David West is not good at three-pointers.
In this era of small balls with a space type four, David West really belongs to the old antique: a tough old-fashioned academic style, with iron elbows and strength, a solid back pace and a precise mid-distance is the rice bowl for a stable life - rigorous, pragmatic, self-disciplined, fifteen years as a day, every inch of land must be fought, he is like Hemingway's tough man Santiago: "A person can be destroyed, but can not be defeated."
On June 25, 2015, David West made the bravest decision of his career: he gave up the player option of $12.6 million in his final year; on July 7, he joined the Spurs with a $1.4 million a year veteran base salary - a veteran who is about to turn 35 and take a salary cut to chase every professional player's ultimate dream.
On July 6, 2016, David West made the wisest decision of his career: a one-year veteran who joined the Golden State Warriors who regretted missing the championship and had just owned Kevin Durant. He brought leadership in the dressing room, he became a bridge between young and veterans, he taught young people how to bite the score back in the game of grinding teeth and sucking blood like the old schoolers of the first decade of the 21st century.
The twilight david has a long-cherished wish, and the iron-blooded old school can return to seclusion with peace of mind.
David West is the oldest of the Golden State Warriors, and his fifteen-year career has seen big winds and waves.
Ten years ago, the best David West and Chris Paul lost seven times to the Spurs in the Western Conference Semifinals, and the two together set a playoff record in the history of the New Orleans Hornets (Pelicans) - in 2007-08, the 27-year-old David West was selected as an All-Star for the first time, averaging 40.4 minutes in the playoffs and contributing 21.2 points, 8.5 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.9 blocks, all of which are the highest in a single season in the playoffs.
David's peak season averaged 9.9 feet per game, 29.9 percent of the basket shots, 47.8 percent of the two-point shots from the mid- and long range, and a true shooting percentage of 53.5 percent — his offensive area covers within the three-point line, and he can both break through the high-ball-holding basket and has a skilled low-post back-body technique, and is proficient in turning jump shots, relying on hookers, and turning small side throws, and his mid-range is evaluated by ESPN as "fatal."
Five years ago, David West and Hibert, Pepper, Brother And Brother, and Jiao Zhixi forced the Miami Heat into a seven-time steal in the Eastern Conference Finals, which was his most glorious moment before joining the Golden State Warriors — in the 2012-13 season, the 32-year-old David West averaged 17.1 points, 7.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.0 steals in 33.4 minutes per game, which was his second spring after recovering from a ligament tear in 2011: his mid-range two-point shooting rate was 42.2% at the same time as his peak.
Eight years in New Orleans and four years at Indiana, David West has been competing with the best team in the division. Twelve years later, he entered the twilight of 35 years, and the championship ring is always the best destination for every fighter.
David West gave up the $12.6 million player option, and his entire career salary was $12 million, and his career salary totaled $92.19 million — he was the father of Benjamin West and Dacia West, in a sense, he needed this tens of millions of dollars a salary, but he also needed a championship ring inside to witness the endless struggle of the past twelve years.
In the end, David West chose the Golden State Warriors with the best talent. Last season, he played 13.7 minutes per night, averaging 6.8 points, 3.3 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.0 blocks per game. David West and Clay are paired in the second lineup, his basket shooting rate is a career-high 76.4%, the mid-range two-point shooting rate is a terrifying 62.9%, and the assist rate is far more than the 20.5% of the first 13 years of his career - he has become the high and low axis of the Golden State Warriors' second lineup, the high position echoes the weak side of the empty Cut Livingston and Clay, the low back singles feint to attract the assistant defense to find the periphery to borrow the ball cover Klay, he became a rigorous, pragmatic, stable championship puzzle.
David West is the oldest of the Golden State Warriors, he became the warrior locker room of the sea god needle, he became a splash, dream chasing, Adu and the two veteran Iguodala, Livingston communication bridge and bond, he injected toughness and iron blood into this group of talented young people.
David West is undoubtedly an old-school tough guy indispensable to the Warriors to win the championship.
David West explains the meaning of the championship ring: the commemoration of the twilight after the struggle of youth.
The postman fought in Salt Lake City for 18 years without a championship, turned 40 and chose to run to the Lakers for the 19th year of his career, but was ruined by injuries.
The Gloves competed in Seattle for 12 and a half seasons, and then worked for the Bucks, Lakers, and Celtics, not winning the championship in the first 15 years of his career, and finally won the first career championship when he joined the Heat at the age of 37.
David West as the first round of the 2003 Platinum Generation Eighteen show experienced the transition between the old and new era, as the classical academic technology flow inside the line can still be a hero in the small ball era; he suffered a cruciate ligament tear in March 2011, after recovering the second spring of his career, he was plagued by hip injuries, elbow injuries for fifteen years, Evergreen and thus glorious retirement; he gave up his ten million contract for only one championship ring, defected to the Spurs fruitlessly, foresight, gambled successfully, two crowns in hand - he seems to be extremely lucky, But there are traces: former teammate Chris Paul described David West as the smartest man on the team because he always kept his books in hand.
The old school went into hiding, and could destroy it as much as it could, but could no longer defeat him.
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