Chapter 1141 Everyone Is a Rookie with a Story

However, Shamet is on the list given by Tang Tian. No matter how Bo Yang's deal goes, there is no problem with this choice.

The draft is still going on, and it's quickly reaching the end of the first round.

Demps also quickly made the 30th pick.

Unlike the previous selection of Shamet, there are not many doubts about this choice.

The player he wants to choose is also the player ranked first on the list given by Tang Tian.

Tatum walked from behind the scenes to the front of the stage for the last time in this draft.

What he is about to announce is also the last first-round pick in this draft.

"With the 30th pick in the first round of the 2018 NBA, the New Orleans Pelicans selected Mitchell Robinson, a center ranked 216, from New Orleans."

This is the last rookie announced by Tatum this year, but the content announced is quite different from other rookies.

Generally, during the draft, overseas picks who have not played in the NCAA will announce which country they are from.

Anyone with NCAA experience, whether overseas or in the United States, will announce which school he is from.

But this is the first time that Robinson has announced which city he is from.

It's not that the envelope he got was written wrong, or that he wanted something special at the last moment, but because Robinson, a rookie, is special.

As a former top 10 high school student in the United States, he has the best physical talent in the paint and can also shoot three-pointers.

Especially with his wingspan, he averaged an astonishing 6.3 blocks per game in high school, and his dunks and volleyball-style blocks were common.

After graduating from high school, he was also admitted to the prestigious NCAA University of Kentucky.

According to the normal path, he should make a name for himself at Kentucky and enter the NBA as a lottery pick or even a top-five pick.

But this guy's approach is abnormal.

When he just graduated from high school, he first chose Texas A&M because he was determined to follow his favorite head coach Rick Stansbury.

Stansbury was an assistant coach at Texas A&M at the time, but later moved to Kentucky, and he jumped with him.

But by July, because his godfather, Kentucky assistant Sam Williams, left school, he was also seeking to transfer.

But as a result, because he had to serve as a football coach for a year and could not play basketball when he transferred to another school, he gave up the opportunity to play in the NCAA.

After that, he hired his own trainer and conducted closed training to prepare for the NBA draft.

From an ordinary person's perspective, his choices from beginning to end are really stupid.

While he was training at home, players in his draft class were gaining valuable tactical knowledge and game experience in the college league.

And he also missed the combine trial before.

This is also the reason why there has never been a choice among the top 10 high school students and centers with incredible physical talent.

But Tang Tian is a time traveler. He knows Robinson's talent and strongly recommends it to Demps.

So it can be said that Demps did not hesitate when he made the choice.

With a guard and a center, the Pelicans' draft this year can be said to have completed its mission.

But Demps is still waiting.

A good habit he has developed in the past few years is to take the list given by Tang Tian and wait for them to be selected one by one.

If you have the opportunity, you can try to use cash or future draft picks to take a chance.

He waited until the end of the draft this year.

When he got to the 60th pick, he found that there were still people on the list given by Tang Tian who had not been selected.

He didn't hesitate and started directly.

"With the 60th overall pick in the second round of 2018, the New Orleans Pelicans selected Alonzo Trier, a 1.96-meter shooting guard from the University of Arizona."

"That concludes this year's draft. Thank you to everyone who participated. Thank you."

Tatum's assistant announced the last draft result of this year and also announced the end of this year's draft.

The draft has ended, but the number of discussions on social media has suddenly increased.

The reason has something to do with the player the Pelicans finally selected.

Generally speaking, the 60th pick is just a formality, and even if it is selected, there is a high probability that it will not be signed.

But this Alonzo Trier, like Robinson, has a story.

If we go back to 2015, Trier was the player predicted to be selected with the 17th overall pick in the first round of the draft.

However, due to drug test problems, Trier was directly suspended for three years and was not able to officially participate in the election until this year.

If it weren't for the Pelicans, he would have gone straight up.

This is completely reasonable.

No matter how talented you were, but you haven't played in a formal game for three years, it's really incredible to be selected.

But this is the advantage of being a time traveler. Tang Tian knows that Trier is a Crawford-type player with good abilities.

And in history, he once averaged 11 points per game as a two-way contract player and got the largest contract in history, 7 million in two years.

It's a big gain for the Pelicans to pick him up at this position.

Two guards and one center, Demps walked out of Madison Square Garden with a smile.

The 2018 NBA Draft has officially come to an end, and popular rookies have also become the focus of discussion among fans and media during this period.

However, the general managers of each team began to shift their focus to the upcoming free agent market the moment the draft ended.

James, Durant, George, Butler, Walker, Jokic, Cousins, DeAndre Jordan, Capela, Aaron Gordon...

This is definitely the craziest free agent market in the past decade.

As long as the basic skills are done well, there is even a chance to turn from a weakling to a favorite to win the championship.

Although the league clearly stipulates that before the free market door opens, players and teams are not allowed to contact or even mention it.

For example, Lakers general manager Magic Johnson was fined more than once for suggesting that James might come to the Lakers.

But no one knows how many private communications there are.

Therefore, the alliance at this time, just like the calm sea, is actually already full of undercurrents.

Dempsey was already in a state of distress.

The Tang Tian clause is the result of communication between the league's top brass, but it has a really big impact on the Pelicans.

If Walker and Butler eventually leave the team, the Pelicans' strength will plummet.

And even if he really can't be retained in the end, he will definitely have to find a way to bring back useful assets to the Pelicans through a sign-and-trade.

The door to the free market is getting closer and closer, and the number of rumors is gradually increasing. Several of them are worth paying attention to.

The Warriors have said that they will keep Durant no matter how big the contract is or what the hard salary cap is.

Auckland media also revealed that Durant will most likely choose to stay with the Warriors.

One is related to Durant, and the other is related to James.

According to multiple media outlets in Los Angeles, it is only a matter of time before James joins the Lakers.