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Yesterday's broadcast Wang brought you the story of the old inspirational brother JR-Smith, today I will bring you a story of the inspirational brother, his name is Duane Washington II, is a lost draft this year, and the Pacers signed a two-way contract to enter the NBA.
Let's start with his recent performance, since entering 2022, Duane Washington II, who was originally a small role, has become a member of the main rotation of the Pacers.
The reason is also very clear, the team is in a state of pending trade, Brogdon, Sabonis Jr., Turner, LeVert and other main squads are protected by the team, can not play without playing, can play less to play less. Coupled with mcConnell and Warren's long absences, the team has given many opportunities to young people, and Duane Washington is one of them.
Duane Washington also managed to capture this time to show himself, playing several very beautiful games. For example, against the Pelicans, Duane Washington came off the bench for 23 minutes, shooting 7-of-12 from three-point range and scoring 21 points.
Seven three-pointers broke the team-history rookie three-point shooting record (6) held by pacers No. 13 Duarte and "Lancers" Chuck Person.
Against the Lone Ranger, Duane Washington gave another eye-catching performance, playing 25 minutes off the bench, shooting 9-of-17 and 3-of-6 from three-point range, scoring a career-high 22 points, plus 3 rebounds and 3 assists. In the second quarter of the game, he scored 10 points in a single quarter, allowing Carlisle to praise him after the game as "ready at all times".
As the number of playing opportunities gradually increased, Duane Washington's performance gradually stabilized, and in today's game with the Clippers, Duane Washington played 23 minutes off the bench, shooting 6 of 13 from the field, with 16 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists.
In 2021, Duane played only 4 games in total, and the total time was only 18 minutes. And into 2022, he played less than 10 minutes of games, only 3 games, and even played 7 starts.
At present, Duane Washington is averaging 8.8 points, 1.8 assists and 1.5 rebounds in 19 minutes per game, and as an NBA draft, such a performance is enough to be called a headwind reversal.
But do you think that's what's called inspirational? Of course not. Duane Washington also has an identity that you may not know, he is the nephew of "Old Fish" Fisher.
Duane Washington's father and Fisher were half-brothers, and Fisher was fond of the eldest nephew. As a child, Duane Washington followed his uncle's ass, and one advantage was that Duane Jr. could follow his uncle to Kobe's house.
Duane remembers going to Kobe's house to play as a child, sitting on Kobe's lap to play games, eating, and watching TV.
Duane recalled that what impressed him most when he was a child was that Kobe Always put his arm around him, and then looked at him and said that he was taller than the last time they met.
In Duane's eyes, Kobe Bryant is an idol, but he is also an uncle who grew up watching him grow up.
After Kobe Bryant's death, Duane said in an interview: "The time I spent with him wasn't even about basketball, it was just family time. I played Sorry or Game of Life at my uncle's house, and I had something to eat after the game, and I never discussed basketball with him. I thought that one day, when I was successful in the NBA, I would discuss it with him. ”
Unfortunately, everything did not go as planned, and Duane was still in college at the time, and he cried bitterly in the hotel after hearing the news.
So the next day at the NCAA game, he had two more lines on his shoes: "#8-24 Forever" and "R.I.P Uncle Kobe."
If Uncle Fisher gave him a different experience, the story of Duane-Washington II's father is not so beautiful.
His father was a former NBA player, and Duane Washington Sr. was drafted by the New Jersey Nets with the 36th overall pick in the 1987 second-round pick.
You know, the NBA draft of that year was different from today, that year the NBA conducted a total of 7 rounds of drafting, a total of 161 people were selected, and the 36 picks were already very high.
It can be said that the talent of the old Duane is recognized in the first league. But most of his career has not been in the NBA, but in France, Spain, Colombia, Venezuela, Israel, Germany and other European countries.
The reason is that the old Duane was banned from the NBA for two years because he only played 18 games involved in drugs.
By the time he regained his mind, the NBA had no place for him, so he began his wandering career. His son, Duane Washington II, was born in 2000 while playing for Frankfurt, Germany.
In addition to his father ruining his NBA dream because of drugs, he almost ruined the family's reputation because of a car accident.
At that time, Duane-Washington II was only 12 years old and in the 7th grade, but his father hit and ran away after driving a car to knock down a 71-year-old woman, as Fisher's brother, the elder Duane was more or less a celebrity, which caused a lot of turmoil.
Waiting for the court verdict was the hardest because Little Duane's classmates would see his father's name on the news the night before and then come and ask him about it the next day. During that time, Little Duane was in tears every time he came home. He was afraid of the criticism of others, and at the same time he was even more afraid of not seeing his father from now on.
Eventually, Duane Sr. was sentenced to sixty days in prison. He was also sentenced to eighteen months' probation and ordered to serve in the community.
But it also made Little Duane understand that the name Duane-Washington depends on him to reverse the evaluation, "There are some things I have to do myself, I am the only boy in the family, I need to do more things." 」 So when his father was released from prison, he asked him to train himself.
However, Duane Washington II was not as talented as his father and uncle, and was only a three-star high school student in high school, and after playing in college for three years, he was selected to participate in the draft.
Eventually he signed a two-way contract with the Pacers and seized the opportunity as the Pacers rebuilt.
Carlisle said of him: "Duane Washington is always ready, he has always been, he has been a great trainer since the summer league, he has had a lot of great performances in training camp, he has done a lot of great things lately. He can shoot, he knows how to play, he brings energy on the court and creates a positive atmosphere. ”
For his efforts, Duan Jr. said that he took it for granted: "I don't know which game belongs to me, so I continue to work hard every day, learn from my mistakes, and apply what I have learned to the next game, the next opportunity." ”
In the first post-game interview with the media after the Pacers' 122-116 win over the Clippers, Duane's first exclamation was: "It's good, I've never been here before." ”
Once, when people searched the Internet for Duane-Washington's name, most of the negative reports about his father appeared. What Duane Washington II hopes to do is that when he searches for the name in the future, he will have his own glorious NBA career.
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