The most common and strongest thing is to fight until the food is exhausted. Knowing that it can’t be beaten, it will fade out of the rivers and lakes.
As Duncan said when he lost weight in 2010, he would fight “until my wheel fell”.
From 1997 to 2015, Duncan always had a performance of 17 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks every 36 minutes regardless of the data level. The only thing that determines his data is how long it takes to play.
In 2015, he fought seven battles with the Clippers. At the age of 39, he fought against xqiao Dan and Griffin, with an average hit rate of 18 points, 11 rebounds and 59%.
In the 2015-16 season, Duncan averaged 25 minutes, 9 minutes, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, and 12 minutes, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 blocks every 36 minutes.
Against the Thunder series, the game averaged 23 minutes, 6 points and 4 rebounds. 40 years old, really can’t run.
So when you end up, raise your hand and say goodbye.
But some players have their own unique dignity.
On the occasion of the mvp of Byrd’s three-in-one regular season in 1986, it was in the sun.
But McHale predicted at that time that Byrd would retire when he was still the emperor and when he felt he could not rule.
Because of Byrd’s self-esteem, he will not allow himself to be a substitute, and he will be humiliated day by day.
Bird’s back was broken in 1988, and the state fell sharply in the next three years.
In the last year of his career, he was 35 years old and only played 45 games because of his back injury. He went to the hospital for traction.
But it still averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds, 7 assists, hit rate 47%, three points rate 41%, free throw rate 93%.
Two months before his retirement, he also won 49 points, 14 rebounds and 12 assists against the Western champion blazers that year.
Moreover, after Bird retired, he never tried to return, nor did he participate in any activities such as the All-Star three-ball battle.
Everything comes from his pride and his arrogance. Or use Chinese Internet habits to say to him:
His force.
His old rival magician was 31 years old in 1991. mvp only lost to Jordan in the regular season and only lost to Jordan in the finals with the Lakers. But because of HIV, he retired.
But he is unwilling. He has his own business map. So in 1992, the All-Star returned and won the All-Star MVP; In the summer of 1992, he also took the Dream Team to Barcelona and won the Olympic champion.
The magician is not willing to be lonely. He came back again in the 1995-96 season and played well. But in the first round of 1996, the Lakers were ravaged by big dreams and the team was in a mess. So the magician retreated again.
The magician himself described: he was eager to play, after all, all his glory came from the basketball court; He had his own business map, so he wanted to continue playing when he had the chance. They always want to drain their business value until they are really drained.
If the magician does not return in 1996, in the next year, we will see a team:
Magician, Kobe, shark.
Looking at these three names, imagine the scene……
The most complicated, like Jordan, did he not know that winning the championship with a bull in 1998 was a perfect result, but he was willing to return to the Wizard later because he became the boss of the Wizard, with business cooperation.
In other words, Jordan himself retired for the first time in 1993 when Fang was 30 years old, for several reasons.
First, as he said, at that time, he was three successive championships and had a dynasty. At the peak, he had nothing to pursue.
Second, his family changes are well known.
Third, he was really tired. On the court and off the court, he was exhausted. On the eve of the regular competition in April 1993, he called Coach Dean Smith of North Carolina University to complain. He told the coach that he heard Jordan say “I think I need a rest”, smith also advised Jordan, “This is a great journey and you have completed a lot.” Jordan said, “Yes, it’s over.”
Later, during the playoffs in 1993, he was badly chased by the media. He went to Atlantic City to gamble and was used to make a fuss.
On October 6, 1993, when Jordan announced his retirement, he first said, “I lost my wish to play.”
Another sentence is for the media: “You people can dig stories elsewhere above.”
The second retirement is related to the shutdown, which is well known.
There are also those who originally wanted to retreat, but they have been delayed for one year. For example, Bill Russell.
In 1968, he wanted to quit, one was because of divorce and depression; The other was because Martin Luther King died, russell, as an athlete who has been fighting for colored people (he is one of the earliest black coaches in the history of professional sports), is also very desperate. He does not train in summer and gets fat. I was persuaded by everyone to play another year.
