NBA Opening Draw To Twilight Shaquille O’Neal: Chapter 442 NB\'s life never disdains if
"Superstar Card: Arvidas Sabonis (Euroleague version)
Team: Real Madrid/Portland Trail Blazers
Age: 31
First position: Center
Second position: power forward
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Body Hidden Attributes
Lower Body Strength: 90
Upper body strength: 88
Speed: 65 Explosive Power: 66
Dexterity: 74 Bounce: 62
Bullet speed: 72 Stamina: 75
Injury Resistance: 72
offensive ability
Hitting: 96 Layups: 98
Medium shot: 88 Long shot: 72
Dunks: 70 Passes: 92
Ball possession: 82 Free throws: 76
Breakthrough: 75
defensive ability
External defense: 70 Internal defense: 91
Rebounds: 86 Blocks: 80
Steals: 74
Comprehensive evaluation: 89 (quasi superstar)
Natural skills:
Terminator (Purple Diamond)
The action is less likely to be deformed when laying up or dunking, which can offset 30% of the hit rate interference caused by physical contact with the opposing player
Miao Chuan Tian Wang (Purple Diamond)
Greatly enhance the global vision and stability, increase 25%, fancy pass trigger chance
Team Leader (Gold)
Within 10 seconds after a brief control, the offensive ability of all teammates increases by 5 points
Sharpshooter (Gold)
The difficulty of receiving passes and shots from teammates will be reduced by 7% within three seconds
Defensive Pillar (Silver)
After colliding with the opponent within the three-second circle, increase all defensive attributes of oneself and teammates by 3 points in the current round of attack"
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Fuck!
Cap off my old baby!
After watching all the ability values of "Roof of the World" Sabonis, Wang Ze Forest Farm fell into a long silence...
It took a long time before I could barely suppress the shock in my heart.
He had to admit that he might have underestimated Sabonis a bit too much.
Especially when he saw the system's specific career description of Sabonis on the lottery panel, various complex emotions such as shock, regret, respect, and regret rushed to his heart.
This is a monster for no reason at all!
In 1982, the former Mao Bear National Team visited Mimi, and the United States sent many university teams to compete with the former Mao Bear National Team. The two sides conducted a basketball diplomacy.
Most of the national team players sent by the former Mao Xiong are much older than the college players in the American NBA, but among a bunch of uncles, there is a young man who is actually younger than the students in the United States. juvenile.
This is the 17-year-old Sabonis!
Immediately afterwards, the underage Sabonis scored 25 points, 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in the next game against Indiana University, which can be described as a real battle to fame!
After the game, Indiana University head coach Bobby Knight specifically mentioned Sabonis:
"That kid is the best basketball-playing non-American I've ever seen!"
By the way, Bobby Knight, nicknamed "The General", is a famous basketball coach in the United States. He once coached the US national team and led the young Jordan. It is said that he once scolded Jordan to tears.
There is another interesting piece of news about Bobby Knight.
Before the 1984 draft, Inman, then the general manager of the Blazers, asked Bobby Knight who he should choose, and the latter replied without hesitation:
"You must choose Jordan!"
Immediately afterwards, when Inman repeatedly emphasized that they needed a center forward, Bobby Knight shouted out the well-known sentence regardless:
"Then pick Jordan and let him play center!"
Closer to home.
Back to Sabonis.
A few days after the game against the Indiana Pacers, Sabonis met a native American super giant.
The next year's NBA No. 1 pick, once he entered the NBA, he averaged 20+10 inside giants-Ralph Sampson.
At the time, 22-year-old Ralph Sampson had just led the University of Virginia to a 25-5 record in NC.
But in this game, Mao Xiong relied on Sabonis' 21 points to beat Sampson's 13 points and successfully defeated his opponent.
The monster is growing, his footsteps are rumbling, and the bear's ground begins to shake!
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Four years later, Sabonis, who was under 22 years old, received the following honors:
European Player of the Year, Mr. European Basketball, European Championship MVP, Champions League Scoring Champion, FIBA Intercontinental Cup Champion...
The young man in fresh clothes and angry horses has long since aspired to the throne of the king of Europe.
In 1986, the final of the Men's Basketball World Championships.
The United States vs Mao Xiong!
One of the high-profile duels between the two teams is undoubtedly the contest between David Robinson, the strongest center in the university forum from the US Naval Academy, and the most mysterious monster outside the US basketball world.
