Why can Langley stand on the Bulls?

It's not terrible that a person is born embarrassed. The terrible thing is that a person has been held in the clouds from birth, never suffered setbacks, only praise and applause around him. Although such a starting point in life makes people envy and hate, it is much harder to stand up when one day falls from the clouds than to be born embarrassed. For example, Lang Li, the champion center of Bulls, has experienced ups and downs in his life from genius to parallel imports to today's achievements. With an average of 7+4 per game, why can Lang Li become the champion center of the Bull Dynasty?

A sudden Australian basketball genius.

Before Langley appeared, there was no Australian element in NBA, and even no Australian player could attract the attention of NBA teams. Langli, 1969 was born in Melbourne, and his height is 2 18 cm, 120 kg. The super height and strength endowed by heaven since childhood made Langli stand out quickly in the Australian youth league. At the age of 16, when Langli could easily hand in the data of 20+20 per game, Australian U 19 couldn't wait to recruit Langli into the team. At this time, Langley is regarded as Australia's most promising player to enter the NBA. 1986, Lang Li ushered in the most important opportunity in his basketball career. Langli joined the Perth Wildcats in Australia. Although younger than all his opponents, Lang Li's performance is not inferior. Langley's outstanding talent and potential attracted Colson, a basketball coach in New Mexico, USA.

Under Coulson's sincere recruitment, Langley joined Mexico State University and began his college career. What is the NCAA level of New Mexico State University? Before Langley, they only sent 1 NBA players. After Langley, they only contributed Sikayam of the Raptors. From the delivery of players, we can see that this is a team with a low ranking in NCAA, and not many people pay attention to it.

But as the saying goes, gold always shines. Although the strength of Langli's team is average, it can't stop Langli's desire. The performance of averaging 20+ 10 can only be regarded as a small goal for Langley, and his dominance in the basket makes scouts salivate. In their eyes, this born Australian genius is already a quasi-NBA player.

The high starting point of Langley's draft career. 199 1 year, Lang Li participated in the NBA draft. Before, no one dared to imagine that the players trained by New Mexico State University could enter the first round of the NBA draft, which was simply extravagant hope. But because of Langli, everything is different. This primary school has never received so much attention and visits from scouts before the draft. In the end, Lang Li lived up to expectations and was selected by the Timberwolves in the first round of the 199 1 draft. It is good enough for a primary school in Langley to have such a high ranking.

Langley, ridiculed for parallel imports.

What can the top draft bring to the rookie? With higher contract value, more attention and greater expectations, Langli entered the NBA with the ninth overall pick in the first round. Langley once naively thought that the Timberwolves could give themselves a future, because the record of 29 wins and 53 losses in 90-9 1 season was really terrible.

To some extent, Langley's early career is the same as Pistons' milicic. In 2003, Pistons came second in the draft of Serbian milicic. However, whether it works or not is another matter. Milicic doesn't trust Larry Brown. In the rookie season, milicic didn't get too many opportunities, which greatly affected the direction of milicic's entire career.

Langley had the same problem. His draft pick is not low, and the height of 2 18cm also makes fans look forward to it. Unfortunately, James Rodgers, the head coach of Timberwolves at that time, didn't like this tall white insider. In the rookie season, Langley didn't get the treatment corresponding to his draft pick. Langley has played 66 times this season, averaging 15 minutes per game. His average score of 4.3 points, 3.9 rebounds 1 blocked shots did not satisfy the fans. When the talent was not fulfilled, fans began to question Lang Li, a high-ranking player, and questioned that Lang Li was the No.9 show of parallel imports. Langley began to panic when he heard so many questions for the first time in his basketball career. 1992-93 season, the pressure of the sophomore Langli is getting bigger and bigger, and the performance of averaging 5.8 points, 4.4 rebounds and 0.9 assists per game is not enough to get Langli out of the mire. On TV and in the audience, there are more and more voices mocking Langli, and the fate between Langli and the Timberwolves seems to be coming to an end.

Genius reduced to mediocrity? Timberwolves don't want to give Langli more time and space to grow up. 1993-94, Langli was sent to Chicago Bulls, and Langli also faced the biggest and most difficult multiple-choice question in his career? Do you want to continue to fight bravely, or do you want to go back to Europe or Australia to play? The white man chose to be brave. Because of this choice, he also met the most important person in his life.

Langley's change

I have enjoyed the praise of genius, and my ears are filled with the abuse of parallel imports. It is inevitable that you want to stand up and pack up and go back to Australia. After joining the Bulls, Langley's persistence and great wisdom saved his career.

The first is positioning. Langley clearly realized that he was no longer the talented Australian player who had high hopes. In order to survive in the NBA, he has to adjust his mentality and position himself as a qualified role player, regardless of other people's eyes and voices. Only by surviving can he make a comeback in the NBA.

Secondly, it is psychological. How role players survive and work hard in NBA is the lifeline of role players. Realizing this, Langley stopped complaining that he didn't have playing time and tactical position. He knows that only by doing these two things well, the opportunity will find him one day.

