Who is the "eye snake" among NBA stars?

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preface

"Worthy is one of the top ten players in playoff history, even one of the top five players." -Lakers teammate Magic Johnson

1994-95 When Worthy retired, the legendary superstar magician Johnson used this sentence to give his comrades-in-arms the most loyal evaluation for many years. Magic Johnson's retirement press conference in Worthy began with this sentence, which is also an affirmation of his teammate who received his pass many times and performed fast break and one-handed dunk at the Lakers' home.

No one will disagree. When Worthy retired, his performance was dazzling: 1982 was the most outstanding player in the NCAA semi-finals, 1988 was the most valuable player in the NBA finals, and he was a member of the Lakers triple crown (85, 87, 88) in the 1980s. His career playoff average is 2 1. 1 point, and 5.2 rebounds are even more dazzling than his regular average of 17.6 points and 5. 1 rebound.

His first big three yuan was won in the seventh finals against Detroit in 1988, perhaps the most important one in his career. He scored 36 points 16 rebounds 1 1 assists in that game. At the same time, it maintains the highest shooting percentage in five series in NBA playoff history-1985 in the West Coast final against Denver Nuggets, 72. 1%.

His nickname-"Competition James"

senior high school

When Worthy was in the ninth grade at Greer Junior High School in Gastonia, North Carolina, his basketball skills had already made their mark in the local newspaper. At Ashbrook High School, Worthy was coached by Larry Rhodes, a protege of dean smith, the famous godfather of North Carolina. Later, Worthy attended the basketball summer camp in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and seemed to have formed an indissoluble bond with North Carolina. In his last year at Ashbrook High School, Worthy was naturally selected as an all-American team by averaging 265,438+0.5 points and 65,438+02.5 rebounds. His outstanding performance also set the tone for him to shine on the North Carolina stage.

university

In the middle of her first year in college, Worthy once slipped on the floor of carmichael Hall and broke her ankle. He had to miss the remaining 14 games this season, and his career was once overshadowed by this injury.

Worthy, as always, calmly faced the test brought by this injury.

In an interview with Sports magazine 199 1, Worthy recalled the injury in that year and said, "To be honest, I'm not sure if I can regain the intensity of the game before the injury. Can't go out with the team, can't participate in training, and can't even participate in the daily operation of the team. At that time, I began to wake up and began to contact different people including basketball. "

In his sophomore year after her recovery, Worthy averaged 14.2 points, 8.4 rebounds and 50% shooting percentage, making her the best striker in ACC league.

Only in the third year of his career in North Carolina, Worthy's college basketball career reached its peak. North Carolina in 8 1~82 season is the most legendary team in the history of American college basketball. They include Worthy, sam perkins and a newcomer named Jordan. Tar high heels beat other opponents in the regular season. Worthy averaged 15.6 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 57.3% shooting percentage, becoming the first team member in the United States. He was also named the player of the year with Ralph Sampson of the University of Virginia.

North Carolina defeated Georgetown University led by Ewing with 1982 and successfully advanced to the NCAA Finals. Before the game, North Carolina was generally looked up slightly. It was this game that laid the foundation for Worthy's legendary career in the future. As before, his outstanding performance at the crucial moment: he scored 28 points from 17 and successfully intercepted Fred Brown's pass at the end of the game, ensuring the victory of North Carolina.

Although Worthy won the most outstanding player award in the NCAA semi-finals, his heroic performance was more or less covered by Jordan's winner in the final. Maybe this is fate. No matter how great his achievements are, Worthy seems destined to be concealed by his teammates in his career: Jordan in college, Jabbar in NBA and Magic Johnson.

