Tai Sen Chandler looks like a kid born for basketball.
Even though my father never appeared in my life, I have to admit that he inherited his father Frank Chandler's excellent physical talent of 6 feet 9 inches (about 2 meters 8).
Chandler spent his childhood on his grandfather's farm in the Central Valley. The earliest basketball enlightenment also originated from the simple basketball stand made by his grandfather on the farm when he was three years old, milking cows, raising pigs and planting crops. Chandler lived a plain and slightly simple life like too many "country boys".
Since he moved to San Bernardino at the age of nine to live with his mother and stepfather, Chandler has begun to show something different. At the age of 9, his height reached 6 feet (about 1.83 meters); At the age of 11, he grew to 6' 4 (about 1.93 meters). His figure also made little Chandler prematurely disqualified from asking adults for candy on Halloween, because no one believed that this big man was only eleven years old.
Triple crown in high school
At the same time, Chandler lived up to the gift God gave him. A local basketball program called "6 Minutepiece" has played the highlights of eighth grade Chandler's game as the finale. Before he went to high school, he had become a recognized "future star" in Southern California basketball circle.
At that time, every high school in California hoped to get this basketball genius. In the end, Chandler chose Domingos and became the junior and teammate of Prince. Prince led the team to win the California League championship one season before Chandler entered school, and he was selected as the best high school team in McDonald's in the United States in his freshman year.
After Prince entered the university, this team reached its historical peak under the leadership of Chandler. Before entering the NBA, Chandler completed his three consecutive championships.
In the 1998-99 season, Chandler led the team to win the second championship in the history of Domingos high school team with an average score of 17 points and 8 rebounds.
In the 99- season, Chandler's data reached 2 points, 12 rebounds and 3 blocks, which showed his dominance in the whole California division. In this year, he was elected as the California Basketball Player. (The last senior who won this honor was jason kidd in 1991)
In the 2-1 season, Chandler once again led the team to achieve three consecutive championships with an average of 26 points, 15 rebounds and 8 blocks.
At that time, even in away games, you could still see a large group of fans waiting to see Chandler's performance and sign autographs outside the door. Baron davis, the bearded man of UCLA, and earl watson, the former Sun coach, spent the summer inviting Chandler to join UCLA after graduating from high school.
interestingly, before joining the NBA, the champion made two men: Yao Ming and david lee.
By chance, Yao Ming and tyson chandler, who just started their basketball career, met at Nike basketball camp in Indianapolis. 18-year-old Yao Ming blew up 16-year-old Chandler in the 1V1 match, and Yao Ming also said in his later memoirs: "After winning Chandler, it made me feel for the first time that I could play in the NBA one day, and maybe age was also a factor in his failure at that time. I am 18, and he is only 16. "
david lee and Yao Ming had the same experience. In 1999, the team led by David Lee defeated Chandler's team at the Nike Basketball Summit. Since then, he has become a popular high school student and has been competing for enrollment by various universities.
Even if this is an extremely reluctant "adult beauty", from another perspective, it also shows the strength of Chandler in high school.
ups and downs in the bull period
With Garnett, Kobe Bryant, McGrady and other high school candidates gradually gaining a foothold in the NBA, 21 has also become a big year for high school students to participate in the draft. kwame brown, hand-picked by Jordan, joined hands with tyson chandler to become the first champion and second place for high school students to participate in the election.
On draft night, the Bulls made a deal with the Clippers: Brand and Chandler exchanged owners, and the Bulls also hoped that their Chandler+eddy curry in the draft would become the Twin Towers 2. of the Spurs.
in their first season, both of them started as substitutes. It was not until February 15th, 22 that Chandler and Curry won the chance to start together for the first time. Curry, known as "Little Shark", has a skillful inside back technique, and he is also known as one of the centers with great offensive power under O 'Neal and Yao Ming.
What Chandler needs to undertake is the rebound and inside defense that Curry habitually misses, which are also the links that Chandler is best at. The two men's styles of play complement each other, and they also forged a good friendship during this period.
However, the young inside combination has not improved the record of the Bulls.
In the 22-3 season, Chandler scored his highest average score in the Bulls' period, and the Bulls only handed in 3 wins.
In the 23-4 season, Chandler played only 35 games with a recurrent back injury, and the Bulls with three coaches returned to the penultimate in the East that season.
In the following years, the Bulls returned to the playoff team under the leadership of Hinrich and Gordon, but Chandler, who averaged 5.3 points and 9 rebounds per game, was no longer the team's first choice.
In the summer of p>26, the bulls who supplemented ben wallace sold Chandler to the New Orleans Hornets at a low price. What about eddy curry? He has become a real center with an average of 19+7 in the Knicks.
In 26, the two also embarked on completely different life trajectories.
Fulfilling his talent in the Hornets
Chandler, who left the Bulls, has faded all the aura he once brought. He is no longer the star of hope, and the blue-collar defensive expert style has been finalized. Compared with the strength of the lineup, Chandler needs to find the team that best suits his ability. New Orleans saved him, in other words, chris paul took Chandler to a new height.
Compared with the former main center P.J. Brown, Chandler is younger and more impactful, and his quick moving ability and excellent vertical jump can ensure that the sky over New Orleans is not threatened. The finishing rate of 71.2% in the basket is even more incomparable to that of 42.4% Brown.
In this way, Chandler was given the title of the first generation "Pie Man".
In his first season with the Hornets, Chandler's data soared. His average score rose from 5.3 to 9.5, and his rebounds soared to 12.4 after Garnett. Affected by injuries, Peja was reimbursed early in the season, and david west only played 52 games. The Hornets led by Paul and Chandler failed to bring the team into the playoffs.
In the 27-8 season, the Hornets led by chris paul achieved the best result of 56 wins so far. In that year, the Hornets lost only 95.6 points per game, ranking fifth in the league.
Chandler and Paul complement each other inside and outside. Outside, Paul has set a record of 18 steals in a row; Inside, Chandler averaged 1.8 blocks per game, just like a Wuzhishan.
Chandler scored 377 goals, 192 of which were dunks, 16 of which were directly assisted by Paul, and Chris Paul's assists increased from 8.9 to 11.6 in that season. Everyone knows what will happen after Chandler Paul picks and rolls, but no one can limit it.
After losing to the Spurs in the semi-final, Chandler said in an interview after the game, "We will come back next year."
flowers have a reopening day, and people are no longer young. The change of the situation has made Chandler appreciate the cruelty of this alliance again. Trapped by a back injury, Chandler only played 45 games in the 28-9 season, and the data also slipped to 8.8 points and 8.7 rebounds.
His name also appeared on the Hornets' peddling list for the first time. Even after ending the farce of trading with Thunder, the comeback Chandler helped the Hornets win seven consecutive victories, but it didn't change the choice of the Hornets' management. In the offseason in 29, Chandler became a bargaining chip for the Hornets to get Okafor.