Grabbing the ball with James, competing with Irving for the boss, only 29 years old has no ball to play, do you regret it?

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2024-04-08 21:42Posted in Heilongjiang Sports Creators

"Yes, I was too immature, I was too irresponsible, I let a lot of people down, and if I shut up and let my agent deal with a lot of things, I wouldn't be where I am now" – Dion Vitesse

Since last summer, Vitesse has been active in front of the media, he hopes to get a chance, a chance to return to the NBA, but to this day, Vitesse has not received an olive branch, not even rumors, as a player of the 12th class, Vitesse is only 32 years old, look at the rest of the same class, still active in the front line of the championship, Davis, Beal, Harrison Barnes, Lillard, etc., and as the No. 4 position Vitesse left the NBA at the age of 29, the reason is four words: blind confidence.

Being able to rank in the top five in the draft year, Vitesse's talent goes without saying, but it has never reached the point of despising everything, it can only be said that the people he met are too good, and the tolerance of these people has fueled Vites' arrogance, but it has also ruined him step by step.

Fight with Owen for the boss

In the first year of his career, Vitesse was relatively peaceful, handed over a report card with an average of nearly 15+2+3 per game, and was successfully selected for the best rookie team for a while, and his outstanding performance was widely praised by the outside world, especially the fans of Kecheng, who also began to look forward to him.

In the second year of his career, he began to go his own way, not implementing coaching tactics, playing alone and blindly at will, and even beating Owen in the locker room.

Grab the ball with James

It's easy to understand that he is competing for power with Owen, after all, Owen was also a rookie at that time, and his foundation was not solid, and it was reasonable to be dissatisfied, but what was unexpected was that in the face of James, Vitesse dared to openly call out.

In the summer of 2014, James returned to Cleveland, and then Love also announced his joining, the addition of 2 star players, so that Vitesse's tactical status and playing time plummeted, in most cases, he could only play as the sixth man, but even so, Vitesse still retains the fantasy of being the boss, as long as the ball is in his hands, he will deal with it according to his own wishes, even if James reaches out for the ball, Vitesse turns a blind eye.

The team rebuilds, they can put up with Vitesse's behavior, but in the championship stage, they will not tolerate anyone destroying the chemistry, and in the end, Vitesse failed to "get up", was traded by the team to the Thunder, and then sent to the Heat.

Witters has to be thankful that he has a period of experience in his career with the Heat, in this well-trained iron army, Vitesse's personality has converged a lot, and he also played the best performance of his career in his first season, averaging 15.8 points per game, shooting nearly 40% from three-point range, and his outstanding performance also won him a $52 million contract extension, but unfortunately, Vites, who has just made a name for himself, once again fell into complacency.

Resisting Spoelstra, absent from training for no reason, taking banned drugs, etc., challenging the bottom line of the "god operator" Pat Riley again and again, and finally after 2020, Riley packed him and sent him to the Grizzlies, so far, Vites' good luck has come to an end, although he later tasted the taste of winning the championship in the Lakers, but the contribution of 2 points per game in the playoffs will not add much value to the ring, let alone continue Vitesse's career, in the offseason, the 29-year-old Vitesse lost his job.

From entering the NBA at the age of 21 to playing without the ball at the age of 29, Vitesse's career was only 8 years, and he didn't understand why he was like this, and for a long time, Vitesse lived in pain.

"I can't live without basketball, I don't know my future, I've thought about suicide, but I have kids, I'd rather not be happy for the rest of my life than have kids, it was dark at the time, but you know what? I've come here, I'm healthy now, I'm not who I used to be, I can help win, I'm in the locker room as a veteran. ”

Although Vitesse is extremely sincere, after all, it has been 4 years since he was away from the game, and it is almost impossible to return to the NBA, alas, he can only blame himself for being too young and vigorous, otherwise, with Wieters' ability, he may definitely become a regular guest of the best sixth man.

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