The NBA started with helping Iverson win the championship

Chapter 254 Selecting Six Rookies in a Row
Three days later, the Pistons' championship parade ended.

During these three days, Li Xun enjoyed the emperor-like treatment given by the Detroit fans. On the parade bus, countless people screamed at Li Xun crazily.

Li Xun is used to this kind of scene. After all, he won the championship last season, and he also participated in the championship parade.

"what?"

"Get it so soon?"

Li Xun received a call from Dumars, and the Raptors had already found the Rockets to trade for a 14th overall pick.

In this way, Li Xun has obtained all the draft picks that Li Xun wanted.

After various large and small transactions, the Pistons sent Artest, Whiteside, DeRozan, and Lowry in total, as well as the 19th overall pick and the 22nd overall pick.

Perhaps in the entire NBA history, no team has come up with so many trading chips in one offseason.

At the same time, no championship team will dismantle the lineup into what it is now during the offseason.

Of course, the harvest is also quite rich.

After the transaction, the Pistons already hold six draft picks.

分别是8号签、14号签、16号签、30号签、37号签以及60号签。

If nothing else, these six draft picks will bring Tang Shen, Leonard, Vucevic, Giba, Parsons and the little assassin to the Pistons.

Rashid's retirement is a foregone conclusion and nothing will change about that.

Yao Ming's side has not been confirmed yet, but even if he continues to play, he probably won't stay in the Pistons, because the Pistons really don't have that much salary space.

Count the five newcomers who are about to join.

The Pistons' starting lineup for the new season will be...

Center: Howard, Cousins

Power Forward: Vucevic, Li Xun

Small forwards: Leonard, Djibba and Parsons
Shooting guard: Tang Shen and Ray Allen

Point guard: Curry, Dragic plus little assassin
There are a total of twelve players. At that time, find three water dispenser cannon fodder from the summer league or the secondary league.

The list of 15 people is considered complete.

In the 12-man roster, many players can actually play multiple positions. For example, Parsons is 208 cm tall, and he can play power forward.

In addition, Tang Shen is two meters tall, and he can also serve as a small forward.

Cousins ​​doesn't know what the hell, he didn't perform well at the center position last season, but he performed well at the power forward position.

Even so, the Pistons' starting lineup for next season has already been finalized.

That is Howard, Li Xun, Leonard, Tang Shen and Curry.

Such a starting lineup is perfect except that the front line is a bit immature.

The inside duo, Li Xun and Howard are all the top stars in the league today, there is no doubt about it.

Curry is now in the third grade, and he must have improved a lot from the previous two years. He is now considered a mature player.

Tang Shen and Leonard are still newbies, but they have an advantage, that is, they are calm in nature.

This kind of personality actually grows much faster than those players who are born to escape.

Especially Leonard, in his first season with the Spurs, he averaged 24 minutes per game and was able to score 7.9 points and 5.1 rebounds.

If you just look at this kind of performance data, you may feel that Leonard is average, except for his strong rebounding, it seems that other aspects are not very impressive.

Even if it is rebounding, it is relatively strong among small forwards, and it is incomparable with inside players.

But if you look carefully at Leonard's advanced statistics, you will know that this guy with facial paralysis is a bit scary.

The offensive efficiency value is 119, and the defensive efficiency value is 101!

What is this concept?

That is to say, in one hundred offensive rounds, Leonard can score 119 points, while his opponent can only score 101 points.

With an efficiency difference of up to 18 points, this guy is simply a small bug.

Generally speaking, the greater the value of the offensive efficiency value minus the defensive efficiency value, the more terrifying the player's offensive and defensive strength is.

The vast majority of rookie players have a higher defensive efficiency than offensive efficiency.

Durant, for example, had a defense of 110 in his rookie season and an offense of only 100.

In the second grade, the offense was raised to 111, which is considered to be truly effective. In the third grade, it was raised to 118, which was the season when he competed with Li Xun for the scoring title.

For example, James, he has an offense of 99 and a defense of 104, which is better than Durant, but he is not comparable to Leonard.

In Leonard's situation, he is actually a relatively mature player now.

