Now mention the name Fred Van Vliet, is not the name of the feeling is particularly strange, but saying that his name is "Van Jordan" I think many golfers know that it is the player, from a missed draft to become a player with an NBA championship ring, his story is not just inspirational two words to describe, let's take a look at his life story!
VanVleet is only a 1 meter 85 tall, physical talent of the failed draft, but he and many NBA lost drafts, most of the players who have not been selected by the NBA will slowly fade out of the public eye, or go to overseas leagues to play, and even directly give up the basketball career, but VanVleet's story has not developed in this way, in the 16 years of draft failure, he did not give up his NBA dream, he also firmly believes that his journey will not end like this, through his continuous efforts and persistence, Finally joined the Toronto Raptors, in the next two years, although he has always been a marginal figure on the team, in the first season of the Raptors, he averaged only 7.9 points per game, and only averaged 2.9 points per game, and basically waste time.
In May 2018, Van Vleet slowly entered the normal rotation of the team, and by his own efforts, became the sixth person to choose the team, but the Raptors coach Casey at the time was very optimistic about VanVleet, although sometimes VanVleet's performance was somewhat unsatisfactory, but Coach Casey was still willing to give him enough playing time, and it was with this trust that VanVleet gradually showed his basketball skills!
In the 2017-2018 season, VanVleet played in 64 games for the Raptors, including 28 starts. Averaging 11 points and 4.8 assists per game, and because of the accumulation of this season, VanVleet's offensive level has been played to a greater extent, in the Raptors championship season, VanVleet has become an indispensable player for the team, averaging 17.6 points and 6.6 rebounds per game, shooting and scoring at important moments in the game, helping the team reverse the situation, and it is worth mentioning that in the finals with the Golden State Warriors, Van Vleet hit 16 three-pointers in the series, setting a record for the NBA bench players to hit three-pointers in the Finals, just because of this dramatic change , let VanVleet become the object of everyone's praise, the majority of fans also gave him a domineering nickname "Van Jordan" means that he is as brave as Jordan on the court, and it is with his excellent performance that the Raptors won the 2019 NBA championship!
After winning the championship, Van Jordan's story was well known to better and better fans, and more and more people were infected by his inspirational spirit, and there was a little secret of Van Vliet that he was in college, a person who loved to cry his nose, when he played the summer tour in college, he was often bumped by opponents on the field because of small people, when Van Vliet often came down with tears, until now he still remembers these things vividly, when he would always run all the way to the bathroom after losing, but his teammates would always pull him out and hug him to comfort him. Hopefully he calmed down and encouraged him not to give up, these things Van Vliet engraved in his heart, and constantly inspired him all the time.
This is vanVleet, who lost the draft to the championship, the transition from a boy to a man with responsibilities. Never give up for that basketball dream in your heart!!!