Isaiah Leder, a 1.96-meter-tall shooting guard, entered the NBA draft in 1993, was selected by the Timberwolves with the fifth overall pick in the first round, averaged 16.7 points per game in his career, averaged 20.4 points per game in his peak season, won the dunk contest championship in the 1993-1994 season, won the NBA championship in the 2000-2001 season, such a good player quit the NBA at the age of 30, many people say that he was beaten to retirement by Kobe, the point I want to express is - Such absurd rumors, it is time to be put to an end.
Going head-to-head with Kobe Bryant is a real deal
In the 2000-2001 season, Leder joined the Lakers, because Kobe Bryant had grown into the second core of the Lakers at that time, sitting in the starting position, and Kobe Bryant was also a scoring guard Rydell was dissatisfied. He entered the NBA 3 years earlier than Kobe Bryant, and the previous season before joining the Lakers could contribute 19.3 points per game, he felt that he was not worse than Kobe, why should he be Kobe's substitute? He spewed trash talk with Kobe Bryant during training, and finally the two sides decided to have a 21-point head-to-head.
I thought it was Mars hitting the Earth, but I didn't expect Kobe Bryant to blow up Leder at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, playing a 21-0 total score, and since then Ryder has never sprayed Kobe Bryant with garbage, he knows that it is self-insulting.
Being decommissioned is pure fiction
Ledell briefly played for the Lakers for a season, averaging 18 minutes per game, averaging 7.6 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game, shooting just 42.6 percent from the field and not playing in a single game in the playoffs. He was signed by the Nuggets at the end of the season, played 10 games with the Nuggets, averaged 9.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game, and was then released by the Nuggets, with no team to claim and no ball to play before being forced to retire.
Some people say that he is fragile in his heart, and after losing to Kobe Bryant, he is devastated, and he announces his retirement after playing worse and worse, which is pure fiction. When playing for the Lakers, Leder followed the Lakers to get a championship, after the end of the season he still wanted to return to the Lakers, but the Lakers did not renew his contract, and then the Nuggets risked signing him, but Ryder's performance on and off the court was not good, the Nuggets were angry and he was terminated, and then Leder refused to announce retirement, claiming that if there is a team willing to sign him, he can still prove that he can still play, but unfortunately no team extended a rugby branch, he slowly faded out of the NBA, therefore, The claim that Kobe Bryant was beaten to retirement is false.
Early retirement is purely self-inflicted
Leder has a wealth of offensive skills, excellent physical fitness, and the potential to become a star, but he has a bad habit. In the first 2 seasons of his career, his performance was quite amazing, but from the third season, he began to decline, began to get into trouble on the sidelines, and was a very tricky player.
He has countless off-field abuses and long-standing violations of training discipline, including being late, absent from training for no reason, missing the team's plane, spitting on fans and airport staff, attacking others and hiding marijuana. He was the only player who really messed with the referee, he was imprisoned for a few days, he was grumpy, liked to be rough, it was common to be fined and banned, and he liked to find all kinds of excuses to miss the game, or even disappear for no reason, disappeared without a trace when the team needed him to play, such a player will affect the atmosphere of the team everywhere, and bring a lot of trouble to the management and coach.
When playing for the Lakers, he suddenly disappeared when the playoffs were about to start, fortunately, the OK combination was in the sky that year, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant led the Lakers to win the championship, a playoff game did not play Rydell also won a championship, after the season, he wanted to continue to play for the Lakers, but the Lakers were very angry that he suddenly disappeared, did not renew his contract, most teams did not want to sign such players, only the Nuggets, who had a very bad offense, wanted to gamble on him.
However, the Nuggets also lost the bet, Leder is not in good shape, still in the off-court trouble, the Nuggets people in a rage and he terminated, other teams saw Ryder dead, did not sign with him, Leder did not want to retire at the age of 30, but there is no ball to play he had to retire, this result is that he is self-inflicted, even if he is not beaten by Kobe, his time in the NBA will not be too long, after all, no team wants such a player.