What kind of NBA star is Afini Hardaway?

1993- 1994 before the start of the season, Jordan announced a major decision. He decided to retire to play baseball. After Jordan left, the league began to look for a successor to the god of basketball. Among many players, Affini Hardaway is particularly prominent and is known as "Jordan's successor". Hardaway is also the first Jordan's successor.

Hardaway's early career was brilliant, but he was suddenly tortured by injuries, his competitive level was greatly reduced, and he finally disappeared into the sea of people. Hardaway is also one of the many geniuses destroyed by injuries. Hardaway is a player who makes people who know him feel sorry.

The first Jordan successor

In the draft of 1993, Hardaway was selected in the third place, and then he was traded to Magic. In magic, Hardaway ushered in his rookie season, and magic gave this flower-exploring show a lot of performance space. In the rookie season, Hardaway started 82 games, averaging 36.8 minutes and 13.3 shots per game.

With enough space, Hardaway's performance lived up to expectations, averaging 16 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 2.3 steals and 0.6 blocks, and shooting percentage was 46.6%. There are only two players who can average 15 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals per game this season. One is Pippen, and the other is Hardaway and Hardaway.

Also a rookie, Hardaway performed well, averaging fourth in scoring, first in steals and first in steals and assists. As a defender, Hardaway did the basic work of scoring, stealing and assisting. Hardaway's outstanding performance in the same rookie naturally made him selected for the starting lineup of the best rookie team.

In the regular season, Hardaway's performance was wonderful. In the playoffs, Hardaway also had a wonderful performance. In the first round of the playoffs, they faced the Pacers. Comparatively speaking, the magic team members are younger and the whole team is more energetic, but they lack experience. The top star O 'Neill is 2 1 year old, and Hardaway is 22 years old. On the other hand, the Pacers' top star reggie miller is 28 years old and has been in the league for many years.

In the end, this series ended with the Pacers eliminating Magic 3-0. Although it was swept away, Hardaway's performance was still remarkable and impressive. After three games, Hardaway averaged 18.7 points, 6.7 rebounds and 7 assists, shooting 44% from the field, 45.5% from three-pointers and 70% from free throws. Hardaway's playoff performance is also outstanding among the same rookie.

Gorgeous football style, superb skills, and bright performance in the regular season and playoffs have made people very recognized this young man and think that Hardaway is Jordan's successor. Interestingly, Jordan is a flower show, and so is Hardaway. After placing high hopes, Hardaway continued his excellent performance.

1994-95 season, Hardaway averaged 20.9 points, 4.4 rebounds and 7.2 assists 1.7 steals. In the second season, Hardaway became a player who averaged 20+ per game. This season, * * * has four players who can contribute 20 points and 7 assists per game. Hardaway is one of them.

In this year's All-Star Voting, Hardaway made his debut in the All-Star Game with his outstanding performance and popularity. In 1994-95, Magic won 57 games and lost 25 games, ranking first in the West. Hardaway was also selected as the first team of the best team. In the playoffs, they will play against the bulls led by Jordan, and this matchup is also fascinating.

This round of series is still quite anxious. After six matchups, Magic advanced to the next round with a score of 4:2. In this series, Hardaway performed well. As the second leader of the team, Hardaway averaged 18.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 7.5 assists 1.8 steals, making him the fourth highest scoring player of the two teams.

Compared with Jordan, Hardaway's average score is much worse, but this is because of the different shots. Hardaway assists better, Jordan shoots better, but Hardaway is not inefficient.

After all, Jordan is a three-time FMVP, the god of basketball. Hardaway's performance is not as normal as Jordan's. If we only look at Hardaway's data, we can say that Hardaway's performance is already very good. In front of Jordan, Hardaway showed his ability, and his Jordan successor was not empty.

After passing the bull, Magic advanced to the Eastern Conference finals. In the Eastern Conference finals, Hardaway performed even better, averaging 19.6 points, 3.65, 438+0 rebounds, 7.3 assists and 2.6 steals.

Hardaway's shooting percentage is as high as 52.7%, which is the third highest for the two teams and the second highest for assists. At the age of 23, Hardaway played quite well in the Eastern Conference finals. Hardaway helped Magic finish his revenge on the Pacers and reached the finals.

In the finals, Hardaway's performance was even better, averaging 25.5 points, 4.8 rebounds and 8 assists 1 steal. Hardaway's shooting percentage is 50%, and his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 45.8%. His output is also high, averaging 2.8 3-pointers per game, and his free throw percentage is as high as 9 1.3%. Hardaway's offensive efficiency is very high.

Among the two teams in the finals, Hardaway was the player with the third highest score and the most assists. The 23-year-old Hardaway still shines in the finals.

Although Hardaway's personal performance is excellent, basketball is a five-person sport, O 'Neill can't limit Olajuwon, and Magic's perimeter defense is driven crazy by the Rockets' three-point shooter. Hardaway can't change the huge gap between the two teams by himself. This series ended with the Rockets sweeping Magic 4-0, and Hardaway failed for the first time. Although he failed to win the championship this time, Hardaway has a bright future. He is only 23 years old.

