In the history of the NBA Draft, the 1996 NBA Draft can be described as one of the most successful drafts.
Known as the golden generation, NBA superstars such as Kobe and Iverson have emerged among them, and their success rate is astonishing.
At the same time, the members of the 96 golden generation are also the NBA memories of many fans. After Iverson, Kobe and others retired successively, many fans even admitted that an era is over.
Among the NBA rookies in 1996, the name of Tanhuaxiu was not so prominent compared with other players.
The US media recently posted a photo of the Grizzlies in 2000. The three people in the photo are Sherif Abdul Rahim, Bryant Rivers and Mike Bibby.
That’s right, the No. 3 player is Raheem, the 1996 NBA No. 3 pick.
In his 12-year professional career, he played for four NBA teams including the Vancouver Grizzlies, Atlanta Hawks, Portland Trail Blazers and Sacramento Kings. He averaged 18.1 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1 steal and 0.8 blocks per game in his career.
, Shooting 47.2%.
Raheem, who is 2.06 meters tall, mainly plays the position of power forward. In his rookie season, Raheem secured the position of the Grizzlies’ starting power forward.
In 80 regular season games, he averaged 18.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 1 steal and 1 block per game, and was selected into the NBA All-Rookie First Team in the 96-97 season.
The offensive skills are rich and varied, and Rahim, who has a solid footwork at the basket, has a strong offensive ability.
The ability to face the frame and post-up singles are all at the All-Star level, but at the same time defense is his weakness, the ability to block shots is not strong, and the offensive rebounding is also weak.
Starting from the second year of his career, Raheem has not averaged less than 20 points per game for 5 consecutive seasons.
In the 01-02 season, Raheem, who played for the Atlanta Hawks, was selected to the All-Star team with an average of 21.1 points, 9 rebounds and 3 assists per game.
After the Hawks played 3 good seasons (close to 20 10), injuries began to entangle him. In the middle of the 03-04 season, he was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers.
At that time, he was in the golden age of about 28 years old. He was just about to achieve results, but he had no choice but to suffer from a knee injury.
It wasn’t until the 05-06 season that Raheem had his first taste of the playoffs, and at that time he had already come to the Sacramento Kings, and was mainly used as a substitute player for the team.
In the 2006 NBA playoffs, the Kings lost 2-4 to the Spurs in the first round. Raheem, who played the playoffs for the first time, averaged 9.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.2 times in 21.5 minutes of playing time in 6 games
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In the 07-08 season, Raheem faded out of the NBA after playing 6 games for the Kings, and he was not yet 32 years old at this time.
The 96 golden generation has a lofty status in the hearts of many fans, but how many people still remember the show that year?