The Grizzlies picked up "Little Yao Ming" Zhou Zhihao with the 9th pick in the first round, and O'Neal is optimistic about his career prospects

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2024-06-27 11:40Creators in the field of sports

The 2024 NBA draft will appear on the 27th, and "Little Yao Ming" Zhou Zhihao (Zach Edey), who has Chinese ancestry, was selected by the Grizzlies with the 9th pick in the first round with a slight upset, and is expected to become the team's main center in the new season.

Zhou Zhihao was selected by the Grizzlies with the 9th pick in the first round

The Grizzlies sent away the main center "Aquaman" Adams who was reimbursed due to injury last season in exchange for star guard Oladipo and 3 second-round draft picks, and then also sent another good player in the restricted area to the Celtics through a trade, which is destined for the team to be selected in this draft, but the Grizzlies, who have a poor record, only drew the 9th pick in the first round, which means that who they want to choose can only look at people's faces.

Among the big guys in today's draft, Sarr was selected with the 2nd pick, and the French captain Salen) was picked by Huang Feng at the 6th pick, and the 7th pick Trail Blazers directly selected the center Collingen from the University of Connecticut when they originally had a center Ayton in the team, and the high-quality center who was originally likely to be the Grizzlies was picked away, which instantly made the Grizzlies quite embarrassing.

After the Spurs selected two-way guard Dillingham with the 8th pick and traded him to the Gray Wolves for an unprotected first-round pick in 2031 and a first-round pick in 2030 (champion protection), the Grizzlies with the 9th pick did not launch a trade to trade the draft pick downward, but directly snagged Zhou Zhihao in advance.

Zhou Zhihao's mother is Canadian-Chinese, his grandfather is from Guangzhou, and his father is white, with Chinese ancestry, he has performed amazingly this season, playing 33 games, 31.6 minutes can average 22.3 points, 12.8 rebounds, 2.1 hot pot, is a lot of reliance on the team, "chivalry" O'Neal has praised him for his good performance "Zachille O'neal".

However, Zhou Zhihao, who is 2.24 meters tall and weighs 136 kilograms, is a traditional center that does not move fast enough, and is not a mobile center preferred by the modern football world, so he almost always falls in the first round of the 10 picks, and even 20 picks in the first round of the predictions. Now the Grizzlies have added him to the roster early in an upset situation in order to strengthen the restricted area.

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