During the offseason, Hardaway continued to hone his skills. 1995-96 averaged 2 1.7 points, 4.3 rebounds, 7. 1 assists, 2 steals, 5 1.3% shooting percentage, a career high and a high shooting percentage. Against the Nets, Hardaway scored 42 points alone, in addition to 8 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 steals and 2 blocks to help the team win the game. 42 points is Hardaway's highest score in a single game.

Hardaway's outstanding performance helped the team to make further progress in the record. In the regular season, Magic scored 60 wins and 22 losses, ranking second in the East. In the playoffs, Hardaway's performance was also quite excellent, helping the team reach the Eastern Conference finals. In the Eastern Conference finals, they faced the Bulls led by Jordan, a strong team in history, with a record of 72 wins 10 losses in the regular season.

In the face of this bull team, the Magic had no strength to fight back and was swept out by 4-0. In these four games, Hardaway averaged 25.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists 1 steals and shot 46.9%. In the face of strong enemies, Hardaway's performance is commendable.

In the first three years of Hardaway's career, Hardaway made rapid progress every year. At this time, he was only 24 years old. People imagine that when Hardaway enters the golden age of his career, he will become a superstar and make amazing achievements. Although people's imagination is beautiful, the reality has not developed as people imagined, and injuries have entangled Hardaway, making Hardaway unable to play as before.

Continuous injuries made Hardaway go downhill.

1996 In the summer, after seeing Hardaway's ability, Magic decided to take Hardaway as the core and cultivate him into the next Jordan. However, when planning this matter, he failed to properly handle the relationship with another star O 'Neill, so O 'Neill moved to the Lakers and Hardaway became the star of the team.

At the beginning of the season, Hardaway played well and won the magic game in a row. The situation is very good. However, after the 1 14 game against the Hornets, Hardaway felt discomfort in his knee and was diagnosed by the team doctor as cartilage damage in his left knee. After the operation, Hardaway began to recuperate and rested in Hardaway.

In order to improve the team's record, Hardaway played before the break. Hardaway was injured again after playing only one game after his comeback, which forced Hardaway to leave and rest. During the period, the team's record was still not good, and Hardaway had to come back again, and the result was still injured again. Such repeated injuries have caused great harm to Hardaway's body.

In the case of dragging his injured body, Hardaway averaged 20.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists 1.6 steals this season, sending the Magic to the playoffs. In the playoffs, Hardaway played five games, averaging 3 1 point, 6 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 2.4 steals. Although Hardaway has done everything, magic has done everything. This season's injuries made Hardaway perform poorly in the following seasons. It can also be said that this time and again, Hardaway's career changed from an upward trend to a downward trend.

The decline of competitive state makes Magic no longer have enthusiasm and trust in Hardaway. 1August 5, 999, Magic signed a seven-year contract with Hardaway, and then sent Hardaway to the Sun. In the first season of Suns, Hardaway performed well, averaging 16.9 points, 5.8 rebounds and 5.3 assists in regular games. In the playoffs, Hardaway averaged 20.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, and his playoff performance returned to the previous level.

Although his performance has picked up, a bad thing happened in the playoffs, that is, Hardaway was injured again, this time in his knee. After the injury, Hardaway chose to continue playing, but eventually had to leave the court and undergo surgery because of injury. The injury made Hardaway rest for a long time. 00-0 1 season, Hardaway only played four games.

0 1-02 season, Hardaway returned. In the first month of the season, Hardaway averaged 20.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists 1.97 steals, which was very good. But at this time Hardaway is not the core of the team. The player to be trained by the team at present is Marbury. Hardaway was asked to reduce the number of shots and participate in the distribution. Down to about 30 minutes, the healthy Hardaway never played so few games, which made Hardaway very unhappy and had a contradiction with the head coach, but this contradiction was finally solved and Hardaway continued to play for the Suns.

In the Suns, Hardaway became a player who played a bigger role off the court than on the court. Off the court, he pointed out the young guards in the team, while on the court, he played a supporting role and his personal data was not good.

In the 2003-04 season, the Suns had a poor record, and the team reached a deal to send Hardaway and Marbury to the Knicks. In the Knicks, Hardaway was suspended due to injury, and spent most of his time watching and couldn't help the team. During this period, Hardaway was very upset, because Hardaway could not show himself on the big stage of new york. He was not the same as Hardaway.

On February 23rd, 2006, Knicks sent Hardaway to Magic. Hardaway, who returned to his career, was laid off and didn't get a chance to play. In 2007, the Heat signed an unsecured contract with Hardaway who had been away from the stadium for a long time. At this time, Hardaway was 36 years old. In order to stay in the NBA, Hardaway worked hard. Against the Nets, Hardaway contributed 16 points, including 3 of 3 shots in the fourth quarter and 9 points to help the team win.

However, this wonderful performance did not keep Hardaway in the Heat. On February 13, Heat announced the termination of its contract with Hardaway. After the contract was terminated, Hardaway announced his retirement and ended his NBA career.

Write it at the end

The birth of Hardaway was as dazzling as a meteor, which surprised everyone. Hardaway also continued his brilliant performance for four seasons, but his knee injury prevented Hardaway from reaching a higher peak and maintained his best performance in the 1995-96 season. Hardaway left people not only memories of his performance, but also regrets about his NBA career. Injury is the biggest devil on the basketball court. He ruined the dreams of countless people and stopped countless people from moving forward. Perhaps the greatest luck on the basketball court is that he was not injured.