Chapter 693 [The Biggest Variable, the Second Round of Taobao]
Many people were surprised by the Clippers' selection. As we all know, Yang Rui likes insiders who can shoot, and Faried's shooting is very poor.
Farid was a passionate low-post player in college who was responsible for "dirty work" and was good at rebounding and fighting around the basket. His side height is only 202CM, his bare feet are 199CM, his weight is 102kg, his wingspan is 213CM, and his body fat rate is 6.3%.
He is energetic and aggressive on the court. His huge hands and explosive jumping help him fight for rebounds. His wingspan and terrifying speed allow him to interfere with big men's shots and prevent defenders from breaking through.
Faried is one of the most dominant post players in college basketball, averaging 13.3 rebounds per game. His positioning and sense of smell for rebounds are different from ordinary people, and he has tireless energy. A natural shot blocker with great timing. He is very active on the defensive end, leading the conference in steals with 2.3 per game, which is not easy for a big player.
His shortcomings are equally obvious. His height and weight put him at a disadvantage as a power forward in the NBA. His technique and low-post footwork are rough, and his touch and stability are poor. Most of his points are scored by layups after being stuck inside or by pure athletic ability. His college career free throw percentage was even lower than 60%. The passing field of view is narrow, and the distance between the offensive end and teammates is not well controlled.
Yang Rui is optimistic about Faried's function. His draft template is Dennis Rodman. In Yang Rui's previous life, starting from his rookie season, he never averaged less than 3 offensive rebounds per game. Because he often participates in fast breaks, he doesn't rebound much in the backcourt, so he averages less than double figures in rebounds per game in a single season.
Now the Clippers have a lot of people who can play fast breaks. Yang Rui’s plan is to move Faried in the direction of Rodman. Instead of rushing in front, he will protect the backcourt rebounds in the zone defense system and then pass to his teammates to start. Fast break.
This will free up Griffin. Griffin does not have a strong desire to grab rebounds. He likes to play fast breaks. But when Gay and Dunleavy guest play at the 4th position, Griffin can only protect the backcourt rebounds, otherwise the opponent It’s great.
The best thing about Farid is that he can be used immediately after being selected. He has excellent immediate combat ability. In his rookie season, he averaged 22.5 minutes per game, scoring 10.2 points, 7.7 rebounds, 0.8 assists, 0.7 steals and 1 block, and shot 58.6% from the field.
While the draft was in progress, the Spurs and Pacers still completed the deal, exchanging George Hill for Leonard, and both teams got what they needed.
Popovich liked George Hill very much and reluctantly gave up. Leonard's draft template was only Luke Mbah a Moute and Gerald Wallace. He was evaluated as "a man with first-class physical fitness, hard defense, and rough skills." , not very good at shooting."?
Yang Rui speculated that even if Leonard is intercepted, it will not prevent the Spurs from strengthening because they still have a relatively late draft pick. There are no good wings in the team. If the deal fails, the Spurs will not choose point guard Joseph, but will most likely choose Jimmy Butler.
With Popovich's professionalism, it can definitely be seen that the two have similar styles and both are potential stocks with outstanding physical fitness.
For Leonard, the Spurs are definitely the best destination. He will be able to start in his rookie season and get sufficient training. The small forward position of other teams is not as weak as this.
There are not many promising players in the back. The Thunder selected guard Reggie Jackson, and they did not want to renew Nate Robinson's contract.
Robinson, the dunk king, is a cancer in the locker room. He is average in strength but very crazy. Even though he was almost slapped to death by Yao Ming that year, he could not get rid of his bad habits. He was complacent about being the dunk king and pulled Weiss on the team. Brookby dunked and singled out, wanting to prove that he was better than Wei Shao in some places.
In the Celtics, Robinson was traded, and the staff didn't wait for him to go back to clean up. All the things in the locker room were packed and sent to his home; in the Thunder, he faced "basketball prison" again, even though he trained hard every day Trying to make the coach smile, but not getting many chances to play. Now, he is going to wander somewhere else.
