Just as Su Feng and McGrady were playing happily, on the afternoon of June 28, the 1995 draft was officially held in Toronto.
This is a draft that will have a far-reaching impact on the future. At the same time, this is also the first time that two new NBA teams - the Toronto Raptors and the Vancouver Grizzlies - have participated in the draft.
Joe Smith from the University of Maryland was selected by the Golden State Warriors with the first pick in the first round.
Smith has comprehensive skills, and his performance during his rookie period with the Warriors was fully worthy of the title of No. 1 pick.
The turning point in Smith's fate came when his rookie contract was about to end.
Because he was disgusted with the Warriors' bad team, Smith, under the persuasion of famous agent Feigen, insisted on testing the free agent market after the season ended and rejected the Warriors' offer of 36 million for four years.
In order to avoid losing everything, the Warriors had no choice but to trade Smith to the Philadelphia 76ers after the early contract extension failed.
But when Smith arrived in Philadelphia, he found that even if you were a No. 1 pick, you had to kneel down under Larry Brown.
Then, because of the NBA lockout, when the NBA reopened the free agent market in February of the following year, Smith was stunned...
Therefore, his agent Fagan came up with a plan for him to build a false front while secretly advancing through Chencang.
First, he signed a two-year, $1.75 million contract with the Timberwolves, which was originally below the market price, and then secretly signed a seven-year, $86 million contract with the Timberwolves.
The direct result of this famous Yin-Yang contract was that the Timberwolves, who were originally real Timberwolves, instantly became Huskies.
Because before the lockout, the Timberwolves had already completed a six-year, $126 million deal with Garnett.
So after the league discovered Smith's contract, the Timberwolves were directly deprived of their first-round draft picks for the next five seasons by the enraged Stern and faced a huge fine.
At the same time, Smith was ordered by the league to become a free agent.
Because during the lockout period, labor and management reached a number of agreements, the NBA's salary cap system has become more and more perfect.
Therefore, this yin-yang contract and Garnett's sky-high contract directly led to the Timberwolves losing most of the team's operating space without draft picks.
Smith, who was once the No. 1 pick, has since become an ordinary NBA player.
In the future, after he retired, he was bankrupt and had to go on TV shows to ask for help.
So, man, do you want to die or not?
People offer you a big contract but you refuse it and insist on taking the risk.
To put it bluntly, the brain is really a good thing.
After Smith was selected by the Warriors, Antonio McDyess was selected by the Clippers with the second pick in the first round.
Next, the Philadelphia 76ers selected Jerry Stackhouse, a supporting player for NBA protagonists, with the third pick in the first round.
By the way, Stackhouse is prone to being slapped in the face whenever he intervenes.
He criticized Jordan, but was beaten by Jordan; he wanted to teach Kobe a lesson, but was beaten by Kobe; he wanted to compete with AI for unlimited firing rights, but was directly sent away by the team; in addition, before participating in the 2000 Slam Dunk Contest, he confidently told the media that he was no worse than his junior Carter...
And then nothing happened. After helping these NBA "protagonists" build confidence, Stackhouse even stopped being a star player.
In order to avoid being slapped in the face, Stackhouse simply did the work of a role player.
After the top three picks in 1995 were announced, the players in this year's King rank were also ready.
With the fourth pick in the first round, Rasheed Wallace was selected by the Washington Bullets.
With the fifth pick in the first round, the Timberwolves selected the talented high school student Kevin Garnett.
It is worth mentioning that when Kevin Garnett, CEO of the Fight and Retreat Sect, was selected by the Timberwolves, Celtics Vice President Jennings said like a lemon: "Kevin is the best high school student in the NBA since Moses Malone, but if he went to college, he would be more successful in the NBA."
It is said that when Garnett saw this comment, he felt that Mr. Jennings' logic was very strange.
because……
If he could get into college, would he need to start a career in the NBA?
Before entering the NBA, Garnett felt the world was full of malice towards him!
This is definitely a mockery, this is definitely trash talk, this is definitely intended to mess with my mentality!
Garnett swore that he must become an expert in trash talk. In the future in the NBA, he would be the only one who could trash talk others and would never allow others to trash talk him!
Well, let’s get back to the topic.
Next, one of the more famous players in this class, Stoudemire, nicknamed "Flying Squirrel", was selected by the Raptors with the seventh pick in the first round.
Brent Barry, who said "white people can fly", was selected by the Nuggets with the 15th pick in the first round, and Michael Finley was selected by the Suns with the 21st pick in the first round...
Others, like Bob Sura, Donny Marshall, Eric Snow and others, were all taken home by the teams that liked them for training, just like Su Feng in his previous life.
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Back to Orlando.