Maybe the offensive end will decrease with more shots, resulting in a drop in efficiency, but the defensive end has 101 points, which is not at all moisture.

Small forwards with a defensive efficiency of 101 points in today's league can be counted with a single slap.

As for Tang Shen, he is not as strong as Leonard in immediate combat.

However, he mainly plays off the ball, as long as he can move, it is not a big problem.

Without the ball, Tang Shen's chances of making mistakes on the field will be much lower.

Li Xun has already begun to think about how to start next season.

After waiting for about a week, the draft officially began.

This time, because there are too many players to be selected, Li Xun followed Dumars to the draft site.

There are too many draft picks, and it is hard to guarantee that there will be no accidents. Li Xun decided to stay at the scene to feel more at ease.

At least if there is an accident, I can make up for it as soon as possible.

"Hey guys, here they come!"

"God, the Pistons got six picks this year, what the hell are they going to do?"

"We used to think it was a joke for the championship team to dismantle half of the lineup. Now it seems that the Pistons have to be excluded."

"What kind of magical power does Li Xun have? Why is he so god-defying on the field, but he can also have a god-like draft vision off the field."

"It's a pity that the Pistons did not arrange a trial training this year, otherwise we can find some news, and maybe we can steal some powerful new stars from the Pistons."

Seeing Dumas leading Li Xun appear at the meeting place, the whole meeting place started discussing for a while.

It's just that the Pistons have been too crazy this year.

They actually have six draft picks in their hands!
Generally speaking, if a team can select three players in one draft, that's already quite a lot.

After all, there are only so many stars that can be produced in a rookie class, and the more players are selected, the greater the chance of being lost.

Now the Pistons are doing well, directly doubling.

When this draft is over, the Pistons have also made history, becoming the team with the most rookies in a single draft in NBA history.

After Dumas entered the venue, he was proud of himself, chatting and laughing with a group of old friends.

Li Xun said before that this draft will be no less than 03 or 96.

When he saw that Li Xun traded so many draft picks, he knew that Li Xun was not bragging.

Now it's the year of the draft, and there are six draft picks in hand, and the key is Li Xun, a draft consultant with a vicious vision.

In this draft, the Pistons will inevitably make blood.

Stern, who was in the background at the moment, had a terrible headache.

If the Pistons draft another six supernovas this time around, they'll be around for years to come.

About half an hour later, Stern appeared on stage and announced the official start of the draft.

The knight holding the No. [-] lottery still chose the fairy Irving just like normal history.

There is no doubt that there is nothing wrong with this choice.

In this rookie class, apart from Leonard, no one can really beat Irving in terms of strength.

At the critical moment, Leonard is not considered to have the potential of the No. [-] pick.

Mainly because his school is so rubbish, San Diego State University belongs to the PCAA, which is the Atlantic Coastal Alliance.

Although this alliance is also a first-level alliance, it is a school alliance. Compared with the five powerful alliances, it has no sense of existence at all.

Leonard was selected with the [-]th overall pick because of his outstanding performance in the Spurs' trial training and was favored by Popovich.

If the Spurs don't want it, Leonard still doesn't know where he will fall.

After the No. [-] pick is selected, it's time for the No. [-] pick.

The top pick is not a parallel importer, so the second place must be a parallel importer.

Derek Williams, one of the well-known parallel importers.

When he was selected, many people at the scene turned their attention to Li Xun.

Li Xun touched his nose, feeling a little embarrassed, mainly because the draft template for this guy happened to be Li Xun.

Template cap Li Xun.

Li Xun was also speechless, and really didn't know what those draft experts were thinking.

This Williams is also known as a combo forward capable of both inside and outside. This may be the main reason why his draft template is Li Xun.

But don't these experts look at the guy's height?

With a height of only 203 centimeters, his skills are rough and he has no basket.

Playing the four position is too short, how does this guy defend against the seven-foot Vucevic?
He's too bulky to play at the [-], and his athleticism is rubbish.

Li Xun didn't know what the Timberwolves were thinking, since they already had Love, was it necessary to choose such a dubious player?
It's better to be safe and choose an outside shooter, which is better than Williams anyway.

