A piece of jade that had been buried for 4 years was finally discovered.
No one is born a supporting role, just suffering from not having a chance, such as Josh Hart.
Although when he was a student, Hart also played an excellent performance and achieved brilliant achievements, but when he appeared in the draft and began to compare with the top american masters, Hart's disadvantage was more obvious, he did not have the offensive ability of the NBA level, lacked absolute speed, could not break through the defense, even if he entered the basket, the weak body was difficult to complete the end, as for the shooting, there was no confidence, and the shooting speed was also very slow.
It seems that Hart is an ordinary supporting role that can no longer be ordinary, and in the case of good development, it may become a championship-level 3D puzzle, so since stepping on the NBA stage, Hart has been trained as a 3D, a 25-minute play, 6-7 shots, and more than 60% are outside the three-point line, but who knows, in his heart, in fact, has always had the dream of being a protagonist, but he is suffering from no chance, until he meets Willie Green.
Willie Green studied under Cole and then followed Monty to the Suns, worked as a player development coach, and also served as a chief assistant coach, perhaps less experienced, but in terms of tapping the potential of players, he is also a good hand, and not long after the Pelicans took office, he discovered the hidden potential in Hart.
This season, Hart was entrusted by Green, not only improving the use rate, the ball power, but also getting a certain tactical status, and the data was raised to an average of 13.4 points, 7.8 rebounds and 4.1 assists per game.
"He (Willie Green) gave me freedom, I've been a 3D player for the last few seasons, I've been in the bottom corner, but now, I can block, I can pass, and some of the tactics still go through me." —Josh Hart.
Green let the outside world see a different Hart, a new star who can create opportunities for teammates and even end the game, so even if he is later sent to the Blazers, Billups still follows the way Green uses him and continues to choose to trust Hart, who also lives up to expectations and delivers a report card close to the All-Star.
In the first game of joining the Blazers, he scored 23 points on 7-of-12 shooting;
Playing bucks, 10-of-16 shooting, had 27 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists;
Playing the Grizzlies, he shot 7-of-12 and had 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists.
It is worth mentioning that in these 3 games, the Blazers won all of them, after which Hart continued to be entrusted with heavy responsibilities:
Some time ago, he scored a career-high 44 points in 15 of 21 shooting against the Wizards, in addition, Hart also grabbed 8 rebounds, delivered 6 assists, plus 4 steals, becoming the only player in NBA history to score at least 40 points, 6 boards, 6 assists and 4 breaks with a 70% shooting rate.
Today's Hart, has taken off the coat of 3D players, he can dribble a few balls outside the three-point line, directly facing the defense to pull out the shot, but also with a fancy snake-like position, squeeze multiple people to defend, twist and finish 2 +1 under the basket, not only can score, Hart can also find teammates who are ambushed in the bottom corner between the marches, or secretly cut to the basket.
So far, Hart has played 12 games with the Blazers, averaged 32.2 minutes per game, can get 19.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 steals, shooting 47.6%, 35.9% three-point shooting rate, in the first career use, more than 20% (25.3%) of the time, Hart's performance has been impeccable, especially close to 60% of the true shooting rate, which is exactly the level of the top scorers, among the 43 players in the league who have used at least 25%. Hart's efficiency can be ranked 9th, which is a pretty good result.
Look at his singles efficiency, 1.14 points per game, more than 93.1% of the league's players, similar to DeRozan and Durant;
There is also the offensive efficiency of blocking and dismantling, which also has 0.95 points per round, more than 76.2% of the players in the league, similar to Lillard and LaVine;
In the past, people only thought that Hart was a natural 3D player, or that he was only suitable for such a role, but now it seems that Hart is very much expected to become another player, from 3D to the core of the ball.