首先我得承认：选出选秀大会上的赢家和输家是没有意义的。我们花了三年才看清一场选秀大会——记得2013年的选秀大会上，安东尼-本内特最终脱颖而出成为状元，而扬尼斯-阿德托昆博和鲁迪-戈贝尔则分别掉到了第15位和第27位。球探和总经理们看了无数的球员视频资料，面试他们，训练他们，最终仍然失去他们。我们中其余的人就只管朝写着“赢家”“输家”的镖盘上掷飞镖了。
’ll admit this up front: Picking the winner and losers of a draft the night of a draft is an effort in futility. It takes three years before we get a clear picture of a draft — remember the 2013 draft Anthony Bennett went first, while Giannis Antetokounmpo fell to 15th and Rudy Gobert 27th. Scouts and GMs watch countless hours of film on guys, interview them, work them out, and still miss. The rest of us are just throwing darts.
所以说，我做的全都是“无用功”。下面是我心目中本届选秀大会上的赢家和输家。
That said, I’m all about futility. From where I sit, here is who won and who lost in the 2016 NBA Draft.
赢家：费城76人队。这么说不仅仅是因为他们毫无疑问地用状元签选择了本-西蒙斯——尽管这确实很重要，因为倘若西蒙斯能够继续进步的话，他就会成为76人潜在的奠基石。还因为他们在之后的首轮中做出了其他聪明的选择：身高六尺七的法国侧翼球员蒂莫泰-卢瓦乌和六尺七的土耳其分卫富尔坎-科尔克马兹。这就是价值所在。卢瓦乌有着NBA球员的运动能力和身材，有着一手还在不断进步的投篮，他可以处理球，而且有防守潜力。科尔克马兹能投三分——在欧洲联赛的三分命中率为42.5%。他擅长接球投，而且才19岁，所以大有优势。布赖恩-科兰杰洛一直在说想成功就要先下手为强，可当他并没有看到更好的选择时，只好依了“流程”，而这将会弥补76人所失去的东西。
WINNER: Philadelphia 76ers. This isn’t just for not blowing the top pick and taking consensus No. 1 Ben Simmons — although that does matter, they got a potential cornerstone player if he can develop. The Sixers are winners for making other smart picks late in the first round: Timothe Luwawu, a 6’7” wing out of France; and Furkan Korkmaz, 6’7” shooting guard out of Turkey. This is good value here. Luwawu has NBA athleticism and size, an improving shot, he can handle the ball, and he has defensive potential. Korkmaz can shoot the rock — he hit 42.5 percent of his threes in Euroleague competition. He’s strong on the catch-and-shoot, and he’s just 19, so there is a lot of upside. Bryan Colangelo has been talking about winning sooner rather than later, but when he didn’t see better options he stuck with “the process,” and that will pay off for the Sixers.
输家：波士顿凯尔特人队。跟一些人看法不同的是，我觉得他们的选秀还行————我比大多数人更看好杰伦-布朗，而且凯尔特人拥有一些将来可能会彻底变优秀的球员。让他们站错边的不是这个，是他们被阻挠的野心。丹尼-安吉再次地大肆游猎于选秀大会，也再次地，铩羽而归。不是吉米-巴特勒。不是戈登-海沃德。不是贾巴里-帕克。甚至不是克里斯-米德尔顿。有多接近得到他们中的一些人还有待讨论，但是安吉知道他需要引进一名超级明星，而且现在还没有达到目标。不是因为不够努力，而是因为这就是一场看结果的生意。
LOSER: Boston Celtics. Unlike some, I’m okay with their picks — I’m higher on Jaylen Brown than most, and they have some guys who may develop down the line into good players. That’s not what lands them on the wrong side of the scale, rather it’s their stymied ambition. Danny Ainge went big game hunting around the draft again, and again came home with no trophy. No Jimmy Butler. No Gordon Hayward. No Jabari Parker. Not even Khris Middleton. How available some of those guys are is up for debate, but Ainge knows he needs to land a superstar, and he continues to fall short. Not for lack of effort, but this is a results business.
赢家：国际球员。这是一个新的NBA记录：首轮30号签中有14位是国际球员（包括来自澳大利亚的状元西蒙斯）。也许这表明本届选秀大会上的本土球员相对较弱；也许是出于NBA对拉开空间的需求，所以欧洲大个子成为了更好的选择；也或许是各支球队在寻求可以储备多年的球员（这是最靠谱的答案）。但今年是国际球员进入NBA的大好时机。我认为德拉甘-本德尔，胡安-埃尔南戈麦斯和蒂莫泰-卢瓦乌会在几年内打出来。
WINNER: International players. It’s an NBA record: 14 of the 30 first-round picks were International players. (That does include No. 1 pick Ben Simmons, who is Australia.) Maybe it’s a sign of a weak domestic draft, maybe it’s a matter of the NBA’s need for spacing making European bigs a better fit, maybe it’s teams looking for guys they can stash for a few years (that is the big answer), but this was a good year to have come to the NBA from overseas. Dragan Bender, Juan Hernangomez and Timothe Luwawu are guys I think could pan out in a couple yars.
