Does anyone remember Rudy Guy back then?

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Let's talk about an unpopular star today - Rudy Guy, who ranked 8th in the first round in 2006.

' cumulative career years, 1,120 games, averaging 15.8 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.1 steals, and 0.7 blocks, with a shooting percentage of 45.2% + 34.6% + 79.9%.

has performed very well.

has 3 20+ seasons in his career, and most of the time he is stable at around 19 points, but he has never been to the All-Star.

If you want to talk about the biggest bead of the All-Star, he can probably be considered one - but after all, his frontcourt competitors in those years include Durant, Leonard, Griffin, Aldridge, Thick Eyebrow, etc. in the West; James, Melon, Pickled Pepper, Pierce...

From fame to data to team performance, it is really impossible to beat.

He has been a leader in both the Grizzlies and the Raptors. His data has always been stable, his efficiency has always been high and low, and his record has always been bleak. In the first 11 years of his career, he entered the playoffs in total and ended in the first round.

It was the 2011-2012 season. He averaged 19 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.5 steals per game. As the team's scoring champion, he led the Grizzlies to 41 wins and 25 losses, ranking fourth in the Western Conference.

The Clippers were defeated in 7 games in the first round of the playoffs with Paul and Griffin, but unfortunately lost.

He was 25 years old that year, and never thought he would enter the playoffs again. He had to wait until he was 31 years old and had become a substitute. In the mid-2012-2013 season, the Grizzlies sent him to the Raptors.

The next year, the Raptors sent him to the King halfway through.

He was 27 years old in the first year of the Kings, averaging 20.1 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.2 steals per game, but the team only scored 28 wins and 54 losses, third from the bottom in the West.

In the last year of the Kings, he was 30 years old, averaging 18.7 points, 6.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, and only played 30 games due to injury.

His peak period has ended since then.

After the 2016-2017 season, he switched to the Spurs.

In the first year of the Spurs, he played 57 games and only started 6 games.

averaged only 21.6 minutes per game, scoring 11.5 points, 5.1 rebounds and 1.3 assists, becoming the reliable bench vanguard of the post-Duncan-era Spurs led by Leonard and Adrian.

But the Spurs only achieved 47 wins this year, ending the NBA record of 50 consecutive wins.

In the first round of the playoffs, with Leonard's injury, he was topped the starter, averaging 12.2 points, 5.6 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game;

But the team still lost to the Peak Universe Brave 1:4.

The next year, the 2018-2019 season, Leonard, who had a broken relationship with the Spurs, was sent to the Raptors, and Guy returned to the starting lineup.

This year, he played 69 games for the Spurs, starting 51 games, averaging 13.7 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 50.4% + 40.2% + 81.6%.

He was 32 years old this year and seemed to be writing a story about the rebirth of a veteran.

But unfortunately, it was not.

The Spurs won 48 in the regular season this year, ranking 7th in the Western Conference;

had seven games in the first round with Jokic, but unfortunately lost. In the

series, Guy played all substitutes, averaging 11.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 1.7 assists per game;

is not bad at all efficiency, but it really cannot affect the game - even in his peak period, he is not a type with outstanding influence in the game.

Afterwards, the Spurs could not enter the playoffs; Guy also left the Spurs after the 2020-2021 season.

In the last year of the Spurs, the 34-year-old played 63 games, starting in just one game, averaging 11.4 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, with a shooting percentage of 42% + 38.1% + 80.4%.

In the play-off against the Grizzlies, he played on the bench and scored 20 points and 7 rebounds, but he failed to help the team win.

But there was obviously oil in his tank, and he also developed a relatively stable three-pointer.

So the Jazz gave the veteran a three-year contract. At the age of 35, Guy joined the fifth team in his career.

In the first year, under the leadership of Mitchell, the Jazz won 5th in the Western Conference 49 in the regular season, and Guy averaged 8.1 points and 4.4 rebounds per game;

The Jazz lost to Doncic and Brunson's Clippers 2:4 in the first round of the playoffs, and Guy never played for a minute.

But he still became the only player in NBA history who has been in at least 15 seasons but has never reached the second round of the playoffs.

The next year, Mitchell was sent to the Cavaliers and the Jazz began to rebuild, so naturally he would not give any role to a veteran like Guy.

This year, he averaged only 14.6 minutes per game, scored 5.2 points and 2.9 rebounds, completing the last journey of his career. After the end of the season, Guy performed the player option and was then sent to the Hawks by the team, then sent to the Thunder by the Hawks, and then cut by the Thunder. After

, Guy reached another one-year contract with the Warriors, but was quickly laid off.

Hawks, Thunder, Warriors... Guy has never played a game in these three stops.

has not been able to get the next contract since then.

Then it was October 2024, and he finally officially announced his retirement.

Speaking of which, his career is definitely not successful.

' performance is not outstanding compared to his physical condition and ranking - the 8th pick in the first round in 2006, and behind him were Rondo, Lowry, Millsap, etc.

But the number of appearances in history ranks 77th in history, the score is 90th, and the steal is 87th... It seems that it is not high, but so many players in NBA history so far, it is really not easy to squeeze into the top 100.

All the total score is just mentioned, behind him are Kidd, Dalow, Nash, McHale, Clay and other well-known players.

Abstract, based on his long career and stable performance, he is also considered to be one of the relatively outstanding stars among ordinary stars.