He entered the draft in 2006 and was selected by the Raptors with the 35th pick in the second round, averaging 1.8 points and 1.4 rebounds per game in his rookie season and was cut off in the offseason. After being cut, because there was no team to sign, he began to travel overseas, Israel, Ukraine, Greece, Italy, Germany and other leagues have left his footprints, with the excellent performance of overseas leagues, he finally attracted the attention of the NBA, joined the Suns at the end of two years, returned to the NBA, he is PJ Tucker.
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In the 12-17 season, Tucker won the team's Dan Marley Best Fight Award for four consecutive years at the Suns, which is also the biggest recognition of Tucker's fighting attitude to the game.
Tucker briefly played for the Raptors in 17 years, but the trade to the Rockets in July also really ushered in his peak, and it was also from the Rockets that they began to be known to the public.
On October 18, 2017, Tucker scored 20 points and 6 assists in the whole game, and overtook the last-minute free throw and killed the opponent;
On March 21, 2018, Tucker's career defensive rebounds exceeded 2,000;
On April 12, 2018, Tucker made 500 career appearances;
On April 26, 2018, the Rockets defeated the Timberwolves 122-104, and Tucker hit five three-pointers, setting a new career playoff three-point shooting record;
Rocket period
Tucker was a crucial part of the rocket's five small lineups for the Warriors that year, and he was 196cm tall, often entrusted with the position of center or big forward, and he grabbed offensive rebounds again and again in the long-lined interior line, and fell to the ground again and again to grab the floorball, which made a deep impression.
Of course, in the Rockets, his offensive role is not much, his round share is not high throughout his career, the most stable thing in the Rockets period is the bottom corner three-pointer, he brings the Rockets what the Rockets need most is tough defense, his low defense, his co-defense are very good. Impressive is the playoffs with the Lakers, the Rockets 112-97 victory over the Lakers, Tucker single defense Davis, constantly around the front, constantly give the body, resulting in Davis only 16 shots in the whole game, although the back of the game Davis quickly adjusted over, but it is not difficult to see that Tucker has a great impact on him.
Single-handed defense davis
But in the end, the Rockets still did not win the championship, Tucker also joined the Bucks, in the Bucks' system, Tucker is also a very important part, especially in the playoffs, the Bucks in the entire system, Holliday, Middleton, Alphabet Song, Tucker, Lopez Jr. are all defensively excellent players. In the playoffs against the Nets, when Durant killed all sides, it was Tucker who went up, tough to create physical contact, so that Durant consumed a lot of physical strength for each ball, although it did not completely prevent Durant, but the difficulties caused to Durant were unimaginable, and finally the Bucks won the 20-21 season championship, and Tucker also won the first championship of his career as he wished.
Single defense Durant
In the offseason, Tucker also attracted a lot of interest, although he is 36 years old, although he averages only 4.3 points per game, but his defense, his attitude to every goal, or let him win the recognition of many teams, Tucker finally chose to join the Heat, he said: "The Heat is the team I want to come to, the team style and coaching style here are very suitable for me." I wanted to come here and play before, and I almost came here just before the trade deadline and when you look at our squad list, we're going to be a very tough team. "Heat star Butler, the tough representative, joined Tucker in the new season, and the Heat will become a stronger opponent.
In the end, the Heat was chosen
In the new season, I hope Tucker can achieve more success in the Heat, sign two more contracts, after all, collecting sneakers is also very expensive.
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