Who still remembers Arenas?

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Let's talk about Arenas who was arrested a few days ago.

The No. 0 point guard in the past 10 years is Westbrook and Lillard.

But in the first ten years of the 21st century, it should be Arenas. He scored 60 points in front of the peak Kobe and bombed 54 points in front of Nash's Sun... His offense was superb, his shooting range was wide, and his firepower was surging.

And there is a big heart. The scene where you turn confidently and the ball hits the whistle after the last shot is already a famous NBA scene. Many players have imitated it later, but the result is...

Arenas' peak period was around 2004-2007, and he entered 2 third teams and 1 second team.

2004-2005 season, averaged 25.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.7 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 43.1% + 36.5% + 81.4%;

2005-2006 season, averaged 29.3 points, 3.5 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 44.7% + 36.9% + 82%;

2006-2007 season, averaged 28.4 points, 4.6 rebounds, 6 assists and 1.9 steals per game, with a shooting percentage of 41.8% + 35.1% + 84.4% - this year, he was only 24 years old. From the second round pick, he became one of the strongest guards in the league, and was called a general by fans.

and, in those three years, he averaged at least 2.5 three-pointers per game, ranking in the top 5 in the league every year. If you were playing basketball in today's era, you would probably be even more like a fish in water.

It's a pity that he didn't wait for this era. In the 2007-2008 season, Arenas played only 13 games due to a knee injury, averaging 19.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.8 steals per game. After the season, he jumped out of his contract and renewed his contract with the Wizards for 6 years and 110 million yuan.

After all, this is the first time he was seriously injured in his career, and he was only 25 years old, and his future is still bright.

But the next year, he suffered another knee injury and played only two games. Some shadows may have been stained at this time.

In the 2009-2010 season, Arenas, who returned from injury, performed well. In the first 32 games, he averaged 22.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.3 steals per game, and seemed to be gradually returning to the peak.

But the subsequent gun door incident destroyed everything.

In December 2009, Arenas had a fierce clash with rookie Crittanton, and even confronted him with a gun in the locker room. Anonymous person from the team reported the case to the police and then shocked the league. Arenas was suspended indefinitely and was eventually suspended for 50 games.

When he came back, he was no longer the team's darling and his condition was much worse than before. On December 19, 2010, the Wizards sent him to Magic. In 49 games that the Magic played for 49 games, he only played 2 starts, averaging 8 points and 3.2 assists per game, and his shooting percentage was only 34.4% + 27.5% + 74.4%.

He was only 28 years old this year, and in just four years, things and people have changed.

The next year, he was first cut by the Magic, and then played the last 17 games with the Grizzlies, and he completely bid farewell to the NBA...

Injury is one aspect, and his personality also has a great impact.

Whoever has seen Arenas play, they should know that his style of playing was extremely fierce in his peak years, with various dramatic changes and jumps, various emergency stops and quick breakthroughs...

Besides attracting fans, it is no wonder that his knees can't hold on.

For Lillard - the same big heart, but Lillard is lighter and prefers pick-and-roll; Arenas prefers straightforwardness and prefers one-on-one single-handedness. The difference in playing styles of course comes from different personalities.

When he was born in 1982, his mother had been underage and had been drunk many times and had no concern about Arenas's life or death. So later Arenas was sent to the orphanage until he was taken back by his biological father.

The experience of wandering since childhood will naturally make people feel insecure, and they will become increasingly eager to prove themselves - fighting and paranoid, probably this is how it is formed.

Later, after playing in the NBA and getting a big contract, Arenas quickly became immersed in a life of luxury - there were reports that he once used US dollars as toilet paper.

I am afraid of being poor and afraid of being poor, so the extreme conceit that evolves from inferiority complex becomes increasingly inflated.

So even in the peak years, I was criticized for playing too selfish and ignoring my teammates - so when the farce with a gun appeared, the Wizards wanted to send him away without thinking. From team staff to teammates, none of them can trust him.

So what should I say?

is the character that drives him to become a top scorer, and it is also the character that ruins his longer-term development.

This is probably the reason why many other players disappeared quickly after a flash in the pan - such as Harrell, who won the Best Sixth Man in the Clippers a few years ago.