"It's time to step aside and share everything basketball has taught me. If I keep playing, there may be some serious consequences for my body. ”
39-year-old Marc Gasol announced his retirement from basketball at the end of his 20-year basketball career.
In 13 seasons in the NBA, he played for the Grizzlies, Raptors and Lakers, playing in 891 games in his career, averaging 14 points and 7 points per game4 rebounds and 34 assists 09 steals 14 caps.
In terms of honors, Gasol Jr. won 1 championship, 3 All-Star, 1 Defensive Player of the Year, 1 First Team, 1 Second Team, 1 Second Defensive Team, Grizzlies multiple team record holders, and the team plans to retire his 33 jersey.
I believe that for the vast majority of fans, the deepest imprint on Xiao Jia is also his identity as a "big white bear".
He won the highest honor with the Raptors, but the best years of his career stayed in Memphis.
In the 2010-11 season, Gasol Jr. helped the Grizzlies stage the Black Eight Miracle. In the 2012-13 season, Gasol Jr. and Randolph brought the Grizzlies to the Western Conference finals.
But today, I don't plan to talk about the Grizzlies repeatedly, not to talk about "whoever beats them has to lose a layer of skin", let alone talk about the Raptors crying Embiid.
Let's start with that past.
In fact, compared with the NBA, Gasol Jr. is even more dazzling in the international arena, with two Olympic runners-up, two world champions, and two European champions.
Speaking of the international arena, let's go back to the Beijing Olympics and back to what I think is the most regrettable and perhaps the most classic game in the history of the Chinese men's basketball team.
In the last 20 seconds of regular time, the Chinese men's basketball team playing at home still has a 2-point lead, and if this round is guarded, it will have a high probability of winning.
The Spanish attacked, Xiao Jia made a series of feints in the low post against Yao Ming, he leaned back and threw the ball in when his body was almost out of balance, and although Da Yao struggled to jump up to block, the ball still slid through his fingertips and into the basket.
The final result, everyone knows, in overtime, the Chinese men's basketball team is physically exhausted, the general trend has gone, and the bullets are gone.
Dazhi's stepping on the line that received Sun Yue's pass was two points long, if it was a 3-point ball, if Younas hadn't replaced Dazhi, who felt hot, and if Xiaojia hadn't scored this fairy ball, many people's fates might have been rewritten.
It's a pity that there are no ifs.
But the regrets of Yao Ming and Chinese fans are all condensed in Da Yao's classic quote:
"If, like in the movie, God could give me another chance, I'd break his leg and give you that ball to block. ”
As Dazhi said: "It is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, the opportunity is in front of us, but to miss it is to miss it, and there is no such opportunity in this life."
At that time, I was young, and for a long time, I "hated" Xiaojia and hated his strength.
It's like an old Rockets fan seeing Deron and Boozer.
But when I saw the news of his retirement this morning, I was more emotional, and his retirement was like the end of that summer.
In recent months, we've experienced Rubio's retirement, the UAE's farewell, and now Xiaojia.
When the names of these three people are put together, it is easy to go back to 2008, to that classic game, even if 16 years have passed, you can still tell the story of everything.
But this is often the case, the more grand the curtain call, the more lonely I feel today.
The Chinese men's basketball team is so at the bottom, let's not go into details.
The Spanish men's basketball team is also difficult to return to the level of the life-and-death battle with Mengba.
At that time, Rubio, Gasol Jr., like the United Arab Emirates, were still the followers of the big brother, the Spanish men's basketball team, with Gasol on the inside, "Bomb Navarro" on the outside, and a group of players with different characteristics, such as Gabajosa, Gimenez, Calderón, and the young super scorer Rudy Fernandez.
Now, the Spanish ** generation has also come to an end.
Finally, for Gasol Jr., his stats may not be flashy and shocking, but he can be called the perfect example of a modern center, with defense, three-pointers, playmaking, and low-post ability.
His career is brilliant and long enough, and a second-round pick like this is already legendary.
For us fans, the regrets of 16 years ago will be remembered for a lifetime, but for Xiaojia, he has no regrets.
Goodbye, Great White Bear.