Mention former Houston Rockets main player Steve. Francis, NBA fans must be boiling, in addition to being the NBA idol of that era, he is also the core soul of the team, because yao Ming's rookie season gave Yao Ming a lot of help, so he is also known as "Fu Boss".
Yao Ming, a famous "little giant" in China, once said in an interview: "I will never forget Francis, he is a good teacher and friend, my initial career in the NBA without his guidance, may not have the subsequent smooth and current glory."
However, under the aura of "Boss Fu", Francis also has a different side, he makes his teammates very speechless in his usual games and lives, at the same time, he has experienced the head coach of the team is also very headache for him, and even calls him a "cancer".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" Data-track="3" >how are the "Boss" and "Cancer" properties refined? </h1>
Steve. Francis, the unforgettable and controversial big star in NBA history, had unusual experiences back in childhood. Takma, Maryland, the most well-known "crime capital" in the United States, is also the place where Francis was born.
In 1977, in the home of an ordinary local citizen, Francis was born. In his childhood, he didn't even know what his father looked like, but more likely to live with his mother and grandmother.
At that time, Francis's family was very poor, and he could not even eat enough to eat when it was the hardest, so he decided from an early age to change the fate of the family in the future.
As the saying goes, "The children of the poor are already home", Francis has shown a very mature side from an early age, and when playing with children of the same age, when his partners are bullied, he always likes to stand out for others, and even fights with other children. It was then that the attributes of "Boss Fu" began to slowly unfold in Francis.
Perhaps because of the harsh environment, Francis has developed a very tough and stubborn personality since he was a child, Francis loved basketball in elementary school and junior high school, showed amazing talent and strength on the field, and was "only respected" on the field. In high school, Francis's "Boss Fur" attribute became more prominent, and even showed a "cancerous" attribute.
At that time, Francis was only 1.6 meters tall, but he was not afraid of any opponent, he could always hold a basketball and bombard the basket indiscriminately, but Francis was not a man of both martial arts and very humble like Duncan, his grades were very poor, and he was often troubled in school, and was once called a problem student of the school by the teachers.
And because his grades were so poor that he couldn't play in the National College Basketball League after graduation, he had to go to a community college to play basketball.
In a game, Francis's super physical fitness, amazing dribbling ability and movement speed were valued by the University of Maryland varsity team, so he was lucky to become a member of the University of Maryland team.
In the 1998-1999 season, he also became the "most beautiful boy" in the National College Basketball League at that time, and with his outstanding personal ability, he led the team to the round of 16 of American college basketball, and he himself was successfully selected for the National Second Team.
Francis's life had just come to some light, and bad news came from his hometown: his mother, who was only 39 years old, had died of an illness. This was a major blow to Francis, and because there was an elderly grandmother in the family, the burden of the family's life was on the young Francis.
However, the prize money won by playing basketball in college was not enough to support his life and his grandmother. At this time, he accidentally saw the salary data of the stars who played in the NBA, which made Francis move, so he made up his mind: enter the NBA.
So Francis participated in the 1999 NBA Draft and was fortunate to be selected by the Grizzlies, but the stubborn Francis did not want to go far away from the United States to play, and he shouted at the draft venue: "I want to stay in the United States to play, I will not go to Canada so far away!" ”
For the first time in history, 20 years ago, a rookie player who had just been drafted into the NBA began to pick a team willfully. At that time, there were insults to Francis in the audience, but Francis did not care and still went his own way.
His move was quickly noticed by the Houston Rockets, who believed that although the young man was very personal, his skills were indeed outstanding, so he risked francis at a high price of 4 players + 2003 home draft picks. Since then, Francis has really started his NBA career.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="12" > the friendship between "Boss Fu" and Yao Ming</h1>
Time came to 2002, that year, is the first year of the debut of Yao Ming, China's "little giant", in that year, Francis represented the Rockets in the draft draw, may be the arrangement of fate, Francis actually had the honor of drawing the lottery, and this lottery is Yao Ming.
At that time, when Yao Ming was sure that he could enter the Rockets to play, the young Yao Ming shyly smiled and walked up to Francis and held out his hand to him, and said shyly: "You took me into the Rockets, hello, my name is Yao Ming, please give me more advice in the future." At this moment, Francis also smiled, reached out and grabbed Yao Ming and said, "Welcome, Yao."
