As the highest temple of the world basketball world, entering the NBA has always been the dream of basketball fans, so many people have worked hard to make themselves more in line with the standards of entering the NBA through the improvement of the day after tomorrow. In fact, it is not possible to succeed by hard work, and many of the drafts they have lost are also very good, but as long as they lack talent, they cannot enter the NBA team's draft list. But there are some people who are very unique, they have strength and talent, and some people even squash the NBA superstars who were on the same team as children, but did not enter the NBA, who are they? Let's take a look at which geniuses are so sorry not to enter the NBA, and what makes the basketball world lose such high-quality new blood?
1. Len. Baias
This is a talented player from the University of Maryland, how strong was he before entering the NBA? In college, the University of Maryland he led once faced the University of North Carolina led by Jordan, and although North Carolina won in the end, Jordan said something like this: "I have never seen such a good player, Lun is simply too good, you know we have four stars in North Carolina, and He is the only one in Maryland who has the ability." "He was selected by the Cardinals of the Celtics as a leader in the draft, probably because he was so happy that he nibbled on a bag of contraband the next day and never woke up again. His untimely death was an absolute loss to the basketball world, and the Cardinal once said that if he had not left us, the Celts would have ruled the entire 80s and 90s, the Bad Boys Army was not qualified to be arrogant, and the Bull Dynasty would not have appeared.
II. Earl. McNicholt
Not many people may know about this great god's name, but if you mention his nickname "Goat", then everyone will be very clear. Goats are a street basketball myth and have been hailed as the greatest player outside the NBA. His physical talent is extremely strong, 1 meter 88 he has bounced 153cm (a well-known domestic basketball magazine also said that he bounced at about 150cm), can pick off the upper edge of the rebound coin. In high school, he often played with Jabbar, and the two later became golfers, and for his talent, Abdul-Jabbar also bluntly said that he had never seen such a talented person. But then he made a bunch of friends, ran into contraband, went to jail, and never got another chance to enter the NBA.
III. Oscar. Schmidt
He is the leading Olympic scorer and, more internationally, scoring 49,703 points in the top competitions of his career. Among them, the five Olympic Games between 1980 and 1996 were all played, becoming the leading scorer of the Olympic Games with 1093 points, and even the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games averaged 42.3 points per game, which was called the "sacred hand" by Brazilian fans. In fact, he had the opportunity to enter the NBA that year, he was once selected by the Nets in the 6th place in the first round, but based on the league rules at that time, it was not until 1989 to participate in the international tournament, and he was bent on winning glory for the country, of course, he would not give up the opportunity to enter the NBA, so he did not qualify for the NBA later. However, after watching the Oscar performance averaging 44 points per game, the idol in his heart was changed from his father to this person.
Fourth, Ben Wilson
He was one of the most regrettable geniuses, when the talent he showed in high school was commented by posterity as a magical figure beyond Jordan, and he was elected the state's high school player of the year in his sophomore year of high school and won the title of the first high school student in the United States. In addition to his superior physical talent, he is also unmatched in terms of technical skills, and some people have compared him to Jabbar. However, at the age of 17, he was suddenly shot dead on the street by an unknown person, which also made countless people regret.
V. Ronnie. Fields
How powerful is this great god? The famous "Wolf King" Garnett and the "half-human demigod" Carter believe that everyone is very familiar, in high school, Garnett and Fields are teammates in the same school, they also once singled out, and finally the all-round Fields finished garnett with an 11:1 score. The vertical bounce of Fields in high school can reach 1 meter 27 (50 inches), after Carter entered the NBA, the pure bounce was only 1 meter 09, and the "flying man" Jordan was only 1 meter 16, so he was called Jordan's successor by many people. And he scored a total of 2609 points in his high school career, setting a record high in the history of Chicago State High School, and in one season he also played 32 points, 12 boards and 4 assists, which was perfect. However, in February 1996, he was seriously injured in a car accident, and he took the protective gear around his neck for a long time, until he quit the draft in 1997, and he also participated in the draft again in 1998, but he was unsuccessful, and he finally had to drift in the basketball leagues of various countries.