The 2021-22 season will also come to an end, and the media The Ringer is the best player of the season at the end of the season, continuing the previous article "2021-22 NBA Star Final Ranking: 16-25th!" This article continues to introduce the 6th-15th place!
15. Trey Young
Team: Eagles
Position: Defender
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 17
This season's performance: 59 games, 27.8 points, 3.8 rebounds, 9.4 assists, effective shooting rate of 52.5%, net plus-minus +1.3
Pick-and-rol is the NBA's showman, and Trae Young is the best in blocking. He has covered 300 more times this season than any other ball carrier, and the Hawks have averaged 1.04 points each time in these rounds – the fourth-best player in the league to play more than 1,000 blocks!
Clint Capela and Bogdan Bogdanovic's poor performance this season affected the Hawks' record, but Trae Young was not disturbed, and his three-point accuracy this season reached a career high of 38%, even if the league changed the way he blew the sentence, cutting his foul-making ability by more than half, his offensive performance was still unprecedentedly efficient, according to offensive plus-minus estimates, Trae Young's offensive performance this season was only slightly inferior to the following three: Nicola Jokic, Joel Embiid and Giannis Bergeron. Antetokounmpo, all are MVP contenders of the year!
14. Donovan Mitchell
Team: Jazz
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 18
This season's performance: 52 games, 25.7 points, 4.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists, effective shooting rate of 53.6%, net plus/minus +7.9
If there is anyone in the league who is more certain than Trae Young in the block? That must be Donovan Mitchell, who averaged 1.07 points per blocking round, and the Jazz became the league's top scoring machine, thanks definitely to Donovan Mitchell's scoring engine, who went even further this season, setting a new career high in terms of true shooting percentage and assist rate.
Although Donovan Mitchell's outside standards have declined this season, he has compensated for it with baskets and mid-range, but he still ranks third in the league in terms of three-point goals per game, with only Curry and Fred VanVleet ahead of him.
13. Devon Booker
Team: Suns
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 15
This season's performance: 54 appearances, 25.6 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.6 assists, effective shooting rate of 51.1%, net plus-minus +8.4
As the main player of the league's first strongest team, it seems a bit disrespectful to put Devin Booker in 13th place. The Suns won an exaggerated 21-2 from January until Chris Paul collapsed with an injury, with Devin Booker playing a key role and the main reason why the Suns did not fall after CP3 entered the field to repair.
12. Jason Tatum
Team: Celtic
Position: Front
Beginning of season ranking (ESPN): 14
Season performance: 62 appearances, 26.5 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists, 0.7 blocks, 50.6% effective shooting, +9.7 net plus-minus
With top-notch shooting ability coupled with solid all-around defense, coupled with more and more teammates to integrate, Jason Tatum has shrunk all doubts about his skills, relying on his league's top skill pack, truly becoming the "big green machine" that the Green Shirts rely on the most.
When it comes to the Greenshirts' big comeback, Jason Tatum is definitely the soul of it, entering the fifth season of his career, as a three-time All-Star, he trusts his teammates more and attacks more intuitively, and Jason Tatum's performance in the past few months proves that even as an elite star in the league, there are still endless possibilities to break through the ceiling.
11. Jimmy Butler
Team: Heat
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 16
Season performance: 46 games, 21.4 points, 6.2 rebounds, 5.7 assists, 0.5 blocks, effective shooting rate of 48.3%, net plus/minus +6.7
Leaving aside the recent controversy with the manager, Jimmy Butler was actually quite happy playing in Miami: he knew exactly who he was and what the team needed him to offer, he gave a supply of losses in the half,giving firepower but never barely making a shot, and providing quality defense across positions. Although he can't play the entire season of 82 games, as long as he stays healthy, he is the best player in the first team in the East.
The only concern is Jimmy Butler's performance in the playoffs: his performance in Bubble Park in 2020 is epic; yet in 2021 he lies flat in front of the Bucks and is swept by Giannis Antetokounmpo; this year's Heat have far surpassed the strength of the past two years in the regular season; but how far the season can go depends on Jimmy Butler's performance in the playoffs.
10. Chris Paul
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 13
Season performance: 58 appearances, 14.9 points, 4.5 rebounds, 10.7 assists, effective shooting rate of 53.2%, net plus/minus +10.5
A gentleman's revenge should be taken sooner rather than later, especially when you are still capable. After the first championship game of his career, Chris Paul was determined to double down the following year and lead the Suns to an unstoppable hot performance, before he was because of the fracture of his right thumb, the Suns were expected to end the season with 68 wins, CP3 showed the "god of possession", greatly reduced his use rate, handed the ball to Devon Booker, DeAndre Ayton, and even Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson, and as a result, Chris Paul showed the power of the "god of possession", greatly reducing his use rate, handing the ball to Devon Booker, DeAndre Ayton, and even Mikal Bridges and Cameron Johnson. Paul leads the assists list for the fifth time in his career, for the first time in seven years.
There may have been a decline on the outside, but Chris Paul's influence on the Suns' offensive performance is unquestionable. He's contributed 36 points per 100 possessions with assists, a feat no one else has in nearly 10 years (10 years ago was Nash's last season at the Suns), CP3 is more focused on key moments this season, and he is incredibly stable in the final 5 minutes of the game, within 5 points of the difference between points ( 22 of 39 , shooting 56.4 percent ) ; even in the final 3 minutes of the game, within 3 points of the difference, the shooting rate soared to 8 of 11 (12 free throws). We haven't even talked about his weak side breaking skills at No. 2 in steals and his defensive interference in the league's top 20!
