Time back to the 13-year Eastern Conference Finals, in the first four games, the Heat and the Youth Pacers killed hard to score, and the big score maintained a 2-2 tie. The Pacers were able to play like this without roy, the big center in their team. Hibbert's restrictions on James. According to statistics, in the first four games, when Hibbert was on the court, James broke through 18 times, passed the ball 11 times, and shot 3 times to hit the ball and only scored 5 points. But when Hibbert wasn't on the floor, Jen broke through 10 times, passed the ball 3 times, shot 6 times and hit 5 of them to score 11 points! And Zhan Huang's first layup was a deadbeat, when Hibbert was also sitting on the field.
After that series, Hibbert was called "James Nemesis" by many fans and experts, and although he did not have the same interior dominance as Pinnacle Duncan and Pinnacle Warcraft, the game and statistics proved that he was also one of the best players to break through in defense!
With a tall figure and relatively good personal skills, as well as a certain amount of inside shock, Hibbert was selected with the 17th pick in 2008. In his rookie season, he averaged 7.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and when Vogel took office, Hibbert's stats, which had more opportunities, rose to 12.7 points, 7.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks. In the following years, he gradually improved, he had 10 points, 11 rebounds and 11 blocks in the regular season, not only was he selected as an All-Star, but he also played well in the playoffs, contributing 9 blocks in a single game in the playoffs!
But his best thing is the 13-year East Final, compared to the team's home player Paul. George, Hibbert's data and role are not inferior! G2 scored 29 points and 10 rebounds to lead the team to steal the victory on the road, and averaged 22.1 points and 10.4 rebounds in 7 games in the series! At that time, Hibbert really deserved his nickname, Black Yao Ming!
While fans were expecting Hibbert to go further and challenge The King's throne in the East, Hibbert slipped rapidly after being named an All-Star the following season. In the first round of the playoffs, he averaged only 5.3 points and 3.7 rebounds per game. Fans described him as a trash can. Meanwhile he and Paul. George's contradictions broke out, and there were many opinions about their contradictions, some people said that Hibbert was dissatisfied with George's many shots, some people said that the two were fighting for the boss, and there was even more gossip that the two had a conflict over who had sex with a prostitute first!
Between the two, the Pacers did not hesitate to choose George. At only 28 years old, he should have been at the peak of the Lakers in Los Angeles, and the Lakers did not put him in the long-term plan, he averaged only 5.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game. At the same time, his psychological problems worsened again, and in order for his condition to deteriorate again, he had to often miss training to see a psychologist.
After leaving the Lakers, Hibbert wandered to the Wasps, Bucks and Nuggets. He is less than 32 years old, and now he has no ball to play. The sharp decline in personal status and the prevalence of the small ball era doomed him to have a hard time returning to the NBA. Looking back, he and the little shark Bynum, originally happened to be two star players who defended and attacked, which was really regrettable. （russell）