The most common, and the most heroic, is to fight until the end of the bullet, know that the fight can not be moved, and fade out of the lake.
As Duncan said when he lost weight in 2010, he was going to fight "until my wheels fell."
Duncan in 1997-2015, regardless of the level of data, every 36 minutes always had 17 points, 11 rebounds and more than 2 blocks. The only thing that determines his stats is how much time he plays.
In seven games with the Clippers in 2015, the 39-year-old played against Jordan Jr. and Griffin, and averaged 18 points, 11 rebounds and 59% shooting per game.
In the 2015-16 season, Duncan averaged 25 minutes, 9 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists per game, and 12 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks per 36 minutes.
Against the Thunder Series, he averaged 6 points and 4 rebounds in 23 minutes per game. I'm 40 years old and I really can't run.
So when he left the court, he raised his hand to say goodbye.
But there are also some players who have their own peculiar dignity.
In 1986, Bird's three-game regular season MVP came on the occasion of the day.
But McHale predicted that Bird would retire when he was still emperor, when he felt he could not rule.
Because of Bird's self-esteem, he would not allow himself to be a substitute and be humiliated every day.
Bird broke his back in 1988 and fell sharply for the next three years.
In the last year of his career, at the age of 35, he only played 45 games due to a back injury, and he had nothing to do in the hospital.
But he still averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 47% from the field, 41% from three-point range, and 93% from the free throw line.
Two months before retiring, he also scored a legendary battle against that year's Western Conference champion Trail Blazers with 49 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists.
And after Bird retired, he never tried to make a comeback, nor did he participate in any All-Star three-goal game or anything like that.
It all stems from his pride, his pride. Or to paraphrase him Chinese internet habits:
His compulsion.
His old rival, The Magician, was 31 years old in 1991 and only lost to Jordan in the regular season, and only lost to Jordan in the finals with the Lakers. But because of HIV, I quit.
But he was not reconciled, he had his own business map. So in 1992, the All-Star returned, and also won the All-Star MVP; in the summer of 1992, he also took the Dream Team to Barcelona and won the Olympic Championship.
The magician is a character who does not want to be lonely, and in the 1995-96 season he made a comeback and played very well. But in the first round of 1996, the Lakers were ravaged by big dreams, and the team was in chaos. So the magician retreated.
The magician himself described it: he longed to play, after all, all his glory came from the basketball court; he had his own commercial territory, so he had the opportunity and wanted to continue playing. They always want to squeeze out their commercial value until they have really squeezed it dry.
If the Magic hadn't retired in 1996, the following year we'd see a team with:
Magician, Kobe, Shark.
Look at these three names and imagine that scene...
The most complicated, like Jordan, did not know that taking the Bulls to win the championship in 1998 was a perfect result, but he was later willing to make a comeback in the Wizards, also because he became the wizards small boss and had a business cooperation.
In other words, Jordan himself was 30 years old when he first retired in 1993, for several reasons.
First, as he himself said, at that time he won three consecutive championships, had a dynasty, reached the peak, and had nothing to pursue.
The second is that his family has changed, as we all know.
Third, he is really tired, on and off the field, exhausted. On the eve of the regular season in April 1993, he called Coach Dean Smith of the University of North Carolina to complain, and he told the coach that he heard Jordan say" "I feel like I need to rest", and Smith also advised Jordan that "this is a great journey, you have done a lot." Jordan said, "Yes, it's over." ”
Later, during the 1993 playoffs, he was chased by the media. He went to Atlantic City to gamble, and was used as a joke.
On October 6, 1993, when Jordan announced his retirement, he first said, "I lost my desire to play. ”
Another sentence for the media: "You people can dig up stories elsewhere." ”
The second retirement is related to that shutdown, as we all know.
There are also those who originally wanted to retire and dragged on for a year. Take Bill Russell, for example.
In 1968 he wanted to quit, first because he was divorced and depressed; second, because Martin Luther King Jr. died, and Russell, as an athlete who had been fighting for people of color (he was one of the first black coaches in the history of professional sports), was also desperate, did not train in the summer, and gained weight. I was persuaded by everyone to fight for another year.
