Who's the best rookie?
The first half is almost a diagonal play between Mobley and Barnes, two big men, as the season deepens, the law of "champion list eyes, there must be a water" that has been shouted for half a day no longer applies, and the draft is not deceiving me!
Previously, in the latest rookie ranking of the NBA, Mobley, Cunningham, and Barnes occupied the top three positions, and Jaylen Green seemed to have opened the second vein of Ren Dou, followed by a white-hot competition, who can stand out?
The revival of the Pistons is expected, the Yuanlang is driving low and going high, and the Motor City has ushered in a new leader
Generally speaking, the pride of heaven is never excluded from the discussion of the best rookies.
After experiencing the early injury and war criminal-level iron performance, Cunningham still cashed in on his high-completion draft selling point, even if the static advantage of the large-sized two-legged guard showed some signs of shrinking, and it was still flawed.
- Averaging 17.4 points, 5.5 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, he definitely qualifies to break the wrist with Barnes and Mobley.
Cunningham's mature style, excellent vision and overall view, remarkable ability to handle the ball under the instigation of blocking and receiving clips, coupled with the large heart attribute of taking over the key moments, at first glance does look like a reduced version of Doncic, which perfectly matches the identity of the champion.
Not only that, but his defensive alignment enthusiasm and no-ball plasticity are worth looking forward to, which is also his advantage from the mainstream ball-holding big core.
The Pistons' offensive environment is extremely harsh, the overall three-point shooting rate of 32.6% is only better than the Thunder, such as Sadiq Bay, who played a perfect 3D wing performance last season, also tried to carry the ball, and the top player Grant missed many games and had few qualifying space points.
Cunningham once had to go to the bottom corner of the station to try to be a fixed-point threat or a second setter, but after Coach Casey gave him higher authority, coupled with gradually adapting to the NBA-level confrontation and finding the crosshairs, Tiangao Ren bird flew and began to show his talent for holding the ball.
With the ability to link big men in position warfare, Cunningham and new signing Bagley Zhu are united, although there is still room for improvement in the control of push conversions and sudden points, and they are criticized for lacking the first step of explosive power, but their own rhythm flow attack frame mode, good use of fake actions and reading and sharing the ball instinct just make up for the lack of dynamic talent.
After the All-Star break, Cunningham was able to shoot 45.7 percent from the field and averaged 21.1 points, 5.7 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game. In the end, with a 0.1-point advantage, Jaylen Green was crowned the rookie scorer, and the 25+5+5 games were higher than the rest of the rookies combined, and Cunningham may not be unable to overtake in the corners with a more versatile main offensive performance.
The Rockets have done what they want, reshaped the glory of the quarterbacks, and the cornerstone of the team has been in the lineup?
Jaylen Green's super-scorer instinct was also evident in the second half of the season.
The final battle against the Eagles, Jaylen Green bombarded the only rookie with 40+ points, personal 30+, 20+ games and dunks, and three-point shots led the rookie list, but unfortunately the start was too late, and the first half was too crotch-pulling.
Judging from the rocket's configuration, aside from the increasingly cancerous Wood, there is no good soil for rookie growth - management and Wall reached a consensus, giving young people a place to focus on scraping the lottery, betting on the downward swing of little Porter to play the role of attacking point guard.
The latter tends to be chaotic, and naturally cannot sort out the team's offensive operation.
The impact of the lack of a regular seal organizer is obvious, and it is not friendly to the rookies who have just entered the alliance.
In particular, people like Green have limited ability to combine the ball, lack offensive development attributes, and need to rely more on tactical support and better shooting space, and it is reasonable to adapt to the rhythm of the NBA for a while.
The impressive dynamic talent and scoring explosiveness of the leader lang need not be repeated, the breakthrough stride change, and the projection stability have improved a lot compared with the beginning of the game, and his learning ability can be seen.
After getting rid of the "how to correct the shooting posture" problem, Jaylen Green gradually entered the good situation, opened the release mode - the last 9 games of the season rose up, with nearly 50% of the crosshairs to average 28.1 points, with an average of 17.3 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, absolutely worthy of the rookie team.
First fat is not fat, then fat crushed Kang, the best rookie competition is just a small episode at the beginning of the career, after all, the coming to Japan is long, two consecutive years into the bottom of the fish belly team Pistons and Rockets, a pendulum down is also a wish.
At least for now, CC's ability to protect the lower limit as the core of the ball, as well as Jaylen Green's scorer potential, are worth looking forward to, and the era of young people has just begun.
Thanks for your attention, welcome to discuss, Azhe is willing to "ball" with you to get the truth, all the way to the end of the world.