The back wave of the Yangtze River pushes the front wave, and this famous saying is also applicable in the NBA. In the era of the prevalence of small balls, it has accelerated the growth of young players, created a blue sea and blue sky for them, and given young people a stage to display their talents and ambitions.
Today, take stock of the six young talents who have emerged this season.
Sixth place: Ignorant teenager Maxie
Maxie was selected by the 76ers with the 21st pick in the 2020 first round. As a low-pick draft pick, Maxie grew at an astonishing rate. In just 2 years, the young man has completed his transformation by Embiid's side.
Last season's playoff experience has provided this young rookie with a valuable experience of rapid growth.
Last season, as a first-year freshman, Maxie followed the 76ers all the way to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and Maxie averaged 6.3 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game in the playoffs, becoming an important firepower output on the 76 bench. At one point, the 76ers also watched the rising star.
In the new season, Simmons refused to play, giving the young rookie a huge opportunity, and Maxie was promoted from a substitute to a starter, and the effect was amazing, once becoming embiid's best helper.
This season, Macheey has averaged 16.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, doubling his average of points per game, and the rise of the youngster has also allowed the 76ers to remain in third place in the East without Simmons.
As a rising star, Maxie has shown amazing physical talent and super scoring ability, and in time, this unknown young man will surely make waves and become the tide of the times.
Fifth place: North Carolina Shot Johnson
Johnson was selected by the Suns with the 11th pick in the first round of 2019. As a low-pick draft with mediocre talent, Johnson's counterattack path is also full of legends.
Johnson had the same upbringing as Davis, before his sophomore year of high school Johnson was a point guard, but in his sophomore year of high school, his height soared more than 2 meters, which eventually led Johnson to switch to playing small forwards, and this alternative experience also laid down good ball handling skills for him.
In the new season, Johnson, a 3rd year freshman, as a Suns bench player, gradually showed super scoring explosiveness, stood out on the bench, and became the most stable fire output point when the Sun rotated.
This season, Johnson averaged 11.9 points, 4.2 rebounds and 1.4 assists per game, and a stable scoring performance not only made Johnson the highest scoring player on the bench, stable scoring explosiveness, but also provided firepower for the Suns.
As a new force, Johnson assumed an important tactical position in the Suns' super team, and also became the Suns without 18 consecutive wins, laying the top spot in the West to provide an important core force.
The North Carolina scorer was not only able to support the Suns from outside the three-point line, but also the breakthrough deterrent of the inner line and the skilled dribbling skills made the young North Carolina teenager an important puzzle piece for the team to win the championship.
Fourth place: Plug and play Poole
Poole was selected by the Warriors with the 28th pick in the 2019 first round. As another low-ranking counterattack star after Green, it shows the Warriors' discernment.
Poole's 3 seasons in the Warriors, the data is also increasing year by year, as a young player on the bench, the growth rate is amazing. In particular, the talent above the score gradually showed its prominence.
In the new season, the Warriors returned to the top teams in the West, and as an important scoring point for the team, Poole also played a crucial factor in the team's record.
Poole has averaged 16.6 points, 3.1 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game this season, and as a substitute, Poole has provided the Warriors with a huge firepower output on the bench.
As a rookie of the class of 2019, Poole has gradually grown and become one of the players who have improved the most this season. It's also the Warriors' biggest surprise of the season.
After Clay's return, Poole was once again reduced from starting to a substitute, but no matter where he was, Poole was able to help the team through his personal super scoring ability. Poole has grown into a quasi-All-Star, and Poole will play a key role in the Warriors' playoff journey. It has become an indispensable new generation of power on the Warriors bench.
Third place: Key Mr. Hiro on the bench
Hiro was selected by the Heat with the 13th pick in the 2019 first round. As a low-pick draft, Hiro's counterattack path is also jaw-dropping. His upbringing is enviable.
After entering the league in 2019, Hiro became the biggest dark horse of the season with the Heat, all the way to the stage of the finals, and Hiro also became the first young player to enter the finals stage in the class of 2019, such an honor Morant and Zion did not have.
In the Heat dark horse season, Hiro, as a rookie, once played the peak of the competitive state, becoming the most important firepower output on the team bench, as a first-year freshman, Hiro averaged 16 points, 5.1 rebounds and 3.1 assists in the playoffs in the 2019-20 season, laying a solid foundation for the Heat to enter the Finals.
