Beijing time on January 13, the NBA regular season Pacers ushered in another game, former CBA foreign aid Stephenson continued to play, the game master and disciple feel bad, the whole game is only 11 out of 3, of which the second half is only 8 in 1, the final Pacers suffered a big defeat, the master and brother scored 6 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Despite the team's big losses and poor personal performances, Stephenson set his own new record, with six assists in a single game to raise the total number of assists in the player's Career of the Pacers to 25th in team history.
In addition, Stephenson has re-emerged as a member of the Pacers' main lineup, after the first 10-day contract, the master and brother represented the Pacers in 5 games, averaging 24.4 minutes per game, is an absolute main player, averaging 14.2 points, 5 assists and 3.2 rebounds per game, shooting 52% from the field, shooting 36% from three-point range, and playing against the Nets with 20 points in a single quarter and 30 points and 5 assists, playing a steady performance of the team's heel. For this reason, the brother got the Pacers' second 10-day short contract, according to the NBA League regulations, the team signed a player with a 10-day short contract, and can only give two consecutive contracts, I believe that the next contract of the master and brother will be renewed with the Pacers until the end of the season.
31-year-old Stephenson can be described as rejuvenated, after all, the past two years he is extremely unsatisfactory, after playing for the Lakers gradually away from the NBA league, two years have been mixed in China's CBA league and NBA development league, playing the NBA development league or in the way of draft, as a veteran, it is inevitable to feel sorry. Fortunately, Stephenson seized the opportunity of the NBA's wave of employment shortages and regained his youth by playing performances. In today's Pacers, Stephenson has contributed good bench firepower, helping the team to achieve a more balanced lineup, playing melee, and playing the role of sixth man to spoil the game, which is what Stephenson is best at.
And Stephenson can regain a foothold in the NBA, more reflecting the liaoning team's vision of the year, 19-20 season, Stephenson briefly played for the Liaoning team, although the average score of 26.7 points per game, but and the Liaoning team system has been incompatible, especially with Guo Allen's partner "contradictions", the distribution of ball rights is a big problem. Stephenson's career has always been a ball-carrying style, taking up a lot of possession, and the defensive awareness is not so good, unable to provide consistent high-quality defense. These characteristics led to the subsequent peaceful breakup of Stephenson and Liaoning, and the 19-20 CBA League was suspended due to the epidemic, and Stephenson, who returned to the United States, was gone.
But now that the master and disciple have played in the NBA again, it proves that the Liaoning team did not look at the foreign aid at that time, and Stephenson did have a strong personal ability, but it was not suitable for Liaoning and could not attack the city for the Liaoning team. There are not many former NBA players who are as famous as Stephenson but do not play the expected performance in the CBA arena, and the former NBA champion Ken Young Martin, the first-round show Swift, and Faried, who played the American Dream Team, prove a point that it is better to use the right one than to be famous.
(Lin Xiaoxiang)