The NBA has never lacked legends, in the era of small ball prevalence, 50+ scoring feasts are everywhere, for this magical stage, young geniuses have long been commonplace, but there are countless people who can't cash in on their talents or bury their future due to objective factors.
Today, take stock of the six biggest stars that you haven't met this season.
Sixth place: Parallel importance Canningan
Cunningham was selected by the Pistons with the 1st pick in the first round of 2021. As the chosen son, An Ning'an debuted with high hopes. At one time, it became the focus of piston training.
The freshman from Oklahoma State University made a splash at the draft, and thanks to his versatile skills, size and intelligence, Cunningham could improve on any team even as a rookie. This allowed the Rebuilding Pistons to pick the future team leader with a first-round pick.
However, when Cunningham arrived at the Pistons, he was tepid and even completely crushed by Grant's second-round pick, completely showing super scoring ability and physical talent.
Although Anning Ann had defended herself, believing that it was due to her own slow heat, but the season has come to an end, the leader is still not improving, and as the son of the chosen, James and Durant's rookie season is completely different.
This season, Cunningham averaged 15.7 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game, and even the scoring ability fell behind Sadie Bay, who was the 19th pick in the first round of 2020, and Cunningham also carried the title of parallel cargo champion, and the low-open-high-going champion is not uncommon in the league, but with such a poor performance, whether the Pistons can always have the patience to wait for the growth of this young player is debatable.
Fifth place: The tormented Yuanlang Zion
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 hundred years, Zion debuted with great pressure, the body of the inside line, the technical action of the defender, once made Zion the most bizarre show in the league, and even surpassed James in physical talent, becoming a unique existence.
Zion also played a jaw-dropping game presentation last season, cashed in on the talent, and in the first grade, he became the Pelicans' deserved star, becoming another debut after Durant and James.
Zion, who has only played in the league for two seasons, has become famous in the league, averaging 22.5 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game in the rookie season, while Zion exploded and cut 27 points, 7.2 rebounds and 3.7 assists last season, which is quite a big improvement, fully showing the talent of young genius.
However, bad luck is always sudden, injuries have once again become the biggest stumbling block hindering this genius, in the 2021-22 season, Zion did not play a game due to injury, not only is it reported that Zion's body has been deformed, after all, Zion's body is already large, coupled with injuries, so that he completely lost control, and Zion's condition is not controlled, it is expected to need a second surgery again.
Zion is also expected to become a talented teenager who has been devastated by injuries again after Oden, and during Zion's recovery, the same chosen son, Morant, has vacated and killed all sides, becoming the most ostentatious All-Star player of the class of 2019.
Such talent, but in the end can not withstand the devastation of injury, Zion can break free from the shackles of fate, return to the field, and return with talent, this will also be the only way out of Zion, otherwise such a talent will be destroyed by injuries again, people sigh and regret.
Fourth place: Fultz, a prodigy of the world
Fultz was selected by the 76ers with the 1st pick in the first round of 2017. As an NBA scoring guard who has not met in a hundred years, Fultz has been pinned on high hopes since his debut, and Maddy, as one of the four major points, is Fultz's mentor, which makes the young teenager's promotion road more open.
However, the plague of injury completely destroyed this young genius who played violently and scored beautifully, and as a champion, Fultz once became a 76ers water dispenser player, and his talent was completely consumed by the day-to-day waiting.
The 76ers traded it in 2019, and Fultz, who came to the Magic, still hasn't been able to get rid of injuries, continuing to spend a lot of talent in a long wait, over time.
This once genius teenager, has become a passerby, full of injuries and diseases, even if he returns again, I am afraid that he can only become an ordinary athlete, his peak period has not yet begun to end in a long period of injury waiting, the genius fell again, people sigh and regret.
Third place: Vulnerable genius Wiseman
Wiseman was selected by the Warriors with the second pick in the first round of the 2020 Draft. As an inside tower, the Warriors also had high hopes for Wiseman, making their debut as the first starter and creating the youngest starter in Warriors history.
