chatting over there.

For them, Yao Ming is indeed very strange, and they don't know what kind of magic power this 20-year-old boy has, which made the Bulls give up Fizer
The camera pans continuously to Fizer.

Of course his face was very ugly, no matter how much he controlled it, he was still a young man over 21 years old, and he couldn't hide himself at all.

Followed by the Magic with the fifth overall pick.

The Magic are too tangled. They were not interested in the inside. There are already a lot of inside players in the team. They want an outside player.

As a result, Marcus Fizer is now the fifth overall pick.

The general manager of the Magic gritted his teeth, obliterated the original name and replaced it with Marcus Fizer.

Qin Fei in the warrior's private room was stunned, and the butterfly effect instigated by Yao Ming's joining was obviously stronger.

He was only a rookie at the end of the first round, and had little influence, but now, the teams starting from Yao Ming seem to have deviated from their original choices.

The fifth pick, the Magic gritted their teeth and added another insider to the team.

The Atlanta Hawks with the sixth pick also only wanted the inside, and finally chose the fifth tonight power forward DeMar Johnson, a 2-meter-high power forward, a star player from the University of Cincinnati and a teammate of Kenyon Martin.

The seventh pick is still the Bulls.

This draft pick is the Washington Wizards' draft pick that the Bulls acquired from the 76ers by trading Kukoc last season.

The Bulls used this pick to select Mike Miller.

Finally, Miller became the first outside player to be selected.

Miller was originally a popular player in the top five levels, but he fell to seventh place. He is a sophomore at the University of Florida. He is a tall wing shooter with a soft touch, a high release point, an online basketball IQ, and a certain ability to organize and pass the ball.

So the Cavaliers with the eighth pick happily chose their favorite inside player Chris Mim.

The ninth pick, the Rockets' favorite insiders, have all been selected. They want insiders, but they are very entangled when they see the excellent Crawford fall to this position.

In the end, he respected the glory of the center and chose Joel Przybilla.

With the tenth overall pick, the Magic chose Jamal Crawford, a scorer at the University of Michigan and a wing player with great physical fitness.

So far, all the top ten picks have been released, and eight of them are all inside players.

There are a bunch of power forwards who claim to be 2 meters 06, and then stand together but have uneven levels.

Just as people were anticipating the rest of the draft, official communications broke the news of tonight's first team-to-team trade.

The team involved in the transaction was the Warriors who had just won the championship.
(End of this chapter)