In any field of the world, there will be a distinction between strong and weak.
In the NBA, not all of a team is James, Kobe Bryant or Curry, otherwise the salary cap will explode.
There are always some players who have a kind of old-fashioned attribute, and as their experience and age increase, they play more and more "oil".
The representative of this kind of player, Digo today wants to say one: Andre Miller.
Born on March 19, 1976 in Miller, Los Angeles, California.
He was selected by the Cleveland Cavaliers with the 8th pick in the first round of the 1999 NBA Draft.
He has played professionally for the Cavaliers, Clippers, Nuggets, 76ers, Trail Blazers, Wizards, Kings, Timberwolves and Spurs.
Looking at Miller, who is 1 meter 88 tall and weighs 91 kilograms, he has always been a very old face.
You only look at this a little old man, but you didn't expect him to be an "iron man", right?
In 1,048 games in the first 13 years of his career, he missed only four games and held the league's longest consecutive 632 appearances.
It can be called "Iron Man Defender".
Old fans talk about Miller, especially in the middle and late stages of Miller, is not the first impression is: oil.
Have you ever played on the basketball court in a park near your house?
Have you ever met a 50-year-old 60-year-old uncle with gray hair?
It looks like he's not as strong and swollen as you are, but he can get you in a position when he plays.
Then use his hand to play the board with one hand, and the ball will hit steadily, or he will use his body to circle you and play a time difference.
You can't make it with all your strength.
Miller played almost like this in the middle and late stages, and it didn't look fast.
But he was transported in front of you, and suddenly a disguised one threw you away, if the young guy caught up.
Just use his hips to lean on the guy who is chasing after him, make a stand-up throw at any time, and make a foul.
It's all a lot of experience, and it's not easy to get hurt.
His back-punch technique is even more of a kind, different from Kobe's textbooks.
His back-to-back play is more like Uncle Park's play than the NBA, and he also perceives the position of his opponent with his back.
Although he does not have Kobe's kind of stagnant jumper, he can choose to turn around and use the opponent as the axis to use centrifugal force to go to the basket.
Or borrow another block and shoot.
On January 30, 2010, in the Blazers game against the Mavericks, Miller had 52 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists on 22-of-31 shooting, shooting 71.0% from the field, including one of the three-point shots, and the rest were basically all shots or layups.
Even so, the Mavericks had nothing to do with him in that game.
The "old fritters" have a very experienced style of play, allowing Miller to fight in this league for 17 years.
The last interesting point is to take a closer look at Miller's face.
Like Mo Wenwei wearing the number 24?