The invincible kryptonite of basketball

He only entered the league in 2011. Even if he is the most influential in the world now, his age is here.

It should be several years before his fans participate in the draft.

Barrett It's a little early.

But this is not impossible, the age of junior high school students or high school students can also be matched.

And Barrett just wore his Spurs jersey. Although the jersey is an old model, it is not difficult to collect.

Tatum immediately announced the ownership of the fourth pick, and the 76ers had 5 minutes to consider.

At this time, the scene showed Barrett being interviewed on the sidelines.

"I'm curious, you're wearing a 31 jersey inside, are you a Don fan?"

Barrett's jersey is very eye-catching, which naturally attracted the attention of reporters, or fans.

"Yes, I am, I have always been, when I was 11 years old, I went to see the Spurs and Heat game, I will always remember the day, the day Don scored a career record 27 points, he gave me this The jersey, it inspired me to where I am today."

Barrett's words shocked everyone.

Including Tang Tian who was in the draft room at this time.

He himself forgot that he had ever done such a thing.

After all, it's been 8 years.

But thinking about it carefully, he remembered.

According to Barrett, it should have happened in January 2012 (the plot of Chapter 1).

At that time, he was still a rookie, and it was his first time playing against the Heat. He made 7 three-pointers and scored 27 points.

After the game, he saw a child with eyesight, and then took off the jersey and gave it to him.

He didn't expect that child to be Barrett.

This may be fate.

"Dell, let me go down."

Tang Tian got up and left the draft room.

He should go give Barrett a hug.

After Barrett accepted the interview, he was walking towards the press conference under the leadership of the staff.

In addition to sideline interviews, popular rookies also have special press conferences.

As he was walking, he saw an extremely familiar figure walking towards him.

Tang Tian!

His idol!

Tang Tian smiled and opened his hands to him.

He rushed towards Tang Tian like a child, then jumped up and rushed forward.

Tang Tian was caught off guard and was almost thrown down, but fortunately his back was strong enough to support him.

He patted Barrett on the back.

Barrett also realized that he was overexcited, and he talked incoherently after he got down.

"Are you playing in this year's World Cup?"

Tang Tian said something else to relieve Barrett's nervousness.

Barrett nodded quickly.

This year's World Cup has attracted worldwide attention, and he and most of the Canadian NBA players will participate.

"Come on, you're going to be a star player."

Tang Tian touched Barrett's head as he spoke, giving the latter the greatest encouragement.

Barrett nodded excitedly.

The staff over there urged him to hold a press conference, and he glanced at Tang Tian reluctantly, then trotted over there.

Tang Tian smiled and shook his head.

This kid is pretty funny.

He went back to the draft hut, and by this time the draft had reached the eighth pick.

After waiting 5 minutes, the Hawks selected Jaxson Hayes with this pick.

Both Hayes and Williamson were selected by the Pelicans in history, but the current record of the Pelicans makes it impossible to select them again.

With the ninth overall pick, the Wizards selected Japanese rookie Rui Hachimura from Gonzaga University.

This choice has also attracted strong attention from the outside world, because he is another Asian player who has entered the NBA after Tang Tian.

When Tang Tian saw this, he was also thinking, Hachimura Rui is a mixed race, a native Japanese, different from a planning player.

There are also such players in China now, like Qiu Tian and Zhu Mingzhen, but there is a gap in talent between them and Hachimura.

He also thought of the former Wang Quanze, the young player who was fiercely attracted by him at the beginning, and now he has entered the NCAA Division I University of Pennsylvania.

He didn't run this year because of talent and performance.

It seems that he will also find an opportunity to go to the University of Pennsylvania to guide him later, which is the future hope of the Chinese men's basketball team.

And Lin Yi, I heard that that guy is currently playing Fengshen Shuiqi at Davidson High School, and is called the next Tang Tian by many domestic fans.

The draft is still going on, and the players in the small green room are selected one by one.

But some people are proud and some are frustrated.

In the small green room with 20 people, there were still 7 people who had not been selected by the end of the lottery.

For them, every subsequent pick is a torment.

"With the 2019th overall pick in the first round of 15, the Pistons chose Sekou Dubuya, a 2m small forward from France."

In the small green house, another person stood up, relieved.

The remaining 6 people are even more tormented.

