One of the fastest-slipping stars this season, in just 1.5 years, from the league's second-place shooter to 100+ miles away, plummeted by $80 million.
7 years ago, Curry used three-pointers to shoot the first MVP trophy + championship ring of his career, and the small-ball era officially began, for a time, three-pointers became an important indicator of the ability of players, and those shooters who were good at shooting also profited, and the contract extensions they got were higher than one, including Davis Bertans from Latvia.
According to past experience, Bertans' basketball talent is not enough to stand in the NBA, let alone any high salary, in addition to the height of 2.08 meters, the arm span, speed, strength, bounce are not dominant, playing the No. 3 position does not hold the ball, no strong offensive ability, playing the No. 4 position is thin, and not good at grabbing rebounds, not to mention defense, so in the 5 years after being selected, he has always played in Europe, until 16 years before being brought into the NBA by the Spurs.
In the small-ball era, Bertans's projection ability was infinitely magnified, especially in the 19-20 season, he shot 200 three-pointers with a 42.4% shooting rate, and was the second-largest scorer in the league at that time after Duncan Robinson, with this report card, Bertans also got a high salary of 5 years and 80 million US dollars, but soon, the Washington people realized that they had made a very serious mistake.
More and more cases prove that shooters in this era are the product of premium, their attributes are indeed very in line with the requirements of modern basketball, can open up space, can improve the team's offensive efficiency, but due to the lack of defensive ability, most of them can not go to the high-end innings, the Rockets' Ryan Anderson is so, after the team was promoted to a championship team, Anderson also lost his value.
The same goes for Bertans, who has become dispensable this season when the Wizards hold themselves to higher standards.
Mainly defensively, wizards new coach Unseld Jr. is a coach who emphasizes defense, and at the beginning of the season, the defensive system he built once helped the Wizards achieve the first record in the East, in this case, it is difficult for Bertans to gain the trust of Unseld Jr., because when he is on the court, the Wizards' rebounding rate will drop by 2.4%, and the defensive end will lose 3.7 points per 100 rounds.
As the amount of playing time decreases, Bertans' stats have also begun to shrink, as of now, he has only scored 6.0 points, 1.9 rebounds, 35.1% shooting rate, and 32.4% three-point shooting rate, whether it is efficiency, or total production of 46 goals, all of which are 100+ outside the league.
Shooters are like this, they must have enough ball rights as a guarantee, a game only to give 10 minutes, 3 shots 0 immediately replaced, even Jordan is difficult to have a bright play, to know that the feel is a little bit to find, if you continue to give the opportunity, they may hit the 4th shot, but also will shoot the 5th goal, the 6th goal in succession...
But in high-end games, no manager will trust you unconditionally, if you want to stay on the court when the feel is not good, you need to make some contributions on the defensive end, otherwise, just obediently go to the cold bench.
15 million annual salary, 5 million data, Bertans has become the Wizards most want to get rid of the baggage, but in terms of the current market value, the outside world is not much interest in Bertans, unless the Wizards are willing to take the draft, it is estimated that from then on, the outside world will be more cautious in the evaluation of shooters, it is worth mentioning that the year to pressure Bertans, became the league's first shooter Duncan Robinson, after getting a 5-year 90 million dollars to renew the contract, but also gradually moved closer to negative assets, in order to avoid a big dive in value, The Heat have already begun to try to send Dunro away.
Alas, it is really a small ball to win, and a small ball to lose.