The talented NBA naturally adheres to the law of "becoming famous early", and for the team, it is more inclined to choose the younger one among the players available, because in this league, young means potential and unlimited possibilities.
But in fact, in the history of the league there are still some players, although they failed to play the league at a young age, but with the precipitation of time slowly enriched themselves, to become a veteran age but played a piece of their own sky, this article to inventory five league "big instrument late" players.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > fifth place Bruce Bowen</h1>
When it comes to Bowen, countless non-Spurs fans can't help but hate him to the bone, and his small actions are really annoying to the opposing players, and even there is a lot of risk of injury in some rounds.
But if you look closely at Bowen's resume, you will find that he has a rather tortuous basketball path. Born in 1971, Bowen participated in the 1993 NBA draft, but because he was too thin and ordinary, he was defeated that year, and he had to go to Europe to play in order to make a living in the NBA, and it was this experience in Europe that honed his defensive skills to perfection, in 1996 Bowen returned to the NBA, after a brief stint with the Heat, 76ers and Green Army, his ability on the defensive end was favored by Spurs coach Popovich. So in 2001, he recruited the tramp, and at this time Bowen was 30 years old, and at this age, Bowen began a new chapter in his career.
Subsequently, in Popovich's tactical system, Bowen quickly became an important part of the Spurs with his brown-like staring and all-out defensive means, and in the Spurs' eight seasons, Bowen played as a main player in seven seasons, during which he himself was selected to the first team of the season 5 times and helped the Spurs win 3 championship Gold Cups.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > fourth place Sam Kassel</h1>
The odd-looking Kassel was actually a "lucky player" at the beginning of his career, and after being selected by the Houston Rockets in 1993, he immediately won two championship rings, but in all fairness, as a rookie at the time, his role in the team was limited, and his scores in the two championship seasons only hovered in single digits.
In the years that followed, Kassel wandered several teams, although they also showed good ability in some games, but it seemed difficult to go further, and players like Kassel were likely to end their NBA journey in an embarrassing position of not being high or low. The twist came in 2003, when the Timberwolves in order to impact the championship, at the expense of introducing powerful players, Cassell came to Minnesota in such a background, and he came with Spreeville, nicknamed "Madman", plus the Timberwolves' original core Kevin Garnett, Minnesota's "Three-Headed Monster" announced the birth, This season, Kassel not only scored a career-high 19.8 points, but also became a member of the All-Star team for the first time, when he was nearly 35 years old.
After the Timberwolves' success, people realized the experience and wealth of the veteran, and in 2008 the Celtics signed Kassel, who was nearly 40 years old on the key road to the championship, and in the summer Kassel also won the third championship of his career with the Green Army.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > third place Kyle Lowry</h1>
When it comes to the Rockets of Yao Mai's era, Lowry usually does not immediately emerge from memory, in fact, at that time, Lowry was also a member of the Houston Rockets, and lowry was a witness when Yao Ming led the team to the 2009 West Division semifinals.
However, at that time, the short guard was not able to shake the position of brooks, the rocket's main point guard at the time, and in the fourth season of his career, Lowry was only a player who averaged single digits per game, and it seemed that the cold bench would be the main theme of Lowry's career. However, Brooks' injury then gave Lowry the opportunity to get a head start, and he was trained in a competitive position with another point guard in the team, Dragic, and lowry's progress in the rocket's final two seasons was also obvious to all.
Being traded to the Raptors in 2012 became a turning point in Lowry's career, where he met a good partner who complemented his playing style, DeRozan, and the data also came to the peak of his career, in 2015, Lowry was selected for the all-Star team for the first time in his career, and at this time he was already a veteran in his nearly 30s, and in the next five years, he also did not wear the All-Bright Planet shirt once, and in 2019, he also helped the Raptors win the first championship trophy in team history, which can be described as a complete merit.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > second place Changxi Billups</h1>
Billups' career can be described as a big ups and downs, in the 1997 draft, Billups was selected by the Celtics with the third pick in the first round, which was higher than Maddy, who was known for his talent, and The starting point of Billups was not high.
But in the first four years of his career, Billups was surprised to move four teams. In fact, in these four years, his performance is acceptable, but Billups's playing style generally lacks visual impact, and the teams he has experienced are also in a more chaotic period, objectively there is no way to give Billups, a slow-heat player, to play opportunities and platforms, people naturally regard him as a high-ranking "injury Zhongyong", but after joining Auto City Detroit in 2002, the situation has undergone a qualitative change, Bilups's simple and efficient style and blue-collar temperament of the Pistons coincide. The Pistons also quickly rose to the top of the list.
In 2004, the Pistons reached the Finals under the leadership of Billups and others, and the opponent was the Los Angeles Lakers, who had four luxurious kings, when everyone thought that this would end with the Lakers crushing, Billups led the Pistons to a blue-collar player counterattack to defeat the Purple and Gold Army, and Billups was also named the Most Valuable Player in the Finals that year.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > first place Steve Nash</h1>
Although you are a draft member of the 96 Golden Generation, Nash's early career is far less popular than the likes of Iverson and Kobe Bryant.
Before the age of 30, Nash's highest honor was two All-Stars and two best team three-team, although it was a good quality, it also gave people a feeling of stopping here, coupled with his own physical fitness, potential seems to have been exhausted, so in 2004 Nash to the Mavericks owner Cuban asked for a salary of tens of millions of dollars, Cuban resolutely refused and gave this salary to the team's big center Dampier, which is probably the worst decision Cuban made in his life.
Nash, who transferred to the Suns, staged a "turn decay into magic" drama, not only the Suns became a team with 60 wins, But Nash himself won the league's highest personal honor for two consecutive years - the regular season MVP, Nash is also an extremely rare player in the league, almost all important honors are achieved after the age of 30.