Maybe some angry Spurs fans will label him a traitor.
After all, what kind of person is Cowie Leonard?
Is Leonard a boring person? I don't know where to start, "fun" has become a very valuable social quality in the eyes of most aspiring young people, a hard currency in social activities and the threshold of social circles.
Maybe people will say that he is an "interesting person" when introducing themselves, and he will write "he is interesting" on his signature on social media. Obviously, Leonard, who is taciturn, can't be regarded as an interesting person by the standards of China or the United States, especially when the United States attaches importance to cheerful social intercourse.
In 2008, there were 25 high school strikers in Pierce Skills Training Camp, and Leonard was one of them. Fran Flasche (ESPN analyst, draft expert and former college basketball coach), one of the young people who participated in the inspection and training at that time, was deeply impressed by Leonard, partly because of his skill and partly because of his dullness.
"At that time, there were about 25 children. I don't intend to look at their national rankings and materials. I want to look at their ability in training. "
"After the first morning, I was deeply impressed by a young man. He doesn't talk at all, but he is very competitive on the court. When I asked others about this child, they told me that this child is a native of Los Angeles and we intend to give him a chance. "
"I played with him for three days and really didn't say a word. I don't remember any communication with him, or even his voice. " Needless to say, this must be Leonard, which fits our impression of him completely.
Until now, Leonard has become a household name, and it is difficult for us to see his reports outside the basketball court. In the era of "fun" as hard currency, the commercial value of a tweet from James 20 15 is as high as140,000 dollars, TACO TUESDAY! ! ! Leonard, who can instantly become a hot internet golden stalk, seems a bit boring away from social media.
Is Leonard really wood?
However, Justin Houston, an assistant professor at Leonard's University of San Diego, described Leonard as "interesting" ... Is this person crazy?
It's actually interesting to talk to Leonard, but it's not easy to talk to him
Houston said he was just cold and humorous. Leonard's former teammate kyle lowry said the same thing to him.
Actually, Leonard is not that boring. As a college student, I still spit garbage when playing basketball. According to teammates, Leonard will say "goal, goal" when he scores.
He will say nonsense in a cold and simple voice like a robot, "Here, layup".
In reply, he simply said one word, "No". This "no" is equivalent to Gandalf's. You shouldn't pass.
And when Leonard rebounds, he will say "Rebounder, I am a rebounder" and "Rebounder will be rewarded".
Leonard's rubbish sounds really strange, and he himself explained what these strange rubbish words mean, because Leonard was only a blue-collar striker at that time, and getting more rebounds could help the team win and help himself enter the NBA.
"I really used to say this when I was in high school and college, because I wanted to enter the NBA. These rubbish words remind me to work hard and go all out in front of every opponent. "
Besides, a boring person should not eat bullwhip for entertainment on the show. But Leonard did it on the food show of his former teammate "Chef Ibaka".
He said, "If you are on a program, then obviously you must do something eye-catching, such as eating some special food." .
I believe Ibaka will not only thank leonard for bringing him the first championship trophy in his career, but also thank leonard for his contribution to the program.
Moreover, Leonard's "boredom" itself is a kind of "fun". Why do you say that? Because this is an unintentional coincidence-because Leonard is away from the spotlight, it has spawned many urban legendary false jokes, but it sounds very consistent with Leonard's cold humor.
For example, a joke is: Leonard, who likes apples, once took out 12 apples from his bag at a dinner party of the Spurs. Popovich asked him what it was, then he said it was apple time, and then he ate 12 apples with a knife and fork.
It's cold. It's Leonard. But this is made up, which is quite interesting.
Is Leonard a good guy or a bad guy?
When Leonard first went to the Raptors, something happened: his new teammate norman powell tried to confront him, but Leonard ignored Powell and was recorded by the camera.
Of course, Leonard explained it later. He said he didn't realize that norman powell wanted to fight with him. He just thinks that we should leave quickly.
If boredom is Leonard's stereotype, then the seemingly harmless Leonard brings us another symbolic image-he should be an obedient person, right? A man like him must be a good gentleman.
The fact that Leonard didn't hit Powell should itself show that this is actually a very strange thing.
Although I don't have enough facts to support this association, I think this symbolic association has led to an attack on Leonard's behavior of leaving the Spurs, because the symbolic image of Mr. Leonard as a good man has been shattered in the hearts of fans, and fans can't accept that Leonard has become a "bad man". In fact, Mr. Good man also has shortcomings.
"You are the perfect candidate for the Spurs' next flag! You are Duncan's perfect successor! How can you leave the Spurs? "
To be honest, this reminds me of a classic line performed by Wong Tze Wah in "Donkey Laughter"-"He is very funny on TV. If you go over and take a picture of his head, he won't be angry. "
Some people may say that Leonard's way of leaving the Spurs is not "decent", but how to define "decent departure"? In the final analysis, we think this dignity is based on the premise that Leonard belongs to the Spurs, and "How can Leonard, who has silver and black blood, leave the Spurs?" His ass decides his head.
Staying in the Spurs doesn't mean Leonard is a good person, and leaving the Spurs doesn't mean Leonard is a bad person.
Just like the protagonist in the movie "All Metal Jacket", as an American soldier who participated in the Vietnam War, his helmet says "Born for War", but he wears an anti-war badge; Exposing the ugliness of war can also kill people on the battlefield without blinking an eye. The protagonist (or director Kubrick) explains it this way-it reflects the duality of human beings.
