We are witnessing something unprecedented: the coronation of a star in excess.
The height is usually gradually. We see him coming. The tide rises slowly, such as the receding and flow of the waves, before hitting a tsunami.
but Teres Haleporton The climb was different.
It is a spark that turned into raging hell at the time of setting the record, and surprised everyone. The American Professional League did not see anything like him.
Only last summer, Haliburton used humor that denounces self to deal with disappointment-embarrassment-barely get any time playing for the United States of America during the Olympic Games. He posted a picture of himself on Instagram wearing the gold medal and wrote, “When you do not do Nun in the group project and still get A.”
In February, the All-Star team was not made after an injury to the remaining knee tears of training a lot during the summer.
He went to the post -season stage, was voted on before him Their peers As the most exaggerated player in the league in an opinion poll conducted by sports.
Haleporton was not even on the radar to become the next star in the league, with names like Victor and Yumanamaand Anthony Edwardsand Gilgos Alexander tea and Luca Densic Log on it.
But in a period of shortness of infection a little less than two months, Haleporton rewrite the narration completely.
He said Liberon James“The players will run through a wall for some players, and they will do it for Haley.” Add Dwayne Wadi: “Haliburton is F — King Najm.”
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The thing is that Hallibron’s greatness is impossible to ignore it. It is delightful and cheerful and has come in the form of four noisy factors or other shots in the last five seconds of the fourth quarter or in additional time in this season. (He has five in his career.)
Only one player made more clips, James, who won eight such shots over his 22 -season career.
Four of those shots are made in a 47 -day period. To do this during the qualifiers? This is completely else.
They instantly went viral online. It was restarted in each sports show. They were visceral. They were digestible, leaving even people who did not care about sports with their mouths.
We slapped Halubonton all over his face. It is different from any other player.
Take Nicolas GokicFor example. You can watch it for two hours and is still surprised that it got 20 points, 20 rebounds and 20 deadlines. Its hegemony is hidden, artistic, it is easily overlooked.
Perhaps it can easily be compared to the excitement of Haleporton in the post -season with awe Stephen Carey He inspires when he suffers from famous fire explosions. But we saw Carrie’s rise. When Golden State led to his first tournament in 40 years in 2015, Warriors The best record in the league was that season. We saw him for seven months before crowned himself as a star in the qualifiers.
Really, with anyone else who became a star in the American Professional League, we had our finger on their pulse. We have seen the pressure they faced, we saw them overcoming obstacles, giving (or we rose) as they crossed the finish line.
Kobe Bryant moved from getting four air balls in a decisive match in his emerging year to turn himself into the Black Mampa. James moved from being a 16 -year -old child who was ranked on “The Chosen One” to a 40 -year -old child and was a competitor in the MVP team from the five best years this year. Michael Jordan went out of being Detroit BestoneThe punching bag to become a six -time hero.
It is clear that Haleporton is not anywhere near its level. But we have our eyes installed on the young players in the league, pending knowledge of who will become the next face of the league. If Edwards is suffering from this type of post -season performance, there will be no one who was attending his eye. If Densic has led Lakes Three shy victories of the championship, as Haleputon does with PesrezWe would have understood how that happened.
But Haleporton? It was not necessarily expected to exceed the first round of the qualifiers.
It seems that he came out of anywhere. He did this in the most dramatic costumes, which helped Paces to cheat death four times in this season. In each of these games, either the timing of the bell or the light bucket.
- In the 5th round of the first round of the qualifiers, the Paces team won after Milwaukee Bucks was late with seven points in the last 35 seconds, The Dagger: Haliubrton made the ball throw with 1.3 seconds to force the additional work.
- In match 2 of the second round of the qualifiers, the Paces team won after its followers Cleveland Cavaliers Seven points in the last minute. Dagger: Haleporton 3 made an indicator with 1.1 seconds.
- In match 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the Paces team won after their suspension New York Nix By 14 points in the last three minutes, the dagger: Halubontun manufactured an index 3 in the bell to send the game to the additional work.
- In game 1 of the finals, Besters won after his delay Oklahoma City Thunder By nine points in the last three minutes, the dagger: Haliubrton made 21 feet with 0.3 seconds.
Haleporton’s ascension was simply an incomparable.
To move from the most exaggerated player in the league to the post -season confrontation in less than two months?
We have never seen anything like that.
It is difficult to determine a star. Does the player need to win the MVP award to deserve this classification? championship? Do the fans determine who gets this designation? Are the former stars crowning the next generation?
This is definitely: Haleporton took the world of basketball by storm.
We did not even know to watch it.
Now, we can not simply raise our eyes.
Melissa Rohalin The American Professional League Writer in Fox Sports. The league for sports was previously covered, Los Angeles Times, Gulf News Group and San Antonio Express. Follow it on Twitter @Melissarin.
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