Hudson was a historic moment in CBA history as the leading scorer.
On January 20, 2021, Leicester Hudson ushered in a historic moment for himself and even the CBA League in the Shandong men's basketball team's light victory over the Jiangsu men's basketball team: with the 24 points scored in this game, Hudson's CBA career total score reached 11842 points, and he also temporarily surpassed Yi Jianlian (11839 points) to become the CBA history scorer!
From joining the Guangdong men's basketball team as a "firefighter" in the 2010-2011 season to becoming the CBA's historical scoring champion, the 36-year-old Hudson has clearly written his name into the history of the CBA league. This is also a moment worthy of his and even the entire CBA league to feel excited, but while congratulating Hudson, a question may also be in front of the CBA league, the CBA league, perhaps never the stage Hudson craves the most; the CBA league, perhaps just a spare tire for him!
Hudson at the CBA debut.
As the 58th overall pick of the 2009 NBA Draft, Hudson, who had cut four doubles during the NCAA, was not smooth in his early NBA career, before he joined the Guangdong men's basketball team as a "firefighter", he only had 36 games in the NBA, and a total of 76 points, and has been tossed Celtics, Grizzlies and Wizards three teams - perhaps, before joining the Guangdong men's basketball team, he and Yi Jianlian joined hands with the Wizards to "sit" on the bench, There have been exchanges about the CBA League.
Of course, this is just a joke, but Hudson, who helped the Guangdong men's basketball team successfully win the championship in his CBA "debut season", played for the Qingdao men's basketball team for another season, and then launched another attack on the NBA in 2012.
Hudson was picked by the Celtics in 2009.
In the 2011-2012 season, Hudson played for the Cavaliers and Grizzlies, and despite three consecutive 20+ crazy performances while playing for the Cavaliers on a 10-day short contract, Hudson still failed to "conquer" the NBA. In October 2012, Hudson returned to the CBA to join the Dongguan men's basketball team (now the Shenzhen men's basketball team), and after that season, Hudson, who once joined the development league, once won a contract with the Jazz, but before the start of the 2013-2014 season, he was cut by the Jazz.
Hudson, who once again failed in the NBA, then joined the Xinjiang men's basketball team and helped the Xinjiang men's basketball team advance to the finals in the 2013-2014 season, but in the finals with the Beijing men's basketball team, Hudson and his Xinjiang men's basketball team eventually lost 2-4 - throughout the finals, Hudson averaged 23.3 points per game.
From the 2014-2015 season to the 2018-2019 season, Hudson played for the Liaoning men's basketball team for five consecutive seasons, helping the Liaoning men's basketball team win the finals for the first time in the history of the 2017-2018 season, and also won the FMVP in that season. It can be said that Hudson during his time playing for the Liaoning men's basketball team reached a peak in the CBA League, but even so, Hudson returned to the NBA and joined the Clippers in 2015.
Hudson also failed to stay with the Clippers.
During this time for the Clippers, Hudson finally completed his "debut" in the NBA playoffs, but Hudson, who averaged 3.6 points and 1.0 assists per game in the regular season and 2.0 points and 1.0 assists per game in the playoffs, obviously failed to conquer the NBA League.
On May 17, 2015, 30-year-old and 283 days Hudson ended his last appearance in the NBA arena, and the short 18 seconds obviously completely "shattered" Hudson's NBA dream, since then, Hudson has never had the "luxury" of returning to the NBA, but is at ease to stay in the CBA arena, after winning the championship and FMVP, and now becoming the CBA historical scoring king.
Hudson helped the Liaoning men's basketball team win the championship for the first time in history.
From making his CBA debut on January 16, 2011, to becoming the all-time CBA leading scorer on January 20, 2021, Hudson is certainly one of the most successful foreign aides on the CBA stage. But look at Hudson's success in the CBA league again and again, but still have an ambition to return to the NBA, it is still somewhat regrettable, no matter how much success is achieved in the CBA league, in Hudson's heart, the NBA may be the stage he is most eager to conquer, playing in the CBA league, but an alternative after the impact failure; the CBA league, but Hudson's career planning in the "spare tire".
Hudson's legend in the CBA will continue.
Of course, similar "being in the CBA, the heart is in the NBA" is not too much of an accident for the CBA league. After all, many local players also have a heart to play in the NBA. The gap between the two leagues, the sense of identity that can be obtained in the two leagues, eventually led to this phenomenon becoming common.
How to change? There may never be an answer to this question, because whether it's the CBA league or any other league, it's extremely unrealistic to want to be another NBA. Another comforting fact is that most "Hudsons" do not give up their efforts in the CBA League because they are thinking about the NBA, because of their dreams and careers, many times they still have to focus on careers. This is perhaps the CBA League's greatest relief.