Failure to win the election determines the career, and you can only implement your goals
When DeRozan, who has played for the Raptors for 9 years, leaves, when Leonard, who won the first championship for the Raptors, leaves, when Lowry, who is known as the first person in the history of the Raptors, leaves, this Northern Division may really fall to the point of no one's attention, although it has never been a team that has attracted attention, and perhaps the situation is worse now, but quietly growing up will also get a lot of respect, Fred VanVleet sits on the throne of the new King of the North, and the cold city also ushers in the highlight moment of the new lord. He was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career, and the fourth in history to be selected as an All-Star in the lost draft!
Bitter childhood, bland physical talent
Like some inspirational stars, VanVleet had a bitter childhood, in 1994, VanVleet was born in Illinois in the Midwest, when he was 5 years old, his father was involved in a drug trade, thus being killed, a single mother had to take on the burden of raising two children alone to take care of the whole family, the early death of his biological father made VanVleet grow up quickly, he released some emotions on the basketball court, although he was not tall, but VanVleet had a superior basketball IQ, Always able to look a little special in front of his peers, the advent of his stepfather and new brother made basketball a must-have item for VanVleet after dinner. The stepfather set up a very strict training plan for them, the two brothers supervised each other, strict self-discipline, day after day of persistence also let VanVleet develop the spirit of being willing to endure hardships and insist on training, and the daily basketball training also made VanVleet gradually separate from the harsh environment around him.
In college, VanVleet entered the not-so-good Wichita State University, which has very few players selected for the NBA, and VanVleet averaged 16 minutes per game in his freshman season. With only 4.3 points, 1.9 rebounds and 2.3 assists, with the gradual familiarity and hard training of the college game, he became a stable starter in his sophomore season, averaging 11.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game in 31 minutes, until the year of his senior year, VanVleet became the record holder of Team History at Westa State University and was selected as the Missouri League Player of the Year. At this point, the 22-year-old VanVleet decided to storm the NBA to change his destiny.
Beat the talent and win chances by working hard and training hard
The 2016 draft is not a star-studded one, but it is definitely a very closely watched one, because mainland basketball player Zhou Qi was selected with the 13th pick in the second round, when people had high expectations for him, although the desired result was not achieved afterwards, but that draft attracted the attention of the Chinese people. VanVleet entered the draft with a mediocre body, and "smoothly" did not get the intention of the first round of the team, although there were several teams in the second round who were interested in him, but VanVleet decided to enter the NBA through the status of losing the draft and start from scratch. In fact, we can see how mediocre vanVleet's draft physical test data is: 1 meter 85 in height, 88 kilograms in weight, 1 meter 96 in arm span, 2 meters 42 meters in standing height, 85 centimeters in the maximum running bounce, 3 meters 27 in the running touch, and 7 times in the horizontal push of 84 kilograms. Such physical qualities are not outstanding in the NBA, even in the development league, so VanVleet can only regret the failure.
In the days after the defeat, a development league threw an olive branch at him, but he did not accept it because he felt that he was not here. He then attended the Raptors' training camp and shined in the summer league, so VanVleet also received an unsafe 2-year, $1.45 million contract from the Raptors. VanVleet played only 37 games in his first season, averaging just 7.9 playing time and 2.9 points per game, most of the time he played in the development league, and the two seasons will definitely pass soon, so VanVleet must fight for his next contract in the limited time. In the 17-18 season, VanVleet played in 76 games for the Raptors, averaging 8.6 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.2 assists in 20 minutes per game, and was included in the list of candidates for the sixth man of the season.
In this way, VanVleet won the Raptors' 2-year 18 million contract, and in the third season, stabilized nearly 30 minutes of playing time, and the average score per game also came to 11 points, and the Raptors also successfully reached the playoffs under the addition of Small Card and Danny Green, and killed 76ers in the semifinals and reached the Eastern Conference Finals without being optimistic about the outside world. For VanVleet, this is not his first playoff game, the previous season of the playoffs can also average 6.7 points per game, as the core guard Lowry's number one substitute, VanVleet in the 18-19 season to play a very low performance, but he played a very low performance in the first 15 games of the playoffs, averaging 4 points per game, shooting a freezing point, only 20%. Wearing the No. 23 jersey, fans nicknamed him "Van Jordan", and the reason why he was so concerned was because Jeremy Lin, another substitute guard for the Raptors at the time, did not have the opportunity to score from the beginning, even if Van Vleet shot 8 of 40.
"Son Bonus" opens the way for all-star evolution
VanVleet's sluggish performance also put the team at a disadvantage in the first three games of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Bucks took a 2-1 lead, but an incident on May 20 allowed VanVleet to completely open up the second line of the offensive and defensive ends, that is, his son was born, and vanVleet scored in double figures for the second time in that playoff, and continued to the stage of the Finals. In addition to the return of VanVleet's touch, the Warriors' injury also gave the Raptors a chance to breathe, and then the remnants of the Warriors unfortunately lost under the strong offensive of the Raptors, VanVleet cut 22 points, 2 rebounds and 1 steal in the last game, and the three-pointer of 5 of 11 helped the Raptors win the first championship in the history of the team, and the name of "Van Jordan" also resounded throughout the league.
Once experienced the big scene, people's comprehensive ability will improve, VanVleet is no exception, after which he sat firmly on the team's starting line-up, and Lowry became the "steel cannon backcourt", last season's VanVleet averaged 19.6 points, 4.3 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, in the new season Lowry is far away, VanVleet truly became the owner of the Toronto Raptors, and he reached the best state of his career in all the statistics this season. He can score, has a 39 percent three-point shooting percentage, he can organize, he averages 7.1 assists per game, he can defend, he averages 1.7 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, he plays the team's longest playing time, holds the highest score in the team, and shows the temperament of the leader everywhere.
epilogue
Who would have thought that the 1.85m lost draft guard would be selected as the All-Star full of pride, who would have thought that at the age of 22, he has become the leader of Toronto, the kung fu pays off, Fret VanVleet succeeded, he will get the first salary contract of his 7-year career at the end of the season, just as a famous person in the 19-year Finals said of him: Players who play strangely but always have the opportunity to play tend to explode!