In addition to talent, basketball training is also important from an early age, Curry, Thompson, Kobe Bryant, these second-generation stars, are trained in systematic basketball early, their basic skills are definitely better, and they can easily stand out in the game. But some stars, they didn't play basketball at first, they went into other professions, they got into basketball by chance, then entered the NBA, and finally became superstars. Such a career is indeed legendary, and these five stars are like that today.
Duncan is widely regarded as the number one power forward, but many people don't know that he first specialized in swimming. At that time, his level was already capable of participating in the Olympics, but after the training pool was destroyed by a hurricane, Duncan felt that it was not safe to train with sharks in the sea, so he switched to basketball. He excelled in college and locked in the top spot early. Entering the NBA for 19 years, he has been on the Spurs, won the championship 5 times, and reaped the honors, without such a hurricane, the NBA would have one less such superstar.
Embiid is definitely a historical center, a two-time scoring champion, and he has MVP, he is one championship away, and he can really be a god. Before the age of 15, he played football, but then Bamot discovered him, and then he played basketball. Due to his late exposure to basketball, his technique was to watch Olajuwon's tapes and teach himself, and as a result, he has become a low-post killer today, and the ball quotient is really high. He is now an offensive and defensive one, and his statistics have exploded, and once he wins the championship, he will be in the top 10 centers in history.
Nowitzki first played tennis, and he also became famous at a young age in the tennis world, and he is also recognized as a tennis talent. But by the time he was a teenager, Nowitzki grew so fast that he had to give up tennis and go to basketball with a more appropriate height. This is a terrible time, at the age of 18, he beat Pippen to score 50 points, and became an offensive kaleidoscope after entering the NBA. He is the only foreign star to score 30,000 points, and he is also a great star in one person and one city, and if it was a small ball era, Nowitzki would be even better.
Iverson first played basketball and football, but because of his family's poverty, he chose basketball with a higher income. They all thought that he had a low ceiling of 1.83 meters to play basketball, but he became the shortest champion, and he also won 4 scoring titles in the NBA, and MVP also had him, and he became the uncrowned king. Even if the peak is short-lived, he has influenced a generation, and at the same height, he is the ceiling existence.
Finally, there was Chamberlain, who was originally an all-round athlete in athletics. Running, high jump, long jump, shot put, these are the top standards in the United States. Maybe it was because he felt that there was no challenge, so he was relegated to play in the NBA. In the first year, he won the honor, and then set various exaggerated records, and the 100 points in a single game have not been broken so far. He just plays purely by talent, and the "Basketball Emperor" really lives up to his name.