Even with this "choke incident", it cannot be denied that Sprewell is not a good player. Before the "choke lock" incident, Sprewell was a popular scoring guard in the NBA. His offense and defense are top-notch, and it's hard to believe he's just a player who was drafted with the 24th pick in the first round of the draft.

He was a great scorer at the University of Alabama, with super physical strength and explosive power, but few NBA general managers were optimistic about this skinny boy with a wild style of play and a short temper. Since stepping into the NBA arena in the 1992~1993 season, Sprewell has shown his strength. His stamina was very good, and his running speed in the fourth quarter was almost no different from the first quarter, and even if he played the whole game, he didn't seem to show any fatigue. His sudden acceleration from defense is among the best in the NBA, and once he is allowed to get the ball to break fast, in the blink of an eye, he gets rid of his opponent and easily scores two points. His footwork when he goes to the basket is even more unique, and he swings so wide that it is difficult for opponents to defend it, and this move has become one of his important means of scoring. In his second year in the NBA, Sprewell became a star player for the Warriors, scoring a consistent 20 points, five rebounds and five assists in almost every game. In addition to attacking aggressively, he also takes on the responsibility of defending opponents' toughest guards and small forwards. His dedication to the game has earned him the trust of his coaches and teammates and is considered a very dedicated player. This season, Sprewell averaged 21.0 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game, and was named to the NBA All-NBA First Team and All-Defensive Second Team. But now there has been this choke lock incident, which has made Sprewell a little unlucky.

The choke incident hit Sprewell hard, and the pain of not being able to play far outweighed the loss of millions of dollars. After the ban went into effect, the Warriors definitely couldn't keep him anymore and sent him to the New York Knicks. But the Knicks have been the team of super center Patrick Ewing for more than a decade, and the main style of play revolves around him. Sprewell came here with a simple positioning: to assist Ewing as a competent green leaf, with long-range shooting from beyond the three-point line and fast-break assault as his main task. Due to the newcomer, he can only start from the bench and play as a substitute, and his playing time is quite limited, and it is not clear for a moment whether he is suitable for the Knicks' tough style of play.

In the 1998~1999 season, the Knicks, who have always been the dominant team in the Eastern Conference, finally took the last train of the playoffs with the eighth qualification in the East because of the poor integration of combat power and the ankle injury of the center center Ewing. As a result, everyone agrees that the Knicks' playoff journey will be a lucky one and will end in the first round. But at this point, Sprewell jumped up, and he took on the team's offensive responsibility with teammate Alan Houston. His hard-working style also greatly boosted the fighting spirit of his teammates. The first round of the playoffs will challenge the top seeds, the Miami Heat. In Game 5, Houston hit a shot with 0.8 seconds left in the final game to beat the Heat in a thrilling victory over the Heat, causing one of the biggest upsets of the season. In the second round, the morale-boosted Knicks won four games in a row, allowing the Atlanta Hawks to go home early for summer vacation. In the Eastern Conference Finals, although Yow was unable to play due to an aggravated injury, the Knicks were favored by the gods of luck (in Game 2, "Big Mom" Larry Johnson scored a classic moment of "playing fours" before the final whistle), and with the concerted efforts of Sprewell and his teammates, they caused another big upset and defeated the Pacers, thus becoming the first team in NBA history to reach the Finals as an eighth place. The Finals will face the Spurs, who have the twin towers of David Robinson and Tim Duncan. And what the Knicks can rely on is their never-give-up spirit. I saw that Sprewell, who was injured, fought in and out, flew to save the ball, and defended hard, almost alone made the Spurs restless. Although there is a gap in strength between the two sides, Sprewell is not willing to admit defeat easily. In Game 5, where the Spurs only needed one more win to win the title, he was on the verge of the game, scoring 30 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. Unfortunately, the team's boss Yu was too injured to play, and the disadvantage on the inside was too serious, and the Knicks were unable to recover, and finally lost by one point, ending this popular "Old Eight Legend" journey. Sprewell averaged 26 points per game in the Finals, the most on the team, which also made New York fans forget about Ewing's existence for a while. His kind of hard work and ruthlessness that comes and goes in the water, his face does not change and his heart does not beat, brings another kind of fun to New York fans. So, after just one short season, Sprewell went from being a screaming "street rat" to a savior of New York basketball. Since then, no one has ever asked for who pinched their necks, and why.

Sprewell asked for the ball.

Now Sprewell is no less important with the Knicks than Alan Houston. Coupled with the fact that Ewing is now in decline, he and Houston have become the current bosses of the Knicks. However, Alan Houston is also afraid of his three points, after all, Sprewell is a person with a criminal record, and it is not cost-effective to provoke him. Seeing that Sprewell wanted the ball, Alan Houston passed the ball directly.

Spreville leaned directly into Ragabel. Raga is also known as the "Throat Locker". Of course, it was Kobe Bryant who locked his throat, which also made many Kobe fans hate him. But now his defense is not so aggressive.

On the contrary, Sprewell's style of play is very violent, and it is basically a wide open and close attack.

Sprewell leaned on Raja and started back-towing.

Ragabel quickly pulled his legs back and pressed his body against Sprewell, which was exactly what he did.

But Spreville is clearly capable of more than that. After finding that he couldn't force Raga, Sprewell decisively chose to withdraw and turn around, so that Raja lost his center of gravity and couldn't make up for it in time, so he entered the inside line empty.

Before the arrival of Nazr Mohammed, who was on the backguard, Sprewell decisively opted for a jumper.

But Sprewell was obviously unlucky this time, and the basketball "slammed" on the basket, and the ball didn't go in.

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