The 2021-22 NBA regular season is in full swing. This season's NBA is somewhat special, encountering a shortage of people in the pre-season and mid-season, and was even considered to be shut down at one point. But in the end, it survived, and the teams relied on difficult special cases to survive, and now the NBA has gradually entered the right track.
It's no secret that many players have been banned this season for triggering safety and health agreements, but teams need to be competitive and teams want to win games, so they use difficult exceptions to sign other players to complete the firefighting. There's no shortage of firefighters playing value and team contract extensions until the end of the season. Bismarck Biyombo of the Phoenix Suns is a good example.
Speaking of Biyombo, his NBA journey was bumpy, he was selected by the Kings with the seventh pick in the 2011 draft, and then traded to the Bobcats, who in the four years of bobcats averaged only 5.2 points per game and a highest rebound of 7.3 rebounds, obviously, his performance did not meet the team's expectations, so in the summer of 2015, he was traded to the Raptors. In the 2016 Eastern Conference Finals G3, raptors vs Cavaliers, although Bi Yongbo only scored 7 points, he cut 26 rebounds and 4 blocks at the same time, breaking the Raptors' all-time playoff rebounding record.
In the summer of 2016, the Magic gave Billy Boyo a four-year, $72 million contract, but Billy Boyo didn't play the team's expected performance, and in 2018, Billy Boybo was traded to the Hornets. In the Hornets' three seasons, he averaged only 7.4 points per game, so he lost his job at the end of the season.
If it weren't for too many players triggering safety and health agreements, players like Billy Biyombo might not be getting a chance right now. After joining the Suns on a 10-day contract, in the first game, Biyombo played 18 minutes and scored 11 points and 6 rebounds on 5-of-7 shooting; the second game played 29 minutes, 6 of 6 on 6-of-6 shooting, with 16 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists, steals and 3 blocks. It was the excellent performance of these two games that the Suns immediately decided to renew their contract until the end of the season.
In eight games for the Suns, he averaged 20 minutes of playing time per game, contributing 10.1 points, 6.9 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 1.3 blocks for the team. At the same time, his shooting percentage is as high as 70.2% (eighth in the league), and his offensive efficiency is ranked 3rd in the league with 119.2; defensive efficiency is 95.2nd in the league; and net efficiency is as high as 24.1. Of the 8 appearances, he has already got two double-doubles.
In the recent Suns and Pacers games, Bismarck Biyombo played 29 minutes, shooting 9-of-12 from the field and 3-of-3 from the free throw line, with 21 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal and 2 blocks. His 21 points and five assists in this game all set a new season high, and he is also the seventh player in Suns history to play as a substitute and score at least 20 points, 10 boards and five assists.
It is estimated that even the Suns themselves did not expect that the players who signed to fight the fire would become their biggest gain in the season, which is simply ridiculously cost-effective, and in an interview, Bi Yongbo also said: "For a big man like us, playing in this way with the Suns is perfect." ”