The NBA is a business, players are circulating, except for superstars, other players have no right to choose who to be teammates with, they may be cut, they can also be traded as chips, which makes some seemingly unrelated players intersect, such as the following five pairs of players:
Yao Ming and Tyrone Lu
Tyronelu is a fantastic figure who was teammates with O'Neal and Bryant for 3 years while with the Lakers, following the team to two championships (he left the team by the time of the third championship). He was a teammate with Jordan during his time with the Wizards, coached James when he was the head coach of the Cavaliers, and what many people don't know is that he also worked as a teammate with Yao Ming.
In the 2004-2005 season, the 27-year-old Tyronelu played for the Rockets, playing 21 games, averaging 6 points, 1.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 0.4 steals per game. Yao Ming, who was 24 at the time, had become the Rockets' starting center, playing 80 games, averaging 18.3 points, 8.4 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 2 blocks, shooting 55% from the field. The two worked together for only one season, after which Tyronn Lu joined the Hawks and the two never intersected again.
Maddie and Ewing
Ewing was an NBA champion in 1985 who played for the Knicks for 15 seasons and was an iconic figure for the Knicks, although he did not play for the Knicks until he retired. In the 1999-2000 season, the 37-year-old and injured Ewing was in serious decline, Knicks fans did not treat him kindly, but treated him with boos and ridicule, he was discouraged and decided to leave the Knicks, after which he played for the Thunder and Magic respectively.
In the 2001-2002 season, the 39-year-old Ewing played for the Magic, averaging 6 points and 4 rebounds per game and shooting only 44.4 percent from the field. Maddy, who was 22 at the time, was also playing for the Magic, averaging 25.6 points, 7.9 rebounds, 5.3 assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 45.1 percent from the field. Ewing had signed a two-year contract with the Magic, but a serious knee injury forced him to terminate his contract with the Magic early, and he and Maddy worked together for less than a season.
Olajuwon and Carter
Olajuwon was named to the All-Team and Defensive Teams several times while playing for the Rockets, was named an All-Star several times, and led the Rockets to two championships, which is the only two championships in rocket history, he is undoubtedly the first person in team history, but he has not been treated well by his old club like Ewing.
In 2001, the Rockets began to rebuild, and the team and Olajuwon could not agree on the issue of contract extension, and eventually traded Olajuwon to the Raptors. In the 2001-2002 season, the 38-year-old Olajuwon averaged 7.1 points, 6 rebounds, 1.1 assists, 1.2 steals and 1.5 blocks per game, shooting 46.4% from the field. Carter, who was 24 at the time, was the Raptors' boss, averaging 24.7 points, 5.2 rebounds, four assists and 1.6 steals per game, shooting 42.8 percent from the field. Olajuwon retired at the end of the season, and the two worked together for only one season.
Kidd and Nash
Kidd has delivered 12,091 assists in his career, ranking second on the NBA's all-time assists list. Nash has delivered 10,623 assists in his career, ranking third in the NBA's all-time assists list, and they are all very top point guards, can you imagine them ever being teammates?
Kidd joined the NBA in 1994 and moved to the Suns after three years with the Lone Rangers, where he played from 1996 to 2001. Nash entered the NBA in 1996 when he was drafted by the Suns with the 15th pick in the first round, and he spent two seasons with the Suns as a substitute for Kidd, making the two great point guards teammates for two years.
Rodman and Nowitzki
Rodman entered the NBA in 1986, when he was 25 years old and an older rookie, which doomed his career not to be too long. Nowitzki only entered the NBA in 1998, 12 years behind Rodman, and who would have thought that the two of them had not only played each other, but also been teammates.
In the 1999-2000 season, the 38-year-old Rodman entered the final season of his career, and he joined Nowitzki's Lone Rangers. That season Rodman was very loose, always absent from the game for no reason, coupled with the team's suspension and the league's suspension, he only played 12 games, averaging 2.8 points per game, but grabbed 14.3 rebounds, still had excellent performance in rebounding, but because he was addicted to off-court life and had no intention of fighting, he finally chose to retire. Nowitzki, then 21, averaged 17.5 points, 6.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game and shot 46.1 percent from the field, a huge improvement over his first season, and a rising star is on the rise.
Which of the above five pairs of players who seem to have nothing to do with each other but have been teammates surprised you? You also know which seemingly unrelated players have been teammates, welcome to add!