Recently, former NBA player Richard Jefferson talked about the best topic in the league in an interview. He said that James and Curry are no longer the best players. These guys are old, all outdated, and they're all characters from five years ago. The best in the league now prefers alphabet brothers, Jokic and Embiid.
Jefferson's interview sparked a heated discussion among fans. Some fans have flipped to the league's first lineup five years ago, the league's best first team in the 2016-2017 season: Harden, Westbrook, Leonard, James and Davis. Harden is the only player to be unanimously selected to the All-Team Team.
Five years have passed, and Harden is the only one in the old season who has stood on the playoff stage. Westbrook, Thick Brow and James gathered at the Lakers, and the three of them experienced a failed season, not to mention the playoffs, and even did not go in the playoffs. Leonard, on the other hand, was affected by the injury and did not play a game all season, and the Clippers also lost to the Timberwolves and Pelicans in the playoffs.
In fact, it is not only James who is slowly withdrawing from the front-line stage. In the first round of the playoffs, Warriors star Curry made his third career playoff substitute appearance, and his limelight was completely overshadowed by third-year guard Poole. This season, Curry's three-point shooting rate has also fallen from 42% to 38%, with a clear downward trend.
After experiencing a major injury, basketball star Durant also seems to be a little weak in such a high-intensity game as the playoffs. In today's confrontation with the new generation of small forward Tatum, KD was almost completely destroyed. Throughout the game, Durant made 24 shots to get 23 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, plus 6 turnovers. Tatum, on the other hand, shot 9-of-18, 3-of-7 from three-point range and 10-of-12 from the free throw line, had 31 points, 4 rebounds, 8 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, and contributed 0.6 seconds to a whistle-and-shootup.
Although the playoffs have only started for 2 days, there are already many newcomers in the league who have played impressively. For example, edwards of last year, 76ers guard Maxi and Warriors' Poole. The league belongs to young people after all, richard Jefferson is right. Janku is indeed a bit outdated.