Chapter 65 The New University of Washington and the Results of the Draft Lottery

On April 11, 2006, the team practice hall of the University of Washington one week after winning the NCAA championship.

Stephen Curry's current mood is envy, happiness and longing.

Now the University of Washington is holding separate graduation ceremonies for seniors graduating from the team.

Leaving with the championship, this is the perfect graduation ceremony!

In the NCAA, this is everyone's dream!

"I wish I could leave the University of Washington with honor like Yes and the others"

Spencer Hawes, who sat next to Stephen Curry, also looked envious.

The person Hawes once admired most was his middle school and high school teammate and predecessor, Martel Webster.

At that time, Webster was always doing something for Seattle. This Seattleism was very attractive to young people.

On the contrary, Yes, who always looks indifferent and has no interest in the glory of Seattle, makes Hawes very unhappy.

Fortunately, that Webster who speaks the best, graduated from high school and went straight to the NBA draft!

What about waiting for him at the University of Washington and winning the national championship with him for Seattle? !

On the contrary, it is Yes, who has been working hard for the glory of Seattle for five years. Although he doesn't say it, he has been doing it.

This week Seattle's local "Stranger" has been featuring Yes and the Garfield Five for five years all week.

When Strangers interviewed Coach Romar, Coach Romar told a secret that shocked the entire United States.

Yes, in order to resist the temptation of the giants like Duke of North Carolina, in order to be able to reunite with the Garfield Five Tigers at the University of Washington.

He would rather hide his talents in high school than be invited by schools like North Carolina or Duke.

During the three years of hiding his talents, the ridicule he received from a top talent falling into the mortal world is unimaginable for ordinary people.

When the "Stranger News" reported the news of Yes, it also compared Webster and Nate Robinson.

Yes was called a warrior by The Stranger, Webster and Nate Robinson were cowards!

Even the NBA superstar LeBron James said after reading this news: "I never knew that there is another person in this world besides me who can resist the temptation of the Dukes of North Carolina. Everything Yes has done for Seattle , Firm and great, just like what I am doing for Cleveland now, Yes succeeded, I am still on the way, hope to see this respected warrior in the NBA next season"

"Stephen, Quincy, now that Yes and the others have left, you must help me keep Seattle's glory in the future!"

Spencer Hawes was full of pride as he watched the Garfield Fab Five wearing a graduation gown and receiving the championship trophy from the principal!

Four of Washington's starting five players will leave this year.

Yees, Roy, Conroy, and Bobby Jones have declared for the draft one after another.

After Will Conroy left, the point guard position was replaced by the team's original sixth man, Justin Duntmont.

Justin Dentmont rejected the private temptation of the Spurs and chose to stay in school. He wants the first round and he wants to guarantee the contract!

After Yeth left, the team's shooting guard position was taken by freshman Stephen Curry.

Replacing Roy at small forward was freshman Quincy Pondexett.

As for the center position of Bobby Jones, it was obtained by Spencer Hawes, the new division champion and MVP of the Washington State High School League, who decided to join the University of Washington two years ago.

It is self-evident that the four backbones of the University of Washington left together, which brought about a decline in strength.

The current starting five are four freshmen and one sophomore. Before the start of the new season, the Associated Press, ESPN and other authorities have designated the University of Washington as a weak team.

The only ones at the University of Washington that look a little more decent now are Justin Duntmont, a former champion backup and four-star high school student Spencer Hawes.

Stephen Curry is the super weakened version of Redick that Duke University doesn't want, and Redick is the super weakened version of Yes.

And Quincy Pondexter has the same height and weight as Roy, but he is also a super super weakened version of Roy.

"If the University of Washington can still enter the quarterfinals next year, everyone will admit that Coach Romar is the number one coach in the NCAA!"

"Coach Romar likes to pick players who are not well-known in high school. After winning the championship at the University of Washington, there are many talents who wanted to join the University of Washington, but they were all rejected. Romar is a master of tactics, but he needs to learn how to be like Coach K. To run a team, the giants should choose the best players, not some second-rate stuff, no, except for Hawes, Stephen Curry, Pondexter is not even second-rate."

So many geniuses broke the contract and came to the University of Washington. Coach Romar actually gave Curry and Pondexter full scholarships.

These two are nothing but look like Yeth and Roy.

"It can be seen that Coach Romar wants to build the culture and foundation of the University of Washington in the style of Yes and Roy, but the miracle of Yes and Roy cannot be replicated. It cannot be reproduced by putting together two people of similar size and style of play. .”

"The NCAA's next Yes is harder to replicate than the NBA's next Larry Bird!"

"Adam Morrison can still give people hope that the next Larry Bird will appear, Stephen Curry? Maybe his peak was when he was six years old. Everyone loves six-year-old Curry. The reality is , Elementary school basketball is different from adult basketball.”

"If Lorenzo Romar wins the NCAA championship with such a group of players, he will be comparable to John Wooden!"

In the face of the downturn in the United States, Coach Romar's mentality is very good. If his mentality is not good, he can't tolerate Yeth's style of play in the NCAA.

