The '98 draft now looks unusual, with three Hall of Famers in this class, but two of them were sent away immediately after being drafted, and those who had high expectations at the time have long been forgotten by many viewers in the long years.
But we've seen great players get drafted and then create their own legends along the way, including Nowitzki, Paul Pierce, Wenscat and more.
Taken together, Nowitzki is undoubtedly the greatest player. Through his efforts, he redefined the role a seven-footer could play on the offensive end.
2002 World Championship MVP, 2005 European Championship MVP, 2006 three-point contest champion (the highest three-point king in history), 2007 MVP, 11 years championship and FMVP, 4 times a first, 13 Times All-Star, the first Naismith Legend Award winner.
The greatness of the driver is beyond doubt, when he participated in the draft in 1998, he waited until the ninth pick in the first round to be selected, although this pick seemed to be not low at the time, but looking at his achievements today, it is indeed impossible to match, but the future is ahead, and it will not be expected what will happen in the future?
It's like the 8 players in front of Nowitzki have their own stories, let's take a look at them together:
Eighth pick in the first round: Larry Hughes
In 2005, he won the NBA steals king and was named to the defensive team of the season.
At that time, in the Wizards Hughes, and Arenas can be a perfect match, Hughes broke through, Arenas shot, and both defenders had a good performance. Hughes' steal numbers have consistently been among the top. Some people say that he has more gambling steals, but at that time, he was at his peak, because of his excellent physical fitness, accurate judgment, and good results. He won the best defensive team once, but there are still many people who feel that he is one of the most watery teams. Hughes at the end of the Wizards, mainly attacking with the ball, breaking sharply and defending well.
Hughes, who is not good at shooting, comes to LeBron's Cavaliers, where his weaknesses are infinitely magnified. Later, Gibson scored three points and directly squeezed Hughes out.
Larry Hughes does have a glass attribute, he played a total of 718 games in the 12 years of 98-10, but basically every season has to be absent for a period of time, although he missed the whole season to get serious injuries, but he has been playing and stopping, and he is gradually forgotten.
Seventh pick in the first round: Jason Williams
Jason Williams, nicknamed White Chocolate, took the gorgeous pass with Weber to take the game to another level, watching the Kings game as if he were watching a work of art.
Yet the king spent only three years with the king. During that period, White Chocolate averaged 11.3 points and 6.3 assists per game, not looking at the error data, but also a qualified starting point guard. But the problem is that White Chocolate has to deliver 2.9 turnovers per game, and the assist-to-turnover ratio is frighteningly low.
Then the Kings exchanged Bibby with reliable three-pointers and tough defense, and that season, the Kings were close to overthrowing the purple gold dynasty of the peak Lakers. Even a loyal fan of Bai Qiao, given the achievements brought by the two to the King, admits that Bibi's performance in the King is better than that of White Chocolate. As a result, the free-spirited Williams was labeled flashy by the league.
However, those who like White Qiao will not forget his presence in that old King's gang, Weber's connection in the high and low positions, Divac's high strategy, Peggy's long-range shooting, Christie's counterpoint, and white chocolate's incredible teleportation, all in one clever word.
He also won a championship with the Miami Heat in the 2005-06 season, the only honor of his career other than the rookie lineup.
If there are 100 passing methods in textbooks, then: Stockton will have 10 of them; Nash will have 99 of them;
Neither will he be white chocolate, he will only be the 101st.
Sixth pick in the first round: Robert Treller
Robert Treller averaged 4.8 points and 3.7 rebounds per game in his career and shot 47.4 percent from the field and 57.7 percent from the free throws.
That year's draft, after Nowitzki's ninth pick was selected by the Bucks, the Bucks felt that Nowitzki was playing on the outside line and had little potential, and decided to seek an upward trade, plus they got Pat Garriti with the 19th pick in the first round, and the driver were packed to the Lone Rangers in exchange for robert Treller, the sixth pick of the year.
Robert Treller played for four teams in seven seasons in the NBA, but not a single honor was awarded in his career.
Treller is a talented player. With a weight of 145 kilograms, such a tonnage makes him unstoppable when it comes to the inner line card slot, fans affectionately call him "tractor". His sudden death from a heart attack in 2011 was a lament.
Fifth pick in the first round: Winscat
Some people may say that Carter's honor, a second team, a three team is not enough to line up. But those who like him will remember that in the 2001 Eastern Conference semifinals, ivory ivory was the peak of his personal team performance, and by the time we saw him reach the East Finals with the Magic, we didn't know what the team's stars were.
