The China Power of NBA

"SkiptomyLou", translated in Chinese, means "jumping soul". This is Ralph Alston's nickname on the street court, reflecting his smart and ethereal style of play on the court. The world's perception of American streetball has changed. It is no longer full of violence, sex, gangsters and drug use, but fierce passing, juggling dribbling, and all kinds of drastic changes of direction. He can make hundreds of fake moves from the first step to the last pick of the three-step layup. Alston is a superstar in this area. He has brought about changes in American streetball. This is because of such changes. The mothers of tens of thousands of children feel relieved to let their children go to the street court to play ball.

Alston once beat Marbury and Kobe Bryant on the street court, but his road to the NBA was not smooth. Although Stone has excellent ball-handling skills, his height is limited and his body is very thin. And the most deadly thing is that the three-point shooting rate is not high. This pair made Alston, who had unlimited glory in the street court, only be selected by the Bucks in the eighth round of the second round in 1998, and then he has been playing in the NBDL. The team terminated the contract. In 2001, the Warriors gave him a short ten-day contract, which was then waived. In 2002, the Raptors gave him the same ten-day short contract, but then extended it to the end of the season. At the end of the year, he was traded to the Heat. This year, Alston finally seized the opportunity. This season, Alston played 2003 games, averaging 82 points, 10.5 rebounds and 2.8 assists. Although his shooting percentage was only 4.5%. His three-point shooting percentage has reached 37.6%. Therefore, after the end of this season, the Raptors re-signed Alston with a 37.2-year $6 million contract. Mike - James swap clubs, Alstom came to Houston.

Alston's most glorious time was undoubtedly spent in the Rockets. The Rockets had the Chinese giant Yao Ming, Skywalker Tracy McGrady, the African mountain Mutombo, Diamond Scola, and Batman Battier. , the little black bean Brooks, there is the bird Landry, there is captain Chuck Hayes, there is the boss after the return, there is Bobby Jackson, there is Luther Hyde, and there are hundreds of millions who silently support behind. Fans, this is a team that is expected to win the championship. Alston has played for the Rockets for three and a half seasons and has always been the team's starting point guard. He can score 34 points and send out five Six assists, everyone knows what happened afterwards, because of injuries, the "MM" combination has never reached the height people expected, the Rockets were forced to rebuild, the team reshuffled, and Alstom started to lose after leaving the Rockets Migrant life, wandering around the Magic, Nets and Heat, his performance is also going from bad to worse. Alston, who turned 4.4 years old this year, joined the Spurs and played as a substitute for Parker, averaging 2.3 points and [-] assists per game.

Fans throughout the SBC Sports Complex stood up, clapped and cheered.

"The player below doesn't need my introduction, you guys are going to shout his name!"

"Matt Bonner!"

The fans in the audience shouted loudly.

Those who come here to watch the game for the first time will probably be very puzzled. Bonner averaged less than 7 points per game in his career.

Regarding Bonner, let’s start with his looks. There are four Mambas in the league—Black Mamba Bryant, Yellow Mamba Roy, White Mamba Calabrian, and the Red Mamba is naturally Matt Bonner. Yes, but the difference between the four major mambas is that the first two rely on ability, and the last two rely on looks. Now the white mamba has gone to Italy to play this year, so there are only three mambas left in the league. For one thing, Bonner's title of "Red Mamba" was given by Kobe himself.

Technically speaking, Bonner is 208 cm tall, and the standard power forward's body position is also the fourth position, but he has no post-up, face-up, or rebounding skills. Bonner's control over the rhythm of three-point shots is particularly good. If it weren't for a big gap like no one defending 500 meters away, Bonner would never shoot. Therefore, Bonner's career three-point shooting percentage exceeded 40%, this hit rate can be called a sharpshooter. Tactically, Bonner’s role is to open the gap to either give a strong insider a single play with the ball, or give the point guard a breakthrough space. Opponents are also very puzzled about Bonner. If you want to defend Bonner, Bonner doesn’t get the ball once in more than ten minutes. If you don’t mind, you can pinch others, and Bonner will immediately shoot three-pointers, which makes the opponent very uncomfortable. , but there is no doubt that except for the three-pointer, Bonner's other skills are below the level of NBA players. This is also in the Spurs.

In terms of environment, the overall strength of the Spurs team is indeed extraordinary, but the players are relatively low-key and introverted. In addition, San Antonio is a small ball market, so the team has insufficient exposure and the atmosphere in the locker room is relatively dull. He is more cheerful, loves to joke, and is deeply loved by fans. There is no way around his lack of ability on the court, but off the court, Bonner is more like a leader than Duncan. Many times, Bonner replaced Duncan to accept media interviews.

I saw Bonner open his arms, trot all the way from the locker room, high-five the other players, then leaned over to the technical stage, and said through the microphone,

"Dear fans, I know you all came to watch me play, now watch for a while, you won't see me when the game starts, you know Popovich only gives me 5 minutes per game Playing time, you have to cherish your time to go to the bathroom, because I will only play at that time!"

