Basketball is a game for five people. A team has 15 players, so many stars have to play as substitutes. The law of survival of the fittest is vividly explained in NBA. Of course, there are also stars who are willing to play as substitutes, such as Ginobili and other Hall of Fame-level substitutes. For some superstars, it may be a shame to play as a substitute. Iverson thought it was a shame to play as a substitute at that time, and would rather retire early than play as a substitute at the end of his career. This is also a competitive personality. Iverson played 13 times as a substitute in his career, mostly in the later stage of his career. Of course, he also played several substitutes at his peak, probably because he was looking for form because of injury.

Melon Anthony couldn't let go of the fact that he couldn't be the team's first choice. He almost left the NBA, but now Anthony has really put it down and is willing to do some dirty work, and his defense is much better. Anthony didn't play as a substitute for the first 15 years of his career, so he only played as a substitute for eight times, that is, last season, but he was abandoned. In the history of NBA, there are almost a handful of stars who can not play as substitutes for the whole career.

James' career 17 season, debut is the peak, and the peak is more than ten years. Wherever he goes, he is the absolute core of the team. However, during his knighthood, he came off the bench for Vallejo in the 2007-08 season, which was the only substitute appearance in his career, while Duncan only played three times in the 19 season and 1392 regular season. The second time was in the 09- 10 season, and the last time was the last season of my career. Duncan is an evergreen tree in the NBA. He didn't need to play as a substitute at all, but he played anyway because he didn't care.

As the first person in history, Jordan played 33 substitute games in 15 season and 1072 regular season. Jordan first came off the bench in the second season of his career. He missed most of the games because of an injury at the beginning of the season. At the end of the regular season, he came back as a substitute to find the feeling. He played a substitute game of 1 1, and then he went to 990.

Kobe played 1346 regular-season games in 20 years, including the first 1 198 games and the second 148 games. He basically came off the bench in the first two seasons of his career. From 00-0 1 season to the last season of his career, Kobe never played as a substitute again, even if his achilles tendon was broken.

Wade played 145 substitutes in his career, mostly in the last two seasons, while Nowitzki played 62 substitutes. O 'Neill, the most dominant center, played 10 substitutes in his career. These ten substitutes have appeared in all periods of his career, including the peak period. Howard only played as a substitute once in the 65,438+0044 regular season before joining the Lakers. Now Howard is already a substitute for the team.

The active stars Durant, Paul, Lillard and Owen have never been substitutes in their careers. I wonder if they can keep this record in the future.