Fans always ridicule the league has four treasures: rocket abandonment, thunder rookies, sun god doctor, spur scout, of which the "rocket abandonment" of this treasure is definitely a big wealth of the league. For example, Lowry, Jeremy Lin, Dragic and others have all played their own piece of the sky after leaving the Rockets. However, on Chase Badinger, this "bonus" is invalidated.
For many veteran Rockets fans, the name Badinger must be familiar. At the end of Yao Ming's career, they were teammates, and this second-round show also had an extremely good performance in the Rockets, which can be called the "thigh" on the Rockets bench in those seasons. But Bartinger, who is only 28 years old this year, last officially appeared in the NBA was in the 15-16 season for the Suns.
As a student, Badinger was really talented, and this talent was not only reflected in basketball, Buttinger's achievements in volleyball were even higher. He was three times named the Best Volleyball Player in San Diego and in 2006 he was even named the best volleyball player in the United States.
The dual properties of volleyball and basketball are destined to make Badinger's physical fitness extremely outstanding. The 2006 McDonald's All-American Star Game became a game in Which Bartinger decided to focus on the direction of basketball. On the stage, which brought together the best high school students in the country, Badinger's West defeated the East led by Oden and Lawson, and Bartinger had 11 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals on 5-of-8 shooting in the game, and lifted the MVP trophy with a teammate that year. That teammate's name is None other than Kevin Durant!
Being able to be on par with Durant in high school is naturally a good thing for Badinger. After graduating from high school, the famous Badinger received many invitations to basketball schools, and eventually he chose the University of Arizona. In his first season at the NCAA, Bartinger secured his starting position, averaging 15.6 points per game, shooting 48.5 percent from the field and 37 percent from three-point range.
At the end of the season, the outside world is also very optimistic about Badinger's draft ranking predictions, and basically will not fall out of the top ten. But surprisingly, Bardinger did not choose the best time to enter the NBA, but stayed at the University of Arizona to continue playing.
In the summer of 2007, Kevin Durant, who had won the MVP, finally entered the NBA as the top spot, while Badinger stayed in the NCAA, eager to pursue better results. But the reality is so cruel, in the three years of college, Badinger did not make too outstanding progress, the limelight is even worse than teammates Baylors and Jordan Hill, although the junior year averaged 18 points per game, but compared to two years ago, his draft value has dropped greatly, and it is not the same as that year.
Eventually, in the 2009 draft, Badinger was not selected by the Pistons until the 44th pick, and was sent to the Houston Rockets in exchange for some cash and a future second-round pick.
But coming to the Rockets, for Badinger, is really a blessing in disguise. At this time, the Rockets were in chaos, Yao Ming could not play due to injury season reimbursement, Maddy and the team were full of contradictions, and was sent to New York after 6 games. In this way, Bardinger, a second-round show, can get an average of 20 minutes of playing time per game in his rookie season.
Badinger also lived up to expectations and played a fairly good performance. During his three years with the Rockets, Badinger averaged nearly 10 points per game, shooting no less than 32.5 percent from three-point range, and even improved to 40.2 percent in the 11-12 season. Against the Timberwolves that season, Bartinger shot 12-of-21 from the field and 4-of-8 from three-point range, scoring a career-NBA record of 35 points. In those three seasons, Badinger was a veritable "bench gangster".
In 2012, Bardinger also participated in the All-Star Dunk Contest, one of which was a memorable dunk in honor of Sun star Sebalos. Despite missing out on the title to Jeremy Evans, Bartinger showed the world his excellent physical fitness and strong explosiveness.
Sadly, at the end of the 11-12 season, the Rockets had a major reshuffle of the entire lineup in pursuit of James Harden, and Bartinger was also traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves that summer. Of course, with Bardinger's technical level and ability at that time, the Timberwolves can still play and contribute without losing to the Rockets. Unfortunately, during his time with the Timberwolves, Badinger began to suffer from knee injuries, and he played only 23 games in the entire 12-13 season.
For a player who relies on physical fitness and explosive power to play, the knee injury is undoubtedly devastating, and so is Bardinger. After the major injury, Bardinger's state declined sharply, not only is it difficult to see the sharp and tough breakthrough of the past, but even the three points that are famous, due to the impact of the knee power problem, the shooting rate is also slipping and slipping, and the lowest year even fell to 23.5%.
After the three teams of the Timberwolves, Pacers and Suns, Bartinger, who has long since lost his courage, has been reduced from a bench bandit to a thunderous water dispenser administrator, and finally at the end of the 15-16 season, the Suns announced that they would abandon Badinger, and Bartinger became a free agent. In the summer of 2016, the Nets briefly signed Jawdinger, but eventually cut him because of his poor preseason performance. And this time, Badinger completely missed the NBA.
"He can fly!" This is Yao Ming's evaluation of Badinger that year. Unfortunately, the timing is not good, the fate is unfair, even if the bonus of the magic version of the "Rocket Abandoner" does not work on Badinger, I have to sigh the damn injury. For the 29-year-old Badinger, perhaps returning to the NBA has become a luxury, but his basketball path is far from over.