The road to fame for the little guys always needs to be a stepping stone, the Nuggets' Davin Reid became famous overnight by defending James, mann won a ten-million contract extension last season by playing big Gobert, is there any faster shortcut to fame than challenging the best defensive player?
The Lakers' Stanley Johnson also has to survive in the league by challenging Gobert. The Lakers' game against the Jazz, the picture of Westbrook and Gobert was spread on social media, but the biggest trouble for Gobert was Johnson.
In the fourth quarter, when the Lakers were behind, Stanley Johnson scored eight consecutive points to reverse the score. When changing defenses to Gobert, if Gobert does not come out Johnson will try to jump shot, and Johnson will directly face Gobert in the conversion attack.
After the game, Stanley Johnson, who became the wizard of the game, said: "If you watch the last few years of games, some teams have successfully defeated Gobert with small players. ”
It's also inappropriate to say that Stanley Johnson is a minor, as he was already famous in high school and college as the number eight show in the first round of 2015.
Johnson was a complete winner in high school, his record in the four years of high school was 135 wins and 5 losses, all five games he lost were in his senior year of high school, and he did not lose a single game after he became the core of the team in his senior year of high school.
Johnson led Mette dei High School to a staggering four-game winning streak and is naturally the nation's top seed. He averaged 25 points, eight rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals per game.
After entering college, Stanley Johnson was equally outstanding. Averaging 13.8 points, 6.5 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game at the University of Arizona, he shot 44.6 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from three-point range, winning awards and winning soft.
As a 19-year-old at the time, he was seen as a natural defender with excellent height and arm span. A strong body can defuse any offensive threat, an excellent arm span can block the passing route, and a pair of large hands can snatch the ball from the opponent's player.
Of course, his offense is not very reliable, the jump shot posture is very problematic, the arc of the shot is too flat, and the shot point close to the face makes the stability poor. Now if you look at his shooting posture, there is still no change.
That's the biggest reason Stanley Johnson once faded out of the league, with the Pistons selecting him with the eighth pick in the hope that he would be one of the league's top 3D players with good offense and defense. But D has it, and 3 can't be practiced at all.
Johnson's failure to play in the end has something to do with him personally, of course, but the Pistons are not without responsibility, the team gave him too much chaotic positioning, starting with him as the first singles player in the second team, compared to no ball, Johnson likes to play with the ball.
But then the Pistons didn't give him the chance to hold the ball, leaving him pure as a pitcher on the offensive end. So he began to practice hard for three points, but this thing may really look at the talent, his three points have not been practiced, and he can only turn back to the bottom corner of the two sides.
Stanley Johnson's fame battle was to defend James in the playoffs in the rookie season, and even got some "next little card" praise.
Now when Johnson receives a pass from James, will he feel like he is in a trance? He who once confronted James now pulls James along.
If it weren't for the Lakers giving him a chance, Stanley Johnson might still be at home. He debuted in 2015, was dropped after playing four years with the Pistons, and spent two more years with the Raptors before suddenly running out of balls.
After coming to the Lakers, he said in an interview: "I'm 25 years old, I entered the league very early, and I'm lucky I've been in the league for a long time. But I still haven't reached my peak, and I'm not close to being the person I've dreamed of being all my life. ”
He hadn't become the person he wanted to be, so how could he give up?