Played 16 minutes off the bench, 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals!
That's the stats handed over by Suns bench center McGee in today's game between the Suns and the Wizards. I believe that no one thought that the 33-year-old McGee, after being constantly traded, can usher in a new life in the sun, right?
It is true that McGee has become an integral part of the Suns lineup now. McGee's talent was recognized as early as when he first entered the league, and it wasn't because of some off-field event that he might have achieved more. The prodigal son turned back to the gold, McGee seized one opportunity after another, and eventually he returned to people's vision.
The god of luck - McKee
If we look at McKee's career and then Cousins's career, we can feel that there may really be a goddess of luck and a god of decay in this world. Cousins played an All-Star in his foreign period, when he had the ability to average 25 + 10 + 5 people per game, Cousins was known as the first center in the league, and he did not lead the team to the playoffs in the foreign period.
It was hard to leave the King to join the Pelicans to join thick eyebrows, and under the leadership of the two, the Pelicans' record improved. However, he suffered a devastating blow in the regular season, and Cousins' Achilles tendon rupture will be missed for a whole season. Not surprisingly, the Pelicans made it to the playoffs that season, but were eliminated by the Warriors in the first round, and this season coincided with Cousins' contract year...
Cousins has since returned, but many teams have begun to stop trusting him and not trusting him to be able to get back to his peak. In this way, Cousins chose to retaliate against the league in a fit of rage, and he joined the Warriors to try to punish the entire league. It is true that the Warriors in that season passed the stage of the Finals again, but Durant was injured, Thompson was injured, and the Warriors lost to the Raptors in the Finals. Cousins has once again begun his own wandering path...
After that, the Lakers chose to sign Cousins, but Cousins suffered another heavy blow in a wildball game in the offseason, and he missed another season. As a result, in the season he was absent, the Lakers signed the Monsters and won the championship that season, Cousins once again rubbed shoulders with the championship, and now he has joined the Bucks, and maybe the Bucks have a hard time this season...
Look at McGee, when his career was not recognized, the Warriors gave McGee a chance, and the result was that warrior McGee won two championship trophies, and he got two championship rings. After two seasons with the Warriors, he chose to join the Lakers, only to win the championship with the Lakers again in the second season.
Although McGee did not play an important role in these two teams, he was loved by players and fans both in the Lakers and the Warriors, he was able to complete the pie well on the court, he could drive the team atmosphere well off the court, and the team with McGee was always full of a lot of joy.
Now that McGee has arrived at the Suns, he seems to have found the best team for him, averaging only 16 minutes per game this season, but he can contribute 10.3 points and 7.5 rebounds. With 10.3 points, it can be ranked third in career. It can be seen that he enjoys playing in the suns and proves his worth here.
In today's game against the Wizards, seeing McGee's performance, Yang Yi said: "If the Suns had McGee last year, maybe they could at least play to grab seven, and the biggest problem of the Suns last year was that the height of the second team was not enough." It has to be said that after having Paul, the Suns have ushered in a qualitative change, and in the absence of Booker today, they are still second in the West and the Warriors' record is equal.
If McGee adds lucky ingredients again and wins the championship at the Suns, then he may also become a player unique in the league, let's look forward to this moment!