Chapter 1474 1473. The Draft, the Nets Are Crazy! (Three Updates, One Thousand and One, Please Vote for the Monthly Ticket~)

On June 27, 2007, another NBA draft began.

The draft, even the ones that were not favored at all at the time, such as 2000 and 2001, still attracted a lot of attention.

After all, even in the smallest draft year, gold may emerge.

The endless stream of NBA stars came out of the draft, and many fans wanted to test their own vision and guess which rookies who were not favored at the beginning might make a comeback.

And this year, Greg Oden, who was as popular as LeBron James in 2002, even looked very similar to him, so the attention was naturally high.

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after two hours of "warm-up", that is, playing the rookies entering the green room, the videos of the hot rookies and their families and friends, etc., the much-anticipated draft finally began.

The first pick... There was no suspense. The Heat had only one goal, to select Greg Oden with the first pick!

It was as expected, without any suspense.

Liu Mang looked at Riordan's face on the TV screen and couldn't help saying, "Hey, how come those talented rookies in the past, like Jordan, Magic, Duncan, and Iverson, were pretty good-looking, even O'Neal looked okay, what's wrong with the young people nowadays? James is no longer favored by the years, and this guy looks even older than James."

"Age?" The three girls heard Liu Mang's adjective, looked at the face on the TV screen, and thought of James...

"Uncle, Uncle James is so good to you, you're a bit too much." The little girl couldn't help laughing after she said that.

"I'm praising James for being mature, what do you know!"

You'd be foolish to believe you!

The three girls rolled their eyes at Liu Mang, and the one-year-old mini version of the little girl next to them began to follow suit.

Three minutes later, the second pick began to be selected.

Seeing that the Hornets selected Kevin Durant, Liu Mang thought of Durant playing with Westbrook, and they could practice it, and a point guard who prefers to pass the ball...

It's a bit cool!

The Grizzlies picked the best of the remaining rookies, Al Horford, without any suspense.

The Celtics picked Mike Conley with the fourth pick. With Pierce and Al Jefferson, they really need a point guard.

After all, from a trading perspective, the Celtics are a bit confused now and can only choose players according to the team's needs for the time being.

The Timberwolves picked the cavalry company captain Corey Brewer with the fifth pick...

Seeing Brewer, Liu Mang thought maliciously: "If there is a chance to sign him back in a few years, how can the company commander not run with the cavalry company..."

After that, the Magic used the 10th pick from the Bobcats to pick Joakim Noah.

Liu Mang's opinion of Noah... a passionate and shooting version of Gasol.

The draft was not too unexpected from the beginning. The players selected by the teams with the first twelve picks were generally in line with people's predictions.

However, there was a player who could play multiple positions and was considered by fans to be a player that many teams would compete for, but he was dropped to the 13th pick. He was Jeff Green!

Before the 7th pick, the Sonics were very hesitant when they used the 7th pick they got from the 76ers to select players. Jeff Green and Asie Law were both T1 rookies, and their predicted picks were similar. In the end, the Sonics selected Asie Law, a 2005 All-American Honor Player and a senior who was selected as the All-American First Team for two consecutive years.

After selecting Asie Law, the Sonics felt reluctant to give up Jeff Green, a small forward who was very suitable for Francis, but they could never have imagined that the Trail Blazers with the 12th pick would choose Thaddeus Young!

So the Sonics quickly selected Jeff Green.

After that, it was generally calm. The Pistons, who got the 15th pick from the Hawks in a two-for-two trade, selected Ronnie Stuckey, a strong tall combo guard who averaged 24.6 points, 5.5 assists and 4.8 rebounds in his sophomore year.

Liu Mang watched the rookies grab all the college highlights, and saw that the fans of some teams at the scene cheered for the rookies they liked...

Now, except for Liu Mang, who could have expected that this was a draft whose reputation was greater than its actual level?

The reason why Liu Mang didn't want to select players this year was because he knew that this season's draft was actually like that. As for trying to dig out some potential stocks that didn't play in the original time and space... Liu Mang thought it was okay, so except for keeping the 28th pick, he didn't keep any of the others.

"Uncle, it's our turn to select! Who will we select this year?"

"Gasol's younger brother!"

"Gasol's younger brother?" The little girl's eyes lit up. Of course, she knew how powerful Gasol was.

Gasol is so good, Gasol's brother must be no bad either, and Gasol is a handsome white guy...

It's not that I have any idea, just like men like to look at beautiful women, women also like to look at handsome men.

Not only the little loli, even Levia and Alexia are curious about Gasol's brother...They completely forgot about the center of the Spanish team, after all, he is a European player, and Gasol is not famous now, and they have long forgotten that they saw him in the World Championship finals. In fact, they didn't know Gasol's name in the World Championship finals.

The three girls were eagerly waiting. After the Timberwolves, who mysteriously preferred outside players and selected a lot of outside players this year, selected Aaron Afflalo at the 27th pick, it was finally time for the Hawks to draft!

Unless there were any unexpected circumstances, no one would pay attention to Marc Gasol at this stage.

When David Stern announced that the Hawks selected Marc Gasol, a 22-year-old center from Barcelona in the Spanish league, at the 28th pick in the first round, the Hawks fans, who were still quite a few at the scene, were stunned. You know, they are the ones who cheer the most during the draft.

Especially when Marc Gasol, who looked confused, walked over to David Stern to shake hands, the scene began to talk a lot...

Seeing the scenes of Marc Gasol and Pau Gasol cooperating in the World Series on the big screen...

