Chase Badinger, a name not mentioned for a long time. He has left the NBA since being laid off by the Nets in 2016.
But I'm sure rocket fans will remember him, a white player with great physical fitness and excellent shooting skills.
Selected by the Pistons with the 44th pick in the second round in 2009, he was subsequently traded to the Rockets and became Yao Ming's teammate. At that time, people used "shame" to describe his draft pick...
The reason is that as early as 2006, he was already famous in basketball. The McDonald's All-Star Game is the most famous basketball tournament for high school seniors in the United States.
That year, Badinger played extremely well in the game, sharing the MVP with teammate Kevin Durant. They defeated the 2007 draft winner Auden the Great and later Nuggets guard Ty Lawson.
Badinger's talent, there is no need to question. So why would his subsequent development be completely different from that of the Grim Reaper? It's about choosing.
Durant chose to bring his talent to the NBA in 2007, and Bardinger chose to continue college. And he did not have excellent college data, causing his draft to fall from the top ten in the first round to the second round.
Looking at the slightly shorter seven-year NBA career, Bartinger, who averaged 7.9 points per game, did not have too bright moments.
Brother's most impressive game was the 2012 Orlando All-Star Dunk Contest, where he leapt over the bragging dad to stage a dunk, perfectly explaining what white people can fly.
As a former teammate, Yao Ming also expressed his amazement at Badinger's dunk contest on social media: This guy is so capable of flying!
But the gifted Badinger, after meniscus repair surgery in 2012 and knee arthroscopy in 2013, the NBA's outlook was bleak.
In 2016, he had to leave the NBA and go to the Spanish league, but because of the different game style and rules from the NBA, he seemed out of place, and his basketball career ended here...
I remember that on the day Yao Ming retired, he once said a sentence: "God closed a door, and he will open a window for you." "The same applies to Badinger. He stepped into a whole new field: beach volleyball.
But volleyball couldn't be more familiar to Badinger! He came from a family of volleyball players, his siblings were all volleyball players, and he began to try to play volleyball from an early age.
In his mother's eyes, Badinger was the best volleyball player in the family. But his mother obviously underestimated him, and When Badinger reached high school, what he achieved in volleyball was not the best in the family, but the best in the United States...
At that time, among the members of the national under-18 youth team, Badinger ranked first.
In 2006, he won the Best Volleyball Player Award in the United States and was selected as the "Most Valuable Player" in the U.S. U18 National Team, which made everyone look forward to Bardinger to lead the American men's volleyball team in the future!
Maybe there is no challenge in volleyball, it is not interesting. He played in the McDonald's All-Star Game in the same year in basketball and was also the MVP...
I've heard stories of players worrying about whether to go to the NBA or continue their studies, but Bardinger is worried about whether to play in the NBA or volleyball in the future? In the end, he chose the NBA.
Perhaps, if he had chosen volleyball, he would have had a more brilliant career. But it doesn't matter, he has been regaining volleyball since he was 30 years old, and he is still the king!
In 2017, Badinger announced that he had retired from basketball and moved to the sand volleyball arena. Last year, he made his debut in the avp.
Just yesterday, he won the U.S. Pro Sand Volleyball League with his partner Patterson, his first sand volleyball title of his career.
From NBA player to sand row champion, this is really talent!
In an interview, Mr. Badinger said his goal was to compete in Tokyo, or los Angeles in 2024. Now, Badinger is one step closer to his goal.
Next year's Olympic Games, in case Badinger stands on the top podium of beach volleyball, it will be a miracle in the history of sports...
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