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Sometimes outsiders don't see how talented you are, they just see me as the one who blew his ears at LeBron.
--Lance Stephenson
Lance Stephenson (born September 5, 1990 in Brooklyn, New York) is a 6-foot-5 (196cm) tall and 210-pound (95kg) American professional basketball player who plays as a point guard for the Los Angeles Lakers.
When Stevenson was in eighth grade, he was on par with Oj Mayo, and at that time, Mayo was already regarded as the next James. At ABCD training camp, Stephenson's stunning performance made him a household name for future stars in New York. Since then, he has begun to write his own "legend".
A year later Stevenson entered Lincoln High School in Brooklyn, where he scored 27 points on the heads of Nate Robinson and Jamal Crawford during the Rock Park Street Basketball Game. In 2007, he scored 38 points in the All-Star Game of the Basketball 24 Classic. At the age of 17, he appeared on the cover of dime magazine and called himself "born ready." By this time, Stephenson had all the technology and personality a star should have, and he had become a superstar at Big Apple, and his neighbors praised him as the best basketball player of the same age in the country at that time.
Under Stephenson's leadership, Lincoln High School won the New York High School League championship for a record four consecutive years, scoring a record 2,946 points in four seasons and being named to the New York High School Team of the New York Sports Journalists Association three times. Back in 2008, at the end of his senior year of high school, he wanted to participate in the NBA draft, but was unable to make the trip due to age restrictions.
In his senior season, Stephenson averaged 28.9 points, 10.2 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, helping Lincoln High School to win its fourth championship without suspense, and he was selected as the New York Player of the Year by the New York Sports Journalists Association and selected as the first team of McDonald's National High School.
But like the vast majority of black players who grew up in slums, Stephenson's off-court resume was not glorious. In his senior year of high school, Stephenson was accused of molesting a female classmate at the school and pleaded guilty.
His high school coach was so traumatized by the problem that his coach, in the final moments of Stephenson's high school career, his coach said to him, "I'm really a little tired... Now I just want to take some time off and get away from it all, I don't want to do it. ”
Stephenson eventually chose to move to the University of Cincinnati, where he had only two games without a start in his freshman season, averaging 12.3 points, 5.4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, including the highest score of any rookie in the Great Eastern Conference. He was named the Best Newcomer of the Great Eastern Conference Week three times and was eventually elected the NewEst of the Year in the Great Eastern Conference.
Even after entering college, he was still in the off-court news, and in 2009, shortly after entering college, he was banned by the NCAA Arbitration Committee for beating his teammates for 5 games.
So what led to Stephenson's mischievous, arrogant, manic personality?
Because he's a New Yorker, he's a Brooklyn to be precise! He cared a lot about his identity. When he first arrived at the Pacers, he would repeat to his teammates over and over again during training, "Brooklyn, Brooklyn, I'm from Brooklyn, you all roll me thick!" "He would harp on and instill in his teammates his origins: from Brooklyn, high school at Lincoln Middle School...
New York is probably the mecca of basketball in terms of urban size, and every move of the city is watched by the world, and many incredible New York children are already household names as early as the age of 12. But in such an impetuous environment, in the street neighborhood all day long praise continues to grow up for 6 years, even the best genius will be spoiled.
Stephenson was spoiled like many of his New York predecessors, many geniuses who were already the big future stars of the Big Apple City as early as the age of 12, but as time went on, they all became invisible, and this flashy city became the graveyard of many geniuses.
But on the other hand, the players who come out of New York are always not afraid. For a player born in New York, as long as the opponent is not a New Yorker, he will see it as a mustard.
Stephenson exudes a "I'm a New Yorker and I'm proud" attitude from the bottom of his bones!
On the night of June 26, 2010, every telephone pole on the street side of New York was hung with the words "2010 nba draft" billboard, and the future stars who had made a name for themselves early, John Wall, Evan Turner, and DeMarcus Cousins, had sat in the green area of Madison Garden, dressed in suits and shoes, waiting for the call from the future.
In Brooklyn, New York, a noisy bar, a black guy who also participated in the draft but was not called to the scene by the league, was sitting in the private room of the bar with his big family and friends, waiting for Lady Luck to knock on the door.
As the first round of the draft passed, David Stern walked off the podium trembling, and the rookies in the green zone were also famous, wearing the baseball cap of the new owner to be interviewed by Espn. The buzz at Madison's Garden Square is starting to wane and supporters are starting to leave, so who would be interested in seeing which team picked the players in the second round?
