With the deepening of the new season in the NBA, there are now less than 20 games left in the regular season of each team, and many strong teams have begun to fight for the home advantage and team rankings of the playoffs, the recent 76ers have rushed very fiercely, while the Bulls and Warriors are cliff-like declines, and at this time, who is the strong team and who is the weak team is obvious. The rookies selected by the reconstructed teams have also begun to cash in their talents, they have gradually adapted to the rhythm of the league, and the original sprayed champions and rankings have also begun to play a good performance.
Today we will talk about the recent outstanding rookies and give them a ranking, here only say that the top ten of the draft, generally speaking, talent determines everything, even if this year's No. 13 show Duarte, No. 16 show Shin Kyoto is very good, but they are not the cornerstone type of players in the team now, the future growth to what extent is not easy to say, but this season's draft top ten have been the team's key training, let's take a look at it.
Tenth Zaire Williams
Zaire Williams was the tenth pick of the year, his ranking was also in the tenth place in the top ten picks, Zaire Williams was very athletic, he was the first small forward of the same year in high school, the template was Reddish and Ingram, with full technical and aerial ability, but after entering the league, the lad's three points have not been developed, plus the Grizzlies have too much talent and he has not got too many opportunities.
So far this season, Zaire has averaged 7.3 points, 1.9 rebounds, 0.9 assists and 0.5 steals in 21.7 minutes per game, shooting 44.3% from the field and 29.2% from three-point range, and he has not yet cashed in on his talent, and even said that he has not yet adapted to the league, and there are often low-level mistakes and fouls, but the talent is still great, and he has the potential to become a top 3D in the future, but I don't know if the Grizzlies will give him these opportunities to make mistakes.
Ninth David Mitchell
Mitchell is also the ninth pick of the year, compared to Zaire, Mitchell got more opportunities in the Kings, but he does not have so much ball power to make mistakes, the boss of this team has always been Fox, Fox played enough to play him, fortunately in the opportunities that can be seized, he performed well, averaging 10 points, 2.2 rebounds, 3.3 assists 0.7 steals in 25.6 minutes this season, shooting 40% from the field and 30.7% from three-point range.
Mitchell is the representative player of the older draft, the stout guard, the young man showed good defensive ability in college, and his defensive attitude after entering the league was also very good, but his projection ability in college was average, and now it has not been developed, and his template is Holliday. The lad needs more opportunities to prove himself and his passing is great, but to get a chance, he first needs to develop a consistent scoring ability.
Eighth Cuminga
Cuminga is the seventh pick of the year, but the overall strength can only rank eighth, the Warriors' darling, and the future, Cuminga's ceiling may be very high, after all, his athleticism is too good, but in the Warriors he did not get too many opportunities to prove himself, after all, the team can play too much, for now he is the most potential No. 3 player of this year, this season so far averaged 15 minutes per game to get 8.6 points and 3 rebounds, shooting 51.4%, three-point shooting rate of 33.6%.
Cuminga can play such a performance also thanks to Curry and other stars can open up space for him to attract defense, it happens that Cuminga's template is his teammate Wiggins, but also a talent monster with excellent athleticism, but the low pick of Cuminga's draft is because in addition to athletic ability, he is not as good as Wiggins in terms of technology, but talent is good after all, and in the future, Cuminga will grow to star level.
Seventh Jaylen Sagas
Jaylen Sagas is the fifth pick of the year, and the only player in the top five who has not yet cashed in his talent, Sagas was considered the best player of the year to hold the ball in the draft, and the defensive ability is also very outstanding, but so far this season, in addition to showing active defense and excellent passing skills, Sagas is very general, especially scoring ability, this season averaged 12.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1.3 steals per game, shooting 36.6%, shooting 36.6%, The three-point shooting rate is 22.6%.
As he gradually adapted to his teammates, Sagas averaged 7 assists per game in the last three games, but averaged only 14 points per game, and neither breakthrough nor outside killing was unstable at all. Sagas's original draft template was Kidd, a strong and defensively capable organizational defender, Sagas met these conditions, but his ball dealer is honestly not as high as Kidd, and it is difficult to say what height he can reach in the future.
Sixth Wagner Jr
The original picks in the first round of the eighth pick, this year's best pitcher or 3D player, Wagner's adaptability to the league is better than most rookies, and his offensive arsenal is also very rich, the Magic feels more profitable than taking Sagas, so far this season Wagner has averaged 15.6 points, 4.7 rebounds, 3 assists and 0.9 steals per game, shooting 47% from the field, 37.2% from three-point range, very good, this season he has cut 20+ performances in many games, and has had a single 38-point performance.
