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From a takeaway player to the NBA! He averaged 16.2 points and 3 rebounds in the first grade. Lakers, he is really suitable for you

8:28am, 7 May 2025Basketball

NBA is the highest basketball hall, and it brings together all kinds of basketball elites. In some basketball forums, I believe everyone often sees a saying, "Every NBA player has his own story." This is true. Only by standing out among his peers can we gain the attention of scouts. For example, many rookie players have become famous nationwide and even around the world in high school, and have entered the NBA with the aura of stars.

However, there are also some players in the NBA who struggled very much at the beginning, and relying on step-by-step efforts to gain a foothold in the NBA and make a name for themselves. What we are going to talk about today is such a player who is unknown in campus basketball and has entered the NBA through hard training. He is now the Lakers rookie Dalton Cornector.

Although Cornector was always in the lottery zone in last year's mock draft, he was average in physical talent and his dribbling ability as a defender was relatively mediocre, so he was not selected by the Lakers until the 17th pick. However, after entering the NBA, Cornector quickly adapted, averaged 9.1 points per game throughout the rookie season, and his three-point shooting percentage was 37.6%! In March, he averaged 16.3 points and 3 rebounds per game in more than 25 minutes of playing time.

Behind such a good performance, Cornector actually went through a difficult student career himself. When he was a child, Cornector gradually fell in love with basketball under the guidance of his father. Because he could only think of 1.85 meters in bone age at that time, he had been cultivating the template since he was a child. After entering high school, although he could score 21.6 points and 5 assists, his Pueblo High School is very poor, and almost no scout is willing to discover talents.

Koneckett, who realized this, began saving money on his own, preparing to get the money from the money into a better basketball school. So starting from the second year of high school, Cornector would go to a pizza restaurant to deliver food part-time after school every day. According to a memoir released by local media at the beginning of this year, Cornector persisted for more than a year and a half. After graduating from high school, Cornector did not receive a college offer, so he had to go to a two-year junior college in Colorado for further training. The school's scientific training system can also be further exposed to the vision of scouts. Here, Cornector met Eddie Trocker, the noble man on the basketball road, and had his own customized tactics. After entering Northeastern University, Cornector averaged 28.4 points per game and led the team to win the NJCAA League regular season championship. After entering the NCAA, Cornector's hard training finally improved, and then began to gain a lot of attention from scouts and finally came to the NBA hall. Recalling Cornector's basketball career, his experience is indeed inspiring, and now his fate has given him the best reward.

In the Lakers, James and Doncic both need a pitcher by their side, and in the Lakers, Cornector is already one of the best pitchers. If he can continue to improve his shooting skills, at least he won't be too difficult for him to get the next contract.

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