After Celtics eliminated Heat , this season's NBA is coming to an end. The Celtics compete with the Warriors for the final championship. Looking back on the whole season, the Warriors' return to the king has given Golden State fans hope. The rise of young players such as Doncic, Morant has also made the NBA accelerate the renewal of stars. In this season, Westbrook and Harden have stepped down from the altar, but James can still conquer all fans with his stable performance.
This season, James averaged 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.3 steals and 1.1 blocks per game, with a shooting percentage of up to 52.5%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 36% . Judging from the shooting efficiency and data, James still maintained his peak state. This is the 19th season of James' career. He is already 37 years old. It is really commendable that such performance is really. Having said that, do you know who is the longest player in history? Let’s take a look together.
Because there are 5 players who have the same playing time, we ranked in the top six. Kobe and Kareem have been in 20 seasons in their careers, and they have not yet met the top six standards, so I unfortunately lost.
first Vince Carter
Carter became famous in Jordan 's alma mater North Carolina, and his dunk ability was outstanding, so he was also considered Jordan's successor. He was selected by the Warriors with the fifth pick in 1998, but was later traded to Raptors . Although Carter did not have any major honors such as championships or regular season MVP in his career, he played a key role in the NBA's advancement. After Jordan retired, the NBA's popularity was much worse than before. It was Carter's performance in the 2000s that saved the NBA's ratings.
At his peak, Carter averaged 27.5 points, 5.9 rebounds, 4.7 assists, 1.5 steals, 0.6 blocks per game. He has been selected for 1 All-Second Team and 1 All-Second Team, and has been selected for 8 All-Second Team. Carter did not receive a great honor. On the one hand, he was not very good at leading the team. On the other hand, he was influenced by Bowen when he was young, his athletic ability was affected to a certain extent. Carter became famous in the Raptors and his peak was in , Nets .
In the last season of the Nets, Carter still averaged 20+ per game, but then he gradually stepped down from the altar since joining the Magic. He averaged 16 points this season. However, with his comprehensive means, Carter still played in the league for 11 years while his peak was past. He has a total of 22 seasons in his career, averaging 16.8 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 1 steal, and 0.6 blocks in his career, with a shooting percentage of 43.5%, and a three-point shooting percentage of 37%.
Carter entered the league at the age of 21 until he was 42. Although he did not set too many records at his peak, he set many records at the end of his career: in the regular season in 2017, Carter made 6 of 6 three-pointers. He was the first player in history to be able to make 6 three-pointers over 40 years old, and his shooting percentage was 100%. In this year, playoff , Carter made 3 of 4 three-pointers in the game. He was the first player in history to hit three three-pointers in the playoffs in 40 years old. His most representative game is: the Olympics leap to the French center and the 0.4-second back button.
Robert Parrish
Chiefs Parrish is one of the late-achieving players. He was selected by the Warriors in the eighth pick in 1976. However, Parrish was not used to the league at that time, and his offensive ability was limited. After playing the rookie contract, the Warriors gave up on him. After he came to the Celtics to prove himself. In his first season of joining forces with Larry Bird, Parish delivered a performance of 18.9 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.6 blocks per game. While being selected as the All-Star, he also led the team to win the championship.After
, Parish ushered in the peak of her career. He was selected as the All-Star for 8 consecutive years, helping the Celtics win the championship in 3. Parish developed an offense that he was not good at at his peak. His middle distance was very outstanding. has good defense and a certain basket, and the outstanding leadership temperament is suitable for being a locker room leader. This also makes Parish like him even in the end of her career.
When he left the Celtics, Parrish was already 40 years old. Then he played for Hornets for two years. In the last season, he came to Bulls and joined forces with Jordan at the end of the year. Parrish successfully won a championship. After winning the championship, Parrish chose to retire. He was 43 years old this year. Parrish entered the league that year and was 23 years old. If he had entered the league early, he might have played for a longer period of time. His career was the second team, the third team and the 9th All-Star were also very successful.
Although Parrish is positioned as a blue-collar player in most of his career, he also has his own honors and records. He played in 's career in total, 1,611 games in history. In terms of durability, this old man is even stronger than Jabbar and James. He has played at least 76 games in in 16 seasons, and such a career is also worthy of praise. In addition, Parrish ranked eighth in the frontcourt board in history, with a total of 14,715 and a 2,361 blocked tenth in history.
Moses Malone
Malone was also a high school student draft. At that time, they were even more optimistic about the high school student draft in that period in the 1970s. Malone was selected as the third round draft in 1974. No one thought that this high school student would be very strong. As a result, in the first season of the ABA (who had not merged with the NBA yet), he averaged 18.8 points and 14.6 rebounds per game. It can be said that he was at his peak when he debuted. Later, the ABA went bankrupt and Malone entered the NBA in 1976.
entered the league to participate in the draft, and Malone was selected at the fifth pick, but then he was traded to the Braves, and after that he played two games to the Rockets. The Rockets are where Malone proves himself. It is precisely because of Malone that the Rockets have the tradition of center forward, from Moses Malone, Olajuwon to Yao Ming . Malone averaged 31.1 points, 14.7 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.5 blocks per game at the peak of the Rockets. His performance was completely dominant. He was a historical rebounder. After joining the 76ers to join Dr. J, they won the championship in their first season of cooperation, Moses Malone won the FMVP, and this season he is still a regular season MVP. Moses Malone gradually lost its peak after playing for 4 years with the 76ers, turning to Hawks and Bucks , and finally chose to leave the league after playing for one season in Spurs . He was 39 years old at the time, and he and the two years in the ABA, he also played for 21 seasons like Parish.