As a result, in the 1968-69 season, with the dying Celtics, fourth in the East, reached the Finals, killed the Lakers of the Three Heavenly Kings 4-3, and got the eleventh ring in thirteen years. That's when I really got done.
The weirdest way to retire is... Bellagh-hoopped Chamberlain.
In the 1972-73 season, the 36-year-old Chamberlain could play 82 games, averaging 73% of the 43 minutes, 13 points, 19 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
Losing to the Knicks in the Finals, he still averaged 12 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists per game.
As long as he wants to continue, he can continue to fight.
But...... The following is an excerpt from my own "When the Basketball Stars Shine".
In the summer of 1973, the ABA's San Diego Conquistadors gave Chamberlain a price tag: player-coach, $600,000 a year. Chamberlain happily signed the contract and jumped ship.
However, the Los Angeles Lakers did not agree, pointing out that Chamberlain had breached the contract. In the end, Chamberlain had to work as a basketball coach in San Diego for a year.
His assistant coach Stan Albeeck later said: "Chamberlain has a great feeling for professional basketball, but day-to-day coaching makes him bored and he has no patience. ”
So Chamberlain gave the coaching job to Albeek, wandered around on his own, and once missed a game to sign for his autobiography.
Over the course of a year, he led the Conquerors to 37 wins and 47 losses, bringing only 1,843 spectators at each home. Chamberlain was greatly dissatisfied. So in 1974, he left professional basketball.
The most bleak and bleak is this way:
I wanted to do everything I could to play it, but the team didn't give a contract.
The vast majority of non-superstars, in the end, are like this.
Jordan's only healthy full season in 1984-1998 and not a leading scorer was his rookie year: Bernard King, who averaged 33 points per game. As mentioned before, many scoring kings have a bleak evening in their later years. Because many of the scoring kings are not comprehensive, and they are not good role players. Once the scoring ability is gone, other shortcomings are easily exposed. So when you are abandoned, it is too late to say goodbye.
That was the year that the golden knee was scrapped and stopped for a whole year.
But he transformed and made a comeback. In the 1990-91 season, King was 34 years old and averaged 28.4 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists per game.
It's the biggest span of transformation in history: Before the injury, he was the NBA's most explosive offensive player, and his signature trick was to ask for the ball on his back, turn over, or make a difficult back-up shot, or make a big turn to bully into the basket. He was always flexible and in place, catching the ball close to the basket to complete the attack.
After the knees were scrapped, he lost speed, and his knees were not so obedient that he could not sneak under the basket. So he began to become a peripheral player: face basket, tentative step, fake action, stretch foot occupy, breakthrough ... In his later years, he hardly relied on speed, but was purely a product of consciousness and rhythm.
In 1991, he was also discussed as a dream team candidate. He and Wilkins were both rejected at the same time. Why: Wilkins "played like he was playing for the best shots," while Bernard King "lost his knee to the defensive end and couldn't move sideways." Just such a knee, you can also average 28 points per game.
But it's coming to an end.
After returning to his peak at the age of 34, he began to plan surgery. Bullets head coach Unside was stunned: a 34-year-old guy had surgery and was going to recuperate for two years...
In January 1993, Bullet didn't want to raise idlers anymore, so he cut him off. No one gave him a contract, so he had to return it.
In this way, the 34-year-old who can still average 28 points per game, after an operation to recuperate, retired.
After Kim retired, Newsday asked: Why do you still have to undergo surgery and recuperation at the age of 34 in order to continue to play in the NBA?
"I have two ideals." Bernard King, 36, said slowly, "One is getting a ring, no; one is getting twenty thousand." When I retired, I scored 19,655 points. ”
"So, when winter comes, my knees will recover a little bit. I would run to the court in the backyard and score 350 points. Yes, that's it. That way, I was able to get into the 20,000 club – that's why I always wanted to keep playing. ”
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