One is about to be selected as the No. 1 pick in the NBA, and the other is assisting a Lithuanian team to smash the Quartet in Europe, and the birthdays of the two are only more than 7 months apart, so they can match up.
Combined with the situation of the two rounds at that time, this game was extremely exciting.
The final result was that the United States won by 2 points, and there was no danger.
However, people pay more attention to those two talented young people.
David Robinson had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 blocks. The potential talent of the No. 1 pick is undoubtedly revealed!
Sabonis had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 4 blocks. As far as this game is concerned, Sabonis also showed too much.
However, due to five years of endless and uninterrupted campaigns since the age of 17, injuries finally found their way.
With the erosion of the years and the onset of injuries, Achilles tendon problems and knee problems have gradually reduced Sabonis' mobility to zero.
Once majestic and heroic, due to the sudden increase in weight, his appearance has also begun to become seriously uncle.
But this does not affect his ecstasy in autumn and his strong rule in Europe.
When the time came to 1995, Sabonis achieved European dominance at the Real Madrid Club, and won the European champion, MVP, and scoring champion, so there was the following sentence:
"There is nothing in Europe worth pursuing!"
Therefore, the Portland Trail Blazers used a first-round No. 24 pick at the cost of waiting for the king of Europe for 9 years, and finally decided to prepare to land in the NBA when he was 31 years old.
After nine years, what they waited for was no longer the monster boy. The traces of time are ruthless enough, but compared with that **** injury, it seems so insignificant.
At that time, when the Blazers team doctor Don Robert first got the film of Sabonis' physical examination, he said the famous sentence to the Blazers general manager Bob Huitehit:
"You can take this photo to apply for a parking permit for the disabled (with a disability permit, you can park for free, and now there are such policies in many places in China), it would be good if his legs and feet can run, playing basketball? I think it's still never mind."
In this way, Sabonis started his NBA career in the report of a professional team doctor that was equivalent to a death sentence.
In the 1995-1996 season, the 31-year-old "rookie" with infinitely close to zero mobility embarked on what may be the cruelest basketball arena on the planet.
In the first season, Sabonis could only play 23 minutes per game, but was able to contribute 14.5 points, 8.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.1 blocks per game.
This super-old "rookie" does not seem to live up to the 9-year wait of the Blazers.
However, what followed was more dreamy.
In this year's NBA playoffs, in order to deal with the difficult Utah Shuangsha, the Blazers tried to increase Sabonis' playing time. In the 2:3 loss to the Utah Jazz in the series, Sabonis averaged 23.6 points, 10.2 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game. The price was that his average playing time in the playoffs was 12 full minutes more than in the regular season.
Considering Sabonis' physical condition, it is no wonder that countless media criticized at that time: "This is a murder!"
After the end of the first NBA season, Sabonis taught excellent transcripts, but considering his 31-year-old age, people would rather believe that this is a flash in the pan.
If this is the season performance of the 21-year-old Sabonis, I am afraid that the outside world has already included him in the ranks of the league's super centers... It is a pity that the monster boy is gone forever.
but,
NB's life never disdains what if!
People still underestimated Sand Glass's love for basketball and his extremely strong will.
Logged into the NBA at the age of 31 and played for 7 seasons. No one knows how he survived the 7 seasons, but it is undeniable that the arrival of Sabonis has indeed brought a unique landscape to the entire NBA.
There are statistics.
In the first 5 years of the Trail Blazers, Sabonis, the oldest in the team, ranked first in the team for 4 years, and all of the PER values exceeded 20 in the first 5 years.
What made the older generation of Trail Blazers fans even more memorable was actually the 1999-00 millennium season.
In this year, the Trail Blazers and the Lakers met in the Western Conference Finals.
The 35-year-old Sao is still the starting center of the Blazers. He played 66 games this season and started 61 games. In an average playing time of 25.6 minutes, he contributed 10.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 1.5 assists, 1 block and 0.7 steals.
The overall shooting percentage is still over 50%, and the three-point shooting percentage also reached 36.6%. Considering the background of the era at that time, Sabonis's three-point ability was definitely not bad in that era.
It's a pity that before this group of Western Conference matchups started, everyone didn't have the slightest hope of winning for the Blazers.
Just because standing in front of them is the Zijin Legion that is about to start a dynasty.
The same is true.
The 35-year-old Sao, unable to resist the new behemoth of the 90s, Shaquille O'Neal ushered in the peak of his career.
