Speaking of Jordan Jr., who was also a member of the Nets' Big Three version 1.0, in the 2019 offseason, after the Warriors did not win a triple championship, and they also suffered an injury with a ruptured Achilles tendon, Durant chose to come to the Nets to form a team that really belonged to him, he successively recruited Irving and Jordan Jr., although Jordan Jr. at that time was no longer the center of the double-one team, but the data of averaging 11 points and 13.1 boards and 1.1 caps per game did not look bad, and the combination of guard + forward + center was more reasonable.
The gap between ideals and reality
However, in the first year of the Nets, Durant is in a state of season reimbursement, the team wants to continue to cultivate the young inside Allen, Jordan Jr. played in 56 games, only 6 starts, averaging 8.3 points and 10 boards in 22 minutes per game, Jordan Jr. came to the Nets not to play as a substitute for Allen, in the 20-21 season, Durant returned to the court, Nash also began to let Jordan Jr. as the starter, had to doubt, sent Allen in exchange for Harden, there are also Durant to protect Jordan Jr. Factor.
Jordan Jr. did not usher in an improvement in performance after getting status, Averaging 21.9 minutes per game only 7.5 points 7.5 board, the data is not the focus, the most critical is Jordan Jr.'s on-court attitude problem, the peak of his defensive end makes the team a no-fly zone, the offensive end of the blocking and empty connection is also a good play, but in the Nets' second season these are gone, the defensive end he moves slowly, when the opponent blocks and dismantles the basket, even the hand is too lazy to stretch out, the offensive end is often butter hands, the cake sent to the mouth will spit out, at that time he still has 2 years and 20 million, and finally the Nets chose to take the draft pick to send him away.
Jordan Jr. was sent to the Pistons directly reached a buyout, chose to join the reorganization of the big three Of the Lakers continue to compete for the title, the so-called "people move the tree to move to death", the Lakers and Little Jordan hope that this is a new journey, the Lakers did give him the opportunity to prove themselves, but Little Jordan started 19 games, Averaging 4.7 points and 6.4 boards in 15.1 minutes per game, he did not change much in attitude and the Nets period, and over time the Lakers also lost patience with him and completely fell out of the rotation lineup, plus the Lakers are also turbulent inside this season, not to mention winning the championship, it is difficult to enter the playoffs, and Jordan Jr. can only break up peacefully with the Lakers.
Jordan Jr. did not hesitate to choose the 76ers after passing through the clarification period, due to the departure of Zhuang Shen, here he can get a certain amount of playing time, and there is a better chance to win the championship, of course, head coach Rivers is the most critical point, once in the Clippers, It was Rivers who single-handedly created the city of air connections, and Jordan Jr. is the only internal barrier of the team, after coming to the 76ers, Jordan Jr.'s average of 4.5 points and 5.7 boards per game is not much different from the Lakers, but the attitude on the court has changed a lot, although it is difficult to get back to the top, but it is enough to replace Embiid for 10-15 minutes.
Before Jordan Jr. represented the 76ers, Rivers began his own chicken soup, he said that "we need Jordan Jr., hope he can reproduce the highlight of the city of air connection", after losing to the Nuggets, Rivers said "Jordan Jr. played a little struggling, but the overall performance is good", under the constant encouragement, Jordan Jr. defended more actively on the court, and even appeared to save the three-point line defense, the end of the offense was more secure, and also completed a delicate pass to assist Harden to complete a relaxed layup when Harden cooperated After 6 games, he shot 9 of 10 from the free throw line, shooting 90% from the field, which is enough to prove his dedication to the game.
Although Rivers is always criticized for being reversed, he has done a very good job in other aspects, to have tactics and tactics, to chicken soup and chicken soup, hoping to lead Harden and Embiid to the top of the championship this season, Rivers' coaching career will become more brilliant.