After completing the physical tests on Su Feng and McGrady, the physical test data of Su Feng and McGrady completely shocked the three trainers.
Although Su Feng's current potential value has been firewalled by the 7.0 ironmaking system, don't forget that he is only 17 years old.
As for McGrady, it goes without saying that after reading McGrady's physical test data, Mancias directly sighed: "The sky is his limit."
Of course, when examining McGrady, Mancias also discovered that McGrady's spine was different from that of ordinary people.
Therefore, Mancias suggested to McGrady: "I suggest you not to gain weight too quickly in the future. In addition, you must reduce the number of breakthroughs to avoid collisions."
In Su Feng's previous life, when McGrady won the scoring title for the Magic, he mainly relied on pull-up jump shots. At that time, McGrady's average playing time was close to 40 minutes per game, and except for occasional minor injuries, he had never suffered any major injuries.
Later, after joining the Rockets, because the HC rule was cancelled, McGrady's weight also increased.
Mancias was right to suggest that McGrady control his weight, but in Su Feng's opinion, if McGrady wanted to truly avoid serious injuries, simply controlling his weight and reducing his breakthroughs was far from enough.
In fact, the most suitable playing style for McGrady is health-preserving basketball.
Only by showing his talents as much as possible in a limited time can McGrady's career be longer.
But there is no way. In the 1990s, as the star player of the team, if you don’t play for about 40 minutes, you will be seen as a coward in the eyes of others.
Dead grass main force is the tradition of this era.
It is worth mentioning that after a day of training, Su Feng specially found Fraser.
Because through the one-on-one battle with McGrady, Su Feng found that it was difficult for him to defend against a player who was taller and faster than himself.
You know, McGrady has not yet mastered his magical skill of shooting from the dribble. If McGrady is more accurate, Su Feng will not be able to defeat McGrady before the end of this holiday.
Although the iron value is important, improving one's own strength is the kingly way.
If Su Feng can't even handle a high school sophomore named Tracy McGrady, what can he do to play in the NBA?
Su Feng knew that his "natural talent for dribbling" would be difficult to develop in a short period of time, so he planned to start with defense, which he was best at.
Fraser was Nash's coach in his previous life. In addition to coaching Nash's shooting, he also coached Nash's defense.
Um……
Although Su Feng thought it was useless to instruct Nash on defense, Su Feng believed that Fraser had his strengths anyway.
"Are you saying that it's hard for you to defend Tracy now?" Fraser asked curiously.
"Yes, and when we faced Kobe before, they had too many offensive moves, and it was difficult for me to judge their offensive intentions." Su Feng replied.
"Why not try to take the initiative?" Fraser said to Su Feng.
"Take the initiative?" Su Feng asked.
"Yes." Under Fraser's guidance, Su Feng quickly understood what it meant to take the initiative.
If Su Feng had only learned the basics of "Death Coil" and "Mad Dog Defense" before, then Fraser would teach him the elite course next.
For example, Fraser told Su Feng how to properly use the HC rules and how to use both hands when defending against players who are good at breaking through.
For example, Fraser also told Su Feng how to maintain a safe defensive distance.
Combining his previous defensive experience and under Fraser's guidance, Su Feng quickly figured out a new way of defense.
Su Feng called this defensive method "magnetic defense", or "spare tire defense".
To give a simple example, your goddess treats you as a backup and usually doesn't take the initiative to talk to you, but once she feels that you are indifferent to her, she will come up to you and ask you to continue to care about her.
This kind of close yet distant relationship is between 30 and 50 centimeters, because Fraser simply drew a defensive radius for Su Feng based on Su Feng's arm span and Su Feng's lateral movement speed.
Within this range, when McGrady rushed forward, Su Feng would retreat. However, once McGrady wanted to shoot, Su Feng could move closer and use his arm span to block his opponent.
“There’s no need to be too fierce or aggressive in defense, because you can’t defend well every time.
In my opinion, as long as we can force the opponent to consume energy, even if it is physical consumption, this defense will be successful." Fraser said to Su Feng.
In the next few days, Su Feng also began to adopt this new defensive method to deal with McGrady when he played one-on-one with him.
Finally, don't say...
It’s really useful.
Because Su Feng won the first victory in his one-on-one career.
After countless losses, losses, losses, losses, losses, losses, Su Feng won!
21 to 18. Looking at McGrady who was already lying down exhausted, Su Feng only regretted not having a camera at this moment.
Otherwise he must record this moment.
See, I beat McGrady, I beat McGrady!
Um……
Although beating a guy who is one year younger than me doesn't seem to be anything to be proud of...
But no matter what, Su Feng gained a lot of experience on the defensive end, right?
Just as Su Feng was excitedly putting his hands on his hips and complaining about McGrady, suddenly, in his mind...
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