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Earl Boykins: A height of 165 can still make an NBA legend

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Earl Boykins: A height of 165 can still make an NBA legend

Boykins and O'Neill stand together with the most cute height difference

Earl Boykins (born June 2, 1976 in Cleveland, Ohio, Ohio) is a former American professional basketball player who plays as a point guard, and his height of 1.65 meters makes Boykins look "out of place" in the league.

In front of the league are one meter nine nearly two meters or more than two meters of players, Boykins height and dream in their eyes is a "joke", no one will face this "short", of course, this is also a fact, basketball sports need height and strong muscles, height on the field can get better vision, the ball will not roll around on the ground, and the shooting rate has high requirements for vision and height, just imagine, if it is easy to block the field of vision, and by the opponent's random raised hand can be blocked , then what else to shoot to score

Earl Boykins: A height of 165 can still make an NBA legend

Obviously this is not a good teammate, and in the eyes of the "big tall" in the league, the basket is not made for short.

But Boykins was not inferior to others for "discrimination" and did not compromise with his own height. His training volume is several times that of others, others in the rest of the time he is still sweating on the driving range, exercising his ball skills, without vision to use his flexibility, like a loach in the field of free shuttle, Boykins offensive means is also extremely rich, a sharp brake shot, directly let the opponent caught off guard in front of O'Neal, Boykins a throw to end the attack, even if standing in front of him, completely cover his own center, he can still flexibly send the ball into the basket, play Duncan, with the delicacy of his hands , bypassing the defender's cover, and even... Three defenders couldn't catch him...

Earl Boykins: A height of 165 can still make an NBA legend

In Earl's rookie season, he averaged 12.5 points, 2.4 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game. By the time he was a senior, those numbers had grown to 25.7 points and 5.5 assists, when earl was named to the All-America Team, the First Team in the Central Division, and the second-place scorer in the NCAA. He started in all 122 games in four years and averaged 18.1 points per game.

In the 2004–2005 season, Boykins became the league's top substitute scorer, finishing 3rd in the Best Sixth Man selection. In the playoff series with the Spurs, he got the starting position.

On November 12, 2004, Nuggets "Dwarf" Boykins contributed a professional high of 30 points and six assists. Boykins scored 30 points on 11-of-15 shooting and eight free throws, thus also breaking his record of 28 points against the Timberwolves on the road on January 17, 2003.

On January 30, 2010 Beijing time, the Nets lost 79-81 at home to the Wizards, and Earl Boykins scored a winning shot 0.4 seconds before the final game, contributing 15 points and 5 rebounds. The Wizards' final shot went to Boykins, who hit a shot 0.4 seconds before the finale

On March 27, 2012, the Rockets signed Boykins to a short 10-day contract, and the short guard continued his legend. The Rockets signed Boykins for 10 days to fill the gap in the absence of key point guard Kyle Lowry due to illness, and Boykins has played six games with the Rockets, averaging 5.7 points, 2.7 assists and 1.7 rebounds per game, which is quite good and won the recognition of the Rockets coach, but Lowry has returned, but the Rockets finally decided to renew Boykins until the end of the season in order to prevent another injury in the point guard position. The Rockets announced to the outside world that they had extended their contract with Boykins, who was only 1.65 meters tall, until the end of the 2011-12 season.

In April 2014, Earl Boykins was officially named head coach of the Douglas County High School men's basketball team. Boykins, who was previously one of three head coach candidates, stood out because of his work attitude, the spirit of being able to enter the NBA through tireless efforts despite only 1.65 meters. Throughout his NBA career, Boykins played 652 games, averaging 19.9 minutes per game and contributing 8.9 points, 3.2 assists and 1.3 rebounds.

Boykins completed the legendary alliance career, never gave up in the face of others' doubts and ridicule, and has always held the dream he initially insisted on, fought and worked hard for it, and finally successfully counterattacked the fate and realized the dream of the alliance. His greatness and legend deserves to be learned and respected by all of us.