Chapter 19 1993 NBA Draft
"Brother, this is what you are talking about the NBA draft. As long as you get selected, you can earn a million yuan annual salary?"
On June 30, 1993, at 7 o'clock in the evening, at home in Lin Han, Utah, Lin Han was watching everything on TV. Although the NBA draft has not started yet, Lin Han did not want to miss any minute and second draft time. He was very much looking forward to today. After all, the Jazz also promised him that he would try to choose Lin Han in the first round.
"Yes, I can't wait long for your brother to be a millionaire. If you have anything you want in the future, just ask me for it and I'll buy it for you."
"But, brother, can you really be selected? It seems that I never knew you could still play basketball?"
Looking at the little sister Lin Yu's eyes that expressed her suspicion, Lin Han couldn't help but smile and said with a dry smile: "Ahem, you don't know too much."
After saying that, Lin Han did not forget to gently pinch the little sister's cheek with both hands and expressed his dissatisfaction, saying, "Your brother is a genius, you can't doubt your brother so much in the future."
"I know, brother, it hurts very much." Although Lin Han's kneading movement was very light, Lin Yu still said dissatisfied with grievance. However, after seeing Lin Han take back his hands, the little girl smiled and stuck to Lin Han's body and scratched Lin Han's itch everywhere. How could Lin Han not fight back when the little sister's counterattack? Soon the two of them laughed into a mess, which also made the second sister Lin Wei, who walked down from the upstairs, look unhappy.
"Hey, you two are no longer children, pay attention to the impact." These two guys were very attached when they were young. Although they were three years apart, they looked like their peers. On the contrary, she, a person of the same age as Lin Han, used to fight or scold Lin Han, but she just couldn't play together anyway.
Although today is June 30th, the last day of June, today is not Saturday or Sunday's holiday, so Lin Han's elder sister has not come back yet. After Lin Han and Lin Yu had a while to play with each other, the NBA's draft officially began.
Seeing his brother staring at the TV and watching this NBA talent show, Lin Yu was also imitating his brother, leaning against Lin Han to accompany him to watch this talent show that she couldn't see.
This year's NBA draft is not a year of draft selection in an absolute sense. It cannot compare to the year of draft selection in 1984, which is called the Golden Generation. However, although it cannot compare to the year of golden draft selection in 1984, it is definitely not a year of draft selection. There are several young people who were able to defeat Mengyi last year. Although Mengyi underestimated the enemy when facing them last year, even the Mengyi team that underestimated the enemy is not defeated by any team. In this case, there are many talented players this year, which also makes this year's top ten draft picks very popular.
Of course, this year's top ten rookies have nothing to do with Lin Han, and these are all prepared for talented players, such as Hardaway, Alan Houston and others. These people are also players invited by the league to the draft. As for ordinary rookies such as Lin Han, if they want to enter the NBA draft, they still need to buy tickets to enter the stands like fans. Therefore, Lin Han did not choose to go to the draft scene at Auburn Mountain Palace this year.
For this year's NBA draft, the media outside have been hyping for a long time. For example, in recent times, the news that the Magic seems to be seeking a deal has been spread. It seems that the Magic is not going to use the No. 1 pick to choose Hardaway. For example, after losing Barkley last year, the Philadelphia 76ers have been looking for high-quality power forwards, so this team seems to be lobbying the Magic to use the No. 1 pick to choose Hardaway, and they are preparing to intercept the Webber they want. So in recent times, the series of news about the Magic, the 76ers and the Warriors are flying all over the world.
As for the Magic, the plot of the 76ers and the Warriors is a love triangle, Lin Han has actually been paying attention to it, and even caring about the changes in his own draft ranking. Because Lin Han rejected the invitation to tryouts from many teams, including the Lakers, Lin Han's draft ranking has been falling in recent times. Whether it is the United States today or other major American media, they are not optimistic about Lin Han's draft prospects, but because of the promise of the Jazz, Lin Han is no longer interested in his draft rankings.
