Chapter 248: Finson & Dabai Bian, the worst draft class of 2010

Yes.

It was these two people he wanted to recommend to the Sujiang Men's Basketball Team. One was the No. 1 Zhan Chui in history and a master at playing the piano, and the other was a 2k monster, a giant inside player who helped Sichuan win the championship in the NBL.

These two are considered to be the few good players in the second round this year, and they are the two better players in this bad world.

Jiang Chao found out that Finson had indeed entered the draft. He averaged 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in college, and was predicted to be selected in the second round at 10-15.

I don’t know if it’s fate, but this year Jiang Chao may cut off two players selected by Bird in his previous life.

This shows that Bird's vision is still very good. In his previous life, he selected George in the first round and Finson in the second round, but now he has eliminated him. Jiang Chao will look at the pick when the time comes. If the Pacers pick higher, it won't be a big deal.

Maybe choose Fensen's one at the back.

This kid is going to the CBA to kill randomly, and he also has a lot of CBA relationships. He must first accept the training of the iron fist of socialism. Otherwise, if he comes to the Knicks, he will be the master.

Then Whiteside is much more terrifying. Hassan Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game. The total number of blocks in a single season was 182, setting a school record. He is a block maniac.

He has also announced that he is running for this year, but now he is a bit defensive and only pursues statistics. Jiang Chao can see by looking at his block collection that this guy can't survive just sitting in the paint.

It’s no wonder that no one wanted to go to the CBA in the first two years and struggled hard. After no one wanted in the CBA, it finally came to the small ball era. The powerful centers in the small ball era disappeared. He has long hands and can fly in the penalty area.

Defensive and offensive rebounds are still somewhat useful.

The Knicks’ scouting report reads:

Hassan Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game, with a total of 182 blocks in a single season, setting a school record.

Now he is indeed average in hardness in the paint, and can even be called a softie. Not to mention meeting Yao, he will be completely beaten when meeting someone like Hibbert.

But it is enough for this kind of player to go to the CBA. There are not many players with strong shooting in the CBA. With a height of seven feet and a wingspan of seven feet and seven inches, he is undoubtedly the O'Neal of the CBA.

Any team that wins the CBA championship must have a strong inside presence.

Bai Bian's pick prediction is at the beginning of the second round, which is also the pick that the Birds can select. However, the Birds have Hibbert, so they will not select a big center. Jiang Chao will watch a wave of trades when the time comes.

Moreover, this player is actually not particularly popular. Only a big team like the Kings would choose a player like this. After selecting Cousins ​​in the first round, they would also select a big center in the next round. I don’t know what the brain is thinking.

So Jiang Chao actually suspected that Da Baibian might not be drafted because he heard that he was too soft during the trial training and was called a big softie by the scouts. As we all know, in the NBA, if you are labeled as a softie, unless you

A dunk on a big shark or a ridiculously accurate shot, otherwise he is basically a fringe figure.

Da Baibian has a deeper connection with the CBA and China. After being abandoned by the NBA, he saw that many international players who wanted to enter the NBA had to win local championships to be seen.

So I really studied hard in the NBL for a year and helped Sichuan win the championship and upgrade to the CBA.

What follows is a bloody story.

At this time, he really wanted to continue playing in the CBA and win the championship, but in the end, the CBA didn't want him.

Regarding CBA, there is actually a strange situation.

If foreign players want to join the CBA, they must have strong team leadership or scoring abilities.

Without these two characteristics, it would be difficult for them to join the CBA.

Take Whiteside, for example. In his previous life, he helped Sichuan win the championship in the NBA and also won the FMVP. However, the final result was rejected by the CBA. They believed that Whiteside did not have a dominant performance.

It is worth mentioning that Whiteside averaged 21,154 data per game in the nbl, which is already very outstanding.

This is a rare situation where a foreign player wants to stay, but the CBA doesn't want him.

From this, Jiang Chao could feel the decadence of the CBA and the mediocrity of vision. At that time, foreign players were basically small defenders. Such a big center would not be liked by the management if he could not score 40 casually. Only defenders can score more goals if they keep scoring.

It's about selling tickets, right?

Therefore, CBA actually pays more attention to data, because the big white side's offense basically relies on dunks, and the explosive scoring power is naturally not as good as those foreign players who perform pull-up operations on the ground.

In this aspect, he just complements Finson. Finson makes a wild show and just makes tip-ups and grabs rebounds.

After being unable to get a contract in the CBA, Whiteside had no choice but to try the NBA.

This trial was my spring. Needless to say what happened next. I have dominated the shot blocking list in the NBA all year round. Although I changed several teams, it is simple to get a stable rotation in an NBA team.

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Until Jiang Chao crossed over, his 16,143.1 blocks with the Trail Blazers were undoubtedly the league's top statistics.

Thinking of this, Jiang Chao made a call to Finson and the two of them. He actually didn't have to pretend to be a rookie like he chose Curry last year. He could just let nature take its course. He was very wealthy this year.

