In the past period of time, players have announced their participation in the 2022 NBA Draft, but almost all draft websites have predicted that Chet Holm Glenn will be the biggest favorite candidate for this year's title, but Chet has not announced his candidacy before, so this also leaves some suspense for this year's draft, but earlier today, Chet broke the suspense, he announced on social media that he will run.
Of course, this result is not surprising, after all, this year is a small draft year, Chet also played a good performance, and more importantly, next year there is even more drama than him 7 foot long human class Yama, in the case of such an advantage, Chet has no reason to postpone it for a year. But today, in addition to Chet, there is another player who has attracted much attention to participate in the draft, and he is Xiangnon Sharp from the University of Kentucky. He is considered the hottest high school student in the summer of 2022 and a popular pick for the 2023 draft. But somewhat surprisingly, he chose to graduate from high school six months early in the spring semester and joined the University of Kentucky directly. Even more surprisingly, although he joined the University of Kentucky early and qualified for NCAA competitions, he did not make a single appearance for the team in NCAA competitions this season.
In fact, there have been reports that Sharp will run for election before, but it has not been confirmed, if it is officially determined, it will bring a lot of pressure to many rookies this year. In particular, this year's top pick Chet, some people see Sharp as Chet's biggest competitor. Because Sharp's talent is really too prominent, although he did not play a college game, but he received a lot of attention in high school, 19 years old, 198cm tall, weighing 91kg, is a physically strong, athletic ability of the outside star. On the offensive end, he has a wealth of scoring skills, outstanding scoring ability, strong impact; on the defensive end, he has excellent rebounding protection, steal ability and blocking ability, and his defensive ability and defensive awareness are also quite good.
It has been reported that NBA teams see Sharp as a potential high-pick lottery show, so no matter how much moisture you think he has, or how fake the media hype is about him, this is the attitude of NBA teams, which shows how popular he is in the NBA. But for the Rockets, they shouldn't have risked choosing him, after all, he hasn't played a college basketball game, and his true ability has yet to be verified; on the one hand, his work ethic must also be a question mark, and he has said after he joined Kentucky: "Next season I will play 100% for the University of Kentucky, which is inevitable for me." I love everything about the University of Kentucky, so I'll turn this thing around. ”
In addition, Sharp and the Rockets backcourt porter and Green overlap too high, especially Green, both are in the same position, not to mention the bench and Christopher also need to play time, so the Rockets' safest choice is to choose one of the players in the frontcourt, Smith is the best, has height, can defend, and three points, 3D potential is excellent, is a huge supplement to the Rockets lineup.