I'm a ball devil

Chapter 198 The Draft Contest Perfectly Picks Up Misses! (5000 word chapter)
At the scene of the draft, the live camera scanned Russell Westbrook's face, and Ye Hao could tell that he was nervous.

To be honest, as someone who has been through the draft, it feels a bit cool to watch the draft again.

It’s like a person who got good grades in the college entrance examination. When the college entrance examination comes every year, he will post a message in the circle of friends to remember the college entrance examination. On the surface, it is to cheer for the candidates who are going to take the college entrance examination. The glory of the year, and remind others to remember.

The Knicks' choice for the seventh pick has been announced earlier, and the Knicks chose Danilo Gallinari.

None of the top seven picks selected Westbrook.

It seems that if the Thunder hadn't unexpectedly selected Westbrook with the fourth overall pick, his draft would have dropped.

However, the top ten picks are all in line with the predictions of the major draft experts on him before the draft.

Gallinari put on the Knicks hat on the stage, and after speaking through the microphone, it was the turn of the new owner of the United Arab Emirates, the New Jersey Nets, who held the eighth pick in their hands.

A few people quietly asked Ah Lian, "Do you know who your team is going to pick?"

Ah Lian shook his head blankly. He had just been traded to the Nets and was very unfamiliar with the team. How could he know who the team would choose?
Ye Hao remembered that the Nets chose Brook Lopez in his previous life.

He glanced at the UAE, and he could only silently hope that the Nets would choose differently this time, otherwise Lopez would occupy the growth space of the UAE when he joined the Nets.

In the previous life, Ah Lian was given up by the Nets not long after staying in the Nets. Isn't it because of Lopez's rapid growth?

It's just that the result made him a little disappointed. Although the Nets' draft pick has changed, they still chose Brook Lopez.

Ye Hao could only sigh silently for Ah Lian, and he could only hope that Ah Lian would stay healthy and stop suffering from frequent injuries like in his previous life, playing on and off, which wasted the patience of the team.

If he can stay healthy all the time, he should have a place in the Nets.

In the future, try to remind him as much as possible.Ye Hao thought in his heart.

When Dayao and other older generation players retire from the national team, the only one who can support the team with his partner in the future is the United Arab Emirates.

Of course he hopes that the opponent can gain a firm foothold in the NBA.

After the Nets finished the selection, it was the Bobcats' turn to have the ninth pick. This is their own first-round pick this year. They also have a first-round pick from the Sonics traded last year. This is a The No.14 first-round pick.

David Stern returned to center stage with the Bobcats' names in hand.

"The Bobcats...selected...Russell Westbrook from UCLA!"

Hearing this result, Ye Hao couldn't help shaking his head and smiling, but in the end he didn't fall to the tenth pick and they missed it.

It is estimated that many years later, Bobcats owner Jordan can use this year's draft to wash away his bad reputation for picking people.

Of course, this premise is that the Bobcats will not trade the newly selected Westbrook like the previous Timberwolves and Grizzlies, which will give Westbrook enough opportunities to grow and allow him to play in the future .

Such a result, Ye Hao was really unexpected.

It's as if he exchanged with Westbrook, but the Bobcats selected Westbrook with their own draft picks, so it's not an exchange between him and Westbrook.

Later, the Bobcats used the No.14 pick that originally belonged to the Sonics to select Joe Alexander.

This is a mixed race with Chinese ancestry. In this year when there are no Chinese players participating in the NBA draft, Joe Alexander has become the only player with some "Chinese elements" and can be paid attention to by the Chinese media.

In short, in the days when it is becoming increasingly rare for local Chinese players to land in the NBA, any player who emerges who can have a half-money relationship with China will be widely reported by the Chinese media.

Because they really couldn't find anyone to report on.

This is also the sadness of the development status of China's basketball world from prosperity to decline.

Of course, the sideline serve or something doesn't count, because it doesn't count as having been serious in the NBA.

Speaking of which, the Bobcats traded the Supersonics for the pick to choose Joe Alexander. He has good physical fitness and can take off and kiss the basket on the spot, so many Chinese media affectionately called him "the boy who kissed the basket." ".

In fact, he is just a jumper. Ye Hao knows that he will not be able to play well after he arrives in the NBA.

This once again proves that Gang Leader Qiao's draft vision is really a bit blind.

However, in this year's draft, Russell Westbrook was caught by Joe's gang leader, which was accurate once.

In the future, people are likely to forget that he chose Kwame Brown, Adam Morrison, Joe Alexander and other bad draft operations because of this success.

However, recalling that just after the regular season ended, Bobcats head coach Sam Vincent had just been fired by Jordan and instead hired famous coach Larry Brown as the team's new coach, Ye Hao was a little worried. Turtle Westbrook will be used up by Brown.

Larry Brown is notoriously a coach who doesn't like to use rookies.

