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Gail Goodrich is one of two of the los Angeles Lakers' traditional giants who have completed their jersey retirement ceremony but don't have much presence (and Jamal Wilkes). Goodrich has no absolute talent, 1.85 height and 200 pounds weight "short and fat" is therefore nicknamed "stump", but full of strength, like low positions and able to create unconventional dislocations, as a left-handed genre predecessor its related skills even surpass the contemporary widely known field king Ginobili of Argentina. There is another point that is very much in line with the temperament of the City of Angels, although it seems to contradict the advantages of the nickname: the appearance value. It is said that the popularity of the scene was as high as that of Hollywood superstars.
Goodrich has always been such a body, and this time "instigated" the crazy restrictions of the objective environment. But he knew how to be strong, to play to the extreme, to use the inherent super-level skills and the sense of vision that degenerated and upgraded later, and to partner legendary head coach John Wooden to maximize the effect. As a result, Stump has been extremely dominant since high school, leading the team to win the league championship, and the college is also the level of the best team in the United States, scoring in the Finals to make history, and joining forces to continue the legacy of the greatest NCAA team in history. These big-roller experiences laid the groundwork for him to become a superstar, including the desire to fly solo because he had to sit on the bench to be a giant.
Because of the regional draft, Gayle Goodrich was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers, and there is a chance that the player's hometown basketball will continue to accumulate popularity, which should be very happy. But he soon became too uncomfortable because of the fierce competition for the same position, The LOGOO Jerry West pressed like a five-fingered mountain, and Walter Hazzard and Archie Clark lined up. Goodrich already needs to adapt, and the practices he can get when playing time is not guaranteed, and the progress that continues therefrom, is even less than ideal. Fortunately, the Phoenix Suns appeared, implemented the draft expansion system, and picked out Gayle Goodrich.
Just like Phoenix's Sun, Guderic's already huge and repressed skills such as the Big Bang, which finally sat firmly in the starting lineup, directly confirmed that the strength of the data expanded several times, and the scores and assists were in the top ten of the league, quickly becoming the core of the team and officially recognized as an All-Star. The Sun, who desperately needed to grow, watched Guderic not win, and in two seasons, only the "All-Star" in the history of the club was gained, and had to sell him back to the Lakers, who had identified him as real.
This time is different. When Gudridge, who returned from the monster brush level, chose to retire from injury and fate, Elgin Baylor, who was tormented by injuries and fate, chose to retire, so he had more space, but it still needed a little twist - then head coach Bill Shaman started a separate class, Goodrich effectively lost weight through training, and developed long-range shots, in line with tactics, better long-term team top scorer, and was nod by the mentor as "a great attacker". Just that season, the Los Angeles Lakers achieved the longest 33 consecutive wins in a single season in history and successfully won the championship. As a result, Goodrich was gradually baptized as "a great scorer and team player" as described by West and Chamberlain.
History has a story at its peak here, and that was 1976. Goodrich did not agree to the lakers' salary, and eventually got into a lawsuit, signing with the Jazz still in New Orleans with the same great Curry idol "Pistol" Pete Malavic. There is also a situation behind this, the Jazz boss who did not have to pay transaction costs or insisted on giving the Lakers three future draft picks to show respect or too confident in the double core or ignoring the impact of injuries, of which the one who also caused the Jazz to finish at the bottom of the league because of Goodrich's serious injury reimbursement in 1979 and received a medal for the Lakers in the coin toss, which happened to be sent to the key heavyweighter who guided ShowTime afterwards: Magic Johnson. The big thing about this day was that in 1982, the Lakers themselves were able to catch up with the stall (the Celtics in 2018 almost replicated this feat).
Gail Goodrich was finally retired to the No. 25 jersey by the Los Angeles Lakers in 1996 certainly not (or not only) because of such a magical coincidence. As the third-best player in the Lakers' finals twice, It makes sense for Goodrich to team up to win the Lakers' first championship in Los Angeles.