The NBA has never had a shortage of talented superstars, especially in the era of small balls, where teenage talent stars abound, but few can ultimately cash in on their talents.
Today, take stock of the six stars of the active league's chosen son.
Sixth place: decent champion Ayton
Ayton was selected by the Suns with the first pick in the first round of 2018, and as another talented interior player in the league, Ayton also crushed everyone with absolute physical talent, becoming the 18th well-deserved champion show.
But since entering the NBA, Ayton's performance has not been eye-catching compared with the picks at the time of the draft and the data reported by scouts.
And Ayton's stats have dropped slightly compared to when he first entered the league, although Paul's arrival has reduced the number of shots made by Ayton, but as an interior lineman, Ayton's aggressiveness has not been fully revealed, especially the super physical talent has not been fully activated.
Ayton has a single scoring method, and the ability to attack autonomously, in the small-ball era, Ayton's sluggish three-point shooting rate has also made his deterrent power drop sharply, almost on the outside of the Ayton is uncanny, compared with Embiid, Jokic, these top interior all-rounders, Ayton's overall strength is slightly insufficient, or even far away.
As the son of the chosen, Ayton did not fully cash in on his talent, and since entering the league for 4 seasons, Ayton has not completely established himself on the inside, so that the Suns have always been reluctant to promise Ayton a top-salary contract.
Fifth place: Zion, a wizard who has not been met in a hundred years
Zion was selected by the Pelicans with the 1st pick in the first round of 2019, as a wizard who has not met in a century, Zion's debut has been pinned on high hopes, this extremely talented interior line, not only has the skills of a defender, but also a soft feel, but also makes him have an absolute deterrent in any position.
As a superstar player who debuted at the peak, Zion's talent even beat James, making him a wizard that the league has not met in a hundred years, zion debuted, he became the absolute leader of the Pelicans, Zion also lived up to expectations, and gradually played a jaw-dropping game presentation.
Heaven and earth talents, in the NBA stage is also constantly staged, from the 2007 champion show Auden, and then to the 2017 champion show Fultz, have also been talented, the same attention, but due to injury factors, can not cash in on the talent, before the bloom fell to the dust.
Coincidentally, Zion played an all-around performance of 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists in the 2020-21 season, and this is only the second season of the young genius, showing amazing physical talent.
But due to injury factors, Zion has not been able to return throughout the new season, and it is reported that due to long-term recuperation, Zion's huge body has lost control and his figure is completely out of shape, which also draws a huge question mark for the future path of this genius. The parable of the jealous genius is likely to continue again in Zion.
Fourth place: Simmons, a talented teenager with a flawed personality
Simmons was selected by the 76ers with the 1st pick in the first round of 2017, and as a big point guard, Simmons was sought after after his debut and was also known as the successor of Magician Johnson.
Simmons as a talented teenager, super physical talent, but also let Simmons have a height that other players can not reach, Simmons in the 76ers for many years, although not to reach the expected height, but with Embiid teamed up to promote the 76ers from a fish belly team to a super team, and then showed a strong aggressiveness on the defensive end.
But as a genius, Simmons's diligence has also been questioned many times, especially the extremely unstable shooting ability, which has always been unflattering. All geniuses require acquired effort, yet Simmons' efforts are clearly not proportional to talent.
Simmons will show the results of the training camp every time he enters the offseason, but after the return of the new season, Simmons' questionable shooting is still unspired, which shows that Simmons's diligence is slightly watery.
After the playoffs last season, Simmons not only did not sweat to make up for the weakness of the free throw, but entertained himself in France with his new girlfriend, Simmons had no upper character, ruining his future.
And as a genius, Simmons has an extremely cowardly side in his personality, especially at key moments, Simmons has no leadership and cannot stand up and lead the team to win, which is the real reason why Embiid openly shelled Simmons.
As a genius, Simmons has a talent, but he is delayed by his cowardly character and lazy state, and a generation of geniuses may fall.
