preface:
The name Luthor Hyde, the old fans obviously have an impression of him, I think the Rockets' most unlucky player must be him, because he was originally a super 6th man, the day before the signing of the injury and there is no ball to play, but in fact, his career is twists and turns, struggles but enough exciting.
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Name: Luthor Hyde
Height: 1.91 m
Weight: 84 kg
Date of birth: 1982
Law School: University of Illinois
NBA Draft: Selected by the Rockets in the first round of 24 in 2005
<H1 class= "pgc-h-arrow-right" > one of the three masters of the University of Illinois, a talented teenager against the University of North Carolina</h1>
Back in time to the 2005 NCAA knockout round, the names of three young talents, Luthor Hyde, Dee Brown and Deron Williams, resounded throughout the United States. The century-long showdown between the "Illinois Three Masters" and the "North Carolina Four" was unprecedentedly intense, and the University of Illinois rose up to catch up with the unfavorable situation of trailing by 15 points and almost completed the reversal. Admittedly, the team's organizational guard at the time, Delon Williams, was the commander of the University of Illinois, but the most eye-catching performance in the final must have been Luthor Hyde, who scored 21 points and hit consecutive three-pointers. At just 191cm tall, Lutherhead missed the last three-pointer, but his overall performance was still recognized by fans and coaches.
Known for his decisive and precise three-pointers, natural big heart and candy-like defense in college, Hyde was perfect for rockets that continued to reinforce their bench firepower and defensive ability, and there is no doubt that their only draft pick (24th pick in the first round) took him away.
Illinois Sanjie - Hyde, Delong, Brown
< H1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the NBA road began, and the Musketeers became Houston bench bandits</h1>
Three rebounds, 2.7 assists, 36.1 percent three-point shooting, and excellent performance also allowed Luthor Hyde to be selected for the best rookie team second team.
The Rockets can be described as a disaster, just experienced a season full of injuries, this season still has not been able to get rid of the problem of injuries, leaving aside Maddy's fragile waist, Yao Ming's right knee tibia fracture also made his MVP-level performance abruptly stopped, and the injuries of the two cores once again made the Rockets return home. But Hyde continued his first year of form, averaging 10.9 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game this season, shooting 177 three-pointers with a whopping 44.1 percent shooting percentage, becoming the sharpest blade on the Rockets' outside line, Hyde is the fourth scorer on the team, second only to Maddy, Yao Ming and point guard Alstom, sitting on the Rockets' super sixth man, Hyde's performance has long exceeded people's expectations for a first-round rookie.
Hyde Rockets' first two seasons
< H1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > the Rockets changed the manager, Hyde was difficult to integrate into the system, and eventually faded out of the league</h1>
The following 07-08 season, Adelman entered Houston, also bringing his Princeton tactics. Guard Mike James returned to Houston, with Bonch Wells being the team's first bench in Adelman's system, Scola, Landry and Brooks becoming key players for the new Rockets, while Hyde was in a huge crisis in the third year of his career, completely falling out of the rotation.
In the first two months of the 07-08 season, Hyde's aura was exhausted, the shooting percentage dropped, the shooting choice was criticized, the playing time was 8 minutes less than the previous year, the average of 7.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game was far less than last season, in the 08-09 season, Hyde could only sit on the cold bench behind Weaver, Brooks and Barry, and only had the opportunity to play when injuries and accidents appeared, in Adelman's tactical system, Hyde was never able to play the role of a sudden breakup. The right-foot injury also strengthened management's determination to send Hyde away, eventually leaving Houston, where he had been fighting for four years, in the middle of the 08-09 season.
Hyde, who served the Kings
Hyde, who left from the Rockets, seems to be cursed, he played for the Heat, Pacers and Kings for more than two seasons, and has not played his value, in 2011 the NBA league was suspended, the CBA Jiangsu team has announced the signing of Hyde, Hyde was ready to register for China the day before the sprained ankle, and finally Jiangsu team had to give up signing with him. After the 11-12 NBA regular season rematch, Hyde, who had recovered health, did not receive an offer from the team and disappeared from the NBA ever since.
< h1 class = "pgc-h-arrow-right" > assumes that there are no injuries, and Eric Gordon is Hyde's target</h1>
Hyde against Gordon
Compared with Gordon and Hyde, you can know that Hyde and Eric Gordon's positioning in the Rockets is very similar, the sixth man role in the team, there is no doubt that the team has an absolute core, Hyde's Yao Mai combination, Harden's side Harden Less, what they have to do is to cut points on the court, undertake the scoring task of the core off this time, help the team stabilize the situation, play a "microwave" role, plug and play, but compared to Eric Gordon, Hyde still needs to improve in many aspects.
(1) Nerve knife shooting is extremely unstable in the playoffs
Hyde in the 06-07 season shot 43.7 percent from the field and 44.1 percent from the sky. The three-point shooting rate handed over a report card of 10.9 points per game, averaging 2.2 three-pointers per game, which is invaluable for a player who averaged only 27 minutes per game, but Hyde in the playoffs is simply a disaster-like existence, the playoff rookie Hyde is completely overwhelmed by the Jazz's fierce defense, the precision three-pointers in the regular season disappear, the defensive end faces the fierce and tall Haplin and Gilisek simply turned into air, 7 big battles, Hyde only scored 32 points in total, 6 of 23 shots outside the three-point line, and the poor performance of the playoffs made fans and management completely disappointed Hyde.
Hyde regular season shooting hot zone map
(2) It is necessary to improve the defensive ability
In addition to the accurate three-point shot, Hyde of the university is born with a big heart and a brown candy-like defense is also very famous, but in the first two years of entering the NBA, Hyde failed to show his defensive ability, often staged an embarrassing performance of one step, crushed by defenders such as Delong in the defensive alignment, and even more in the playoffs by players like Korver who took the initiative to play the ball back and single, the defensive ability is simply outrageous.
(3) Improve the ability of tandem teams
Even as the sixth person on the team, you can't just rely on your own points to help the team, and the ability to drive your teammates to connect the team can't be ignored, but Hyde can only rely on his own scores to help the team's players, and the average of 2.4 assists per game fully shows that Hyde can't take on the responsibility of organizing the team very well, which is inferior to Gordon.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" > written to Hyde</h1>
Most of the memories of Hyde in his mind are tied to Yao Mai. From the hairy kid in and out of the league to the rocket team that was plagued by injuries. He was a bridge between van Gundy and the Adelman era, witnessing the growth of the new rocket and taking away our youth.