The NBA playoffs have been around for some time, and in the past the Nets and Hawks have been eliminated, and both teams were divisional final four teams last season and were easily eliminated by opponents this season, which is inseparable from the poor performance of their stars. Today we're going to take stock of the all-Star players who have played disappointingly in the playoffs so far, and some of them can even be described as a big surprise.
VanVleet
Van Jordan is a lost draft, he can play until the height of the present is very inspirational, Van Jordan is 16 years of unsuccessful draft, he also played in the development league, because in the development league to help the team win the championship to play well, so the Raptors promoted him to the team, before the 19 years of the finals, Van Jordan has been a nerve knife player, after the birth of Fan Jordan's son, he seems to have opened the second pulse of Ren Dou, played well in the finals, and even got 1 FMVP vote.
After Leonard, Lowry and other stars left the team, Van Jordan also became Nas's most important player, and Van Jordan did not disappoint Nas, this season led the Raptors to the fifth position in the East, and also was selected as an All-Star, during the regular season Van Jordan averaged 20.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, which was very good.
But after the arrival of the playoffs, Van Jordan was taken care of by the opponent's defensive end, and the performance was completely disaster-level, averaging 13.8 points, 3 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1 block so far in the playoffs, shooting only 35.2% from the field, as the team leader, the average score per game ranked only fourth in the team.
Fan Jordan played such a performance is actually understandable, after all, he is a loser, the talent is limited, otherwise it would not be possible to become a loser, and Van Jordan can have his own place in this talented league, and it is very good to play the All-Star.
D'Angelo Russell
Russell is the 15-year list, with an average of 19.3 points, 5.7 rebounds and 5 assists per game in college, plus a three-point shooting rate of up to 41%, he got the attention of the Lakers, the Lakers won him with the eye of the list, russell at that time was also fortunate to play well in college, plus 15 years is a draft year, otherwise it is difficult to become the leader of the list on his talent and athleticism, Russell is difficult to complete singles, and more rely on blocking to launch an attack.
Because of the arrival of the ball brother, the magician also sent Russell to the Nets, where he met coach Atkinson, Atkinson customized an offensive system for Russell, with excellent play Russell entered the All-Star, and then the Nets used him as a chip in exchange for Durant, but in the Warriors Russell did not stay long, he used it as a chip to send to the Timberwolves, teamed up with the same year's Champion Towns.
In this season under the leadership of Towns, Russell and Edwards, the Timberwolves returned to the playoffs after 4 years, as the team's ball-holding core, Russell did not give more help to the double, on the contrary, he played very tightly, averaging 13 points, 2.8 rebounds, 7.2 assists and 1.2 steals so far in the playoffs, shooting only 32.3%.
Look at Morant and then look at Russell, the same is the list, the talent gap is really too big, Russell's athletic ability is limited, the original ability to enter the All-Star is also based on the power to play the data, now there is not so much ball rights, plus defense is not good, he is simply a garbage contract.
Harden
For Harden, everyone must be no stranger, the 09th tanhua, as a quarterback can enter the top three picks of the player, the future height is bound to be low, look at Jordan and Iverson. Harden after being the sixth man in the Thunder for several years, he also cashed in on his talent when he came to the Rockets, playing the level of a historical scorer, averaging 36 points per game in a single season, and also won the regular season MVP.
But in the Rockets can not win the championship, Harden chose to leave the team, he used a way to play a fake game to force the palace to leave the team, came to the Nets, Harden played for less than two seasons and forced the palace to leave the team in the same way, and his private life has been very chaotic since leaving the Thunder, extra undisciplined to himself, after coming to the 76ers, I thought he and Embiid would become a new generation of OK combinations, and Embiid played the performance it deserved, but Harden was disappointing.
So far in the playoffs, Ha has only 18.4 points, 4.8 rebounds, 9.2 assists, 1.2 steals, 1.4 blocks, it can be said that in addition to scoring, Harden's other data are very good, but because he has not made achievements on the offensive end, the team is now playing very passively, the overall shooting rate of Harden so far in the playoffs is only 37%, he is only 32 years old, and a 10-time All-Star who should be at his peak has begun to decline.
Harden is because of his lack of self-discipline and hard work led to the current situation, his singles have been unable to get rid of the defender, just like this, let alone win the championship, looking at his big contract of more than 44 million, now Harden is more like a premium contract, Harden has not yet proved himself in the playoffs.
Gobert
Gobert is the first round of the 27th show in 13 years, if it is not outstanding, he will even become a second-round show at that time, because Gobert has limited offensive ability, and in 13 years is still the traditional basketball era, his confrontation ability is not good, not like he can become a top defender now, Gobert after joining the Jazz, from 15 years to become the team's starter, coupled with the arrival of the small ball era, he gradually cashed in on his talent, led the team to the playoffs for many years, and was selected as the All-Star to win the best defensive player.
