Before we talked about the top ten of the 05 draft, and then the topic went down, let's talk about the top ten of the 04 draft, compared to the 05, the overall growth rate of the 04 is better, even if some players who have been seriously injured have also completed the nirvana rebirth to prove themselves, the 04 is the year of the defender, this year has Paul, Deron Williams, Felton, Nate Robinson, Gerald Green and other excellent backcourts, and the 04th is the inner draft of the big year.
This article only talks about the top ten of the 04 draft, and rearranging their top ten, before talking about the top ten, let's talk about the players outside the top ten, 15 picks is Al Jefferson, 17 picks are Josh Smith's peak are all top interior liners, the first pick in the second round is the Brazilian film Emperor Vallejo, the peak of the good blue-collar interior line, and Tony Allen, JR Smith and Kevin Martin are all this draft. Well, let's get into the top ten of the draft.
Tenth Raphael Aruyo
The original eighth pick, Aruyu is a center player, to be honest for the Raptors draft operation that year I really do not understand, although Aruyu entered the league season, he can average 18.4 points and 10.1 rebounds of the super double double, but at that time Aruyu was already a junior, the data draft, there are not many aspects that can be developed, after all, not every player is Duncan, and this guy's off-court life is very chaotic.
Finally, after entering the league, Aruyu did not meet the expectations of the Raptors, the peak season averaged 3.3 points and 3.1 rebounds per game, shooting only 43.4%, just now I said that the Raptors' draft operation is incomprehensible because they just won Bosh last season, and this season won a player who can 4 can 5, there are many squatting and good center in size, but the Raptors chose him, and finally played only 3 seasons without the ball.
Ninth Luke Jackson
The original tenth pick, Luke Jackson's professional forward guard swingman, Luke Jackson was a super shooter in the United States during college, the Cavaliers have always wanted to find a No. 2 star to partner with James, so they won Luke Jackson with the No. 10 pick, but they did not have excellent athletic ability, plus the confrontation ability is also very general, and finally Luke Jackson is also watery, but compared to Aruyu, Luke is still good, after all, he played in the league for 4 seasons and played a rookie contract.
Luke Jackson because of lack of athletic ability, but also did not get the full cultivation of the team, career average of 9.9 minutes per game to 3.5 points and 1.2 rebounds, shooting 35%, three-point shooting rate of 36%, in that era can play 36% of the three-point shooting rate is very good, if born in the present, it is estimated that Luke can become the league's top shooter, at least better than he was in the traditional basketball era.
Eighth Josh Chadris
The original sixth pick, Xiao Chai is not a parallel cargo, friends who have played 2K should know how personality Xiao Chai's shooting bag is, but it is quite useful, his play is very spiritual, when he and Josh Smith entered the Eagles together, the healthy competition between the two let the Eagles see the future, although Xiao Chai did not play too decent performance, but the third year of his career was also played an average of 13 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.1 steals 0.7 blocks per game, shooting 50%, three-point shooting rate of 34%.
He performed so well, it is reasonable to say that it is not difficult to win a contract, but Xiaochai did not want to be a phoenix in the NBA, came to Play in Europe, the result was that he did not adapt at all in Europe, played for two years because of the good and bad state and was abandoned, and then he returned to the NBA, but he became a substitute player, after several teams, he finally chose to retire, and joined BIG3 in recent years.
Seventh Okafor
The original list, Okafor was destroyed by injury, he is not a parallel cargo, he was the only player who could threaten howard's position, excellent low-post technology made people very liked, in the first season of his career, he averaged 15.1 points, 10.9 rebounds and 1.7 blocks, but in the second year of his career, he lost his explosive power due to injury and finally destroyed, he was the best rookie of this year, from here you can see how good Okafor was that year.
Okafor left the league in 12 years and chose to retire, in 18 years Okafor actually got the pelicans' appreciation back to the league, averaging 4.4 points, 4.6 rebounds and 1 block in 13 minutes per game, shooting 50.5% from the field, which was very good, but the league at that time had changed, no longer the traditional basketball era, but the small ball era, and the value of his traditional center was not as great as before.
