The second round of the NBA playoffs can be said to be very exciting, as of today there have been three sets of duels into the King Mountain, they are: 76ers 2-2 Heat, Bucks 2-2 Celtics, Suns 2-2 Lone Rangers, although the Warriors are now leading the Grizzlies by a large score of 3-1, but the fourth game of the series Even if the opponent does not have Morant, the Warriors only won 3 points, this round of the series looks like the Warriors are unstable, and these 8 teams can play the results, thanks to the stable play of the team leader.
And in the first round of the playoffs to be eliminated of the team, there are many is not the thickness of the lineup is not good enough, the main reason for being eliminated is more because the star is not good enough, as we all know that the playoffs are the stage of the stars, but also the place to test the star color, many stars who play well in the regular season, in the playoffs high-intensity defense and targeting, played into a garbage contract, today we will take a look at the playoffs 6 high-paid and low-energy players.
Van Jordan has limited talent
Many fans know Fan Jordan in the 18-19 season, when Fan Jordan was a Miracle on the Raptors bench, although most of the time played inefficient, but occasionally super god performance, he is very similar to JR Smith, was a nerve knife player at the time, but even if the play is unstable, the team and fans did not blame him, after all, he was only a missed draft, in 16 years because he was an older draft, plus the talent is not outstanding, he did not accidentally lose.
It's nice to be able to play in a lost draft, but Van Jordan's goal is far more than that, in 19 years, Nas was cut in office, Nas worked with Van Jordan and Sika in the development league, and the three helped the Raptors' development league win the championship. After becoming the manager of the team, Nas also did not forget the original love, so that Van Jordan became the sixth person of the team, and Sika became the third scoring point outside of Lowry and Leonard.
Fan Jordan was still a nerve knife at first, but after the birth of his son in the Finals, Van Jordan seems to have been opened to the second pulse of Ren Dou, and can compete with Curry in the Finals, so he also won an FMVP vote, after Leonard and Lowry left Toronto, Sika and Van Jordan also officially became the team leaders, and in the summer of 20 years, Van Jordan also got a 4-year 85 million contract extension contract for the Raptors, which is to stay with him as the team's core point guard for a long time.
Fan Jordan also did not live up to the expectations of the team, in the regular season this season Van Jordan played an average of 20.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, three-point shooting rate of 47%, shooting rate of 40%, under his leadership, the Raptors won the fifth place in the division in the regular season, entered the playoffs to face the 76ers, thought that Fan Jordan could play a role as a leader, but the result was lost.
Playoffs averaged 13.8 points, 3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals, 1 block, 35% shooting percentage, 33% three-point shooting, net efficiency -16, he lost 16 points in 100 rounds, and the overall shooting efficiency was also hot eyes. Fan Jordan's performance is not worth his average annual salary of more than 20 million yuan, but think about it carefully, a failed draft can play until now has been very inspiring, his height, confrontation ability is very limited, so the overall efficiency is very poor, want to go further, he has to hone his skills to make up for the lack of talent.
Trae young has no potential for a cornerstone
Trae Young is the first round of the No. 5 show in 18 years, many fans have been deceived by his draft pick, in fact, Trae Young's talent is not outstanding, his arm span and weight are the worst among the players of the same class, the college period by unlimited firing rights to play an average of 27 points and 9 assists per game, plus the template Curry, the result of the Eagles valued his potential, gave up the first three draft picks and the lone ranger trade to get the fifth sign to win Trae Young.
In the first three seasons of his career, Trae Young can be said to be smooth sailing, the team gave him unlimited firing rights, Trae Young played an average of 29 points and 9 assists per game in the second year of his career, plus the third year of his career led the team to the division finals, just look at this record and data, the future Trae Young must be a superstar-level player, but many times a year or two of outstanding performance does not represent the real strength of a player.
Trae Young has unlimited firing rights, coupled with the prevalence of touching porcelain at that time, which also made Trae Young eat the dividends of the rules, playing an average of 29 + 9 per game performance, last year's playoffs they were able to reach the division finals because the opponents 76 and Knicks team are not perfect, the Eagles are also lucky, only to cross them, but this season the league modified the rules to promote outside confrontation, the first round of the playoffs encountered a more perfect team lineup of the Heat, the result Trae Young can not stand.
Playoffs averaged 15.4 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists per game, averaged 6.2 turnovers per game, shot only 31.9 percent from the field, 18.4 percent from three-point range, and only 47 percent from the inside, not to mention what template Curry, Trae Young simply did not have Curry's historic feel, although Trae Young's ball dealer was good, but the talent limited his height, Curry was also significantly better than Trae Young in terms of confrontation ability, and now Trae Young is a weak underbelly at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, not a cornerstone player.
In 21 years, the Hawks completed an early renewal with Trae Young on a 5-year, 172 million contract, and if he could complete the incentive bonus, then his contract could be upgraded to 207 million in 5 years. Trae Young's star temperament and ball dealer have nothing to say, but his talent is very limited, which also limits his height, he faces the top defender, he simply can't play the performance that a star should perform, and this season the Heat have taught him a lesson. If you want to achieve something in the future, gaining weight and improving technology are the key.
