Speaking of this famous American basketball magazine, we have to mention its classic cover photos, the most famous of which is probably the famous 96 Golden Generation photo above. But Iverson, the champion of that year, failed to appear in the photo, which is the only regret.
When the 20 14 rookie after 18 entered the league, the young people who looked brilliant at that time asked Slam to re-portrait the' 96 Golden Generation from the magazine layout to the player position. Moreover, the most striking headline on the cover is the same as the previous year: "Are you ready ... here they come!" " The scattered subtitles were slightly changed: "The best rookie since 2003? Or after 1996 or after 1984? "
Now six years have passed, and we already know the later story. Up to now, only two all-star players, Embiid and Jokic, have appeared in the 14 level, and among the 96 rookie players, Kobe Bryant, Iverson, Nash, ray allen, Marbury, O 'Neill, Stojakovic, Abdourahim, Ilgoskas, antoine walker and * * *.
Some of them have fulfilled their talents and become the facade of the alliance, while others have forgotten everyone. However, this is wise after the event. At that time, they were crown princes and favored people.
Let's look at the players who have not landed in the NBA and become the cover figures of Slam magazine from several dimensions.
No comparison, no harm.
As both high school Megatron, Marbury's nephews Telfer and lebron james successfully appeared on the cover as early as August 2002, but the two who entered the league with their front and back feet still have completely different development trajectories.
According to the ranking of senior high school students by Rivals.com in 2004, Telfer ranked sixth after Howard, Livingston, josh smith, Al Jefferson and Guy. At the position of 13, this magical draft pick was selected. Although it may not seem to reach the height of LeBron, it seems that the starting point is not low.
Perhaps because of the height of1.83m, or because of the unskilled shooting skills, Telfer averaged only 6.8 points per game in the first season of his career as a pioneer, with a shooting percentage of 39.3% and a three-point rate of 24.6%. After only playing in Portland for two years, he was traded to Boston and began a long wandering career. In the highest season of his career, he averaged only 9.8 points per game.
Finally, Telfer followed the track of "My Uncle" and came to CBA, where he joined the 20 13 Tianjin team. In the following season, less than half a year after his brief return to the NBA, he crossed the ocean again and completed the second entry of CBA.
In fact, Auden appeared on the cover alone as early as July 2006, and this time Durant appeared on the cover again, in August 2007 after they were elected first and second respectively.
Unlike the champion who was reimbursed in the first year of his career, Auden played only 82 games in his five-year career as a pioneer, and has long been the object of daily ridicule by fans. Even if some fans shouted, "Even if he is re-elected 100 times, he is still the champion."
In the interview of 20 16, Auden was even more saddened: "I will be considered as the biggest parallel in NBA history, but there is nothing I can do about it."
Gee, I hope the league didn't ban high school students from taking part in the draft in 2006. I wish Auden had skipped high school and entered the league directly. If that's the case, I wonder if God can be kind to this great man.
In the July issue of 20 1 1, senior high school students in grade1ranked in the top three: austin rivers, anthony davis and michael kidd Gelkrist.
Interestingly, just one year later, after a season of NCAA baptism, the three were ranked 10, 1 and second respectively.
Michael beasley, derrick rose and eric gordon * * * all became the covers of the May 2008 issue, and this random cover sales form seemed very popular in China that year. OJ- Mayo was half a year earlier than these three people, and the monthly magazine 1 1 in 2007 was on the cover in advance.
As four senior high school students in Grade 07, the rankings are Beasley, Gordon, Ross and Mayo. The only bearded player in the same class who later won the most valuable player in the NBA regular season, ranked only 1 1, and another popular player who has been selected as an All-Star for many times, ranked 23rd.
Brandon jennings, a senior high school student ranked 4th in 2008, john wall and lance stephenson, who ranked 1 and1in 2009, together with the Spanish golden boy Lu Biao, became the cover figures of the June 2009 issue.
Except for Finson, who fell to the second round, the other three were elected to high positions.
Jennings, a player who no longer plays in the NBA, still gives fans full surprises. In the seventh game of the rookie season against the Warriors, Jennings scored 55 points at the age of 20 and 52 days, which also made him surpass James (2 1 22 days) and become the youngest 50-point gentleman in history.
In this 50-minute night battle, a "primary school player" came off the bench and Jennings scored 14.
