In 1998, Bryant was named an NBA All-Star for the first time, and when he warmed up before the game, Bryant couldn't wait to show Duncan, who was also a first-time All-Star, his new tricks. He told Duncan that dribbling the ball while on the move, and then suddenly pulling back the other side, can achieve the effect of shaking people, such a fresh move, Duncan is also the first time to see, and the name of this move is called: Shammgod.
In many sports, you can often see actions named after characters, such as Zeech squat, Bobby jump, Thomas slalom and Cheng Fei jump in gymnastics; Cruyff turning, Marseille slalom in football, and so on. And this extraordinary move in basketball is called Sam Good. But there will definitely be many friends who think that this extraordinary move was invented by Sam Gaode, but in fact, this action is only carried forward by him, not invented by him. Sam Gaud's origins in European, Yugoslav leagues were first used by players called El Látigo, circa 1975.
With the development of the European Basketball League, this action has gradually been promoted. Dejan Bodi Loga, known as the White Magician of Europe, is also a famous Basketball player in Yugoslavia, who has played Sam Gold's tricks and performed well against the Dream Team in international competitions. And he is not only good at Sam Gaud's steps, all the superb skills, foot skills, are world-class. Sam Gaud himself, who is named after this action, was born in 1976, so it is obviously unreasonable to say that he invented Sam Gaud.
Let's talk about Sam Gaud, who was born in a poor family in Brooklyn, New York, and has a love of basketball since he was a child, and the 13-year-old Sam Gaode is famous, and he is one of the three major defenders with Alston and Marbury in the new York Street Park. In high school, his combination with Ci Shiping went on a major flop in the National League. In college, in 1995, he was named to the All-American McDonald's All-Star Team, playing with Marbury for the East, which also included future stars of the NBA such as Pierce, Carter, and Billups.
According to the interview, Sam Gaud introduced that he used this action in a flash, indicating that he had not seen it before. You could also say that Sam Gaud was probably the first player in the U.S. land to use the move, and he first used it in 1997, during the NCAA's Crazy March game, when he led the team to the national quarterfinals and used it in the regional final against Arizona. Sam Gaud's deepest impression on American fans is still the crazy dribbling rarely seen in the NCAA arena, which can be said to be amazing, silky smooth, and these actions are stunning. This is widely known, so it is easy to understand why Americans call this trick Sam Gaudep.
Because of the combination of ornamentality, confusion and practicality, Kobe, Paul, Owen and others have also used Sam Gold to bring many wonderful performances, which has swept the basketball world outside the NBA and NBA with the trend of fire, and has become one of the favorite actions of many players and basketball fans.
In the 1997 draft, 3 league superstars were born, Duncan, Maddy, and Billups. Sam Gaud was selected by the Wizards with the 17th pick in the second round, played 20 games, and performed averagely, in that era when the inside lineman won the world, the small player who was only 1.86 meters tall was very embarrassing. Because the team accused him of sticking too much, the gorgeous dribbling on the street court was not accepted, and he was told that if he wanted to stay, he would either be a fixed-point shooter or give the ball to the team boss.
In 2001, Sam Gaode came to the CBA and joined Zhejiang Wanma, and his breakthrough skills brought a deep shock to Chinese fans, taught the local defenders a good lesson, and re-recognized the skills of the defenders. At that time, the fans who paid attention to the CBA knew that the Zhejiang team had a Sam Gaode who was very powerful, in the game, all kinds of back dribbling, turning over people, high difficulty throwing backwards, changing hands behind the back of the person, etc., many people were really stunned to see Sam Gaode playing at that time, did not expect the ball to be so lucky, there are quite a lot of fans on the spot to see the ball are running to him, skilled ball control, excellent physical fitness, people realized that the original ball can still be played like this. He won MVP in his first year in the CBA, and again with Yao Ming the following year, and was selected as the most popular player. In the 2003-04 season, AutoNavi averaged 29.9 points per game and became the first foreign player in CBA history, which was the first time that foreign aid won the CBA's scoring champion. He was known as the "Hero of the City" when he was in the Wanma Team. In the 06-07 season, he also transferred to Shanxi Zhongyu and then returned to Zhejiang Wanma.
He spent his career in leagues in Poland, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Croatia, as well as in Chinese leagues and in the Lower American League. After retiring in 2009, Sam Gaode served as a member of the coaching staff of the Shanxi team and the Guangsha three teams, mainly to help young defenders improve their dribbling level. Sam Gaud, whose career was not satisfactory, has become increasingly famous in the coaching path, and more and more people, including the already famous star, are hoping to get guidance from this experienced former street legend.
In 2016, Sam Gaud became an assistant coach for the Dallas Mavericks. He improved the possession techniques of Dennis Smith and Harrison Barnes. It also improved Doncic's ability to control the ball, and Doncic's MVP level performance in the second year of his career was also obvious to all.
In the basketball world, there are not many actions named after names, for Sam Gaud, this is an honor, he enriched the basketball game of a variety of technical means and offensive options, and carried forward this technology, by more talented young people to pursue and continue to learn to improve, in the street court using Sam Gaud's step to shake off the opponent, slowly three steps to the basket hit, you are the most beautiful boy on the street.