Finally, the change of playing style. In the days when the Timberwolves played, Langli played the role of eating cakes under the basket, and there were not many opportunities to hold the ball. His ball utilization rate in Timberwolves is as low as 15.8%, which also makes Lang Li's vision broad, his basic skills solid, and his CIC talent abandoned. He can't jump high and run fast. Langley knows this is his disadvantage. If compared with the old black in the basket, he is easily at a disadvantage. Lang Li, who lacks talent and skills, began to improve his coordination and long-range shooting ability in training. Even though he didn't have many opportunities in the competition, he polished himself in daily training.

Langley stood up again.

Langley's efforts have been rewarded enough. After joining the Bulls, Langli averaged 7.6 points and 5. 1 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game, with the highest scores and assists in Langli's career. Langley's career did not die, and the Bulls left him. 1994-95, the arrogant man Michael Jordan came back, and the long-awaited Langley got the opportunity to take off on the shoulders of giants.

Opportunities are for those who are prepared. 1994-95 season, Jordan, who came back at the end of the regular season, failed to lead the team to beat the Magic led by O 'Neill and Hardaway in the playoffs. Jordan is aggressive and paranoid. Almost everyone knows that after losing, 95-96 season is bound to be Jordan's revenge season.

However, it is not easy to be Jordan's partner and start the journey again. You should know that Jordan has an absolute say in the bulls at this time. If you can't get Jordan to move, being traded or being laid off may be the only outcome. What did Langley do to impress Jordan? Langli's efforts finally paid off. His talent and careful preparation perfectly met Jordan's needs, and Langley became the most important part of the Bulls' second consecutive championship.

On the defensive end, Langley's glory was covered up because of Rodman's existence. As the saying goes, Rodman's rebounding skills are really fierce, but in order to rebound, Rodman almost gave up defense. Rodman averaged 0.4, 0.3 and 0.2 blocks per game in the Bulls' second three consecutive seasons. Because of the need of rebounding, Rodman's defensive role on the defensive end is almost zero. Rodman wants rebounding data, so who will do the dirty work? It can only be Langli. Although the pace is not fast enough, Lang Li's height and enthusiasm make up for some deficiencies. The data of 1.4 times, 1. 1 times and 1 times in three seasons are the peak performance of Langli's career. It is worth mentioning that Langli's sacrifice on the defensive end does not stop there. Why can Shao Wei grab so many rebounds? The answer is the location of Adams Card. Rodman's rebounding champion, averaging double-digit rebounds per game, also has the credit of Langli sacrificing data and desperately blocking the position.

On the offensive end, Langley's two skills also meet the needs of the bulls. As for personal attacks, as we all know, Rodman doesn't like attacks, especially in the three years of the Bulls, Rodman's average number of shots dropped to less than five times and his average score dropped to about five points. At this time, Rodman was possessed by rebounds and even handed over the data of 0 points and 28 rebounds in a game. At this time, Rodman's eyes may be nothing but rebounds.

What do you mean Rodman doesn't attack? On behalf of the Bulls, the lack of inside offensive firepower will not only fail to open a breakthrough space for players like Jordan and Pippen, but also lead to tactical disconnection. Triangle tactics are brilliant and powerful, and the lack of inside fire support is just empty talk. At this time, Langley's long-range shot became a good medicine to solve this problem. Lang Li, with comprehensive and delicate skills, can throw long shots or eat cakes under the basket. Even if he is 2 18cm tall, he can hold the ball and break through the inside of the opponent. 1995-96, three seasons later, Lang Li averaged 9. 1, 9. 1,1.4, which was the peak of his career. Langley's fire support solved the problem that Rodman couldn't open Hu inside and made the triangle attack system run smoothly.

Langley's coordination. Langli's response is actually the most neglected. In the bull's triangle attack system, many fans think that Langli's tactical position is not high, but this is actually a wrong illusion. Data don't lie. In the three seasons of Bulls' second consecutive championship, Langley averaged 18.7%, 19.3% and 17.3% per game, ranking fourth in the team after Jordan, Pippen and kukoc. Langley's ball utilization rate is even higher than that of point guard Hubble. How can you say Langley tactics?

Share another set of data. During the second consecutive championship, Langli's assist rate was 15.2%, 15.9% and 15.4% respectively, ranking fifth in the team. Langley is not the main end of triangle tactics, but he has become the starting point or transit point of triangle tactics with his excellent coping ability, which is irreplaceable by other insiders.

Conclusion:

Although his career average is only 7+4, Lang has become the most important part of the Bull Dynasty by his own efforts. He stood next to Jordan and won the second consecutive championship for the Bulls. Lang Li's career, which might have died, was not only saved, but also got a good opportunity to fully bloom himself.

After falling, it is not easy to stand up in an environment surrounded by laughter, let alone return to the peak, which is even more difficult. If Langli chooses to give up, he will become a mocked joke like an egg filling cake. Fortunately, this persistence and great wisdom gave Lang Li a new life and became one of the most important players in the history of the Bulls. At the same time, it also laid the most solid foundation for my retired basketball career.