Since Xiao Hua became the president of the NBA, the league has officially entered the era of commercialization, in order to attract the attention of fans, the official acquiescence to the "star group", through the modification of offensive rules to open a fast-paced era of small ball. The inside hand-to-hand combat promoted by the league in the last century was gradually replaced by the rhythm of the delay, and more and more teams and stars began to abandon defense and focus on the offensive end.
But basketball is an offensive and defensive sport, giving up defense is tantamount to cutting off both arms, in order to show the defensive ability of a team and players, the NBA introduced the data of defensive efficiency value, which means the score of being attacked by the opponent every hundred rounds, and the lower the score, the better the defense.
The worst defensive performances this season were the ten home stars:
10. Lavin (Bulls)
Season stats: 24.9 points, 4.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 49.2% shooting, 41.2% three-point shooting
Defensive efficiency 109.4 (167th in the league)
As the league's most fluid star of active play, two-time dunk king zach Lavin has excellent dynamic talent, helping to run and bounce easily over 110 centimeters, coupled with super waist and abdomen strength, so that he can not lose michael Jordan at his peak in terms of time.
In the summer of 2017, Zach Lavin came to the Chicago Bulls as a chip from Butler for the Timberwolves, and was appointed as the core of the team's rebuilding due to his excellent scoring ability. Last season, LaVine averaged 27.4 points, 5 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, and was selected as an All-Star for the first time in his career, but in terms of official and fan rankings for active stars, LaVine, who was poorly defended and had poor team leadership ability, once ranked outside the 20th.
So far this season, the Bulls have finished first in the East with a record of 27 wins and 14 losses, and behind the team's gorgeous transformation, it is more because of the addition of DeRozan and Lonzo Ball, a "little prince of the middle shot" who can play a hard battle, and a point guard who is good at defending and revitalizing the team. LaVine has not slipped in the data this season, but it only belongs to the role that can "add icing on the cake" and cannot "send charcoal in the snow".
As the No. 13 pick in the first round of 2014, LaVine has not played a playoff game so far, and whether he can adapt to the defensive intensity of the playoffs is a point that the Bulls management needs to consider to renew LaVine's salary this summer. After all, with Lavine's current average per game, the Bulls will have to pay at least one contract extension with an annual salary of more than $40 million to potentially keep it.
9. Harden (Nets)
Season stats: 22.7 points, 8 rebounds, 10 assists, 41.9 percent from the field and 33.8 percent from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 109.6 (174th in the league)
Fans have their own opinions about who is the real core of the Nets, and Durant, as the team's chief scorer, completed a four-year , $194 million salary extension with the team in the offseason last offseason , so he should be the leader of the team.
But Harden's performance on the court is more comprehensive, taking into account the scoring and the core role of the team organization (averaging 10 assists per game, the league first), the Nets want the overall offense to be smooth, harden's role is significantly greater than Durant. In summary, Durant is undoubtedly the Nets' facade star, but Harden also deserves the title of leader on the court.
Harden has always been known for his super-strong individual offense throughout the league, which has made fans complain about Harden's defense after being eliminated in the playoffs. As a no. 2 position with a height of 1.96 meters, an arm span of 2.10 meters, and a weight of 100 kilograms, Harden has excellent defensive conditions and has proved his individual defensive ability in a certain period of time (low-level top defense jokic, Embiid and other centers), but more time is careless about defense.
So far this season, Harden has lost his shooting target on the offensive end of his game, averaging 4.7 turnovers per game to lead the league, perhaps 9.1 hits per game to disturb Harden's mind, which makes him even less energetic to contribute on the defensive end. The Nets, who currently rank 14th in the league in defensive efficiency, are second in the East with a record of 27 wins and 15 losses, and if they want to reach the level of championship competition, head coach Nash will have to write more about defense.
8. Randall (Knicks)
Season stats: 19.1 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5 assists, 41.6 percent shooting, 31.3 percent three-point range
Defensive efficiency 109.7 (joined 175th place)
Last offseason, the New York Knicks renewed the team's big forward Randle with a four-year, $117 million contract, and in this era of 100 million contracts, a player who can contribute 24+10+6 per game (last season) rationally gets a bigger contract extension.
But Randall's performance this season has completely dispelled the fans' regrets about his contract, as a 2.03 meters tall, 2.13 meters arm span, and 113 kg weight of the fourth position, Randall's advantage on the inside line is flexible foot, but the weight and arm span disadvantages are also obvious. As the core of the Knicks' attack and defense, Randle's offensive efficiency this season is only 106.4, the 180th in the league, and the offensive efficiency on the court is -3.3, which is a veritable inefficient offensive player.
Last season's Knicks, under the tutelage of Thibodeau, gave up the offensive main offensive position battle, played the league's most "ugly" game, but won the fourth good result in the East, helping the team return to the playoffs after nine years, and the main Randall was also affected by this tactic, played the peak data of his career, and successfully entered the All-Star Team.
