Because the All-Star holiday is not over, in the absence of games, the topic of the historical ranking of the league's 75 biggest stars has not dissipated, which is a great honor for players, but it has also caused a lot of controversy.
The most dominant center O'Neal did not make the top ten, Durant was four places ahead of former teammate Curry, davis, Lillard and other second-rate stars were lucky to be selected, while the championship winner and three-time best defender Howard was not on the list...
These macro controversies aside, we may wish to look at some of the more unpopular ranking details, such as the retired German king Nowitzki ranked 17th, while the Greek monster alphabet brother who completed the MVP Grand Slam last year ranked 18th.
In terms of major honors, Alphabet Brother has 1 championship, 1 FMVP, 2 MVP, 1 DPOY, 1 player with the fastest improvement, 6 all-stars and 1 AMVP, 3 career best team first and 3 best defensive team one team, which can be described as attacking and defending well, and this season has trained a good shooting ability, almost to an impeccable degree.
In contrast, Nowitzki is also 1 championship and 1 FMVP, but his MVP is only 1, there is no major honor about defense, and he has only entered the best team 4 times in 21 years, strictly speaking, the German kings of Duncan, Garnett, Kobe Bryant and James, no season can be called "the first man in the league".
But it is such a white European player who has a rough career, is physically talented, and has always been called a soft egg, but he suppresses the alphabet brother who is born with divine power, what are the reasons for this?
1. The most gold-rich championship in history
Although Nowitzki's jersey has been retired, but whenever we mention his name, we still call the only championship of his career "the most gold-laden championship in history", in the 2011 playoffs, Nowitzki led the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the Blazers, the second round swept the defending champion Lakers, the Western Conference Gentlemen swept the talented Thunder, and to the championship, Nowitzki was even more sick, 4-2 reverse the Miami Heat with the peak of the big three, and snatched the championship trophy.
Due to the difficulty and legend of the entire promotion process, which gave the outside world a great shock, Nowitzki took on too much pressure and responsibility on the way to the championship, so that many years later, even if he never led the Mavericks into the ranks of the top teams, everyone was still willing to put him in a high enough position and added a lot of deification.
This is not just explained by a championship trophy, so it is not difficult to understand that Alphabet Brother also won the championship last year, but the fact that he repeatedly relied on Middleton at key moments has reduced his personal legend a lot.
2. The sixth "Mr. 30,000 points" in the history of the Alliance
No matter which field can not avoid the phenomenon of "seniority", alphabet brother in recent years of personal data has repeatedly set new highs, this season averaged 29.5 points, 11.2 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game, which is a height that Nowitzki has not reached in his poor career, but the latter's total score is as high as 31560, which is one of only six "Mr. 30000 points" in history, the other five are Abdul-Jabbar, Carl Malone, James, Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, the god of the level of President Hill.
Alphabet brother this season is only 28 years old, just entered the peak of his career, career data accumulation has not yet reached the height of historical stars, to know that Nowitzki only reached the finals for the first time when he was 28 years old and lost to the Heat, thus officially opening the legendary career road, if the alphabet brother can maintain a long enough peak, continue to accumulate honor data, then it is only a matter of time to surpass the driver, but unfortunately, he is only a junior now, and there are more opportunities to wait for development in the future.
3. Universal values brought to fans
In ESPN's ranking of the top 75 stars, in fact, not only to the data and honor of the two dimensions as the standard, but also to consider the player's social influence and personal qualities, so as the "black player leader" Robertson has a reason to surpass O'Neal, career only 3 championship trophies Larry Bird can firmly occupy a top ten position, and Nowitzki's significance to the league is also this, he is the only european white player who won the championship, MVP and FMVP, Becoming a symbol of Dallas as a foreign player has made basketball more popular in Europe, where football is the first sport.
In addition, Nowitzki also used his career to bring the right universal values to the fans, a person can continue to fail, can also accept unexpected blows, but can not lose the pure pursuit of dreams, the road to the championship in 2011 is Nowitzki 100% with strength to fight down, and the alphabet brother last year to pad feet to hurt the opponent's approach, more or less contrary to the spirit of sportsmanship, even if the data is good, the honor is brilliant, it does not belong to the essence and original intention of sports.
In fact, from the ranking of the media, it can be seen that the eyes of the masses are still shiny, there are many elements on the field of competition that are difficult to reflect in data and honors, but they can be felt through the naked eye and the heart, and the alphabet brother still has a lot of time to improve his historical status in the future, but if he wants to surpass the great driver with the current achievements, it is obviously not time.