Re: [心得] 2013 Draft Day for Bulls

看板ChicagoBulls (芝加哥公牛)作者AhUtopian (It's my Life)時間12年前 (2013/06/29 12:54)推噓11(11推 0噓 1→)

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※補充外電：Tony Snell的Draft Party http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=n2RrHUj6gB4#at=39

簡述：在描述Snell被Stern宣布由公牛選上時，他喜極而泣的狀況，他顯然是個人緣不錯的，也看得出來他對於被公牛用20順位選上，是滿心歡喜的；幾個值得注意的，他在正式被選上前，雖然經紀人已經告訴他公牛會選他，但他仍然保持沉默跟冷靜，而他的經紀人跟他，也都很清楚的了解公牛是最適合他、也最能讓他發展到極致的地方，這對他們來說是最感到開心的。還有他在work out的時候，似乎Thib有露出滿意的表情，所以這可能是個Thib's pick。 BY KYLE GLASER STAFF WRITER June 28, 2013; 09:37 AM SANTA MONICA – For more than two hours, Tony Snell sat motionless with his eyes glued to the NBA Draft on television and a stoic expression on his face. Surrounded by roughly 80 anxious friends and family at an NBA Draft watch party at the Thom Thom Club, the 21-year old Riverside King alumnus was waiting to hear his dream of playing in the NBA realized and was as focused on the TV as he often was on the court. Finally, a call came through to his agent. Word began circulating around that Snell was about to be picked by the Chicago Bulls with the 20th overall pick. And still, Snell was still and silent.But when Commissioner David Stern finally stepped to the podium and announced to a national audience that the Bulls had selected Snell, he finally moved – he put his head down in his hands, and wept. “Just all hard work and all the sacrifices I’ve been through and all the people that helped me get here,” he said, “it was just too emotional and I couldn’t hold it in.”With screams and slaps on the back coming from everywhere, Snell continued to cry. With Drake’s “Started from the Bottom” blasting, he finally stood up and hugged tightly all of his family and close friends, wiping his red eyes. “It’s amazing, it’s a feeling that I can’t even describe,” said his mother Sherika Brown. “I got all kinds of things on my mind right now. I’m happy, excited, anxious, all at the same time…It is a dream come true.” Snell helped King win a CIF-SS Div. 1AA title in 2009 and led New Mexico to back-to-back Mountain West Conference Tournament championships, winning tournament MVP last season. Now he will suit up for his favorite team growing up. “I’m really happy (to be going to Chicago),” he said. “I loved watching Michael Jordan and to get the opportunity to play for the same team as he did is a dream come true.”Chicago isn’t just a good spot for him because it was his favorite team growing up. His agent Mitchell Butler believes it’s the best place for Snell to flourish as a basketball player.“I don’t think we could’ve picked a better team for him,” said Butler, who played eight years in the NBA. “Their player development from a standpoint of taking players in the draft and building them up has been second to no one in the league, so that’s what we're probably most happy about. We know he’ll reach his full potential with the Bulls.” Butler and Snell said they knew going into the draft that the Bulls were very interested in drafting him. “He had worked out for them once and then we held a pro day 10-15 days later and they brought the whole contingency,” Butler said. “During the pro day when we had Tony going through some specific drills, we were watching (Bulls head coach) Tom Thibodeau, just the expression on his face, so we had a pretty good idea that he was on an extremely short list for them.” ※同樣的報導者還有另外一篇：http://ppt.cc/A0jv 簡述：這篇外電就說得更清楚，他的經紀人認為Snell最好的落腳處就是公牛，除了公牛似乎有特別看到些什麼之外，而公牛要是沒選他、其他球隊很可能就會錯過他，而且即使他認為國王對於Snell的興趣也非常高，但他考量到發展環境，他還是希望Snell去公牛，尤其Noah、Deng的hard work會是他成長最好的樣本，尤其Snell也是個hard work player，到公牛根本是如魚得水。(第二理想是雷霆、第三是馬刺)他的經紀人也承認他會有適應期，顯然他的經紀人應該也會特別提醒他這點。最後還有他的高中教練跟他哥哥的談話，看來我們選到一個熱愛籃球的好孩子。 Snell’s agent Michael Butler had a lot of interesting things to say about where he thinks Snell should’ve gone, why Chicago is a good fit and if he can contribute right away. Here is some of what Butler had to say. “We knew (the Bulls) liked Tim Hardaway Jr. as well and that was going to be the primary competition. As much as I want to say I was 100 percent certain the Bulls were going to take him, I did have a little bit of nerves in my stomach because if he had gotten past them the teams that would’ve probably taken him – Indiana Pacers, New York Knicks, Los Angeles Clippers – liked him but I don’t know if they loved him like the Bulls did. The Bulls think that they have a hidden gem.” “”(20th