To this end, the Jazz also gave Gobert the largest contract in history for 5 years and 205 million in the summer of 20 years, when there were many doubts that Gobert was not worth the price, and with the arrival of the playoffs, Gobert also proved that he was indeed not worth it, and last season in the playoffs he was eliminated by the Clippers of Tyrenlu.
Facing the Lone Ranger this season, Gobert was targeted again, averaging 12.4 points, 13.4 rebounds and 1.2 blocks so far in the playoffs, shooting 66.7% from the field, although the offense is efficient, but that is because his offense is more empty, the defensive end is still the opponent's cash machine, the playoffs so far the net efficiency is -10.5, and the team in the 100 rounds has lost 10.5 points.
Gobert is definitely a premium contract, his style of play is not suitable for the small ball era, in the regular season OK, the playoffs to face the opponent's small lineup is the target, after all, he does not have the emperor's low-post offensive technology, the opponent's small inside line can also limit him, jazz with him as the core has no future.
Mitchell
Mitchell is a 13th pick in the 17-year draft, and he averaged 20+ per game in his first season in the league. With his help, the Jazz have never missed the playoffs since Mitchell arrived, and the Jazz have always had a tradition of double cores inside and outside, the postman of the year, and then Delombutzel, when everyone regarded Mitchell and Gobert as the new postmen of Salt Lake City, they brought disappointment to everyone again and again.
Just said Gobert when we talked about his shortcomings, Mitchell this player shortcomings are also obvious, the playing style is extremely unreasonable, too hot-headed, star temperament has nothing to say, but he does not have the ability of stars, often ignore the team system of various blind play, plus 1.91 meters of height to play the No. 2 position is also a loss, which also created his inefficiency.
So far in the playoffs, Mitchell averaged 26 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5 assists per game, just look at the data is really good, but the overall shooting rate is only 38%, the three-point shooting rate is 19.5% Quite crotch, in the key moments his performance is even more unbearable to look at, the playoffs so far 4 critical moments, Mitchell although able to average 2.8 points per game performance, but the shooting rate is only 27%, too bad.
irving
Once upon a time in '16, Irving was known as the most capable player in the point guard position, and to this day he is also one of the best players in the point guard line, because of his insoluble singles ability he helped James win the championship in 16 years, but Irving this player has no boss temperament and prefers to be the boss, after leaving James, he came to the Celtics, and the young players also disobeyed him, and durant came to the Nets in 19 years with Durant, who was also unrecognizable.
The two said to each other that brothers have no primary and secondary points, such an advantage is to satisfy the vanity of the two of them, but the disadvantage is that there is no absolute right to speak without the distinction between the primary and secondary, because Durant can't manage Irving, not like the old Zhan who has absolute right to speak, which also makes Irving fly himself, the first season forced the team to cut Atkinson, and then next season's sister's birthday, no reason to take leave and not play, this season everyone also knows, first do not vaccinate only away, and then Ramadan.
During Ramadan, the requirement can not eat, so Irving did not play the performance it deserved on both ends of the playoffs, averaging only 21.3 points, 5.3 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.3 blocks per game, and the positive and negative values at key moments were as low as -4.7, the fourth-lowest in the league, and he was the presence of points at key moments.
Durant was not on the list here because Durant was targeted by the opponent's defense, his data is OK, plus when Durant encounters a pinch target, Irving should stand up and share the pressure, but he did not do this is also to let the Nets play a single-core team, Durant averaged 26 +6+6 per game, although the efficiency is average, but the data is still reasonable.
Trae Young
Trae Young is the No. 5 show in 18 years, college was the scoring king, because the Lone Ranger and the Hawks draft signs were exchanged, which also made Trae Young and Doncic in the 18th session of the most concerned players and even pressure the champion and the eye, quite a bit of james, Anthony, Magic, Bird meaning, became a lifelong enemy, Trae Young after entering the league can also be regarded as not to disappoint the Eagles, the second season of his career into the All-Star, last year led the team to the Eastern Conference Finals.
Because of last year's Eastern Conference Finals trip, Trae Young was considered by some fans to have the level of league superstars, but the playoffs in a year did not explain anything, especially against their own teams, last season's 76ers and Knicks have obvious problems, and this season in the face of more comprehensive Heat, Trae Young is also the original form, the series 5 battlefields average 15.4 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, shooting only 32%, three-point shooting rate of 18%.
His technology still needs to be developed, in the case of body size is not dominant, it is reasonable to learn Curry to hone the technology, blindly fighting a war of words will not have any progress in strength, I hope that in the future, Trae Young can find his own shortcomings and adjust it in time. Here we will not talk about Lavin, Vucevic, although the performance is also very bad, but not to the point of these 7 people this kind of shocking, speaking of this, what do you want to say about these 7 people? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.