NBA career

The Lakers won the NBA championship with 1982. At that time, their small forward jamaal wilkes was also the first small forward in the league. The forward-looking Lakers still won the top pick in the 82-year draft through previous transactions. This draft pick came from a single deal between the Lakers and the Cavaliers in the 79-80 season: at that time, the Lakers exchanged Don Ford and a first-round draft pick of 1980 (later the Cavaliers chose Chad Ginch) for Butch Lee of the Cavaliers and their first-round draft pick of 1982. Of course, no one expected that this draft pick would become the No.1 pick in 1982, and the Lakers used this draft pick to win Worthy, who skipped the senior year of college and entered the NBA directly. Since 1960, when the Lakers moved to California, Worthy was only the second No.1 pick in the Lakers' history. The first one was the famous No.1 pick magician Johnson in 79.

When Worthy first joined the Lakers, Wilkes, the small forward on the team, still acted like Japan. In 8 1-82 season, he averaged 2 1. 1 (the highest in the league 16), making him the third player in the team after Magic Johnson and norm nixon. Perhaps in most NBA teams at that time, Worthy could immediately play the first choice, but in the Lakers, he had to start from scratch.

When the magician recalled Worthy's performance in the first year, he also thought that James was mature and sophisticated in dealing with people, which was not inferior to his excellent physical condition.

"Although he was the top pick in the draft, he seriously learned from Wilkes and then surpassed and replaced Wilkes' role in the team. At that time, I thought he was a team player and winner. Most rookies will complain in the same situation as him, but Worthy has never done so. "

-Lakers teammate Magic Johnson said in an interview with Los Angeles Daily after Worthy retired.

Despite this, Worthy's NBA rookie season is still remarkable. His shooting percentage of 57.9% ranks first among all rookies, which is also the highest rookie record in the history of the Lakers. His average 13.4 points and 5.2 rebounds make him the best rookie team. He played in the team's 77 games until 1983 broke his tibia and missed the playoffs. The Lakers were swept by the Philadelphia 76ers in the 1983 finals, but the "performance moment" of the Lakers' home court in the 1980 s just began.

Before the 83-84 season, the Lakers traded Nixon and the San Diego Clippers (now the Los Angeles Clippers) for Swinnat and rookie Byron Scott. Worthy was elected in 53 games, and the Lakers' wrestling for three consecutive championships in the next five years has basically taken shape.

In the 84 NBA Finals, the Lakers lost seven thrilling games to the Boston Celtics. Two of these seven games went into overtime. Worthy's performance in the playoffs is better than that in the regular season, just like his outstanding performance in the playoffs in the future: his playoff average 17.7 points and 2.7 assists are higher than his regular season 14.5 points and10.7 assists respectively.

In the 84-85 season, the Lakers became the overlord of the league. They ranked second in the league with 62 wins and 20 losses, only one game behind Boston. They have the second fiercest firepower in the league, and the team scores second only to Denver Nuggets. They were invincible in the playoffs, losing only three games before the finals. Finally, he defeated Boston 4-2 in the finals to win the championship.

At the same time, Worthy showed his value, averaging 17 per game. Six points, six points. Four rebounds became the third scorer and the second rebounder in the team. To his credit, his shooting percentage is still as high as 57%. 2%。

Magic took the helm, Worthy, Scott and Michael Copper scored, and the Lakers formed the most terrible fast break combination in history. Coincidentally, Worthy once again shines on the stage of the playoffs, averaging 2 1 per game. Five points. Even when he looks back on this season in the future, he thinks it is his most important season.

In an interview with Sports magazine on 9 1, he said, "That was not only my first NBA championship, but more importantly, we made up for it at the Garden Stadium in Boston. This is what I am most proud of. People still live in the era of "Los Angeles is not as good as Boston", even though it was in the 1960s. And they just defeated us last year, and the new hatred and old hatred really made us feel very strong. "

Although Worthy played his best season in 85-86 and participated in the All-Star Game seven times in a row, the NBA championship returned to Boston in 85-86. It is the first time in my career that I have exceeded 20 points in the regular field. He once again achieved an impressive 57.2% shooting percentage in the regular season. He averaged 19.5 points in the playoffs, which is the only time in his career that he averaged less points in the playoffs than in the regular season.