What worries Yang Rui the most is that the Nets changed their draft picks and selected Jimmy Butler with the 30th pick.
The Nets' perimeter weaknesses are very obvious.
The wing defense is too bad. No matter whether Anthony Morrow plays small forward or shooting guard, his defense is not up to par. He is suitable as a substitute.
In Yang Rui's previous life, the Nets management acquired Gerald Wallace in order to strengthen defense. In this life, the situation is completely different. The Nets signed Yao Ming and did not trade Favors for Deron. The lineup is different. There’s no way to replace the former Elvis.
The Nets traded Memit Okur, Sean Williams and a first-round protected draft pick for Gerrard in mid-2012. Now it is impossible for the Nets to trade a potential strongman for Gerrard. of.
It's not that the Nets manager has a good vision, it's just that he was right. If the Nets train Butler well, he will be much stronger than Yang Rui in his previous life, and there will be no need to trade for the bad contracts of Pierce and Garnett.
There were also big changes in the second round. The Rockets selected power forward Trey Tompkins with the tenth pick. In Yang Rui's previous life, this person should have been selected by the Clippers with the seventh pick in the second round, but now he has dropped to tenth.
Tompkinson is 208cm tall and weighs 111kg. He is modeled after Channing Frye and is a power forward with offensive talent.
He is tall and has long arms, excellent strength and comprehensive low-post offensive ability. His excellent footsteps and turns make him easy to handle at the basket. He uses a lot of fake moves at the basket, his 10-15 foot turn shot is very sharp, his hook shot is also constantly improving, and he has the ability to score while facing the basket.
Tompkinson had three-point ability in college, and he was very good at catching and shooting from the baseline, and his shooting point was very high. He is unselfish on the court and can find open teammates after being double-teamed.
His shortcomings are poor athletic ability, below-average jumping, poor lateral movement that makes him poor defensively, and slightly fat. In the draft physical test, his body fat rate was as high as 15.5%.
Big men who can shoot are very popular nowadays, and experts predict that Tompkinson will be selected in the 25-30th round in the first round.
Rockets manager Daryl Morey looked at Tompkinson's University statistics of 16.4 points and 7.6 rebounds. He was predicted to be in the middle of the first round before the draft, regardless of his poor body fat rate and lack of toughness. He thought it was a good choice. Arrived at a great deal.
In a TNT program, Barkley expressed his views on Rockets general manager Morey. He believed that Morey is an idiot obsessed with data. The Rockets he is in charge of is a very poor defensive team. No chance.
Morey's strengths are always maintaining salary flexibility, being good at calculations, and squeezing player contracts. His weakness is that he pays too much attention to data and lacks control over large transactions. People like him can easily fall into the trap.
Morey likes math but doesn't understand basketball. In Yang Rui's previous life, many fans thought he was a good manager when they saw him take out a few treasures in the second round. In fact, Morey didn't care about the rationality of the lineup and missed more strong players.
In Yang Rui's previous life, Rockets boss Alexander had a soft spot for Morey. Everyone on the team changed and only him was left. But leaving Morey alone meant that the Rockets would never win the championship.
Yang Rui, who was watching the ESPN live broadcast at home, was so happy that he immediately called Nelle Olshey who was at the scene and said loudly: "Nell, change the plan and use the No. 12 pick to select forward Chandler Parsons. , we don’t want Davis Bertans, I think he should be available.”
"Huh? Are these two comparable? I think Davis is better."
In his last season in college, Parsons averaged 33 minutes per game, 11.4 points and 7.8 rebounds. He had no characteristics and was not favored in the draft. Everyone thought he would be selected outside the 10th pick in the second round.
Yang Rui said seriously: "It is difficult for Davis to join the NBA immediately, otherwise he would not be in this position. We can trade his signing rights in the future. Now choose Parsons."
"All right."