In the last season, Hiro was lost, and the team lost the strength of the dark horse season after successive missing Harden, Lowry and Aldridge. Successfully avenged by the Bucks in the first round of the playoffs, he was swept out by the Milwaukee. Hiro's slump was also an important factor in the Heat's inclusion sweep.
In the new season, the Heat risked violating the law to trade to Raptors championship guard Lowry, as well as tough guy Tucker, so that the Heat's strength was enhanced, with the ability to impact the championship. However, Butler is plagued by injuries and has become the biggest hidden danger of the team's promotion to a super team.
Hiro once again stepped up from the bench, led the Heat all the way through the thorns, after half a season of fighting, won the first place in the East, in addition to Butler and Lowry, Adebayo and other people's play, Hiro once again became the key to the bench on the bench.
This season, Hiro averaged 20.1 points, 4.8 rebounds and 3.9 assists per game, becoming the Heat's most important second scoring point after Butler, and the absolute leader who led the Heat forward in Butler's absence.
Hiro's continued firepower output on the bench is also a key factor in the Heat's return to the East, and as a low-pick draft, Hiro has gradually evolved into an All-Star star and the most trusted super scorer around Butler.
As a counter-attacking player on the bench, Hiro is expected to become an all-Star player on the bench to match the Argentine demon Ginobili, and Hiro's performance is so that the best sixth man of the season is firmly in the pocket.
As the key to the Heat's win, Hiro's competitive state will affect the Heat's record to a certain extent, and Hiro has also become the heat's most important player after Butler.
It is also the most important firepower output on the Heat bench, and his play will determine the fate of the Heat to a certain extent, and this spark of stars can be ignited and become the most important substitute All-Star player on the road to the Heat to win the championship. Hiro became an All-Star player who could rival spur Spurs star Ginobili and was the Heat's most important bench player.
Second place: New scoring champion Garland
Garland was selected by the Cavaliers with the 5th pick in the first round of 2019. As a 3rd grader, Garland demonstrated strong scoring ability and leadership.
In the new season, the Cavaliers once became the biggest dark horse in the East, promoted from the Fish Belly Team to the Super Team, and as the leader of this young team.
Garland showed a super ability to lead the team, especially in the case of the Cavaliers injured 3 defenders in a row, Garland stepped forward, organized, scored and picked, allowing the team to survive the most difficult period.
This season, Garland averaged 20.3 points, 3.3 rebounds and 8 assists per game, an all-around statistic performance. Points and assists are also the top spots in the team.
As the leader of this young team, Garland has shown maturity and stability beyond age, and has also been promoted from an unknown rookie to the absolute leader of this dark horse team, behind the gorgeous turn, is Garland's day and night efforts and hard work, the future of this young man is immeasurable.
1st Place: Morant of despair
Morant was selected by the Grizzlies with the second pick in the 2019 first round. As the hottest young talent in the league today, Morant's upbringing has not been smooth.
This incredible young man, who was mediocre in high school, was not favored, but after his father's tutelage, Morant embarked on a great path.
Last season, 2nd grade rookie Morant became the absolute leader of the Grizzlies. On the play-off stage, he defeated the veteran spurs and the Warriors of the league's scoring champion Curry, leading the Grizzlies back to the playoffs after many years.
In the first round of the game against the Jazz, although the final gap was obvious, the Grizzlies failed to stage the miracle of the black eight, but the young Morant became famous, averaging 30.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 8.2 assists in the series against the Jazz, and the all-round data performance reflected the young man's courageous fighting spirit in the big game and his super scoring ability, and Morant has gradually emerged.
In the new season, Morant has evolved again, not only in the scoring end is still so clever, in terms of leading the team, Morant is also a teenager, promoting the Grizzlies from a fish-belly team to a super team, and even once won the longest 11 consecutive wins in the history of the Grizzlies, making this young team famous in one fell swoop, becoming the hottest team, and even becoming a big favorite team to win the championship.
As the world's first waist, Morant's talent on the offensive end is jaw-dropping, especially the insoluble breakthrough and the ability to stay in the air for a long time, which is breathtaking.
Six consecutive 30+ scoring feasts also showed the young man's talent on the offensive end and his rare talent.
This season, Morant has entered the Cleveland All-Star starting lineup, and even once compared with Durant and James, the same chosen son, the same second pick was selected, the same is suppressed by the genius inside line that has not been encountered in a hundred years, Morant has a very similar experience with Durant, the god of death, in time, this shocking young man may be in the league.