Kyle Korver - nickname: White Lightning, American version of Jay Chou, is a forward swingman with accurate shooting skills, was selected by the Nets with the 22nd pick in the second round in 2003, and completely left the game in 21 years. In his 17 careers in the NBA, he has won an All-Star, a Player of the Month, and a Sportsmanship Award. To be sure, Korver is not a player with a strong sense of presence and dominance on the field, and always gives the feeling that the tailwind can be rushed and the headwind cannot be counted on. Let's talk about this outstanding historical-level outside shooter.
The 2003 draft brought together a group of young talents, James, Anthony, Wade and others are early young and famous. And Korver, whose talent and athletic ability are relatively mediocre, naturally cannot get into the eyes of those managers, so that the second round of the show Korver was hit by the head when he first entered the workplace. The Nets, who had the No. 51 pick, watched their favorite players being removed one by one, and just when they were depressed, the 76ers handed him a word of interest in Korver, so the Nets sold the signing rights to the 76ers for $125,000, and the Nets used the money to pay for the summer league + buy a printer. But the Nets' printer has long since fallen into disrepair, and Korver has been shining on the NBA's three-point line for a long time, is it the most loss-making deal?
(1): In the early years, although the word 3D was not so conspicuous in the NBA, you were still very popular as a player with an outside grasp. Korver is such a player, no explosive physical fitness, no tough defensive habits, but his one-handed three-pointer is enough to give him a place in the NBA full of strongmen. He has hit 127 consecutive three-pointers, and his career has shot 2450 three-pointers with a three-point shooting rate of 42.8%, which is the fifth in the history list, and will certainly be surpassed in the future, but it will not destroy his achievements in three-point shooting.
(2): Although Korver's personal three-pointer is very good, he can't stop his frequent changes in the NBA, and he has played for the 76ers, Jazz, Eagles and other teams in his career. Among them, the career of the Eagles is the most brilliant, in the 2014-2015 season with a record of 60 wins and 22 losses ranked first in the East, the league second, unfortunately in the end have become stepping stones for other teams, the playoffs against the Cavaliers led by James were beaten to no avail, there were 20+ performances in the first two rounds of the playoffs, and the most in the Eastern Conference Finals was only 12 points, once again interpreting the attributes of downwinds and headwinds.
(3): With the change of NBA basketball philosophy, players with outside three-point ability have become particularly popular and important, even though Korver is still pursued by many teams at the age of 37. In the 2016-2017 season, he joined forces with his strongest teammate of his career, James, Korver's outside ambush, and James' sudden scoring tactics, and the combination of the two can be described as a combination. In the regular season, Korver has had many three-point rampages, such as: 8-of-9 three-pointers against the Pacers, 10 three-pointers against the Knicks, 6 high three-pointers. However, when it came time to score points in the finals, he made a soft hand disease, transmitting the ball into his hands again and again, playing iron again and again, watching Du Lao'er kill the red eyes again and again, and making the cavaliers helpless again and again. Maybe it's a fate to have no crown in your career!