Former NBA star Amare Stoudemire has played in seven games in the CBA since joining Fujian.
But during this period, the Fujian team has not defeated any other opponents except for the two victories won from the Bayi team. The team, which hosted last season's home-grown regular season MVP Wang Zhelin and two former NBA players, is now only in the bottom of the league with a dismal record of 2 wins and 9 losses.
As a key introduction of foreign aid, although Xiao Si's state gradually heated up with the progress of the schedule, in the game against Guangdong team, he also cut 37 points and 19 rebounds, but in the previous 6 games, he could only contribute 19.8 points per game, in the current score is often around 120 points, this is not important at all, and this only outbreak is also in the first quarter by the Guangdong team into garbage time, it took 42 minutes to exchange, how the performance has long been irrelevant.
If in the future schedule, the 37-year-old Xiaosi and fujian team still can't turn things around, then the time when the two part ways may not be far away...
Seeing that the "little bully" who once pulled up the mountain and the world no longer has dominance in the CBA arena, people can't help but sigh.
When it comes to Stoudemire, nicknamed "Little Bully", the first thing that many old fans remember in their minds should be the phoenix between him and Nash, the invincible blocking and the heroic posture when he dominated the NBA's five best balls.
Jr. and Nash are among the most powerful blocking duo in NBA history, and they use blocking tactics even more frequently than "Utah Double Brake" in the game, and no one can stand out in terms of ornamentation.
Under the duo's combination, the Phoenix Suns were strong in the West in those years, twice out of the 60+ season, the record remained above 60% all year round, if it were not for Robert Holly's notorious villain in the 2007 playoffs, they could have been one step ahead of the Golden State Warriors to justify the "small ball play".
That Suns is one of the most dazzling teams in the history of the NBA, Nash is a point guard grandmaster with excellent passing skills, who can lead people to the ball and turn stones into gold, while Xiao Si is the world's most difficult to find top blocking and demolition finishing master, super strong catching ability, fierce impact, even if he is heavily guarded, he can also kill a bloody road, forcibly attack the city.
Later, in 2010, when Nash and Xiaos were no longer young, they could still reach the Western Conference Finals with one pass and one dunk and ten thousand arrows, and played six games with the Purple Gold Lakers.
There is something about the strength of Steve Nash, which I have already written about in august this year, and I will not repeat it here, so today let us focus on the spotlight on Xiao Si and reminisce about his peak.
First of all, let's start with Xiao Si's physical fitness:
Singh is 2.08 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.18 meters, which is the standard size of a large forward. Strong body, training a steel and iron bone, is the NBA in the horizontal training school master, inverted triangle upper body muscles like a knife sharp axe carving, at a glance, it gives people a sharp visual impact.
He has the speed of a small forward, a strong physical confrontation ability, the first step of the breakthrough start is overbearing and fierce, even in the Knicks period after the big injury, he can rely on the invincible pedaling explosive power and the "Give Li Fen" that was flying in the sky at that time, and the "Give Li Fen" that was not yet Buddhist was hard to hit hard, and the front shot down 39 points! The explosive speed he ignited was the existence of the first gear in history, and this exaggerated instantaneous explosive power that was close to superpower made it difficult for him to meet opponents among the big players in the entire history of the NBA.
As early as the rookie season, Xiao Si shocked the entire league with a lightning and thunderous one-handed dunk on the head of the 2.13-meter-tall "parallel goods" Olovo Candy! He has an outstanding bounce height and bounce distance, and the horror is that he can jump to this height in an instant, and when he has wings on his ribs and raises the ball with one hand, he has a tendency to overlook the mountains.
In the years when Little Sling was in the limelight, there were countless "victims" who were separated by him, including many famous masters such as Garnett and Duncan, and the bloody partition that split his head and covered his face on Tolliver's head left an indelible memory in curry's heart!
After that, we turn our attention to the technical characteristics of Xiaosi:
Because Xiaosi's dunk is too wild, many people have ignored Xiaosi's comprehensive offensive skills.
