College is an extremely important stage in a person's life, and the same is true for NBA players. Most players go through college to the draft and then into the NBA. College is a critical period for a player to improve his or her personal skills, where a player's technical skills and basketball awareness will be greatly enhanced. If you are hidden in the snow for a season in college, the consequences can be imagined.
This is exactly what melton, the protagonist of this article, talks about his performance this season, let's first review his college experience. In the 2017-18 season, Melton studied at the University of Southern California. USC was very talented that season, the team was very strong, and people had high expectations for them. But everything was broken by accident. Their prospects have been tarnished by college basketball bribery cases, and many players have been implicated. Melton was one of them, and the school had no choice but to hide Melton that season and not give him a chance.
With no chances in college, Melton's draft pick slipped with it. He was selected by the Rockets with the 16th pick in the second round of 2018, but the Rockets didn't leave Melton either. It wasn't until these two seasons that Melton, the Grizzlies, gradually gained a foothold. It is reasonable to say that a second round show has such an experience in college, and there will be many people who are not optimistic about him. But Melton used his own strength to punch the skeptics in the face. He's a very good player who's perfect for the starters of an NBA powerhouse team.
Merton has averaged 21 points per game in the last five games and is an important point of attacking firepower for the team. Merton has averaged 11+5+3 per game this season, and he is 12th in the league with 1.5 steals per game. With a three-point shooting percentage of more than 37 percent, Melton has played less than 23 minutes this season, showing that he is a very efficient player. Melton came to this day by relying on his own efforts to fight step by step. When he first entered the NBA, Melton's three-point shooting ability was average, and there was no outside offensive threat. In the past two seasons, Melton has continuously strengthened his three-point shooting, and last season his three-point shooting rate has exceeded 40%, and he can stabilize his output on the outside. His offensive methods of possession became more and more numerous, and Melton was a good hand on the counter-attack, and the rest of the Grizzlies played a smooth counterattack, making it difficult for opponents to resist.
Melton's highlight is not offense but defense, and as a defender, Melton's defensive ability is greatly underestimated. In particular, his stealing ability, Melton is less than 1.9 meters tall, but his arm span reaches 2.04 meters. With his flexible pace and sense of fighting, Melton is very good at destroying opponents' passes. So far in his career, Melton has not had a season with less than 1 steal, and the career average has been 1.3, but he has only played 20.5 minutes.
In today's NBA, Merton is a rare defender player who can hold the ball and shoot three-point defenses. And he is still very young, the last 5 games of Melton's attack seems to be on the next level, Morant absent Melton topped up. To make up for some of the firepower, averaging 21 points per game in five games, I don't know how the Rockets felt when they saw this scene. A player's performance in college does not equal that player's performance in the NBA. A player who wants to gain a foothold in the NBA needs to work hard to improve his shortcomings and strengthen his strengths in addition to talent. Melton has done a good job of these points, so he has played very well with the Grizzlies. Readers, how do you rate Melton's performance this season?