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After the start of the new season, many young players have played excellent performances, such as the Grizzlies' Jamorant, who has been able to average 24.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 6.8 assists so far in the season, and the three-goal of the Eastern Hornets, averaging 19.9 points, 7.7 rebounds, 8.1 assists and 1.9 steals this season, it is reasonable that the two of them can play such a performance, after all, both of them are in the top three picks of the draft, and it is normal to have a rise in the ball, and they have long been famous, and it is only a matter of time before they cash in their talents.
The players we are going to talk about today are some young players who did not play in the league before, as well as those who did not cash in on their talents in the league for a few years, and now they have finally cashed in their talents, among which the Warriors' Poole led, Bamba finally cashed in on the talent.
Jordan Poole
28 picks in the first round of 2019
Last season, he averaged 12 points, 1.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists, 0.5 steals, 0.2 blocks, shooting 43 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range.
This season he is averaging 17.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 1 steal, 0.2 blocks, shooting 44.2% from the field and 33.8% from three-point range.
The Warriors' biggest surprise this season is undoubtedly The growth of Poole, after Klay's return is still unknown to what extent, Poole's rise solves the Warriors' concerns, even if Clay can not return to the peak, with Poole's firepower, then the Warriors' immediate combat strength is equally terrifying, with his help the Warriors' record is now second in the league has shown everything, he is the third scorer on the team after Curry and Wiggins.
Poole can grow to this point is actually not surprising at all, although he did not show a high potential in college, resulting in his ranking is not outstanding, but the young man will have any offensive skills, the defense is also very active, although the offensive skills are not refined, the defense is often powered off, but he has the foundation to pave the way for the future, the template of the year Poole is JR, it can be said that the two are still relatively similar in athletic ability and playing style.
If Poole can continue to improve his three-point ability, then his future will be more worth looking forward to, compared to Clay, Poole's inner line is more lethal, but the firepower of the outside line is far less powerful than Clay, this season Curry in the face of strict defense can not play an excellent performance, although such a game Pooler played well, but can not lead the team to win, this is the difference between him and Clay, his offensive ability has not yet reached the point where he can break the opposite side.
Bamba
Sixth pick in the first round of 2018
Last season, he averaged 8 points, 5.8 rebounds, 0.8 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 47.2% from the field and 32.2% from three-point range.
Averaged 10.3 points, 8.6 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.2 blocks this season, shooting 45.7 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from three-point range.
Bamba has been able to play this season thanks to Vucevic's departure and Isaac's lack of return, it can be said that Bamba has had too few opportunities in the past few years, a player with a sixth pick in the first round has become the team's marginal rotation, and the main reason why the Magic are reluctant to use him is that Bamba's confrontational ability is too weak, plus there are too many magic inside players before, and now Bamba has enough playing time and he has proved his worth.
At that time, Bamba was considered to be the existence of the top three in the 18-year draft, with a better arm span than Gobert, terrible defensive ability in college, and three-point shooting ability, known as "Uncle Mu who can shoot three points", but because of the lack of low offensive skills, bamba eventually fell to the sixth pick in the first round, in the previous years he did not get too many playing opportunities, he was also considered one of the most wasteful players.
Now Bamba has played a very good defense, although the internal offensive skills have not improved, but he has the ability to space, as an interior line that can open up space without eating the ball, Bamba will inevitably get the attention of more teams, and now many teams need him such an inside line, according to the current situation, Bamba will most likely develop into a space cannon like Turner and Lopez.
Bain
20 years first round 30 picks
Last season, he averaged 9.2 points, 3.1 rebounds, 1.7 assists, 0.6 steals, shooting 46.9 percent from the field and 43.2 percent from three-point range.
Averaged 16.2 points, 4.4 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 0.9 steals this season, shooting 46.5 percent from the field and 40.7 percent from three-point range.
Previously Morant had spoken in the media: "Please award the fastest improving player to my brother Bane", it is not difficult to see how well Bane has performed this season, because the team has Grayson Allen before, so Bane did not get too many opportunities, and in the offseason Grayson Allen joined the Bucks, so that Bane entered the starting lineup as the team's first scorer, fortunately he did not disappoint the team, and Grayson Allen is still outstanding.
Bane's projection ability in college is well known to the outside world, if it is not the upper limit of the older draft has been set (the draft that was only participated in at the end of the senior year), his pick may be higher, in college, Bane is the main double guard, he also has a certain organizational ability, but in the Grizzlies there is Morant does not need him to contribute to the organization, when the Grizzlies were able to win at the end of the first round he was quite profitable.
Now Bane is completely a top 3D, he is not only stable in projection, personal defensive ability is also very strong, with a strong body he can defend 4 positions, and the young man's empty cut is also very spiritual, it is simply the existence of the top blue collar, the Grizzlies in the case of him, Morant, Dillon and Jaron Jackson, their future is definitely worth looking forward to.
Jarrett Allen
22 picks in the first round in 2017
Last season, he averaged 13.2 points, 9.9 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1.4 blocks per game, shooting 60.9% from the field.
He's averaged 16.9 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.4 blocks per game this season, shooting 70.3 percent from the field.
In the Nets period, even said that last season's Jarrett Allen is the role of a tool man, the inside line to eat cake + block + defense and Capela's role is the same, but Allen won a 5-year 100 million maximum salary contract in the offseason, at that time let everyone look confused, thinking that the Cavaliers are rich and have no place to spend, do not know that Jarret Allen completely broke out after getting the ball this season, and now the average performance of 17 +11 per game is absolutely worth a contract with an annual salary of 20 million.
Allen showed a good offensive and defensive integration ability in college, although there is no offensive skill on the offensive end, but the rebounding ability in the front court is excellent, the opponent's slight inattention is a powerful dunk, and the top frame protection ability on the defensive end is even more likable, but with the advent of the small ball era, Aaron did not get much attention when he entered the league, and finally fell to the end of the first round and was selected by the Nets.
Now Allen is completely different from before, he has a certain ability to hold the ball offensively, in the Cavaliers game we can often see Aaron face the opponent to complete the breakthrough directly after completing a dunk, and as the time of entering the league has grown, his physical condition and confrontation ability have also improved significantly, most of the league's internal line is easy to play abnormally when facing him.
Maxi
20 years first round 21 picks
Last season, he averaged 8 points, 1.7 rebounds and 2 assists per game, shooting 46 percent from the field and 30.1 percent from three-point range.
He's averaging 17 points, 3.5 rebounds and 4.7 assists this season, shooting 48 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from three-point range.
In the case of Simmons's delay in returning to the team, Rivers reused Maxi this season, fortunately Maxie did not disappoint him, last season's Maxi performance can only be regarded as a marginal rotation level, and this season he played the level of the league's top backcourt, although the organizational ability is not good enough, but his offensive firepower is really fierce, he deserves a starting position in any team.
Maxi showed a strong offensive ability to hold the ball in the NCAA that year, and in his freshman year, he could get the data of averaging 14 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3.2 assists per game, because of the lack of projection ability and limited organizational ability, and finally Maxi was selected in the first round with the 21st pick, and the 76ers at the time also wanted him to develop outside firepower to make up for Simmons's lack, after all, Simmons's outside line was too unreliable.
In terms of performance this season, Masik did make up for Simmons' lack of offensive firepower, but Simmons did not want to play for the 76ers, it is estimated that for a long time Maxi will sit in the starting No. 1 position of the 76ers, his current three-pointers are more accurate than before, I believe that there will be improvements in the future, after all, he is only 21 years old this year.
Speaking of which, what other no-name juniors can you think of this season? Welcome to leave a message to discuss