There is a promotional slogan in the NBA, "Where Miracles Are Born", it can be said that every player has the opportunity to become a hero, but the role of the hero is different, for example, the starting center of the Trail Blazers, Dupris, can be called a "super" hero who came out of the fire. Maybe the vast majority of fans don't know about Duprese, after all, the Trail Blazers' attention plummeted after trading Lillard, but this can't hide Duprese's brilliance, and the latter is also inextricably linked to the CBA's Yang Hansen.
Duprese once joined the Qingdao men's basketball team, served as Yang Hansen's sparring partner, and also played on behalf of the Qingdao men's basketball team, but he didn't leave much impression on fans. Born in South Sudan, Dupreis is most impressed by the war, as the eldest son of seven siblings, he has to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of his younger siblings since he was a child, and he may lose them or lose himself at any time. But none of these sinisters could beat Duprese, and now he is the starting center in the NBA.
Dupreus, who has shown a talent for sports since childhood, has no sports facilities, no training ground, and a family surrounded by walls, so they can only wrap balloons in rags for entertainment in their leisure time. Later, Duprese's uncle obtained the immigration qualification and settled in Australia after several rounds, but at this time Duprese could not even speak the most basic English ABC, and the football he loved was even more incomplete in the professional field, but fortunately, he had enough excellent physical talent for him to be discovered.
As he grew older, his height continued to increase, and within a few years Duprese was already more than 2 meters tall, and it seemed that playing football was no longer suitable for him, but he showed enough talent on the basketball court to even take the opportunity to go to the United States to play in the college league. Truth be told, Duprese has already lost at the starting line, after all, he only got into basketball at the age of fifteen or sixteen, but others in the same age group in the United States can already fly to the sky.
The successive blows did not discourage Dupres, coupled with the special care of the head coach for him, which made the former work harder to devote himself to training, and finally gave him the opportunity to become a professional player. In 2018, Duprese was unfortunately undrafted in the draft, and then traveled to Europe, Australia and other leagues to play, and joined the CBA Qingdao men's basketball team in the 2022 23 season to become teammates with Yang Hansen.
Whether it's getting a level in the CBA or for other reasons, Duprese gets another chance to play in the NBA, and is in the summer league for the fourth time in the summer offseason for the Trail Blazers, and finally works hard and stellar to impress the team to get a non-guaranteed contract, which means that he can be cut by the team at any time. But as the so-called opportunities are for those who are prepared, with Robert Williams, Ayton and other main interior players missing due to injury, Duprese finally ushered in his chance, especially his excellent defense made him the team's starting center. He has played 14 games so far this season, four of which have been played as starters, 159 minutes of playing time can get 77 points 25 rebounds 14 assists.
The reason why he can play as a starter is, in the words of coaches such as Puth, Duprese uses defense to lead the team, and his tireless fighting spirit completely ignites the team's fighting spirit. Although the Trail Blazers are only in the bottom of the West, they will never give up in the game and fight until the last minute, and this is the role of Dupres. Dupres's contract this season is only 400,000 guaranteed, which is not as much as the prize money for the champion and runner-up in the mid-season tournament, but for Duprese who came out of the war, he is a superhero, a superhero of his seven siblings and the whole family.