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Today 18 years ago: Oden beat KD to become the No. 1 pick, Yi Jianlian ranked 6th, Sun Yue ranked 40th

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18 years ago today, the NBA Draft was held in Madison Square Garden in New York, USA. Oden beat Durant to become the No. 1 pick, Yi Jianlian was selected by the Bucks with the 6th pick, and Sun Yue was selected by the Lakers with the 40th pick. The rankings of well-known players of this class are as follows:

1, Oden (Trail Blazers)

2, Durant (SuperSonics, Thunder)

3, Horford (Hawks)

4, Conley (Grizzlies)

5, Jeff Green (Celtics)

6, Yi Jianlian (Bucks)

7, Corey Brewer (Timberwolves)

9, Jockin Noah (Bulls)

16, Nick Young (Wizards)

40, Sun Yue (Lakes)

48, Gasol Jr. (Lakes)

Oden suffered from knee injuries in his NBA career, playing only 105 games, and averaged 8 points and 6.2 rebounds per game.

Yi Jianlian played a total of 272 games in the NBA, averaging 7.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game.

Durant is still fighting. He has played 1,123 games in his career, averaging 27.2 points, 7.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game.

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