Two days ago, when he learned that he would replace Durant in the All-Star, the three-goal sitting on the bench smiled and blossomed. The best player on an Eastern Conference playoff-level team, under the age of 21, deserves an All-Star position.
Three-goal became the fourth young All-Star in NBA history, with the top three young players being Kobe Bryant, James and Magic Johnson.
After learning the news, the three-goal delivered 33 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 steals against the Bulls; 31 points, 5 rebounds, 12 assists and 4 steals against the Pistons.
The game against the Pistons also made the three-goal third player to complete 30 points, 10 assists and four steals before the age of 21 since the steals stats were available, the top two being LeBron and Doncic.
This season, he averaged 19.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 7.5 assists and 1.6 steals on three courts, and 28% of the possessions per round. Three goals is now the core of a team with a lot of possession.
Nearly 40 percent of his offense is launched by blocking, and the Hornets' multi-striker characteristics make the three-goal blocking more biased towards the outside line. Plumlee is not a part of the squad at critical moments, and both Washington and Kobashi are more mobile.
Thanks to his 201cm size, the three-goal field view is great, and he can also pass the ball well when the opponent packs him, and the Hornets, who are full of forward shooters, can also grasp these opportunities from the three goals.
In fact, one of the points that has been questioned in the past three goals is whether he can become an NBA-level main attacker, especially in the way he is not good enough to run and jump and fight. After three goals prove that they have borne more offensive load, the efficiency does not collapse.
The three balls showed their improved ball-holding skills, and when faced with a change of defense, the three balls were able to use the speed to reach the inside line, while using their own body to fight. At the same time, he also greatly increased his three-point shooting frequency, which is a dribble after a three-pointer that cannot be ignored.
This version of the three-goal game is playing its best performance of the season, averaging 24 points, 6 rebounds, 6.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game in February, shooting 45.8% from the field and 47.7% from three-point range.
A tall dribbling, three-point, steal-steal guard is a valuable player in any era, let alone his 20s.
But the young man was naturally not stable enough, and in January after entering 2022, his shooting certainty dropped sharply, falling to 28.7% on three points and only 41.5% in the shooting.
And his performance under the basket throughout the season is very worrying, the basket shooting rate can not break through 55%, which may be his physical fitness for his innate limitations, this season his basket shots have dropped a lot.
But we're talking about a 20-year-old All-Star, the 4th youngest All-Star in history.
He grew up under the aura of his eldest brother (the second brother obviously did not have an aura), went to Lithuania and some European countries at the age of the most upturned to play a messy game, lacked systematic training, and then returned to the United States to play orthodox basketball for a while and went to Australia to play a season of professionalism.
He was fortunate that his talent had left him not abandoned at the age when he should have progressed. And Ball Daddy proves that JBL is a rotten fish compared to the American high school basketball system.
There are some things in him that he can't teach, which is why he was finally selected at Tanhua. And Wiseman, there must be something that can't be taught, otherwise why was he selected in the list?