Arenas
Gilbert Arenas was selected by the Golden State Warriors in round 2nd place in the 2001 NBA Draft, a model for a second-round pick counterattack, and in his sophomore season, he was able to cut 18.3 points, 4.7 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1.5 steals, and was named the player who improved the most. After he joined the Wizards, he officially ushered in the peak of his career. Three consecutive years into the All-Star, the Best Team, he averaged 29.3 points, 3.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists per game at his peak, and even scored 60 points in a single game against the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant. He averaged third in the league that season and was a strong contender for MVP.
Later Arenas, plagued by a knee injury and was suspended by the league for a long time due to the gunman incident, his form declined, and he was traded by the Wizards in the 2010-11 season, followed by the Magic, the Grizzlies, but his state has been much worse than before, the average score per game has fallen to single digits, and the shooting rate is less than 40%. At that time, the great general had just passed the age of establishment and was reduced to the point of no ball to play, which could not help but make people sigh.
Thomas Jr
When it comes to the best little players in the active league, then Thomas Jr. will definitely have a place, he was once called the "strongest 175 on the surface", he entered the league in 2011 with the last place in the second round, and at the end of 2015, Thomas Jr. joined the Celtics. Then the Celtics built a set of offensive and defensive systems around Thomas Jr., on the offensive end he is the team's undoubted main attacker and ball carrier, there are many defensive tough guys on the defensive end who will build a brass wall for him, reduce the pressure on his defensive end, he can completely focus on his offense, so in the 15-16 season, he played a famous game, not only was selected for the All-Star, but also handed over the data of 22.2 points, 3.0 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game.
In the 2016-17 season, Thomas Jr. officially ushered in his peak, averaging 33.8 minutes per game, with 28.9 points, 2.7 rebounds and 5.9 assists, ranking second in the Celtics' history single-season average of points per game, second only to the peak Larry Bird. In the playoffs, his highlight performance continued, in the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Wizards series, he G2 cut 53 + 4 + 4, cut 20 points in the fourth quarter, cut 9 points in overtime 4 of 4, set a new record for the highest single score in the playoffs for active players and has maintained it until now, although he finally stopped in the East Finals due to injury, but his performance was recognized by the league, selected for the best team second team and All-Star, the second in the scoring list, the top five in the mvp list, he has entered the ranks of superstars.
Later, Thomas Jr. and the Celtics were sent to the Cavaliers without talking about salary, because after arriving at the Cavaliers, there was no offensive and defensive system built with him as the core like the Celtics, coupled with injury troubles, Thomas Jr.'s state declined rapidly, and finally went to many teams, and now it has fallen to the point of no ball.
Ross
In 2008, Derrick Rose was drafted by the Bulls as a champion and immediately cashed in on his talent, being named an All-Star in the second season of his career, and in the 2010-11 season, Derrick Rose was selected as a champion. Rose averaged 25.0 points, 4.1 rebounds and 7.7 assists per game to take the Bulls to the first place in the East in the regular season, the 22-year-old Rose surpassed the previous 23-year-old MVP award-winning legend Unseld to become the youngest MVP in history, and was also selected for the All-Star and Best Team, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, his peak stopped in the first round of the 2012 playoffs, Rose's cruciate ligament was torn, the playoffs were reimbursed, and then missed the 2012-13 season, and then tore the meniscus in 2015, and later he also went to many teams, occasionally had a bright performance, and played the role of the sixth man on the team , but it is also difficult to return to the peak.
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