Isn't Milicic, the second pick of the 2003 golden generation, a living example?
I can only pray that Westbrook will have good luck under Larry Brown.

Be strong, come on, work hard, Turtle!

Afterwards, as a rookie player was selected and his name was read out, hope in Ye Hao's heart floated up a little bit.

Because the names of several of the draft picks he circled with Presti haven't emerged yet.

That means they'll probably be able to take it all down.

Although there are already several desired goals that have been taken away by other teams.

Like Westbrook was selected by the Bobcats, Eric Gordon was selected by the Clippers,

The size and size of Lopez were also taken off by the Nets and the Suns respectively.

Immediately afterwards, the Toronto Raptors with the No.17 pick selected Roy Hibbert, and the Washington Wizards with the 18th pick selected JaVale McGee.

Well, the names of the above-mentioned people are all in the candidate list circled by Ye Hao.

Of course he also wants to circle the name of Derrick Rose, but everyone knows that this guy will not fall out of the top three picks.

In this draft, with the draft picks they hold in their hands, if they don't trade, they can only hope that they will miss out.

It's just that they couldn't pick up Westbrook and were picked up by the Bobcats.

In Ye Hao's previous life, someone would rearrange the draft picks a lot in the future based on the career performance of this rookie player. No matter how the rearrangements are done, Westbrook will always be placed first.

Just like last year's draft in 2007, if it were rearranged, people would now put Ye Hao's name in the No. [-] position.

Westbrook dropped from the fourth overall pick in his previous life to the ninth overall pick, which is a relatively big omission.

However, in addition to Westbrook, there are other leaks that they can pick up.

The players mentioned above who were selected by other teams are indeed in the list circled by Ye Hao, but they are all alternate names, okay?

Their real top picks are a few others.

After the Wizards finished their selection, it was the Thunder who held the No.19 pick of the Cavaliers.

They're going to draft the first player they want.

David Stern returned to center stage, holding a name in his hand from the Thunder.

Dayao glanced at Ye Hao, he was really curious, who the Thunder would choose, and whether it would conflict with their team's choice, their Mosaic team's first-round draft pick happened to be among the Thunder's three picks Right after.

"Sercy Ibaka!" The Thunder's first choice was Ibaka.

This choice is quite satisfactory, because the Thunder team in the previous life chose Ibaka.

This is a very correct choice, so there is really no reason not to choose it.

It's just that Ibaka's draft pick is a little bit earlier.

After Ibaka was selected, the Thunder also got reinforcements in the weak inside position. This guy had won the title of block king twice in Ye Hao's previous life. Accurate mid-range shooting ability.

The Thunder hesitated when they renewed the contract with the third junior James Harden. In the end, they chose to keep the fourth junior Ibaka and send Harden away, which shows how optimistic they are about Ibaka's ability.

Now they chose Ibaka first in the No.19 pick, and started early, because if they choose other candidates first, I really don’t know which team is in the draft that has been messed up by Ye Hao’s crossing. Will suddenly come out and pick the peaches.

So they picked Ibaka first.

After the Thunder selected Ibaka, it was followed by the Bobcats. They really have a lot of draft picks this year.

It's just that other than selecting Russell Westbrook, the other options are a bit useless.

They selected Alexis Akinza with the No. 20 pick.

This is a center player with a height of 2 meters and looks very physically fit.

But in fact, no one can remember his name in the future.

He won't leave a deep memory in the league.

The Bobcats are followed by the Nets with the No. 20 first pick.

They selected Ryan Anderson, a power forward with three-point shooting ability.

It can be said that this is a good choice, as far as this pick is concerned.

After all, Ryan Anderson had won the "Most Improved Player Award" in Ye Hao's previous life.

His shooting ability is actually quite suitable for the Thunder. He can be pulled out and stand on the outside to shoot three-pointers.

It was just taken away by the Nets, and there was no way.

Ye Hao secretly breathed a sigh of relief, the person they wanted was not chosen.

It's the Thunder's turn to draft, a first-round pick traded from the Magic.

This time they chose George Hill.

A defender who was selected by the Spurs with the No.20 sixth overall pick in his previous life.

This is a favorite player of the mosaic old man. Seeing that none of the previous teams chose George Hill, the mosaic old man was a little happy, and felt that George Hill would be selected immediately.

Hey, unexpectedly, the Thunder came out and intercepted his beard.

Seeing this result, the old man Mosaic jumped up in anger, and he had sprayed the country of Mei swear words for countless times.

"Boom!" Ye Hao let out a soft sound.

It can be said that this choice is specially set up by him to snipe the Spurs.

It was the Thunder's second shot in the 2008 draft.

Then the third shot will be...

Ye Hao blew on his fingers, as if he was a sniper hunter.

It's time for a third shot.

But wait for the Jazz to finish the draft.

The Jazz chose Costa Koufos, a center player with a height of 2 meters.

After the Jazz, it was the Thunder's No. 20 fourth overall pick.