It is one thing to have a good mentality, but another to save face.

At any rate, he has inexplicably become the top coach in the NCAA, so it won't matter if his results next season are too ugly.

So after Ye Si and Roy left the team to participate in the draft, they were asked by coach Romar to stay in school and lead these team rookies well.

Bobby Jones and Conroy don't need to stay in the team. They are not hot rookies and need to go to NBA teams for trial training.

Even if Yeth and Roy don't show up for the whole trial, they won't fall out of the lottery.

Therefore, Ye Si accepted Stephen Curry as an apprentice, and Roy accepted Pondexett as an apprentice.

"Yes's basketball style is so mature!"

Steve Kerr made two of the biggest discoveries of his tenure as Washington University's new assistant coach.

One is that Stephen Curry is not as rubbish as the American media said.

The other is that Yes' style of play and game experience are no worse than him, a veteran who has played nearly a thousand games in the NBA!

For example, in his opinion, Curry's off-ball running position has many problems, and he can also point out many shortcomings for Curry.

But when Yes taught Curry how to run without the ball, some experiences even shocked him!

It's no wonder that Curry, who followed Yes, looked at Yes with starry eyes all the time.

too strong!

Yesi's off-the-ball running position is very strong now.

It's an experience honed in more than 200 games with the 2004 Detroit Pistons.

Now he can easily face the pursuit and defense of Hamilton or Prince.

Coupled with his speed and explosive agility, his current off-ball running ability is definitely at the top level in the NBA.

"The University of Washington in the new year is definitely not as weak as imagined!"

Under the education of Yes, Curry, who has a loose style of play, is growing at a speed visible to the naked eye!

April 19, 2006, the last day of the NBA regular season.

Jess came to Houston to watch the season-ending game between the Rockets and Spurs at the invitation of Yao Ming.

The Rockets lost to the Spurs 95-108 at home.

Yao Ming made 12 of 18 shots and scored 33 points and 11 rebounds.

Great numbers, terrible defense.

After McGrady was injured, Yao Ming has been in this game.

During the game, the defense was akimbo, and all the energy was put on the offense to avoid injury as much as possible.

This makes Yao Ming's statistics this season extremely beautiful, but the Rockets' record has been all the way down.

Yao Ming played 80 games this season, averaging 25+10 per game, but the Rockets' record was 32 wins and 50 losses.

"This season is finally over, the game is too uncomfortable"

Yao Ming is not a good actor, and the Rockets are not as blatant as the Sonics and Trail Blazers, but everyone is not an idiot.

"Leaf, I hope we can be teammates next season"

The 2006 NBA regular season ended, and this year's showdown has finally come to an end.

The Seattle SuperSonics finally ended with a frenzied 25-game losing streak. Under the leadership of the two All-Stars Ray Allen and Lewis, they had a record of 20 wins and 62 losses and won the last place in the season.

Ray Allen and Lewis are also real professionals, and it is absolutely impossible for other All-Stars to cooperate to this extent.

The Portland Trail Blazers have one more win than Seattle, ranking second from last.

Next up are the New York Knicks, Atlanta Hawks, Charlotte Hornets, Toronto Raptors and Houston Rockets.

After the Sonics ended the regular season, they finally couldn't bear to contact Ye Si.

"Yes, welcome to the Sonics in the new season!"

According to the rules of the draft lottery, the Sonics will have a 25% chance of getting the No. 1 pick.

Sonics general manager Rick Sander was waiting for Yeth like a savior.

"Ray, Rashad, thank you for this season, for Seattle, for the Sonics, we must get Yes!"

Ray Allen and Lewis understood.

As long as you are not blind, you can see that the consortium from Goose City is uneasy and kind in acquiring the Supersonic.

If you get Yes, the Sonics may not need to sell it. Even if you sell it, because of Yes, there will be rich people in Seattle who are willing to take over.

There are many rich people in Seattle, but they don't have much enthusiasm for the Sonics.

"Rick, I will draw the No. 1 pick for the team!"

On May 18, 2006, Ray Allen represented the Sonics to the NBA draft lottery.

The 2006 NBA draft has attracted much attention in China, because this year's No. 1 pick is likely to be Chinese!

And the Rockets are likely to get the No. 1 lottery!

The attraction of two Chinese champions in one team to Chinese fans is huge!

CCTV will broadcast the entire draft this time!

"Huge surprise! The Seattle SuperSonics, who have a 25% chance of being the No. 1 pick, missed the top three and can only secure fourth place!"

"The No. 1 pick was unexpectedly taken away by the Toronto Raptors!"

"The Toronto Raptors, with the sixth probability of being the No. 1 pick, took the No. 1 pick, the Houston Rockets, with the seventh probability, took the No. 2 spot, and the Charlotte Bobcats, with the fifth probability, took the No. 1 pick!"

"The four teams with the worst record are all outside the top three!"

"Jess is missing the Houston Rockets!"

The result of the final lottery made the host of CCTV heartbroken!