I don't understand ah, the same 22 years old, the same average of 20 + 5 + 4 per game, why is his peak not worth much?
Ask a question, do you think the Heat's Taylor Hiro is worth a top salary?
Statistically, Hiro does not seem to have a reason not to be worthless, averaging close to 20 points, 5 boards and 4 assists per game, whether it is 20 years ago, or the data blowout of modern times, it is not so easy to get the report card, not to mention that he is only 22 years old this year, and the rookie contract is only fulfilled until the 3rd year, for reference, we look at the same 22-year-old Shea Gilgers Alexander, he was at the end of last season, just such data, and then, Alexander got a top salary of $172 million for 5 years, so Hiro should not be bad.
However, according to the NBA salary expert Bobby Max estimated, he believes that the Heat will not provide a maximum salary to Hilo, the normal price should be 4 years 90 million US dollars, hearing this number, many fans are scornful, after all, Hiro's rookie season average of 13 + 4 + 2 performance, it is already worth 90 million, now 3 years later, the average of 20 + 5 + 4 ah, and only 22 years old, how can it be worth so much money?
In fact, in my opinion, Hiro is indeed difficult to support a maximum salary, may be a little higher than 90 million, but it will not be too much higher, don't rush to spray first, because behind his data, is not a high offensive efficiency, and embarrassing team role.
First of all, efficiency, although this season's Giro has added a lot of active offense, but for now, his ball holding efficiency is not high, can only be regarded as the middle level of the league.
For example, singles, 0.68 points per round, only 18.3% of players in the league;
There is also a fairly high proportion of blocking offense, averaging 7.3 rounds per game, comparable to Harden, ranking 20th in the league, but only 0.85 points per round, only 52.4% of the players in the league, ranking 30th among the 37 players with the most offensive rounds in the league;
Even if the offense is switched, it only has 1.02 points per game, which is only stronger than the 35.4% of players in the league;
So, don't look at Hiro's average production of 20.7 points per game is not low, but in fact, it is all piled up by the ball, this season, Hiro averaged 17.8 shots per game, the usage rate was as high as 28.4%, 2 data all ranked first in the team, but under this treatment, he only shot 54% of the true shooting rate, 0.1% lower than the league average level, ranking fifth from the bottom among all players in the league who used at least 28%;
For comparison, let's look at Alexander last season, whose offensive level is about to catch up with Harden, especially the blocking efficiency, 1.12 points per game, higher than Leonard, more than 93.6% of the league's players, in contrast, Hiro is a bit too mediocre.
Speaking of team roles, Hiro's offense has proven to be inefficient, but the Heat's current lineup needs a young man of high energy to consume, of course, this candidate is not only Hiro, in his absence days, Vincent, Strus, and the recent outstanding Performance of Caleb Martin have proved that they also deserve the trust of Spoo's coach, with the help of these people, the Heat won 6 games (a total of 10 games) without Giro, which also shows that Hiro is not as indispensable as imagined.
It is worth mentioning that Hiro's defense is also a short board, especially easy to be targeted by opponents, in the past 2 years, whether it is the regular season, or the playoffs, he lost more points on the defensive end than the points on the offensive end, this season, although Hiro relied on the ball, he ran to win his own defensive points, especially in the field net win score, the first time reached a positive number, when he was on the floor, the Heat could net outperform the opponent by 4.1 points per 100 rounds, but when he was not on the floor, the Heat could net win more than the opponent every hundred rounds, reaching 5.8 points.
As for the potential, Hiro's talent is average, if not, his efficiency will not be so low, of course, the Heat can continue to investigate for a year, if next season, Hiro's arsenal can be upgraded, then he really has a chance to fight for a top salary, on the contrary, Hiro's future may really be a good super six, for this role, which team do you think will give the top salary? 90 million in 4 years is really reasonable.