He will not have the opportunity to shine on the biggest of international stages this year. A year after his individual show with Jordan at the World Cup, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson still makes people talk about him again.
On social media, in a post that is no longer accessible, but spotted by Basketnewshe spoke at length about his desire to return to the NBA.
Do not let yourself be discredited
” I can't sit back and let people discredit all the work I've done. Mentally, physically and technically. My game has evolved in so many ways, while still maintaining the tools that got me to the NBA. I don't understand why I don't get a chance? ” he wonders.
It should be remembered that the 29-year-old player was drafted by the Blazers in 2015, in 23rd position. During his first four seasons in the Major League, with the Nets, he particularly distinguished himself with a season (2017/18) averaging 14 points and 7 rebounds.
The left-hander subsequently navigated between the Raptors and the Blazers without stabilizing. Since his last NBA game played in June 2021, “RHJ” has fallen back into the anonymity of foreign minor championships.
Until this remarkable passage at the World Cup where, with airs reminiscent of Kobe Bryant, he turned at almost 24 points on average, without preventing his team, which had naturalized him, from the last place of the competition.
Mistakes of youth
“ Okay, I made mistakes at 24 that I wouldn't make at 30. But that's life, you learn from those mistakes. All I ask for is a chance. Shit, I'll sleep in the gym “, continues the left-hander, in a speech encouraged by Isaiah Thomashimself in an almost desperate search for a new adventure.
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson believes that the blame cannot be placed solely on her lack of outdoor skills. On almost every team there are three or four players who can't shoot outside the paint. “, assures the winger, who shot 21% on 3-pointers in the NBA.
Regretting having to travel ” in the whole world “To play, he demands stability for his family and himself. And he says he knows players in the league who have ” a high opinion ” of him and knowing that he would do “ whatever it takes to win and whatever it takes to help them in some way “.
The message in a bottle is thrown into the sea…
