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With a little help from friends. NBA stars and their shadows

With a little help from my friends - it is this line from the song of the Beatles that suits our topic in the best possible way. Sportbox.ru presents to your attention several NBA players, without whom the legendary basketball players and their achievements would look completely different.

LAMAR ODOM

The other day it became known that the long-suffering Lamar Odom reached the first and, it seems, the last understanding with Dallas, where he was sent by the Lakers management. The Mavericks could no longer look at the forward's hellish torment and assured Candyman that they would trade him in the summer, and until then he would be in stock. It's hard to say if the Lakers and Mavericks will be able to make a reverse trade. And will Lamar himself want this after such "magnificent" send-offs that the "lake people" arranged for him.

For now, there's only one thing that's certain: LA's top star Kobe Bryant will exert all his authority to get Odom back. Bryant talked about this, first of all, in terms of the obvious fact - Odom is not only a versatile player, but also a wonderful teammate. He is moderately modest, does not pretend to excessive attention to his person on the site (but in life he compensates for this with a joint reality show with his wife Khloe Kardashian), and generally does everything that is required of a hardy, executive, healthy Sancho Panza. And here Kobe is right: all the last titles were won by the Lakers with the direct participation of Lamar. Of course, this in no way detracts from the merits of Pou Gasol, who also gave his all to the team without a trace. But it wasn't until Odom left that it became clear just how important the player was to the Lakers. There is less variability in the team’s game, the rotation of the front line players has been depleted, and the safety net also does not always work.

Without people like Odom, it is almost impossible to achieve a championship. Surely there have been cases in the history of the NBA when a lone warrior went out into the field, beat everyone and everything, and then busily put a championship ring on his finger. But if this has happened, then such days are already far away.

The characters that will be discussed below are examples of loyal squires under megastars. This is not a rating, not peremptory facts, this is just a reason for discussion.

SCOTTIE PIPPEN

The name of the melancholy striker with the talent of a superstar is the first to come to mind. Drafted in 1987 by the Sonics, Scottie Pippen could have been the face of the Rainy City team for years. But then-Bulls general manager Jerry Krause was smarter and immediately traded Alden Polynyce for the humble Arkansas boy Pippen. Later, the goofy businessmen from Seattle tried to correct the historical omission in the early 90s by offering not anyone but Sean Kemp to replace Pippen. But Chicago did not fall for the provocation, especially since Jordan had already realized by that moment that such an assistant as Pippen was what he needed to build a championship team.

During the glorious, almost ten-year campaign for titles in the Bulls, the players changed, the design of the kit, and so on. But two names in the team remained unchanged - these are Jordan and Pippen (of course, with the exception of Michael's business trip to the Birmingham Barons baseball).

From time to time there were rumors that Scotty was unhappy with the status of a squire and could manage without His Airiness. Those very two years of Jordan's absence became the test. Pippen led his partners, dragged Chicago to the playoffs, and lost to the Knicks in seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

After the return of Jordan and the second triplet, Pippen moved to Houston under the wing of Hakim Olajuwon and Charles Barkley. With the latter, he had friction, after which Pippen's smooth career became much more bumpy. The transition to the Blazers, where he played the role of uncle mentor for the maturing Rasheed Wallace and Damon Stoudmayer. Then a return to Chicago, which had decayed by that time, and, finally, original voyages to clubs from Finland and Sweden.

And yet in the memory of all who are in 90-x watched basketball matches on the RTR channel, and now "Russia-1" and tortured rubber balls on asphalt, the frame was clearly printed: two tall athletes stand with their hands on their hips, and one stands a little behind, but looks no less confident, than the first - Jordan and Pippen. Yes, Scotty played second violin in the orchestra, but it was a Stradivarius violin that made the Bulls symphony sound even more charming.

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KARL MALONE

A collector of trucks with Hercules muscle relief, perhaps most wanted to get his hands on a championship ring in the era of Jordan. Only Charles Barkley could argue with him, but Sir did not reach the finals for two years in a row and did not suffer a humiliating collapse with a line-up that is considered the best in the history of his team. Karl Malone was too eager for the championship ring, too eager for rewards for his hard work. To such an extent that even after the announcement of his retirement and after the monument to him and Stockton was erected in front of the Jazz's home arena, he returned. He returned in order to lose to the hard workers from the Detroit Pistons, along with the loudest-named Lakers.

John Stockton was not like that, he was more balanced, cooler and far more far-sighted than his permanent, but such a quick-tempered partner. The last quality of Stockton generally fully characterizes him. He was more far-sighted than all those with whom and against whom he played. Deadly silence in the leadership of partners and deadly accuracy of passes - this made John Stockton the leader of the Jazz. And in general, the leader, because he holds the record for the number of assists in his career (15,806), the number of interceptions (3,265).

