太陽狀元籤選誰? Charles Barkley: 笨蛋才會不選Deandre Ayton

鳳凰城太陽今年擁有狀元籤，他們會在選秀大會挑選哪位球員成為了討論焦點。在太陽效力過4季的Charles Barkley發表了他自已的意見。

“如果你不選Deandre Ayton的話，你肯定是個笨蛋。他很可怕。"Charles Barkley接受Planet Pollard訪問時這樣說。

引用“If you don’t take Deandre Ayton, you’re just an idiot,” Charles said of the Suns choice. “He is scary.”

他不認為太陽應該挑選Luka Doncic，因為："我不會去相信國外的聯賽。他們說他(Luka Doncic)18歲就成為了MVP，這只能告訴我他們的聯賽像屎一樣。沒有一個球員會在18歲時統治比他更年長的球員，我不在乎那些年長的球員到底打得有多差。"

引用“I don’t trust foreign competition,” Barkley said to Pollard. “They’re like at 18 years old he was the MVP. Well that tells me he was playing against shitty competition. Nobody at 18 should be dominating grown men. I don’t care how bad the grown men are.”

“你回過頭來看看NBA，我在聯盟已經30年了，只有一個18歲的球員你會說他是真的強，那就是LeBron James。人們忘記了，就算是Kobe Bryant，進入NBA的前幾年他也是很掙扎，Kevin Garnett也是。

讓我們把事情理順。LeBron也沒有在18歲時候統治比他年長的球員。他是適應了這個聯盟，但沒有統治它。就算他是歷史最佳之一，他也沒有出道後統治聯盟。”

引用“You go back and look at the NBA. I’ve been in the NBA for over 30 years. There’s only one 18 year old that you can go back and say ‘oh he’s the real deal’. That’s LeBron James. People forget, as great as Kobe Bryant was, he struggled for the first few years. Kevin Garnett struggled his first few years.”

“Let’s get one thing straight. LeBron didn’t even dominate grown men at 18. He fit in, but he didn’t dominate. And he’s one of the greatest ever, ever, ever. But he didn’t dominate right out of the chute.”

Charles Barkley補充，他心目中去年的頭三順位新秀應該是Josh Jackson (Barkley說他很愛這孩子)、Jayson Tatum和Dennis Smith Jr.。今年他認為Deandre Ayton和Mohamed Bamba這些大個子會在前幾的順位被選中。
（source: https://www.brightsideofthesun.com/2018/6/14/17462650/nba-draft-charles-barkley-ayton-doncic-where-his-nacho-cheese-was-definitely-hot)