From Rocket Brother to CBA, averaging 0.5 points per game, how did Francis kill himself?

20 10 12 15, the game has reached the last 17.7 seconds, Beijing Jinyu leads by 9 points, and the overall situation has been decided, but Shougang Stadium is still full of people shouting "Mr. Fu", and everyone is expecting that person to play. Ming Lulei knew better. When she saw that the result had been decided, she shook her hand and steve francis appeared immediately.

This is Francis's first show in CBA. Although the time left in the game was only enough for him to transport the ball to the frontcourt, the scene was still full of cheers. The white inflatable stick waving in the stands is full of satisfaction-this is an NBA-level dribbling action! After the game, the crowd gathered around Francis. Finally, with the help of the staff, Francis was carried back to the dressing room through the sea.

The skin is covered with flowers and plants, and it is inevitable to break the well. Two days later, Beijing played Shandong at home. After a quarter and a half, Francis was still sitting on the bench. The old guns who spend money to watch the ball in the stands can't stand their temper. They don't know the inside story here. They just think that Ming Lulei's brain is a watt, and the lighter fell from the sky. The voice calling for the boss to play almost overturned the roof of Shougang Sports Center. Min had no choice but to put away his 300 sets of tactical notes and punish Francis again. Francis took part in an offensive and defensive switch as soon as he came out, but he fell down with garlic under his feet.

This is his first autumn in China. Next, he will fall down three times in this game. Four minutes later, watching Mr. Frodo fall four times is worth the fare. The enthusiastic voice in the stands began to fade, but the happy laughter gradually increased, just like the 654.38+100000 yuan stadium order ticket issued by the Basketball Association to Beijing home court a few days later had nothing to do with them.

Two days later, Beijing visited Dongguan, and the game itself was of high quality. In the end, the visiting team beat defending champion Guangdong Hongyuan by two points at home, but all this had little to do with Francis. This time, his main performance was to score two points in six minutes, and his first two jump shots were assisted by Zhou Peng and Dong Hanlin respectively. 265438+In the first decade of the 20th century, the Internet in China was in a stage of rapid development. These two clips quickly spread all over the network, and people's interest in Francis became stronger, but the interest point had already shifted. In this game, Francis also raised his middle finger to the referee, causing public anger. You can play big cards, but you can't. This is the basic bottom line. The Basketball Association is still tolerant, giving Francis and Beijing a "serious warning" and instructing Beijing Shougang to criticize and educate them.

In fact, as we all know, Francis has a foreign nickname "Franchise" in addition to the familiar nicknames of China fans. On this trip to China, Francis also showed the privilege of big-name foreign aid. In addition to various requirements such as bringing his own translator, his two-year $2 million top-level foreign aid contract is completely guaranteed, which is very different from other unsecured contracts that foreign aid can terminate at will. But what effect can this signing have? Shougang is not much different from ordinary fans, and there is no bottom in my heart. Yuan Chao, vice president of Shougang, said: "Some of our impressions of him only stayed in the year before last, and we don't know his recent physical condition."

Director Min put it more bluntly: "I admit that we have gambling elements and bet that he can recover."

Even so, the signing was achieved with great vigour. Soon, the people of the whole country and Shougang now know Francis' physical condition together: everyone saw his swollen old face and his stumbling figure on the court. The worst guess among different opinions is whether this guy is drinking or taking drugs.

On February 26th, 65438, Francis always dozed off on the bench in the first half of the match between Beijing and Jiangsu. At half-time, Min Lulei asked Francis to go out with the physical fitness teacher, but Francis flatly refused with a rather Iverson attitude: "What I need is a game, not training."

In the second half, Francis never appeared again. As a matter of fact, Francis canceled the contract with the Beijing team after the game. As for the security contract that everyone is particularly concerned about, Mr. Yuan advises friends from all walks of life not to worry too much about the IQ of Shougang Club. "We only paid half a month's salary, and everyone took the initiative to cancel the contract. There is no such thing as tearing up the contract. " Beijing intended to give Francis another half month's salary, but Francis made it clear that he didn't want it. This is the way he wants to leave.

