Zhan Du joins hands! The Lakers choose the short version of Brother Biao with 36th pick!

The Lakers spent money on the night of the draft, traded up twice in a row, and finally grabbed the forward nickname "Van Debiao Little" with the 36th pick. This operation made everyone joke that James is true love for the name "Adu". Durant did not come, and he had to realize his dream of "Jan Du joining hands" even if he found a substitute!

Back to the topic, what is the origin of this new Adu?

Personal background: Born in 2004, he is 21 years old this year, 1.98 meters tall, but has a huge wingspan (2.13 meters), strong, can run and jump, and can play small forwards and be as good as power forwards on the court. When I was a child, I played some sports (basketball, football, hockey), but I was not particularly good at it. When he graduated from high school, he was rated as four stars (not bad but not top-notch). Later, he relied on his father's relationship with the famous coach Calipari that year and entered the University of Kentucky.

College performance: In Kentucky, he was mediocre in his first two years, and it was not until he transferred to Arkansas in his junior year to suddenly explode - he averaged 15 points and 6 rebounds per game, and the most eye-catching thing was defense, with 1.6 steals per game, becoming the team's number one vanguard in the team's outside defense, and was targeted by the NBA team.

His technical characteristics are very distinctive:

Advantages: He runs hard to rush to the basket, dunks fiercely, has strong physical confrontation, has a good hand in fouls (can beat 6.5 free throws per game). He relies on his long arms and agility to defend from No. 1 to No. 4, and he is also active in rebounding.

Shortcoming: Shooting is really not good! The three-point shooting percentage is only 25.6%, he hasn't practiced for three years in college, and has many injuries (he has injured his knees and shoulders). These shortcomings have caused him to drop from the 36th pick at the end of the first round of the prediction.

What is the Lakers' choice for him?

is just looking at him with a strong defense! I want him to be a "bodyguard" for Doncic and Reeves. Anyway, there are passers like Doncic and James in the team, and they can feed cakes on the offensive end. As long as he is healthy and concentrates on eating cakes + defense, he can be used as a "low-fit version of Fan Debiao".

However, the Lakers didn't want to choose him - the original target was center Carlke Brenner (from Creton University), but when they traded from the No. 55 draw to the 45th pick, they were intercepted by the Hornets with the 34th pick (it is said to be retaliating against the old account of the return of the Mawei transaction that year). The Lakers were afraid of being intercepted again, so they quickly added money to trade for a second time to reach the 36th pick, and then they beat Thiero by mistake.

In summary:

fell to the 36th pick and was picked up by the Lakers, which is an opportunity and a challenge for Thiero. Being able to play with Doncic and James in a big football market like Los Angeles has high exposure and many opportunities to feed cakes - but the pressure is also great. Whether to become the next Caruso (a defensive hero who counterattacks) or Horton Tucker (a high and low), depends on whether he can seize the opportunity, especially to maintain his body and truly transform his defensive energy into on-court value.