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The new president of the Football Association must be responsible! The first goal was finished, and China football took the Korean team to the end.

On November 1st, Beijing time, China drew 1-1 with Korean women’s football team in the third round of Group B of the Asian Women’s Football Qualifiers for the Paris Olympic Games, and finally ranked third in the group, and missed the Paris Olympic Games! This is the failure of China football, and it is also the failure of Song Kai, the new president of the Football Association!

It can be said that China women’s football team and South Korean women’s football team didn’t win. Both sides died together and went out together, and they didn’t wait for a miracle. This is the second time in the history of China women’s football team that they missed the Olympic Games! Moreover, all the competition tasks of China Women’s Football Team have ended this year, which is a great loss of face for the players, and many people don’t even have a chance to make up for it!

After the game, many women’s football players in China shed tears. In the Xie Chang session of the whole team, Dou Jiaxing cried very sadly in Shui Qingxia’s arms. Wang Shanshan, the eldest sister, choked up several times after the interview, and finally she couldn’t help crying. It can be seen that women football girls are very unwilling to lose, but what’s the use? After all, even if the China women’s football team wins the Korean women’s football team, it will still miss the best second place! As early as losing to the Korean women’s football team, the ending has been decided!

In another group match, Uzbekistan beat the Indian women’s football team 3-0, and became the second best team with 6 points and 2 goal difference, and advanced to the next stage together with the first Australian women’s football team, the Korean women’s football team and the Japanese women’s football team! It can be said that after Uzbekistan men’s soccer team let China men’s soccer team see their weight, their women’s soccer team let China women’s soccer team despair in the end!

The most embarrassing thing is that Song Kai just took office as the president of the China Football Association. The first goal he shouted was to ensure that the China women’s football team advanced to the Paris Olympic Games, and he also strengthened the leadership team for this purpose! Now, China’s women’s football team dreams of breaking the Paris Olympics, and Song Kai is humiliated. He was finished as soon as he took office. Will his leading bodies be responsible for this?

Saudi Arabia has no competitors, and the World Cup bid has completely become a decoration?

Reporter Han Bing reports For the 2034 World Cup, FIFA set the deadline of October 31st for bidding intention. Almost the whole world knows that Saudi Arabia has no competitors. Australia, which was originally considering a joint bid with New Zealand or Indonesia, announced its abandonment on the deadline and turned to bid for the 2029 World Club Cup. There is only one bid for the 2034 World Cup in Saudi Arabia. Although the right to host the World Cup will not be decided until the end of next year, there is no suspense now. Saudi Arabia became a "single bidder" for the 2034 World Cup.

FIFA President infantino issued a statement on November 1st, announcing that the 2034 World Cup would be held in Saudi Arabia, just as he had previously confirmed that the six countries would host the 2030 World Cup. Saudi Arabia announced its comprehensive plan to bid for the 2034 World Cup just 65 minutes after the official announcement of FIFA. Infantino’s operation this time is exactly the same as Blatter’s bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups. Even, infantino is more out of line than Blatter: Blatter had to go through the voting process of multi-party bidding at least that year, and infantino directly persuaded other bidders through behind-the-scenes mediation, turning the bidding into a mere formality.

The behind-the-scenes operation of the right to host two consecutive World Cups began on October 4th. Most of the 211 presidents of FIFA’s football associations who originally had the right to vote did not know that someone had made a decision for them. The World Cup bidding process, which should have been voted at the end of next year, has been artificially accelerated, and it is entirely through the mediation of FIFA executives with the bidding parties. According to an anonymous executive, this is only a "quite elegant solution", but it is an undisguised behind-the-scenes transaction. Like FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, FIFA executives "presented" the World Cup to the most generous countries to FIFA.

On October 4th, FIFA suddenly announced that October 31st was the last deadline to put forward the intention to bid for the 2034 World Cup. Because the time is too short, the possibility of other bidders being shortlisted is almost ruled out. When Australia hesitated to bid with which country, infantino also tried to persuade Australia to give up. He made a speech to the presidents of AFC’s associations, hoping that AFC would "unite to prepare for the 2034 World Cup", and the implication was clear at a glance. The FIFA Council, composed of 37 football associations, decided in advance the host countries of the 2030 and 2034 World Cups, and the latter should have been submitted to the FIFA General Assembly at the end of next year for voting by 211 football associations.