In the following two seasons, not only did Worthy reach the peak of his career, but the Lakers naturally became a strongman in the 1980s. The Lakers won the best record in the league for two consecutive years, winning 65 games 86-87 and 62 games 87-88 respectively. More importantly, the Lakers beat Boston in six games in the 1987 finals and beat the upstart Detroit Pistons in seven games in the 1988 finals, becoming the first team to win the NBA championship in the last two decades.

Worthy's performance is unparalleled. He successfully interprets the position of small forward, which has been defined by Baylor and Dr. J. In addition to averaging 19.5 points per game in these two seasons, his passing ability as a striker has also been greatly enhanced. In the 1987-88 season, his number of assists rose to an average of 3.5. He also defended his nickname "Contest James" with his excellent playoff performance (22.4 points per game).

In the playoffs in' 88, the Lakers were also in jeopardy. They played seven games in the first two rounds, eliminated Utah Jazz and Dallas Mavericks respectively, and then advanced to the finals to face Detroit Pistons. In 24 playoff games, Worthy averaged 21.65,438+0 points, 4.4 assists and 5.8 rebounds, and shot 52.3%. I have to mention that in the seventh game of the finals, Worthy scored 36 points 16 rebounds 10 assists to help the Lakers win the cup at the forum with the first three yuan in the career finals.

Worthy became the most valuable player in the finals that year. Ironically, he didn't even make the third team that year.

This champion was also the Lakers' swan song in the era of Jabbar-Magician in the 1980s. The Lakers were swept by the Pistons in the finals of 1989, then eliminated by Phoenix Suns in the finals of 1990, and defeated by Chicago Bulls 4-65,438+0 in the finals of 965,438+0. Although the team failed to win the championship again, Worthy's contribution to the team increased.

Worthy became the Lakers' most played player in the 88-89 season, averaging 36.5 minutes and 20.5 points per game. In the 89-90 season, Worthy played the best data of the season, averaging 2 1.2 points and the highest 6 rebounds in his career. 1989 and 1990 averaged 24 points in the playoffs, and 1990 was selected as the best three teams in the NBA for the first time.

In the 90-9 1 season, Worthy scored his highest score in a single season with 2 1.4 points per game. Unfortunately, his shooting percentage of 49.2% was lower than 50% for the first time in his career, which also ended his NBA record of shooting percentage exceeding 53% for eight consecutive years.

9 1, the Lakers once again set foot on the journey of NBA championship. After winning the first game of the finals, they lost four games in a row and gave the NBA championship to the Chicago Bulls led by Jordan. The latter won the first NBA championship in his team's history and created the Bull Dynasty.

After playing for three more seasons, in 1994-95, Worthy decided to take off his shirt and officially retire. When he retired, his career total score reached 16320, and more importantly, he brought us countless classic moments. Many fans and teammates regard Worthy's departure as the end of an era, and Worthy, who has always been calm, never forgets it.

Once he accepted > "I remember when I first entered the league, I played with Jabbar, jamaal wilkes, Magic, norm nixon and bob mcadoo. Now I'm in the same situation as them. Those young people told me what they thought of our beating Boston to win the championship in 1985 in high school. Time and tide wait for no man. "

Worthy's amazing athletic ability will surely go down in history: lightning speed, chic and elegant flying in the air, and gorgeous one-handed dunk like the Statue of Liberty. Of course, there is also his superman performance in the playoffs-the average shooting percentage in the playoffs is 54.4%, ranking among the top ten in NBA history.

"Maybe people haven't realized that being a small forward is absolutely unprecedented. But he has always been a low-key person. At his peak, I can guarantee that no one can get close to him. "

-Pat Riley, Worthy's coach, commented on his favorite disciple in an interview with the Los Angeles Times.

[Personal data]

Full name: James Agger Worthy.

Date of birth: 196 1 February 27th (2/27/ 196 1)

Birthplace: Si Tong, North Carolina

High school: Ashbrook, Gastonia, North Carolina.

University: North Carolina

Draft: Los Angeles Lakers (1982, No.1) First round Los Angeles Lakers.

Height: 6 feet 9 inches

Weight: 225 lbs

Nickname: big game James.

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