Speaking of Chase Badinger, I believe that many Rockets fans should not be unfamiliar, he played for the Rockets, has long since faded out of the league, and now he is a beach volleyball player, his playing field has shifted from hardwood floors to the beach. Today, Steve Nash congratulated Badinger on social media on winning the Sand Row League title for the first time in his career, "Cheers for Badinger to win the AVP (Sand Row League) title for the first time!" The transition from an NBA pro to a sand row player is really incredible. Nice big man! ”
Badinger's NBA career began with the Rockets, averaging 7.9 points, 3.0 rebounds and 1.2 assists per game in a seven-year NBA career. After three seasons for the Rockets, Bartinger played for the Timberwolves, Pacers, Suns and Nets, signing with the Nets in 2016-17, but his preseason performance failed to impress the Nets and he was eventually laid off.
After that, Badinger played for the Spanish league Basquenia for one season, after which he announced the end of his basketball career and switched to the professional beach volleyball AVP League, starting a new life, Badinger gave himself the goal of reaching the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
After a 7-year NBA career, Badinger announced his move to Sand Row in 2018 and ushered in his new life. Badinger, who is now 31 years old, has previously said that he can't return to the NBA and doesn't want to play professional basketball overseas, and he currently enjoys his sand volleyball career, even if he needs to adapt to many elements at first, such as dealing with the sun, heat, humidity and wind. Considering that Badinger has a height of 2.01 meters, plus his bouncing ability is very good, playing sand volleyball is quite suitable for him.
It is worth mentioning that Chase Badinger was born in a sports family, most of his brothers and sisters are devoted to volleyball, in the eyes of his mother, Badinger is also a natural volleyball player, he was a member of the American under-18 youth team, is one of the best volleyball players in the United States at that age. Although Badinger's NBA career is not very satisfactory, he is now ushering in a new life in the sand row field, let us bless him!