Two first-round draft picks, 36% won the first place, and got the flower-exploring sign and the No.6 sign. Rick Pitino's luck is really unusual. "You know, I took over this job as head coach in the hope of this draft."
The best two people in the little green room have their own masters, so it's Pitino's turn to worry. The Celtics have a lot of Solra to fill. Except for last year's rookie antoine walker, there are no reliable people in the other four positions.
According to official and unofficial draft predictions, two people are often mentioned in the position of flower exploration, namely, swingman ron mercer and dual-energy defender antonio daniels.
1996 ron mercer, an important member of the University of Kentucky who won the championship, is 20 1cm tall and is good at all kinds of offensive with the ball.
Antonio daniels, a sports monster of Berlin State University, shot 54.7% in his senior year.
The Celtics took a fancy to chauncey Bilip, a sophomore point guard at the University of Colorado. Chris Wallace, Pitino's partner, thinks Billups may be useful in the future. "When we tried chauncey, we found that he not only had excellent talent, but also saw his excellent personality and conscientious attitude on the court. At that time, we felt that this young man was very satisfied and not simple. "
1997 Brian Knight and Jacques Vaughan, the four rookie point guards, all have talent defects, and antonio daniels relies too much on his physical advantage to play outside. After thinking about it, Billups, who has both projective properties, is the most reliable.
But Pitino also wants ron mercer, a disciple handed down from the University of Kentucky. Kay has the sixth pick in the draft, but there is no guarantee that it will succeed.
Mersel has a good reputation and was once considered as a rookie who could compete with Van Horne for the second place, but the Vancouver Grizzlies lack a small forward.
Some media dug up news from the University of Kentucky at the right time (or, someone secretly released news), Ron Mersel's embarrassing incident of being late for training and fighting was revealed, and the fourth grizzly bear hesitated and pursued the safe choice of antonio daniels. In any case, defenders are also in a weak position.
The Nuggets picked Tony Battie in the fifth overall pick. After Mutombo's free transfer, Denver people are obsessed with strengthening the fifth position. Finally, it was Pitino's turn to laugh at Naren Mersel, the Celtics' keel of the University of Kentucky, in the 6th position.
Then, Pitino burned last season's lineup. On June 7, the Celtics laid off seven players, including captain rick fox; Another week, dino radja's knee fracture failed to pass the physical examination of the 76ers, Larry Brown rejected Kay's first insider, and Pitino's plan to trade power forward Witherspoon failed. After friendly negotiation, Radga returned to Europe, and the salary space of Celtic will pay him 2.5 million yuan in the next three years.
In just one week, Kay came with two new people, eight old people left, and the remaining six people had to be filled by Pitino.
In the summer of 1997, there were several big names on sale, but as we all know, Jordan and Ewing would not commit themselves to Boston without competitive results; It's even harder to make a deal. Shawn kemp is clamouring for a raise and a transfer. Apart from Billups and ron mercer, Pitino didn't have an attractive bargaining chip, and the Sonics didn't give away the Rain Man for nothing.
Pitino has the attributes of a college player scout. Among the outstanding students in recent years, Taravis Knight, the 7-foot ace center of the University of Connecticut, was selected by the Bulls in the first round last year and was laid off six months later. During O 'Neill's injury, the Lakers signed with him and got some opportunities, so they entered the All-Star rookie game. After O 'Neal's comeback, Lakers insiders gathered. Taravis Knight, who averaged 4.8 points and 4.5 rebounds per game, was not selected. Pitino generously threw him $22 million for seven years.
Paul Gaston, the owner of the Celtics, took over the Celtics from his father in 1993. It was a dark moment when the team turned from prosperity to decline. Gaston tried his best to revive the great dynasty and destroyed the management and coaching staff handed down by the "Cardinal". Larry bird, the special assistant, became a decoration. After several seasons, the record is still counting down. Larry bird waved and left the Celtics forever, leaving only the Celtics.
Inviting Rick Pitino is the most important measure of gaston, which is to turn corruption into a magical teaching experience. University of Kentucky 1989 was caught in a major enrollment violation scandal, and Pitino quickly rebuilt the record and reputation of its basketball team. Antoine walker and ron mercer are both important members of University of Kentucky 1996.
Rick Pitino was hired, and gaston paid 42 million yuan in six years. "After signing the contract, I'm sure no NBA boss will be happy about it."
Due to Pitino's huge salary, the market for excellent coaches is rising, followed by Larry Brown (76ers), Phil Jackson (Bulls), larry bird (Pacers), Chuck Daley (Magic) and Lenny wilkens (Eagle).
Pitino chose to run the army strictly, and small forward eric williams was late repeatedly (averaging 15.0 points last season) and was sent to the Nuggets for two second-round draft picks.
Kay has many new faces, and Pitino's signing is really incomprehensible. Both antoine walker and Ron Mersel can be qualified as small forwards, but on August 22nd, Pitino spent 7 years and 33.6 million yuan to sign Chris Mills, a former Cavaliers small forward, and the chaos is still behind. 10 On June 22nd, Chris Mills traded with the Knicks, and each person got two draft picks.
Look at Pitino's new harvest:
1. Walter Maccati, a swing striker with an overall position of 208 cm last year 19, is good at flying kites on the three-point line and is one of the main champions of the University of Kentucky (you know ~);
2. Also in last year's first-round show, DontaeJones, ranked 2 1, is a small forward of Mississippi State University. Two years ago, he overthrew an expert from the University of Kentucky (Pitino, is this for revenge? );
3. john thomas, 206cm, is the power forward with the 25th pick in the first round of this year. A few months ago, he went crazy and made it to the semi-finals in March. Wallace got up from the bench at the University of Minnesota, grabbed 10 points and 8 rebounds, covering all the insiders in Kentucky.
The similarities between these children are either a small group of the University of Kentucky or an elite rival of the University of Kentucky, Rick Pitino. They made the last deal before the game, replacing the short center Tony Mei Sen Berg who signed 7.6 million yuan in six years with a 208 cm long roy rogers.
As you must have guessed, this guy has something to do with Pitino. That's right ~ roy rogers is the 22nd overall pick in the first round of 1996. He is from the University of Alabama and belongs to the SEC branch of the University of Kentucky.