Pulling back the perspective of time for a few years, recalling the past and the thick years, the Warriors will be prosperous and fleshy, in exchange for the birth of the greatest dynasty team in the second decade of the twenty-first century. At that time, the Splash Brothers emerged, and for a time the scenery was unlimited, and the second round of shows such as Green also rose in this wave of small ball dividends, becoming one of the souls of the championship team. The success of the players depends not only on personal struggles, but also on the course of history: small-ball play has become the mainstream of the times, so that Green, a "no-no-four" template-free player, has become the tide of the times.
When the protagonists enjoy the glory of the championship and the infinite lights on the stage, as well as the applause of the fans, and the fans of the stars and the moon, we often ignore that behind this glory, there is a group of unknown heroes who are sweating and sweating, they are the team's role players. Often in the game, the core players have unlimited firing rights, and when they get cheers and screams from the fans when they get high scores, they don't know that the "tiring work" such as card position protection rebounds fall on these role players, so when the team wins the championship and the stars are famous, don't forget to give the unsung heroes more applause.
In the Golden State Warriors, there is such an obscure "unsung hero", his name is Kevin Rooney, who was selected by the Warriors with the 30th pick in the first round in 2015. Having been in the league for seven years, he is so old-fashioned and not good at words that we once thought he was a veteran over 30 years old, but he was only a 25-year-old boy. In this era of small balls dominated by projection and scoring, Rooney did not have excellent physical talent and projection skills, and did not have Jokic's creative passing, which should have been drowned in the torrent and dust of the times, but Rooney was still trying to shine.
As a member of the Dynasty team, there is a group of shining star players gathered here, and the chances of belonging to Rooney are very small. The ironclad "Warriors Troika", the flowing inside players, David Lee, Boggett, Speight, Vallejo, Jordan Bell, Cowley Stein, etc. have become the scraps of the league, we rarely see them on the court, but Rooney is still active in the eyes of Warriors fans, why is this? Perhaps rooney, who is generally talented, has long been familiar with the way of survival: "Endure what ordinary people can't tolerate, and can't tolerate ordinary people!" "This is also what players such as Payton Jr. and Anderson learned here later, which is extremely valuable and rare.
Whenever The Kuriklays shine with three points, and Green cashes in on his value with three doubles, Rooney is the warriors' hardest-working one. As long as he plays on the court, he will not let go of any ball grab and rebound protection, so he can't play a convincing performance on the offensive end, he just needs to do his best in the rebounding protection, penalty area defense and other impersonal areas. His efforts have also paid off, and in those two years of "BraveRy", he became a weapon for the team to crack the "boarding" blocking and dismantling tactics, and its infinite change of defense left the Rockets' offense with only a singles.
Not only that, but Rooney was occasionally able to stage a scene of inspiration: a fake plan to suddenly attack the basket with the ball, which made the audience fans marvel, and it turned out that he also learned the "chicken thief" trick with Green. Later, in the finals against the Raptors, when he defended Leonard's breakthrough, he was hit by the opponent and fell to the ground in pain, and the post-game examination result was a sternum tear and the season was reimbursed. But at that time, the Warriors had no one to use, and when Durant and others fell, Rooney made a convincing decision - a temporary comeback, and the Warriors fans at that time were all moved.
What kind of sportsmanship and team feelings made this unspeakable boy comeback at the huge risk of ruining his career? From that moment on, we know that Rooney has also become part of the warriors' championship soul, representing an indomitable will and a spirit of not accepting defeat, as well as a united team temperament, he is the team's strong and fighter. He has earned himself the respect and recognition of all fans with convincing actions, and he is an unsung hero.
Usually silent, but when the team needs itself, it stands up to share the responsibility and pressure. In the away game against the Pacers, Rooney played the best performance of the season: In this campaign, Warriors center Looney performed well, shooting 7 of 10 seconds in 27 minutes and 10 seconds, with 14 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists, scoring a new season high. In the final stages of the game, Looney got a rebound in the front court and made a layup to complete the quasi-kill, becoming the key man of the team. Not only was he a great performer on the offensive end, But Rooney's defense was even more refreshing: he defended Turner, making the opponent shoot 1-of-10 and 6-of-6 from three-point range.
At this point, the seventh grade Rooney has slowly matured, whether it is basketball skills or basketball mind. The Warriors retained him in the offseason with a one-year, $5.18 million contract, which is still his contract year, and I hope he can play a better on-field performance and renew the frontier with Golden State! There is a lyric in Faye Wong's "Flowing Years": "Meet a fireworks performance with a round of time", I think it is the luck of thousands of Warriors fans to meet players like Rooney.