The 2015 draft can be said to be a big man-gathered draft, the Champion Downs 2m 13, the Tanhua show Okafor 2m 11, the No. 4 show Porzingis 2m 21, the No. 6 show Kauristein 2m 13, the No. 9 show Kaminsky 2m 13, the No. 11 show Turner 2m 11, the No. 12 show Lyles 2m 06. Half of the lottery shows are big men, so you can imagine how retro this draft is! However, this draft was disappointing for one person, and that person was Christian Wood!
The draft was not selected, not only the name fell Sun Shan, his girlfriend also broke up with him, it can be said that the love career double blow! Philadelphia gave Wood a chance, though, but he didn't. In his first season, he hovered between Philadelphia and the development of the league, averaging no more than 3.5+2 per game, making him the team's third center level player! Later, when he came to Jordan's team, Jordan was not satisfied with him, and then he lost his job, and Wood at this time was very bleak!
In the summer of 17 years, Wood came to a domestic Super League, because the team was not satisfied with Wood's performance during training, coupled with better foreign support, and then gave up Wood. One after another was abandoned, and Wood's heart was hit again and again! For the average player, this period will definitely choose other industries, or when it comes to questioning themselves, others may not have the confidence to play in the NBA, but Wood has not lost confidence. After being picked up by the Bucks, Wood didn't get much playing time, but his on-court attitude was good!
After being traded to the Pelicans, Wood averaged 17+8 in 8 games he played, giving the impression of a different person. After coming to the Pistons, he also won the double-double data many times, and also maintained a 13+6 data in the Pistons. It is precisely because of these data, coupled with 38% good three-point ability, Wood has taken root in the NBA this time! The Pistons signed him to a 3-year, $41 million contract, and Wood came to the Rockets in a deal that Olynyk signed first and traded first.
Last season, he averaged 20+10 levels per game, which complemented Harden perfectly! Even after Harden left, Wood still had such a performance! This season, in the rebuilding Rockets, Wood still has an average of 18+10 per game. It is worth mentioning that he averaged 2 three-pointers per game, and the three-point shooting rate reached 40%. After the All-Star, Wood shot 29-of-58 from three-point range, shooting first in the league with three-point shooting and number one in the league with three-pointers. In the game against the Wizards, he shot 8-of-9 from three points to play a career-best performance of 39+10. Apparently, he's become the best big pitcher in the all-Star post-league!
Let's compare the league MVP Jokic, after the All-Star Game, Jokic shot 10 of 44 three-pointers, and the three-point shooting rate was only 22.7%, which can be said to be very dismal! Jokic also knows that with a soft feel, can become an MVP level player, Jokic has two ways to handle the ball at the top of the arc, one is to respond, and the other is to score three points. It can be seen how important a role three points play in Jokic's skill pool!
Let's compare this season's MVP hot spots, Philadelphia's Embiid, Embiid After the All-Star Game, three-point shooting 49 shots 16, shooting only 32.6%, whether it is the number of or shooting rate, there is a big gap with Wood! In fact, in terms of body shape, Wood and Embiid are more similar, and they are both thin and tall pitchers with very good mobility. The only difference is that Embiid has better defense and a more solid basket footing, which also creates a huge gap in the level of the two!
Let's take a look at Towns, who scored 29 points in the All-Star Three-Point Contest, after winning the championship, after the All-Star Game, Towns' three-point shooting rate reached 41.9%, which can be said to be very good. But there is still a gap with Wood, whose number and shooting percentage are higher than Downs' by a notch. I don't think many people expected Wood to be so capable of shooting, and people never expected that he could shoot more than the best big pitcher in history (Downs himself)!
In fact, the reason why Wood is so good at shooting is that Wood has a very good ability to hold the ball, which is a bit like the early Anthony Davis. Although physically less athletic than the early Davis, Wood was more maneuverable. And the last few games have also seen Wood's improvement in physical confrontation. If you can really improve the confrontation, improve the defense under the basket, improve the rebounding ability, then Wood will go up another notch. Today, Wood is already an excellent blocker, looking better than Looney, as long as Wood strengthens his physical ability, Wood really has the possibility of being selected as an All-Star in the future! Now that he is only 26 years old and young, the future of the Rockets may really be a duo of Jaylen Green + Wood!