FIFA violated its own rules of the game, making the FIFA General Assembly’s vote on the right to host the World Cup a decoration. After Blatter’s corruption scandal, infantino made a more transparent and open commitment, and the voting for the right to host the World Cup was expanded from the Executive Committee (24 members) to all members (211 members). However, in June 2023, when many bidders were ready, FIFA suddenly postponed the bidding process for the 2030 World Cup. Infantino used this time to complete behind-the-scenes mediation: the Centennial World Cup merged with two bidders to host in six countries, and the 2034 World Cup was locked in Saudi Arabia.

How the bidders for two consecutive World Cups compromised, who participated in the negotiations, and why the bidding process for the 2034 World Cup suddenly accelerated are unknown. Negotiations have been carried out in a small scope since this summer, and even the Chilean Football Association, one of the South American joint bidders for the 2030 World Cup, has been excluded from the negotiations. It was not until FIFA officials announced that South America would host three World Cup group matches that the Chilean Football Association realized that it had been "abandoned".

However, the bid for the 2026 World Cup strictly abides by the bidding and voting process established by FIFA. Including the initial screening, it is determined that at most three bidders will enter the final bidding process, and all FIFA Football Associations will vote to decide the organizers. Behind-the-scenes mediation in the bid for the 2030 and 2034 World Cups is exactly the same as the host selection model of the summer Olympic Games in recent years. The International Olympic Committee has turned the competitors who bid for the 2024 Summer Olympic Games into a win-win situation: Paris and Los Angeles won the right to host the 2024 and 2028 Summer Olympic Games respectively, so as to avoid making the bid a high elimination rate bid that "produces more losers and wastes more and more bidding funds".

Infantino, president of FIFA, also said that the early determination of the organizers can ensure the internal harmony and rotation principle of continental FIFA, and also provide a more controllable and strategic choice in business and operation. The media will question the close relationship between infantino and Saudi Arabia, which may lead to injustice and corruption. However, in addition to rigid political criticism, many sports observers also believe that the 48-team World Cup has caused the host country’s hosting cost to surge, and behind-the-scenes mediation has locked in bidders with more willingness to host and economic strength, which is a more efficient way for FIFA and countries with bidding intentions to generate higher commercial returns. In short, today’s World Cup bid is basically a process, completely behind-the-scenes negotiations.

The 2027 and 2031 Women’s World Cups may also produce the host country in this way. South Africa, Brazil and the United States/Mexico will bid for the 2027 Women’s World Cup, and the United States/Mexico will be awarded the right to host the 2031 Women’s World Cup, so as to reduce the failure cost of the bidders and improve the commercial return. It is likely that the World Cup will no longer be a bid, but the host country will be decided through "negotiation".

Japan’s soccer basketball aims to win the world championship and establish a youth training model with low utility.

Live broadcast: On September 18th, today, Jin Xing, the founder and president of Oriental Qixing, who has been deeply involved in youth training for many years in titan sports, wrote in detail what he saw and heard during his field trip to Japanese basketball youth training. The original text is as follows:

I was shocked by the performance of the Japanese men’s basketball team in the World Cup, and the previous trip to Japan was really fruitful for me.

After several days of field trips, one of the simplest conclusions is that,The development of Japanese basketball and Japanese football comes down in one continuous line. They both aim to win the world championship, hoping to bring happiness to Chinese people.Make plans around this goal, implement it at a specific time, and implement it to specific people and things. Therefore, the development of Japanese basketball keeps pace no matter where and at what age.

Under the big goal,Japan has established a training system of double pyramid model, that is, the two development directions of mass and elite.. The mass direction is to cultivate lifelong sports hobbies, while the elite direction is to select and cultivate national talents. But the most important thing is the foundation of the double pyramid: youth training based on stimulating interest and cultivating socialization ability.

Although the double pyramid culture system has different purposes, it is connected with each other. Nowadays, these Japanese national players, who are all-powerful in the World Cup, began to receive basketball training from the perspective of cultivating interest, and later gradually showed their interest and talent in basketball.