输家：决定在大学联赛里测验自己的年轻大个子们。索恩-马克尔本质上是在躲避竞争。乔治斯-帕帕扬尼斯在欧洲联赛中扮演的是小角色，但在本次选秀大会上却获得了一个很棒的签位，盖尔雄-亚布塞莱和安特-日日奇也是如此。与此同时，那些选择在最好的大学联赛里历练自己的大个子——斯卡尔-拉比西埃，谢赫-迪亚洛，戴蒙德-斯通和德扬泰-戴维斯——然后在选秀大会的签位变动中挣扎的大个子，他们的顺位却掉到了上面所列举的国际球员之下。并不是说拉比西埃和戴维斯适应NBA的能力就没有问题，而是他们在远距离投射方面的问题比马克尔更少。未来NBA级别的大个子球员会从中学到的是，不要在与最好的球员的比赛中测验自己，因为这会降低他们的选秀前景。
LOSERS: Young bigs who decided to test themselves in college. Thon Makeressentially hid from competition. Georgios Papagainnis is a major project who played a smaller role in Europe, as did Guerschon Yabusele and Ante Zizic. Meanwhile, bigs who decided to test themselves against the best in college — Skal Labissiere, Cheick Diallo, Diamond Stone and Deyonta Davis — then struggled with the adjustment paid the price by falling below all those guys listed above in this draft. It’s not that there isn’t a question about Labissiere and Davis’ ability to adjust to the NBA, but they have fewer questions than Maker by a longshot. The lessons future NBA level bigs will take from this is not to test themselves against the best because it can only hurt their draft stock.
赢家：丹佛掘金队。我喜欢他们的选择。他们需要一个投手和除伊曼纽尔-穆迪埃之外的第二个持球点，于是，天上掉馅儿饼般地，他们得到了贾马尔-默里。他们还选了一个有外围投射能力，而且可以进入主要轮换阵容的球员——马利克-比斯利。在此基础上，他们又选了胡安-埃尔南戈麦斯，而胡安在NBA有成为空间型四号位的潜力。这些都是很棒的选择，都能满足需求，也都是迈克-马龙可以开发的球员。
WINNER: Denver Nuggets. I loved their draft. They need a shooter and secondary ball handler next to Emmanuel Mudiay, they had Jamal Murray fall in their laps. They got a guy who can knock down the outside shot and could develop into a rotation player in Malik Beasley. On top of that, they added Juan Hernangomez, who has real stretch-four potential in the NBA. All good picks, all fit a need, and all guys that Mike Malone is going to be able to develop.
赢家：俄克拉荷马雷霆队。我知道你们中的一些人在想：“如果他们想要留下凯文-杜兰特，为什么会这么做？”你可以确定的是，虽然总经理萨姆-普雷斯蒂在这桩交易上没有和杜兰特进行沟通，但是他并没有叩响扳机。可如果我是KD，我会赞同这个人员调整。史蒂文-亚当斯和埃内斯-坎特可以弥补伊巴卡上赛季在进攻端所做出的贡献（他的三分比较挣扎）。作为回报，雷霆得到了维克托-奥拉迪波，一个巨大升级版的迪昂-韦特斯。还得到了艾森-伊利亚索瓦和多曼塔斯-萨博尼斯，这样，阵容深度就得到了些加强。这个交易让雷霆看起来更强了（只要杜兰特还没有出走）。
WINNER: Oklahoma City. I know what some of you are thinking “Why would they do that if they are trying to keep Kevin Durant?” You can be sure that GM Sam Presti didn’t pull the trigger on this deal without talking to Durant about it. But if I were KD, I’d approve this move. Steven Adams and Enes Kanter can make up for what Ibaka gave them offensively last season (he struggled from three). In return, the Thunder got Victor Oladipo, who is a massive upgrade over Dion Waiters; plus they got some depth for that front line with Ersan Ilyasova and Domantas Sabonis. This move made the Thunder better (as long as Durant sticks around).
英文原文：http://nba.nbcsports.com/2016/06/24/nba-draft-winnerslosers-good-day-for-sixers-international-players/
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