Chapter 13 The Bobcat Roster

Speaking of Charlotte Bobcats' roster, the first person to mention must be Gerard Wallace, he is the "Elvis Presley" cultivated by the Bobcats themselves, in the 2001 NBA draft, the 19-year-old Gerald Wallace was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 25th pick in the first round, thus becoming the youngest player in the history of the Kings, but the Kings at that time already had Chris Webber and Verratti Divac double actor combination, Peja Stojakovic on the front line is also in high spirits, averaging 20 points per game, so the young Wallace has no chance at all in the Kings, and Wallace averaged only 10 minutes per game in the first three seasons, scoring 3 points.

In 2004, when the Kings were not exercising Wallace's fourth-year rookie option, the Bobcats were able to take advantage of the situation and signed Wallace to a three-year, $16 million contract. But he was able to get a first-line forward in the league who averaged 18.1 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.0 steals per game, and after the old contract expired in 2007, the Bobcats extended with a six-year, $57 million contract extension, and Wallace at that time had actually become the team's cornerstone player in the true sense.

On the court, Wallace is everywhere, he can shoot three-pointers, can rush inside with the ball, can grab rebounds, can steal the opponent's dribble, can block the opponent's shot, etc., etc., he is a player full of energy and passion, but such a rushing style of play is easy to attract injuries to himself, this season Wallace played an average of 32 minutes per game, and was able to score 19.7 points, 7.4 rebounds, 3.9 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.8 blocks.

The second person of the Bobcats is Steve Jackson, who just joined the team this year, this person is full of wrinkles and horizontal meat, just looking at his appearance knows that he is not a good stubble, because he has the same name as the protagonist in the American hit movie "Pirates of the Caribbean", so he is nicknamed "Captain" (the nickname has nothing to do with the Los Angeles Clippers), and because of his heroic performance in the Palace of Auburn Hills, he is nicknamed "Martial Saint" again.

Like most children in the United States, Jackson was not born well, the surrounding environment was all violence and drugs, Jackson was also confused when he was young, and went in and out of the police station many times because of brawls, participated in the NBA draft in 1997, and was not pronounced his name by the Phoenix Suns until the 43rd pick in the second round, but was soon abandoned by the Suns, and then Jackson traveled to the CBA Development League, Australia, Venezuela, Dominia and other national leagues until the 2000-2001 season, The New Jersey Nets gave Jackson, who played 77 games for the Nets, 40 of which were starters. Averaged 8.2 points, 2.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 21.6 minutes per game, at the end of the season, the Nets did not offer Jackson a contract extension, next season, the most important Bole in Jackson's life, the San Antonio Spurs signed Jackson, he played in 23 games in the regular season, averaging 3.9 points in 10 minutes per game, and Jackson was kicked out of the rotation when the playoffs started, but next season, Jackson entered the Spurs squad again with his own efforts, not only that, but he also started all the last 58 games of the season, averaging 28 per gameWith 11.8 points, 3.6 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.6 steals in 2 minutes, Jackson averaged 10 points per game in the Finals that year, helping the Spurs defeat his old club, the Nets, and win the first championship ring of his career.

In the 2003-2004 season, the Hawks signed Jackson with a base salary of $1 million a year, but this piecemeal deal paid off handsomely, and this season Jackson averaged 18.1 points, 4.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game to complete the explosion.

The following year, Jackson signed with the Pacers, and played here for three years, on November 19, 2004, there was a notorious brawl at the Pistons' home Auburn Hills Palace, Jackson earned him the nickname "Martial Saint" for his "outstanding" performance, in 2007, Jackson changed owners again, in a big trade, Jackson came to the Warriors, in the four seasons of the Warriors, Jackson averaged 20 points, 5 assists and 5 rebounds per game, Last offseason, the Bobcats traded two veterans, Raga Bell and Radmanovich, for Jackson and Asilao, and in 21 November this season, Jackson scored 24 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists to complete the first triple-double in Bobcats history, and this season Steve Jackson is averaging 17.2 points, 4.9 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game.

The Bobcats got the Kings' No. 7 pick in the deal and the Bucks' Corey Margety; The Bucks got Stephen Jackson, Benno Udhuri, Shaun Livingston and the No. 19 pick; The Kings got the No. 10 pick with John Salmons.

On March 15, 2012, the Spurs traded Richard Jefferson plus a first-round pick to Jackson of the Warriors.

On June 7, 2012, Jackson's Spurs entered the Western Conference finals in the playoffs, and finally lost to the Thunder with a score of 2-4, and in the sixth game, Jackson shot 6 of 7 three-pointers, scoring 23 points in the game, and still did not turn the tide of the game. [3] On April 13, 2013, Beijing time, according to ESPN, the San Antonio Spurs have officially laid off veteran Stephen Jackson.

Tencent Sports, Los Angeles, December 11 (Reporter Duan Ran) The Los Angeles Clippers announced in an official email to Tencent: The team has officially signed the "martial saint" Stephen Jackson, although the specific signing amount was not disclosed in the email, but it is reported that Jackson got a veteran base salary contract. [4] According to sources, the reason why the Spurs made the decision to cut Jackson at such a particular time was because he was at odds with Jackson, and the main purpose was to prevent him from "influencing" the Spurs players who had already entered the playoff rotation. [5] On January 8, 2014, Beijing time, the Los Angeles Clippers officially announced that the team had laid off veteran Stephen Jackson. Jackson officially signed with the Clippers on December 11 last year and played in a total of nine games for the Clippers, averaging 11.9 minutes per game, contributing 1.7 points and 1.1 rebounds. [6] On July 23, 2015, Tiffin Jackson had officially announced his retirement, and Jackson himself confirmed the news on Twitter