And in that Brooklyn bar, the time for the black guy had just begun. Adam Silva on TV walked up to the podium, and the next second round of the draft was continued by the young NBA vice president. In the second round, the New York Knicks held two draft picks for the 8th and 9th picks, and the native New Yorker was looking forward to his hometown team using either of those two draft picks to pick himself out, and there was nothing more exciting than playing for his hometown team.
The New York Knicks selected Syracuse University guard Andy Lawdence with the 8th pick in the second round, when the whole bar's breathing seemed to be suppressed, and all bets were made in the next draw. Adam Silva walked up to the stage with an envelope and read, "The New York Knicks picked with The No. 39 pick, Len..." Someone in the bar couldn't stop screaming, "Landry Fields." "Everyone was stunned, and if the hometown team didn't pick out this black boy who knew the roots, it was hard to imagine that other teams would focus on this talented teenager from Brooklyn." The Indiana Pacers picked with the No. 40 pick, "Adam Silva routinely continued to read the next rookie selected on the television. "Lance Stephenson."
That's the story of Stevenson's draft night, the 20-year-old New Yorker who started another journey of his own in Indian City. In hindsight, this little episode was perhaps the most beautiful turning point in Stephenson's career. If Stephenson had really been chosen by New York, he might have disappeared into that bustling hustle and bustle.
In the years when Stephenson first entered India City, his "inferiority" did not seem to change, and he was sued for hurting his girlfriend during his rookie years, angry at his teammates in the locker room, and even after the team reached the playoffs, he was banned from playing throughout the playoffs because he violated the rules again. In the second-year playoffs, he made a throat lock on the bench to James, which caused a very bad impact, and another consequence was that LeBron was a god in the next game, slashing 40 points, and leading the Heat to win three consecutive games, directly sending the Indians home to fish.
He had played only 54 games in his first two seasons, but the negative news he generated abounded, which even led the team to consider cutting him.
He seems to have followed the old path of New York genius again, constantly making mistakes until he falls because of his immature mind, but Stephenson seems to have grown up in an instant, he is determined to abandon his dark side, and in the face of the turning point of fate that may come at any time in the future, he is always ready to seize the opportunity and prove himself.
Finally, in the 12-13 season, because of Granger's injury, the third-year Stephenson played 29 minutes, averaging 8.8 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game, and more importantly, his New Yorker's fearless personality made him dare to fight on the court.
Facing his hometown of New York in the second round of the playoffs, Stephenson broke out in the fourth quarter of the G6 and became the winning wizard, scoring 25 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, personally sending his hometown out of the playoffs.
After the game, he confessed that Bird saved him, and Bird never gave up on him, giving him confidence in the game with practical actions. He and Bird are also friends and mentors, and he owes everything to Bird's cultivation. Indeed, only an athlete of Bird's historical caliber can hold this proud New Yorker.
He evolved into a defensive champion with wild offensive desires; his choices on the court were always a little aggressive but not lacking in surprise; he always rampaged at 150 miles on the court; of course, he would still do something magical on the field that made the whole league exclaim "oh my god!" ”
What really made him famous was the seven games against the Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, where he ran fast, steal, organize, block, layup and dunk throughout the series, and he had the energy to drive the whole game. At the same time, as a manic New Yorker, he will harass LeBron with garbage for an entire game, he will attack the enemy's penalty area without hesitation, he will not hesitate to pull out jump shots at key moments, and he is willing to defend any player on the field, even if there is a sea of knives and fires in front of him!
He also proved stephenson's responsibility to people, and when the team was alive and dead, he took the initiative to defend the opposing general. "He asked to defend LeBron himself, he asked for it," Vogel emphasized, "Lance is a fighter, we all know paul [George] needs to keep an eye on LeBron, he's a little overwhelmed, and then Lance takes the initiative to take on the challenge: 'Let me share part of the burden.'" ’”
This New Yorker will grind his teeth and suck blood when he arrives at the big scene, and bravely move forward. While the Pacers lost this series, the New Yorkers proved themselves. Under Bird's guidance, Stephenson got back on track with the best part of New York basketball culture and made it all the way to the divisional finals with the team.
He became the fastest improving player, he believed they could beat the Heat, and he believed he was stronger than LeBron. At this point, his 4-year, 3.35 million contract looked like a robbery!
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