As far as the Magic is concerned, Wagner is a more worthy of cultivation, Wagner Jr.'s original draft template was Kuzma, feeling that he is better than Kuzma in terms of offensive certainty, the future Wagner has the opportunity to grow to the All-Star level, and now the Magic is playing again, they deliberately lose to win the top three picks, hoping that next season the Magic will not reduce Wagner's ball after winning the high picks.
Fifth Cunningham
Canningan has unlimited firing rights and absolute tactical status after joining the Pistons, and even for this reason the Pistons want to send Grant to clear the way for him, there is a saying that this title does have great potential, but his current ability is no better than the previous four, after the All-Star Canningan's state is getting better and better, although he is athletic, but the rhythm is good, the passing vision is also great, the past few games can average 21 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists.
But Cunningham's offensive efficiency is really average, and although he scored 28 points in today's game against the Hawks, he shot 15 iron from 25 shots, and the three points were completely based on luck. So far this season, Cunningham has averaged 16.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game, and it is good to have the ball, even if you are iron, shooting 40% from the field and shooting 32% from three points, his template is Doncic, I hope he can reach such a height in the future, even if the efficiency is still very average, but it is undeniable that he has adapted to the league and wants to show his fists.
Fourth Jaylen Green
Jaylen Green also seems to have opened up the second vein of Ren Dou after the All-Star, this template Jordan and Kobe Bryant players, in the early stage of the rookie season, were not less sprayed, after all, it was too much worse than everyone expected him, but after adapting to the league, Jaylen Green performed much better, in the past 5 games he averaged 21.8 points, 4 rebounds, 3.8 assists 0.6 steals 0.6 blocks, shooting 51%, three-point shooting rate of 34% is very good.
But Jaylen Green is still too thin, as long as the opponent on the gate defense, Jaylen Green can not stand, against the Heat game, Jaylen Green as if into no man's land, the result after changing butler defense, let Jaylen Green know what is the top gate, Jaylen Green needs to improve the ability to fight, the future he is definitely worth looking forward to, perhaps the template Jordan and Kobe Bryant's talent is completely able to cash in, but now he does not know how to lead the team to win, can only rank fourth.
Third Josh gidi
This year's No. 6 show, but don't forget that he is the player selected by the Thunder, Presti's draft has never disappointed everyone, it can be said that Josh Gidi is the most comprehensive of this rookie, and also the most potential to become the player with the ball, compared to Cunningham and Sargus, Gidy's ball quotient is higher, and he is also very good in offensive selection, not at all like a rookie.
His template is also Doncic, but the offensive weakened version, so far this season he can average 12.5 points, 7.8 rebounds, 6.4 assists 0.9 steals per game, shooting 42%, three-point shooting rate of 26%, assist rate of up to 32.5%, some time ago Gidy has won three consecutive triple-doubles, so far he also monopolized the history of the youngest Mr. triple-doubles in the top four, old Zhan is also full of praise for him, technology can be developed, but the ball dealer is difficult, so this is why Gidy is more optimistic.
Second Barnes
This year's No. 4 show, Ujerry's vision in the draft is not better than the general, but he is not bad, after all, many low-ranking players are playing out of the Raptors, this year they selected the No. 4 position is also very good, this season so far can average 14.9 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.3 assists 1.1 steals 0.8 blocks, shooting 48.7%, three-point shooting rate of 30.6%, the original Barnes's prediction order is not so high, but the Raptors discernment pearl selected him.
Other players in the top five picks may be watery, but Barnes may not be likely to fall, his template is Dream Green, a plug-and-play super blue collar, and Barnes's organizational ability is also very good, his big heart is also dream chasing, the lad may be the lowest in the top four picks in terms of the upper limit, but for any team, he is very popular, he has now adapted to the league, the future will be better and better.
First Mobley
This year's scout show, Mobley may be the best interior draft in recent years, I say this because he has excellent talent but is willing to sacrifice data for the team to play tactics and cooperation, this season the Cavaliers can play the top defense, the rookie's sweeping defense is crucial, and when Jarret Allen is injured, he will stand up and score for the team, Allen's missing game, he played in three games: 20 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 blocks, 15 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 22 points and 7 rebounds, And the shooting efficiency is also extremely high.
Mobley's draft templates are Thick Brow and Garnett, who can obey the tactical arrangement and look more like Garnett more healthily, and the strategy is also great. If given tactical status, he averaged 18+10 per game is not a problem at all, no wonder many managers envy Bill Stave for coaching Mobley, who may be the next Emperor of Cleveland after James.
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