But with the addition of Walker and Fournier, Thibodeau began to exert force on the offensive end, and more offensive rounds and offensive and defensive conversion speed will continue to expose the disadvantages of Randall's defensive end: facing traditional interior lines such as Valanciunas and Gobert, the weight is not dominant; facing the fourth position such as Alphabet Brother and Sabonis, it also loses its flexible advantage.
7. Mitchell (Jazz)
Season stats: 25.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 5.1 assists, shooting 45.3% from the field and 34.6% from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 110.2 (188th in the league)
At the 2017 Draft, sir Utah selected Donovan Mitchell, who was just 1.85 metres tall but had an arm span of 2.08 metres, with a dynamic talent of just 1.85 metres with the 13th pick in the first round. The team management has high expectations for the point guard, who is called "Wade Jr." by fans, and has pushed him to the core position of the team in the rookie season, averaging 20.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.5 steals per game, helping the team reach the second round of the playoffs.
Excellent explosiveness and relatively stable three-point shooting, this is Mitchell's career so far fans to label him, because the team has three best defensive player Gobert, which makes the Jazz's defensive efficiency in recent seasons has been in the league's top five, fans gradually ignored Mitchell's loopholes on the defensive end.
As a second position with a height of less than 1.90 meters, Mitchell occupies a great disadvantage in height when playing against Harden, Bill, Booker, LaVine and other players, coupled with his weak defensive awareness, not good at assisting and changing defenses, and often becomes the focus of opponents in the playoffs.
6. Ingram (Pelicans)
Season stats: 22.9 points, 6 rebounds, 5.2 assists, 44.8 percent from the field and 35 percent from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 110.2 (190th in the league)
In the summer of 2016, Ingram, who is 2.03 meters tall and has an arm span of 2.21 meters, was selected by the Lakers in the second pick in the first round with the title of "Little Durant". In the first three seasons of his career, the statistics of the Lakers in the rotten team have continued to improve, but in order not to waste James's few remaining peaks, the team management packed Ingram with Ball and Hart to the Pelicans in the summer of 2019.
Coming to a perennial fish belly team, Ingram, who is regarded as the core of the team, has unlimited shooting rights, and the average data per game soon reaches the level of 24+5+5, of which the three-point shot criticized by fans is also stable at more than 38%, and the offensive end is difficult to be spit on.
But the Pelicans' record has been in the bottom three of the West for many years, as the leader of Ingram can not escape the blame, when fans began to pay attention to his performance on the defensive end, 89 kg of weight compared to the idol Durant is 20 kg, in the confrontation with the same position players, basically belong to a touch to bounce off the situation, no defensive deterrent.
This season's team's talent Zion has not yet appeared due to an ankle injury, and Ingram plays as a single core, currently only leading the team to a record of 16 wins and 27 losses, ranking third from the bottom in the West. As a player who has already crossed the rookie period, Ingram will enter the ranks of stars, first of all, to strengthen his own defense and the ability to lead the team to win at key moments.
5. Morant (Grizzlies)
Season stats: 24.4 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.8 assists, shooting 48.5% from the field and 35.6% from three-point range.
Defensive Efficiency 111 (210th in the league)
As the most beloved new star of the season, Morant's personal data has entered the ranks of stars, and in terms of testing the stars' performance, the Grizzlies are currently in third place in the West with a record of 30 wins and 15 losses. In the recent second round of all-Star voting results, the 22-year-old Morant pushed Doncic to jump to the second place in the Western Conference backcourt (behind Curry).
On the offensive end, Morant's performance has amazed fans, and he currently averages 14.8 points per game in the penalty area, second only to the interior players Alphabet Brother and Jokic, and his offensive efficiency on the field is 112.5, ranking 46th in the league.
But on the defensive end, the 22-year-old did not put too much energy into it, as a height of 1.91 meters, arm span of 2.03 meters, in situ explosive no. 1 position, Morant's defensive habits are not good, in the face of commonly used blocking and demolition tactics, Morant does not like to squeeze over and defend, more time is to let teammates to assist in defense, so that his defensive effect on the field is very poor, defensive efficiency is at the bottom of the team.
If Morant continues his high level of offense in the last two weeks, he will most likely be named to the Western Conference All-Star starting lineup with Curry, but if he wants to enter the ranks of stars, there can be no obvious shortcomings on the defensive end. Referring to Curry this season, his current defensive efficiency is 99.5, ranking fifth in the league, offensive efficiency of 113.8, and 16th in the league.
4. James (Lakers)
Season stats: 28.9 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.5 assists, shooting 51.9% from the field and 36.2% from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 112.5 (234th in the league)
If you only look at the on-field data, then James is still the top five players in the league, but the years are old, even the "proud son of heaven" can not escape the erosion of the years, James's performance on the defensive end this season is extremely bad.
In the recent Lakers game against the Nuggets, the Purple Gold Giants lost 37 points, which created the second largest loss point difference in James' career 1607 game, James shot 9 of 23 in the whole game, had 25 points, 9 rebounds and 2 assists, and played decently on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, the 37-year-old James has repeatedly leaked people and watched the opponent's basketball scene, and there is no defensive deterrent to speak of.
