Disappointed hero 10- chamberlain
When you saw the name I typed, were you surprised, or did you think my statement was really untenable? Don't worry, please listen to me slowly. Yes, Chamberlain is one of the greatest players in NBA history and undoubtedly the most dominant center of his time. All the NBA records he has kept have not been broken so far, and the most talked-about record of 100 points per game is even more shocking, unprecedented and hard-won. But-you must think that I will once again take out the NBA championship ring that tripped over many heroes to solve my doubts!
Yes, Chamberlain won two championship rings, but that was at the expense of his style and shooting. In the season of winning the championship ring, Chamberlain's score was significantly reduced, in exchange for the overall improvement of teammates' data, which is the premise of winning the championship-an excellent team. What Chamberlain and his team said is no longer frequently mentioned.
But I still think Chamberlain is a frustrated hero because he is lonely. The reason why the Bull Dynasty became the ultimate totem of basketball in the eyes of fans lies in the strength of the protagonist and the bumpy road to the establishment of the dynasty. With ups and downs, it will be wonderful. And a wonderful appearance will undoubtedly require competitors. But in the contest on the field, the lack of equal competitors will not leave a deep impression on people. During the Bull Dynasty, the Bull Iron Triangle vs Jazz Golden Partner. In the classic battle between the Lakers and the Pistons in the early 1990s, the magician and the smiling assassin confronted each other at the peak. The battle for commanding heights between the Rockets and the Knicks is all a passionate collision between the needles and the wheat.
However, Chamberlain didn't. Maybe you will say Russell, the symbol of the Celtic dynasty. Yes, the Celtics may be able to beat Chamberlain's team with the help of the whole team. But no one can match Chamberlain's Olajuwon or Ewing Chamberlain's skill and height beyond that era in the position of center. And comprehensiveness made him stand out among his contemporaries. The lonely warriors who struggled for defeat all their lives depicted by Jin Yong in The Condor Heroes and the legendary swordsman are undoubtedly lonely, and heroes without rivals are sad. Chamberlain, who has passed away, has never met a real challenger in his whole career. In this sense, he is undoubtedly frustrated. So is Chamberlain, and so is O 'Neill? -At least for now ...
The ninth frustrated hero-Sabonis
Speaking of Sabonis, perhaps the first reaction of most NBA fans is: Oh, the big white fat man who was wantonly ravaged by O 'Neill inside, if you have to say more details, there are: 2.2 1 meter height, bloated figure, slow pace and almost zero jumping height. Of course, it is undeniable that his touch is outstanding among centers: he can shoot three points and the overall situation is not bad.
Judging from his technical statistics in NBA, Sabonis doesn't seem to be a super-class star. Yes, none of the above views is wrong, and it can even be used as an objective evaluation of Sabonis' performance in the NBA. However, it is not one-sided to assert that Sabonis is a loser. An example of Sabonis' ability may be illustrative: when the budding Yao Ming first caught the attention of the world basketball world, a famous coach in the former Soviet Union was excited.
This is certainly an affirmation of Yao Ming, and the standard of Sabonis can be seen from this. To be fair, today's Yao Ming has not surpassed the level of Sabonis' peak. 1988 Seoul Olympic Games, the former Soviet men's basketball team beat the United States to the top. At that time, Sabonis was the center of the team. In the confrontation with the naval colonel, Sabonis gained the upper hand. Score, rebound, attack.
However, the hostile relationship between the United States and the former Soviet Union doomed Sabonis to be unable to appear in the NBA in the golden age of his sports career. This is not so much the misfortune of Sabonis as the regret of the NBA. The gorgeous NBA also lost the gorgeous sum. This cannot but be said to be the regret of the majority of fans. 1992 Barcelona, Lithuania lost to the American Dream Team, ranking second. Sabonis, who became a member of Lithuania's national team from Soviet socialism, has passed the peak of his youth. Pain and years have gradually made his huge body no longer have the vitality and deterrence of the past, but he is undoubtedly familiar with Robinson's two consecutive big hats.
Sabonis's NBA career can be evaluated in one sentence: he chose the wrong team and the wrong opponent at the wrong time to complete a game. Perhaps the only correct thing is that he earned enough pension for his life after retirement. When the faltering Sabonis collapsed on the journey of NBA, he could no longer dominate the game, and the temperament of the pioneers determined that they could not become the final championship-if an infighting continued, the scale of problems would emerge one after another.
