Paul announced his retirement! The US media rearranged the 2005 draft: two round picks counterattacked the top five to save the super young year

Old Paul announced his retirement! Paul is currently the only active draft pick in the 2005 draft. After his retirement, this draft will completely disappear from the stage of history. For this reason, the American media "hoopshype" also made a final re-ranking of the 2005 draft. Among them, two major second-round picks entered the top five and joined hands with Paul to save this super young year.

No. 1 pick: Paul (formerly No. 4 pick)

Honors: 12-time All-Star, 11-time All-NBA Team, 9-time All-Defensive Team, 75-time Big Star, 6-time steal leader, 5-time assist leader

This season After returning to his old club Clippers with a minimum salary, Paul gradually realized that his fuel tank was at the bottom, and his poor performance caused him to be frequently DNP. This made the 40-year-old Paul announce on social media before the Clippers challenged his hometown team, the Hornets, that he would retire at the end of this season, ending his 21-year long career.

According to the current situation of the Clippers, it will be difficult for Paul to win the championship with the team this season, and there is a high probability that his career will end without a championship.

Even so, Paul, who is 1.83 meters tall, has shown dominance and won honors in his 21-year long career, allowing him to firmly occupy the first place in his class and have a gap-to-stop lead.

Second place: Deron (formerly No. 3 overall pick)

Honor: 3-time All-Star, 2-time second team

Deron not only ranked one position lower than Paul in the draft, but also gained the reputation of "Paul's nemesis" by virtue of his one-sided performance in head-to-head duels.

Deron, who played for the Jazz in his peak period, did have a good relationship with Paul for a while, but the time when he and Paul were at the same level was very short.

Especially after falling out with coach Sloan, Deron's career has been on the decline. Therefore, no matter in terms of career length, height, or personal achievements and abilities, Deron, known as "Paul's nemesis", can hardly be compared with Paul. He is just an ordinary All-Star player, far from being compared with the historical superstar Paul.

Third pick: Lou Williams (formerly No. 45 overall pick)

Honor: 3-time Sixth Man of the Year

It is not difficult to see that Lou Williams’s ranking has skyrocketed all the way to the third overall pick. In the 2005 NBA draft, The show was indeed a super young year as originally expected. The birth of Paul has exceeded expectations. The two second-round picks counterattacked and reached the top five, which brought the gold content of this draft to the average level. Lu Wei was one of the second-round picks who counterattacked.

As one of the best super sixth men in NBA history, like Crawford, Lou Williams is almost a perfect representation of the term "super six". He always has a microwave-like scoring touch. No matter which team he joins or what tactical system he is in, whenever the coach calls his name, Lou Williams can score immediately after coming on the court.

No. 4 pick: Monta Ellis (formerly No. 40 pick)

Honor: Most Improved Player in the 2006-07 season

Monta Ellis, like Lou Williams, skipped the college stage directly after high school and entered the NBA. They both completed counterattacks as second-round picks and eventually locked themselves into the top five of the 2005 draft.

Even the playing styles of the two are relatively similar. They are both individual players who rely on offense and scoring. During his peak period, Monta Ellis was once regarded as the core of the backcourt by the Warriors until they selected a baby-faced guard named Curry.

Even so, in that low-scoring era, Ellis averaged 25.5 points per game and was still astonishing. Unfortunately, his peak period was short and his abilities were relatively single, which led to his failure to obtain a higher ranking.

No. 5 pick: David Lee (formerly No. 30 pick)

Honors: two All-Stars, one Third Team, one championship

If we judge based on peak performance and honors, David Lee deserves a higher ranking. At his peak, David Lee was a 20+10 All-Star power forward. However, his peak period was relatively short, and his team record was not good.

On the contrary, after the late transformation to compete for the championship, he became known and remembered as an important inside player for the Warriors to win the first championship around Curry.

The rest of the lottery rankings are as follows (the original picks are in brackets)

6-10: Bogut (No. 1 pick), Granger (17), Bynum (10) ), Felton (5), Marvin Williams (second);

11-14: Gortat (57), Ilyasova (36), Frye (8), Jarrett Jack (22).

In addition, the 2005 draft also included Yao Ming's teammate "Haiye" Hayes, "Eyebrowless Hero" Villanueva who stole Yi Jianlian's starting spot, dunk king "Little Potato" Nate Robinson, "nine-finger dunk king" Gerald Green, CBA's most powerful basketball player Blatche and "Kobe Bryant's little brother" Turiaf and other role players who are familiar to fans.