Hield embraces NBA career ‘roller-coaster’ that led him to Warriors

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Hield embraces NBA career ‘roller-coaster’ that led him to Warriors originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area

SAN FRANCISCO – Buddy Hield still remembers the odd advice he once received from an NBA general manager, advising him to view himself as someone who can always bounce around the league.

There are two sides to that thinking. The GM’s point was that playing for multiple teams means that you’re wanted. But it also means your current team is content with letting you go. Everybody wants to feel wanted one way or another.

Hield, who’s in his ninth season overall and first with the Warriors, has seen both sides of the coin throughout his NBA career.

“Just know that this whole NBA thing is a roller coaster,” Hield said to NBC Sports Bay Area on the latest episode of Dubs Talk. “One man’s trash is another man’s treasure. That’s how I look at it.”

The New Orleans Pelicans made Hield feel like the Big Easy’s newest prized possession when they selected him with the sixth pick in the 2016 draft. Those feelings didn’t last long. Just eight months after being the Pelicans’ top pick, and four months after making his NBA debut, Hield was on the move.

As part of a five-player trade, Hield was the Pelicans’ biggest selling point in acquiring DeMarcus Cousins from the Sacramento Kings in February of 2017. Hield’s six seasons in Sacramento was the longest stop thus far on his map around the NBA landscape, but like he learned months into his career, permanence is much more idealistic than reality.

His first full month with the Kings, Hield was named the Western Conference Rookie of the Month and wound up making the All-Rookie First Team. He averaged 20 points a game for the only time as a pro during his Kings tenure and finished second in 3-pointers made in four straight seasons, but was sent to yet another team, the Indiana Pacers, during that streak.

Three multi-year contracts and four different times being traded. Hield has learned to do his best at putting personal emotions to the side.

“The process I’ve had where I’ve had a long-term contract and I’ve been traded a few times, sometimes it works out…

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Publish date : 2024-12-10 15:06:00

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