Become the number one player in the team before you retire? You read that right, these five players in the NBA did it

Currently, it has as many as 30 teams in the NBA. The youngest Hornets have more than 20 years of team history, but the Hornets are indeed relatively "short" in their history. Kemba Walker is already the first person in their team history. He scored 12,009 points in this team, so he is also the team's scoring champion in team history. Because the Hornets have never had other top stars in history, Walker was recognized as the Hornets before retiring. In addition, other players are also treated similarly to Walker. Although they are still playing, they have now locked in the throne of the number one player in the history of their team. For example, the five players we will take stock of next. As for the current situation, no one can shake their position in the history of the team.

5.Lowry (Raptors)

When it comes to the Raptors team, many old fans think of Carter first. If you only look at popularity, Carter was indeed the most outstanding player in the history of the Raptors. After all, not everyone can be elected as the All-Star vote leader many times. However, based on personal honors and team leadership, Lowry is obviously more suitable to be the first player in the team history than Carter. After joining the Raptors in 2012, he successfully led the team to complete the rise, and during this period he was also selected into the All-Star and Best Team.

Before 2019, Lowry had already led the team to the first place in the regular season Eastern Conference, and they have reached the division finals many times in the playoffs. These two achievements are obviously something Carter has never achieved in the Raptors. In 2019, the Raptors successfully won the first championship in team history. Although Lowry can only be regarded as the second leader on the court, as the team leader, he is not only the "brain" of the Raptors on the court, but also better at speaking than Leonard in the locker room.

Therefore, even though Lowry left the Raptors later, the team still expressed respect for him. The Raptors have even created a bronze statue for Lowry. Such treatment is enough to show who is the number one person in the team's history in the Raptors' heart.

4. Antetokounmpo (Bucks)

Before Antetokounmpo was selected by the Bucks, the best player in their team's history was undoubtedly Jabbar. He was also selected by the Bucks himself that year, and in the second year of entering the league, he helped the Bucks, who had just established the team, win the championship. During his time with the Bucks, in addition to the championship and FMVP, Jabbar also won various personal honors such as MVP three times. Therefore, he is the number one person in the Bucks' history and he deserves it.

Later, after Antetokounmpo gradually emerged, under his leadership, the Bucks returned to the ranks of the Eastern Conference strong teams, and he personally won two MVPs, one DPOY and other honors. In 2021, Antetokounmpo led the Bucks to the top again after 50 years. From then on, Jabbar's position as the number one player in the history has finally shaken. Now another 4 years have passed. Although Antetokounmpo failed to lead the team to win the championship again, he has always played in the top three levels of the league during this period.

Now Antetokounmpo has played for the Bucks for 12 seasons, so he has also become the team's scoring, rebounding, assisting, and blocking team's history. In this case, he obviously has to surpass Jabbar. After all, in comparison, the latter has played for the Bucks for too short.

3. Jokic (Nuggets)

In 2014, the Nuggets selected this "fat white man" from Serbia at the 11th pick in the second round. At that time, no one expected that Jokic would become the best player in the NBA one day, but such a thing happened in reality. Since 2021, Jokic has won three MVPs, selected for the Best Team 5 and 7 All-Stars. Even if he only looks at these personal honors, he is an incomparable existence for other players in the history of the Nuggets.

What's more, in 2023, Jokic successfully led the Nuggets to win the first championship in team history. You should know that they had not even made the finals before that. Moreover, Jokic is only 30 years old now, and his future peak will last for a long time. When he retires or leaves the team one day, in addition to winning another championship, he is expected to reach the top in various data in team history, such as scoring, steals, etc., all of which are promising.

2. Curry (Warriors)

At the 2009 NBA Draft, the Knicks originally intended to choose Stephen Curry from Davidson Academy with the No. 8 draw, but the Warriors successfully intercepted the stern pick, so they missed the opportunity to change the team's destiny. However, after the Warriors selected Curry, they did not have too high expectations for him at first, and they almost traded Curry to Bogut later. Fortunately, the Bucks chose to refuse because they were worried about Curry's injury.

Afterwards, we saw the Warriors straighten Curry, and his performance did not disappoint the team. He won the MVP, led the team to win the championship, broke the regular season victory record, etc. This series of achievements were concentrated in less than three years. Later, Curry not only led the Warriors to establish the dynasty, but they also completely led the NBA to the small ball era. After their success, other teams began to imitate the Warriors' style of playing.

In 2022, Curry led the team to win the fourth championship, and he personally won the first FMVP. So far, his throne of the first player in the team history, which is not controversial, has become more stable. In the future, Curry is likely to choose the Warriors for the rest of his life, which is the best choice for him and the Warriors. They join forces not only to have hope of competing for the championship, but the most important thing is that their commercial value can also be used perfectly.

1. James (Cavs)

In the city of Cleveland, their sports atmosphere is very strong, so they not only have an NBA team like the Cavaliers, but also have their local teams in other leagues such as the NFL, but before 2016, no team among them had won the championship.. In 2016, the Cavaliers finally broke this curse. In the 2016 NBA Finals, the Cavaliers finally completed a shocking reversal when they were once behind 1-3.

The Cavaliers were able to win the first championship in team history, and the first thing they had to thank was James. In 2003, they personally selected the chosen son, and then the two sides broke up in 2010. However, James did not forget the promise he had made to Cleveland, so in 2014 he chose to return to his hometown. With his help, the Cavaliers regrouped and became a championship team, and finally won the cup in 2016.

In addition to this championship, James has won two MVPs, one FMVP, one scoring champion and other honors as a Cavaliers player, and he has also been selected for several Best Team and All-Stars. In addition, James is also the Cavaliers' team history scoring king, rebounding king, assist king, steal king, etc. It can be said that even if he only depends on his achievements in the Cavaliers, he is a perfect Hall of Fame star.