In 1996, the "golden generation" gave birth to many excellent players, such as Kobe, Iverson, Ray Allen, Nash, Big Ben, Marbury, Peggy, etc. The player today is also from the 1996 draft, but his strength is far less than the above mentioned ones, but the tone is not small.
In 1996, the Pacers selected Eric Dampier with the 10th pick in the first round, a 2.11-meter-tall, 120-kilogram center who had a good performance on the defensive end, his bench press stats were second only to O'Neal and Big Ben, he was able to resist the opposing players with great strength when defending, and he could also contribute a good block or two, and he could also grab some rebounds in the frontcourt.
However, his technique on the offensive end is relatively rough, he lacks flexible interior footwork and basic skills, the throwing and hooking shooting rate in the penalty area is very low, the main scoring method is to grab the front court rebound to quickly play the board to score points, or to receive the teammate's pass to complete the empty connection or wipe the board to score, in the attack, mainly play the role of blocker, but because of his lack of scoring means, only when he has a good scoring opportunity, the teammate will give him the ball after the blocking, otherwise he only has to quickly return to the basket to prepare for the rebound. His technical characteristics doomed him to be only a blue-collar player.
In his rookie season, Dampier averaged just 5.1 points and 4.1 rebounds per game, and was traded to the Warriors the second season, where he spent seven seasons in total. By the 2003-2004 season, Dampier had his contract year, averaging 12.3 points, 12 rebounds and 1.85 blocks per game, the first time in his career that he had averaged a double-double per game.
The Lone Ranger felt that Dampier's defense was very good, so he offered him a 7-year, 73 million DOLLAR contract, but he did not expect that averaging 12.3 points and 12 rebounds per game was already his peak season, and after getting the big contract, he completely lost motivation, and has been going downhill, making the Lone Ranger miserable.
In the first season of joining the Lone Rangers, his average data per game has dropped to 9.2 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, but he has become blindly confident when he got a big contract, he arrogantly said that "the Sharks are the first center in the West, and I am the second center in the West", in fact, O'Neal has left the Lakers to join the Heat that season, Andayer means that he is now the best center in the West, and did not take Yao Ming and Xiao Si, who was still playing center at the time, in his eyes. So did Yao Ming and Xiao Si blow him up against the outspoken center?
Yao Ming and Dampier have played in a total of 26 games, Yao Ming averaged 20.3 points, 9.5 rebounds, 1 assist and 2.2 blocks per game, shooting 54.6%, while Dampier averaged only 6.4 points, 6.1 rebounds and 1.2 blocks per game, shooting 52.1%, and all the data were crushed by Yao Ming.
Interestingly, after Dampier's arrogant remarks, he met Yao Ming in the playoffs that season, and Yao Ming averaged 21.4 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game when facing him in the playoffs, shooting 65.5% from the field. In the second game of the playoffs, Yao Ming shot 13 of 14, slashed 33 points, and shot 92.9% from the field, completely ignoring the "second center in the West".
After the Lone Ranger advanced to the second round, Dampier met his unappreciated Little Si, and in the first game, Little Si shot 13 of 21, slashed 40 points, 16 rebounds and 2 blocks, shooting 61.9% from the field, giving Dampier a dismount.
In the six games of the playoffs, Xiaosi averaged 28.8 points, 12.5 rebounds and 2 blocks against Dampier, shooting 54.5% from the field, leading the Suns to beat the Lone Rangers 4-2 to advance to the Western Conference Finals, this round of the series Danpil averaged only 7.8 points and 8.7 rebounds per game, which is not at the same level as Xiaosi.
Successively educated by Yao Ming and Xiao Si in the playoffs, Dampier lost his previous sharpness, and the following season, He averaged only 5.7 points and 7.8 rebounds per game, and in the following seasons, Dampier, who had an annual salary of tens of millions, went downhill, and in 2010, the Lone Ranger chose to trade him to the Hornets, and he was cut before the new season started, and then he signed with the Rockets, and after 10 days he was cut again, and finally found a job in the Heat team that was short of haslem's interior line, at this time he was already a marginal man in the NBA, and then he also briefly played for the Eagles, and then quit the NBA after being cut.
It is good to have self-confidence, but blind self-confidence is not advisable, not to mention that he despises others when showing his self-confidence, attracting the dissatisfaction of others, a complacent word to find many enemies for himself, these people are eager to blow him up when they face him, let others recognize themselves, Dampier lost self-confidence in the process of constantly being exploded, and it is not worth the loss.