A few days ago, the draft came to an end. As the saying goes, some young players finally came to the NBA after more than ten years of experience, and some players regretted not being selected; Some teams have successfully selected their favorite young players, while others have repeatedly failed to plan trades. After a few days of combing, many details of the draft have been exposed, so let's take a look at what they are.
First of all, the first news is that NCAA assist king Tyler Kleck is illiterate! Tyler Kleck, a white guard from Marquette University, was the frontrunner on the NCAA assists list last season and was expected to be in the top 20 based on previous predictions. Although he is a white guard, he is very calm and has good skills in his hands, and he cannot develop into an All-Star in the future, and he was also a stable rotation before that. However, the guard was directly undrafted in this draft and became one of the biggest upsets of the day.
Afterwards, well-known scout Simon Charles revealed the reason for the defender's defeat: illiterate! According to the results of the Wonderlic IQ test, his scoring rate is only 7%, which is the lowest in history...... And although he is a college student, he doesn't even recognize a few words, which makes people seriously doubt how he understands the relevant analysis reports of the coaching team.
According to the general impression, everyone would think that his education level is higher, but who would have thought that Klek would have such an outrageous performance. If the above is true, then his defeat is completely understandable.
The second piece of news was about the Rockets, who had a pick before the draft and were very willing to trade, but they ended up using it for themselves, and the reason was that the three trades they tried failed for former Nets forward Bridges, Timberwolves forward Towns and Suns forward Durant.
Although it was not possible to get along with the above three stars, the Rockets' selection of Shepard was also a very good result, on the one hand, maintaining the integrity of the lineup. Because if you want to trade the above three, you will definitely catch up with other young people, and it is not known whether the future will be good or bad (refer to the Clippers). The Rockets directly selected Shepard, but it was a visible strengthening to the naked eye. On the other hand, the Rockets have also maintained flexibility in their future salary space, which will certainly be beneficial for long-term development.
The last piece of news is about Harden. At present, Harden has reached a contract extension with the Clippers, and the overall salary is not bad. But on the night of the draft, Harden was almost sent away by the Clippers in the expectation that they would send Harden away in exchange for future assets, but Paul George was determined to go, making the Clippers abandon the plan.