The stadium fans roared with laughter, then gave Bonner a good-natured applause.

"The following introduces the team's starting lineup. Now, the first player to play is the team's starting second position, George Hill from Indiana Purdue University!"

Hill is 188 cm tall and weighs 81 kg. He was the 2008th rookie in the first round in 26. Due to his lack of height, Hill faced a transition from the second position to the first position after entering the NBA. On the offensive end, Hill is omnipotent, he can use all offensive methods skillfully, on the defensive end, in addition to his height, his awareness, his skills including his excellent wingspan can allow Hill to defend the general level of shooting guards, but When meeting point guards like Kobe, Roy, and Carter, you can only be blown up. Hill's starting is not because his ability is better than Ginobili, but just to make Ginobili Lee led the offense off the bench.This season, he averaged 22.7 points and 9.8 assists in 2 minutes per game.

"The following player is the team's starting fifth position, center Santiago Splitter from Brazil!"

Like Ginobili, as early as 2007, the Spurs selected the player with the 28th place in the first round, but Split still had a contract at that time, so in the 2010-2011 season three years later, Split Lite officially landed in the NBA, joining the Spurs.Judging from Split's average of 8 points and 8 rebounds per game this season, he is quite satisfactory. He has a very good blue-collar attitude, can defend and grab rebounds, and has a deep understanding of pick-and-roll tactics, but he can't shoot. Face-frame technology, at the age of 25, his potential is limited, and if he develops well in the future, he will become a blue-collar worth close to tens of millions.

"The next player coming to us is Richard Jefferson from the University of Arizona!"

Jefferson is a middle-of-the-road player. His physical fitness is good, but his shooting ability is relatively poor. He can defend but does not have super long arms. His offensive rhythm ends with breakthrough dunks or breakthrough points. Has the ability to score independently, but it is not the team's first offensive option. At his peak, Jefferson averaged 22 points per game, but it only lasted for one season. In 2009, the Spurs sent Bruce Bowen , Kurt Thomas and Fabricio Oberto were traded from the Bucks to Jefferson. Jefferson averaged 12.3 points, 4.4 rebounds and 2 assists per game last season, and his performance was quite satisfactory.

"Now, let's welcome the next player! Tony Parker from France!"

Every year during the off-season, in the Taobao evaluation of the low picks in the previous NBA drafts, the Spurs will always have two people on the list, one of which is Ginobili with the seventh pick, and the other is No. 20 Tony Parker in the pick.

On October 2001, 10, Tony Parker represented the Spurs for the first time in the game against the Clippers, creating a record for the youngest player of the Spurs to play.Technically, Parker is a steady point guard, he will not have the risky passes like Rondo juggling, and he will not have the unconstrained passes of Nash. Let teammates receive comfortably and then score. On the defensive end, he and the Grizzlies' head guard Mike Conley belong to the same type. He may be blown up by others, but he may also blow up others. It all depends on Parker's state, but in most cases, it is Parker who blows up others. His speed is extremely fast, and he is good at quickly advancing breakthroughs and various turning breakthroughs in defensive counterattacks. Another big killer move is Emergency stop jump shot, this trick is almost unsolvable, and the shortcomings are also obvious. The three-point shooting rate is not stable enough. Although it can be shot, it sometimes appears to lack confidence.

2005 was Parker's most glorious moment. In the regular season of that year, Parker did not perform very well. Because of injuries, he only played 69 games. He averaged 18.8 points, 3.2 rebounds and 6 assists per game. The shooting percentage was 49.4%, but in the playoffs, especially the finals, Parker averaged 24.5 points, 5 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game. International Player No.1 of Most Valuable Player!This honor is the best portrayal of Parker's ability!
"The next player who will be on stage is from Wake Forest University—" the DJ in the arena played tricks, and all the fans knew who he was, so all the fans stood up and applauded to welcome his arrival!

"Tim—Duncan!"

All the fans stood up and cheered for Duncan!
Duncan is one of the greatest power forwards in NBA history, and perhaps there is no one of these two annoying words. He is so strong that even time can't beat him. He was born in 1976 and he is 34 years old this year, but this In the season, he still averaged 19 points and 11 rebounds per game. In the contest with many young people, Duncan did not fall behind.

In 1997, the Spurs selected Duncan with the No. [-] pick in the first round, creating a new future since then. Under the leadership of Duncan, the Spurs won four championships, personally crowned the Finals MVP three times, and there are two regular seasons MVP, coupled with twelve All-Star selections, needless to say how powerful he is.

Duncan majored in psychology in college, which created Duncan's unique personality charm. On the court, Duncan always played according to tactics, and he never saw things like dunking a basket or blocking a cap. In terms of technical statistics after the game, you can't even remember what Duncan did and easily got the stats of 20+10. He is such a low-key and scary player, but Bai Xiaofei can compete with such a player. Fighting against each other will benefit him a lot.