In the 2008 NBA Draft, O.J. Mayo was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves with the 3rd pick in the first round and was subsequently traded to the Memphis Grizzlies.
Mayo is a military player who was famous in the United States before entering the league. He began playing basketball at the age of 13, with a height of 1.9 meters at the age of 14, played basketball for high school students since junior high school, appeared in Sports Illustrated, and at the age of 16, Mayo dominated the Intercontinental High School League. On March 17, 2007, Mayo finished with a triple-double of 41 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists, leading Huntington High School to a 103-61 victory over South Charleston High School to win the interstate league title for the third consecutive time. The strongest high school student of all time could surpass LeBron James' super-potential rookie. Therefore, as long as there is a Mayo game, it will attract a large number of NBA Mingsu to watch, and the media that come to interview Mayo may even reach a hundred. If you want to see tickets to the Mayo game, the first row position is even more difficult to find.
Mayo averaged 29 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists per game in high school. Mayo chose the University of Southern California. In the first round of the NCAA in 2008, Mayo lost to Westbrook, which seemed dumb at the time. It also affected Mayo's draft picks. Mayo seems to have lost himself in college, perhaps because before junior high school, he always won and was always able to be the center of the spotlight, so in the game, Mayo generated more negative emotions, confronting the referee, beating teammates. Perhaps this also laid the foundation for him in the future.
In the first year of the NBA, Mayo lived up to expectations, the 08-09 season was full attendance for the entire season, averaging 38 minutes of playing time per game, scoring 18.5 points, 3.8 boards and 3.2 assists, and Gay, who averaged 18.9 points and 5.5 boards per game, the frontcourt combination made all Grizzlies fans shine, if it were not for the team's record not as good as the Bulls, Mayo could even steal the best rookie from Rose. The following year' 09-10 season, the Grizzlies got Randolph, and the Grizzlies' lineup was perfected, with the starting lineup of Mark Gasol averaging 14.6 points per game, Zachlanddorf with 20.8 points, Rudy Guy with 19.6 points, Oj Mayo with 17.5 points, and Mike Conley with 12 points. Mayo once again appeared fully as a starter for the entire season, playing 38 minutes as the rookie season, averaging 17.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.0 assists per game, and although the score dropped by 1 point compared to last season, the shooting percentage increased from 43.8% to 45.8%. On November 2, 2009, Mayo scored 40 points, setting a new career scoring record.
However, the good times did not last long, this year Mayo was exposed to the news of discord with the manager, and there were also negative news such as fights and banned drugs. The Grizzlies made the playoffs this year, completing the Black Eight Miracle without team boss Guy, and Mayo played the bench wizard, hitting a team-high 40.8% three-point shot. However, the average score of 11.3 points per game is still a little low. Mayo's slump and Gay's absence also set the stage for the Grizzlies' future core to become black and white. In the Grizzlies' final year, Mayo was fully substituted, averaging just 26 minutes of playing time per game and contributing 12.6 points. Mayo was also less effective in the playoffs, contributing only 8.9 points.
Mayo's abandonment is not that the Grizzlies can't use people, but that Mayo has his own problems. Fighting with defensive general Tony Allen on the plane, and even taking banned drugs may just be a pretext to hide Mayo's drug use. Mayo's immaturity has allowed him to drift away on the path of depravity. After that, Mayo went to the Calf and the Bucks, although there was a slight improvement in the Calf period, but after coming to the Bucks, Mayo was completely in the abyss. Mayo was banned from the league for 2 years for smoking marijuana. The 29-year-old Mayo was completely abandoned by the league, not only by the league, but also by the united states, becoming a complete negative teaching material.
There is no shortage of genius in the league, Mayo is just one of many geniuses, want to gain a foothold in the fiercely competitive NBA, can not rely only on talent, Mayo's current situation and before entering the NBA in stark contrast, a living example of injury Zhongyong. Two years later, Mayo is 31 years old, and maybe he can still play, but he has achieved very little fame that year.
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Character controversy: On January 3, 2011, O.J. Mayo and Tony Allen got into a fight on the team plane, which was triggered by an argument between the two in a poker game and financial issues. The team did not make a decision on how to deal with the two. On January 28, 2011, O.J. Mayo was banned from the league for 10 games for taking the banned drug dhea (dehydroepiandrosterone) during a league drug test. On March 8, 2014, during the Pelicans' home game against the Bucks, O.J. Mayo boxed Greg Steensma and was awarded a second-degree malicious foul and sent off the field. After the game, O.J. Mayo was suspended for one game. On December 20, 2014, O.J. Mayo was sued by Quantum Jets Airlines for defaulting on ticket charges and for using illegal narcotics on board. On July 2, 2016, the NBA officially announced that O.J. Mayo was disqualified from the league for violating the drug control agreement. Under the NBA/NBPA's anti-drug plan, Mayo can apply to return to the NBA within two years. ——Baidu Encyclopedia
Character Evaluation:
O.J. Mayo has a very high basketball IQ and knows how to create opportunities for his teammates or best take them. —Jason Kidd
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