Alphabet Brother is the NBA's fearsome inside monster today, his personal ability is so strong, his playing style is so overwhelming, almost no player in the same position can do one-on-one restrictions on him.
But whenever he saw Alphabet Brother play, Digo would feel sorry for the player he had last picked: Shabaz Mohammed.
In the 2013 draft, Alphabet brother was picked up by the Bucks with the 15th pick in the first round, while Shabaz Mohammed was traded to the Timberwolves with the 14th pick and traded to the Timberwolves to start his career.
Unlike the obscurity before the alphabet brother's draft, Shabaz-Mohammed's reputation before the draft was truly the nation's first high school student.
In ESPN's list of 2012 high school players, he and Knoll have been in a 1 and 2 position swap, and the two are the only two five-star high school players in that class with a total score of 98 points.
Playing at Bishop Gorman High School in high school, Shabaz Mohammed averaged 29.4 points and 10.1 rebounds per game, helped the team win the Nevada Championship three times, and himself was named Nevada Player of the Year for two consecutive years.
Meanwhile, Shabaz Mohammed was named Naismith's High School Student of the Year in 2012 and was named to the McDonald's All-Star Game, where he scored a game-high 21 points in 22 minutes and was named MVP.
At the 2012 Nike World Basketball Summit, Shabaz Mohammed played for the United States, scoring 35 points and breaking the single-game scoring record for the game.
The media magazine and former NBA player Greg Anthony at the time said of him: "Crazy genius rarely seen in this era."
After entering the NCAA with this dazzling resume, Shabaz Mohammed still averaged 17.9 points (a team-high) and 5.2 rebounds in 32 games for UCLA University.
In those 32 games, Shabaz Mohammed scored 20+ in 14 games, helping the team to a record of 22 wins and 11 losses, and won the regular season championship in the NCAA's Big 12 Division.
Against Fresno State University, he scored 27 points, 7 boards and 7 assists in a single game to help the team slaughter opponents with 23 points.
At the end of the season, Shabaz Mohammed was named The Rookie of the Year in the Big 12 Division, and was also named the Best First Team in the Big 12 Division, the second team of the National Team.
Everything looks so good, Shabaz Mohammed was once the favourite for the 2013 NBA Draft when he finished his freshman season, so why did he end up with the 14th pick to be selected?
Change age.
Unlike at home, the NBA's attitude towards age change is very harsh, and Shabaz-Mohammed announced that his age before the draft was 19 years old, but after investigation, it was confirmed that his actual age was 20 years old.
The "Age Gate" incident pushed Shabaz-Muhammad to the cusp of the storm at once, don't look at only 1 year old, but it directly led to him from the quasi-champion, all the way down to the lottery area before being selected.
Although Shabaz-Mohammed's pick has plummeted, his personal performance in the NBA is still remarkable.
In his second season in the NBA, Shabaz Mohammed averaged 13.5 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and shot 48.9 percent/39.2 percent from the field.
In his third year, the 15-16 season, he also averaged 10.5 points and 3.3 rebounds per game, and stole a victory from the 73-win Warriors.
Shabaz Mohammed played 39 minutes, shooting 9-of-12 and 2-of-4 from three-point range, and with constant impact on the inside, he made 17 free throws and hit 15 of them, cutting 35 points and 6 rebounds to lead the Timberwolves to a seven-point win.
However, the ability of the Timberwolves management is well understood, and in recent years, a large number of high-ranking shows have been selected, and only a few are willing to give opportunities.
After disagreements, Shabaz Mohammed and the Timberwolves reached a buyout agreement on March 2, 2017 to leave the team.
After moving to the Bucks, because there were too many players with similar styles to him in the team, Shabaz Mohammed was eventually laid off and reached a signing agreement with the CBA's Shanxi team on the day of the layoff.
Currently Shabaz Mohammed plays for Shenzhen Marco Polo.
Shabaz-Mohammed's personal characteristics are distinct, and scoring is always the first goal in his eyes.
He does have the potential to become a super scorer, and he can use all kinds of offensive styles and techniques.
But the reason why he was eliminated by the NBA was that Shabaz Mohammed's personal defense was too poor, coupled with his non-passing attribute, and finally could only accept the result of being eliminated.
I hope that in the lineup of the Shenzhen team next year, the name of Shabaz Mohammed can still be in it.