Today, the NBA released the All-Star bench list, and in the Eastern Conference's roster, VanVleet's name is prominently listed.
VanVleet did just that, averaging 21.5 points and 7.1 assists per game this season, and 3.9 three-pointers in the league with a 39 percent shooting percentage, second only to Curry, the three-pointer; since the bench was entirely voted by the head coaches, it was no problem for VanVleet to enter the All-Star game entirely. From losing the draft to a stable rotation, from a big contract to an All-Star, for VanVleet, this counterattack experience is really a treasure of life, and if you encounter difficulties in the future, you can also get strength from your own experience. For some of us, especially those who are in a situation that does not meet their ideals, Van Jordan is happy to see from the small people to the spotlight, after all, such a story represents our hope to become our ideal self. How do we have the opportunity to fight back in life like VanVleet?
After the first three games of the 19 Eastern Conference Finals, the Raptors trailed the Bucks by 1:2, and in the crucial third game, the Raptors won the game in a thrilling way, avoiding turning the big score into a desperate 0:3, but in such a key battle, VanVleet was 11 out of 1, not only can it be said that the victory has nothing to do with him, but even he almost became a sinner in Toronto. Even in this situation, VanVleet said in an interview before the G4 game: "No matter what, I will continue to shoot, believe in my efforts in training."
G4, VanVleet shot 5 of 6 from the field, 3 of 3 from three-point range, and scored 13 points alone, with a plus-minus of the second highest +25 on the field, helping the Raptors equalize the big score, and then the story we all know, the championship guard, $85 million big contract.
"Effort" is a phrase that VanVleet often hangs on his lips, he believes that hard work will eventually be rewarded, which is also one of the elements of his counterattack, hoping that VanVleet's story is not just a few days of chicken blood for us, but so that we can continue to work hard for our dreams.
Isn't it too late to make an effort at any time? In fact, if you can work hard earlier, you should work hard earlier. Before VanVleet was named an All-Star, the last person to appear on the All-Star stage was "Big Ben" Ben Wallace, who last appeared in the NBA All-Star Game, back to the 05-06 season, which means that the lost draft has not appeared in the NBA main game for 15 years, which shows that this kind of counterattack story happens too rarely.
In our lives, there are some people who may have a "fluke" mentality, such as some students who choose to believe the story of "college graduates working for bosses who dropped out of high school" in order to make themselves feel at ease not to work in the moment, but do not think that this is only a small probability. What we have to do is to work hard in the present moment, and only then can we improve the probability of achieving our dreams.