The previous draft went very quickly. Not long after the lottery ended, it was time to reach the last pick of the first round, the 30th pick in the first round.
In a small draft year like 2016, the talent rate is average. After excluding the lottery picks, the rest are basically crooked.
However, because the pick of this pick belongs to the Trail Blazers, on the one hand the Trail Blazers are a new dynasty team, and on the other hand they have achieved more than once in the draft in the past few years. Both Yue Qi and Harrell have fulfilled their talents.
Therefore, their choice this time still touched the hearts of many people.
"With the 28th overall pick in 2016, the San Antonio Spurs selected Dejounte Murray, a 1.96 meter young guard from the University of Washington..."
"With the 29th overall pick in 2016, the Golden State Warriors chose Damian Jones, a 2.13-meter young center from Vanderbilt University..."
"The 30th pick in 2015 belongs to...the Portland Trail Blazers, who will have five minutes to consider it."
The Warriors in front have finished making their choices, and then it's the Trail Blazers' turn.
When Bald Hua joined the Trail Blazers, he frowned instinctively. It was because the Trail Blazers' drafts in the past few years had been too successful. This time, he prayed that the Blazers management would make a mistake.
At the same time, when he thought that the first round of the draft was about to end, he could escape from this embarrassing scene immediately, and he couldn't help but slowly let go of the tight strings in his heart.
"Are we sure we want to choose him?"
Although Wang Zelin had proven his vision more than once, Orsi couldn't help but ask one more question.
Because the young player Wang Zelin chose was not a local player in the United States, but from Croatia in Europe. Speaking of which, he and Jokic should have been fellow countrymen, but Yugoslavia later disintegrated.
Ahem, ignore those messy historical issues, I just saw the person Wang Zelin is going to choose-Ivica Zubac.
During the physical test of the rookie, he was 2.13 meters tall barefoot, 2.16 meters tall with shoes, weighed 109 kilograms, had a wingspan of 2.24 meters, a standing reach of 2.87 meters, a run-up bounce of 74 centimeters, and a run-up reach of 3.61 meters...
In the rookie report, advantages:
Zubac has a perfect center figure. For a player at the same position, his mobility has certain advantages. His large frame is conducive to muscle growth;
At the same time, he also has a pair of soft and big hands, with a very soft shooting touch near the basket, and good footwork under the basket. He can use his footsteps to score easily, and he is good at physical confrontation;
He is very good at playing pick-and-rolls, has high screen quality, and is very good at moving without the ball.
Disadvantages:
He has suffered serious injuries, his athletic ability is mediocre, and his body still has certain hidden dangers of injuries;
On the offensive end, there are not many scoring methods, lack of long-range scoring methods, and the performance is not good against tall players;
On the defensive end, people need to work hard to improve their footwork and lateral movement. It is easy to get passed by fast players, and their defensive methods can only be regarded as average;
The draft template is Grizzlies star Marc Gasol!
"Do you think he can be the next Nikolai?"
Orsi then asked.
"LaMarcus is injured. He may miss the entire regular season next season. We need to increase the thickness of the interior bench. Besides, with our draft pick, there are not many options to choose from. I think this European white bear is very nice."
Wang Zelin opened his mouth to explain.
Orsi nodded. Although he was still a little worried, he still chose to believe Wang Zelin.
In the past two or three seasons, Wang Zelin has proven his draft vision. No matter how bad he is, he will never be as bad as Boss Joe.
The staff went out with the envelope containing the results, and Orsi continued to study the remaining 35th pick of the second round with Wang Zelin.
"With the 30th pick in the first round of the 2016 NBA, the Portland Trail Blazers selected a 2.16-meter young center from Croatia in Europe - Ivica Zubac!"
Zubac, the young center who represented Croatia in the U19 Men's Basketball World Championships last year and eventually won a silver medal with the team, has won the favor of the NBA dynasty champion Trail Blazers.
He looks very similar to Nikola Jokic, who was selected by the Trail Blazers in 2014. He is also a big white bear from Europe and has the same solid skills.
However, Wang Zelin knows very well that Zubac's potential is far inferior to Jokic. The latter is at the MVP level, while Zubac is just an ordinary starter at best.
But as Wang Zelin said, as far as their pick is concerned, this year is another small year, and the selection of Zubac is already the result of his open eyes.
Even though Zubac was selected with the last pick in the first round, at least half of the 29 rookies ahead of him have worse future development prospects than him.
Seeing Zubac, who was so moved that he almost cried on stage after being selected, Wang Zelin was full of expectations for the future of this little brother.
An NBA starting center who can grow to average 10+11 double-doubles per game in the future is more than enough to increase the thickness of the Trail Blazers' bench shoes in the next few seasons.
If this were placed on other teams, it could be said to be a luxury.
The NBA draft continues.
With the 31st pick, the Celtics selected forward Deyontae Davis, who is 2.08 meters tall;
With the 32nd pick, the Lakers selected 2.13-meter-tall center Damian Jones;
With the 33rd pick, the Clippers selected forward Cheikh Diallo, who is 2.06 meters tall;
With the 34th pick, the Suns selected guard player Tyler Ulis, who is 1.78 meters tall;
With the 35th pick, the Trail Blazers have room to play again. This time Wang Zelin has his eyes directly on the 2.01 meter swingman from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
And his reason this time was also quite strong, leaving Olshey quite speechless: I like this kid very much, and I think the team needs a victory cigar on the bench.
"With the 35th pick in the second round of 2016, the Portland Trail Blazers selected Patrick McCaw, a 2.01 meter guard from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas! Let us congratulate this young man for joining Defending champion."
During the introduction by the NBA vice president, the young McCaw rushed to the stage with a face of surprise and put on a baseball cap with the Trail Blazers logo.
At this point, the Blazers' task in this year's draft is completely over.
However, domestic fans were still quite disappointed because the Trail Blazers did not choose the big devil Zhou Qi in the end.
Fortunately, a piece of good news soon came.
With the 43rd pick in the second round, Zhou Qi, the big devil from China, was picked up by the Houston Mosaic just like the original time and space.
As expected, the country became lively all of a sudden. Various media claimed that today's men's basketball team has ushered in a golden age, surpassing any previous generation!
(End of chapter)
