What happened to those players who used Jordan as the template before entering the NBA?

Michael Jordan, as long as he is a fan who pays attention to basketball, he can't avoid this player. After all, he has truly promoted the sport of basketball to the whole world, allowing people from all over the world to see the charm of basketball. He was once called the "God of Basketball" by fans.

At the same time, in the NBA draft, many media and even NBA team scouts will arrange one or more draft templates for rookie players according to the technical characteristics of rookie players, so that people can clearly know the rookie player's playing style and how far it may develop in the future. So, if you look at the two together, someone may ask, which players in NBA history have been named Michael Jordan before entering the NBA. Has their specific development met expectations? Today, the author will take you to see who the player template is Michael Jordan and how it will develop in the future.

The players who rumored that the draft template was Michael Jordan and were widely circulated, but in fact there were other templates: Kobe Bryant, Jerry Starkhouse, Vince Carter, Jaylen Green.

Before taking stock of those player templates that are really Michael Jordan players, the author first wants to dispel a rumor for those widely circulated rumors. Because Michael Jordan is too legendary, many people like to bring their subjective imagination into facts. They think that the technical characteristics of the players they like are similar to Michael Jordan, so they independently determine that his player template is Michael Jordan. But in fact, there are really few players who use Michael Jordan as the player template, and those widely circulated statements are basically wrong.

The most typical one is Kobe Bryant. That's right, many fans may think that Kobe Bryant is extremely similar to Michael Jordan in terms of technical characteristics and physical fitness, so his player template is likely to be Michael Jordan, but in fact, Kobe Bryant's player template is Michael Jordan's "successor" - Grant Hill. One thing that everyone must understand is that although Kobe Bryant's technical characteristics are very similar to Michael Jordan, and he was even once hailed as "the most godlike man in the NBA", this is actually the evaluation given to him by the media in the middle and late stages of his career. In the early stages of Kobe Bryant's career, or when he was not entering the NBA, his playing style may be more inclined toward the all-round small forward.

Secondly, Jerry Starkhouse was also born at the University of North Carolina, Michael Jordan's alma mater, and was 198cm tall and was selected by the 76ers' third pick in 1995. These many coincidences were once regarded as Michael Jordan's successor. Many people also imagined his player template for Michael Jordan, but the player template given by NBA scouts back then was actually "Dr. J" Julius Irving, which is probably one of the reasons why the Sixers chose him with the third pick. After all, Julius Irving is a super legend of the 76ers.

Vince Carter is also considered by many fans that the player template was Michael Jordan. The biggest reason is that his title is "half-man and half-god", and his dunk is very explosive, which is even better than the "Flying Man" Jordan back then. In addition, he was also from the University of North Carolina, so it is normal for fans to misunderstand this way. Unfortunately, Vince Carter's player template is also not Michael Jordan, but Dominic Wilkins, who competed for the dunk king with Michael Jordan back then.

Finally, the widely circulated rumor is the "Go to Joe" of active NBA player Jaylen Green. Yes, I don’t know who said that it was the “upper limit Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant”, so that Jaylen Green has always been considered by fans to be Michael Jordan’s player template, and he believes that his development is completely incompatible with his own talent. But in fact, Jaylen Green just had excellent bounce ability. His vertical bounce could once reach 1.02 meters, which was comparable to Michael Jordan, but his playing style was more inclined to Zach Laven. The scouting template of that year also clearly stated that his player template was only Zach Laven.

Player template is really Michael Jordan's player:

Deshen Stevenson

Yes, among the NBA scout reports that can be found, the player template is Michael Jordan's player, and he is the No. 23 pick in 2000, Deshen Stevenson. In the scout report that year, Deshen Stevenson had a Jordan-style shooting guard figure and confrontational ability, and was good at mid-range singles, but his skills were rough and he needed to improve his decision-making ability. The upper limit template was: Michael Jordan. Unfortunately, although Michael Jordan commented, he did not have Michael Jordan's real ability, otherwise he would not have fallen to the 23rd pick in the first round before being selected.

Looking at Stevenson's career, he averaged only 7.2 points per game, and he can only be called an ordinary rotation player. Although he had a NBA championship in hand, he was just a defensive blue-collar worker and was not even a stable starter among the team, so it was once difficult to convince people that he could develop to Michael Jordan's level. Therefore, some people discovered that when he participated in the draft, his uncle was actually the editor-in-chief of the draft website. Perhaps this is the truth that he is the only player template in NBA history for Michael Jordan. After all, a strong player like Michael Jordan is difficult to put it on a player unless he has historical physical talent and technical characteristics..

In addition, it is worth mentioning that there may be fans who may remember O. J. Mayo, a player who was once known as the cap Michael Jordan/Kobe Bryant. He thinks he seems to be a player whose player template is marked as Michael Jordan in the NBA scout report, but it is actually the result of excessive marketing. No scout of any NBA team gave O. J. Mayo's player template Michael Jordan. He has only been mentioned by ESPN, and the cap may reach the height of Kobe Bryant. `