With a handsome brother like Pau Gasol next to him, Pau Gasol looked like a useless fat brother...

Coach Kruger and Price handed over the envelope and came to the scene. When they heard the noisy sound at the scene, they were more frightened than the fans.

"28th pick, it can be sold for two or three million..." Price's heart was bleeding. He felt that Liu Mang was fooled by Pau Gasol...

But thinking of Liu Mang's vision, and that Schwartz sent Pau Gasol to New York this morning, and Pau Gasol, who had just returned to China to celebrate his NBA championship with Spanish fans, it was Liu Mang who signed this player. They could only choose to believe in Liu Mang's vision.

Seeing Gasol walking on the stage, Price felt his eyes were burning. He asked the secretary who walked to him and Coach Kruger, "How is it? Did he agree?"

The secretary replied, "He agreed. I have booked a restaurant. We will meet at 10 pm. The sommelier and the wine are ready. Is there anything else that needs to be changed?"

"No..." Price thought it was better to talk about business. Watching Liu Mang's draft was really a bit overwhelming.

28th overall pick...

Gasol was like a dream.

Even his parents didn't believe that he could be selected at such a high overall pick. His brother told him that it was good enough for the Hawks to select him with a second-round pick. It's not that Gasol didn't believe in his brother's talent, but that Gasol was too fat.

Gasol, who accompanied his brother to the draft, didn't expect the Hawks to spend so much money to select Gasol. You know, Gasol is a 22-year-old overseas player. If he doesn't participate in the draft, others can force him to choose.

Compared with the Lakers, Pau Gasol prefers Pau Gasol to Liu Mang's team. The two teams are very different. The Lakers are only good at cultivating outside players, and the inside players are all trades or free agents. The Hawks' ability to cultivate young people in the NBA is only comparable to the Spurs and the Suns.

Little did he know... Liu Mang wanted a four-year contract for a first-round rookie...

Pau Gasol is already 22 years old and automatically qualified to be selected, so he doesn't need to apply for the draft. He just needs to come to the scene to watch, or even not come. The draft information was also submitted by Schwartz on the same day.

On Liu Mang's side, the three girls looked forward to it for a while, and then they were stunned...

Thinking of Pau Gasol's face and seeing the fat man on the TV screen, the three girls were angry!

"Ace, where is the handsome guy?" Levia said angrily.

"Yes, yes, uncle, you are a big liar! You lied to Dina again! It was the same before. The two ugly guys in Dallas were so ugly, but you lied to Dina that they were handsome guys!"

"I lied to you before, but when did I say there was a handsome guy this time?" Liu Mang said angrily.

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Sanniu thought about it, it seemed like it, Liu Mang only said it was Gasol's younger brother...

"Uncle, is this fat guy really Gasol's younger brother? Except for the hairstyle, they don't look like each other at all!" Little Loli asked suspiciously.

"Uh... It should be, they have a younger brother, but he is a skinny guy, only 14 years old, and almost two meters tall..."

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There was no big news in the draft. Jeff Green's unexpected drop to the 13th pick was not a big news. Although he is a T1 rookie, there are too many T1 rookies this year. If one of them is dropped, he didn't fall out of the lottery, so it's not that incredible.

What surprised Liu Mang was that the Rockets selected the 22-year-old Sun Yue with the 21st pick in the second round!

Liu Mang remembered that Sun Yue did not apply for the draft, but at the age of 22, it doesn't matter whether he applies or not.

Chinese fans are happy that Sun Yue was selected. In addition to Liu Mang, Yao Ming, Wang Zhizhi and Battelle, the NBA has the fifth Chinese player, and he is an outside player!

For others, it is the Hawks' selection of a fat man that attracts the most attention.

The Hawks' draft has always been the most anticipated part for fans and the media in recent years, but this year... I really don't understand it!

However, apart from the Hawks' brains being out of control and selecting a fat man, there are not many unexpected things happening.

The trades are just some small-scale trades. Except for the Bobcats and the Pacers who tried to trade Granger with lottery picks, the draft picks in the offers made by other teams to the Hawks are not very good. They all want to trade with players. Except for the Gods who doubt their drafting ability, the Birds who want Granger, and the Pistons who are in urgent need of a point guard, not many teams are willing to give future draft picks to the Hawks, let alone this year.

After all, it is generally recognized as a big year for the draft. Most teams treasure the high draft picks in a big year for the draft. The Sonics did not sell the No. 13 pick for a player who can fight immediately. Now, they got Jeff Green, who was predicted to fall from the top eight.

Just when people were paying attention to the next schedule of the top three players and looking forward to seeing the performance of Greg Oden, who is known as the seven-foot version of Bill Russell, in the summer, two transactions outside the draft but somewhat related to the draft happened like a thunderbolt!

When the transaction was exposed, it immediately attracted the attention of fans from the rookies.

Vince Carter and Jason Kidd, the pair who were called the "new Jordan-Pippen" combination when they partnered together in 2004, parted ways after three years of cooperation... The key is... Both of them were traded by the Nets at the same time!

At this time, after the draft, the owner of the Hawks invited the general manager of the Pacers to dinner. Not many people paid attention to it...

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Sure enough... the front desk said that we couldn't see the Leshan Giant Buddha, so we could only go there to eat and play games. We didn't go to Mount Emei until Tuesday. I guess we will play board games or LOL in the next two nights. I don't know what else Leshan has besides the Buddha.

Please give me a monthly ticket~ I'm just a few votes away from first place. I'll get addicted in a few days!