However, compared with these future stars, Caleb Swanee, the first draft No.26, has quietly disappeared from the NBA. In fact, not only the NBA, but also ordinary basketball games may be difficult to deal with. Why is this? Because when he first entered the league, his weight was 1 18kg, and now he has "swelled" to 18 1kg. In the past year, he gained 63 kilograms. It is hard to believe that he will fight for the blazers last year. So what did he go through?
If you want to choose which NBA star has the most tragic childhood experience, then Heat striker jimmy butler must be on the list. He was abandoned by his father at birth. /kloc-when he was 0/3 years old, he was kicked out of the house by his mother because he was too ugly, and he was not taken in by his adoptive mother until high school. But if compared with Keller Swanee, Butler's childhood experience may not be tragic enough.
What's the reason? This is from his personal experience: Caleb Swanee was born in Indiana on 1997. As long as he can remember, his father can only do two things, drug abuse and domestic violence. His mother supports the family expenses by doing odd jobs, and she has to support six children by herself. He travels with his mother, brothers and sisters in various homeless shelters every day, so he has changed to 9 primary schools and attended 4 different middle schools.
In 20 14 years, my father died of diabetic complications. When he was his father, he was 2.2 meters tall and weighed nearly 227 kilograms. Moreover, he inherited two characteristics of his father: huge height and obesity gene.
Because of the poor economic conditions at home, he simply can't afford to eat healthy food. Instead of spending nearly $20 on salad, he might as well choose cheap hamburger chips that can fill his stomach. At that time, he was 13 years old, with a height of1.88m and a weight of 163kg.
Because of the poor economic conditions at home, he simply can't afford to eat healthy food. Instead of spending nearly $20 on salad, he might as well choose cheap hamburger chips that can fill his stomach. At that time, he was 13 years old, with a height of1.88m and a weight of 163kg.
He also has an older brother, who is 12 years older than him. He used to be an excellent basketball player, but in an accident in 2006, he lost the opportunity to develop in the basketball field. But he understands that his younger brother also has excellent sports talent, and hopes that basketball can change his younger brother's fate. At that time, his family will move to Houston. If my brother is still spoiled by his mother as he is now, his weight will definitely continue. Therefore, Caleb Swanee's brother asked his former coach in AUU, Roosevelt Barnes, for help, hoping that he could adopt his younger brother and develop his basketball talent.
Then the coach adopted Caleb Swanee and began to help him lose weight. At first, Keller Swanee had an amazing appetite. He can eat a whole box of oatmeal and 3.78 liters of milk for breakfast. Sometimes the coach will find many leftover pizza boxes in the corner of the warehouse.
Later, the coach took Caleb Swanee root to the gym and started special training for him. In Roosevelt Barnes' view, he is bound to succeed, because he can not only complete two or three times the training amount of professional athletes, but also never give up in attitude. I successfully lost weight in high school, and my weight was reduced from 163kg to 1 18kg, and I was all fat. 20 15 averaged 22 points 14 rebounds, which helped the school team win the first state championship in team history. He not only won the honor of "Mr. Basketball" in Indiana, but also received an invitation from McDonald's High School All-Star Game in the United States, and was rated as a five-star high school student by the draft organization.
Later, he received many invitations from famous basketball schools, including Duke, Kentucky, Arizona State and so on. But in the end, he chose Purdue University in his hometown and became the ace power forward of the team. He grabbed 436 rebounds in his college career, setting a school history record. He also scored 20 points four times in a season, setting a historical record for NCCA. In my sophomore year, I averaged 18.5 points 12.5 rebounds per game, and the last player in NCAA who could get such data was Tim Duncan.
In 20 17, he finally realized his ultimate dream and was selected by the blazers to enter the NBA with the 26th overall pick in the first round. Caleb Swanee root is not a player who exploded because of a voxel, but his play is comprehensive.
In the NBA Summer League, Keller Swany played eight games, averaging 16. 1 point and 10.6 rebounds. Howard, Love and Griffin are the rookie who can get double digits in the summer league in NBA history, and his excellent performance has also made him the best team for some time.
In recent years, some pioneers are not satisfactory in cultivating new talents. Perhaps the fans are most impressed by 18 rookie Afini Simmons, who won the dunk contest at the All-Star weekend. Other rookies, such as Collins, who ranked 17 in the first round 1 1, have just made some achievements and are reimbursed during the injury season. Little, the 25th overall pick in the first round of 65438+2009, averaged 4.6 points and 2.7 rebounds per game. If he can't score again, he will be cleared out by the blazers in the future.
For caleb Swanee, he didn't have many opportunities to show himself in The Trailblazers. In the rookie season, he only played 27 games, averaging only seven minutes, and he basically played in garbage time, only getting 2.3 points and 2 rebounds. Although he has shown a high degree of softness in turning and layup, as a newcomer, he has not got these tactical positions. More importantly, in a higher level of NBA, his speed is dwarfed.
From 2065438 to February 2009, he was traded to the Kings, but he didn't have a chance to exercise in the Kings, which are full of talents and want to fight for the playoffs. After sitting on the bench for a year, he was traded back to the Trailblazers in February 2020, playing the best performance of his career. It's just a pity that his best performance is only 3 points and 4.7 rebounds per game. During the epidemic at the end of the season, the league decided to restart the league in Bubble Garden, and players can also choose whether to participate in the semi-finals. As a result, he chose to refuse, and from that moment on, he officially left the NBA.
June, 5438+February, 2020, he was stopped by the police for driving slowly on the expressway in the early morning. It turned out that he was carrying 3.4 pounds of marijuana and some illegal drugs. In May, 200212002, on his way to the court, he was photographed by a reporter as seriously out of shape. Considering that he was a first-time offender and sincerely repented, the court finally sentenced him to probation 180 days.
After leaving the NBA, he gradually lost the motivation to move forward, and no team was interested in him in the free market. To make himself feel better, he ate junk food again. Although it is impossible for him to return to the stadium now, fortunately, he is only 24 years old this year.
As long as he can stay away from drugs, continue to lose weight and get back on track, there is still a chance to turn his life around. After all, there is no such precedent in the NBA. 200 1 Eddie Curry, who chose the fourth place in the NBA, was troubled by weight all his life. After 10 to 1 1 season, he tried to lose 32kg and finally signed a one-year contract with the Heat. Although he only played 14 games, he also won the championship with the heat that year …
Caleb Swanee was a hard-working young man when he first entered the league. I can always hear those inspirational words from his mouth: "I will never give up basketball, I will always be modest, stay focused and keep improving." Now, however, he has given up basketball. Of course, whether caleb Swanee can go to out of the dark will ultimately depend on himself. After all, drug abuse and overweight are his father's point of no return!
I also hope that he can stay away from drugs, continue to lose weight and finally get back on track.