Just now said that Malone is a historical rebounder. His rebounding ability is terrifying. He has won 6 rebounding champions in his career. has grabbed 587 offensive rebounds in a single season and 21 frontcourt rebounds in a single game. He has won 3 regular season MVPs, was selected for 4 Best First Team, 4 Best Second Team and 2 Best Defensive Team, and 12 All-Star . In his career, he has a total of 6,731 first in history and 893 second in history. He is so amazing!
Kevin Willis
Willis is a famous NBA model worker and tough guy. His hardness is mainly reflected in his body's durability. Willis is a player of the 84 Golden Generation. He is the 11th pick in the first round. In addition to the 1989-year reimbursed season, in the first 10 years of his career, Willis missed a total of 12 games, and he averaged less than two games a season. Such physical and professional spirit is commendable. He is also the second-year retired player in history. He entered the league at the age of 22 and retired at the age of 44.
Let me talk about it here. Many friends may have seen that Willis is the longest player in history. In fact, it is not. He left the league for a period of time in his career. He played for a total of 21 seasons in his career. He did not participate in the game in in 2005-06 and 88-89. If he played the longest in the NBA, he should be considered his in 23 years.Willis is the pinnacle of all blue-collar players, and has only been selected as the All-Star in his career.
I think the main reason why he can play in the NBA for such a long time is that Willis likes basketball. In his peak season in , Willis averaged 18.8 points, 15.5 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game. He was selected for a while. Because his career was too long, he successfully won the championship in 2003 when he played for the Spurs. The reason why Willis is a model worker is because he never ate junk food during his NBA, and he would not go to entertainment. He only trained to stay in shape.
Although Willis did not have the honors and records he wanted in his career, he was very successful after retiring. In fact, Willis focused on fashion design in college, and after retiring from , he started the clothing industry and was very successful. Actually, if you think about it carefully, it is really not difficult for such a dedicated person to do something well, and friends should also learn from it.
Dek Nowitzki
The last two people should be familiar with. Let’s talk about North King , Nowitzki is the ninth pick in 1998 and Carter is the same draft . The first three picks this year are average, but there are several people who are outstanding in 4-10 picks, they are: Jamison, Larry Hughes , Nowitzki, Pierce, and passers like White Chocolate. After entering the league, King Novo quickly realized his talent with his outstanding skills. In his fourth season of his career, he averaged 23.4 points, 9.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
However, in the early stage of his career, although the No-Tian King was unsolvable enough on the offensive end, the team never won the championship because of his own defensive loophole, and even encountered the Black Eight of the Golden State Warriors. However, in Mavericks for so many years, he developed a good relationship with Cuban . In 11, the Mavericks gave up recruiting big names to join forces with nuo Tianwang. They found two iron gates of Marion and Tyson Chandler to assist him. The two can make up for the lack of nuo Tianwang's defensive end.
This has led to the 11-year single-core championship. In 2011, the 11-year-old King No. 5-year-old King has supported an offensive system with his own output. has won one regular season MVP and one finals MVP, four best teams, five best teams, and 14 All-Stars. It is precisely because of his outstanding performance that more foreign players dare to step onto the NBA to prove themselves.
Nowitzki is the representative of one person and one city, so many of his records are also set by one person and one city. He played 1,522 games for the Mavericks and played for a team for 21 years. These records are difficult to break. Nowitzki also set a record of 24 free throws in a single game in the playoffs. Nowitzki is still the best foreign player in history . The future depends on whether Doncic and Antetokounmpo can surpass him.
Garnett
Garnett is also a high school student draft. He was selected by by Timberwolves in the fifth pick in 1995. The Wolf King began to realize his talent in the second season of entering the league. Because of his unique passion and comprehensive means, Garnett also began to attract much attention. In the 2003-04 season, Garnett entered the peak of his career. averaged 24.2 points, 13.9 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.4 blocks. He was successfully elected as the regular season MVP. He was Antetokounmpo's previous power forward in holding the ball.
Garnett played for the Timberwolves for 12 years because he was unable to win the championship for a long time, so he finally chose to join the Celtics. Garnett started the era of group building, not James. Those who said that James started the peak grouping was purely nonsense. Garnett joined the Celtics only at the age of 31 this year, and won the championship at the Celtics. However, the team did not win the championship again due to injuries and other reasons. He was traded to the Nets at the age of 37 and returned home in glory at the age of 38.
chose to retire at the age of 39, and his career has also been in 21 seasons. Garnett also has many honors. He has won the Best Defensive Player 1 time, won the Best Defensive Player 4 times, won the Best Defensive Player 4 times, selected the Best Defensive Player 15 times in his career. Give Nate is one of the most comprehensive players in history, with his total score, rebounds, blocks and steals all in the top twenty in history.
Next, let’s talk about Garnett’s record. He is the only player in history with 25,000+10,000+500+1500. At the same time, Garnett has also created a data of 20+10+5 per game for six consecutive seasons. Many young fans may not know the horror of the Wolf King. Maybe he is not among the top ones in the league, but each one is the top existence in the league, so comprehensive!
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