From 65438+February 14 to 65438+February 26th, Francis came brilliantly and left in a hurry. The trace he left in CBA 13 days is that in less than 13 minutes, he got 2 points, 3 rebounds, 4 fouls and 2 tickets. His nickname has also become "good fortune", and his signing has also become the most important warning sign in the history of CBA signings. At that time, it still caused a lot of discussion, probably from the beginning of reminiscing about the past to mocking what is stupid. Poor traffic is also traffic, and the lackluster basketball circle is always worth mentioning as long as it is on Yao Ming's list. CCTV knows what people love about the wealth password, and it also gave a special performance for Francis in this 13 day.

The only goal of Francis's CBA trip

This is the end of Francis' basketball career, and in all the discussions about the ending of Francis China's story, the most interesting starting point is the same as Yuan's idea: When did the all-powerful boss in our impression die?

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In February 2006, Magic player Francis was traded to new york, and Orlando got second-year striker Ariza and veteran "Penny" Hardaway.

Even from the point of view at that time, you can hardly say that it was a heavy deal. Francis, 28, had a hard time in Orlando. He ended his three-year all-star tour in the first year of magic. Although the team's record is not good, Francis's performance of averaging 2 1.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 7 assists 1.4 steals is still in full swing. Brian Hill led O 'Neill and Penny into the finals and returned to the teaching chair with 1995 in the second year. The Magic became the seventh slowest team in the league from last season. Hill emphasized passing the ball and refused 1V 1, but he didn't mind the 20-year-old Howard training back on the court, so the goal was clear. The coach wants Francis to play less singles.

Francis took all this away because it was just a replica of his life in Houston. Because of his familiarity, he reduced the number of shots to the lowest in his career, but Howard was not Yao Ming, and his old buddy Mobry had already been sent away by the team, so Francis' enthusiasm for the game declined with his number of shots. In 46 games for Magic this season, Francis averaged only 16.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.7 assists 1 steals, but he made 3.4 mistakes. The contradiction between the two sides broke out completely in a game against seattle supersonics in the middle of 65438 10. At the end, Magic was 26 points behind. Hill sent Francis back to the stage, but the latter decisively refused, and the club decisively suspended him.

After the incident, Magic coach Oddis was vague: "I expect Francis to play with passion and love. My expectations of him will not be lowered, and he himself should not be lowered. "

But the whole league knows that Francis will never come back, at least not to Orlando. Flies don't bite seamless eggs, and the Lakers arrived with questions and flattery. They tried to trade Odom for Francis, which may stabilize Kobe's rhythm. Of course, the Lakers are not Francis' only competitor. The Rockets tried to bring former boss Dave back to Houston in a "dramatic way". Seattle is willing to send out point guard Rideno, while Nuggets are willing to send out Nene and earl watson. Of course, they naturally want to get rid of kenyon martin.

However, when the Knicks took the shot, Francis's transaction really moved from the fog of rumors to reality.

It turns out that magic needs nothing. They don't want any long contract, Odom's four-year contract of 5 1 10,000, the script of the Rockets, or the big contract of the Nuggets. Under the principle of matching, the Knicks came up with the most satisfactory: Ariza's minimum rookie contract and a penny contract of 654,38+0,575,000.

Then the Knicks got Francis with the remaining three years of his $48 million contract. Getting Francis is only the last item on the Knicks' expanding salary list in the 2005-2006 season, and it is also the last hand of Thomas, the general manager of Smile Assassin.

Before Francis arrived, the Yankees' lineup was full of players like Marbury, Quentin Richardson, Maricross, Jaron Ross, jamal crawford, Eddie Curry, Roger James and their big contracts. Even better, the team used NCAA and NBA champion coach Larry Brown. For five years, this one wears glasses and has a gentle face.

The man who led such a piston to win the championship now has a luxury warship. Is there no need to take off? At least in the eyes of Knicks boss Dolan and smiling assassin, his lineup deserves the word luxury. The most important evidence is that the Knicks' total salary this year is as high as 65.438+0.24 billion, exceeding the salary cap by 74.5 million and exceeding the luxury line by 62.3 million.

Old Brown himself is very satisfied. As a Brooklyn native, he can coach his hometown team. He affectionately called it his "dream job" to coach the Knicks.

The awakening came too fast. The Knicks won only six of their first 24 games, including a terrible seven-game losing streak in which they lost more than double digits per game. Marbury averaged less than 20 points for the first time in eight years, and the number of assists was a career low of 6.4. In fact, no one in the Knicks can send a decent assist. Jamal crawford is the second assistant. He has made elegant contributions to dribbling under his legs in every game.

