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Chapter 58 The 2005 NBA Draft!

Inside the theater at Madison Square Garden in the Big Apple, New York, June 2005, 6.

At this very moment, the 05 NBA Draft is about to be held in the theater, which is crowded with people, and it is very lively.

A group of college and high school students in suits and ties are gathering in the small green house.

They may pose for the flashing camera, and when they see familiar friends or opponents, they rush over to clap hands, hug, and say hello. Occasionally, they suddenly laugh in a daze. With teardrops hanging.

As long as you are invited into the small green room, you will be selected in the lottery without any accidents. Even if you are the 14th pick, you will have a rookie contract of 4 million for 800 years, which is an annual salary of 200 million.

Beautiful country is a free country, you can do everything...except you have to pay taxes.

The federal tax rate is less than 40%, which is 39.7%.

The state tax rate is less than 10%, which is 9.91.

There is also a broker commission cap of 4%.

The annual salary of 200 million will be cut in half, and the dream of becoming a "millionaire" by entering the NBA will be truly realized.

No wonder I was so excited to cry.

In fact, if the top three picks are selected, they can get a four-year contract of about 4 million.

If you deduct half of it, you are indeed a "multi-millionaire".

Tears flow, this is the holy land of dreams, and a large number of millionaires have been created.

Among them, among the 20 rookies invited by the Little Green House, the "North Carolina Four" is the most eye-catching. After all, there are many people, and the camera is willing to show face to the main members of the NCAA champion.

Of course, the "three point guards", Paul, Deron and Felton, also have a lot of focused lights. After all, they are surrounded by a group of tall insiders, which in itself highlights the excellence of the short "three point guards". However, their prospects are still in the top five.

With the 03 Platinum Generation Pearl ahead, the 05 draft was unanimously considered by basketball commentators to be a young draft year, because the "three major point guards" had a high draft pick, and this year was also called a point guard. David's draft year.

"Call..."

There was still a lot of boos at the scene, and the president David Stern stepped onto the main stage, submerged behind the flashing lights, and an ordinary little old man appeared.

After a brief opening speech, the 2005 NBA Draft officially began.

"In the 2005 NBA Draft, the first pick in the first round, the Milwaukee Bucks had 5 minutes to think about it..."

In the draft tactics room on the second floor, the general manager of the Bucks didn't have to think about it at all. He immediately dialed the phone number of the draft staff who delivered the information, and submitted the Bucks' final answer.

After experiencing the early 20th century, the "three muskets" era, shining like a shooting star, and then the outside core Michael Reid as the cornerstone, the Bucks are still half-dead.

The Bucks realized.

Even if the outside media say that the "three point guards" are so good, it can't stop the Bucks from choosing the idea of ​​building a team with an inside core.

And as a small city team, it should be modeled on the Spurs, based on Duncan's insiders, and use the whole world as the player selection...

Anyway, whatever the Spurs do, just copy it. It is the last word to follow the path of others and make people have nowhere to go.

Then, there is no suspense about the choice of the No. [-] pick!

David Stern opened the envelope in his hand and read out the answer the Bucks chose.

"In the 2005 NBA draft, the first pick in the first round, the Milwaukee Bucks selected...

Center from the University of Utah, Andrew Bogut! "

Andrew Bogut has a good body, barefoot 211, height 213 wearing shoes, weight 114 kg, wingspan 221, vertical jump 70 cm, run-up jump 85 cm, agility 12.06, 84 kg bench press 14 times... various physical measurement data All are excellent.

The skill set is also very rich, with rock-like high-quality pick-and-roll, first-class high-post coping ability, excellent defensive awareness, excellent positional footwork, and stable left and right small hook scoring ability. He has both low-post skills and mid-range shots on the offensive end. The defensive end has good mobility, strong strength and can resist people.

In the summer of 2004, he represented the Kangaroo National Men's Basketball Team in the Athens Olympics, averaging 13.7 points and 9.0 rebounds per game.