Third place: James, the little emperor of the wind and candles
James was selected by the Cavaliers with the 1st pick in the first round in 2003, and as a high school student, James was pinned high hopes on his debut, and in his rookie season, James showed superhuman talent and became the cavaliers' super leader. James's career has always been on the way to breaking records or breaking records, and as the first person in the league, James's strength is obvious to all.
James has countless milestones in his career and an unattainable history, as the active total scorer, James can still cut 29.1 points at the age of 37, becoming the first person in the league to deserve it, playing such a peak state at such an age, even the god of basketball Jordan has not been able to do it.
James's physical talent is definitely a historical level of existence, compared with Jordan, Durant and other super scorers, James's technology is more comprehensive, and James's driving ability is also very strong, whether in the Cavaliers, Heat or Lakers, James is an absolute team leader, 4 championship trophies and 4 FMVP trophies, enough to witness James's dominance.
In the 2021-22 season, the Lakers formed a big three team after a season of dormancy, but the arrival of Wei Shao not only failed to regroup the Lakers, but died, and the Lakers were completely mired in the quagmire, although James averaged 29.1 points, 7.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game this season, but James's dominance declined seriously.
In addition to the perfect personal data, James has been unable to lead the team to win, that in the 2017-18 season, the playoffs played two consecutive sevens, played for 48 minutes, the all-around Jan who led the team to win has passed away, although James is still omnipotent, but his energy is constantly declining, relying on his own strength has been unable to achieve a headwind reversal, James is really old, even if this is cruel, but this is the truth.
Second place: Durant, the god of death, who went all out
Durant was selected by the supersonics with the second pick in the first round of 2007, as a representative of the debut is the peak, Durant's super physical talent, let him look at the offensive end, as a super scorer, Durant is tall and long-armed, and a very stable mid-range jumper, once became a nightmare for defenders, as the most talented super scorer, Durant in the active scoring ability is almost like the ceiling.
In the 2018-19 season, Durant forced an injury to play in Game 5 of the Finals, continuing to retain suspense for the Warriors to win the championship.
But in the second quarter, Durant suddenly fell, and was later diagnosed with a ruptured Achilles tendon, which also made the Warriors lose their grand ambition of 3 consecutive championships, and Durant also left the Warriors for New York, after a long period of recuperation.
Durant was revived in blood again, from playing MVP level after his comeback, to playing 48 minutes in the playoffs, slashing 49 points, and the Grim Reaper returned, in addition to being amazed and shocked, the Grim Reaper left everyone with nothing but disbelief.
In the new season, Durant once again opened fire, once relying on his super scoring ability, in the absence of Irving, led the Nets to the top of the East, Durant also played the MVP level again.
And after many years of winning the best of the month again, Durant's super scoring ability is shocking, despite a serious injury, despite being 33 years old, but the god of death is still unsolved, when he wants to shoot, it is still a nightmare for all defenders.
1st Place: Born Divine Force Morant
Morant entered the league with the second pick in the first round of 2019, as the son of the chosen Morant has super physical talent, especially the waist and abdomen strength is amazing, the reputation of the world's first waist is not a waste.
In his second season in the league, Morant led the Grizzlies to a succession of play-offs against the Spurs and the Warriors with Curry.
And after many years, leading the Grizzlies back to the playoffs stage, although he eventually lost to the Jazz and failed to stage the Black Eight Miracle, Morant's performance has been amazing, and Morant has become famous.
In the new season, Morant continued to work hard, continued to move forward steadily, and led the Grizzlies to an 11-game winning streak and occupied the third place in the West, and the Grizzlies were promoted from a marginal team to a top team, and Morante was indispensable as the absolute leader of the Grizzlies.
Morant averaged 26.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 6.8 assists per game this season, all-around stats, six consecutive 30+ records to let Morant continue to refresh the Grizzlies record, morant and in his third year of rookie entered the All-Star starting lineup, the young man with great superstar potential is moving forward at an astonishing pace.