During the absence of the thick eyebrow brother due to injury, the Lakers' defensive efficiency has dropped to the bottom level of the league, and head coach Vogel has arranged the 2.06-meter James to the center position, which is a complete abandonment of the interior defense and the play of the offensive end with the opponent. However, the continued downturn in the offensive end of Wei Shao has plunged the Lakers into an embarrassing situation of consecutive defeats, and the team's current defensive momentum is completely absent, becoming a fish meat for others to slaughter.
Currently, the Lakers have a record of just 21 wins and 22 losses, which also sets a record of less than 50 percent wins for his team in the first 43 games of the season for James' rookie season. The Lakers want to get out of the current quagmire, on the one hand, they have to wait for the return of the thick eyebrow brother, on the other hand, they have to start the free trade market opened in the middle of the season.
3. Lillard (Trail Blazers)
Season stats: 24 points, 4.1 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 40.2 percent from the field and 32.4 percent from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 114.8 (252nd in the league)
Since Lillard came to the Blazers in 2012 and has led the team to the playoffs for eight consecutive seasons, his combination with McCollum has become Portland's golden sign. But at the same time, the team has never stepped on the Finals floor in eight seasons, which is enough to explain the current strength flaw of the Blazers' backcourt double core, that is: can not defend!
So far this season, Lillard's shooting percentage is only in his early 40%, setting a new career low, averaging 11.4 strikes per game, second only to Tatum, Curry and Trae Young, the sluggish state on the offensive end, so that the Blazers currently have a record of only 17 wins and 25 losses, in the tenth position in the West, has been away from the record of nine consecutive years into the playoffs.
To make matters worse, Lillard has recently undergone abdominal surgery and will be absent for at least 5 to 6 weeks, given that the team has not been able to compete for the championship this season, the Blazers management is considering a major change of players this summer, and as for whether Lillard can continue to stay in Portland, the Blazers have not given a clear answer at present.
2. Fox (Kings)
Season stats: 21 points, 3.7 rebounds, 5.1 assists, 45.6 percent from the field and 25 percent from three-point range.
Defensive efficiency 115.3 (253rd in the league)
In the summer of 2020, the Kings renewed Fox's five-year, $163 million top salary contract, officially establishing his team leader, the 1.91 meters tall, 1.99 meters arm span, dribbling speed in the league's top three young players, by the fans to be crowned "Little Fox".
At present, Fox's playing style is very similar to that of the thunder era, with excellent physical fitness, attacking the basket score is the first choice (10.8 in the penalty area, 11th in the league), and the medium and long-range shooting threat is almost negligible. Because of the high concentration of ball power on the court, Fox can easily play 21+3+6 statistics, but the poor performance on the defensive end makes it difficult for him to turn offensive play into team victory.
As a point guard weighing only 84 kilograms, Fox's less than two-meter arm span gave him no advantage on the defensive end, and the lazy atmosphere that the Kings had developed over the years made Fox even more reluctant to devote most of his energy to the defensive end where his teammates did not care.
At present, the Kings are open to the Fox deal, and the 76ers have discussed Simmons' plan to replace Fox with the team management, but it is only in the exploration stage. According to the front reporter, there are many teams in the league who are interested in the 24-year-old Fox, as long as the chips are right, the transaction may occur at any time.
1. Trae Young (Hawks)
Season stats: 27.6 points, 3.9 rebounds, 9.3 assists, 45.4% shooting, 36.5% three-point shooting
Defensive efficiency 116 (256th in the league)
As a typical representative of the league's only offensive and defensive, the net height is less than 1.85 meters, the arm span is 1.91 meters, and the weight of only 74 kilograms of hawk core Trae Young, still plays well on the offensive organizational end, averaging 27.6 points per game, ranking fourth in the league's scoring list, averaging 9.3 assists per game, ranking third in the assist list, and its shooting percentage has also created a career high.
Even playing so steadily on the offensive end could not save the team's status quo, and the Hawks have won only five of their last 20 games, including an embarrassing ten-game losing streak at home, and the team's record slipped to 17-25, fourth from the bottom in the East.
As the team's defensive "big colander", Trae Young's current role is a bit like the core thomas jr. of the Green Army in previous seasons, the offensive end is played without solution, and the defensive end mainly relies on teammates to help share the pressure. But unfortunately, at present, the Hawks do not have defensive players like Smart, Brown and so on, Andr. Bogdanovic, Squirt, and Lovell are all famous players who only attack and do not defend, which makes Trae's shortcomings on the defensive end continue to show.
At the moment, the Hawks are actively seeking a deal, according to well-known experts, the team's current non-selling only Trae Young and Capela, talented players like Collins, as long as the chips are suitable can complete the transaction at any time.
Write at the end:
This season, some players have missed too many games due to injuries or insufficient playing time, and they are not ranked on the defensive efficiency list, and only 261 of the league's more than 400 players have appeared on the list, and the performance of the above ten home stars on the defensive end is at the bottom of the league.