Ye Hao took a look at Dayao out of the corner of his eye, originally he also wanted to snipe the Mosaic team.

He remembered that the Mosaic team in the previous life chose the small forward player Nicolas Batum from France in the No.20 fifth pick.

This is also a good player with a very versatile style of play. He is known as "French Pippen".

If they want to snipe the Mosaic team, they will pick Batum at the No. 20 fourth pick.

However, for Dayao's sake, let's not snipe.

Well, it's definitely not because he knows that the Mosaic team traded Batum after they selected him, and in exchange for two unknown guys, they will suffer a lot in this deal.

It is of course a great thing to see the general manager of the Mosaic team who is full of dung suffer.

So the Thunder chose Andre Jordan with the No. 20 fourth overall pick.

Jordan, who was originally going to the Los Angeles Clippers to create the "Loop City" with Griffin and Paul in the future, went to the Thunder in this way.

I'm going to partner with Adu in advance.

This can be regarded as helping Jordan and Adu match up in advance, so that they can play brother basketball?

Ye Hao smiled inwardly.

If there is another Irving in the future, it will all work, the Oklahoma Nets?

Now the prototype of their team's inside partner has been formed, with Jordan Jr. and Ibaka guarding, such an inside defense can be considered very stable.

Both are defensive champions, Ibaka blocked shots, Jordan Jr. rebounded and the best defensive player.

Of course, the premise is that they can grow up in the Thunder.

In addition, don't forget that there is also an actor Varejao inside the Thunder team.

At this time, the live broadcast camera was shown to Jordan, and now he is really excited and on the verge of tears.

Yes, he was literally on the verge of tears.

Finally a team has drafted him!
It's not easy!
He was invited into the Little Green Room, and he was expected to be a lottery pick.

As a result, in the small green room, the players around him were selected to go on stage and leave one by one.

In the end he was the only one left.

He sat there in embarrassment, really feeling too ashamed, wishing that his name would be read as soon as possible, so that he could leave the little green house that made him proud before.

But he didn't read his name all the time, and his heart was almost as cold as ice.

Finally, the Thunder selected him and rescued him from the ice cellar.

So how could he not be so excited that he was on the verge of tears?

He finished his acceptance speech in a choked tone.

After that, the Mosaic team chose Batum, and it was the Spurs' turn to choose.

After George Hill was cut off by the Thunder, the mosaic old man wrote down another name—JR Giddens.

Giddens, like George Hill, is also a defender. This guy is considered to be able to attack on the offensive end and defend on the defensive end, but he is a bit rebellious and often gets into trouble. Got into a bar fight and was suspended for a year.

Therefore, his draft pick price has been declining all the way, and few teams are willing to take the risk of picking such a locker room bomb.

The reason why the Spurs chose him was because the favorite George Hill was taken away by the Thunder. The old man Mosaic wanted to take a risk and see if he could surrender him.

He felt that he still had this confidence and ability. After all, many of the assassins who joined the Spurs were trained by him to be obedient.

As for whether Giddens will do the same, it really can only wait and see.

Soon, the first round of the draft is over.

The second round begins.

The Thunder have four second-round draft picks: 32nd, 46th, 50th, and 56th.

They are second in the second round.

They took Goran Dragic with the 32nd pick.

A point guard player known as "Little Nash" in Ye Hao's previous life.

In the future, he once became the head player of the Heat in the post-Big Three era, and became an All-Star player off the bench.

It wasn't until Dragic was picked off that Ye Hao let out a long breath in his heart.

The few players in his circle who were placed in the first-choice position were all successfully won by the Thunder.

The team's weakest point guard position and inside line have been reinforced, and they should be able to make some troubles next season, with the addition of these four rookies.

Here Ye Hao is secretly feeling happy, and at the talent show over there, the mosaic old man was so angry that he jumped again.

Because Dragic is also the player he wants to choose in the second round.

Now he was cut off by the Thunder again.

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I'm afraid there is no way to untie this rift between him and the Thunder.

The Thunder did not choose the remaining three second-round picks, but made two small deals.

Package the two second-round picks with the 46th and 56th picks and trade them with the Kings, and get one of their second-round picks for next year from the Kings.

Trade the 50th overall pick to the Bobcats in exchange for a second-round pick from the Bobcats next year.

So far, the Thunder's selection in the 2008 NBA Draft has come to a successful conclusion.

In Ye Hao's view, it was a very successful miss.

The only regret is that Westbrook didn't fall and was picked up.

The other players who wanted it can be said to have gotten what they wanted.

Think about it, for the Thunder's lineup next season, Dragic and George Hill can be used as a point guard, Ye Hao as a shooting guard, Durant as a small forward, Ibaka and Jordan as a power forward and center.Also on the bench are Jeff Green and Varejao.

Well, is this lineup okay?
Next season, other teams, are you ok?

(Ask for a few monthly tickets at the end of the month...)
(End of this chapter)