Paper Guilo City | World Cup average of 31.5 points per game! Step into the Jordanian Kobe Jefferson story
Standing about two meters tall, wearing a sweatband on his arms, wearing a number 24 shirt, bare hairstyle, a classic back-turning back-up jumper, and shaking his shoulders when making free throws, this is the classic image of Black Mamba Kobe's career.
Recently, there is a player who looks like Kobe Bryant has played well in the men's basketball World Cup, he is the Jordanian men's basketball naturalized player Ronday Hollis Jefferson, looking at his figure, a moment of trance, a slight loss of feeling, unconsciously to fade, heart love, today's World Cup Little People Issue IV will bring you Jordanian Kobe Londay Hollis Jefferson's basketball story.
The Jordanian men's basketball team has indeed reached the point where no one is available, and even the retired 39-year-old veteran Seyed Abbas has been brought back.
On July 24, shortly before the start of the World Cup, the Jordanian men's basketball team announced that it planned to participate in former NBA player Ronday Hollis Jefferson, who did not join the team until mid-August, there is no doubt that Jefferson has no Jordanian roots, he has been panning for gold in the Asian League for the past two years, this time joining the Jordanian men's basketball team is basically a mercenary fighting for money, but Jefferson fully proved his worth after two games.
In the first game against Greece, he efficiently cut a game-high 24 points, and in the second game against New Zealand, he single-handedly led the team to deal with his opponents, and in the final moments of the game, Kobe Bryant scored seven consecutive points, including the final 3+1 draw, and forcefully pulled Jordan back from the Grim Reaper line and dragged the game into overtime.
In overtime, Jefferson's physical exhaustion and strength were greatly reduced, fans jokingly called Guizhou Kobe the top, and finally he cut 39 points and 9 rebounds in almost 44 minutes of playing time, although the defeat is still glorious, to be honest, I very much hope that Jordan can win, then the legend of this game will be greatly increased, Philippine news media wrote on social platforms after the game: "Kobe will smile and watch all this." ”
As of the evening of August 28, Jefferson ranked second in the tournament scoring list with 63 points, behind Doncic, and when asked by a reporter what he said about his performance, his answer was very pragmatic, saying: "I will play in the Philippine league next season, but my phone is always open, I have special terms that allow me to return to the NBA, who would have thought?" I'm from Chester, Pennsylvania, USA, I never thought that one day I would be able to play in the World Cup, it was an honor to have such an achievement, I heard a lot of people doubt my offensive ability, the World Cup is one of the highest level of competition, the best players in the world are here, I can show my ability on the offensive and defensive end, I only speak by the performance. ”
Jefferson's hometown of Chester, Pennsylvania, is a famous crime city in the United States, according to statistics, there were more than 1,000 violent crimes in 2017, the mayor implemented a "state of emergency" that year, requiring the entire police force to implement a 24-hour uninterrupted shift system, Jefferson's father was mixed on the road, and the prison was his home, fortunately, Jefferson's mother Relanda is a great woman, in order to raise Jefferson and his brother Rahir has three jobs, the latest of which is a bar waiter, She needs to be busy until after two o'clock in the evening, but even then she prepares breakfast for the Jefferson brothers every morning, and her expectations for her son are simple, not to go down the path of crime.
Jefferson remembers her mother's education style vividly, she allowed herself to play basketball without homework, allowed herself to bump into the teacher, but as long as he mixed with those troubled youths, she would immediately grab him home and beat him up, and not to be swallowed by Chester's criminal atmosphere was her mother's bottom line.
Soon Jefferson found his source of happiness - basketball, basketball is the favorite sport of poor black children in the United States, small area, low equipment requirements, Jefferson began to hone his skills on the street court in the community at the age of 11, because the initial basic skills were very poor, so he liked to defend, this ability made many older players on the street court many years older than him excited, often called him on the field as a sparring partner, his nickname is "Little Guy", that street ball experience greatly honed Jefferson's defensive ability.