He has shots, as early as the second grade, before the Nash Phoenix returned to the nest, his mid-range jump shots have been crosshairs, career mid-range two-point shooting, shooting 41.8%, long-range two-point shots, shooting 43.1%, as a comparison, one of the representatives of the contemporary technical flow forwards - Aldridge, in these two areas of the shooting rate of 41.5% and 42.4%, has always been a Brutalist style of the small S even slightly better!
By the 2007-08 season, Xiaosi's shooting was even more ambitious, shooting 52.1% in the 10-16 foot area! 16 feet to the three-point line area, shooting 47.5% from the field, and the true shooting rate is also a career-high 65.6%!
Xiao Si's shooting, both feet power, straight elbows, left hand with a long time, not soft, but the mechanized force mechanism allows his shot to maintain a high stability, as long as he is given a little space, his assembly line operation of the general shot can immediately make the opponent comeback cost.
However, it is difficult for the defender in front of Xiaosi not to leave space for him, because Xiaosi's breakthrough ability is too sharp, he not only has the speed of a small forward, but also the breakthrough skills of a small forward, starting step by step or starting with a cross step, just bend the knee to exert a pedal, you can throw the defender in front of him aside, as long as he grabs a little bit of position, he can quickly approach the basket with speed, and then use the speed to directly get the first hand.
He has both hands that dribble and can enter the box from all angles. Tactically speaking, the Suns' group of shooters also opened up a very wide offensive space for Xiaosi, enough for him to gallop like a Wild Horse within the three-point line.
Under the basket, even if he encounters resistance, the strong core strength allows him to maintain a good body balance and the integrity of technical movements after a violent physical confrontation, and then find an angle to stuff the ball into the basket after opening the defender in the air, he has an efficient small throw, and the posture is quite a bit of the majesty of the overlord.
It is also worth noting that Xiao Si's left and right hands can complete the basket finish in the case of strong confrontation, and he also has a deep understanding of the rebound angle of the layup on the board, and it is these details that make Xiao Si's breakthrough more sharp.
And even if one hit does not succeed, the speed of The Horror of Xiaosi can also win him a second chance to make up the basket, he has never been a rebounding master, but 30% of the rebounding in his career comes from the frontcourt, and the most terrifying season of offensive rebounding has a rebounding rate of 13.6%!
Relying on these abilities, when Xiao Si holds the ball in the waist position or high frame, the opponent will be too close to him, and the distance will be directly pulled by him, and he will be hard, and no one can stop him, once he is killed in the box, it is likely that he will be locked into the magazine cover or poster.
In order to avoid embarrassment, many times, the opponent can only helplessly use fouls to stop him, but at the peak, his free throw shooting rate can be maintained at about 80% all year round, once against Yao Ming's team, he even completed a personal record of 20 penalties and 20 at the free throw line, so that in front of the TV, my father and I were in a low mood for an afternoon.
When epic explosiveness is combined with skillful face frame offensive techniques, It makes Xiao Si one of the most impactful and lethal big forward players in NBA history when it comes to face frame offense.
When the "Little Bully" poses a three-threat posture, it is a problem that the opponent cannot solve, and when he and Nash perform the blocking attack, he is the headache of the entire league.
However, due to the lack of tonnage and small hips, Xiao Si's power will be greatly reduced when he is low on his back, but just by virtue of his attack power in the face frame, he can already rush the entire team opposite to pieces.
In terms of offensive ability alone, "Little Bully" is definitely the existence of all big forward players who can rank in the first gear, in the career regular season, Xiao Si scored a total of 18 games with ≥ 40 points, as a comparison: Garnett only 4 games, Duncan is 5 games, Weber is also 5 games, Aldridge is 7 games, Bosh has 10 games, in the same era of big forward players, only "Notian King" 20 times can suppress Xiao Si.
However, the most emblematic of Jr.'s offensive ability is the 2004 playoffs, the Suns vs Spurs, the Western Conference Finals.