Geniuses are always ruined by injuries, and the same applies to Wiseman, a talented interior player who has only played half a season with the Warriors, suffered a torn meniscus in his right knee, and was eventually surgically treated and reimbursed for the season.
In the new season, Wiseman has not played due to injury, and it is reported that Wiseman's injury situation is not optimistic, and the recovery has not achieved the expected effect. Before the trading deadline.
The Warriors also put Wiseman on the trade shelf, a talented teenager who was plagued by injuries after only half a season in the league. The doom of the genius interior being destroyed by injuries continues.
Second place: Tepid interior genius Ayton
Ayton was selected by the Suns with the 1st pick in the first round of 2018. As a top interior tower that has not been encountered in a hundred years after O'Neill, Ayton has also been pinned on high hopes after his debut.
Last season, Ayton broke into the Finals with the Suns, but as the son of the chosen one, Ayton showed far less talent and expectations on the inside.
Ayton averaged 15.8 points, 11.8 assists and 1.1 assists per game in the playoffs last season, and as a young interiorist, Ayton is gradually growing, and as a talented interior lineman with high hopes, Ayton's dominance on the inside is obviously not enough.
Last season's Finals, the reason why the Suns lost to the Bucks, Ayton lost dominance on the inside line with Alphabet Brother and Lopez, especially at key moments, Ayton's independent offensive ability is weak, there is no super aggressiveness, explosiveness and super physical talent have not met the expectations of the draft.
In the new season, Ayton is still tepid, double-double data performance, but in the face of the top inside line, Jokic, Alphabet Brother and Embiid, the league's hottest super interior line, Ayton showed in addition to the weak state, not only no desire, but also the complete disappearance of dominance, which will be a huge hidden danger for the Suns who aspire to compete for the championship.
At the end of the season, Ayton can get a maximum salary, but with the current output of firepower, the Suns have not moved to give Ayton a maximum salary so far.
Ayton is highly likely to leave the Suns, and for the overrated interior, if he can't play with talent, giving up his dream of winning the title for the sake of the top salary is not a change.
First place: Simmons, a genius teenager who has been destroyed by his personality
Simmons was selected by the 76ers with the 1st pick in the first round of 2017. Simmons' outstanding talent and super physical fitness made him have high hopes for his debut, and he was even praised as the successor of Magician Johnson.
But as a top star, the lack of shooting ability is also a hot topic that Simmons has been criticized. In the era of small ball prevalence, point guards have gradually turned to point guards, such as Curry, Morant, Irving, point guards from the super scorers.
Simmons had almost no shooting ability near the basket, and he only shot 30% from the free throw line, which greatly reduced his talent and put Simmons in the water.
In the semi-finals last season, Simmons's weaknesses were completely exposed, and embiid continued to publicly shell Simmons after the defeat, not only the relationship between the two broke up, Simmons was also placed on the trading shelf by the management, which once led to the relationship between the two sides almost reaching a freezing point.
In the new season, Simmons refused to play, which once caused another heated discussion in public opinion, and Simmons was also caught in the heat of public opinion, from no shooting ability to personality distortion, Simmons was pushed to the cusp of the storm.
Before the trade deadline, the Nets completed Simmons' deal with the 76ers, who also broke away from the 76ers and was relieved.
However, Simmons publicly said at the press conference that the refusal to play was due to psychological problems, which made Simmons resurgent and would be a huge blow to the Nets.
If Simmons can't play, the Nets have almost no hope of winning the championship this season, and the genius has fallen again, if Simmons has never been able to play, it is reasonable to be put on the shelves by the Nets again, in just a few years, the once genius teenager has been reduced to a prisoner because of his paranoid personality, which is lamentable.
As a genius teenager, Simmons not only has a fatal shortcoming in shooting, but also the distortion of his personality is also the biggest constraint restricting this talented teenager, as the successor of the magician, the competitive state presented by 25-year-old Simmons has long since drifted away, and the genius who is destroyed by laziness and personality may fall.