American fans are very picky. In their view, players who have not been proved in their own leagues are not successful players. Perhaps in Sabonis's view, there is no need to prove anything to the world. Maybe he's great enough. We can't know what Sabonis thinks. But sometimes I can't help thinking: When old Sabonis sees junior players like O 'Neill and Yao Ming galloping on the court, will a youthful figure emerge in his mind?
I have the strength, but I can't get the chance. I can only see the teenager's head turn white, and then I can only let people sigh. This is probably the sadness of Sabonis!
No.8 frustrated hero mourning
Not long ago, when Mourning announced his retirement from the NBA due to kidney disease, most NBA fans felt not only regret, but also shock. In fact, no one thought that this big man's kidney disease was so serious that his life would be in danger if he laid it down again. Just before the recent game against the Rockets, when I saw that Mourning, who is as big as an iron tower, would play against Yao Ming, I thought, "Who can tell that he has kidney disease with such a strong body?" However, after the game, I have to accept this fact-
The height of 2.08 meters is really not eye-catching in the center position, and the lack of the championship resume also makes it impossible for the younger generation to admire Mourning from the heart. However, a few years ago, Mourning's Heat really made many teams have a headache. As the right-hand man of gold operator Riley, the defensive system built by Mourning and his teammates makes every opponent who confronts him feel suffocated like a heat wave, and as the best defensive player in NBA, Mourning has become the core of this defensive machine. Outstanding explosive power makes mourning's huge palm a nightmare for everyone near the basket. Compared with his excellent rebounding and defensive skills, the slightly rough offensive skills have become the shackles for Moning's record to continue to improve. The monotonous attack routine is also the dead hole that Riley has never really solved in the Heat. This undoubtedly narrows the space for the Heat to advance to a super-class team. But all these can't erase mourning's Excellence, his passion, his passion. His efforts from beginning to end in the game are the reason why fans admire him. I remember that in the last 0.9 seconds of another game, the Heat was still one point behind. In the heat's half-court touchline ball, I saw the ball thrown high to the basket. Mourning rose from the three-second zone and pressed the ball into the basket with one arm. It was said that two defenders were crushed because their hands were on the basketball before entering the basket.
Mourning's amazing explosive power is fresh in my memory, but this is not the reason why I judge him as a frustrated hero. There are not a few excellent stars like mourning, and there are many better than him. At least Rodman rebounds better than mourning. But in the face of diseases such as mourning, not many men dare to say no to fate again and again. When Hemingway shouted "You can destroy a person as much as you can, but you just can't beat him" in front of almost invincible natural forces. Maybe illness can erode mourning's health, maybe mourning will never win the championship, but who can say that he is a loser?
Compared with O 'Neill's nagging about his big toe, Mourning's calmness and tenacity in the face of illness are more admirable. If there is no kidney disease, can he find a stronger team? If there are many, but there is only one possibility in life, there is only one way for mourning's career. ...
It seems that the funeral will come back soon. Whether he comes back or not, let's sincerely say to the warrior: "funeral, have a good trip in the second half!" "
Buckley, the seventh frustrated hero
For many China fans who got to know the NBA because of Yao Ming, Buckley left the deepest impression on them that the clown had to kiss the donkey after losing the bet. Among the fans who began to pay attention to the NBA earlier, almost no one didn't know the name "villain" because he was once a force to be reckoned with in the NBA.
Power forward who is only 1.96 meters tall; The shortest rebounding king in NBA history; The same is true of tanks; A straightforward and sarcastic mouth; A casual attitude towards life; A feat of fighting O 'Neill; And his villain name ... these are not enough to bear the title of "hero". More importantly, Buckley lacks an important honor-the championship ring. As we all know, Buckley and Jordan are close friends and competitors. This kind of competition is not only on the basketball court, on the gambling table, on the golf course, but also taught by them secretly. Golf is more professional than Jordan, but only on the basketball court, Buckley can only accept the fate of losing to Jordan again and again. No matter how excellent Buckley's performance is, Jordan can always block his way to victory. Perhaps not only Buckley, but also most of Jordan's contemporary stars have lamented, "Why are you born with knowledge?"
