There are many Faith of My Fathers in NBA today. Although they can’t match the glory of their father, they also live out themselves. Today, it was reported that Pelican renewed Larry-Nance in advance with a two-year contract of 21.6 million dollars. When people from all walks of life heard this news, most of the first reactions were: this is a reasonable offer. From the Star of Hope of the Lakers to the later “Starry Sky”, and to today, little Nance no longer lives in the shadow of his father, and he has lived his own wonderful life.
Pelicans are continuing to rush high, and it is conceivable to renew the contract of little Nance during this period. Last season, God played a little joke on Pelican. In the two seasons with Zion, Pelicans were blocked out of the playoff gate; They were absent in Zion, and there was a rumor about leaving the team last season, pelicans have returned to the playoffs for the first time since Anthony Davis left. As little Nance walked out of the shadow of his father’s reputation, Pelican also walked out of the shadow of Davis’s departure.
Now, Zion will come back again, and he has successfully lost weight after getting a big contract. His performance in the training camp has aroused public exclamations. At the same time, Pelicans hit the iron while it was hot, and they successively got the early renewal contract between mccolum and little Nance. As Zion lamented, the Pelicans who once revolving scenic lantern seemed to change generals can now persuade the veteran to stay in the team, which is a big progress.
In a word, Pelicans should not be bypassed when counting the Western Haoqiang next season. Some even predicted that Pelicans could break into the West. Compared with the weaker No. 1 position, Pelican’s front line is the advantage of the team. In the case that Ingram, Zion and varanchusa are bound to start together, little Nance will continue to stand by behind them.
Little Nance has a range, and by virtue of its speed advantage, the effect of his defense is also worth seeing. In addition, he also responded with one hand. However, his height is not prominent in the internal line, the projection stability is lacking, and his defense to the ball holder is not good at it.
Last season, he switched from trailblazers to pelicans, and the distribution of attacks in little Nance also showed a new situation. He significantly increased the proportion of near-basket attacks, with the proportion of shots within 10 feet of the basket reaching 73.5 percent, and the hit rate in the forbidden zone also reached a career high of 80.8 percent. In contrast, the proportion of his three-point shots dropped sharply to 16.3 percent, while in the previous quarter, the value also exceeded 40 percent.
However, next season, Zion will return. In order to avoid the crowded inside fight and open space for Zion, perhaps the distribution of attack in little Nansi will be readjusted again, which is expected to return to the situation before Zion’s injury.
When it comes to little Nance, people always can’t get around his famous father. The 63-year-old Larry Nance played in NBA for 13 years, leaving marks on the sun and Knights. He was selected as an All-Star three times and the best defensive team three times. What made him most famous was that he won the championship in the dunk contest in 1984. In 2018, Xiaonan appeared in the dunk contest, and specially put on his father’s No. 22 Sun Jersey to pay tribute to his father. After little Nance switched to Knight, he also reactivated the No. 22 jersey that his father had retired here.
Nan si, 29, was born in Cleveland on January 1, 1993. At that time, his father was playing for Knights. In his early years, little Nance attended Revere High School in Akron, James’s hometown. At first, little Nance had been serving as a point guard in the school team, but in the fourth season of high school, his height soared from 1.80 meters to 2.01 meters. Although the 16-year-old had suffered from Crohn’s disease (a chronic digestive tract disease), which caused his weight to drop sharply, in the high school fourth season, he still handed over 18.2 points, 9.5 rebounds, 3 times, cap of the report card.
Later, little Nance promised to join the University of Wyoming and play for 4 years. He, who averaged less than 4.1 points and 4 rebounds in the first season, could hand over 16.1 points and 7.2 rebounds and 2.5 assists in the fourth season, with a hit rate, the performance of the three-point hit rate of 33.3%.
In 2015, 22-year-old Nansi participated in the draft, and was selected by the Lakers in the 27th in the first round, which was almost the same as that of his father in the draft (the 20th in 1981). However, unlike his father’s soaring from the second season of his career, little Nance did not show a gratifying upward trend in the first two seasons of the Lakers. Finally, in the deal involving little Thomas in February 2018, little Nance and Clarkson were sent to the knight by the Lakers together.
Leaving the Zijin army and coming to the team where my father used to play is not necessarily a bad thing for little Nance. In the season when the deal took place, little Nance entered the finals with the Knight, which his father dreamed of all his life. After James’s journey to the West, little Nance renewed the knight with 4 years and 44.8 million years, and his performance was also rising. In the 2019-20 season, he averaged 10.1 points, 7.3 rebounds and 2.2 assists, with a total hit rate of 53.1 percent and a three-point hit rate of 35.2 percent. He played the best season of his career.
However, this does not stabilize little Nansi’s career. In August 2021, he was sent to the Trail Blazers by the Knight in the 3-team Big deal, and was sent to Pelican with mccolum the next 2 months. In New Orleans, little Nance finally took root and was lucky to have his second playoff trip. Pelicans played 6 games with Suns in the first round of this year, with little Nance playing an average of 9.2 points and 5.8 rebounds.
From the current point of view, little Nance’s career achievements have been difficult to match his father, but he still has the chance to fight for the championship that his father failed to get his hands on in his whole life. When explaining why he renewed the Pelican, little Nance blurted out “to win the championship”. And this will also be the first crown of the Nance family.
Once, Alexandre Dumas fils asked my father which work he was most satisfied with. Dumas replied, “son, the work I am most satisfied with is you.” Perhaps many years later, little Nance would also feel the praise from his father. (Supine support/fur)