As a result, in the 1968-69 season, the elderly Celts, the fourth in the east, reached the finals, and the Lakers who killed three Kings 4-3 won the 11th ring in 13 years. Then it really made a difference.
The weirdest way to retire is…… The magnificent Chamberlain.
In season 1972-73, 36-year-old Chamberlain could play 82 games, with an average of 43 minutes, 13 points, 19 rebounds, 5 assists and a hit rate of 73%.
Losing to the Knicks in the finals, he was able to score 12 points, 19 rebounds and 4 assists.
As long as he wants to continue, he can continue to fight.
But…… The following is taken from my own “when basketball stars shine”.
In the summer of 1973, ABA’s San Diego conquerors offered Chamberlain a price: Players and coaches, $600000 a year. Chamberlain signed the contract happily and changed jobs.
However, the Los Angeles Lakers refused to agree, pointing out that Chamberlain violated the contract. In the end, Chamberlain had to be a basketball coach in San Diego for one year.
His assistant coach Stan Albeck later said, “Chamberlain has a good feeling for professional basketball, but the coaching day after day makes him bored and he has no patience.”
Therefore, Chamberlain handed over the coaching work to Albeck. He walked around and missed a game in order to sign an autobiography.
One year later, the conqueror team he led was 37 wins and 47 losses, and only 1843 spectators were recruited at each home court. Chamberlain was greatly dissatisfied. So in 1974, he left professional basketball.
The most bleak and desolate is this way:
I still want to do everything possible to fight, but the team will not give the contract.
Most non-superstars are like this in the end.
From 1984 to 1998, Jordan was the only one who had a healthy and complete season instead of the scoring king. Only the rookie year: Bernard King was the scoring king in that year, with an average of 33 points. As mentioned before, many of the scores in their old years were bleak at night. Because many scores are not comprehensive, and they are not good role players. Once the scoring ability is lost, other shortcomings are easily exposed. So when abandoned, it was too late to say goodbye.
In that year, Jin’s knee was abandoned and stopped for a whole year.
But he transformed and returned. In the 1990-91 season, Jin was 34 years old, with an average of 28.4 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists.
This is the transformation of the largest span in history: before the injury, he was the most explosive attacker in NBA. The signboard skill was to have a ball on the back, turn over, or throw a shot in the back with high difficulty, or a big turn to bully into the basket. He can always be flexible to be in place, close to the basket receive the ball to complete the attack.
After his knee was abandoned, he had no speed and his knees were not so obedient that he could not run downstream of the basket. So he began to become a peripheral player: face basket, temptation step, fake action, leg stretching occupying space, breakthrough…… In his later years, he almost didn’t rely on speed, but was purely the product of consciousness and rhythm.
In 1991, he was also discussed as a candidate for Dream Team One. He and Wilkins were rejected at the same time. Reason: Wilkins “played for the purpose of recording the essence”, while Bernard King “The knee was destroyed to the defensive end and could not move across”. With such a knee, you can score 28 points on average.
But it’s almost over.
After returning to the peak at the age of 34, he began to plan for surgery. Onside, the head coach of the bullet team, was stunned: a 34-year-old man had an operation and had to recuperate for two years……
In January 1993, the bullet cut him off because he didn’t want to raise idle men any more. No one gave him the contract, so he had to return it.
In this way, a 34-year-old person who could score an average of 28 points was retired after an operation.
After Jin retired, news day raised the question: why did he have surgery and recuperate at the age of 34 in order to continue playing in NBA?
“I have two ideals.” Bernard King, 36, said slowly, “one is a ring, no; One is 20 thousand points. When I retired, I got 19655 points.”
“So, when winter comes, my knees will recover a little. I will go to the stadium in the backyard and throw 350 points. Yes, that’s it. In this way, I can enter the 20,000-point club-this is why I always want to continue playing.”