The training of Japanese basketball is not so utilitarian. Their idea is that basketball needs to bring happiness to children and cultivate good personality.When watching Japanese youth training, we observed that in addition to cultivating children’s basketball ability, coaches also paid great attention to children.Etiquette and courtesy, cooperation ability, leadership, self-management ability and problem-solving ability.The cultivation of these five aspects.

Of course, this is also related to Japan’s positioning and high requirements for coaches.In the Japanese basketball system, the coach’s duty is to "send the players where they want to go and reach their destination." In other words, the coach’s position is "supporter"They don’t define children by their own likes and dislikes, respect their individuality and encourage their creativity. In such a free environment, they can stimulate their self-confidence and leadership, and dare to take responsibility and fight at critical moments. It is the coach’s mission to encourage children to enjoy happy games and improve themselves from setbacks.

Japan is currently in the process of youth training.Denied the concept of "victory first". You can pursue victory, but you should also enrich your life and learn the necessary value of life. This is the real victory.

After teenagers gradually formed good interests and basketball habits, the pyramid system for elites began to select materials. Japan’s selection priority is different from China’s. In the past few years, China’s selection was based on height, speed, technology and ball dealer, while Japan’s selection was based on technology first, then ball dealer, and then height and speed.

After the selection is confirmed, the Japan Basketball Association will organize the best players of all ages in the country for training. Every long holiday of more than three days, the best children of U14, U16 and U18′ s age will get together and get to know each other, laying a foundation for fighting side by side in the future.

In the past few years, the road for Japanese children to develop overseas in high school and university has also been completely opened, and more and more Japanese players have gone to the United States and Australia to receive higher-level training.

The double pyramid model makes Japanese basketball youth training systematic and can be implemented in every stage. Combined with the campus, it is natural to continuously transport talents for Japanese basketball. On the other hand, in the youth training of basketball in China today, we have players with better static talent and more extensive attention and participation in basketball, but there are still many unsatisfactory places in terms of goal consensus and systematization. In addition,The most fundamental point is that our youth training is too utilitarian.. I hope we can make it clear in the youth training that interest and victory are not contradictory, but should be combined with each other. On the one hand, the mission of youth training is to help China basketball expand the basketball population base, and at the same time to train basketball talents for the country.

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24-year-old won four times for a while! NBA Salary Expert: He will be the first Mr. with an annual salary of 80 million.

There are only five places in the NBA every year, and it is not easy to be selected for a while. Some superstar players have never been selected for a while, such as Anthony, Carter, Pierce and Ray Allen. However, there are also some talented players who have been selected for several times at a young age. For example, Duncan and Durant have been selected for four times before the age of 25.

In addition to these two talents, there is also a young player in the NBA who has achieved this feat. He is 24-year-old Dancsics. At present, Dancsics has played in the NBA for five seasons. Except for the first season, he didn’t win the honor of the best team, and he won the best team for four consecutive years from the second season. For today’s Dancsics, it’s common to average 30+7+7 per game. With his data, as long as the number of appearances reaches the standard, he will be a strong candidate every season.

The new NBA season is about to begin, and Dancsics should continue to play explosive data in the new season. As long as he doesn’t suffer serious injuries, it should be certain that he will enter the best team in the 2023-24 season. According to the analysis of salary expert Bobby Marks, Dancsics is eligible to sign a five-year super-maximum salary contract of $318 million, but he can’t renew it in 2024, because his participation period is less than six years. He can sign a contract renewal in 2025 and it will take effect in the 2026-27 season.

Furthermore, Bobby Marks said: If the salary cap increases by 10% in the next three years, the total contract value of Dancsics will reach $367.5 million in five years, and the annual salary of this contract will be $83.6 million in the last year. Dancsics will become the first player in the NBA with an annual salary exceeding $80 million.

In addition to Dancsics, Tatum’s next contract will be very amazing. Bobby Marks analyzed that Tatum has been qualified to sign a contract worth $303 million in 2024 (according to the salary cap’s 5% growth forecast). If the salary cap’s 10% growth forecast, Tatum’s contract will become $338 million, which will be the largest contract in NBA history. But when Dancsics signs a new contract in 2025, it will break Tatum’s record.

"Football Commentary Conference" was launched to find different young people.

  I am afraid that only those who love football will understand and love football. What kind of ability do you need to be a football commentator? How can I become a football commentator? There are often such discussions on the internet, but it is limited to this. The public’s explanation of football still stays in the TV era.

