“I heard that the Lakers bought the 35th sign, and you were predicted to be selected at the end of the first round. Assuming that you were picked up by the Lakers in the 35th order and joined forces with LeBlanc James, how would you feel?”

On the day of the NBA draft conference in 2022, ESPN interviewed Andrew nemhade, a defender from Okusaga University, in the draft program. ESPN is a master of the traffic password, because at that time, nemhard and James eight pole could not be reached.

“If you can join hands with James, it will certainly be a gift from heaven. James knows so much about the game and has such a high IQ in basketball. What you have to do is to learn from him.” Nemhard’s answer was watertight.

A few hours later, the Pacers chose nemhade with the 31 sign. Nemhade failed to go to the Lakers to be a teammate with James.

Five months later, nemhard faced James’s defense, hitting the pressure whistle and killing three points, helping the Pacers beat the Lakers 116-115.

Destiny is sometimes so wonderful.

Nemhard, born in Canada, is a somewhat different player, perhaps because it is not influenced by the American basketball environment from an early age, and nemhard does not have the personal heroism of American basketball. The goal of most talented new stars is to become the most gorgeous red flower, but nemhard is different. He is willing to be green leaves. But any five-star high school student, which is not a player who can easily cut off high scores, even if it is an end-type blue-collar insider. But nemhard was different. He became a five-star high school student by passing the ball. In the 2018 high school student, he was regarded as the best passer.

After graduating from high school, nemhard was recruited by the University of Florida. Thanks to his excellent passing ability, nemhard immediately became the starting point, with 8 points and 5.4 assists in the first game and 11.2 points in the second game, 5.6 assists. Nemhard’s big heart was not blown. Sophomore year was the first battle with Louisiana. 1.2 seconds before the end of the game, nemhard hit a fatal three points.

After finishing the sophomore season, nemhard had another alternative. He participated in the NBA draft Yogueta. It was not impossible for him to be selected. If he stays at the University of Florida, he can continue to play the core and produce better-looking data. However, nemhard unexpectedly chose to transfer to gunsaga, a strong soldier, which shocked the university basketball. Because okosaga owned sagas at that time, which was a hot spot to win the championship, nemhard could only play more substitutes in the past, and the playing time, Ball rights and exposure rate must be reduced, this is not good for his junior year to participate in the draft in the future.

“I chose to transfer because the most important thing for me is to win. I won both in high school and in the international arena. I want to be in a winning culture,” nemhard explained.

The data of nemhad declined after joining gunsaga. He scored 9.2 points and 4.4 assists in 29.9 minutes on average. In the first half of the season, nemhard mainly served as a substitute, starting from February 2021, nemhard became the starting point. Okosaga advanced all the way, and their goal was to win the championship. But in the NCAA final, gunsaga lost 70-86 to Baylor University. Nemhard scored 9 points and 4 assists, and was unable to help gunsaga rewrite his fate.

During the off-season in 2021, nemhard did not choose to participate in the draft with sagas. He chose to stay in the team and become a teammate with the newly joined Holmgren. In the 2021-22 season, nemhard became the starting point of the iron game. He averaged 11.8 points and 5.8 assists in the game. His three-point shooting rate increased to 38.3 percent, a new career high, and the free throw shooting rate reached 87 percent, the attack score of each round was 1.014 points.

In nemhard, what you can see is the detailed planning to every step, from freshman to senior, from University of Florida to gunzaga, nemhard is very steadfast in every step, he has a clear orientation for his own development, that is, he will eventually become a traditional control guard with projection ability and good at executing block and split. In this process, nemhard has always maintained a low profile, but at the same time, he is also making continuous progress to improve every weakness.

In the words of gunsaga assistant Brian mycolson, nemhard may not be able to become the star and the core of team building, but no matter what you ask him to do, he can do it.

In the summer of 2022, nemhard finally participated in the NBA draft. Among all the players, his athletic talent and physical condition are not outstanding, but his basketball IQ, experience and combat capability are far beyond other new players, adding these characteristics together, nemhard became a unique rookie.

“I feel that I am also a top rookie. Few players in this rookie can have as much influence on the game as I do in a winning environment,” nemhard said, “I have finished the reserve work of entering NBA, and I am ready.”

Nemhard accepted several team trials, including bulls, Lakers, walkers, etc. In the simulated draft list, nemhard’s name was in the second round. After all, he was 22 years old and didn’t have much potential to tap. According to The Athletic report, The Lakers who bought The 35th sign were indeed very interested in nemhard. The Lakers scout team made a list after inspecting, and nemhard ranked The top.

However, on the day of the draft convention, the walkers did not give the Lakers the chance to take nemhard. They chose nemhard in the 31st order, while the Lakers chose Max Christie.

Walkers attach great importance to nemhard, which can be seen from their 4-year 8.6 million-dollar contract with nemhard. ESPN reported that the contract was fully guaranteed in the first three years and the guaranteed amount was 6.4 million US dollars, which set a record of the amount of the second round of show guarantee contract, the guarantee amount of the 2022th 18th show to 30th show contract is not as high as nemhard.

On November 29, Beijing time, nemhard completed the report performance of four years of sharpening a sword. He killed the Lakers with his own fixed-point projection trained the day after tomorrow.

This season, nemhard has scored 1.18 points per round, surpassing Sith Curry.

Nemhard is one of the few players who don’t like to talk hard. He said that his goal is to become a role player like the grizzly substitute Wei Taius Jones, giving more assists and less mistakes, hit the vacant shot, creating opportunities for teammates, holding the ball to speed up and push the rhythm. This kind of mentality doomed nemhard to make the last hot search only when facing the high-gloss performance of the traffic team, and then continue to silence for a long time. You said he had no ambition? He doesn’t care at all.

Because nemhard knew that in a game, there were only one or two leading roles and more dragon sets, but even a trivial Dragon set might leave a unique story of its own.

Nemhard has hit a goal worthy of his lifetime, and this is only the beginning.