And these two people are different from Curry. Curry is the core and must be there. If these two people knew that Jiang Chao wanted him, wouldn't they have their tails raised to the sky?

But he really wanted to see how Fensen raised his tail.

"Hello? Stephenson? Come to our team for a trial training in the summer."

"okok!! Are you going to choose me, boss!! I will do my best! I will not participate in any team's trial invitation!"

"That's not necessary!"

It turned out that Fensen didn't hear it either. His voice was far away, as if he said something to the people around him:

"Hey, uncle, I'm going to the NBA, the Knicks!"

"Just take it easy. If you lose, you'll be bragging. Why are you excited?"

Worthy of being one of the hottest men in the NBA, Finson is really hot:

"Ah?? Don't you want the Pacers to draft me?"

Jiang Chao really wanted to give him a punch:

"What are you thinking about, little brother? It would be too wasteful to give it to you."

"Okay... I don't choose. As long as I can get paid to play ball, I want to dazzle the whole world."

"Didi didi didi."

Jiang Chao hung up the phone directly, and the female bodyguard drove to Butler University and took him to the airport.

…

In the private room, Jiang Chao was enjoying a relaxing leg massage, eating desserts sent by Hayward, and taking a report call from Sean Marks.

We talked about the records of each team and the teams we will face in the playoffs.

The Pacers are doing pretty well right now, and Bird is not going to bully me. They are fourth from the bottom in the Eastern Conference. If they work hard in the end, they will be second to last and they will be perfect.

You must know that the bottom three players in the league have a 14.5% chance of being the top pick.

Then the Knicks unexpectedly climbed up, perhaps because they were enraged by the Yao Ming controversy. Recently, the Knicks have won four consecutive games and ranked fourth in the Eastern Conference with 45 wins and 22 losses.

It left the Hawks and Heat behind, but they were very close, with one winning half a game and the other winning a game.

Therefore, the Knicks should have the lowest number of second-round picks, with more than 20 picks in the second round.

But Sean Marks, and even the beautiful bodyguards around him, feel that Jiang Chao can still find treasures at a low level this year.

Sean Marks also mysteriously asked Jiang Chao if he had any favorite players:

"Boss, I promise not to tell anyone, so just tell me who do you like in the second round?"

"Anyway, I feel like they are definitely not the two you contacted!"

The two he was talking about must be Finson and Dabai Bian who played at Butler University. As expected, the news about the draft spread quickly. The more Jiang Chaoyue pays attention to, the more likely he will be selected. This is no longer the case.

Less subconscious thoughts from scouts.

After all, the Knicks didn't try out Harden alone last year, so they directly used the No. 3 pick to select a player who hadn't tried out once, which was considered a first.

"Oh, you don't believe me when I tell the truth. In the second round this year, there are only two that are okay. These two are the best ones to choose."

"Boss, why do you have anything to do with me? This year's draft is pretty good. There are players in all positions. It's not like last year where they were all defenders."

Sean Marks and Mustache actually talked privately that Jiang Chao would definitely recruit the seventh rookie guard in the team.

That is the Chinese guard Jeremy Lin. Jeremy Lin has also signed up for the draft this year. To be honest, the only person who can choose him is the Chinese boss Jiang Chao. After all, Harvard’s basketball background is almost zero. Jeremy Lin has nothing to do with being in the circle. The only connection is to help

Jiang Chao tried out Sun Yue.

Therefore, many people are speculating that Jeremy Lin may be selected by the Knicks in the second round, otherwise he will be unsuccessful in signing up.

"To be honest, this year's level is not one-tenth as good as last year."

Jiang Chao looked like he was joking about everything from ancient times to modern times.

To be honest, if it weren't for providing two rookies to the Sujiang team, he really wouldn't care so much about this year's draft.

There was a sigh in his heart, despite the excitement this year, but from his perspective in 2022.

Regarding the NBA rookies in 2010, we can only say that whether they are popular big shots or little guys who want to counterattack, they are all short-lived and cannot afford to be hurt.

Among the 2010 rookies, there are a total of four who have made the All-Stars: No. 1 pick John Wall, No. 5 pick DeMarcus Cousins, No. 9 pick Gordon Hayward, and No. 10 pick Paul George.

There are only a handful of them, very shabby.

And Turner, who was selected second overall by the 76ers, is worse than the last generation: If Iguodala is an All-Star threshold, Turner might as well be hovering outside the All-Star threshold.

After exploring Faworth, No. 4 pick Wesley Johnson, No. 6 pick Aipai Udu, No. 7 pick Monroe, and No. 8 pick Aminu, they all had high hopes, but none of them performed as expected.

Success comes.

And some of the little guys who might be able to counterattack have also had their fair share of hits and misses, and there are no super dark horses in the second-round picks like in the previous decade or so.
To be continued...