  Nowadays, in the era of Internet, everyone is holding a commentary microphone, and everyone can explain the football match and make a sound for loving football. In the year of the 2018 World Cup, PP Sports made great efforts to create the Football Commentary Conference, and selected excellent football commentators through competitions. The birth of this program made these young people who love football commentary stand on the stage to realize their dreams, and also made the commentary break away from the football game for the first time and become the protagonist.

  Every era has its own cultural characteristics. The once neat and single mainstream youth culture has gradually disappeared, and diverse youth cultures with individuality and differences as the main features have sprung up, such as secondary culture and teasing culture, in which every young person can find his own recognized cultural values. It is precisely because of this that today’s young people are more willing to express themselves differently from others, so football commentary should also be diversified. Football Commentary Conference is a platform to show diverse youth cultures with variety shows as the carrier and football culture as the support.

  National "Hot Search" Looking for Different Youth

  "rustic youth", "Buddhist youth" and "empty nest youth" have been labeled with more and more different identities. In the Football Commentary Conference, these young people will appear in front of the camera as "loving football". They are practitioners from all walks of life, including anchors, hosts, students, doctors, and even crosstalk performers and storytellers.

  Players skillfully combine their own life experiences, cultural values and football commentary to form their own unique commentary style, which provides unlimited possibilities for the style of football commentary. The public may hear a teasing explanation through the program, a modern explanation of China’s traditional flavor, and a cute explanation of online celebrity’s anchor … Each explanation more or less represents a contemporary youth culture.

  These players, who have different styles but love unity, all come from the eight-month hard search of the program group of Football Interpretation Conference. The program group hopes that this is not only to select excellent football commentators, but also to let the public know the hard work and persistent love behind the football commentary industry through the program.

  In order to make the contestants’ explanations more free and true, the program fully respects the contestants’ wishes and will not interfere too much during the filming process. At the same time, the panoramic shooting method without dead ends is adopted to record the dribs and drabs of the players outside the stage. Many players are still preparing for the war in the early hours of the morning, and some players are still arguing about the content of the competition because of their explanations. And the stories behind these programs will also be presented to the audience.

  Compared with other sports variety shows, the link setting of Football Commentary Conference strives to provide more space for young players to play freely. For example, the first phase of the 150-to-60 competition, which will be broadcast on April 18th, has adopted a brand-new form. Players stand in the center of the stage and use a three-minute talk show to express their "joys and sorrows" about football. They don’t know who will decide whether they will be promoted, eliminated or yet to be determined, and they don’t know what the criteria are. Everything is unknown. In fact, a group of instructors composed of Huang Jianxiang, Han Qiaosheng and Dong Lu, who explain the golden coffee, has been sitting in a hidden box to observe the performance of the players through one-way glass.

  Mentors also admit that apart from the most basic professionalism, there will be no fixed standards, just hoping to see more styles of football commentary. During the recording process, some players are really amazing.

  Strong resources to build a broader platform

  The rapid iteration of media technology has greatly broadened the platform for people to show themselves. From the earliest square speech to radio broadcast, from TV broadcast to live webcast, the expansion of the platform means the expansion of audience and the enhancement of influence. At present, PP Sports behind the Football Commentary Conference has rich copyright resources and related self-made programs in five major leagues in Europe, such as the Champions League, the Super League and the AFC Champions League. Through the interactive experience of mobile, PC and OTT platforms, it provides users with the ultimate sports content and experience by using graphics and texts, short videos and live broadcasts.

  The champion of the Football Interpretation Conference will directly sign a contract with PP Sports. The powerful event resources of PP Sports mean a broader expression platform for the participating players. In fact, in the process of program production, it is also organically combined with these superior resources. For example, if there is a major football match during the recording of the program, the innovative mode of "live broadcast of top-level matches+real-time production" will be adopted, and players will walk into the live broadcast room of PP Sports for live commentary, which is also part of the competition of program players. This model changes the previous "propositional" routine and directly tests the professional skills of the players. This open link design not only increases the difficulty of the competition, but also gives players more space for self-expression.

  The new era has its own youth culture, so football commentary should also have its own culture. Football Commentary Conference has become the trend vane of youth culture by accurately grasping youth culture and taking football commentary as the carrier.