That year, after Yao Ming joined the Rockets, he was talked about by many unscrupulous media for some reasons, but Francis always stood up for Yao Ming as "Boss Fu" and told Yao Ming: "Yao, concentrate on playing, don't be affected by those, I believe you must be the strongest." ”
In October 2002, Yao Ming ushered in the first game of his career, that game was the Rockets against the Pacers, but Yao Ming, who played for the first time, only played 11 minutes and only got 2 rebounds and 0 points.
After the game, the unscrupulous media began to attack Yao Ming again, and Yao Ming began to doubt his own level for a while. However, Francis always patted Yao Ming's shoulder and said: "Yao, believe in yourself, don't need to care about other people's words, use your own strength to win applause."
With francis's strong encouragement, Yao Ming strengthened his confidence. He not only strengthened his English learning to communicate more with his teammates, but also carried out intensive training to keep up with the rhythm of the team as soon as possible in his various skills.
During this period, Francis also often took Yao Ming to participate in the Rockets dinner activities; he also took Yao Ming to go shopping, buy clothes and entertainment together, and help Yao Ming integrate into everyone.
After Yao Ming joined the Rockets, in every game, Francis, who was used to scoring alone, must pass the ball to Yao Ming as long as he has the opportunity, let Yao Ming score, and support the "little giant" in every game. In addition, Francis also taught Yao Ming some experience and skills on the field.
However, the most applauded is the wonderful bridge section where "Boss Fu" came out for Yao Ming. It was a game in the '04 season, when Yao Ming was slammed by Stoudemire while shooting.
The young big forward at that time was overwhelmed after the dunk of Yao Ming, constantly provoking Yao Ming in the arena, Francis's character would never allow outsiders to provoke his little brother so much, he rushed forward to beat Stoudemire, this wonderful scene also laid the image of "Boss Fu".
However, Francis and Yao Ming's friendship lasted only two seasons, and he was traded to the Magic, and was exchanged for the future superstar Maddy, who partnered Yao Ming. Francis said bluntly in an interview with the media: "I really don't want to leave my brother, Yao".
Many years later, Yao Minggong became famous, was inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame, and when he retired, he gave a speech: "Francis is my mentor in the NBA, without him, my career may not be so smooth, and may even be bad, he gave me great encouragement, our friendship will last forever." 」
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="21" > leave the rocket and go to the low point of life</h1>
After Francis was traded to the Magic, he was able to continue his wonderful performance at the beginning, and led the team to the playoffs through his excellent qualities when the Magic were not very optimistic.
However, with the emergence of Brian, Howard and others, Frances was gradually marginalized, on the grounds that Francis always liked to show himself in the game, even if his teammates had the opportunity to score.
But the ball is in his hands, he is not willing to pass the ball to other teammates, which makes the team's teammates very headache and dissatisfaction with him, at the beginning, the head coach also repeatedly asked Francis to persuade him to cooperate with his teammates, but the stubborn Francis is still his own way.
In the end, the head coach finally couldn't bear to quarrel with Francis. As a result of that quarrel with the head coach, Francis was also "revenge" and was eventually traded to the Knicks.
In the Knicks' career, Francis's personality became more stubborn and tough, and after only one season, he was traded to the Blazers, at that time, Francis, who was already plagued by both mental and injury, could no longer play the strength of the former "Boss Fur", whether on the field or off the field, he could not be recognized by his teammates.
However, just when Francis fell into a low point, the old club Rockets once again offered a high price to let Francis return to the team, but at that time, he was already in a very poor state, even as a substitute player, he did not perform satisfactorily.
The Rockets also felt very sorry and eventually had to trade him to the Grizzlies again. After countless trades, Francis was disheartened and eventually left the NBA, in his early 30s.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="26" ends >: Forever "Boss Fur"</h1>
Francis, who comes from a poor family and can become a generation of NBA superstars on his own, regardless of whether his personality is a "cancer", he will always be the "boss" in people's hearts. He took the lead for Yao Ming and took Yao Ming, who had just debuted, to the stage of glory, and these histories will be remembered.
If you can turn back the clock, as if you can see the day when Francis personally drew the first prize, he smiled and shook hands with a young man of 2.26 meters, the young man smiled shyly, and he also gave a smile and said: "Welcome, Yao." ”