Just when Lin Han stared at the TV and wanted to know if the Magic really didn't use the No. 1 pick to choose Hardaway, the league's president David Stern finally gave the answer. The Magic announced that they used the first round pick to choose Chris Weber, the best insider of this year's rookie. When David Stern announced that the Magic selected Weber, the TV's camera deliberately pointed at the 76ers. The management of the Warriors and the Warriors. Obviously, from the expressions of the management of these two companies, it can be seen that the Warriors and the Magic have a compatible relationship. For the 76ers, if they want to take revenge now, they will directly choose Hardaway and cheat the Magic and the Warriors.
But it is obvious that the Magic and the Warriors dare to get along with each other naturally have their own reliance, and the 76ers are naturally not short of backcourt players like Hardaway. The team's defender has Horacek, who averaged 19+7 last season, and All-Star guard Jose Hawkins, who averaged 20+4+4 last season, and even in the small forward position, there is the No. 9 pick in last year's draft. Although this guy cannot be the best rookie because of O'Neal and Mooning among the rookies in 1992, his rookie season data is close to 16+7. Such potential rookies are the key training targets for the 76ers. Although Hardaway is much better than these three players in terms of talent, they really don't need an outside player with the current 76ers.
So, after the Magic and the Warriors conspired to cheat the 76ers, the 76ers finally gritted their teeth and gave up their intention to take revenge on these two teams, and instead chose the second best rookie inside player this year in the second pick. For the 76ers, what they want this year's draft is the inside and no outside players are needed.
In this case, the Warriors soon used their No. 3 draft pick to select Hardaway, who was originally the No. 1 pick to sign the favorite. It is estimated that Hardaway and Webber will exchange their bosses for each other.
After the Magic and the Warriors' draft conspiracy drama was staged, although there were some surprises in the following draft, the surprise was not that big. The fourth draft Dallas Mavericks selected Kentucky forward Jamal Mashburn, the young NBA team Minnesota Timberwolves selected super defender Ledel, who fought with Lin Han in the rookie match, Washington Bullets selected Carl Portchoney in the sixth pick, and Sacramento Kings selected the best point guard of the year Bobby Herley in the seventh pick.
Wenbeck was selected by the Milwaukee Bucks in the eighth pick in the ground. The Denver Nuggets selected Rodney Rodgers, who was also a super insider in the ninth pick. The Pistons, who did not enter the playoffs this year, selected point guard Lindsey Hunter with the No. 10 draft pick traded from the Heat, and at the same time, they selected super shooting guard Alan Houston with their own No. 11 draft pick. It seems that the Pistons' reconstruction has already begun.
As for Jerry West, who had always wanted Lin Han, who was bullied by Lin Han in the Lakers' 12th pick, but has great potential, it is obvious that Lin Han rejected Jerry West and made the Lakers godfather very shameless, so naturally it was impossible to choose Lin Han. Even if Lin Han really went to the Lakers for a tryout, I'm afraid Jerry West would not use the No. 12 pick to choose Lin Han.
However, what made Lin Han a little interesting was that the Indiana Pacers selected inside player Scott Haskin in the 14th pick. When they saw the Pacers' choice, Lin Han's face was very strange, because the Jazz did not give Lin Han absolute guarantee and did not tell Lin Han that they would definitely choose Lin Han in the first round because the Jazz also fell in love with this inside.
Although the NBA draft this year is considered a year of drafts, there are really not many high-quality inside players. In this case, almost every slightly better inside player is a sweet bun, not to mention that the Jazz is really short of inside players now, but it is obvious that the Jazz's target was intercepted by the Pacers.
Now Lin Han wants to know whether the Jazz will choose him at the 18th pick in the first round when he is intercepted. After all, as an NBA team, Lin Han believes that the Jazz will definitely not have only one inside line. If the first target is gone, there will definitely be a second and third targets.
Without letting Lin Han wait, soon after the draft of the previous teams ended, it was the Jazz who had the 18th pick.
“The Utah Jazz chose the 18th pick from Utah Valley Community College…Utah Valley Community College’s shooting guard Lin Han”
Chapter completed!