China women’s basketball players: shouldering a great sense of responsibility and mission, the goal of the Asian Games is to win the championship

Li Yuan: Through the difficulties in this circle, the god of luck finally stood on our side. Our team, the goal of the Asian Games is to win the championship.

Pan Zhenqi: I think everyone is the same. As long as we play for one minute, we have to fight for 60 seconds. We all fight for honor and country.

Zhang Ru: When the national flag is raised and the national anthem is played abroad, I feel a great sense of responsibility and mission. The more everyone reaches the critical moment and the difficult moment, no one shows great fear.

Zheng Wei: Of the 12 people who participated in the World Cup last year, eight of our players were not on the team, and only four of them really stayed on the team. These were very difficult times.

Lose the sparring team for 2 consecutive games! Owen supports the American men’s basketball team: don’t take it too seriously. It happens sometimes.

Live on August 5 th, the US Men’s Basketball World Cup Training Camp is being held recently. The American Men’s Basketball World Cup team lost to the sparring team for two consecutive games and 10 minutes each.

Owen forwarded the report and wrote: "It happens at this time. This is part of the game. Every player in the American men’s basketball team is trying to find his own role and fight for playing time. You have to give the world cup players time to get to know each other and don’t take this report too seriously. "

Another old rocket general! A CBA team is contacting this Russian super scorer?

According to Russian basketball journalist Artem Komarov, Alexey Shved, a former NBA player, talked about his possible future in an interview with teammate Viktor Pavlenko. Sheved said that he is on the verge of leaving CSKA Moscow, and he has received some offers from teams in the European Basketball League and China, including the Greek giant Olympiakos, who performed well in the European Basketball League last season.

Born in December 1988, Sheved is 34 years old, with a height of 198cm and a weight of 85kg. He is a draft loser in the 2010 NBA Draft. However, with his outstanding performance in CSKA Moscow in the 2011-12 season, he got a contract from Minnesota Timberwolves in the summer of 2012. Sheved’s performance in the Timberwolves in the first season was actually not bad, but in the second season, with the decrease of playing time, his performance also declined to some extent. The Timberwolves also sent Sheved to the Philadelphia 76ers in the summer of 2014. Shortly after the start of the regular season, Sheved was sent to the Houston Rockets by the 76ers and then sent to the new york Knicks by the rockets.

In the summer of 2015, after the contract with the Knicks expired, Sheved did not get a contract from other NBA teams, and he had to return to Europe to play. However, in Europe, he has become a top scorer. He has won the scoring champion of the European League twice, the scoring champion of the European Basketball League once and the scoring champion of the VTB League twice. He is one of the best pitchers in Europe and has excellent scoring ability.

However, after all, Sheved is a veteran who will be 35 years old in a few months, and with his status and position in the European arena, he also needs to pay a lot of wages to sign him. Then the question comes, will there really be a CBA team to offer a big contract for this Russian veteran and sign him?

As the times require, it is obvious that you can make a circle by being cute, but Liu Yutong, the "big baby", has to rely on strength.

Liu Yutong’s great welcome reflects the new aesthetics of fans in the internet plus era. People pay more attention to the real-time interaction on and off the field, and pay more attention to the performance of sports stars "both inside and outside"

In the women’s basketball competition of Chengdu Universiade, Liu Yutong of China team was so angry that she had no friends.

With a height of 201cm and a weight of 200 kg, she helped the China team win all the way with the absolute pressure from inside.

On the court, Liu Yutong, a big man, often bounces his opponent with a slight force in physical confrontation, which is vividly compared by netizens as "bouncing music".

There are many players in the sports world who have the ability to "kill the game", and most of them are "terrorist". However, Liu Yutong on and off the court is cute, and his gestures are cute. In the face of the interview, she will tell you without affectation that the title of "Big Baby" was given by a little brother. Should be the old saying-clearly can rely on cute out of the circle, but depends on strength. Some people call her "female O ‘Neill", but she is her and our big baby.

Liu Yutong is reminiscent of Zheng Haixia. Choosing "tower" players is a direct way to increase the right to speak on the court. Yao Ming and Zheng Haixia in those days gave us many wonderful memories. It is quite rare to play well and be cute. Liu Yutong’s great welcome reflects the new aesthetics of fans in the internet plus era. People pay more attention to the real-time interaction on and off the field, and pay more attention to the performance of sports stars "both inside and outside". When the whole network shouted Liu Yutong’s "big baby", Liu Yutong readily responded, saying that anything can be shouted. This shows that the new sports forces in China also know the Internet language very well.

