Chapter 275: Breaking the Block
The Heat's power forward is still Johnson, but another Johnson - James Johnson, there are three James in the league, and he is the most dishman.
Entered the league with the 16th pick in the first round in '09.
He played two seasons in the NCAA, averaging 14.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game in his first season, and was named to the ACC All-NBA Third Team and All-Rookie First Team.
In his second season, Johnson averaged 15.0 points and 8.5 rebounds per game and was named to the ACC's All-Star Third Team.
While it didn't look like the stats and accolades had changed, he proved himself to be one of the best college students in both NCAA seasons, which made him bullish all the way to the league with the 16th pick in the first round in '09.
'09 was the day when rookies such as Rose, Evans, Harden, and Curry entered the league, and it was a full draft year, and James Johnson could be selected as the 16th pick in the first round in such a year, which was enough to show his talent.
In the 2011-12 season, James Johnson averaged 25.2 minutes per game for the Raptors, contributing 9.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 1.15 blocks and 1.35 steals, and was one of seven players who averaged at least one steal and one block per game this season.
It shows how much he has contributed on the defensive end.
And last summer, he signed a four-year, $60 million contract with the Heat, proving that he was worthy of the 16th pick in the draft.
The Heat's starting center is Whiteside, and if Tyler Johnson and Richardson are examples of counterattack, then Whiteside's basketball journey can be described as falling into the trough and then killing gods all the way.
Whiteside was actually already a man of the year in college!
In the 2009-10 season, Hassan Whiteside averaged 13.1 points, 8.9 rebounds and 5.35 blocks per game, setting a school record for 182 blocks per season, ranking fourth in D-1 league history and second among all rookies, and leading the league with 5.35 blocks per game.
He was named the Associated Press's Rookie of the Year and Defensive Player of the Year.
In the game against Brescia, Whiteside scored 17 points, 14 rebounds and 11 blocks, becoming the first rookie in league history to get a triple-double; Against Central Florida, he scored 14 points, 14 rebounds and 10 blocks, and the following game, he recorded a third triple-double — 14 points, 11 rebounds and 13 blocks.
He became the only player in the D-1 league to have three triple-doubles.
Unfortunately, the D-1 league was too small compared to the NCAA, and Whiteside was only drafted by the Kings in the second round.
But his career was far more difficult than he imagined.
After Hassan Whiteside was drafted by the Kings, he only played for the Kings for 2 seasons, playing in a total of 19 regular season games, averaging 1.5 points and 2.1 rebounds per game, and was then cut;
In the 2012-13 season, Hassan Whiteside played 29 games for the NBDL Vipers, a subsidiary of the Houston Rockets, averaging 5.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 2.0 blocks per game, before being cut again;
Then, Whiteside played for the Sichuan Blue Whales in the NBL, where he averaged 20.6 points, 14.8 rebounds, 4.1 blocks and 1.5 assists per game in 27 games for the Sichuan team, and helped the team win the NBL championship for the first time.
From the NBA to the NBDL to the NBL in China, all the way down, you can imagine how broken Whiteside's heart is.
The counterattack also started at this time!
From September 19, 2014 to November 21, 2014, he was signed and cut by the Grizzlies, cut and signed, signed and cut, and repeated several times, which was the last setback in his life, and after that, Whiteside officially rose!
On November 25, 2014, the Miami Heat announced the signing of Development League center Hassan Whiteside. The contract is for two years and is valued at $1.75 million. In those two years, Whiteside finally seized the opportunity and played his game, averaging a double-double of 11.8 points and 10 rebounds per game one season, and another season averaging 14.2 points and 11.8 rebounds per game.
It was also with his outstanding performance in the past two years that Whiteside officially ushered in the peak of his life, and the Heat gave him a big contract in 16 years, 98 million yuan for 4 years.
98 million yuan, which is almost 100 million yuan!
The strongest counterattack player in the Heat team is none other than him Whiteside!
From here, you can see why the Heat play team basketball, and why they can be so harmoniously together!
They all rose from the trough of not being favored.
Now I finally raise my eyebrows, but I still know how to keep a low profile, share the ball, and understand the cooperation between teams.
They are a real counterattack team.
And this group of people together also completed a small miracle, before the season, no one thought they could enter the playoffs, and now, they just happened to be in the sixth position in the East, the season has played so far, the team's run-in has been close to the final stage, and to be able to rank sixth at this time shows how talented this team is!
At the beginning of the game, Whiteside's height was completely different from Lopez, but he bounced faster and jumped directly to the ball.
It's best to jump to the ball in your own home stadium because the cheers of the fans will make you feel like you've won the game.
Dragic controlled the ball and came to the front court to face Li Ming, did not force the attack, his physical fitness was not very outstanding, except for the speed of dribbling, he was useless. But he also has his own killer weapon, and his killer weapon is no more powerful than him in this alliance.
His first full speed after the pick-and-roll is more than most of the league's guards, including Tony Parker and other guards who rely on speed to eat, and for some reason his strength is mediocre and his first step after the block-and-roll is also very good, not afraid of any physical contact at all, and can squeeze defenders away while maintaining the dribble.
Hojberg mentioned Dragic's ability to Li Ming, so he also paid special attention to the movement of the Heat's interior pick-and-roll.
Whiteside sneaked around, and he knew that he was going to block Dragic Li Ming pretended not to know, but the moment he came out, he quickly approached, and it was just when Dragic started to go around Whiteside, but Li Ming forced him to go around at all.
Because if he went in that direction again, he would crash directly into Li Ming's arms.
In other words, Li Ming cracked his blocking and dismantling cooperation with Whiteside with the ability of one person. It's something Dragic never thought of, but it's happening, and he doesn't know what to do next...