Maybe the Timberwolves were duped by Williams' template.

The draft followed one after another, and soon the No. [-] pick was reached.

The Sacramento Kings selected Biyombo, a good blue-collar center, with the seventh pick.

He is a typical example of playing his worth in one game in the playoffs.

But if it is good, it is only good, not a top blue-collar.

At least there is still some gap with blue-collar workers like Jordan or Baibian.

When it came to the No. [-] pick of the Pistons, everyone focused on Li Xun.

I don't know who the Pistons' highest pick this year will be used for.

Li Xun wrote a note and asked the staff to hand it over to the Raptors, and then waited quietly.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons have selected Klay Thompson from Washington State University with the eighth pick in the first round."

When this result came out, there was no reaction at the scene.

Because the Pistons sold DeRozan, they will inevitably give priority to a strong rookie shooting guard.

You can't let the old Ray Allen play the starter, can you?
According to previous draft predictions, among all the remaining players, the player with the highest predicted pick is Klay Thompson.

So this choice of the Pistons is not unexpected.

In the small green room, Klay Thompson looked shocked. He never dreamed that he would be selected by the Pistons.

You must know that I have never tried the Pistons before, and no one on the Pistons has contacted me at all.

In the end, they actually selected themselves with the highest pick in their hands. Are they really so confident in their own strength?
Thinking of being recognized by the Pistons, Tang Shen felt that he hadn't played a game, and his worth began to skyrocket.

Who doesn't know that the Pistons have a very vicious vision in drafting candidates, and there hasn't been any parallel imports of rookies that can be selected by them in the past three years.

Even the weakest junior is now starting for the Suns.

And the younger brother is only a second-round pick, Tang Shen's side is different, he is the No. [-] pick!

"Congratulations, Clay."

"Maybe you will be the first player to win the championship among our rookies."

"Maybe? No, he will definitely be the first to win the championship. What a lucky guy."

Many players in the small green room are envious of Tang Shen.

Although joining a team like the Pistons may make the data of the rookie season not very good.

But the benefits are more.

The first is to get more attention. A brilliant performance in the Pistons will bring far more attention than those weak teams.

The second is that it is easy to play worth and easy to be selected as an All-Star.

As long as the data is not far from each other, it is easy to be selected into the All-Star lineup, and the honor selection after the regular season will also have a greater chance of being selected.

The most important thing is that just joining the team has a great chance of winning the championship.

The championship that others may not be able to get their hands on in their entire lives, they have already won it at the starting line.

The next twelfth pick is Alec Burks.

The [-]th overall pick is Markieff Morris, one of the twin brothers.

Under normal circumstances, the Rockets selected Marcus Morris with the 14th overall pick, and the twin brothers entered the league with both feet.

Unfortunately, now the Rockets have sold the [-]th pick to the Raptors.

Li Xun let out a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there were no accidents, and Leonard was still selected by him.

After Tang Shen was selected, Li Xun was actually worried, for fear that Leonard would be snatched away.

Li Xun actually wants Leonard more than Tang Shen.

A super defensive iron gate, and this impressive offensive ability, partnered with him, is definitely the strongest defensive combination in NBA history.

"I announce that the Detroit Pistons selected Kawhi Leonard from San Diego State University with the [-]th overall pick in the first round."

The results of this draft directly surprised the scene.

According to common sense, although the Pistons got Howard, they lost Rasheed and Yao Ming.

Not counting Li Xun, the Pistons now have only two inside players, namely Howard and Cousins.

In this case, other teams predict that Li Xun is likely to select Marcus Morris, after all, he is a power forward.

And he is also the power forward with the highest predicted pick.

As a result, the Pistons did not choose insiders at all, but continued to choose outside players.

Tang Shen and Leonard got it, and then Vucevic, Giba, Parsons and the little assassin all got it smoothly.

There was a smile on Li Xun's face, this time he really made a fortune.

With six good players in a row, even if the Pistons don't participate in the draft in the next three years, these players are enough.

(End of this chapter)