With the deepening of the 2006 All-Star Game season, new york's situation has not improved. Their record became 15 wins and 38 losses, and they just lost 17 of the last 19 games, ranking at the bottom of the Atlantic Division. The players turned the Knicks' payroll into a set of jokes with a series of wonderful rubbish performances. However, the smiling assassin was very calm before the trading deadline. "I must say that I am quite satisfied with the current situation of the team and there is no need to take the initiative to make a deal."

Then they got Francis, and the smiling assassin told the media with a gesture that the street stall always beat Uncle "You didn't expect me to have such a successful player": "This deal will not only make us a better team now, but also take care of the future. Now we have an all-star Francis without losing any future assets. "

Indeed, the Knicks didn't lose any future assets in this transaction, because they had lost all their money in Eddie Curry's transaction-their first round of signing for Curry and his beloved hamburger later became Lamarcus Aldridge and Joaquin Noah.

In the face of the upcoming Francis, Old Brown showed enough expectation. He even compared the combination of Marbury and Francis to that of Fraser and Monroe. Later, this metaphor is often used to pile up two teams with the ball in the backcourt, such as Paul and Harden, Shao Wei and Harden, who can still win the championship. What will happen next is beyond the scope of this article. The evaluation of this combination is always easy to fall into polarization. Honest McGrady always said, "I don't see how these two can be compared." They all need to keep the ball in their hands all the time. " Cunning middle-aged Pat Riley has just won the position of coach of the Heat from his admirers. He offered an awkward and polite blessing for the deal: "I think new york is about to turn things around, and their team is full of talents."

One small problem, Francis and Marbury had a big decline before they got together this season. Comparing Fraser and Monroe with them seems a little lacking in evidence. The only thing worthy of recognition is that the annual salary of these two seasons adds up to 30.22 million, and only Kidd and Carter add up to 30.28 million in the backcourt of the Nets, which is higher than them. Speak with money to show new york's character.

In a word, Brown used this favorite allusion of Knicks fans to suggest how he would make good use of Francis and Marbury. In his blueprint for the future, Francis defended better. "He has enough size to defend position 2 and can keep up with position 1." On the offensive end, Marbury will play more without the ball, and Francis will become a more important ball holder with a clear division of labor. Marbury's own response also gave the coach enough face: "People say that Francis and I are not worthy, but I beg to differ. We know how to play, and I am willing and able to make any changes to win the game. "

The deal happened on Francis's birthday, and his agent gave it to his client as a birthday present: "Happy birthday, Steve! Is there a bigger stage than Madison Square Garden Arena? Xiutaim is here! "

Francis himself has a positive attitude. When talking about the transaction itself, he thought that "change is always good", when talking about cooperation with Marbury, he said "we will solve the problem", and when talking about the reasons for the Knicks' poor performance before, he came to the conclusion that the team was not United enough. "And I am the one who can unite everyone."

It's like going to new york, and "the old Francis" will come back.

It is not easy.

For the rest of the 2005-06 season, Brown did not leave Francis and Marbury in the same trench. He is still considering how to use Francis. Since Francis can defend two positions, should he be 1 or 2? This leads to a question: Should Steve Monroe Francis be a starter or a substitute?

These two questions about Francis are only a small part of Brown's thinking about the nature of basketball this season. He has set up more than 40 starting lineups in the league this season, and the prestigious Madison has become a basketball testing ground. The real Brownian motion is slowly unfolding in this luxurious division. In the end, they achieved 23 wins and 59 losses, the worst record in 40 years.

Simply calculated, after Francis arrived, this new york team won 7 more games and lost 2 1. His own output is 1 1 points, 3.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists, and he has never scored 20 points in 24 games. Francis is not wrong about one thing. The Knicks' problem is really lack of unity. Frye was just selected by the Knicks this year, and the situation of the team puzzled the young people: "Everyone just punched in, came to train for an hour, and then dispersed without saying a word. We are not a team. " Fortunately, veterans antonio davis and Malik Ross explained: "The real NBA is not like this."

Francis should certainly know what the real NBA looks like. When he was the owner of the Rockets, the training ground was also an exchange ground. His attitude towards Yao Ming speaks volumes. Of course, punching in and out of work should not be the norm in NBA, but a problem. It's just that in this Knicks, he is not a problem solver himself, he just naturally blends into part of the problem.