I think Leonard's departure from the Spurs can be summed up in a simple sentence-Leonard himself said, "I want to play where I like, not where I don't like you."
However, he felt unhappy in the Spurs, so he chose to leave, which can not be used as the basis for public opinion to judge him morally, nor can it be the basis for him to be a good person or a bad person.
Is Leonard worthy of fans' love?
Popovich said Leonard was not a leader. But someone will tell you that leonard led the team to win the first championship for the Raptors. He is the leader.
Obviously, it is difficult to generalize the definition of a leader, because everyone has different definitions in mind, and each team also has its own leader positioning. For example, the leader of the Lakers is James, but the leader of the Heat can be Haslem, who basically doesn't play.
I can't tell you whether Leonard meets the standard of a leader in your heart, and I'm not going to persuade anyone by saying "Leonard is a leader because he led the team to win two championships", but what I want to express is that Leonard is at least becoming the most important person in the Clippers.
Why do you say that? Leonard won two championships in the Spurs and Raptors respectively. These two teams have something in common in their respective championship winning periods-they both have a perfect and powerful system. They can be called strong teams because of the system rather than simply because of Leonard. Leonard is just the icing on the cake in the system.
However, Leonard of Clippers overthrew this point, which directly affected the Clippers' playing style and system, and also directly affected the Clippers' team building cycle. The entire Clippers were surrounded by Leonard, in other words, Leonard decided 80% of the Clippers' foundation.
In terms of play, Leonard of the Clippers is still like the young man who learned shooting from England. Every year, he subverts his past self and adds more skills and possibilities. He changed from a scorer to an organization striker, from a dependent system to a self-contained system. Psychologically speaking, Leonard is ready to take on more responsibilities, otherwise he will not take the initiative to choose a team without any championship experience to compete for the championship. I know that the Clippers have the eighth team in the West and the stadium in paul george, but in essence, this is a new team that starts a new team cycle. It is not easy for a new team that starts a new team cycle to win the championship-just look at the Nets this season.
Sometimes it makes sense to compare Leonard to Duncan's successor. Although different, they are essentially the cornerstones that the team can rely on, so don't worry about "driving by car".
Leonard took Harden, the top American player, as his pursuit goal when he was in college. While demanding himself strictly, Leonard even complained to the coach, "Why can't my teammates help others?" Ariza once had the experience of training with the unknown Leonard. He recalled, "I was always proud that I was always the first to go to the arena, but once when I got to the arena, Leonard was already there. He has completed all the training and will continue to practice. "
"When I saw his work attitude, I knew he was a special person."
Duncan, a talented player, will lose weight and transform into an auxiliary center after his athletic ability deteriorates. Leonard has been improving his skills and getting out of his comfort zone since he played basketball. This self-driving force is also a lubricant for the team in a sense, helping the team to get out of the comfort zone. Because the core is the appearance of the team-so Celtic fans don't like Owen. So, there should be no team that doesn't like Leonard, right?
However, there must be someone who doesn't like Leonard.
Some people may say that Leonard is not perfect and too egoistic, and all his decisions revolve around self-satisfaction rather than the overall situation, including the feelings of fans. Leaving the Spurs is a move that undermines the trust of Spurs fans.
But you know, Leonard is just a player, he is not the president, and he doesn't need to take care of everything. It is good to cover everything, but it is not a necessary condition.
Even if some of his actions hurt the fans who supported him, choosing to support Leonard is only the independent behavior of the fans, and there is no binding relationship; More like a deal. I make my behavior, you choose to buy or not.
What I said earlier-"There should be no teams that don't like Leonard" is an objective judgment of Leonard's player status, because we can talk about the performance on the court.
The last sentence-"There must be someone who doesn't like Leonard" is a subjective judgment of Leonard. You don't need to like Leonard just because he is a good player.
Moreover, whether you support Leonard, whether you like Leonard or not, and whether you hate Leonard, there is no right or wrong.
Of course, what I know about Leonard comes from the information on the Internet, and what I know about his game and the role of the team is second-hand information after all.
I have no intention of revealing the truth or correcting the audition. I just provide a personal perspective to make some explanations.
My observation of Leonard, or a series of events led by Leonard, can be summarized as follows: when you know little about a vague image and want to describe him, you always use montage clips and associations to construct various related fragments and try to enrich him.
The same is true of the fans' vague impression of Leonard. He is an alienated spotlight, piecing together all kinds of information and making him another James, another Durant, and another NBA player in our imagination. ...
The media is like this, the fans are like this, and so am I.
But in the end, we may all be doing meaningless over-interpretation. Because our understanding as an outsider is one-sided after all. Take Leonard for example, what he shows is what he wants to show to the outside world. We can't present a person's whole picture through such one-sided information.
Leonard drove an old car and signed a big contract to buy only an ordinary SUV, which became the talk of car fans. This is Leonard who is not tacky in the eyes of fans.
However, there is also a luxury sports car in his mansion, which is what an NBA multimillionaire should look like in our traditional cognition.
Even if we talk about Leonard's fun or boredom, there is a frame of reference. The target of this quotation may be James, Durant, or any player ....................................................................................................................................... Of course, I think it's good to express my personal opinion and have something to say. But as enthusiasts, we should care more about things than people, and evaluate how his work is done, instead of subjectively evaluating whether a person is a good person or a bad person as a third party-but I'm not saying this as another subjective moral judgment, just promoting the spirit I support. After all, this is still an article from a subjective perspective. Whether you support my point of view is also your own choice.
"You know that others can always describe yourself better than yourself?"