The NBA is currently the most competitive basketball league in the world, and the players here also have top talent. Basic data such as height, arm span, bounce, speed, standing height, and lateral movement are needless to say, and NBA players are definitely at the top of the list. Today we're going to talk about the 5 weirdest talents in the NBA.
What is a "strange talent"? This means that those who don't seem to have anything to do with playing basketball, but when you think about it, are indeed superior talents. Let's take a look!
1. The angle between Lori's hips and the vertical line is 20 degrees
This sentence can be difficult to understand, let's go straight to the picture! Lowry's hips are angled at 20 degrees to the vertical line, which shows that Lowry is very cocked, even comparable to Kardashian! But how does this talent help play basketball?
There really is! Lori, who is 1.83 meters tall, can be called a small steel cannon, because his physical quality is not at all inferior to the inside players, and sometimes he can even go to the inside line to play back and single, without the support of hip strength, how can Lowry do this?
For defenders, if you're definitely fast enough, you can clean up your opponent in one step, but you probably don't need much strength. But everyone is an NBA player, there is no such exaggerated absolute speed, so many times the guard breakthrough still has to take a point confrontation, start to take a half step ahead, and squeeze out the advantage of half a step in the physical confrontation, so that you can pass.
Lowry's hips are actually a symbol of strength, and in addition to Lowry, floor flow players such as Harden and Paul also have this talent. It's just not as exaggerated as Lowry!
2. Rondo's shoulders
Rondo is 1.85 meters tall and definitely a short man in the NBA, but of all the guard players, his shoulders are probably the widest! Whether compared to 1.96-meter Ray Allen or 2.06-meter James, Rondo's shoulder width is no less than that!
Shoulder width is also an advantage? Of course! First of all, the width of the shoulders means that your upper body is strong and you have an advantage in strength. Remember when Brother Alphabet first joined the league? Skinny like a bamboo pole, shoulders are similar to Zhou Qi, and later after continuous training, it finally became what it is today, and the width of the shoulders has also been greatly improved.
In addition to strength, the width of your shoulders also directly affects your arm span. People with wide shoulders naturally have a longer arm span, which has an advantage at both ends of the attack and defense, and many players like to use their shoulders to do fake actions when holding the ball, and players with shoulder widths have a larger range of fake actions.
When grabbing rebounds in the card position, many players are accustomed to using their shoulders to go to the card position first, so that the speed of the shot is faster, which explains why Rondo's height of 1 meter 85 can often grab so many rebounds.
3, short neck is also an advantage
When we think of some players with extra long arm spans, we probably think of Garnett, Gasol, Bosh and others, who have a common feature, that is, the neck is also very long! Because the body structure of these players is like that, the limbs are long, and the proportions of the whole body look very harmonious.
But Sean Marion seems to be an exception, he is 2 meters 02 tall, arm span 2 meters 22, is already the longest arm in the NBA, but Marion's neck is very short! Everyone has a head on the top of their necks, and if you look at Marion, it's like two shoulders carrying a head, almost no neck!
The short neck is certainly not good-looking, so Marion's nickname is "Alien Hacker". Don't say he looks like an alien, but a short neck also has an advantage when playing basketball. First of all, the first point, if the neck is short, the head is not easy to be injured, especially when experiencing impacts and landing at high altitudes, the brain is rarely impacted, and the young Marion is also a flying player, such a neck does not know how much impact has been reduced for his brain!
And most importantly, players with short necks are effectively taller! What is effective height? Take Bosh, for example, although his height is 2 meters 11, but the neck occupies 17 centimeters, this 17 cm neck is almost useless when playing basketball, and because of the neck sun, so Bosh's effective height is actually less than 2 meters 11.
Assuming that both are 2 meters 11 tall, one neck is 20 centimeters long and the other is not necked, then who do you say stands and touches the taller and stronger? Of course, there is no neck of the player, ah, under the head of the person is the shoulder, the height of the shoulder is higher than you, the effective height, the effective arm span will naturally be better.
In fact, Marion's figure is quite suitable for playing basketball, with wide shoulders, short neck, and long arms, and warriors center Looney also gives people this feeling, but Looney's achievements are not comparable to Marion.
4, the big player is very smart
Speaking of big-headed players in the NBA, Yao Ming is definitely not to be tolerated! The reason why Yao Ming was able to gain a firm foothold in the NBA that year was that on the one hand, it was inseparable from his physical talent, on the other hand, Yao Ming worked hard enough, but there was also a factor, that is, Yao Ming was very smart.
From a little white who doesn't speak English to being able to be fluent in English a year later, this is not something that can be done with hard work. Yao Ming always feels very spirited on the field, unlike the "big bosses" in the NBA, Yao Ming plays very fine and has good skills.
People with large heads have a large brain capacity and will naturally be smarter, so they can learn things faster and be more adaptable in competition. In addition, the media often says that a player with strong key ball ability is a "big heart", in fact, the psychological endurance is also determined by the brain, so that such a player will be more calm at key moments.
For example, the new MVP Jokic, who is also a very smart big head player, and the former All-Star organization guard Kidd.
The Lone Ranger once had a defender named Barria, who was 1.83 meters tall and had a head larger than Nowitzki. In the season when the Lone Ranger won the championship, Barria finals single defense James, but also hit the key three-pointer many times, even Nowitzki publicly praised: "Before I only knew that he had a big head, very smart, did not expect him to have a big heart!" 」 ”
5. James's Achilles tendon
Compared with players such as Alphabet Brother and Durant, James's Achilles tendon does not look very long, but old Zhan's Achilles tendon, including the entire calf, is much thicker than others.
Players with long Achilles tendons and thin calves tend to bounce better, but they are also more likely to have injuries because the upper limbs are too strong, but they give people a feeling of instability in the next game. James's calf makes people feel very "solid", which may also be the reason why old Zhan has been injured for so many years!
Those flying players, after a certain age, often have knee, ligament, Achilles tendon, meniscus injuries, but if you think about it, what is the worst injury in James's entire career? Strain in the groin! Old Zhan hardly had a bone problem, and the groin strain was actually just a muscle injury!
When other players have already suffered bone and ligament injuries, James's "skeleton" is still so strong, but because the muscles can't withstand the strength, they can't stand it first! From Old Zhan's Achilles tendon, you can see the strength of his body, and he can not be seriously injured for so many years, how can it not be a different talent?
Dear fans, what strange talents do you think there are in the NBA? Let's discuss!