Sixth Devon Harris
The original fifth pick, for Devon Harris presumably many older fans are not strangers, the peak period is the league's top backcourt firepower, in the Nets period he opened a personal career highlight moment, single game 47 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists, a single game 41 points and 13 assists, the performance is quite outstanding, also was selected as an All-Star, the year nicknameD had a Pluto, he also had a Guinness record, the whole game of sports to advance in only 3.9 seconds.
But because of injuries, in the end Harris's peak is also very short, he lost the peak from the age of 28, with experience, he did not retire from the league until 19 years, Harris is also a pity, he is very suitable for shelling basketball, if it is now this small ball era, his achievements may be higher, that half-court era makes his talent not fully displayed.
Fifth Ruhr Dun
The original seventh pick, Deng Yingqiao, this name is not unfamiliar to Lakers fans, until the end of the season, Luo Erdeng's installment contract, the Lakers are counted as finished, the year was known as the British Jordan, the peak of the strength is indeed very outstanding, attack and defense are good, and there is excellent ability to plan, the peak period average of 19 + 7 + 4 per game. In his career, he was selected for the best defensive second team once and the All-Star twice.
Ruhr Deng can be said to have been destroyed by the Lakers, in the Lakers period can not get the opportunity to play, two consecutive years of no ball to play eventually led to the absence of Luo Er Deng peak, 33 years old left the league, but he has his own glory, in general, Ruhr Deng's career is very successful among blue-collar players.
Fourth Ben Gordon
Original Tanhua, Ben Gordon was a double guard that year, talented, the rookie season won the best sixth man, from here we can also see how good Ben Gordon was that year, the peak season averaged 20.7 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.4 assists, shooting 45% from the field, 41% from three-point range, very good, but Ben Gordon has not been trained as the team boss, played well in the Bulls period, but because of Rose's arrival, he was sent to the Pistons.
After coming to the Pistons, he has been the sixth man, and then because of the injury Gordon also gradually lost his due ability, after playing for the Magic for a season at the age of 31, he chose to retire, when he was a Chicago native, he wanted to dedicate his career to Chicago, but did not expect that the Windy City would eventually fail him.
Third Livingston
Livingston didn't have any personal honors in the original fourth overall pick, he wasn't even named an All-Star or All-Team, so why did I choose to re-rank him in the third overall pick? Because Livingston stood up after a major injury in his career, Nirvana was reborn, and the template magician was highly anticipated when he was young, but after the big injury, Livingston transformed into a middle-shot king, and finally worked hard, he helped the Warriors win three championships.
Livingston is a true fighter, and without injury for his level of effort and talent, he would have no problem getting into the All-Star. Because of the greater contribution to the Warriors, after retiring, the Warriors also invited Livingston to enter the team management, and it is estimated that after Iguodala's retirement, he will also enter the Warriors management work.
Second Iguodala
The original ninth pick, yes, the second boss of the same year, Iguodala was selected by the 76ers, because of his excellent athleticism and excellent talent, he was called a small AI, but because he did not lead the team to play a decent record for many years, the 76ers also gave up on him, and after joining the Nuggets, Iguodala played well, and finally was recruited to the Warriors by Curry and Klay, and an All-Star was willing to be a substitute, and it was because of his sacrifice that the future Warriors were created.
Iguodala is a golden oil player, he can do everything and do a good job, and the ball quotient is also very high, Iguodala has always maintained a business league mentality, which also allowed him to get a lot of salary in the last years of his career, and his business territory is also very successful.
First Howard
Original Champion, Howard became a champion not because he has excellent offensive ability, but because his defensive ability is too prominent so it became a champion, Howard's draft template that year was Bill Russell, many fans and friends have talked to me, saying that the peak Howard can succeed in this era, I think it is possible, because the peak of Howard, although the offensive ability is limited, but his defense is very excellent, better than Gobert, and Howard's ability to eat cakes is more outstanding.
Now 36-year-old Howard has reached the age when it is time to consider retirement, but Howard does not want to leave, he is no longer a young team cancer, now more like a professional veteran, I hope Howard can still win a championship before retiring, speaking of which, what do you want to say about the top ten of this draft? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.