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Chapter 144 2000 Draft!

On the night of June 6th, Minnesota, Target Center Arena.

At this time, the 2000 NBA draft will be held soon.

The Magic team arrived at the war room on the second floor early.

The general manager Gabriel hung up the phone angrily, and said to Li Mu.

"Done, Mavericks agree to trade their second round pick.

It's just that it feels a bit of a loss to give up the 10th pick. "

"In this draft, the quality of rookies is average. What's the difference between the 10th pick and the 13th pick?
Does the 10th pick sound a little less ominous than the 13th pick?

Think about Kobe.

It was also the 13th pick that year.

And the 10th overall pick, what kind of talent has there been? "Li Mu said calmly.

In other words, the Magic originally had three lottery picks, 5, 10, and 13.

Thinking that 2000 was a small year in the draft, it was unrealistic to train three rookies. He negotiated with the Mavericks and sold them the 13th pick. Unexpectedly, Li Mu proposed a second-round pick.

As it happens, the Mavericks have a second-round pick.

As a result, the Magic returned to three draft picks.

There was a burst of hissing.

NBA commissioner Stern walked to the main stage.

After a simple opening statement, it was immediately announced that the 2000 draft began.

"In the 2000 NBA Draft, the first pick in the first round, the New Jersey Nets selected...

Forward from the University of Cincinnati, Kenyon Martin! "

This is a tough choice.

To be fair, none of the 2000 rookies stood out.

For example, Iverson in 96, Duncan in 97, Orowokandi in 98, and Brand in 99.

No.

not a single one.

It feels like choosing anyone is a mistake, it's too difficult to choose.

The Nets chose the most practical Kenyon Martin.

This person, with both offense and defense, was the best player in the college arena in the 99/00 season. He won the best defense for three consecutive years. In the fourth year of college, he scored 18.9 points, 9.7 rebounds and 3.5 blocks, which is a good immediate combat power.

Moreover, Kenyon Martin's body can be called a beast level, and his style of play is violent. Whether he is blocking shots or dunking, he is full of passion and fanaticism, and is very entertaining.

In addition, the Nets' outside offensive group Marbury, Kiedles, Van Horn, etc., have a gorgeous offense and a tofu defense.

Kenyon Martin can just make up for this flaw.

Therefore, even if Kenyon Martin is the same as Duncan and played college basketball for four years, he was still picked by the Nets with the No. [-] pick.

It has to be said that the Nets made the most correct draft.

Kenyon Martin is very good at bullying the opposing power forward with his body. Of course, he is also very easy to be blown up against players with a more beastly body than him, such as Duncan's.

"In the 2000 NBA draft, the second overall pick in the first round, the Vancouver Grizzlies selected...

LSU big man, Stromile Swift! "

There's nothing wrong with this choice.

Because this person's physical talent is extremely strong, and he was known as "the second shark" during college.

Of course, getting this title is not because he has inside dominance, but because his shooting, like O'Neal's dunk, is powerful and heavy.

The Grizzlies like this style of dunking basketball, which is why they chose Francis last year.

It’s true to want to attract fans to the stadium, but Swift’s physical talent is extremely strong, but his golf quotient is low.

The typical one only has a body, not a head.

"In the 2000 NBA draft, the third overall pick in the first round, the Clippers selected...

Darius Miles, a forward from East St. Louis High School. "

Miles' physical talent is also very explosive, and he likes to play with his body.

He is a high school draft pick, the template is Garnett, known as "KD II".

Then, what kind of "Second World" he created was a precedent that could not be set.

Next, the draft continues, with the fourth overall pick, the Bulls choose Marcus Fizer.

There was a burst of cheers at the scene, because this was an upset.

The Bulls selected Brand and Artest as the No. 99 pick in [-]. The situation of these two forwards and the choice of Fizer as a forward make people feel a little inexplicable.

If you know that the current head coach of the Bulls, Floyd, once coached Fitzer in college, it is not difficult to understand.

This is a human choice.

With the fifth pick, it's the Magic's turn to choose.

"In the 2000 NBA Draft, with the fifth overall pick in the first round, the Magic selected...

Shooting guard from the University of Florida, Mike Miller. "

Mike Miller was born in a basketball family, and to be reasonable, his performance in college was purely mediocre.

He can average 14.5 points per game. As a white shooter, this pick is definitely not worth it.

However, he is three-point accurate, handsome, and born in Florida.

If you consider market reasons, if there is no better choice, there is nothing wrong with it.

This was decided by the management of the Magic team, and Li Mu did not comment.

In other words, this pick, in the 2000 draft, was really difficult to draft.

The Magic have made the best choice.

This person's scoring ability is not bad, and he can average 18.5 points per game at the peak, which is considered a profit.

With the 6th pick, the Eagles chose DeMar Johnson, who has a Pippen draft template.

No matter how strong you are, you can really take a gamble with Pippen, and there is no better choice anyway.

With the seventh pick, the Bulls selected Chris Mim, and then traded with the Cavaliers for Jamal Crawford, who was selected with the eighth pick.

Li Mu really didn't know what the two teams were thinking.

Isn't it good to choose your own people directly?
It's a waste of time to be short of a pick and then make a trade.

Contempt is contempt, but the Bulls have made money.

Crawford will be called Ke 6 in the future, and when the offense is convulsed, he is really strong.

It can be said that he is the most famous one among the 2000 rookies.

You ask to put Michael Reed there?

Don't ask, the question is that Reed has no sense of existence.

She has a mediocre appearance, the kind that can't be found in the crowd, and has no celebrity appearance.

There is really no gram 6, so famous.

With the ninth pick, the Rockets chose Joel Pribila.

With the tenth pick, the Magic chose Courtenay Alexander, and then sent to the Mavericks.

With the No.11 pick, the Celtics chose Jerome Moiso.

With the No.12 pick, the Mavericks chose Etan Thomas, and then sent it to the Wizards.

None of the rookies in these picks have made a name for themselves.

Immediately afterwards, the No.13 pick was the Magic's turn to choose.

It was up to Li Mu to make the decision, not to choose a shooting guard, but to choose a center.

"In the 2000 NBA Draft, with the fifth overall pick in the first round, the Magic selected...

Jamal Magloire, a center from the University of Kentucky. "

Magloire, who is 2 meters tall and weighs 11 bulls, has outstanding physical talent and is very good at grabbing the basket.

In Li Mu's previous life, at his peak, he averaged 13.7 points and 10.3 rebounds per game.

Regardless of the average data, it is an explosive data, but he was selected to the Eastern Conference All-Star team.

Of course, this person's strength is good, but his weakness is that he has no ambitions, and occasionally he does not work hard.

It is not as good as Wiggins who plays health basketball, it can be regarded as the poor version of Wiggins!
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(End of this chapter)