All individual successes are actually set off by the background of the times, and the same is true in the basketball world of the NBA, to take a very simple example, under the overall blowing scale of the league of physical fouls, James. Harden's scoring ability has been greatly released, which is not to say that Harden is not good, but under the rules of the NBA in recent years, he is indeed more likely to become an offensive killer.
In the same way, in the past era, because of the era of style of play and the overall style of the league, the talent of some players has indeed been buried, maybe they were not particularly good players 15 years ago, but maybe today, the top ones are big names! Note: The following players are all players who have not been selected as All-Stars
Jonathan. Bender: Old fans must remember this NBALIVE 2004 BUG level player, as the No. 5 rookie in 1999, Bend has a height of 214 centimeters, a strong body, terrible athletic ability, plus flexible foot movement, he can even open his hand to hit three points, put today, at least a low-grade version of the alphabet brother, but in that era, big men have to have a hand back single ability, need to fight with the opponent's strong men in the inner line, can hold the ball frontal attack is The characteristics of Bend, But in that era, this was not what a 210 cm player should do, and although the pick was extremely high (he was the first high school student in the United States at the time), Bender did nothing because of injuries and the team's positioning of him.
Tim. Thomas: Another player who is not unfamiliar, the No. 7 rookie in the first round of 1997, Thomas is also a geek, 208 cm tall, but has a precise 3-point long-range shooting ability, career 3-point shooting rate of 37%! Today, he can act as the No. 4 player and open up space for the team, but at that time, a player like him was called "no three no four", playing big forwards has no physique, playing small forwards has no speed, in fact, the biggest difference between the small ball era and the old era is the transformation of the functions of the No. 4 position.
Laffernz: If you put it to this day, Lafferentz's character is a strengthened version of the big Lopez (although not as strong as the big Lo), as the 1998 No. 3 show, LaFlentz has a height of 211 cm, although it is a big center, but he also has excellent 3-point ability, and what is more valuable is that his rim protection skills are not ambiguous. With an average of 1.6 career blocks, including 3.0 blocks per game in the 01-02 season, ranking second in the league, it is definitely a super useful big man today, but in that era, Lafferentz, who had mediocre ability to carry baskets, was not yet among the top inside.
Kerry Kitters: Kitters is known as Brother Mosquito, it is said that this nickname is because of Kitters' small body and long arms, Kitters was tepid around the Nets Troika at that time, there was no concept of "3D players" in that era, but the attributes of 3D players, Kitters is very suitable, Mosquitoes' career average three-point shooting rate is 39%, in that era, it can be said to be very outstanding. With his excellent arm span and running ability, he is also an effective wing defender.
Darius. Miles: Speaking of Miles, in fact, there is still some sadness, his talent is visible to the naked eye, 206 cm tall, fast like a guard, with excellent arm span and movement ability his defensive efficiency is also very high, but at that time, he actually had some "no three no four", of course, his no three no four most important thing is not the ability to project, but in fact he has practiced 3 points later in his career, but his knee has not allowed him to play in the NBA, Miles is the No. 2 show in 2000, In the past 21 years, only static talent and dynamic talent, there are definitely no more than 10 people who can match Miles at the same time, but unfortunately he has not waited for the prosperity of the current striker.