Chapter 989 Disneyland
The Orlando Magic are not the team that has won the most No. 1 picks, but they are the team that has the shortest team time to win three No. 1 picks. They did not make much mistakes in their three choices. They chose the Sharks O'Neal for the first time. It goes without saying that the strongest center ever in the league may be the first candidate for the center position if they are rated as the best team in history. Chris Webber was selected for the second time. Although Chris Webber is still a little far from the Hall of Fame, it is mainly because he has no record of being able to show off, and his peak period is too short, but he is still much stronger than ordinary All-Stars.
The third time they chose Dwight Howard. Although his flaws were exposed in the finals, his data were still very good in the regular season, especially his data. Many people believe that if Dwight Howard continues to develop according to the current trend, even if he cannot reach the level of the Big Shark O'Neal, it should be no problem to become the best center of this era. Unfortunately, in the finals, his performance was too inferior, which made everyone's evaluation of him drop by a level.
However, the team that won the most No. 1 picks is the Houston Rockets. In the past four decades of team building, they have won five No. 1 picks in total, which is unique to the league. Moreover, they have basically not made any mistakes in the five No. 1 picks, and they have selected inside players. They chose Erwin Hayes for the first time. The league ranked eighth in history and fourth in rebounds. The most important thing is that in his 16-year career, he played more than 1,300 games and missed only nine games.
Although he later transferred to the Baltimore Bullets and led the Bullets to defeat the Seattle Supersonics to win the championship, he returned to the Rockets at the end of his career, but he still enjoyed the treatment of retiring his jersey and was also inducted into the Hall of Fame.
The second No. 1 pick of the Rockets is John Lucas, the father of this little Lucas. His career is not successful. He left the Rockets twice and came back twice. Finally, he retired and changed his career as a coach with the Rockets. However, his coaching career is not successful either. However, the No. 1 pick is just not that great value at most, and it cannot be said to be a failure.
The Rockets chose Ralph Sampson for the third time, nicknamed "Skywalker", and the fourth selected "Big Dream" Olajuwon was the most feared inside team in the league at that time. However, they were abandoned by the Rockets due to injury and failed to stay the Rockets. They could only watch "Big Dream" Olajuwon become a legend.
Needless to say, Olajuwon is the Rockets who have won two championships with him, and the fifth No. 1 pick is Yao Ming. Although Yao Ming has left now, Yao Ming's performance in the Rockets is completely worthy of his signing. In the past ten years, the only one who can beat Yao Ming steadily is LeBron James.
In addition to the Houston Rockets, the ones who won the most No. 1 picks were the New York Knicks, the Milwaukee Bucks, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Sacramento Kings, all of which were four times respectively. However, these two teams had different visions of selecting people. The last No. 1 pick of the Knicks was Patrick Ewing, but it did not bring a championship to the team. Since then, no matter how bad they played, they missed the No. 1 pick.
Among the players selected by the Milwaukee Bucks for four first-time picks, the most famous one is "Tian Gou" Jabbar. He brought a championship to Milwaukee and then joined the Lakers. Although his experience was even more brilliant and legendary, it had nothing to do with the Milwaukee Bucks, followed by "Big Dog" Robinson and "Big Mouth" Bogut.
As for the Portland Trail Blazers, the four No. 1 picks were not good luck to them. Although they chose the center for all four No. 1 picks, except for Bill Walton's short career but brought a championship to the team, the others were either troubled by injuries or were born mediocre. Especially Larro Martin, who they chose for the first time, was spotted by the Portland Trail Blazers because they lost the college league. They were forced to retire after only four seasons. The Portland Trail Blazers quickly corrected their mistakes and selected Bill Walton, which was also their only successful No. 1 pick. Although Mitchell Thompson was not mediocre, it was not a success. Recently, Greg Oden, whom they selected, has been reimbursed twice for the season.
As for the Sacramento Kings, a character who has been playing soybean throughout the league history, although they have won four No. 1 picks, there is nothing to praise except for leaving a "big o" Oscar Robertson.
The Los Angeles Lakers were also more successful in choosing the No. 1 pick. They had won three No. 1 picks, respectively, selected Elgin Baylor, Magic Johnson and "Cobra" James Worcy. In addition to winning the championship in his first year of retirement, Elgin Baylor's other performances can be called great and was also inducted into the Hall of Fame.
Needless to say, Magic Johnson's greatness, as for James Worthy, he is considered the most powerful small forward besides Larry Bird, and is also one of the members of the Hall of Fame.
Needless to say, the San Antonio Spurs have won two No. 1 picks, one of which selected "Admiral" David Robinson, and the other one selected Tim Duncan. The success rate is so high that no one in the league can match.
What is strange is that, as one of the two giants in the league, the Boston Celtics have only won the No. 1 pick once.
However, there are more teams that have not won the No. 1 pick so far. Seattle Supersonics are among them, followed by Indiana Pacers, Phoenix Suns, Miami Heat, Minnesota Timberwolves, Memphis Grizzlies and Denver Nuggets. The most tragic but lucky one is the Memphis Grizzlies, who have won the second pick four times.
The reason why so much is to let the players understand the team's history and understand how lucky the other party is, and how unlucky the Supersonics are, but that doesn't matter. Hedong and thirty years, Hexi, even if there is no No. 1 pick, the Supersonics can achieve glory. The glory is in their own hands. It doesn't matter if a team has no great history, just create it.
Although the history of the Supersonics is not completely blank, it is not very good to remember. It is precisely because of this that we must work harder to create, because history is in our own hands.
I have to say that this statement is still very inspiring. The player, who was originally very relaxed, was suddenly mobilized and his blood was boiling. I wish I could start the game now and quickly sweep the Orlando Magic and let his name be engraved on the historical pillar of the Seattle Supersonics.
Seeing that they were so passionate, Stephen was a little worried. Will this state be a little scary when it came to the court? In order to relax, on the day of arriving in Orlando, all the Supersonics players came to Disneyland to relax under Stephen's leadership.
So many big men appeared in Disneyland, which naturally attracted attention soon. The media rushed over to report the Supersonics' Disney trip, which was actually just a casual turn, but in the eyes of the media, they were completely despising the Orlando Magic. The third game has not started yet. The Supersonics have already started to visit Disney. Isn't this clear that the Orlando Magic is not taken seriously?
The Supersonics' behavior made their fans very worried. Will it be a taboo for relaxing like this before the game? And it will definitely anger the Orlando Magic.
Sure enough, when the Orlando Magic saw that the Supersonics competition was currently in the process, they still had the leisure to visit Disneyland. This is Hong Guoguo looked down on him. There was no need to mobilize the players, and the emotions of the players came up. Fortunately, the game did not start now, otherwise these people would have been very desperate when they went up.
Fortunately, there is still a day off. After relaxing, the Supersonics team started high-intensity training to ensure a good enough game attitude. The Magic team is also training nervously and fiercely, intending to look down on their home court. The Supersonics team, which is fiercely despised, teaches a bloody lesson. Although the two sides have not yet fought, the atmosphere has been stirred up, but the media still has not stopped and continues to push.
Chapter completed!