Recently, Bucks guard Broden is expected to be absent for 6-8 weeks due to a slight tear in the fascia of his right sole. However, while he was injured, NBA officials also released a set of figures, that is, when Brogden was injured, his shooting percentage was fixed at 50.6%, his shooting percentage from three-pointers was 42.6%, and his shooting percentage from free throws reached 92.8%. The sum of these three shooting percentage has exceeded 180.
What is the concept of joining the 180 club? In the history of NBA, only eight players, including Broden, have entered this club. The other seven players are Larry Bird, Nowitzki, Nash, Reggie Miller, Mark Price, Durant and Curry, all of which are famous names. When Malcolm Brogdon first entered the league last season, he was only the 36th pick in the second round.
But since entering the league, Broden has fought back all the way, won the best rookie with excellent performance, and entered the 180 club this season. Although he is 26 years old this year, he is still in front of a sea of stars.
The clock goes back to the spring of 20 16. At the draft training camp held in Chicago, the 23-year-old rookie Brogden left a deep impression on the directors of many NBA teams.
This is not only because of his outstanding physical data, but also because he showed a sense of calmness and overall situation different from other players in the game, but how you feel after communicating with him. "If you talk to him for a while, you will feel that he should be the top scholar." Jason kidd, then coach of Bucks, said.
Kidd is not the only one who thinks highly of Broden.
"He is very talented, and his personality charm is more convincing, which is very rare." Doc Rivers, head coach of the Los Angeles Clippers, holds the same view. "When you finish talking to Brogden, you will sigh, My God, this kid should run for president." Coincidentally, Brogden's nickname now is really "President".
"When President Obama took office, people around him gave me such a nickname. Everyone says I sound like him and look like him. Later, I got a master's degree, and more people called me president. " Brogden said.
But even before the draft, many people were impressed by Brogden, but he slipped all the way and finally fell to the 36th overall position before being selected by the Bucks.
"I think when each team makes a choice in the draft, the information they get is the same as the starting point of their decision." Today, Brogden explained his bad market at that time. "I know that their data will have many defects, but this is what the team has done for so many years."
It's true. In the draft, people prefer talented teenagers who have just finished their freshman year. Senior students are usually regarded as lacking in talent. Although Brogden was honored during his college years, he stayed at the University of Virginia for five years and got both bachelor's and master's degrees, which also lowered his draft market.
Bucks originally had the first 10 pick in the first round. At that time, Billy McKinley, the scouting director of the team, strongly recommended Brogden. In McKinley's view, the latter is excellent in defense, can play dual-function guards and is relatively mature, but the Bucks chose the thin inner clue En Meck in the 10 draft.
The next thing you know, Brogden soon stood out from the bucks for a simple reason. "Many young players didn't understand my professional vocabulary when they first entered the NBA," Kidd said. "But Broger's mastery of all tactics puts him ahead of most players."
Today, Brogden still thinks that his five-year college career has greatly helped his NBA. "In college, you will gradually mature, understand your position in the NBA, and understand what you can bring to the team." Brogden said, "You know how to control your own development. When you really land in the NBA, you will play like a mature man. "
20 16- 17 season, before a game against the spurs, Brogden knocked on the door of Kidd's office and volunteered to keep an eye on Leonard during the game.
Brogden's behavior touched Terry, a veteran of the team at that time. "He is fearless." Terry said, "He is very brave and competitive on the court and never flinches from challenges."
Now, as an NBA player, Brogden has made a name for himself in the league, but he doesn't want people to regard him only as an athlete. He wants to do more.
"What my mother taught me is not to let your career define your life." Brogden said.
What many people don't know is that Brogden has been carrying out a campaign against racial discrimination. His younger brother Gino Brogden is a lawyer in Atlanta, and they have a common interest in this issue.
Earlier, new york-born Bucks President Peter Fagin once called Milwaukee "the most segregated place I have ever experienced in my life", and Brogden fully agreed.
"Before I came to Milwaukee, I heard that this city was the most segregated city. I heard that racism is rampant here. When I really came here, I found that it did have a serious apartheid problem. I have never lived in a city that discriminates against blacks so much. Milwaukee is very backward in this respect. There are many things that need to change quickly. " Brogden said.
In fact, it was reported last year that Bucks defender Sterling Brown was arrested for illegal parking in Milwaukee. A few years ago, employees of a jewelry store in Milwaukee called the police to arrest john henson, a former Barker Center, who just wanted to buy a watch.
Now, with the Bucks' performance rising, Brogden also sees the possibility of making such things better. "Sports can unite everyone. If our performance is getting better and better and our attention is getting higher and higher, there will be players like Antokumbo and the whole city will unite. "
Brogden was keen on social affairs, which was inherited by the Brogden family on a whim. Their grandfather, Bishop John Hurst Adams, was the leader of the black civil rights movement in the 1960s and a close friend of Martin Luther King.
For example, many black people choose to leave the slums where they grew up as soon as their economic status improves, but jane adams, the mother of the Brogden brothers, does the opposite. Originally, they lived in a middle-class community in southwest Atlanta, but later they moved to a low-income area near Martin Luther King's birthplace, in other words, a slum.
According to Adams, this experience is positive for her three children, and it also enables them to strive to change their lives when they grow up. Brogden's master thesis is about the necessity of clean water resources in rural areas of South Africa.
When Brogden was a child, his parents took him to Ghana, Malawi and other parts of Africa to volunteer and help local people in need. However, there are no basketball courts in Africa. Brogden fell in love with football while playing barefoot with the children there.
"I really like playing football. I like Arsenal. My idol is thierry henry. Until now, football is still my favorite sport. I played forward on the court, just like Henry, but things changed when I was in the ninth grade. My brother has been playing basketball. I want to be more like him. I want to play with more black people, so I started playing basketball. " Brogden said that up to now, he has made such achievements both as a master and as a well-known NBA player.
"I remember when I was in the draft training camp, many teams asked me the same question. They said,' You went to college for five years and got a master's degree. Are you sure you want to be an NBA player? Don't you want to take part in political activities? Many people have the concept that if you are black, you can't get a good education while becoming an athlete. "Brogden said," Those conversations at that time gave me strength. I hope to change this concept and let myself see that black athletes can have the best of both worlds.