Is the No. 4 show in 2001 considered a water? He won the only championship with the Mavericks, and Eddie Curry also joined the CBA

Eddie Curry's NBA story started with a "fourth pick in 2001", but ended with just 25 careers in just four years, becoming the most regrettable "opening high and closing low" case in the league. That summer, he was 2.29 meters tall and weighed nearly 140 kilograms, and he caught sight of scouts from all teams. He not only had "Ultraman-like" assimilation ability and Fitzer-like basket violence, but also had a soft and smooth low post feel. This "natural all-rounder" label made him once known as the "little shark". The Chicago Bulls made waves with the double tower layout of living in the same apartment with Tyson Chandler, but Curry's professional attitude has never been the same as his talent - he has difficulty concentrating on the court and has caused trouble off the court.

When he first entered the league, Curry quickly showed his physical advantage: almost no one could stop him in the confrontation, but he would rather surround him than face Paul Pierce directly against the "Celtic Shark". This contradictory style of play and the repeated out-of-control discipline issues made the coaching team repeatedly "make him happy" to stimulate his fighting spirit, but it could not reverse his commitment to the game. After moving to the New York Knicks, even worse bloody dramas followed: his expose of the opposite sex scandal, illegitimate child entanglement, even usury contracts and false homosexual rumors once pushed his weight and condition into the bottomless abyss. Around 2010, when everyone thought that the second-largest show would completely sink on the league stage, Curry announced that he would never play again after a sudden change. He hurriedly completed 25 "curtain-off performances" in four years, as if a farewell show without rehearsal. Whether it is the talent mismatch during the Bulls or the emotional imbalance during the Knicks, Curry's story is always a tragic comedy intertwined with "the most talent and the most indulgent personality". Looking at his short but magnificent NBA journey, we see not only a genius forgotten by the times, but also a vaguely hearing a question about professional spirit and responsibility: When glory comes and temptations are everywhere, do we still have the courage to stick to our original aspirations?