overall) isn’t indicative of where he should’ve gone in this draft. The Sacramento Kings had him rated as the No. 2 small forward for them in the draft and extremely high on their board, they just couldn’t justify taking him with the (No. 7 overall) pick. A new general manager, a new coach, new ownership, how do you explain it to the press afterwards? It’s one of the things I hate in this process. When you look at it the court of public opinion drafts a lot of these guys in places where they shouldn’t be drafted. Tony went up there and was by far and away the best player in both of the workouts that he had and he went up against players they were strongly considering with that pick and outplayed them. But how the draft turned out, they ended up drafting a different player but I still believe in my heart of hearts that he was the guy they should’ve taken, they just couldn’t justify it.” “You couldn’t have picked a better team for him (to be drafted by). It was the best team for him. A close second would be Oklahoma City and a close third would be San Antonio in terms of player development, recognizing talent and putting talent on the floor in the right situations to be successful. Tony is going to have every opportunity to be hugely successful in Chicago. It’s going to be a matter of how much he wants it but he’s going to go there and see how hard Derrick Rose works, how hard Joakim Noah works, Luol Deng…it’ll be contagious. He’s already a hard worker so he’ll fit right in. It’s going to be a fish to water with him.” “I think he’s going to have an adjustment period. I think he’s going to shoot the ball well because he’s going to get a lot of open looks because of the talent around him and who he’s playing with. It’s usually between year one and year two that a lightbulb goes on for a guy, so he’ll come home after year one and play pickup ball with the pro guys and you won’t even know this player, he’s going to be so much better than he is right now. It’s just par for the course, it happens with every single player. Paul George went to Indiana his first year, blended in and came home that summer and was the best player on the floor every single day and then in year two he takes off. Tony has the potential to do that, we just have to stay on top of him and push him, because he doesn’t know how good he is, and he’s pretty good.” Marvin Lea, a fellow King graduate, has coached Snell since middle school through his “eLEAte Sports” program. Here is what Lea had to say after Snell was drafted. “You can’t even explain the emotion, its the most excited I’ve ever felt. (Chicago) is the best spot possible, that’s the spot we were hoping and praying for. It was a good fit and they liked him from the very beginning a whole lot. They brought the whole staff to watch him work out in LA, they called to get extra background on him. You look at the roster and you see there’s a place for him in Chicago.” “Chicago is getting a real, real basketball player. A professional basketball player. I know it sounds cliche but a lot of people aren’t professionals. He’s one who is going to come out every single day, and he’s going to outperform any expectations you have for him.” And finally, here is what his older brother T.J. Snell had to say: “Since we were younger his mind was always stuck on basketball. I’d go ride my bike and he would stay back and play basketball, or he’d grab a basketball and shoot it inside of a dumpster. It always worked out for him, it was something he always wanted to do. I’m just glad to say that’s my little brother and we share the same name.” “I can’t even explain the feeling (seeing him get drafted). Coming from not much, having family around was all we really needed. He’s so humble and he’s like the coolest person you can talk to, he’s just funny and goofy. He might be different on the court, but off the court Tony is the kindest sweetheart you’ve ever met.” “The crazy thing about it is Tony was in love with Michael Jordan. He knew all of the Michael Jordan documentaries word for word. If we watched a Michael Jordan movie we could not shut him up. Him going to the Bulls, growing up that was his favorite team, it’s like wow this is really happening. He just came back from Chicago and he couldn’t express the feelings that he had playing in the same area that Michael Jordan was in.” -- ※ 發信站: 批踢踢實業坊(ptt.cc) ◆ From: 124.109.115.225