The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 293

"The Cleveland Cavaliers selected Kansas' Andrew Wiggins with the No. 2014 pick in the 1 draft!"

Watching new NBA commissioner Adam Silver read the No. [-] pick, Wiggins stepped onto the stage wearing a knight hat and smiling broadly.

As expected of my brother Zui, that smile is really true. After experiencing all kinds of situations in the world, this smile is still warm and innocent.

This situation makes people think of last year. In the same draft, the Cavaliers also selected Anthony Bennett with the No. [-] pick.

This season, Bennett not only became the first healthy No. 2003 pick to score zero points in the Rookie of the Year selection since the implementation of the points system in 1988, but also became the fifth No. [-] pick to fail to enter the All-Rookie Team since [-]. .

I heard that Bennett has been given up by the Cavaliers now, and I don't know where he can go next season?
A No. [-] pick was given up by the team in less than a year. How ridiculous is that?
But God, or the league, is so kind to the Cavaliers. They won a champion and another champion.

This year's No. 1.7 lottery was drawn with a probability of only [-]%, and it was the third No. [-] lottery in four years, so lucky!
To know the history of the league for more than 70 years, there are still six teams that have never won the No. [-] pick!

After the No. 76 pick was settled, the Bucks selected Jabari Parker with the second pick, and the [-]ers selected Joel Embiid with the No. [-] pick.

This choice is almost the same as the pre-match media speculation.

Although all three are top picks, Embiid has been seriously injured after all. Although Parker's skills are excellent, his talent is not as good as Wiggins, so the order basically remains unchanged.

In the final analysis, the draft is still about talent selection!
Afterwards, the selections of each team were pretty much the same as Li Pu remembered, and gradually the first-round picks were exhausted.

"The San Antonio Spurs selected UCLA's Kyle Anderson with the 2014th overall pick in the 30 draft!"

When Xiao Hua read out the name of the last first-round pick, the first-round draft is over, and then the new league vice president Mark Tatum will read the list of second-round picks.

This vice president, who is only in his early 40s this year, looks a bit Asian, because he has Chinese blood on his body.

His parents met during the Vietnam War, and after the war ended, they came to live in the ugly country of Brooklyn together.

After graduating from Harvard in 1998, he first went to work in the corporate sponsorship department of the MLB league, and then came to the NBA a year later.

The person who interviewed him at the time was the then league president, David Stern.

After nearly 20 years of hard work, he has now become the vice president of the NBA and the chief operating officer of the league.

"Okay, we're going to get busy!" At this moment, under Li Pu's gaze, An Jiali stood up and clapped her hands, looking eager to try!

Divac on the side couldn't help curling his lips, thinking: Isn't it just two second-round picks?As for such a big fanfare?Those who didn't know about this battle thought you were going to be the No. [-] pick?

The Kings have two second-round picks this year, acquired in the big deal last year, namely the Bucks' No. 31 pick and the Pistons' No. 38 pick.

"Serbian Mega Leks' Nikola Jokic was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 2014st overall pick in the 31 draft!"

Although Jokic's pick in the original time and space was the 41st pick, Li Pu was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he chose Jokic with the first pick in the second round early.

Who said that the No. [-] pick in the second round is not the No. [-] pick?
At this time, Jokic was no longer at the Barclays Center at all, and there was booing at the scene, asking the people around him, who is this person?

You know, this year is the year of the draft. Even in the second round, there are many outstanding players, such as: Joe Harris, Jordan Clarkson and so on.

But for Li Pu, this choice has no second answer at all.

Regardless of whether Jokic is suitable for the Kings, use a second-round pick to select an MVP, leave you alone, just say whether you choose or not?

Grant and Dinwiddie, who were sitting off the court, were ashamed at this time. The Kings had only two second-round picks, and now they are using one first!
This is how to do?
This is especially true for Dinwiddie. You must know that his original predicted pick was in the lottery. If it weren't for injuries, how could he be reduced to this situation?
"The Toronto Raptors selected Colorado's Spencer Dinwiddie with the 2014th overall pick in the 37 draft!"

Just when Dinwiddie was feeling uneasy, he finally heard his name.

Have you been chosen?Raptors?Didn't you go to that trial training?
Dinwiddie, who was somewhat puzzled, wore a Raptors hat, walked onto the stage in doubt, shook hands and took photos with Tatum.

After Dinwiddie stepped down, he finished the interview and returned to his seat.

"Congratulations! Spencer!" Grant on the side showed envious eyes. After all, his two good friends have been selected, but he has not yet been selected.

"Don't worry, you will choose..."

"Spencer, you've been traded!"

While talking, suddenly Dinwiddie's agent told him an amazing news.

Dinwiddie quickly checked his phone, and saw it read: "The Kings traded Patrick Patterson and a second-round pick in 15 to the Raptors' 37th pick!"

This means that Dinwiddie is going to the king too!

"Great!" Now Grant was even more jealous, but also happy for his good brother!
"Thank you!" Dinwiddie also showed a smile at this time.

Now he finally knows why the Raptors chose him?He performed very well in the Kings' trial training, I'm afraid that's why the Kings chose him, right?

In addition to being happy, seeing Jerami's lost appearance, Dinwiddie quickly restrained his heart, wanting to comfort his good brother.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine!"

Just as they were talking, they saw Tatum returning to the stage, and the two of them held their breaths.

"Jerami Grant of Syracuse University was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 2014th overall pick in the 38 draft!"

When Tatum read Jerami's name, Jerami and Dinwiddie hugged happily!
"That's great, Jerami!"

"That's right! We're actually on the same team!"

Who would have imagined that two players who had tried out in the same team would actually come to the same team.

And Li Pu, who was sitting in the private box, also showed a smile in his heart after seeing these three people being selected: This year's draft conference, he has really had a bumper harvest!

In this way, the Kings chose three second-round picks in such a draft year, namely: Nikola Jokic, Spencer Dinwiddie and Jerami Grant!
(End of this chapter)