The Godfather of Basketball

The Kentucky Wildcats are powerful in the NCAA and one of the important sources of NBA talent. The 10-year champion Wall, the 11-year champion Anthony Davis, and this year's Karl-Anthony Towns, this is 3 champions in 6 years!

In addition to Towns this year, Stan was selected by the Kings with the 6th overall pick, Lyles was selected by the Jazz with the 12th overall pick, and now Booker is selected with the 13th overall pick.

Although the Nets have not tried Booker before, Booker's previous predictions are almost on the edge of the lottery. This choice is not surprising.

Devin Booker, who has been playing for the Suns in his previous life, has been criticized by countless people because of the poor record of the Suns all year round.

But even so, Kobe, who became famous, still praised him, calling him the new generation of shooting guard most like himself, and even gave him a pair of his signature shoes, which read "Be Legend (become a legend)"

In the 17-18 season, Booker even had a performance of 70 points in a single game.

In the evaluation of the American media, he is also one of the top ten shooting guards who will rule the league in the future.

Many people say that Booker does not deserve such praise, because his ability to lead the team in the Suns has always been poor, and the 70 points were also scored with the help of the whole team.

But in fact, this is a confusion of concepts, just like Gay said that anyone who takes 40 shots can score 40 points. First of all, you have to have the physical strength to take so many shots. Secondly, the more points you score, the greater the defensive intensity you will encounter. Otherwise, everyone in the NBA can score 70 points.

Of course, the most important point is that talent and scoring are actually easy to distinguish after watching too many games. Just like Anthony Davis, the talent that is visible to the naked eye, although the Pelicans' record has been poor before, everyone knows that he is The most talented power forward in the league.

Booker is the cornerstone of the outside line, and Jokic is the cornerstone of the inside line. This is Tang Tian's future structure for the Nets.

The next pick of the Nets was the 23rd pick. Tang Tian rushed out of the draft cabin before that, ready to say hello to Booker.

"A deal happened."

Just when he had just walked to the second floor, Xiao Hua, who came out again, did not directly announce the Rockets' choice, but directly chose a deal.

"The 14th pick in the first round of the 2015 NBA belongs to the Oklahoma City Thunder. They have 5 minutes to think about it."

He stared blankly at the LED screen at the scene, and all the fans in the audience were acting the same as him, and their eyes were full of disbelief.

The Rockets reached a three-way deal with the Thunder and the Jazz!

The Rockets sent Kevin Martin and Dion Waiters, the No. 12 pick in 2013, Steven Adams, this year's 14th pick and next year's first-round pick, and traded for the Thunder's James Harden and The 18th overall pick.

The Jazz traded Enes Kanter and the 18th overall pick for Kevin Martin and Rudy Gobert (4.5 points and 4.7 rebounds per game as a sophomore).

The Thunder sent James Harden and Rudy Gobert to get Enes Kanter, Dion Waiters, Steve Adams and the 14th overall pick in the first round of this year. wheel.

Harden, was traded to the Rockets!

Kanter is one of the inside dual cores in the Jazz. Waiters is a potential new star. He was just traded by the Rockets from the Cavaliers last season. Adams is Howard's main substitute. He averaged 7.7 points and 7.5 rebounds per game last season. The No. 14 pick is also very valuable.

The Thunder got a lot of bargaining chips in this deal, but that was James Harden!

Double MVP!

But after thinking about it, it seems understandable.

Westbrook and Harden had already had a lot of trouble last season, which not only led to the failure to win the championship, but even the Thunder management may have received some information to the point where they had to choose one of the two.

Before that, trading Harden, who performed relatively poorly, was the only option they could make.

And there is another point. Ibaka's effect at the fifth position in the playoffs last season was not good. Trading a powerful center is also an option for change.

Tang Tian looked very helpless.

The Thunder Fourth Young Master finally disintegrated. He racked his brains to keep the Fourth Young Master behind, but he still didn't escape this ending, which is somewhat embarrassing.

Booker was celebrating with his family at this time, but when Tang Tian went down, the young man noticed it at a glance and turned around immediately.

"Mr. Tang." Booker was very respectful, a bit like an American gentleman.

NBA players, most of them are inspirational. When they were young, their families were not good, and they changed their destiny through playing. Iverson and Butler are examples of them.

But at the same time, there are also many players who came from rich families with good education, such as Klay Thompson of the Warriors, such as Devin Booker in front of him.

His father, Melvin Booker, was a professional basketball player who played for teams such as the Rockets, Nuggets and Warriors, which is also very similar to Kobe.

"I'm ready to watch the scene of you scoring crazy goals on the court." Tang Tian said with a smile.

"I will." Booker is confident.

After chatting for a while, Tang Tian went back to the draft room.

The Nets also have a 23rd pick, which is interesting to say, and the Celtics just happen to have a 22nd pick.

Tang Tian was waiting for Angie to be played by him again, but he didn't expect that Angie would quit, and directly traded with the Bulls with the 22nd pick, changing the opponent's first round next year, directly avoiding being tricked again.

Tang Tian was also having fun watching this scene.

But it also saved him a lot of trouble.

Xiao Hua came out of the backstage for the 23rd time and announced the Nets' choice with a smile on his face.

"With the 23rd pick in the first round of the NBA in 2015, the Brooklyn Nets chose Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. The 2.01-meter small forward came from the University of Arizona."

The choice Tang Tian made was the same as in his previous life.

Jefferson's scoring ability is not strong, but his defense is very good. He is a well-known defensive gate in the NCAA. He can defend from the 1st position to the 5th position. The template given by ESPN is even the well-known Bruce Bowen , And he has better athletic ability than Bowen.

This is a typical trainable striker, a qualified fourth position in the small ball lineup.

This is also Tang Tian's reserve for the future of the Nets. Championship teams always have such a No. 1 figure, just like Thunder's PJ Tucker.

In his previous life, Jefferson already had an outstanding performance of 14 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists in the third grade.

No matter from which point of view, this choice is not bad.

Booker and Jefferson, the Nets won these two high-quality rookies in the draft, and they have already gained a lot.

"Let's trade with the Suns for next year's second round." After making this choice, Tang Tian said directly to Jones.

Joe Johnson's trade has not been advanced. There are a few good shooting guards in the second round this year, but after selecting Booker, plus the original Bogdan, and Tracy McGrady, this position is already overcrowded. It's not big, it's better to exchange for the future.