The Lakers blocked the top three, defended O Neal s center Elden Campbell, helped the Pistons win their first championship

Elden Campbell was often overlooked in the center group portraits from the 1990s to the early 2000s. He has mid-range and back-to-body skills, and defense can put pressure on O'Neal. He has gone through 5 teams in his 15-year career. The Lakers have blocked the top three shots in 9 years of team history, and helped the Pistons win the championship in the last year. He used persistence to interpret the value of "undervalued".

In 1990, Campbell joined the Lakers with the 27th pick in the first round, starting his 9-year career: he played as a substitute in the first season, gradually unlocking new highs in scoring, rebounding and blocking (such as the first playoffs in 1990-91 season, 21 points in a single game); he started in 91-92 season, setting a record of rebounds (14 rebounds) and blocks (6 blocks), and continued to improve in the subsequent season (29 points and 13 rebounds in a single game in 93-94 season; 32 points and 15 rebounds in a single game in 94-95 season); although he did not help the Lakers win the championship, he ranked among the top three in the team with his cumulative blocks and became the "invisible pillar" of the Lakers' inside line.

After leaving the Lakers, Campbell went to Hornets, Supersonics, Pistons, and Nets; during the Hornets: he became the core of the inside, setting a record of 19 rebounds, 32 points, 8 blocks, and 6 steals in a single game, and continued to output in the playoffs (such as 12.1 points and 7.9 rebounds per game in 2000-01); Pistons won the championship: he joined the Pistons in 2003 and won the championship with the team in 2004 - although he was on the edge of the regular season role (5.6 points and 3.2 rebounds per game), he became a secret weapon to limit O'Neal in the "defensive strangulation" system, adding to the championship.

Campbell averaged 10.3 points, 5.9 rebounds, 1.5 blocks in his career, and his data was not dazzling, but because of the fierce competition between centers in the 1990s (O'Neal, O'Lajuwon, etc.), he was often labeled as "mediocre". But he spent fifteen years of perseverance, from the Lakers’ substitute to the championship puzzle, proving himself to be an "underrated powerful man" - his story is a microcosm of the value of the NBA blue-collar center: it may not be shining, but it always shines silently.