Yang Yi: From "president" to "cancer", he is almost unable to make it in the NBA

Brogden has many nicknames, but it basically has nothing to do with basketball. His brother called him "The Humble Moses" and his college teammates called him "President", the nickname followed him into the NBA. At that time, the US president had not yet equated with the Joker. Compared with the muscle talent monsters around him, Brogden did have the temperament of a national and team manager.

But now, the president has become a music-making machine for crazy output, and Brogden has been inexplicably implicated. From the best rookie of that year, the main point guard who averaged 21+5+6 per game, he quickly fell to a down-and-out situation where he could only sign a training camp contract. Just last season, Brogden was able to contribute 13 points and 4 assists in 24 minutes per game. Now, he is going to compete for a place to stay in the Knicks with Shamet, who has been with 6 teams for 7 years and Garrison Matthews, who has only averaged more than 7 points in 2 years. Brogden now holds a one-year unsecured basic salary contract.

It is also a pity. Originally, Brogdon and the Warriors were in love, and they were about to join the Golden State Nursing Home and form a group of old men who understand football with Curry Butler. As a result, the soap opera starring Kumingga has been unable to be completed for a long time, and the Wizards' old boss has no intention of keeping people. Brogdon can only compete with two young people who have no strength but no one but three-parted middle-aged men like the middle-aged middle-aged man who was laid off.

In fact, Brogden's nickname is not groundless. He was born in an educational family, and his family is a talented person in colleges, religion and law fields. While his teammates were still dodging bullets on the streets, he was already doing charity with his family in Africa. Under the influence of the family atmosphere, Brogden has studied hard since childhood and has shown his mind and talents to be ahead of his peers early on.

In college, Brogden did not drink, went to bars, or attended parties, but traveled around, read books and watched dramas, which was a clear stream among American college students. Such a person with a strong subjectivity will be looked up to by others wherever he goes. In addition, he showed his ball quotient and field control ability on the court, so it is reasonable to be named "President" by his teammates.

Craig Robinson, the Bucks' vice president of player development, is Obama's wife's younger brother. He once told reporters: "When Brogdon ran for president, I wanted to be his campaign manager. I have to put this idea on the table now."

Logically speaking, such players can make a name for themselves wherever they go. This is the case with former NBA President Bathir, but Brogdon is not so lucky. What's the problem?

The first thing that is to be bullish is fate, and Brogdon is famous for being vulnerable to physical damage. He suffered a serious injury from a fractured left foot in college. After entering the NBA, he only attended more than 70 games in rookie season, more than 60 games in three years in his nine years, and less than 40 games in another four years. The quadriceps tendon tear, the plantar fascia tear, the right arm tendon tear, the plantar fascia contusion... Compared with these injuries that often take two or three months of rest, the small problems such as calf soreness and ankle sprains are so amiable.

This is no longer just crispy. His legs and right hands were like dumpling skins that were frozen overnight in winter and frost. He passed by another dish in the oil pan, and he had reached a state of blowing and breaking. It is said that wisdom will lead to injury, but who would have thought that Brogden's injury is physical.

Repeated injuries will inevitably wipe out the team's patience, and replaced by management's doubts. Originally, the Wizards bought him to lead the new and let young people like Carrington learn from their senior experiences. Brogden himself once said: "After the college career at the University of Virginia, I have always hoped to play for the Wizards at a certain stage of my career." As a result, Brogden only played 24 games and turned into a sideline spectator.

What's even more unlucky is that last season was the last year of his contract with an annual salary of 22.5 million, and it was the window period for his last big contract in his career. But before the game started, he suffered a torn ligament of his right thumb and took a full month off. Before February this year, he had 29 games on and off, playing 24 games like a TV series in an advertisement. After the plantar fascia contusion in February, Brogdon completely became a snowflake screen and there was no need to watch the advertisement.

So again and again, if the Wizards have a little patience, they will not say a word after the contract expires, and turn around and fill the list with fear of leaving a crack for Brogden to misunderstand. Although American netizens used words such as "Wal was reimbursed at home and Ben Wallace was buried in the Wizards" to try to prove that the Wizards were a cursed team, which made Brogdon go from a top green leaf to a roadside. But unlike the good players and good presidents that fans inherently remember, Brogden is not a fuel-efficient lamp.