The draft is still going on, and people in the small green house are constantly being selected, waiting for Nassir Little to be selected by the Clippers with the 25th overall pick.

There were only two people left in the small green house at this time.

Kelden Johnson and Paul Ball.

A swingman and a big man inside.

Tang Tian was a little excited at this moment.

Demps has already received news from other teams that have tried out that Paul Ball has a great potential for injury, and the possibility of losing the first round is very high.

The Pelicans have enough insiders now, and there is no need to bet on him in the first round.

On the contrary, Johnson, who was in the top 20 of the previous major prediction lists and had a good chance of entering the lottery, unexpectedly fell here.

But that wasn't what got him excited either.

What really got him excited was that, if memory serves, Johnson was historically drafted by the Spurs.

He has the opportunity to cut Popovich's Hu!

With the 26th pick, the Mavericks selected Mfiondu Kabengele, Mutombo's nephew.

Now it's the turn of the Pelicans.

Tang Tian didn't hesitate. In fact, both Dempsey and Stevens wanted to choose Johnson.

This nonsense has to be stopped.

"With the 2019th pick in the first round of the NBA in 27, the New Orleans Pelicans selected Kelden Johnson, a 1-meter shooting guard from the University of Kentucky."

When Johnson heard his name being read, and it was still the Pelicans, the original disappointment and pressure disappeared instantly, and he stood up quickly.

The Pelicans are a team with four consecutive championships. Although Tang Tian retired, the background of the championship is there.

And most importantly, the Pelicans have always been good at developing rookies!

Although the draft pick is a bit late for him, it is the best result for him!

"Damn it! The bastard!"

In the Spurs selection room next door, Popovich slapped the table angrily.

No need to guess, he knew that the person who intercepted Johnson must be Tang Tian.

But after taking pictures of the table, he suddenly laughed again.

It seems that he really has to guard against this disciple of his in the future, after all, they are colleagues now.

Colleagues are enemies.

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Johnson was intercepted, and the Spurs had no choice but to turn around and select Kevin Porter Jr.

The Lakers selected Dylan Windler late in the first round.

The first round of the draft is over here.

At this time, Boer Boer in the little green house was full of silence.

As the son of the famous Manute Ball, he was a five-star high school student in high school and joined the powerful University of Oregon.

In the first 9 games of the season, he averaged 21 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game. He is considered a guaranteed lottery and competes for the top three players.

But injuries decimated him, with a stress fracture in his left foot, the culprit that made Yao Ming retire in the first place.

Now that teams know about his injury, it is not impossible for him to fall out of the first round or even lose the draft.

Speaking of which, his father, Ball Sr., suffered a car accident at the age of 45, and his life has been in trouble since then, and he died early at the age of 47.

This is also what happened to stars in the last century. At that time, the league's income was low and there was no pension, so it was difficult to guarantee life in old age.

Now he, like his father, suffers from ill-fated fate.

At this moment, Tang Tian discussed Ball with Stevens and Dempsey.

Ball's talent is definitely there. As a big man, he has excellent movement and pick-and-roll ability, and the key is shooting, which can extend to the three-point line.

But his problems are also obvious, foot injuries, and too thin.

To put it in an understandable sentence, this is an enhanced version of Zhou Qi who is injured.

If he can be interrupted in the second round, the risk is worth taking.

And for this kind of player who may be reimbursed, the Pelicans can sign him with a non-guaranteed contract for several years if they really choose it.

If you can play it, you can earn as much blood as Parsons who the Rockets signed at the beginning, and if you can't play it, you will lose a lot.

After they communicated, they were basically determined.

Demps will try to use cash or future second-round picks in exchange for draft picks. If Ball is selected early, they will give up.

The second-round draft continued, all the way to the 40th pick, and Ball was still sitting in the small green room.

Demps began to operate at this time, and soon, he used a future second round to get the Heat's No. 44 pick.

Tang Tian retired, and the future second round of the Pelicans also became more valuable.

"With the 2019th overall pick in the second round of the NBA in 44, the New Orleans Pelicans chose Paul Ball, a 2-meter center from the University of Oregon."

Tatum's assistant announced the Pelicans' final pick.

When Bohr heard his name being called, the emotions that he had been carrying around finally broke down, and he cried directly.

too difficult.

He has already set the record for the lowest pick in Little Green House, and every time he goes down, he keeps refreshing.

The Pelicans ended up picking him up.