Boss Dolan was very dissatisfied with the team's performance this season and made a decision to ask Old Brown to leave. It's time for Thomas to start choosing the next teacher, but Dolan doesn't think it's necessary: "Since you built this team yourself, I might as well love you to play in person."

So Thomas became the new head coach of the Knicks, and the situation of the team really improved. They won 65,438+00 games in the 2006-07 season, more than the previous year. In addition to being out for almost 40 minutes due to injury, Francis finally stabilized his position and his performance rebounded. He played nine games with more than 20 points, the most classic of which happened in March 1 1, when the Knicks visited Washington.

Francis grew up in the suburb of Silver Spring, Maryland, and made his mark at the University of Maryland. Every time Francis goes to Washington, D.C. (the geographical relationship between Maryland and Washington is similar to that of Hebei and Beijing, and the suburb of Yinquan can be understood as Yanjiao, Langfang or Wuqing), his grandmother will appear in the stands, and this time is no exception, but now Francis is not the second-generation show that refuses to go to Vancouver. He is 30 years old. He has played in the league for eight seasons and transferred to three teams.

But this night, he didn't let grandma and more than 100 relatives and friends in the stands down. In the face of the wizard Arenas Butler jamison, who will be the stepping stone of the Little Emperor in the playoffs, Francis played for 39 minutes and scored 26 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists on 8 19 shots 1 steals. Although there were still seven mistakes, he played 44 minutes compared with his side.

More importantly, at the end of the game, when the team was still two points behind, he dribbled through the half-court under the tight defense of antonio daniels. The time is only 65,438+0 seconds, which is not a problem. Finger cuts are not a problem. It's not a problem that Daniels is around him. Only 2.9 shots in his career, and only 34% shooting from three-pointers, which is not a problem. Even if he just missed 2+65,438+0 to equalize the score and push the team to the wall, it is not a problem.

No problem.

When the ball entered the light, Francis jumped into the stands, nodded wildly to the Washington audience with open arms, and announced that the former Francis was back, even for a moment, just like it was done at Toyota Center Arena. In the face of this king-like goal, the unhappy people in the capital reacted little, but the voices of more than 65,438,000 relatives and friends of Francis arrived as promised. His teammates soon drowned him. Nate robinson successfully jumped onto the killer's back this time and didn't get rid of him. Marbury also tried to squeeze into the crowd. He tried to walk away.

Francis ran to the stands and hugged his grandmother tightly. He said, "Winning is good after all."

Francis finished the lore and the Knicks won the game. By the way, they became the eighth in the East, and everything looked good, compared with last season.

Their biggest obstacle to the playoffs was the magic that sent Francis away a year ago. Some people think about the team's playoff prospects. The smiling assassin smiled and said, "I hope the regular season will end after this."

Unfortunately, there are still 19 games in the regular season, and the Knicks lost 19 games. Although Francis continued his life with 20+ for four consecutive games, the Magic finally landed and became the eighth in the East, and Ariza was their most important bench strength. Francis played 14 of the last 19 games. He only played 44 games for the Knicks all season without him. From the age of 28 to 30, from one rotten team to another, the next piece of bread landed head on. Severe knee tendinitis and other injuries, big and small, came to the door and embraced Francis and the rest of his fate. In this year's healthy starting day, he still seems to have the strength of World War I, but in the end, the data sheet of113.3 rebounds and 3.7 assists will not deceive people.

The Knicks where Francis has been in the past two years also have a nickname "Titanic". Francis was thrown into this luxury cruise ship by fate. The role he plays in it is neither shredded pork nor Jack. He never enjoyed a moment of joy, nor did he leave any impressive palm prints on this huge ship. He ended up just a drowning man, and soon fell into deep fear of the ice sea. You can't even say he's a victim. It's just that there happened a Knicks game that year, and Francis happened to be in it.

Next, like all athletes or ordinary people who have gone downhill at the age of 30, the story about Francis began to accelerate. He was traded to the Trailblazers in 2007, and then he was fired. At that time, he still had some suitors. In the end, Francis chose to return to the Rockets, hoping to be traded to the Grizzlies by the Rockets at Christmas one year later. That's the starting point he didn't want to go, and it's still the end of his NBA career.

Two years later, another Christmas, Francis left the stadium to pack his bags and went home again, only this time it was Beijing Shougang that ended his whole career. When Francis left, Marbury also played in China. Two years later, he joined Beijing, followed by three CBA champions and an unopened bronze statue.