On the field, there are "blue prince", "smiling angel", "Dr. Dunk" and "Li Mochou" butcher. The existence of diversified roles makes the game exciting and exciting.

An athlete is given a well-known nickname by the whole network, which is not only the embodiment of his strength, but also the embodiment of the progress of sports culture.

It’s different from sitting in a tight seat and watching the game nervously. It’s different from looking at the faces on the field like the printed names on the table. When we shouted out "Big Devil" and "Big Baby", we felt unprecedented happiness.

Wu Lichuan, Special Commentator of Red Star News

Editor Zhao Yu

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Looking back on the first part of the NBA draft, 08 is comparable to the golden generation in 03, 96 and 84.

The NBA draft injects fresh blood into the team and ensures the sustainable development of the NBA. In the past 15 years, many talented players have emerged, such as the leader of the small ball era, the baby-faced assassin Curry, the three pairs of crazy turtles Wei Shao, the god of death Durant, and the streaky Jokic … Among them, the quality of the draft in 2008, 2009 and 14 was high, which set off the NBA small ball era and changed our understanding of the past basketball.

Back in 2007, it was a draft that attracted the attention of fans all over China, because there were two China players in the 2007 NBA draft, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Nets with the 6th overall pick, and Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers with the 40th overall pick.

Today, Durant has the highest achievement, but it is definitely not the one with the highest talent. Durant was only selected in the second place. In front of him was Auden the Great, a favored son of James at that time. Even if you choose the No.1 scholar 10,000 times, it will be Auden, not Durant. Unfortunately, injuries destroyed Auden and made Auden a passer-by in the NBA. However, this draft still produces four all-star players, one mvp player and two best defensive players, and five players still play in the NBA.

Even in the past 16 years, there are still 6 rookie players in the NBA in 2007.

All-Star Players: MVP, FMVP Kevin Durant (2), Al Horford (3), Best Defensive Player Joaquin Noah (10), Best Defensive Player Mark Gasol (46).

Active NBA players: Mike Conley (4), Jeff Green (5), Thaddeus Young (12), Kevin Durant (2), Al Horford (3), and Allen Tucker (29).

China players Yi Jianlian (6) and Sun Yue (40)

the year of 2008

In 2008, no matter the quality and quantity of players, the rookie was comparable to the golden generation in 2003, 1996 and 1984. This year, two mvp players were produced, among which Ross played the MVP level in the rookie season and became the youngest MVP player, while Wei Shao even averaged three pairs in three seasons to keep himself on the honor list in NBA history.

All-star players: MVP Derek Ross (1), MVP Russell Westbrook (4), Kevin Love (5), Brooke Lopez (10), Roy hibbert (17), Sergey Ibaka (24) and De Andrew Jordan (35).

Active NBA players: Derek Ross (1), Russell Westbrook (4), Kevin Love (5), Brooke Lopez (10), De Andrew Jordan (35), Danilo Gallinari (6), Eric Gordon (7) and Robin Lopez (15).

In 2009

From the current point of view, the success rate and quality of the draft in 2009 are not worse than that in 2008. Two MVP stars Harden and Curry were born, as well as the all-round inside champion Griffin, who is proficient in offensive means. Together with all-star players such as demar derozan, Horodi and Jeff Teague, Evans, Lu Biao, Lawson, Jennings, Beverly, Gibson and Darning are important players who have contributed to various teams.

All-star players: Blake Griffin (1), MVP James Harden (3), MVP,FMVP Stephen Curry (7), Demar demar derozan (9), Zhu Holliday (17) and Jeff Teague (19).

Active NBA players: Blake Griffin (1), James Harden (3), Stephen Curry (7), Demar demar derozan (9), Zhu Holliday (17), Ricky Lu Biao (5), James Johnson (16) and Ty Gibson (26).

2010 years

Compared with the talents in 2008 and 2009, looking at the whole NBA history, the 10 rookie can be described as a draft year. Injuries haunt the current players, and most of them quit the NBA stage early.