The lucky person in the NBA! McGee: From dying on retirement to holding 3 championships + 1 gold

His career can be regarded as a unique chapter in the NBA with talent and controversy. His story not only concerns the level of basketball skills, but also shows the resilience to stick to love in physical defects and external misunderstandings. He is the misunderstood "genius" - Javille McGee.

Mckey's origin was also very bumpy. Her mother Pamela McGee was pregnant before marriage and broke up with her boyfriend George Montgomery during pregnancy. Although she was 24 years old at this time, Pamela was at the peak of her career. She could not imagine the scene of herself training and taking care of the child. So Pamela came to the hospital and made an appointment for an abortion. After coming out, Pamela suddenly felt a little pain in her abdomen. She came to the bench and planned to sit down and rest. Looking at the endless sea, Pamela suddenly recalled the conversation with the doctor in her mind.

"Don't you really want this child?"

"Don't want"

"Every child is a gift from God..."

The next day, Pamela came to the central Bible Church in Inglewood. When she heard the sentence "The child was the gift from us last time" again, she immediately called the hospital and canceled the operation. A few months later, Pamela gave birth to a baby boy in the hospital in Flint, Michigan, who was Javier McGee.

So, since birth, McGee was destined to wander around with her mother. In the environment at that time, the development of the women's basketball program was not smooth, so Pamela could only keep adjusting her work, from Italy to France, and again to Spain to Brazil. Every time she communicated with the contract, Pamela would first determine two things with the team.

"I need a nanny to take care of my children. In addition, I also have to make sure that there is a position of my son on the team's plane."

Due to the unfixed living location, McGee's studies were taught by Pamela alone, and of course basketball. His father Montgomery was selected by the Trail Blazers in the 39th pick in 1985. Thanks to his parents' athletic genes, McGee's basketball talent is quite outstanding. He has been much higher than his peers since he was a child. Every time he entered the security check, the customs would stare at his passport in a daze, "Is he really only 2 years old?" In 97, 34-year-old Pamela returned to the United States and began to compete in the WNBA. At this time, McGee was 9 years old. He sat behind the bench to cheer for his mother. He was the most popular pistachio in the team. At the same time, he also received a lot of help from basketball. Two years later, Pamela announced his retirement and quickly became the head coach of the AUU team. McGee naturally joined this team. Compared with other players, Pamela has extremely strict requirements for his son, even a bit strict.

In terms of study, due to ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), it is difficult for McGee to sit at his desk all the time. This disease is not uncommon in the United States. High sugar intake has easily caused this problem since childhood. It is discovered and intervened in time, and the cure rate is very high. However, the stubborn Pamela never thought that her son was "ill" and refused to treat him. This is also one of the reasons why McGee later became a frequent visitor of the "Five Embarrassing".

However, McGee's IQ is not a problem. On the contrary, under the strict discipline of his mother, his grades are always among the best, with a high school GPA of 4.5, and Jeremy Lin, who was admitted to Harvard, is only 4.3. Rumor has it that MIT once provided McGee with a scholarship, that is, even if he did not embark on the path of basketball, McGee would have some academic achievements. Iguodala, a famous investment genius in the NBA, once told the media, "Mckey is one of the smartest people I have ever met."

In basketball, Pamela became McGee's nightmare. Even if he scored the ball at a low post, his mother would be furious because he sank the ball too low. He took the ball too late, dribble too high, and had wrong running position. Almost every day, McGee finished training crying. Finally one day, he found his mother to tell his difficulties, "You are my mother, you shouldn't yell at me, you should say, 'Child, I know you have tried your best'." Pamela did not respond, but quickly transferred his son to Providence Christ High School.

Mckey once thought that her mother was angry with her, "I was wrong, I still want you to guide me." But in fact, Pamela just didn't want to admit her mistake in front of her son. She also admitted in her later memories that she was too strict with McGee. During their time abroad, Pamela didn't even allow McGee to make friends because she was sure that she would definitely train her son to an NBA player, so he could only speak English, and then forced McGee to get up at six o'clock every day to train, with almost no rest time.

"I ruined his childhood, and I was quite helpless. That was the first time he refuted me. To be honest, I was a little sad, but then I figured it out that it was his life and he should decide the direction." - Pamela

Thanks to the foundation laid by his mother, McGee became the ruler of the penalty area in high school. He averaged 22 points, 12 rebounds per game, and had 12 blocks in a single game. After graduation, McGee chose to join the University of Nevada. After a season of silence, McGee broke out again in the second year of college, handed over a report card with an average of 14.1 points and 7.3 rebounds per game, and was selected for the All-Second Team and the Best Defensive Team in the Division, which received the attention of many NBA teams. Finally, he was selected as the 18th pick in the 2008 draft.

However, due to ADHD, McGee on the court always has problems of inattention. Fortunately, he has excellent talent and a little more focused, he can make good contributions. For example, in the 20-21 season, McGee in the third grade averaged 10.1 points, 8.0 rebounds, and 2.4 blocks per game during the 27-minute playing time, making him look like a new star in the inside. However, with the launch of TNT's "Five Great Embarrassment" column in 2011, McGee became a regular on the show, and many of his "brainless behaviors" were edited into the video..

Add to the funny commentary of O'Neal and Kenny Smith, "The Five Great Embarrassing" instantly became popular all over the world, and McGee's image plummeted and was labeled as a "silly". Without any injuries, McGee began to wander around. No team would hand him the main position. Although he was only 25 years old, people commented on McGee, "there are top matches below the neck", which undoubtedly affected McGee's market value. After being cut by the Mavericks in 2016, he once thought that he was going to bid farewell to his basketball career.

Just as McGee was ready to go to Europe to relax with his mother, the Golden State Warriors called him, which was also the call that reversed McGee's precarious career. The Bay Area's inclusiveness is the best in the NBA. The locker room culture here is extremely warm. They will not avoid McGee and will not tease his strange behavior. Green is even willing to openly fight O'Neal for him. Durant is also maintaining McGee's image in his own way. Curry, he and Cole have formulated some tactics around McGee to reactivate the latter's dominance in the inside.

Although his playing time is limited, McGee's efficiency is the highest in the team. With the Warriors' twice winning, his reputation has reached its peak. The scene of crying in holding the trophy moved countless fans. Even the cynical O'Neal promised not to spoof McGee.

Mckey, who completed the redemption, chose to leave the Warriors. He wanted to accumulate as much wealth as possible in the rest of his career. The Lakers' 2-year 8 million, the Suns' 1-year 5 million, and the Mavericks' 3-year 20 million. Although he kept changing teams, this also shows that McGee's ability has been recognized by everyone. In the summer of 2021, he was selected for the US national team, competed in the Tokyo Olympics with the team, and won a gold medal.

3 NBA championships and 1 Olympic champion, McGee's career was successful enough. Last summer, at the age of 36, he gradually faded out of the NBA. McGee did not immediately announce his retirement, but revisited his mother's career. He chose to go to Europe to find memories.

Mckey's story redefines the NBA's "talent": not only the violent blocking of the 2.29-meter-29-meter-long arm span, but also the sincerity with physiological defects but never giving up, and the dramatic counterattack from the five major embarrassments to the championship podium.