2004/05赛季NCAA，博古特场均得到20.4分12.2个篮板、2.3次助攻和1.8个盖帽，投篮命中率为62%，26次得到两双。

In addition to Bogut's penchant for spraying dung and his arrogant personality, judging from his physical condition and playing statistics, he was worthy of the title of "White Duncan" in college, even worse.

Duncan was also known as the Flying Devil in his college and rookie days.

After suffering a serious injury, it became the old man's basic skills to play with four axes.

According to the rhetoric Bogut said before the draft: Now he is not as good as Duncan, and he will definitely surpass Duncan in the future.

In order to bear the title of Bai Duncan, and also for the appointment he invited, Bogut knelt down with tears in his eyes...he was about to suffer a serious injury.

Oh, he also said to go beyond!

This is possible.

White Duncan No. [-] pick Bogut put on the Bucks cap, stepped onto the main stage with a smile, embraced, talked, shook hands, took photos with President Stern, and stepped off the stage...

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Immediately afterwards, the draft conference continued.

There is not much time left for the Atlanta Hawks, only 5 minutes...

In less than 5 minutes, Stern folded the letter and read, "In the 2005 NBA draft, the second overall pick in the first round, the Atlanta Hawks selected...

Swing forward from UNC, Marvin Williams! "

There is no suspense in this choice!

If you rate this choice, you can score 100 points on a 99-point system, and the remaining 1 point is because the Eagles are too proud and will not implement the forward swingman draft strategy in the future.

The Eagles were not chosen randomly, they were backed by theory and science.

In 1995, Pat Riley put forward the theory of position ambiguity, and the future of the league is dominated by all-round swingers with a technology of about 2 meters.

In fact, Riley's idea is not so much a new concept of creation as it is his concluding speech.

In the 80s, Riley was the coach of the Lakers, Magic Johnson’s dominance at guards and centers, and his opponent at the time, Bird Bird, was also technically versatile. The black and white duo dominated an era, which gave Riley infinite room for speculation. Imagine visions of five magicians playing at the same time.

In the 90s, the second dynasty of the Bulls, Riley couldn't beat the Bulls' lineup of Hubble + Jordan + Pippen + Kukoc + Rodman, which also gave him a lot of summary materials. Imagine 5 skins Peng's destructive power on the field at the same time.

At this moment, Joe Johnson, who is 2 meters tall, has already completed the signing of the contract. In the "most already", there are also Al Harrington, who is convulsive and strong at 01 meters, and Josh Smith, who is physically strong at 2 meters. , and the shaggy Josh Childress of 08 meters 2...

The Eagles are only short of theoretical success by a "not three and four" swingman, and they can all attack with the ball, and they are all misplaced swing forwards.

Marvin Williams is 2 meters 03, with a wingspan of 2 meters 20. He has a strong body, good speed, good bounce, excellent strength confrontation, strong style of play, good shooting ability, comprehensive skills, and a range of three-point line... Yes Didn't think of the almighty James?

Introverted and humble personality, reliable and not soft-hearted at critical moments, willing to bear the burden of hard work, shoulder the burden of dirty work, play the main force and substitute, no complaints, no ambitions, go with the situation...

It might sound like a regimen of basketball.

But it doesn't matter, the important thing is that he is the best of a "no three no four" swingman.

Picking a forward swingman is definitely the best choice in the 2005 draft!

Uh, instead of picking a forward swingman, you said it's picking the No. [-] pick now!
That's fine.

In 2005, the 76ers began to sell Iverson, which proved that the 183 defensive losses made it difficult to win the championship. Paul was in the East.

Deron, the fat guy, was selected with the second pick, which seems a bit worthless.

Felton is also fat and has no star appearance...

Therefore, no matter how you choose, there are pitfalls. It is better to use scientific methods to choose, and when you talk about science, you have to mention the "positionless basketball theory".

No matter how you choose, Marvin Williams is the best choice.

There is nothing wrong with the Eagles' choice, and Marvin Williams has no water. What is wrong is this era.

One step ahead is genius, ten steps ahead is foolishness, and as a result, the Eagles just took a step too far and screwed up.

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(End of this chapter)