As the Lakers selected Jokic with the No. 1 pick, Wiggins, the top pick, fell out of the top five and had no candidates. The 2014 NBA draft completely exploded.

The 2014 NBA Draft is really a very interesting draft.

In August 2013, which was the end of the 2013 draft, the American media began to collectively build momentum and announce predictions for the 2014 draft.

Among the five most popular players at the time, Wiggins ranked first and Julius Randle ranked second.

At that time, Wiggins’ scouting report looked like this.

With superhuman physical fitness and wingspan, he is a great scorer, and his scoring area covers the entire court.

Whether it is attacking the penalty area or shooting from the outside, he is impeccable. Coupled with his incredible jumping ability, there is nothing that can be questioned.

He's a can't-miss guy like Duncan or James.

As long as he does not suffer a devastating injury, he will definitely become the No. 1 pick next year.

Randall's scouting report at the time was.

With a height of 2.08 meters and a weight of nearly 120 kilograms, Randall already has a body that can immediately adapt to the NBA power forward.

He has enough toughness, can dribble and use his feet to show off his power in the low post, and can also kill opponents in the mid-range.

With a player like this, opponents will worry about how to match him every night.

Without Wiggins, Randle could be the No. 1 pick in any year.

Yes, in any year.

Judging from the draft report at the time, Wiggins was at the level of Duncan, Oden and James, and Randall was at the level of Durant. These two young players are both historical-level rookies.

These two people are like Oden and Durant in 2007, destined to be the number one pick and the number two pick.

Then the NCAA started.

The worth of the two of them fell more and more.

At this time last year, they were the rising stars of destiny.

At this time last year, behind them was Jabari Parker in third place, Marcus Smart in fourth place, Aaron Gordon in fifth place, and Dante Ik in sixth place.

Sam.

Before the start of the NCAA, Parker had always been the overlooked third child under the halo of Wiggins and Randle.

Smart was the favorite to be the No. 1 pick in 2013. He decided to go back to college and grind for another year. It would be a bit embarrassing to grind for another year. The Jazz needed a defender and would rather choose Dante Iksum.

Don’t choose him either.

At this time last year, the three most popular rookies, Wiggins, Randle and Smart, the top pick in the 2013 class, were selected in the top five and had not yet been selected.

At this time, in the hot Barclays Center, Wiggins, Randle and Smart all wanted to keep smiling, but anyone could see on their faces how much they were struggling.

They were the three most popular rookies in the NBA draft a year ago, and now the three of them can't even make the top five.

No. 1 pick Jokic and No. 3 pick Embiid, have you heard of these two a year ago?

Well, I heard about Embiid last year.

Last year at this time, Embiid was behind six of them, along with Glenn Robinson III, Andrew Harrison, Aaron Harrison, Mario Nzaga, Mitch McGray, and Montrezl Harrell.

, Isiah Austin, Dario Saric and others are mixed together, and they are potential lottery picks.

However, what a difference a year makes.

The changes are so drastic.

And this is what makes the 2014 NBA Draft interesting and special. Look at the lottery potential rookies who were mixed with Embiid at this time last year. How many of them are still in the little green room now?

Except for Embiid and Saric, everyone else is gone.

The worst thing is Isiah Austin. Just three days ago, he retired due to 'stable syndrome'.

At this moment, league president David Stern on the stage took out a very special envelope.

"In the 2014 NBA Draft, the player selected by the NBA is the center from Baylor University, Isiah Austin!"

After David Stern announced that he had selected Austin on behalf of the league, everyone in the Barclays Arena stood up and applauded.

NBA officials are showing their feelings and even prepared a special jersey for Austin. Austin is also wearing a blue hat representing the NBA.

While hugging David Stern, Austin kept crying.

Compared with Austin, Wiggins, Randle and Smart are definitely lucky.

After this episode of Isiah Austin, the NBA draft continues.

"The player selected by the Boston Celtics with the sixth pick in the first round is the small forward from Kansas, Andrew Wiggins!"

Finally selected!

Wiggins' mentality really almost collapsed.

Before the draft started, he was the favorite to be the No. 1 pick, but he was not selected until the sixth pick in the end. This was too painful.

This is actually understandable.

2014 is considered the best session in the past ten years.

Numbers 1-3, Embiid, Wiggins, and Parker, are considered to be No. 1 picks, and they are No. 1 picks in any year. It just so happens that these three people collided together.

The 4th to 7th places are also recognized as "ranking second or third overall in any previous year".

Rookies 1-7 are so good. Even if Wiggins is the best, he has not reached the level of one level higher. In fact, if it were not for the injury, Embiid would be the one one level higher, followed by Wiggins.

, Parker, the two are in the upper half, followed by Randall, Aaron Gordon, Exum, and Smart.

Therefore, it is actually normal for the previous teams to choose players they are more familiar with instead of Wiggins.

In particular, Coach D abandoned Wiggins, which caused everyone to panic about Wiggins.

When there are suitable players, there is no need to bet on Wiggins who was given up by Coach D for unknown reasons.

Wiggins was selected by the Celtics with the sixth overall pick. Except that he was not the No. 1 pick, this was actually a very perfect choice.

The Celtics are the second-richest team in the NBA, Boston is a big city, and now the Celtics are also strong, so after being selected by the Celtics and wearing a Boston hat, Wiggins looked like a kid on his face.

A smile like that.

And laughing.

This smile is so warm and innocent!

Seeing Wiggins' smile, Du Kang wanted to laugh too. This grinning mouth was so contagious!

"Du, why don't we choose Wiggins? He looks like a very good kid!"

Seeing Wiggins on the stage, Sunshine was laughing with no pretense or resentment. Clifford was really in love.

In the NBA, there are very few black players like Wiggins.

If it were other black players, the Lakers would not choose them, and they would have to diss the Lakers.

Especially now that the team Wiggins is going to is still the Celtics. In order to be able to integrate into the Celtics immediately, any player, not to mention the black players, will say something about the Lakers or even curse the Lakers, right?

But Wiggins didn't even mention the Lakers, nor did he say anything about how thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi would make the Lakers regret that.

You have great talent and a good personality. Isn’t this perfect?

Facing Clifford's question, Du Kang didn't even know how to answer it for a while.

Can I say that in terms of the system's draft predictions, Wiggins can't even make the top five?

Du Kang didn’t know why.

Wiggins' talent is indeed excellent, and Du Kang has watched his video, and his character is not a thorn in the side, but... he did not become a top three player in this session.

Du Kang believes that Wiggins will definitely succeed in the NBA. He has talent, a good personality, and good skills, and he will definitely succeed in the future.

Then the only possibility is that it is not that Wiggins is not good enough, but that the players in front of him are too good!

It is precisely because of Wiggins's vane that Du Kang chose Jokic, who was evaluated as the best by the system this time.

How talented Jokic is to be able to dominate the draft in a draft where Wiggins is not ranked in the top five.

"Du, for our remaining two draft picks, you can no longer choose inside players. We need defenders and forwards now!"

Of course, there is no need to explain to Clifford and the others what Du Kang does.

Now the whole world must be shocked and puzzled by Coach D's choice, so he is not the only one. He also believes that the great Coach D must have his own considerations, but no matter what, as an assistant coach, Clifford feels that he still

You need to fulfill your duty and remind him.

The Lakers have three first-round picks in this draft.

In addition to the No. 1 pick, he also has his own No. 21 and the Knicks' No. 30.

The Knicks got that first-round pick from the Howard trade.

With Howard's deal, the Lakers got two first-round picks from the Knicks.

Du Kang is now thinking about what to do with these two first-round picks.
To be continued...