This season we're amazed at the dominance of LeBron James at 37, but don't forget Chris Paul, the top point guard in the Hall of Fame who is also about to turn 37 and is also one of the 10 best basketball players in the world.
9. Demar DeRozan
Team: Bulls
Beginning of season ranking (ESPN): 45
This season's performance: 61 appearances, 28.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.1 assists, effective shooting rate of 52.6%, net plus-minus +3.5
DeMar DeRozan is arguably the worst defensive of the top 10 stars, and the second-to-last in assists, and DDR can almost be said to rely on impressive scoring performance, and more importantly, amazing scoring efficiency (59% of the true shooting rate), and a completely outdated offensive mode, breaking through the NBA.
Statistically, Demar DeRozan's mid-range achievements are even more impressive than the rest of the league: for example, Demar DeRozan has hit 332 mid-range hits this season, and second-placed Devin Booker has only scored 185! DDR made 101 fouls on mid-range shots, and second-place Luka Doncic plummeted to 56 on the same stats.
The reason for the more points is that these points are all won at the most important point in time: Remember two consecutive days of three-point shooting? DeMar DeRozan's chances of winning at key moments are almost twice as high as the rest of the league, and his inclusion in the league's top ten stars is not only well deserved, but should also be included in the annual MVP discussion.
8. Jay Morant
Team: Grizzlies
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 31
Performance of the season: 53 appearances, 27.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 6.7 assists, effective shooting rate of 53.4%, net plus or minus +4.2
With 3 games, 105 points and 24 assists, In the first week of the season, Ja Morant has already declared that he will soar with action, and every week that follows, he reminds us again and again. Averaging 27.5 points per game this season, 8.4 more than last season, with 6.7 assists and 5.8 rebounds, he has become the 25th statistic monster in history to score 27-5-5 in a single season: players on the roster are either hall of fame stars or superstars with one foot in.
Any move after Jia Morant dribbled the ball was aggressive, 6 feet 3, 174 pounds tall, he actually led the NBA in paint scoring, the strong desire to attack the basketball frame coupled with the field of vision and passing skills, so that the Xiong Army's offense spread like wildfire, averaging 5th in the league in points per game, which was very different from the glory of "Grit and Grind" in the past!
This data can only render a portion of the content. Ja Morant's style of play is something you must appreciate with your eyes, and may even be the most explosive and dynamic aesthetic of the super future star since Derrick Rose, as long as he stays healthy, he will not only lead the Grizzlies back to the forest of great powers, but will also become one of the most admired superstars of this generation.
7. Luka Doncic
Team: Mavericks
Beginning of Season Ranking (ESPN): 4
Season performance: 49 games, 28.0 points, 9.3 rebounds, 8.8 assists, effective shooting rate of 51.5%, net plus/minus +3.4
If you can pick any NBA player under the age of 25 as the cornerstone of the team, Luka Doncic may be the hottest and most undoubted answer. We've seen what he does in the playoffs, and even in all the negative situations, he can still scare the high-ranking seed (Clippers) into a cold sweat. Luka Doncic's achievements in the data have also become the most powerful candidate to challenge the record barrier. In the three-point line era, only eight players can accumulate 6,000 points, 1,500 assists and 2,000 rebounds before the age of 25, and Luka Doncic has taken far less time to achieve than the others.
In a recent Mavericks game against the Lakers, Luka Doncic even deliberately "named" LeBron James at the end of the game, and on several occasions he could have "hunted" Malik Munch, who was much smaller, or Cameron Anthony, who was less defensively capable; but as the next candidate for the league's first man, he showed the domineering spirit of the king.
Luka Doncic's dominance of the game is based on his role as a triple-threat scorer: although he didn't start the season well, after February 2, he averaged 34.5 points, 8.4 assists and 10.4 rebounds, and his shooting percentage from the outside was even more stable to nearly 40%, and his half-court offensive system can really be said to be playing with opponents, he is smart enough, he is good enough, he is ruthless enough, and the only question is: will he squeeze into the top three of the list next year?
6. LeBron James
Team: Lakers
Beginning of season ranking (ESPN): 3
Season performance: 46 appearances, 29.4 points, 8.1 rebounds, 6.2 assists, 1.0 blocks, effective shooting rate of 58.7%, net plus/minus -1.6
LeBron James may be the only highlight of the Lakers this season, and you can blame Westbrook, the Lakers bench, or Anthony Davis' dean for not being strong; however, I think the biggest blame is the impact of James's presence on the team; but let's ignore these off-court incidents here, LBJ's on-court contribution is still the top level in the NBA.
In recent years, even if Zhan Huang still has oil on his body, his output on the court seems to be reserved, but even for James, who is eight-point force, the frequency of cutting into the basket this season is crazy enough. The reason why Zhan Huang rarely regressed in the ranking of the list is that even if he delivers such an incredible performance, it seems that he still cannot stop the Lakers from sinking. In his 19th year of career, James can still provide strong aid to a flawed team; however, the burden seems to have been overweight for him to carry from one end to the other.