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Failure is not the end! Taking stock of the NBA's famous failures, Jeremy Lin is zeng Fanbo's role model

author:Slam dunk youth

This year's draft has come to an end, with three Chinese youngsters Zeng Fanbo, Yu Jiahao and Guo Haowen all missing. However, the loss is only a comma, not the end, the NBA still has a lot of famous lost drafts, today we will take stock of the NBA's five famous lost drafts.

Bowen

Failure is not the end! Taking stock of the NBA's famous failures, Jeremy Lin is zeng Fanbo's role model

Spurs star Bowing was drafted in 1993, signed his first official NBA contract in 1997, and in the 01-02 season he joined the Spurs to usher in a career turning point, he followed the Spurs to win the championship three times, and was selected in the first defense five times and the second defense three times. His jersey was also retired by the Spurs after his retirement.

Ben Wallace

Failure is not the end! Taking stock of the NBA's famous failures, Jeremy Lin is zeng Fanbo's role model

Big Ben was a member of the 96 Golden Generation, but he was first selected and then signed by the Wizards, when the NBA was not yet a small-ball era, the 2.06m stout center started with defense, a career spanning 16 years, he was also elected as the best defensive player four times, five times selected as the best defensive team, four times selected as an All-Star, three times selected as a second team, twice selected for three teams. His No. 3 jersey was also retired from the Pistons, and in 2021, Daben was finally inducted into the Hall of Fame.

Lin

Failure is not the end! Taking stock of the NBA's famous failures, Jeremy Lin is zeng Fanbo's role model

Jeremy Lin, who graduated from harvard university in 2010, participated in the draft but was not selected. After losing the election, Jeremy Lin played the summer league for the Warriors, and Jeremy Lin's life in the early stages of his career was also very difficult, and he once needed his teammates to help him, and he also went to his teammates' homes to borrow. Jeremy Lin joined the Knicks in the 11-12 season, and in the middle of the season, the Knicks were full of injuries, Andrín Lin seized the opportunity, lin crazy conquered New York, and also won a best of the week. In his NBA career, he averaged 11.6 points, 4.3 assists and 1.1 steals per game, and in 2019, Jeremy Lin joined the Raptors and won the championship with the team. After Zeng Fanbo lost the election, Jeremy Lin also sent a text to encourage him, expressing understanding of this feeling and encouraging him to continue to work hard and continue to impact the NBA.

VanVleet

Failure is not the end! Taking stock of the NBA's famous failures, Jeremy Lin is zeng Fanbo's role model

In 2016, at the age of 22, Van Jordan lost the election, after which he raptors extended an olive branch to him, and in 2019 he helped the raptors win the championship, and even got the vote of the FMVP. In 2020, Van Jordan signed a four-year, $85 million contract extension with the Raptors, and this season he averaged 20.3 points, 6.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, and was named an All-Star.

Conclusion: At this year's draft, three Chinese players participated in the election, none of them were selected, especially Zeng Fanbo, who had high hopes, once he was a four-star high school student, but did not go to college in the United States to play NCAA because of the epidemic and other reasons, resulting in the outside world is not familiar with him, and he also suffered injuries in the G League and finally lost. According to his contract with Shougang, he will return to china to play, hoping that Xiao Zeng will not be discouraged and take these four failed drafts as an example to continue to impact the NBA in the future. Guo Haowen signed a contract with the Lone Rangers, hoping that he could seize the opportunity to improve himself and strive to make a name for himself.

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