Mitchell, Gobert's new trash brothers
Originally I wanted to talk about DeRozan and Lavin, but seeing that both of them did not reach 30 million salaries, plus the average score per game was more than 19 points, it was not too crotch-
Mitchell 17 years of the first round of the No. 13 show, just entered the league because it is to eat the dividends of the team's no scorers, so he holds a lot of shooting power in the first season of his career to play an average of 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.7 assists per game, almost won the best rookie, jazz watched his performance thought that the team found the future, so he gave Mitchell the core status of the team, and then Mitchell also did not live up to the expectations of the team, in the fourth year of his career, he averaged 26 + 4 + 5 performance.
Mitchell's stats have been rising, but the team's record has not improved at all, his choice on the offensive end is not reasonable enough plus the height of 1.91 meters to play the No. 2 position is inferior, which also makes him unable to play the performance he should have when the team needs it, let him play the no. 1 position pass and not, this season's playoffs average 25.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists, just look at the data is good, but the overall shooting rate is only 39.8%, three-point shooting rate of 20%.
Playoff net efficiency of -8.1, which is like a player with a top salary of 163 million for 5 years, Mitchell does not look like a cornerstone player, and his ceiling does not look high, after all, his talent is here. The other core of the team, Gobert, is not much better, interestingly, Gobert and Mitchell were both selected by the Nuggets to be traded to the Jazz, and Gobert has played a top defender from the moment he entered the league.
In the past 5 years, he has won the best defensive player 3 times, the Jazz in order to renew his contract, he has given the first major contract in the history of 205 million in 5 years, but Gobert has no space ability and low offensive ability, can only eat cake, defense can not pull out, can only protect the frame, in the regular season he may be targeted less, but in the playoffs he is the team's attack and defense holes, playoffs average 12 points, 13.2 rebounds and 1 block, which is like a 200 million center to play the performance, jazz may be rebuilt, they chose the wrong core.
CJ McCollum
CJ's draft template of that year is Curry, the players in the template library may be difficult to succeed in other eras, but in this small ball era, relying on excellent projection and holding the ball big core play is also able to play their own piece of the world, now there are many players in the template library in the league, we know better: Garland, Trae Young and CJ, the first two have been selected as All-Stars, although CJ was not selected, but he has averaged more than 20+ points per game in the past 6 years.
This season's regular season is also an average of 22 points per game, with an annual salary of 30.85 million, which looks very appropriate, after all, he is only 30 years old and is still at his peak, but such a priced player was sent to the Pelicans by the Blazers on the trade deadline, when the Pelicans gave chips only Hart, Alexander Walker, Satoransky and 1 first-round signing 2 second-round picks, it seems that the Pelicans trade is very profitable.
But the Blazers have used CJ for so many years to know what's wrong with CJ, for example, he played very soft in the playoffs and couldn't be called a top star. In the playoffs, CJ averaged 22.2 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 0.7 steals, 0.8 blocks, and the data alone was not bad, even better than the regular season, CJ averaged 22.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals during the regular season this season, shooting 46% from the field and 38% from three-point range.
And this season's playoffs, CJ's overall shooting rate is 39%, three-point shooting rate is 33%, his high score and data are won by more ball rights, shooting efficiency is too much difference, CJ is also unable to play a hard battle, the key moment is very weak, and the defensive end ability is also limited, the opponent often points out the list to beat him to tear the team's defense line, there are problems at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, so the Blazers chose to give up on him.
CJ plays the regular season OK, the playoff opponent plays targeted him is not good, he is not suitable to be the second boss of a championship-level team, more like the role of Harris of the 76ers.
Russell ate the Nets' dividend
D'Angelo Russell 15 years of the list, has played with Kobe Bryant, when he and Trae Young, because of the college performance, became the top show, Russell college average 19.3 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, three-point shooting rate as high as 41%, his original draft template was Yellow Man Baroy, Russell is indeed the same athletic ability as Roy, but he is not as good as Roy's ball quotient and leadership temperament.
After two seasons of training with the Lakers, the Magic discovered that he had no star potential and was traded to the Nets. At that time, the Nets can be said to be quite bad, because the trade with Celtics Garnett and Pierce that year, the Nets squandered the draft picks of the year, they got the leaderboard Russell thought they had found the future, Atkinson also gave Russell the responsibility of holding the ball, and as a result, he averaged 21 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists per game, and successfully became an All-Star.
At that time, Russell was only 22 years old, plus he was selected as an All-Star, and the Nets sent an early contract extension, but not to keep him, but to trade him for Durant, who had a broken Achille tendon, and the Nets would rather bet durant than Russell, and from here you can see how bad his potential is. However, after all, he was selected as an All-Star, and Russell also got a 4-year salary extension of 117 million, and Russell's contract this season is 30.01 million.
After the Warriors, Russell came to the Timberwolves to join forces with Towns to find a home, this season Water La can average 18.1 points, 3.3 rebounds, 7.1 assists and 1 steal data, helping the Timberwolves enter the playoffs, but Russell is quite watery in the playoffs, averaging 12 points, 2.5 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.5 steals in the playoffs, shooting only 33.3% from the field, his speed is too slow to get rid of defenders, and the defensive end is also targeted by opposing defenders because of his slow speed.
He was able to get the maximum salary by giving him unlimited firing rights at Atkinson, and in terms of strength, Russell was not worth a big contract of more than 3,000. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about these 6 players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.