Jordan's first retirement made many heroes who were crazy about the championship ring see the hope of winning the championship, and Buckley and his grandson were no exception. However, this time, another genius who entered the NBA at the same time as Jordan-Olajuwon stood in front of him. Buckley was frustrated again by the sudden explosion of the rocket. All right! Since you can't beat it, join it. That's what Buckley did. However, fate played a joke on Buckley, who sacrificed a lot for a ring, and announced that Jordan, who returned to the basketball court, would not give ambitious challengers any chance. In the following three years, three championship trophies remained in Chicago, thus establishing the status of the bull dynasty. When the rockets broke out, with the decline of big dreams and the departure of veterans, they didn't even make it to the finals.
Time flies, time flies, and inadvertently, Buckley's golden age has passed. He is no longer the protagonist on the court. Despite his efforts, his mouth is still sharp and funny, and wonderful dunks emerge one after another. But his silence is obvious, because jazz is in full swing in the west at this time. Another friend of Buckley, Malone, and his partner, stockton, have deep feelings.
Almost at the same time as Jordan retired, Buckley, who was disheartened, also chose to retire because of his knee injury and the new rules.
Regarding the new rules, Buckley once made such a mockery: Maybe people will only remember me as "Buckley fouls" in the future. This is a mockery, but it reflects a lot of Buckley's bitterness. After retiring, Buckley became a TV commentator to give full play to the heat of his big mouth. Interrupting with his partner can't make Buckley forget his favorite basketball court, let alone the championship he dreamed of.
However, the increasing weight and bloated figure make Buckley's dream of comeback an impossible task. A person has to bid farewell to the career he loves and accept the disillusionment of his dreams. This is really a heartbreaking thing. I believe everyone still remembers the tearful farewell scene of Jordan in the 2003 All-Star Game. For a hero, leaving is always painful.
Buckley's life, far from the life of players, is very fulfilling. Although his career is not perfect, who can say that he is not a hero? At least, he fought! At least, he brought us too much fun and excitement. Enough!
Let's give a thumbs-up and sincerely admire: "Buckley, it's a man!" " "
The unbearable lightness of life-grant hill.
Tolstoy Ceng Yun: Most happy families are similar, but each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. However, for those players in the biography of frustrated heroes, the reasons for their frustration are all so similar: either the sadness of missing the championship ring; Or depression plagued by injuries. For a professional player, the most painful thing is not the poverty in his later years, but when he looks back on his sports career, he finds that there are not many memories to be proud of. The most painful thing in life is this, because it means that the golden stage of their lives is wasted. If their frustration is not due to their own conditions, but to accidents, the pain caused by this regret will be particularly heartbreaking.
There is potential, but you can't turn it into a brilliant career. This is what makes Hill depressed.
No one will deny Hill's extraordinary strength, because Hill, who is known as the most comprehensive small forward in history, will naturally not be unworthy of his name. The impressive record of 29 triple doubles seems to confirm that people's expectations for him are not unreasonable. At the beginning of her debut, Hill only heard admiration. Even Uncle Joe, who has always been critical, praised Hill as his successor. Everything is so smooth that it seems only a matter of time before a big star is born. If there were no subsequent accidents.
As the western proverb says, when God closes a door in one place, it will open a window for you in another place. I wonder if God is really as kind as this sentence. On the contrary, I think God is as stingy as narrow-minded Zeus in Greek mythology-if he really exists, because he never satisfies everyone's wishes. As the ancients said, the sky envies talents. Maybe it's Hill's predecessor.
Unlike most NBA players, Hill was born in a wealthy middle-class family. He inherited his sports genes from his father, who is a professional football player. It can be said that Hill is engaged in basketball because he has no burden of making money to support his family. Everything was perfect before Hill switched from Pistons to Magic. But fate played a cruel joke on Hill at this time. The first ankle injury will not change people's expectations of Hill. Three months of injury is not enough to erase people's memories. What about six months? Even a year ... even the greatest star will be forgotten with the passage of time, not to mention Hill, who has not yet become a superstar. Therefore, we can't ask the alien (C Ronaldo) to change back to the high-spirited teenager before, because the alien who has experienced serious injuries and a cold world knows better that he is just a name after leaving the football field.
Hopeful to come back again and again, only to be knocked down by the same enemy again and again, and anyone's spirit will be exhausted. Is it Hill's turn this time? Baggio called the injury the love of his life. If injury is destined to be a lover that athletes can't get rid of, then this lover is undoubtedly too harsh and willful for Hill. How many great stars have to leave the stadium in tears because of this "lover", Basten and Garrincha ... The golden age of Hill's sports career is about to leave. For this fighter who has struggled with injuries for too long, we can only send the most sincere wishes, only.