On the court, Malone did almost everything: rebounding, scoring, blocking opponents' shots, but Stockton was the main supplier of the so-called second chance points. He didn’t push huge tall opponents, he just intercepted the balls after they picked them up ... right there, on their side of the court. That is why the nimble point guard avoided serious injuries, his only major injury was a right knee injury, due to which he was forced to miss the first 18 games of season 1997–1998 Was this the reason the Jazz failed at the start of the season, and Malone's scoring rate dwindled from 27 points per game to 15, or maybe it was just a black streak. It is from the sum of these trifles that we can conclude that Stockton, although for a small part, was the dominant in this duet.

John ended his sports career calmly. To understand that the real chances for the championship were missed, he did not need to announce the resumption of his career, become a role player, albeit a great one, and after the final series of 2004 stand with a dumbfounded look near the bench in a purple-gold uniform.

KEVIN MCHALE

McHale's place in the Boston Celtics hierarchy was determined by two reasons. Firstly, he, like Pippen, a priori had no chance of becoming better than one of the greatest basketball players, and secondly, he was as emotional as Karl Malone, which allowed him, and not Robert Parish, to stand up to the right of Larry Bird.

It didn't happen right away. Chosen third by the Celts in 1980, McHale proved over the course of five years that he could make a huge difference in the starting five. Even the award for the best sixth player in season 1984-1985 did not immediately help Kevin, only after Cedric Maxwell was injured, the 32nd number of "Boston" migrated to the starting five. And immediately the results of the Celtics began to grow by leaps and bounds, and McHale himself scored 42 or 56 points in separate games. At some point, he even became the leader of Boston, scoring an average of 26 points per match and making 10 rebounds.

But Larry Bird is a rare bird, for the Celtics fans he is a blue bird of happiness. Everything spoke for him as a leader: his status, he came to the league already as a star, even though he was selected with the sixth draft pick; his duel with Magic Johnson, which began with the finals of the student league; and finally what makes a leader a leader. With the arrival of Byrd, the Celtics, who previously had statistics of 29wins and 54 losses, soared to another level - 61 wins and 21 losses.

One of this duet was called nothing less than Larry the Legend, and the other was called the Black Hole (McHale almost never passed back to his partners, preferring to throw on the ring, the passes disappeared, as in a black hole).

JAMES WORTHEY

James Worthy was doubly hard. If in previous cases the team had an extra-class player in the amount of one piece, then in the Lakers of the 80s there were already two such characters. What to do when the two most important positions - point guard and center - are played by a revolutionary sparkling with vital energy and the most dominant center of his time? Worthy chose the right way, he decided to understand and forgive. To understand that it is pointless to compete with Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Forgive nature and higher powers for endowing them with a special talent. Worthy did this and went down in history as the player who became a mainstay for the Lakers when Jabbar began to slowly but surely fade towards the end of the 80s.

Worthy was the one who breathed a second life into the sacred philosophy of the Lakers called "show time". Magic began to flirt with him more often, and due to his speed, Worthy became the Lakers' main force in fast breaks. In 1988, in Game 7 of the Finals against the Pistons, another championship was on the line. Then Worthy scored 36 points, made 16 rebounds and 10 assists, and the Lakers won the series, the most valuable player of which was Worthy. Big Player James really was big because he had the self-control, intelligence and self-sacrifice to become something more than a one-man star. Instead, he chose to become part of the dynasty.

LEBRON JAMES

LeBron had everything, and, above all, the opportunity. Many players have inhuman talent, all the conditions, understanding of teammates and the trust of a coach, but only a few have the opportunity. The opportunity to play in front of your audience, in Cleveland, the city that raised you, the city that is ready to sacrifice itself for you. He had a chance not only to play, but to win. To win in spite of universal hatred and love, to cut fate according to your patterns, to make history. Many compared him to Jordan, but even Michael achieved success away from home.

James blew it all. He could single-handedly raise a petty-bourgeois team that had been vegetating for years at the very bottom of the NBA and make it a champion. Instead, he, in fact, admitted: I am ready to give up everything just to get the championship ring. I am ready to set new records, ready to receive individual prizes, ready to become an assistant to someone who has already become a champion, I am ready for anything.

The most talented henchman of all time, he only said one sentence to become like this: "I'm transferring my talents to the south coast" ... and left for Miami. Dwyane Wade, like James, could have gone to another team in pursuit of a ring, but the Flash did not go to Chicago and stayed in Miami. Therefore, the Hit is his team, therefore he is respected, therefore it was he who fought in the series with Dallas like a lion. And that's the only reason the zeros and numbers in the James graphs don't matter. Whether it is the number of points scored or money received.

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