Legendary star

Chapter 417
"The Pacers are a great team. I can't wait to put on the Pacers jersey and fight with Meng, Reggie, and Jermaine. I will prove that the Pacers chose me. Correct decision.” When David Stern, standing on the stage, opened the envelope in his hand and announced that the Pacers had selected Amare Stoudemire with the fourth pick in the first round, he walked out of the green room. Amare Stoudemire, who came out, spoke his speech with excitement.

Amare Stoudemire, who originally participated in the draft as a high school student, was ranked No.15 in the first round of the simulation before the draft, but after some praise from Larry Bird, Amare -Stoudemire's draft stock skyrocketed, directly into the lottery, and after Larry Bird invited Amare Stoudemire to the Pacers for a tryout, Stoudemire turned it down In Stoudemire's opinion, the Pacers will definitely use the No. 4 pick for the trial invitations of all the remaining teams, so it is meaningless to go to other low-ranking teams for trial training, and in Stoudemire In Tadmire's view, being able to join a powerhouse like the Pacers in his rookie season and play with the best players in the league is undoubtedly very beneficial to his career. Therefore, when David Stern announced that the Pacers After choosing himself with the No. 4 pick, Stoudemire's dream came true, and it was difficult to restrain his inner excitement.

Obviously, Larry Bird's touting of Stoudemire before the draft did not fool those professional managers. The Rockets chose Yao Ming with the first pick in the first round without hesitation, and Yao Ming He also became the first non-American No. 2 pick.The Bulls with the No. [-] pick also directly selected Jay Williams, the best outside player this year, and the Bulls with Brad Miller, Eddie Curry, Tyson Chandler and other potential insiders , There is no need for inside players at all, as this year's Naismith and John Wooden Award winners, the Associated Press's college basketball player of the year, "ESPN Magazine" NCAA player of the year, CBS player of the year The winner of the trophy, Jay Williams has always been a favorite of the No. [-] pick after he announced his participation in this year's draft, but the Rockets, who have the No. Reason, but more in love with Yao Ming, did not choose Jay - Williams.Although the Bulls, who had the second pick, chose Jay Williams immediately after the Rockets, but Jay Williams, who missed the No. [-] pick, was still very dissatisfied. Jay Williams, who walked into the stands, only said One sentence "I will prove to everyone who is the best rookie this year in the new season."

After the Bulls, the Cavaliers with the No. 3 pick, after hesitating for a long time, finally chose an outside player Mike Dunleavy. In the past, almost every player who participated in the draft would have a template that would blow the sky, such as Yao Ming’s template. It is Olajuwon, Jay Williams' template is Isaiah Thomas, and the Cavaliers selected Mike Dunleavy at No. 3. His template is Larry Bird, who is also a white player and also has 2 With a height of 05 meters, Mike Dunleavy is the same as Larry Bird. Although his physical condition is not outstanding, Mike Dunleavy has a very high golf quotient. In his junior season, Mike Dunleavy averaged 17.3 points and 7.2 points per game. Rebounds, 4.5 assists, 2.3 steals data, shooting 52%, 3-point shooting 43%, in points, rebounds, steals, shooting percentage, 3-point shooting percentage, 3-point shooting per game, all ranked Top 10 in the ACC conference.

Although Larry Bird is constantly touting Stoudemire, but when the Pacers really chose Stoudemire with the No. 4 pick, many NBA managers and head coaches on the sidelines looked at Larry Bird. There is absolutely no mediocre person who can enter the draft conference, and there are absolutely no idiots among the group of managers in the audience. Stoudemire's physical test data and evaluation data, they every There are individuals, and even some teams have invited Stoudemire to try out. Stoudemire has excellent physical fitness, strength, speed, and jumping are all top-notch, but his skills are too rough , Can't post up, mid-range shot is average, scoring depends on dunks and layups, poor defensive attention, very easy to get out of position and fake moves, rebounds rely on body, so many managers are not optimistic about Stoudemire Your career prospects.

But among the many managers, there was one person who kept frowning after hearing the Pacers' choice, and kept rubbing his hands. It was very obvious that his draft target was cut off by the Pacers. This person is Jerry Colangelo, the general manager of the Suns. After a failed season, Jerry Colangelo, who had already retired to the second line, came out again and directly fired Scott Skiles began to intervene in the team's management. After it was determined that Marbury could not bear the burden of the team's revival, Jerry Colangelo was ready to rebuild early this season, while the Suns An important player in the reconstruction is Stoudemire, who was selected by the Pacers in advance. Since he missed the playoffs this season, the Suns began to prepare for the draft very early. Jerry Colangelo First, he went to the rookie training camp in person, inspected all the rookies participating in the draft, and then invited a group of players he liked to go to the Suns for trial training. Among all the rookies, Jerry Colangelo could see He took a fancy to Stoudemire. In his own words, when he saw Stoudemire for the first time, he remembered the scene when he met Kobe in the rookie training camp.After several days of observation, Jerry Colangelo finally made a decision to use the No. 2 pick in his hand to select Amare Stoudemire, and then focus on training as the core of the team's reconstruction, but now everything All vanished.

"Congratulations to the Denver Nuggets for selecting Nikolaos Sgotishvili with the 5th overall pick."

"The Los Angeles Clippers selected Dajuan Wagner with the 6th pick. Congratulations to them."

"Jerry, what should we do now?" After the team's original selection was intercepted, not only Jerry Colangelo, but even the current head coach of the Suns, Frank Johnson, was at a loss.Since he was determined to use the No. 9 pick to select Stoudemire, plus Mike Dunleavy, the sun's original spare tire, was selected by the Cavaliers, so both Stoudemire and Mike Dunleavy were selected After cutting Hu, as the draft continues, the Suns now urgently need to consider their No. 9 pick and who to choose.

Originally, at the beginning of the draft, Jerry Colangelo had been restless, because Larry Bird's praise of Stoudemire really made Jerry Colangelo tremble , For fear that these people really believed Larry Bird's nonsense, they chose Stoudemire ahead of themselves.And when the Rockets still chose Yao Ming according to the original plan, Jerry Colangelo, who was already somewhat calmed down, immediately dropped to a freezing point after the Pacers' selection results were announced, and even He has already stretched out his hand in his arms, groping for the Jiuxin Pill.

"Caron Butler, **- Hilario, Drew Gooden, in that order, choose one at random, you go to contact Larry Bird's assistant to see if they are willing to trade Amare." The Pacers already have an all-star insider like Jermaine O'Neal, and it is said that they are still in contact with Mutombo, so Jerry Colangelo also hopes that Larry Bird chooses Stoudemire, but loses The helpless move after losing Yao Ming, so the sun still has hope of getting Stoudemire, but Jerry Colangelo also knows that he wants to get Stoudemire from the old fox Larry Bird. The Suns will inevitably be hit by the Pacers.

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