When people are unlucky, they stuff their teeth when they drink cold water
He was just playing the best game of his career, but the following year he suffered a stress fracture in his left foot and missed nearly two years. As a result, not only did he miss the maximum salary, but no team was willing to give him a chance after returning from recovery, and finally fell to the base salary player.
He is T.J. Warren, the "God of War in the Park".
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On September 5, 1993, Warren was born in North Carolina, USA, into a basketball family, and his father was a star player on the varsity team when he was in college, and he was a legend in the local basketball circle.
Influenced by his family environment, he fell in love with basketball at first sight since he was a child, so his father deliberately built a simple ball frame at home, and often played with him and taught Warren some basic basketball skills.
Over time, Warren gradually showed great basketball talent, coupled with excellent athleticism, and soon became the best among children his age. In order to improve his level, his father often took him to games, and in one game, he managed to attract the attention of NBA star David West at the time.
On the recommendation of an acquaintance, West became the most important mentor on Warren's basketball path, and the two would train together every offseason. West would also take him to various basketball camps on a regular basis, and under his tutelage, Warren's skills in all aspects developed by leaps and bounds, and he quickly made a name for himself in the local area.
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After entering high school, Warren became the core of the team, and his fame on the court rose to prominence, which was favored by many scouts. In his senior season, he averaged 21 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, leading the team to a 31-1 record and winning the state championship.
After graduating from high school, Warren was rated as a five-star high school student, received offers from many elite basketball schools, and finally chose to follow in his father's footsteps and join the University of North Carolina.
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Warren continued to show excellent scoring ability in his freshman season, averaging 12 points and 4 rebounds per game, and originally planned to participate in the draft at the end of the season, but decided to play another year at the suggestion of his father.
In his sophomore season, Warren suddenly woke up, averaging 25 points and 7 rebounds per game, and was named the best player in the region and selected to the All-America Second Team.
The only regret is that the team only won 22 games, and only stopped in the second round in March Madness. Warren entered the draft after his sophomore year and was selected by the Suns with the 14th pick in the first round.
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Warren didn't get much of a chance in the first two years of his career, plus he missed nearly half of the games with a broken leg. But he was not discouraged, chose to train harder, and in the third year, he averaged 14 points and 5 rebounds per game to successfully sit in the team's starting position.
In the 2017-18 season, Warren got better and better, and his average playing time per game increased dramatically, and his stats also increased to 19 points and 5 rebounds, becoming the team's second-leading scorer. And then the Suns management's mysterious operation, using Warren, who has entered his prime, to only return a small amount of cash from the Pacers, is really incomprehensible.
After coming to the Pacers, when the team's boss Oladipo was injured and unable to play, Warren carried the team's offensive banner and averaged 20 points and 4 rebounds per game to become the team's top scorer.
In the first game after the resumption of the game, Warren scored 50 points and won the game. In the remaining games, he averaged 31 points and 6 rebounds per game, and was named the "God of War in the Park" by fans, and was selected for a bubble for a while.
Just when things were going in a better direction, Warren suffered a stress fracture in his left foot after just four games in the 2020-21 season. This injury not only cost him the opportunity to sign a contract with a maximum salary, but also did not play for nearly 2 years and was finally ruthlessly abandoned by the team.
When Warren returned from injury, he only got a chance to get a base salary contract, but unfortunately he could not return to his peak form, and lost the opportunity to gain a foothold in the league after the Nets, Suns and Timberwolves.