In the first game of the series, the "Little Bully" proved himself to the entire basketball world in Duncan, who has always been known for his defense:
- As soon as the second quarter came up, Xiao Si received the ball in the penalty area, faced the waiting Duncan to step on the ground, shook Duncan away, and then threw the ball in one hand;
- In the transition, Xiao Si and Duncan meet head-on, the two jump almost at the same time, Duncan swings his arm, but Xiao Si folds his body to avoid it, and then glids to the basket, splitting a tomahawk dunk, which makes the ears of the stone Buddha buzz;
——One step after the free throw line, after Xiao Si received the ball, Duncan let him take a step, Xiao Si directly stepped on the ground, Duncan arrived in time with his long arm, but to no avail, only to see the basketball clean and neat through the center of the basket;
- Blocking with Barbosa high, then moving to the left waist, receiving the ball and then drying the shot under Duncan's eyes;
——The left waist swings three threats, one-handed grab the ball swing, the right foot continuously stabs the tentative step, the two defenders are forced by him to take a step back, so he instantly pulls dry to the highest point, before the defender can jump, he has already shelled out of the chamber and hit the target;
——At the free throw line, he confronted Duncan again, raised the ball to make a fake action, found that Duncan's defensive position was right foot in front and back, instantly broke through to start, killed the right side, and finally stood up to Duncan and Holly to find the board, forced in;
- Holding the ball in a high frame, one step past Holly, dodging in the air, dodging Duncan's defense, and tucking the ball in with his right hand;
——After blocking and dismantling, catch the ball on the right side, face Duncan, change direction and dribble the ball to the basket, and then collect the ball and twist to strengthen, Duncan had to foul;
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——Holding the ball at the top of the arc, the cross-step breakthrough starts, the left hand dribbles Holly one step past, and then directly "poof" in front of the free throw line, and the ball is stretched and powerfully slapped into the basket!
As strong as Duncan, he could not stop Xiao Si, who could chop Huashan in the mouth of the commentator, accurate jump shots, violent baskets, and indomitable courage, and the Spurs' impenetrable defense was like a wooden carved clay sculpture in front of Xiao Si.
In the whole game, Xiao si blasted down 41 points! Throughout the series, Jr. exploded in Duncan's head with a wild statistic of 37 points and 9.8 rebounds per game with 55% shooting! Although the Suns didn't end up laughing until the end, His horrific performances on All-Time Top Striker Tim Duncan have earned him respect.
What's even more astonishing is that this is only the third year of his career, when he was only 22 years old, you know, at the age of 14, he was first exposed to regular basketball games.
At that time, it seemed that only the sky was really the limit of Xiao Si, but after he jumped into the sky, he found that the sky would have a lot of cloudy days, and injuries were the clouds that lingered in his career.
Before the start of the 2005-06 season, he underwent minimally invasive knee surgery for knee cartilage damage, and played only 3 games in the whole season; in the 2008-09 season, he was first stabbed in the eye, the iris was partially torn, and then he suffered a retinal detachment in the game against the Clippers, and since then the goggles have been inseparable from him; in the 2011-12 season, without the protection of the Suns, the back injury began to plague his play, and in the playoffs, he smashed the fire extinguisher and cut his left hand when he was angry In the 2012-13 season, he underwent knee surgery again, missed 53 games, and never lost the explosive power he was proud of, ending his peak with injuries.
These successive injuries have made Xiaosi's career can only stop and stop, his career is not continuous, but even so, he has been selected as an All-Star six times, once selected for the league's best team first team, four times selected for the league's best team second team, staged countless shocking highlight moments, leaving a strong mark in the history of the NBA.
It is a pity and admirable that before Xiaosi did the knee surgery in 2013, he never changed the extremely violent aesthetic playing style, he was knocked down by injuries again and again, but again and again Nirvana was reborn, burning and blooming! As long as he has the opportunity, he will still jump and explode into the basket...
Although the ruthless injury eventually ruined his path to the NBA basket, but he could not take away the beloved basketball in his hands, then he found the way to the Israeli league basket, and now he has found the way to the CBA basket, as long as he can jump, he will continue to play, continue to dunk!
Xiao Si is fully capable of transforming into a three-point battery in the twilight of his career, but he does not transform! Instead, he continued to look for the next chance to approach the basket, just as he did when he was younger.
Once he was radiant, now he is still flying in the afterglow.
As the Bohemian Rhapsody put it: "Only I can define myself, I want to be the person I was born to be." ”