But the Blazers still gave the Sharks the most uncomfortable series experience. In this series, O'Neal averaged "only" 25.5 points and 12.1 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage was only a "poor" 53.7%...
en, considering O'Neal's 30.0+16.2 in the previous round of the series and O'Neal's 38+16.7 in the finals, the third and the Blazers have done well enough.
How good is it?
The two sides fought fiercely to grab 7, and at the end of the last 10 minutes, the Blazers led the Lakers by 15 points, and half of their feet had already stepped on the floor of the finals.
And next, OK, the combination of the most classic cooperation shots seems to have emerged as the times require:
At that time, No. 8 Kobe Bryant, who still had an explosive head, faced two double-teams and made a false pass. The next moment...
The shark suddenly surfaced!
After the suspense of the game was completed in this space, it came to an end.
The Sharks finally achieved a shocking reversal, advanced to the finals, won the championship, and established a dynasty...
As for the Blazers and Lao Sa?
Sorry, but it is most appropriate to borrow a classic quote from an old blacksmith in Los Angeles:
"Second place is the number one loser!"
In the sports arena, not many people will care about what you have paid before reaching the final goal.
Only by winning the first place and taking off the laurels, is it worthy of being remembered by the fans, the media, and history!
It's cruel, but true.
If the Blazers hadn't been reversed back then...
In an interview with ESPN, Drexler said of Sabonis:
"If in 1986, after Avidas was drafted, he could come to the Blazers to play immediately, would the Blazers have won a championship at that time?"
"We could win four, five or six titles together! I promise you, man, he was that good!"
This is actually not without reason.
The Blazers reached the finals in 1990 and 1992. What if they add a Sabonis who is younger?
If he hadn't been forced by the money bear system to fight continuously with injuries...
If he can receive scientific physical therapy...
If he can stand on the NBA court at the age of 21, represent the Trail Blazers in the league, meet the flying man and the magician, meet the big dream, the general, the orangutan...
If the Big Four centers become the Big Five...
If the later fans can witness through the video, there was such a super giant with top passing, outstanding running and jumping, back and back, and even three-point range in the NBA in the past.
Speaking of ifs, the Portland Trail Blazers have too many "ifs":
If Bill Walton, who led them to the championship in the 1970s, was not seriously injured;
If they had selected a shooting guard named Michael Jordan with the second pick in 19810;
If they don't have a trader, another European talent, Petrovic;
If they don't send away the potential Jermaine O'Neal;
If Greg Oden fails to become the first emperor because of the **** injury;
If Brandon Roy did not fall due to injury, he would become a high school coach with the same head as Gordon in advance;
If they hadn't planned to hire those unreliable veterinarians in the first place...
It's a pity that there is no if!
After reading the entire resume of Sabonis' NBA career, Wang Zelin couldn't help but feel emotional:
NB's people, after all, are NB's!
Take Sabonis, for example.
He has played around in the NBA, and experienced a wave of NBA straight to the Western Conference Finals with his body that has already aged and was considered scrapped. With a series of real performances and impeccable high-level data, he has confirmed people's expectations of his peak health. guess.
By the way, he also became the enlightenment idol for Chairman Yao to choose the path of basketball, and even played against Yao Ming several times after he landed in the NBA in 2002.
It seems fantastic, because in the impression of many fans, the two are not players of the same era at all.
But this is what actually happened.
But who made Sabonis work until May 4, 2003, when the Trail Blazers beat the Mavericks in the playoffs and lost the tiebreaker, officially announcing the curtain call of his career.
However, after retiring from the NBA and returning to his hometown of Lithuania, the itchy Sabonis couldn't help playing for another year, giving back to the fans with a season-long retirement tour.
There is no doubt that his retirement tour has made Lithuania and even the whole of Europe seething.
Of course, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com is not limited to just playing around.
In the 2003~2004 season, Sabonis led the team to win the Lithuanian League Championship!
In the same year, he was crowned the European League regular season champion, the MVP of the top 16, and the European team!
In the same year, he was crowned the European league regular season rebounding + blocked shot champion!
In the twilight years of his career, Sabonis once again announced to the European basketball world: Your emperor is back!
After reading all the objections of this senior's career history, Wang Zelin once again firmly believed that all encounters are destined.
Since God asked him to draw Sabonis among the 8 superstar cards, the number one center in FIBA history and the former Trail Blazers star, he must not live up to the latter's great name.
Lao Sa failed to complete the journey in the NBA, let him help complete it!
Champion, it's time.