NBA's famous generals are as numerous as the Sands of the Ganges. Every once in a while, I want to pick out one of the "general stars" and savor it with the audience.
This is the first episode of this column, and the player selected is Louis Williams.
This son recently broke the NBA substitute scoring record held by Dale Curry.
How should I rate Louis Williams?
The two-time NBA best sixth-man winner is the natural king of substitutes.
It all starts with that summer 14 years ago.
On the night of the 2005 draft, the Philadelphia 76ers selected a thin high school student in the second round of 45, the second high school player in their history: Louis Williams.
A low pick doesn't mean low fame before the Lowell draft: Louis Williams, a high school student at South Gwinnett HS, won the Naismith Award in 2005, which symbolizes the highest honor for a high-school player in the United States. He was also awarded the Georgia Basketball Sir for two consecutive years (2003-04, 2004-05).
Louis Williams has been a lethal player since he started playing basketball, contributing 32.5 points, six rebounds and 4.1 assists to the team in his second season at South Gwinnett High School.
But why are the other talented high school students in NBA history able to make it into the lotto zone, but instead fall behind in the second round? All the secrets are written on Lou Wei's scouting report: strong offensive ability with the ball, poor shooting choices, basically no organizational ability and defense, short and thin.
Like other low-pick second-round picks, Lou Wei sat on the cold bench for the first two years of his career, being a substitute for Iverson's bench and rarely playing time.
It is likely that At that time, Lu Wei was also thinking about his fate of being eliminated by the NBA after the rookie contract period.
As everyone knows, a major change in the alliance is laying the groundwork for "the times to create heroes".
(In the 2004-2005 season, the NBA introduced a new rule that made handcheck a defensive foul, and from then on, defenders were not allowed to make any hand and forearm contact with an attacking player outside of the free throw zone.)
The general environment of the whole alliance is becoming more and more friendly to the breakthrough hand, especially for a small two-legged defender like Lou Wei.
The 2007-2008 season was a season for Lovell.
Iverson, the eldest brother who will teach Lu Wei to cheat on fouls after training, has already been sent away by mid-season last season, and the team's starting No. 2 position is willie Green, who is weak in defense. The team's top scorer, Iguodala, did not have a strong desire to score, averaging 19.9 points per game.
At this time, it is Lu Wei's best chance to become famous. In an average of 23.3 minutes per game, the third-grade Lu Wei can hand over 12.5 + 2.1 + 3.5 efficient data.
With a sharp stop for a shot, a two-point retreat, a breakout layup in a change of direction, people seem to see a "substitute version" of Aaron Iverson in Philadelphia.
After seven seasons in Philadelphia, Lou Grew to become one of the league's best sixth-man, dominating the NBA League from rest to the main men re-entering the showdown.
In the 11-12 season, Lu Wei, who averaged 14.9 points in 26 minutes per game, lost to Harden, who averaged 16.8 points in 31 minutes per game, and rubbed shoulders with the best sixth man.
In the 12-13 season, Lou Wei switched to the Atlanta Eagles, played more than 30 games and suffered a serious injury to a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, and did not return until the following year.
In the 13-14 season, the returning Lou Wei slipped to an average of 10.4 points per game, and the shooting rate was also the lowest in his career.
It's the season that Love has struggled with for eight years, and perhaps he hasn't healed or come out of the shadow of injury. Public opinion also generally believes that this skinny two-wheeled show double guard will go downhill from now on and never return.
In the 14-15 season, Lou Wei was traded to the Toronto Raptors and regained his life. Playing in 80 games, as a substitute and sticking to the style of single-handedness, Lou Wei scored 15.5 points in 25 minutes and won the first best sixth person award of his career.
Lou Wei's good performance is that Lou Wei's previous ligament injury has finally begun to start this season without negative effects, right?
I prefer to believe that Lou Wei's ball-handling skills have taken it to the next level and are gradually improving.
After winning the best sixth man, Lou Wei continued his wandering career, playing briefly for the Lakers and Rockets.
Different jerseys, the same job, the same efficiency, Lou Wei is almost the number one bench bandit in recent years.
In the same characteristic time, he is still more stable than Crawford, Nick Young, jr and other nerve knives.
In the 2017-2018 season, another summer has passed. The 31-year-old Lou Wei returned to Los Angeles, only this time to join the Los Angeles Clippers.
This change of team has a special significance for Lu Wei's career, and even the history of the NBA's bench.
In his twelve years in the league, Lou met for the first time the first coach who would devise a huge number of tactics for him: Dow Grifos.
Coaches in the past knew the strength and inadequacy of "Ronin" Lou Wei. In the past, Lou Wei's instruction manual was very simple: the connection stage played, the ball was singled out for him, and the matter was done.
The two seasons are different, subject to the civilianization of the lineup, Rivers has created a core system for Lovell and achieved the goal of promoting its strengths while avoiding shortcomings.
In his first Los Angeles season, Lou Wei averaged 32.5 points per game, scoring 22.6+ 5.3 + 2.9 statistics, and won his second best sixth man
So far in the second season, Lou Wei has averaged only 26.5 minutes per game, bombarding 20.4 + 5.3 + 2.9 data, but the usage rate has reached 33% of the history of substitute players.
Lou Wei, who is storming the third sixth-man award.
On this ship, there are beverley, Bradley and other defensive experts wiping their butts, and there are also a number of good blockers.
In the 26.5 minutes of the substitute game, Lou Wei has unlimited ball rights: directly single-handed, find teammates to block and dismantle and then substitute for single-handed, and break through the ball to teammates after blocking and dismantling.
The 4 players on the field are all serving Lu Wei to the fullest, the outside line is open to space, and the tall man is in the front to block and dismantle, allowing Lu Wei to create an advantage for the subsequent team decisive moments.
The lightweight high-revving engine that has been running for more than a decade has finally been installed on the most suitable dinghy.
Over the years, Lu Wei, who has been adhering to the "try to be the best, even if it is just a substitute" chicken soup, has made significant progress in breaking through the scoring skills, but what about the single-headed technique that is famous?
This season, the Clippers' defensive champion Beverley has been asked by reporters, who is the most difficult to defend?
Beverly updated his answer: Lou Wei in the team's training.
Lu Wei, who is almost 33 years old, has been called uncle lou by his young teammates, but he has ushered in his best self at this node.
From the substitute of the substitute, to the strong substitute, to the first time to become the center of the team, Lu Wei spent 13 years.
Looking back, the predecessor Ke Liu, who was about to fade out of the jianghu, did not do such a thing, the peer Nick Young has been eliminated by the league, jr Smith has already transformed 3d and has not been happy.
Lou Wei's story, unfinished, to be continued.
Rather than playing the starting game, how many sixths to get, and whether he can be selected as an All-Star, Lou Wei may be more concerned about whether he can be like the rookie years, and finally can no longer be like a mercenary, change teams and drift.
Finally, I end this article with Lou Wei's self-statement.
"No matter what time, any starting point, just trust me and let me play and you can get points right away. Times will change, styles will change, but I'm sure that won't change."