Can man overcome fate?
When the effort to reach a certain height, people may not be unable to win the day, look at the Nuggets rookie Nashon Hyland, in the past 3 years, he has suffered successive blows, not only did not succumb to fate, but firmly held his life in his own hands.
Hyland was born in a relatively happy family, although the local security is extremely poor, is one of the ten most violent neighborhoods in the United States, but he has a mother who loves him, and a very kind grandmother, although life is poor and poor, but under the protection of his family, Hyland has not suffered much since childhood, and on the road of basketball, he has also gone smoothly, until one day in 2018, a sudden fire changed Hyland's entire life.
The ferocious fire, the thick smoke, so that Hyland could not see the direction in front of him, and could not hear the call of his family at all, out of instinct, he rushed towards the window, in the process of falling, Hyland's knee hit the brick staircase, a few minutes later, the rescue team arrived, he was quickly taken to the hospital for treatment, after a series of examinations, Hyland was diagnosed with a rupture of the patellar tendon and required immediate surgery.
After the operation, Hyland, who opened his eyes, heard a bad news, the doctor told him, 'You may never be able to play basketball', yes, this injury to athletes is not inferior to the crucifixion tear we know, there are many players in the history of the NBA who have gradually disappeared in the NBA because of the rupture of the patellar tendon, such as Alonzo Monin, Damon Stoudemire, Jeremy Lin and so on.
But before Hylander could react, another bad news reached his ears, during the fire, his grandmother, and one-year-old cousin failed to run out, unfortunately killed, hearing this, Hyland's face changed in an instant, he covered his face, the corners of his mouth kept twitching, and soon the sheets were wet with tears, it was difficult to imagine Hyland's mood at that time, I am afraid that I have lost hope in life.
Of course, the days will eventually go on, especially those who are lucky to survive, but also to live every day for the deceased, although many people are no longer optimistic about his basketball road, but Hyland did not give up, even if it is in a wheelchair, he also has to go to the court to walk a circle, and then practice shooting, after recovering from injury, Hyland is locked in the training hall, it seems that only to practice until exhaustion, in order to prove that he is alive.
"Every time I play, I draw a cross in my heart and thank myself for being able to play because the doctors told me I might never be back on the field" – Nashon Hyland.
Unremitting efforts, finally in return, in the senior year of high school, Hyland with an average of 27+ performance per game, won a scholarship from Virginia Commonwealth University, not only that, in the NCAA field, his performance should not be underestimated, sophomore year, the average of 31.9 minutes per game Hyland, can get 19.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.9 steals of the report card, but because of the body is too thin, and a slightly "lone wolf" style, As a result, Hyland was not selected until the 26th pick, which made Hyland, who had been fighting with fate for 3 years, very dissatisfied.
"The team that selects me will get an All-Star, and those who miss me, I will definitely make them regret it." —Nashon Hyland.
Just as the so-called newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, NBA rookies, after the end of the draft, will make some crazy remarks, such as Pol Ball, Josh Jackson, etc., but in the end, the real promise is rare, and this includes Hyland, look at his rookie season performance, has some top 3D temperament.
Due to the Nuggets' lack of major generals, Hyland was quickly reused by coach Michael Malone, and in return, he could always shoot one three-pointer after another from outside the three-point line, and as of now, Hyland's total three-point production has reached 124 goals, breaking the rookie record in team history set by Jamal Murray, and the team is second only to Will Barton;
In terms of efficiency, although the 36.3% shooting rate is not too good, but among the players who have played more than 50 times in the Nuggets, only Barton, Monte Morris is more accurate than him, it is worth mentioning that in Hyland's total three-point production, 1/4 is a step away from the three-point line, there is no doubt that even if the efficiency is not so high, he is still the most threatening outside fire point in the eyes of opponents.
As for defense, it's not a selling point for Hyland, but this season, he's one of the Nuggets' most reliable players on the outside, with a 3.3 percent drop in three-point shooting under Hyland's defense, second only to Monte Morris (50 appearances in total).
Of course, as a rookie born after 00, Hyland's stability is still slightly insufficient, often a ghost twice, but in the same wing, he is already the best, I believe that with the accumulation of game experience, Hyland's play will become more and more outstanding, if nothing else, because Hyland has a heart of awe.