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Inventory of the top 5 rookies who triggered the league's rotten wave

Faced with such a talented rising star, the Spurs once again made the choice to swing

By De LianaPublished about a year ago 5 min read
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The NBA preseason is in full swing, and the Pelicans in the preseason is definitely the focus of the most media attention, the Pelicans' new star Zion returned from injury in a few games, the state of heroic, showing their unique ability, he has incredible explosive power, strength and speed, these talents make Zion in the offensive and defensive ends can do anything, it can be said that a healthy Zion can definitely lead the Pelicans It can be said that a healthy Zion can definitely lead the Pelicans to become the dark horse of the West.

As we all know, in the NBA a team that does not have the strength of the playoffs, often hope to achieve the rise of the team by obtaining a high rookie, to achieve the team. Whenever some amazing talent rookies appear, and even trigger the league's swing tide, some teams even "deliberately" lose to get more forward signings, and then get the talent burst rookie, of course, such rookies are not rare, as strong as Kobe, Curry, Durant and even the NBA's first man Jordan, have never had such a The light. However, the league does have 5 players with proud talent, early predetermined first prize, but also let the league half of the team for them and "rotten", together with see who are it!

Olajuwon in '84.

When it comes to the '84 draft, I'm sure many fans think that the top pick of that year should be the god of basketball: Michael Jordan. However, at that time Jordan's fame is not very big, but the big dream Olajuwon attracted the attention of many scouts, Olajuwon will low-post offensive footwork and technology development to the extreme, both offensive and defensive sides have dominant power, offensive and defensive skills, defensive on the cap ability top, or an excellent rebounded, offensively, the hand exploded, in the low position can kill, and in that big ball era, the big dream also In that big ball era, Big Dream also had the speed and footwork of a guard. In 1984, the Rockets had the first prize in hand, and the most important reference standard for choosing a rookie at that time was the player's performance in his last season in the NCAA, and Olajuwon was already the best player in the NCAA, and in an era when the interior was king, it was only natural for the Rockets to choose Olajuwon. According to the media, the Rockets and Bulls in the season in order to compete for the first yuan visa does not hesitate to choose a large rotation of team starters, every player on the team are afraid to stand out in the final moments of scoring to take the game, losing is the result they can accept, the Rockets lost 9 games in the last 10 games of the season, while the Bulls are the last 15 games lost 14 games.

Duncan in '97.

Data show that 97 is the NBA league deliberately swing the widest range of the year, the league has more than half of the teams choose to lie flat, and their only goal is to get Duncan. Teams like the Celtics, Grizzlies, Nuggets, Spurs, Erse, etc. have joined the ranks of the pendulum team, but the Spurs were lucky, with 20 wins and 62 losses the bottom third of the league finally picked up the first prize. And as the NBA's highest winning percentage in the last 20 years, why did the Spurs make the decision to swing?

That season is the old man Rostropovich took over the Spurs' first season, unfortunately, the core David Robinson season, coupled with Duncan came out of nowhere, Rostropovich appreciated it, but also to advise the Spurs management to completely swing, data show that the Spurs lost 39 games more than the previous season in 97. In the end, the Spurs got what they wanted, a rotten swing, get 5 championships, and even benefit for many years, is definitely quite a bargain.

James in 03

The Cavaliers won only 17 games in order to get James more securely. In the end, James became a household name superstar, but also for the knight brought the championship, James 8 years led the team to the finals, 38 years old state did not decline significantly, enough to be able to glimpse the unique vision of the knight at the beginning.

07 years of Den

Nowadays, many fans and the media will define Den as the most water in the history of the NBA, not even one of them, but if you talk about talent alone, let people re-elect once, it is estimated that the first place is still Den. Durant has also said in the talk show, even if his own achievements in the future, Den in that draft, is still the first prize, his talent is I can not surpass. First look at Den's static talent, 2m16m tall, 2m24m arm span plus 2m84m touch, he is a beastly rebounded and box defender, with speed comparable to a guard in general. But, unfortunately, Den was ruined by injuries! And that year, the Celtics in order to get Den only won 24 games at the time, the Thunder and Trail Blazers are both the same, but in the end the Trail Blazers unexpectedly won the first prize, they also did not hesitate to take Den with the first draft pick.

23 years of Wen Ban Lama?

And next year is another big draft year, of which Wen Banyan undoubtedly booked the first prize early, the rookie who has not played a game in the NBA has made the whole league talk about, Durant said bluntly: Wen Banyan into the league, we will have real trouble. An NBA executive said: He is not a team-changing genius, he is a league-changing genius. Fans said: Zimbabwean has Tao Ming's height, Durant's arm, Robert's underhandedness, and even a Kobe-style post-up jumper. Such a high rating is enough to see the strength of his talent. The Spurs once again made the choice to swing for the fences in the face of such a talented new star.

They will average cut 21.1 points, 8.3 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 2 steals, the team leader Murray sent to the Hawks, the official posture of the complete swing, and the Magic, Thunder, Pacers, Rockets, Pistons are ready to go, these teams want to take him through the swing.

The above is to cause the NBA "rotten tide" of 5 stars, what do you think about this? Welcome to leave a message in the comments section

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I like group sports because it is the reason I understand the importance of cooperation.

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