The Croatian men's basketball team currently has a one-win, one-loss record at the European Championship, and they lost to Greece 85:89 in the first match; In the second game, they defeated the British men's basketball team 86:65.
The strength of the Croatian men's basketball team can not be underestimated, they have the potential to become a dark horse, and there are active NBA players such as Saric and Zubac, Bojan Bogdanovic and other active NBA players in the team.
Hezonja is also a Croatian, once upon a time he was also a highly anticipated potential rising star, he is not only famous in Europe, in the 2015 NBA Draft, his talent, but also let the NBA team move, the Magic team with the No. 5 pick selected him, this pick is not low, to know as strong as Booker is only the 13th pick of that year.
However, after Hezonia entered the NBA, the growth did not meet expectations, but exposed the problems of poor finishing, low offensive efficiency, inaccurate three-point shooting, poor shooting choices, poor defense, and insufficient confrontation ability. Playing the third position he defended the outside players slowly, playing the fourth position he did not defend well, the position on the field was somewhat "not three or four", and the positioning was not clear. It seems that everything will be available, but nothing is proficient.
For these reasons, he was left with no ball to play in the NBA. He left the NBA at the age of 24.
So what kind of performance has he played in the European Championships now? Let's take a look.
Playing the Greek men's basketball team in the first game, he played 29 minutes, 4 of 10 shots, including 7 of 7 three-pointers, 10 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal, plus or minus -14, the lowest in the game. But in the game, he also staged a hard-hitting alphabet brother, taking excessive drama in front of the Greek monsters.
In the second game against England, he played 27 minutes, shooting 4-of-12, including 0-of-5 from three-point range, and had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 steal.
It has been almost three years since he left the NBA, and his problem of far-reaching poor shooting has not been greatly improved, which also restricts his career development.
Tonight the Croatian men's basketball team will face the Estonian men's basketball team, and It is time for Hezonja to live.