Chapter 1265: Chapter 512: Not the Most Ideal, but the Most Suitable

Zhang Yang was still thinking about watching Curry go to the Warriors to enjoy the joy of being cultivated by the ‘logo man’, but the elementary school student ended up becoming teammates with Er Ha… Now that I think about it, he didn’t notice that the Knicks Team had taken the 5th pick, as long as the Knicks Team was ranked higher than the Warriors, the elementary school student wouldn’t be able to go to the Crazy Scientist.

Harden + Curry’s double point guard, paired with D’Antoni… Zhang Aotian: Things are starting to get interesting.

Then, the Pistons chose Jordan Hill from the University of Arizona with the 6th pick.

With Harris, veteran Hamilton still has the strength to fight, center Noah is growing rapidly, now the Heavenly Venerate’s contract is up, the Pistons chose the highest predicted remaining pick internal talent, just as Zhang Yang expected.

After Stern shook hands with Jordan Hill and walked off the stage, it was now the Warriors’ turn to pick, Zhang Yang’s curiosity was through the roof.

There are only three point guards predicted for the lottery area.

Jonny Flynn from Syracuse University, who was in the limelight during his college days, in his freshman year, in the March Madness, upset and defeated the seeded team in the division as the 16th seed, sending Connecticut fishing; in his sophomore year, which is this year, lost to Lawson by three votes, placing second for the Bob Cousy Award, which is the NCAA’s second point guard of the year.

But Flynn has a fatal flaw, he injured his knee in grade 10, and the treatment at that time wasn’t done well, causing knee synovium, which led to early closure of the epiphyseal line, early physical development, although he is only 20 years old, he might already have the physique of someone 22 or 23, college performance therefore has some water content.

Brandon Jennings, the top high school student in the U.S. in the 08 class, has no obvious deficiencies, instead his instant combat power is highly anticipated, at the time of his high school graduation, since the NBA no longer allowed high school students to enter the draft, his study performance was even worse than Wade’s, UCLA wanted to recruit him, so they specially lowered the score requirements to the lowest limit, but out of the 4 required subjects, he got an F in 3, and only scored 2 in one, ultimately he could only play in Europe for a year.

The only potential issue is that he played in the European league looking like Kobe, if he was a standard shooting guard with a height of over 193 cm, he might have been able to make it into the top three picks, but he is only 183 cm barefoot.

The last one is ‘Little Odom’ Earl Clark, a talented student from the University of Louisville, in terms of physical condition all are advantages, 205 cm barefoot, 214 cm wingspan, speed comparable to NBA shooting guards’ average level, a weight of 106 kg that can play as a center in college, excellent dribbling skills, is the second ball handler for the University of Louisville Redbirds… after the end of the freshman season in 07, predicted for the lottery area, after finishing the sophomore season last year, his predicted rank rose to the top 5 picks.

However, due to his wealthy family background, he wanted to get his college degree before entering the draft, he didn’t choose to enter early, played for another year, but because he focused most of his junior season on studying, basketball performance barely improved, even declined, after playing for a year, his predicted ranking fell to the lottery edge.

The Crazy Scientist will choose which pit to step in? At best it’s Jennings, but this guy has Felton’s height, with stamina like Ford, and a heart like Kobe…

Three minutes passed quickly, Stern returned to the stage with an envelope.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 NBA draft, the Golden State Warriors have selected for the 7th pick in the first round… from UCLA, Jrue Holiday!”

“What the hell!”

Xiao Sansa actually cursed! Xiao Biaobiao quickly reacted: “Jack, did we want to select Holiday?”

Zhang Yang took a deep breath: “Yes, we discussed and thought he’s the most suitable second point guard for us, tall, can drive and shoot, enthusiastic about defense… Nelson must be crazy! Selecting a non-lottery predicted rookie with the 7th pick? But that’s okay, we have a backup option, that guy is predicted for late first round, I’ll be damned if he gets snatched…”

Then, the Toronto Raptors selected Jonny Flynn with the 8th pick, and the Bucks selected Jennings with the 9th pick.

By the 10th pick, Zhang Yang’s eyes were shining—Big Bird probably won’t go for someone at the end of the first round, right?

Hearing the Jew read out the name of his alumni Tyler Hansbrough, Zhang Yang breathed a sigh of relief, but got curious, given two options, will the bald guy choose the college-graduated instant combat power, or the player needing time to be cultivated but whose playstyle is more stable?

He definitely hopes for instant combat power, but this one’s height disadvantage is too big, can only defend point guards, the potential candidate has the height of a big point guard, both have the advantage of clear head, strong scoring ability, and keen on defense, and might be able to immediately enhance point guard position defense.

Quickly, Stern returned to the stage with an envelope, and opened it.

“Ladies and gentlemen, the 2009 NBA draft, the Charlotte Bobcats have selected for the 11th pick… from UCLA, Darren Collison!”

“Didn’t choose Teague then…”

Although Zhang Yang was also quite expecting Teague, hearing it’s Collison, he was relieved.

If they had selected Holiday or Teague, the former would be better, perhaps cultivate for half a year, adapt to the NBA rhythm, then can have decent bench strength; Teague might need a year? In terms of defense Teague should be able to adapt to NBA confrontation immediately, mainly offensive cultivation needs longer time, so the question of keeping Jack the Great remains, or need to use the mid-level exception on digging an experienced one-year strong point guard, which is quite difficult.