Is this young man still saved?
When everyone was expecting that he would become the next super scorer, he suddenly disappeared from the public eye...
Remember Romeo Langford, the closest talent to Kobe in recent rookies?
Langford's basketball enlightenment is very early, in kindergarten, he has been holding a basketball all over the field, and soon showed a different talent, after entering high school, Langford has become a local famous star.
Senior year, averaging 17.6 points and 6.0 rebounds per game, leading the team to a record of 23 wins and 3 losses;
In his sophomore year, he averaged 30.2 points, 9.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists, led the team to a record of 27 wins and 1 loss, and won the first state championship in 40 years of team history;
Senior year, averaging 28.7 points, 8.9 rebounds, 3.4 assists, leading the team to 25 wins and 4 losses;
Senior year, Langford completely broke out, a single game of 48 points, a single game of 63 points, shining in the United States, not only selected for the three major high school star games, but also selected for the McDonald's All-America All-American Best Team, as a five-star high school student, the first defender in the United States, stepped into the campus of Indiana University, on the performance of the entire high school period, Langford is not inferior to Kobe of the same period.
It is worth mentioning that when Langford graduated from high school, he also received invitations from many famous schools, such as Duke, Kentucky, UCLA, North Carolina, Callipari (Kentucky), Bill Cerf (Kansas), Roy Williams (North Carolina) and other team managers, and even ran to Langford's home, but in the end, he chose to stay in his hometown to play.
After entering the NCAA, Langford also has many eye-catching plays, scoring a high score of 28 points in 2 games against Maryland and Illinois, and then completing a kill in the showdown with Wisconsin, averaging 16.5 points per game, leading the divisional freshman list, and ranking third in Indiana University team history, behind Mike Woodson and Eric Gordon.
It should be noted that Langford's report card is still based on injuries, and in Game 7 of the season, he suffered a torn thumb ligament, and there were only 2 choices in front of Langford, or directly end the freshman season and go to the hospital for surgery; Either conservative treatment, play the whole season with injuries, for most people, they will not joke about their careers, decisively choose the first, but Langford, he did not think about it to make the second decision, and has been with the injury until the end.
"Truce? It was never my choice, I didn't like to talk to anyone, I loved the sport so much, I couldn't sit there and watch my team play, and it was three or four months at a glance. —Romeo-Langford
However, the impact of injuries is still not small, throughout the season, Langford's shooting rate is very struggling, shooting less than 45%, three-point shooting rate is not even 30%, which is obviously a failure performance for a scorer known for shooting, and this also affects Langford's draft prospects to a certain extent, in the last prediction pick, he even fell to the second round, but even so, there are still teams willing to bet on Langford.
For example, the Celtics, they used the number 14 sign in their hands to bring Langford into the league, and when Xiao Hua read his name on the stage, Langford was completely confused, because he never thought that he could enter the lottery area.
Unfortunately, the Green Army did not win this time, not Langford is not talented enough, but his body is too brittle, in the past 3 seasons, Langford has suffered major injuries and small injuries, especially the right wrist, first the ligament tear, and then there is a continuous strain, you know, Langford is the right hand general, the left hand ability is very weak, so this injury is very fatal to him.
Last season, Langford had a short period of health, playing in 44 games, but averaging only 4.7 points, 2.4 rebounds per game, shooting 42.9% from the field and 34.9% from three-point range.
Here, Langford was injured again and played only 4 games before hanging up the free card.
With a year left on his rookie contract, Langford has no way out, and if he can't stay healthy or improve his efficiency in the new season, Langford will have to wait for him on a cold bench.