1. Players are complicated to enter the NBA, and the high salary is large.
Just by saying that I love basketball, there are already a lot of people who volunteer to enter the NBA league. This, coupled with the high salary of the NBA, makes many people covetous and want to give it a try. Even if it is training physical fitness, learning Xi skills, or even getting up at 4 o'clock in the morning to practice Xi, it is not spared. But I have to make it clear that no matter how hard you put in, if you don't have the physical advantage you were born with, it's going to be hard to get through the NBA draft and really join the world's top league.
This is not to diminish the enthusiasm and fighting spirit of ordinary people. It's that the gap between ordinary people and NBA star-level players in terms of physical fitness and talent is too huge. This is a chasm that is difficult to overcome with any acquired effort. Specifically, look at the physical conditions of these NBA superstar players below, and you will understand what I mean.
Second, Yao Ming's early retirement has made Chinese basketball lack of successors Thigh muscles are as thick as tree roots.
In 2002, Yao Ming joined the NBA through the draft, opening a precedent for Chinese players to go to the United States. He used his excellent interior control and control of the rebounding ball to create a world under the NBA basket. Unfortunately, his time in the NBA was too short, and his premature retirement was a loss for the entire Chinese basketball community. As a fan, I regret it as well.
One of Yao Ming's most prominent abilities is the strength of his lower body. This is mainly due to the muscular development of his calves and thighs, like strong roots. Even after years of retirement and no longer training at high intensity, his thigh muscles have only atrophied a little. But among ordinary people, it still looks unusually stout. I remember that in one of the **, Yao Ming stood next to an ordinary friend, whose waist circumference was not as thick as Yao Ming's thighs. This is already a very exaggerated contrast.
3. Jordan's arm span is amazing The lack of height is made up for by the arm span.
Michael Jordan, who entered the NBA in 1985, became a legend in the league with his amazing scoring ability. His height is 1.85 meters, which can be said to be relatively tall among ordinary people. But on the court, that height isn't enough to be his advantage. What really makes him stand out is his impressive 2.06m reach.
I remember Jordan once famously saying, "If you are not tall enough, your reach will come up". This is simply a true portrayal of his own physical condition. It was precisely because of his unusually unusually long arm span that Jordan easily achieved aerial relays and completed many seemingly impossible dunks. This natural physical advantage is an important foundation for him to become a legend in the basketball world.
Fourth, Brother Alphabet's Achilles tendon is twice as thick as a calf, as if the whole person is equipped with a spring.
LeBron James, affectionately known as "Brother Alphabet". His astonishing physical explosiveness often leaves people stunned. I remember one time when he jumped from near the three-point line and then flew for a dunk with ease. This dunk is like a booster spring. In fact, it is not unreasonable, because he has an amazing 34 centimeters thick, more than twice as much as the average person.
When standing together for a group photo with ordinary people, the thickness of Brother Alphabet's calves highlights the astonishing aspect of his monster-level physical condition. I remember that when he squatted down, the height of his calf Achilles tendon was almost higher than the knee position of an ordinary person, and this visual gap was very huge and chilling. It is this explosive power that has achieved today's unprecedented scoring ability.
Fifth, Curry is thin and lightly travels in contrast to fans.
Stephen Curry is a legend who has influenced the way NBA guards play. His ultra-long three-point range and extremely fast pull-up action can be described as unmatched. But Curry also has a big flaw, that is, his physical ability is very poor, especially against heavy interior defense.
Even with the increased training, Curry's body is inherently on the skinny side. I remember seeing a group of ** of him taking photos with fans, Curry was wearing civilian clothes, still looking thin and tall. And the fans around him, both men and women, looked much burly standing next to him. This contrast makes people intuitively feel that even NBA stars are difficult to compete with ordinary people in terms of figure.
Sixth, O'Neal's arms are as thick as giants and easily suppress boxing champion Tyson.
The last thing I want to talk about is "Big Shark" O'Neal O'Neill. This 2.16-meter-tall giant has a terrifying figure that all NBA insiders can't reach. I remember one time, boxing champion Tyson and O'Neal were pictured together. The latter has done a lot of weight training and has arms as thick as small tree stumps. But as soon as he stood next to O'Neill, he immediately seemed to shrink and became a little old man.
The reason is very simple, the diameter of O'Neal's arm is even thicker than Tyson's head circumference!I can't imagine that if these two do face off on the court, O'Neal will only need to use his physical advantage to easily suppress his opponent. This group photo intuitively shows that an athlete like Tyson, who has amazing arm strength, is just an ordinary person in the NBA.
7. The physical condition of athletes is insurmountable.
Through the above examples of NBA superstars, I think you have a deep understanding of how difficult it is for ordinary people to break into this world's top league. Because there are very few monster-level athletes on the planet who have excellent physical conditions. The physical barriers they pose are too high for ordinary people to reach.
So again, no matter how much you love the sport as a player, no matter how much effort you're willing to put in for it, you can even train as hard as an NBA star. But if you're not lucky enough to get those amazing physical gifts, you'll always have a hard time joining them. This is the reality, and it is also a fact that every ordinary person must face up.