Carter left the Raptors to chase the championship, and finally fell out with the Raptors, and then to the Nets Carter and Kidd and Jefferson formed a "fast attack trio", but the team's best result was in the second round of the playoffs. After leaving the Nets, Carter's career gradually declined, no matter how he lowered his posture, he still lost the championship.
But we'll remember that he was a dunk legend, a figure at the top of the pyramid.
During this period, he was almost a league's business card player, an All-Star popular star, and an all-star in 8 editions.
Fourth pick in the first round: Antoine Jamison
After being selected by the Raptors that year, Jamison was immediately exchanged for Wenscat.
Career honors include two All-Star awards and one Best Sixth Man Award. Jamison can play inside and outside, and his scoring ability is also very strong, and he also played against Kobe Bryant that year, and also cut 50+.
Jamison was the big brother in North Carolina, when Carter was his little brother. In his final college season, Jamison averaged 22.2 points and 10.5 rebounds per game, making him both the team's top scorer and rebounding champion. Therefore, golden state from the Raptors to Jamison was not a single change, but also added cash. In his third season, Jamison became the warriors boss, averaging 24.9 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2 assists and 1.4 steals per game. In the days that followed, Jamison was also the kind of highly efficient player, averaging 14.8+points per game in each of the 16 seasons, except for the rookie season and the last two seasons. Two All-Stars, rookies 2, 1 best sixth man. Despite not having a championship, Jamison's career has been successful enough.
Third pick in the first round: LaFlence
Although he is a parallel cargo, Lafferentz's career start performance is still OK, the rookie season averaged 13.8 points and 7.6 rebounds per game, people are full of expectations for him, but unfortunately in the next four seasons, he has not made a breakthrough.
Ferenc's physical fitness is actually very strong, as a center with the No. 3 position of the technology, long-range shooting ability is solid, defensive rebounding and blocking ability is very good, but unfortunately physical confrontation is not his strength, especially when attacking does not go to the inside line. In addition, he did not show strong aggressiveness, and was satisfied with the half-blue-collar work of capping and shooting three points. He entered the league just in time to catch up with the tail of the four major center era, and did not have enough interior offensive ability, resulting in Raflentz finally being a quasi-first-class player, with McDyce during the Nuggets, and no king in the Mavericks, and then he has not been able to play well.
Second pick in the first round: Mike Bibby
As a show,Bibby's performance is actually OK. Although his career has not been honored other than being named to the All-Rookie Squad and two Best Players. But in his 14-year NBA career, he averaged more than 10 points per game in 12 seasons, and his best season was the 05-06 season, when he averaged 21.1 points, 2.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1 steal per game.
At that time, the team trade between Bibby and White Chocolate was well known to fans. Because of the Princeton system, there is actually not much need for white chocolate to organize. Divac's response, Stojakovic's long-range shot, Webb's support for the big picture, Christie's defense.
What Bibi needs to do is mainly score points. In the 2001–02 season, Bibby averaged 14 points per game in the regular season.
In the Western Conference semifinals, in order to be able to contain Nash, Bibby confronted him. Those games were: 22 points in the second game, 29 points in the third game, 24 points in the fourth game, and 23 points in the elimination battle.
After that injury in the 2007-08 season, athleticism was something you can't expect too much. The two seasons after the Eagles actually performed quite well. Because of the addition of him and Horford, the Eagles have smart people in attack and defense, and have improved. But in those two seasons, he actually directed the direction of the distribution of the ball, shooting long-range shots, the main player is Joe Johnson.
After leaving the Eagle, because his legs and feet were really not good, he could not pose a threat with the ball, so he had to shoot a fixed basket.
First pick in the first round: Michael OlovoCandy.
Michael Orovo Candy is one of the more famous parallel workers in NBA history, spending 9 years in the NBA, spending three teams, and his best season was the 02-03 season, when he averaged 12.3 points, 9.1 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game.
The talented center of that year, with a height of 2.13 meters, an arm span of 2.33 meters, good at athletics, rugby and other sports, that year's draft had the likes of Pierce, Carter and Nowitzki, who were later known, but the Clippers chose this talented player. However, he did not honor the results that matched the status of the champion. His career-high season averaged just 12.3 points and 9.1 rebounds per game, not at all like a center. The choice of this short-lived "genius" with a champion is also a big reason why the fast captain time is at the bottom of the league.
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