At Chester High School he naturally joined the school basketball team, and at that time his height and arm span were developing rapidly, static talent was outstanding, Chester High School head coach Larry Yalbre found him a good seedling, so he began to focus on training, he also has high standards for Jefferson in training, Jefferson now also remembers the coach's famous saying: "If you work hard for an hour in training, the exhaustion time in the game will be reduced by 5 seconds, and 5 seconds can make a lot of decisions." ”
Under the careful teaching of Albre, he really lived up to expectations, became the strongest high school student in the entire Pennsylvania state from his sophomore to senior year, led the team to a 91-5 record, won the state championship for two consecutive years in 2011-12, including the senior year with an undefeated season, won the Delaware County Player of the Year honor for two consecutive years, the school later retired his No. 23 jersey, graduated from high school with a comprehensive score of 91 points and a five-star high school student, and 6 NCAA first-class universities issued him scholarships. He eventually chose to join the University of Arizona, along with Aaron Gordon, the fourth-ranked high school student in the United States, and Jefferson and teammate Aaron Gordon were invited to the U.S. U.S. U19 National Team training camp that summer, but he ultimately failed to make the 12-man roster, and he also participated in the major brand invitational tournament as the top high school student in the United States.
Coach Sean Miller of the University of Arizona placed Jefferson as the sixth man on the bench in his freshman season, and at the end of the season, Brandon Ashley was injured, Jefferson began to be promoted to the starting lineup, his stats are 9.1 points and 5.7 rebounds in 25 minutes per game, named to the All-Rookie Team in the Division, the team has a 30-4 record under the leadership of Nick Johnson, Aaron Gordon, and TJ McConnell, and they entered March Madness with the PAC-12 Division Championship, and they were named the tournament's No. 1 seeded team, in the round of 8 against the University of Wisconsin, the No. 2 champion of the tournament, led by Kaminsky, the two sides staged a defensive battle into overtime, and in overtime, Kaminsky suddenly broke out to score 6 consecutive points and finally narrowly defeated the University of Arizona by 1 point.
At the end of the year, Nick Johnson and Aaron Gordon both participated in the draft, Jefferson got the main position, while five-star talented high school student Stanley Johnson joined the team, TJ McConnell also continued to stay on the team, the team further achieved a 31-3 record to continue to be the top seed of the tournament, Jefferson averaged 11.2 and 6.8 rebounds in 28 minutes per game that season, and was named to the All-First Team and All-Defensive Team of the Division. In March Madness, the team reached the last eight again and faced the University of Wisconsin, led by old rival Kaminsky, where Stanley Johnson played erratically by only six points, and Jefferson scored 19 points but still lost to his opponent.
Jefferson entered the draft with Stanley Johnson and T.J. McConnell at the end of the season, and he was eventually selected by the Portland Blazers with the 23rd pick in the first round, but then was traded with Blake to the Brooklyn Nets for Pat Connaughton and Mason Plumlee.
To be fair, he joined the Brooklyn Nets just in time for the team's rebuilding period, especially the second year of his rookie season Coach Atkinson took office, he gave Jefferson a lot of opportunities to play and level up, but Jefferson's technical characteristics of this player have shortcomings, he can only rely on singles to score on the inside, 3-point shooting percentage is miserable, as the No. 3 although the defensive ability is good, but there is no 3 points can not open space, want him to contribute to the offensive end needs a lot of ball core position, Playing No. 4, his weight strength has no advantage in the NBA, and as a result, his outside ability has not improved a little in his four-year rookie season, and the road is getting narrower and narrower.
The competitive environment of the NBA is extremely fierce, he went to the Turkish league to play for Besiktas for money, but he continued to suffer in an environment that emphasized physical confrontation, and he had no choice but to pan for gold in the Asian league, playing in the Korean league in 2022-23, playing in the Philippine league in 2023, and his height and size playing the No. 3-5 position in the Philippine league are completely fine, and as a result, he began to kill in the Philippine league, and this year he led the Ttrupanjia team to win the Philippine league championship, At the same time, the individual won the honor of best foreign aid.
His type of player is a bit like Guangdong team's meritorious foreign aid Marshon Brooks, in the Asian arena that is definitely a big killer, in the FIBA field with him as the absolute core relying on blocking to create a variety of offensive frames after dislocation is also very powerful, although he occasionally has three points, but that is not his best scoring means, the World Cup highlight performance has helped him build a huge reputation, may not be enough to help him return to the NBA, but he will definitely become the sweet potato of the Asian foreign aid market.
(Text/Our Aesthetics in L.A.