Back in 2007, Connelly was working for the Washington Wizards, who held the 48th overall pick in the draft that year. When the draft shifted to the second round and the Wizards went on the clock, an unorthodox center who had obvious talent but also came with countless question marks was still available.The player had some obvious parallels to Jokic. He was an international big man who wasn’t quick laterally and needed to get in better shape. He had a ton of talent but wasn’t good defensively. He possessed world-class fundamentals and hands and projected as a quality shooter and scorer on the block. His basketball IQ was elite and he just knew how to play the game. He wasn’t a great athlete, but the potential was there.The player was Marc Gasol.The Wizards passed on Gasol and instead drafted Dominic McGuire, who at 6-foot-9 looked the part as an NBA small forward. He was definitely a safer pick than Gasol would have been. McGuire averaged 13.5 points and almost 10 rebounds per game at Fresno State and went on to play six NBA seasons. Not bad for a second-round pick.Gasol, of course, went on to win Defensive Player of the Year, make three All-Star teams, and was the starting center on the 2019 NBA Champion Toronto Raptors. With his international accomplishments, Gasol could eventually go into the Hall of Fame.At No. 48 overall, one selection after Washington, Gasol was picked.Connelly regretted not pounding the table harder for Gasol in the draft that year. Privately, he wished he had pushed harder to select him. So when Jokic, another unorthodox big man with obvious holes in his game but palpable potential, was available at 41st overall in 2014 and with the rest of Denver’s front office on board, Connelly greenlit the selection.The rest is history.----一言以蔽之、康贼当年对没选小加索尔耿耿于怀、所以在约基奇身上、他决定赌一把。

老康是又要选欧洲的了吗？

今年的53号新秀大概率是欧洲的

有人选了？

我感觉是希罗+洛瑞+约维奇+1首轮

话说我狼去年选的后卫啥时候来啊？是意大利还是阿根廷的来着？

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已经来合练了，看夏联表现

Joe vardon说约基奇没有承诺打世界杯他9月份有个家庭聚会 刚好在世界杯期间

能打球的胖虎还是强。可惜尼克斯有锡伯杜，不然也可以追求一下