This year, NBA has many stars who we think we can still play but no one cares about being unemployed at home, such as Anthony , Cousins , Ariza , Aldridge , etc., but at the same time, there are many players we remember that they have retired long ago are still playing. Let’s take a look below!
No. 1: Delavidova, who returned to the NBA this year, is now playing for the Kings averaging 1.6 points!
Delavidova This player is very familiar to many Cavaliers and Warriors fans. One of the "Seven Jedi Warriors" in the 2015 Finals, at that time, the Warriors kept opening up space around Curry through cover, conduction, empty cut, counter-running, and hand-passing balls, creating a small ball system with offense like mercury. The core of this system is Stephen Curry , so if you want to defeat the Warriors, you have to solve the problem of Curry, so Delavidova, who was ordered to be in danger, appeared!
Drawidova confronts Zhou Qi!
Determines Curry's shortcomings of thin body and poor confrontation. Delavidova stuck between the ball and Curry when Curry was out of the ball, and when Curry had the ball, he used a candy defense to give Curry a physical confrontation. In the end, Delavidova became famous in one game, especially in the second game of the finals, Delavidova played for 42 minutes like Curry. Curry rested and rested, and Curry immediately followed him on the court. Finally, under the defense of Delavidova Mad Dogs, Curry made 5 of 23 shots in the game, of which 2 of 15 three-pointers scored only 19 points, and 6 mistakes also made . This game made Delavidova famous in one fell swoop, and Curry lost his impression points in the eyes of the judges because of this bad performance and lost FMVP!
At that time, Delavidova had a basic salary of $1.15 million in Cavaliers, so in 2016, facing the temptation of Bucks 4-year temptation of $38.4 million, Delavidova chose to leave without hesitation. However, after leaving the Cavaliers, Delavidova became a popular person. Then he went to Europe first, then joined the Australian NHL League and had a match with Zhou Qi. Finally, this summer, the Kings provided Delavidova with a one-year, $2.63 million unsecured contract. now Delavidova can contribute 1.6 points and 1.6 assists per game. In fact, Delavidova is only 32 years old this year!
Delavidova became famous by defending Curry!
second place: Ty Gibson , once one of the five tigers of the Bulls , and now averages 2.1 points per game in Wizards ! The lineup of
11 and Bulls in the 12th season is like this. Starting Rose , Ruhrden, Gibson, Boozer, Noah, substitute Kewer , Watson, Hamilton , Brewer and others. With this lineup, the Bulls beat Heat for two consecutive years to get the first record in the Eastern Conference. After time flies, we originally thought that Rose was the only one left in the Bulls team to play, but when they accidentally opened the list of players in the league, they found Ty Gibson's name!
After Gibson left the Bulls in 2017, he has been in four teams. Now 37-year-old Gibson signed a basic salary of $2.91 million with the Wizards, of which the protected part is $2.09 million. If he can still stay at the team after the transaction deadline, the remaining $820,000 will also be transferred from unguaranteed to full guarantee. Gibson now averages 2.1 points and 2 rebounds per game, but his shooting percentage is only 37.5% . If you want to get the full contract, you have to work harder!
Once Rose had a knife guard beside him!
third place: Rudy Guy . My impression of him is still in the Spurs period, and now he averages 4.5 points per game with the Jazz!
2006 Rockets exchanged Rudy Guy for Sean Battier from the Grizzlies. Then Rudy Guy scored 20.1 points, 6.2 rebounds, 1.4 steals and 1 block in the second year. So in an instant, Battier was no longer good. Then the Grizzlies paired with black and white double evil spirits, the Kings paired with Cousins, and the Spurs assisted Leonard and Aldridge, and then there was no news after leaving the Spurs in 2021.
This season, Jazz , with Gobert and Mitchell , actually won 12 wins and 6 losses and won the first place in the West. So he curiously looked at the Jazz players list to see who is the new core of Salt Lake City . Unexpectedly, Rudy Guy's name was found at the bottom of the list. Guy is now averaging 4.5 points per game and shooting percentage is only 36%. However, his contract will not expire in the summer of 2024. By then, Guy is about to retire at the age of 38!
If Rudy Gay was left at that time, Yao and McGrady would have the third scoring point afterwards!
fourth place: Danny Green , now he plays while doing part-time jobs, averaging 0 points per game!
I thought that after being traded by 76ers, the Grizzlies would quickly sack Danny Green. After all, Green's contract this season was 10 million US dollars. Unexpectedly, Green is still on the Grizzlies roster. Since the start of the game, Green has not participated in even a regular season with the team. Not only that, Danny Green was also hired to become an ESPN part-time analyst on October 20, which can be regarded as a job after retirement while playing!
Green is an unsecured contract this season. If the Grizzlies do not cut them before January 11, 2023, Green's 10 million US dollars will be converted to full protection. It is estimated that Green will leave the NBA on January 11!
Every champion team has a person named Green!
fifth place: Matthews , a man who once missed the championship perfectly, now averages 3.4 points per game in the Bucks!
In the summer of 2015, the Mavericks had reached a contract agreement with Jordan Jr. Unexpectedly, Jordan Jr. temporarily repents, so the Mavericks boss Kuban was angry and directly upgraded the 4-year 57 million contract that he had negotiated with Matthews to 4-year 70 million. This is really a person who is sitting at home and wealth comes from heaven.
After leaving the Lakers, the Lakers won the championship, and after leaving the Bucks, the Bucks won the championship!
Then the memory of Matthews is in the 20th and 21st seasons. In 2020, Matthews joined the Bucks and won the Lakers. In the next 21st, Matthews transferred from the Bucks to the Lakers and ended up winning the championship. Fortunately, the Bucks accepted him again later. Now Matthews averaged 3.4 points per game in and the Bucks . His shooting percentage is 29%, and his salary is $2.9 million. It is estimated that Matthews will disappear from the NBA after the end of this season!