When he joined the Celtics in 2022, it was generally believed that the Celtics were stable, and it was indeed the case. He became a substitute commander seamlessly, averaged 15 points and 4 assists per game and won the sixth man in the best regular season. He played 67 games for the first time, which was perfect.

For Brogden, injuries will only be late and will not be absent. During the second round of the playoffs, Brogden's right arm has shown signs of soreness. In the first game of the Eastern Conference Finals, he and Love collided and lost the shot bag. G3 and G5 made 1 of 13 three games, and made a direct quit in the sixth game (the Celtics narrowly won with one point). He forced his comeback in the tiebreak game and only made 0 of 3 shots. What's even more terrible is that after being eliminated, Brogdon pointed the contradiction directly at the whole team and Mazula: "We are too focused on offense, feel and shooting, and always thought that offense could win, but we forgot that it was the defense that allowed us to the end last year."

The Celtics at that time were dancing with demons. Tatum and Brown hoped that Grant Williams would return to the rotation, and the old players wanted Rowe to start. Brogdon's move was even more fueled.. Although he joined last summer and didn't even touch the "last" shadow, and his own defensive contributions in the playoffs were negative, this did not prevent the President from making a public statement of failure. Stevens was deeply moved after hearing this, so he turned around and sold him to the Clippers.

But the Clippers were fed up with the brittle pain and decisively returned the goods in the name of worrying about their health. After the failed deal was exposed, Brogdon's relationship with the Celtics also deteriorated rapidly. Boston local newspapers even said that "Brogdon was angry at the team's behavior." Stevens could only comfort Brogden and said, "He shouldn't have encountered these things, I feel sad for him." While secretly dialing the Trail Blazers' phone number so that he can no longer feel sad. After being sold to the Trail Blazers, Brogden finally breathed out: "I'm very happy here, and this team valued me. When I was in Boston, I sometimes felt not valued. That year I got the best sixth man, and then they traded me... And here, Portland hugged me."

The Trail Blazers at that time wanted Brogden, who was more experienced and more mature, to lead the newcomers well. Brogden's performance is indeed good, averaging 16 points and 6 assists, with a real shooting percentage of 56%. Even his attendance in the first half of the season was very impressive. He missed only 10 games intermittently in the first 49 games, which can be said to be an extraordinary performance. Just at the mid-term trading window at the beginning of last year, many teams were looking to buy Brogdon, while the Trail Blazers offered high prices to persuade them to resign, which clearly did not want to let them go.

But in early February, Brogden's right elbow tendon sounded the alarm like a yo. At first, the team thought it was just a short-term technical adjustment, saying that it would take at least 2 weeks of rest, and then two weeks later, and take a break until the end of the April season. Feel familiar? Such a story was staged again by the Wizards, and even worse.

Now it seems that the tolerant fate gave Brogden two consecutive opportunities, allowing him to do miracles in the position of the commander of the bad team, but the cunning fate secretly laid mines on his feet, allowing him to repeat the same tragedy in the past two years, and ultimately exhausted all the team's patience. But he himself has a very personality. Whether he has a high opinion of himself or a teacher, this personality is obviously not tolerated by the team. The two are superimposed, Brogden, who is only 32 years old, has to compete for the training camp contract.

Facts have proved that the body is the capital of the revolution, and this is even more true for NBA players. No matter how good you perform on the court, it is just a countless 0 on the salary slip. Only when you can play can you be qualified to write a 1 in front of these 0s. If Brogden had the same body as Ju Holiday, who had fought for the health of the motherland for 16 years and had an average of 65 games per year, then no matter how unique he was, he would not have fallen into this position.

Unfortunately, everyone has their own fate. Some people can play 83 games in a season, while others play 40 games in a luxury. Even if Brogden beat Shamet and Matthews, he is likely to hurt his right leg, right hand, or other unexpected places in the middle of the season, and then wear off the patience of another team during the game and stop. This is not a curse, but a cruel future that we don’t want to see and is likely to happen.

is like a gray rhino running around the playground. You watch it get closer and closer, praying that it will pass by you, but it will not move, and step you into the pit with one foot, just like every lap in the past.