No one guessed that Hill's career would be so bumpy, so will anyone guess the final outcome? Is the ankle destined to be an unbearable lightness in Hill's life? At least the insurance company won't like this ending, right?
Lonely assassin-reggie miller.
Friends who have read martial arts novels know that a really good killer doesn't have to be daunting, but he will definitely keep an absolutely cool head in his actions. He will wait patiently, hibernate, and even bear the burden of humiliation when necessary, but he will never waste any extra energy for other things. If you can't remember him completely before the last drop of blood, or show a little slack in confrontation, wait. This will be a fatal blow, as fast as an ear. Perhaps this blow will not be as elegant as Flying Fairy Falling from the Sky, nor as magnificent as Flying Eighteen Palms, but it will definitely be faster than you expected. It may not pierce your body a little more, but it will definitely seal your throat with blood. At this moment, with endless regrets, you have to accept the fate of failure.
The killer on the court is filippo inzaghi, and the person closest to the nature of an assassin on the basketball court, I think, belongs to reggie miller. Unlike most famous celebrities, Miller has no outstanding physical fitness, no absolute height advantage, no boastful jumping ability, and even no excellent mobile quality. But on the basketball court, you'd better not ignore his existence. Don't provoke him-if you are not absolutely sure, knock him down before he takes action. I believe new york people must have a deep understanding of this sentence. The war of words with the famous director Spike Lee, a huge fan of the new york Knicks, has become an amazing record of 25 points in a single quarter. Miller almost single-handedly defeated new york, known as the craziest home court. This is almost impossible for ordinary people.
There is an unwritten law among NBA general managers, that is, if you want to win the championship, never choose a rookie with three garages in the backyard, because in their view, such a player will be too polite when playing, thus lacking a belief in winning. Neither grant hill before nor vincent carter later seems to be enough to break people's prejudice. But no one will comment on reggie miller, who also comes from a middle-class family, because he was born to win the championship, even though he hasn't got the coveted championship ring. The creator of the Miller era can't be a coward, and any player Jordan regards as a real opponent can't be a coward. The classic matchup in NBA history tells us that the two players are far apart.
Of course, the best evaluation of the nature of Miller's assassin is when Miller is mentioned. The genius pen that the Nuggets grabbed 10 in the last 9 seconds is the best trademark of this term. But in my opinion, the example that truly reflects Miller's inner world is the endless feud between him and Jordan. After all, for any player of Jordan's contemporaries, Jordan is a touchstone that cannot be bypassed. It's interesting to say that on the eve of every game between bulls and pacers, the media always hypes it up, which makes the adrenaline of both players soar. Its popularity is no less than today's attention to Yao shark confrontation. Indeed, it is not easy to make Uncle Joe, who has been trying to anger his opponent, go into a rage or even fight. This of course shows that Miller's spamming skills are superb. It also proves that he is close at hand, and he can achieve perfection if he has small defensive skills. This is also one of the characteristics of a good killer-
This is Miller's cleverness and his incompetence. He is clever because his strategy works for most of his opponents. Unfortunately, his technical targets include Michael Jordan. Angering Jordan may bring him a victory, but it will certainly bring him more fierce revenge.
Miller should be lucky. As the ancients said, nine times out of ten things in life are unsatisfactory. A full life, a beautiful wife, lovely children, the respect of teammates and the support of fans. Except for a nearly perfect but regrettable career. ......
In the golden age of his career, Miller, who teamed up with Jordan to create a classic confrontation, gradually entered the sunset period of his career. However, this lonely flying man who couldn't bear to leave basketball had to fade out of the NBA stage forever after he came back in an unquestionable age. Looking back suddenly, the ruthless referee of time has "expelled" many stars we used to know. However, their performance is as vivid and unforgettable as it happened yesterday.
The passage of time is unstoppable, and the era belonging to Miller has become a memory in the hearts of fans with the rise of a new generation of stars. Even if the Pacers still have hope of winning the championship, this hope will no longer come from Miller. Maybe years later, when the old Jordan and Miller get together again, it's time to let go of the entanglements that have filled their careers for half their lives. When they meet, they can laugh and bury hatred, but they are not human.