The draft continued, and the players selected by each team were the same as Yang Fan remembered, and overall there was no big deviation.

The Raptors, who ranked ninth in the first round, chose DeRozan, the Bucks, who ranked tenth in the first round, chose Jennings, the 76ers in the 17th in the first round, the Hawks in the 19th in the first round, and the Hornets in the 21st pick Corrison.

At this year's draft, the Thunder also had a 25th pick in the first round that they had obtained through trades.

And this is also the last draft pick for the Thunder in this year's draft, because this year's 50th and 54th picks in the second round of the Thunder have already changed hands.

As other teams gradually made a draft, the Thunder chose Danny Green from the University of North Carolina in the 24th overall pick in the first round.

Although Prostie couldn't understand Yang Fan's choice, because in normal draft prediction, Green's draft pick should be in the second round.

However, Yang Fan chose to take him off with the first round pick and rejected Prosty's proposal to trade a draft pick down.

As for the reason given by Yang Fan, it is because the players who will be signed in the first round will have a four-year contract, while the second round will have two years.

So when there were not many players from Yang Fan in the second round of this year, Yang Fan chose to sign Danny Green at the end of the first round to improve the team's defensive ability in the backcourt.

Even though Danny Green's style of playing in the early stages of his career was not 3D style, his entire defensive ability was not particularly outstanding, but after all, there is still an offseason to start the journey of the new season.

So Yang Fan is confident of transforming Green. After all, Green's defensive awareness is really excellent. He only needs some guidance to him in the later stage, so he is definitely a top 3D in the league.

As for the reason why others have given up on Danny Green, the main reason is that the Thunder currently has enough offensive stars. Compared with offense, the Thunder lacks more defense.

Although Yang Fan is a coach who focuses on offense, this does not mean that Yang Fan doesn't care about defense.

Because history has proved that the team has no defense at all by relying on offense, and this situation makes it difficult to touch the championship trophy.

The Rockets can be said to be a vivid interpretation of this.

In addition, in the second round of this year's draft, there was actually a player that Yang Fan liked very much, that is, Beverly, known as the "mad dog".

For Beverly, I believe that fans absolutely love and hate him for his senses.

Fans who like him appreciate the fighting spirit in him. On the defensive end, you will never give up if you catch it like a mad dog.

For fans who hate him, they think Beverly's defense is really not clean enough and often clash with other players on the court.

Especially during the game, he often squirted about offensive players, which made Beverly labeled as "dirty".

But no matter what, for this little Hei Tan, who is only 1.85 meters tall, his defensive spirit is indeed commendable.

If Beverly had not had the defensive will like a mad dog, then with his personal ability, he would definitely not be able to gain a foothold in the NBA.

And compared to Danny Green's excellent personal defense, the reason why Beverly's excellent defense is very different from Green's.

As the game progressed, Green gradually accumulated excellent defensive experience and good defensive awareness, so he often staged some exciting steals and blocks.

But Beverly is much simpler, that is, with a ruthless spirit, he grits his teeth and fights with you on the field.

If Danny Green's defense can be described as excellent, then Beverly's defense can only be described as "ruthless", "sultry", and "disgusting".

Yes, for those players who have experienced the destruction of Beverly, Beverly's defense seems very disgusting to them.

Because this guy is not only squirting trash at you, but also constantly tearing you up with you in the process and testing on the foul frantically. It can be said that he is very aggressive in the mentality of an offensive player.

Similarly, this is why Beverly often commits six in just ten minutes.

Because when he comes on the court, he is like a mad dog, he bites whoever he sees, and even James will feel a headache when he sees him.

After all, he was selected into the NBA's best defensive team twice with a height of 1.85 meters, which indirectly proves Beverly's defensive end.

For the current Thunder, they already have many excellent offensive stars such as Curry, Westbrook, and Hamilton on the back line, so what Yang Fan needs most is the defense guarantee.

Even though the Thunder no longer had a draft pick in this year's draft, Yang Fan, who had the Eye of God, was not panicked at all.

Because in the normal historical trajectory, Beverly will be selected by the Lakers in the 42nd pick in the second round, and then traded by the Lakers to the Heat.

However, since the Heat had no salary space at that time, they could only keep Beverly in the European League to play and could not recall him to the NBA.

It is worth mentioning that at the same time, the Heat also holds Beverly's signing rights and sells them publicly for $1.1 million.

It's just a pity that as a player who was selected in the 42nd pick in the second round, his signing rights were actually bid by the Heat to $1.1 million, which can be said to be a big talk by the Lions.

You know, in this league today, the price of a second-round draft pick is between 300,000 and 1 million.

If the compromise is made, it will be at most $500,000.

So at that time, no team in the league was interested in Beverly's signing rights, because according to the scout report, this guy's offensive ability was a bit bad.

It is no exaggeration to say that players of the level of Beverly are not just a big draw in the draft, but at least they will never be in the minority.

So the Heat, who ended up falling into his hands, could only sign back Beverly, who played in Europe with a two-year contract of $1.2 million.

But before the contract was turned into a regular basis, Beverly, who had just finished the summer league, was decisively cut by the Heat.

Because in the summer league, Beverly's performance was too dismal, averaging 5.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.2 steals and 1.8 assists per game.

Although the defense is indeed good, as a defender, he can only play such a data in the summer league. It has to be said that it is really too miserable.

To put it bluntly, the Heat believe that although Beverly's defensive ability has reached the NBA level, his offensive ability is really too eye-catching.

If he is placed on the court, the team will basically be four-on-five on the offensive end, and he can only play some role on the defensive end.

So the Heat did not hesitate at all and directly quit Beverly before the contract became a regular, even if Beverly's annual salary was only a mere $600,000.

But even so, the Heat are unwilling to let Beverly occupy the team's quota.

As for later, Beverly, who had no choice but to go back to Europe to play, and was finally recalled to the NBA by the Rockets in 2013 with a three-year contract.

Then, when the Rockets' main point guard Jeremy Lin was injured, he seized the opportunity to score his own net worth, and he completely settled in the NBA.

So for Yang Fan, who knows all this well, even if the Thunder no longer have a draft pick this year, Yang Fan is not worried at all.

Because if nothing unexpected happens, the Heat will definitely sell Beverly's signing rights in the future. At that time, the Thunder only needs to leave a place and buy it from the Heat.

As for how to use a player like Beverly who is extremely unbalanced offense and defense, Yang Fan naturally has his own purpose.

Not to mention anything else, even if Beverly doesn't get much playing time, he spends hundreds of thousands a year to raise a thug or a mad dog-level thug, which will definitely not suffer any loss for the Thunder.

At least if you encounter dirty personal methods like the Nuggets this year's playoffs, when Mason was suspended due to a fight, the team at least has Beverly...

Come! Close the door and let the dog go!!

As the Thunder selected his own players at this year's draft, Yang Fan was too lazy to see the choices of other teams.

He said to Prostie directly and left the room early

It was not until the end that the Warriors chose the player they wanted in the 54th pick in the second round that the Thunder's mission was finally completed.

And this year's draft is also coming to an end.

For Yang Fan, this year's draft can definitely be regarded as a great harvest, except for choosing super star Stephen Curry in the first round.

He also gained two top defensive players, Danny Green and Patrick Beverly.

Even though Beverly had not reached Thunder's hands at this time, in Yang Fan's heart, this had become a matter of time.

With the end of the draft, Yang Fan only needs to wait for the trading market to open in July.

After all the transactions are settled, the Thunder team has truly formed a Galaxy battleship!!!
Chapter completed!