After Slam was revised into a bimonthly magazine in 20 18, the popular rookies who were preparing to run for the election in that year also appeared on the cover one after another: Trey Young in the March/April issue and Dancsics and Ayton in the May/June issue.
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However, even so, I still feel sorry for the team that missed the dance class. Of course, the new scholar 18 just finished the second season, and now we are not in a hurry to draw a conclusion.
1996 65438+ 10 Allen Iverson and Charles o'bannon, the latter was selected by the pistons in the second round of 1997, and only stayed in the league for two seasons, averaging 2.5 points 1.4 rebounds per game.
In the September issue of 65438+2007, the three brothers were on the cover. Compared with dad, who is no longer noisy now, the hope of family comeback is estimated to fall on Sanqiu, a hot rookie this year.
The second part of the classic team photo
August 2004 is another classic photo. Except for marvin williams who retired in situ after losing to the Heat in the Eastern Conference semifinals this year and chose to join North Carolina to play NCAA for another year, the other five people directly participated in the draft in 2004.
On May 20 10, Kentucky players Wal-Mart, Cousins, Patterson and bledsoe who will take part in the draft took a group photo with calipari, the head coach and NCAA coach.
In addition to the four players on the cover, power forward alton, also from Kentucky, was also selected as the 29th overall pick. The NBA insider, who averaged 2.8 points and 2.5 rebounds in his career, doesn't seem to be worthy of a big book, but a large-scale conflict caused by his joining CBA in the past also made his name "famous" from another angle.
It was the CBA regular season of 13- 14. Sichuan played Tianjin at home, and alton, a foreign aid from Sichuan, and Wei Liu, a player of Tianjin team, fought each other, resulting in a large-scale conflict. In the end, the Basketball Association also imposed heavy penalties: Tianjin team Shang Ping was suspended 10, and Wei Liu was suspended for 3 games. Xu Tao, a player of Sichuan team, was suspended for five games, while alton, a foreign aid, was suspended for three games.
In addition, the above four people were automatically suspended 1 game (for stealing electricity), so the four people were suspended for 25 games, and the total fine was 2 1 ,000 yuan.
Su Qun, a well-known basketball media person, also commented after the game, saying that alton was as angry as his Kentucky teammate Cousins.
In the February issue of 20 1 1, five players from North Carolina joined hands on the cover, from left to right: Dexter strickland (13 was not selected), tyler zeller (12No. 17) and Harrison.
Kentucky, a famous NCAA school that has been silent for many years, ushered in a talent blowout in the second decade of the new century. In addition to contributing to the top three, Wall, thick eyebrows and ups and downs, it has also exported a large number of talents for the NBA. The "crooked mouth God of War", which became popular in this year's playoffs, also came from Kentucky.
In this May issue of 15, Kentucky showed all their talents. The specific draft of these players on the cover is as follows: Downs (1 No.5), Booker (1No.5 13), Cowley Stan (1No.6), and. His younger brother Aaron was not selected), lyles (12 in 5 years), Dhaka Li-Johnson (48 in 0 years/kloc-5 years), Taylor Julius (34 in 0 years/kloc-6 years) and marcus lee (16 years).
It is worth mentioning that in 20 13, the Harrison brothers were also considered as the top five players after Wiggins, Jabbari-Parker and Randall by the draft website, and their subsequent career development seemed to take a 180 turn.
Earlier, it was reported that the CBA Beijing Control Team would sign andrew harrison, but then his COVID-19 drug test was positive, so it is very likely that he will not be able to play for the Beijing Control Team in the new season.
The third part can be expected in the future.
In the July/August issue of 19, last year's No.1 scholar Zion and No.1 scholar Morant joined hands with this year's hot rookie LaMelo Ball to become the cover, and the title of the cover is also eye-catching future.
111/65438+In February, RJ Barrett, who was still in Duke, appeared on the cover before teammate Zion. In fact, before he joined Duke, he ranked higher than Zion in the draft forecast, and once ranked 1.
In the September issue of 18, Cole Anthony, a hot rookie from North Carolina, became one of three random covers.
201/February, with Jalen green (No.2 in 20 years), Sharif Cooper (No.22 in 20 years) and Josh Christopher (No.0/2 in 20 years) on the cover.