Tech-savvy All-Star interior
He is a highly skilled all-star big forward with deadly mid-range capabilities, a variety of offensive skills, solid interior footwork, and an unpretentious but practical style. With excellent strength and no fear of confrontation, he is an indispensable player on the offensive end of the team, he can break through with the ball in the high position, and he can single with his back in the low position, and he has a clear mind and a broad vision, and can accurately find the shooter of the outside line.
The above text is a comment from a player from a well-known sports media, and the player introduced is the practical big forward known as the "17-foot Assassin" - "West Master" David. West.
David West
David West (born August 29, 1980 in Tineck, New Jersey) is a 206cm tall player who plays as a big forward.
Born into an ordinary American family, West was influenced by the boxing champion Tyson, and as a child, West became obsessed with boxing and hoped to become a professional boxer when he grew up. West's father, fearful of the violent tendencies of his son to be bred by the boxing games, erected a basketball hoop for him in the yard, and on West's tenth birthday, West first came into contact with the sport of basketball.
At first, young West wasn't much interested in basketball until he saw David on a television broadcast. Robinson, the performance of the inside behemoth "Admiral" finally made West's eyes light up, and from then on, West firmly believed in his dream, that is, to play professional basketball and win the NBA championship.
West was on the Xavier Musketeers
Steady David. West chose to join the Xaviers University Musketeers after receiving the North Carolina High School First Team. From 1999 to 2003, West spent four years in basketball at Xavier University, where he excelled, with a solid style of play and strong body that made West a hot star for the Musketeers, and the young West also set a new record for the team - West became the first player in Xavier Musketeers history to retire his jersey number while still playing on the team.
In the 2003 NBA Draft, the New Orleans Hornets selected the solid power forward with the 18th pick in the first round.
David West, who landed on the NBA stage, was not initially trained by the team's focus, as a rookie West averaged only 13 minutes of playing time per game in the 03-04 season, and the fledgling West averaged 4 points and 4 rebounds per game.
David West
The 04-05 season was undoubtedly West's nightmare, and the young striker was thinking of doing everything he could to prove his worth, but the injury suddenly came to the door. This season, second-year West played just 30 games with injury, averaging 6.3 points and four rebounds per game for limited playing time.
After two muddy seasons, the outside world began to question the star player of the college years, it seems that West is being labeled as a "role player", and the calm West has not been disturbed by the outside world, and still trains and retrains step by step every day, silently waiting for an opportunity that belongs to him.
David West with Chris Paul
Sure enough, when the 05-06 preseason season ended, West finally ushered in a rare opportunity: Magnolia, who had been occupying the team's starting position but was not efficient, was traded to leave the team, and David West naturally became the Hornets' starting big forward for the new season. It is also worth mentioning that in the 2005 draft, the Hornets signed Chris Paul from Wake Forest University with the fourth pick in the first round, the arrival of the ball control core made New Orleans crazy, who could have imagined that the chemistry between Paul and West would have made it one of the most efficient offensive duos in the league.
How can David West, who has been silent for a long time, waste such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so young West continues to show his skillful offensive skills to the outside world on the field, coupled with a super point guard like Chris Paul, throughout the season, West has 29 points to rank first in the team, and is in the NBA's fastest improving player selection, the third grade West explosive average of 17.1 points and 7.4 rebounds per game, both statistics are the highest in the team.
Paul and West
In addition to outside applause, West also ushered in the first big contract of his career: the New Orleans Hornets renewed the young big forward for 5 years and 45 million in the offseason. In the 06-07 season, the Hornets suffered a large number of injuries, and West also stopped playing as many as 30 games due to injury, but in the 52 games he played, West, who played as the starting big forward, averaged 18+8 per game, although the team once again missed the playoffs, but West and Paul's good chemistry gave management and fans confidence.
In the 07-08 season, the Hornets, who had to temporarily relocate their home stadium to Oklahoma City due to the hurricanes, returned home, and in addition to paul and West's offensive duo, the team also had a defensive pillar - Tyson. Chandler and NBA all-time level shooter Peja. Stojakovich, the all-healthy New Orleans Hornets, set off a powerful whirlwind in the west in the league.
The offensively sharp New Orleans Hornets rose all the way in the West, and they became the biggest dark horses in the league that season, especially in the Southwest Division, which was fiercely competitive at the time, the Hornets did not fall behind in the face of the spurs, Rockets, Mavericks and other so-called traditional Southwest three finalists, and the Hornets, which were regarded as fishy feet by the outside world, once occupied the first place in the West, to know that this was simply incredible in the league known as the Wild West.
The New Orleans Hornets, which set off a whirlwind in the west that year
Where does this excellent record come from? Needless to say, David West, as the core of the interior attack, was one of the heroes of the team, and with his skillful blocking tactics with Paul, the two became the second most efficient combination of interior and exterior lines in the league at that time (the first was Deron and Boozer), and the technically solid West was very good at Paul's side, especially in the middle distance shooting after cover.
It was also this season, with his good personal performance and the team's excellent record, David West was selected as the Western Conference All-Star for the first time in his career, and West finally realized his childhood dream of competing with the best players in the league.
Named an All-Star
At the end of the regular season, the New Orleans Hornets returned to the playoffs with a second-best record in the West. In the first round against the Nowitzki Mavericks, West, who debuted on the playoff stage, played steadily and did not feel afraid of the stage. Eventually, with his help, the Hornets advanced to the second round with a 4:1 bloodbath of the Calves.
The Hornets' second-round opponent is the old Spurs, who have a GDP combination, and West faces his idol, Tim. Duncan was uncompromising, even slashing 38 points, 14 rebounds and 5 blocks in the battle of King Mountain between the two sides, although the Hornets were eventually eliminated by the Spurs 3:4, but the resilience shown by the Hornets team is still deeply remembered by fans.
West's precise mid-range shots
The New Orleans Hornets, who maintained the main lineup in the 08-09 season, had a decline in record, but David West's stats had exploded to 21+8, and it was logical to re-enter the Western Conference All-Star, and the Hornets were limited by the depth of the lineup that season, and were defeated by the Nuggets 4:1 in the first round of the playoffs.
In the 09-10 season, the team's super point guard Chris Paul suffered a serious injury and almost paid for the season, as one of the core of the team, West was shouldering the heavy responsibility, one person carried the team hard, but the team was limited by injury and aging, the weak lineup obviously could not survive in the fiercely competitive West, and the team also missed the playoffs early.
West was at Paul's side
In the 10-11 season, the Hornets, who were healthy enough, picked up somewhat, with elite coach Monti. Williams' blessing has made the team run more smoothly, and the team's defense, which has been criticized for many years, has also been quite improved. West's personal data has returned to the level of 19+8, but when the Outside world thought that the Hornets, which set off the Whirlwind in the West, were about to return again, West encountered a major turning point in his life.
In March 2011, during the New Orleans Hornets game against the Utah Jazz, West sprained his knee after a dunk, and in tears, he had to leave the game in a wheelchair, diagnosed West with a torn cruciate ligament in his knee after the game, and announced the season reimbursement.
David West
During the long recovery period of treatment at the hospital, West combed through the bits and pieces of the Years spent with the New Orleans Hornets, and it was at this time that West firmed up his mind, and he felt that it was time to leave...