After the NBA entered the 10s, the superstar gathering in the league became more and more prosperous, before there were 11 years of heat giants Gianvepo's big three, and then the Lakers introduced Nash Howard to form F4 with Kobe Gay, and then the Cavaliers Zhan Oule big three and the Warriors three stars + Durant's big team, the league has formed a kind of atmosphere - it is difficult to win the championship without multiple cores, although in recent seasons, the number of giant teams in the league has gradually decreased, but each strong team has a third core.
Whether he is an All-Star level player or not, but the ability of this third core is absolutely very prominent, his role is to stand up and lead the team when the double core is sluggish or targeted by defense, or the gates on the defensive end of the team to enhance the competitiveness of the defensive end for the team, today we will take stock of the league's best five three bosses, most of them are not All-Stars, but the strength and role are not inferior to the top salary players.
Jordan Poole
15 years of warriors suddenly emerged, in the case of not being optimistic all the way they defeated the then league first man James won the championship, although 16 years of folding and creating the shame of 73 wins of the overall runner-up, but in 17 years they introduced Durant, which also allowed the team to form a four-star lineup, so that they won the championship for the next two consecutive years, 17 years of playoffs swept the league with 16 wins and 1 loss, but 4 years of 3 crowns seem to consume all their luck, 19 years they lost to the Raptors, Durant left the team and Clay suffered a serious injury.
But Warriors boss Larkbu has always been obsessed with the multi-core lineup, and they later traded Durant's chip Russell in exchange for Wiggins, who was as talented as James, and wanted to make Wiggins the three leaders around Klay and Curry, but did not expect that the team's own No. 28 Xiupur selected in 19 years played the team's three bosses with his own performance, squeezing out Wiggins' position.
In this year's playoffs, Poole played the level of the top three, averaging 24.3 points, 2.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.5 steals per game, shooting 59.6%, shooting 52% from three-point range, averaging 3.5 three-pointers per game, and averaging second only to Curry and Clay in the playoffs so far, averaging assists and steals per game.
Because of Pooler's outstanding performance, Kerr now has more choices, for which curry is also played as a substitute, the Warriors' five small lineups are also close to perfect, and now the Warriors have three scoring stable guarantees, and Poole's defensive ability is also very good, with his help the Warriors are expected to win the championship this season.
Edwards
The rise of the Warriors they still rely more on their own draft, which is valuable, and in the past few years many teams have completed the rise by swinging a good pick, the earliest to carry out the rot reconstruction is the 76ers, the timberwolves have been following suit in the past few years, they began to swing after the Lefour left the team, won the Downs, Lefu's trading chips 14 years of Victor Wiggins in exchange for 15 years of probing Russell, 20 years and won the title edwards, which also allowed the Timberwolves to complete the rise this season.
The Timberwolves made it to the playoffs with a seventh-best record in the West this season, and after a lapse of four years they are back in the playoffs, this season Towns' steady play on the inside, Russell's strategy on the outside are key, and Edwards is the team's sharp knife on the outside, the second choice on the offensive end, the team's three-time leader, the 20-year champion has grown rapidly, now has an All-Star level, and has played well in the playoffs and playoffs.
Facing the Clippers in last season's divisional finals, Towns was deeply troubled by fouls, Edwards scored a game-high 30 points to lead the team to win, and so far in the playoffs, Edwards averaged 24.2 points, 4 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, shooting 46.5% from the field, 40.4% from three-point range, and averaging 3.8 three-pointers per game, which was very good.
So far in the playoffs, Hanako's scores and steals are the first in the team, in the case of Downs being deeply targeted by opponent defense, Russell's single ability is insufficient, it is Edwards who uses his performance and the Grizzlies to deal with, on personal ability and talent Edwards is not inferior to Morant, perhaps after this season, Edwards may change from the team's third boss to the second boss.
Holliday
In 19 years, alphabet brother is officially into the peak, under his leadership bucks this season into the division finals, but lost to Leonard's Raptors, 20 years bucks played the first record in the East but was defeated by the Heat in the second round, two consecutive years can not win the championship, the Bucks found the root of the problem, they need a good three to help alphabet brother and Middleton, so through the trade to get Holliday, this year the Bucks with the help of Holliday also successfully won the championship.
I have to say that the Bucks in order to win and keep the alphabet brother is really willing to pay blood, they reached a 4-year 135 million contract extension contract with Holliday in 20 years, the Bucks will maintain their big three lineup for many years to come, Holliday's former All-Star players, the peak period is also an average of 21 + 5 + 7 players per game and also has excellent defensive ability, now only 31 years old is still at its peak, but after coming to the Bucks, he sacrificed the data, in order to win without any resentment, hard work.
This is also the basis for the Bucks to win, in this year's playoffs, Holliday is still the team's three masters, when the alphabet brother and Middleton play poorly he will stand up, the defensive end is also the core of the main defense opponent's backcourt, spare no effort. And after the start of this year's playoffs, Middleton was injured in the second game, so Holliday stepped forward and he began to take on more pressure on the offensive end.
So far in the playoffs, he has averaged 18 points, 5 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 1 steal, 43% shooting percentage, 40% three-point shooting, and can average 2.3 three-pointers per game, and Holliday is also not stealing credit when the team role players play well, taking the initiative to feed the ball, which is the top three bosses, or Holliday is the best three bosses now, because he is still one of the biggest favorites to rush the championship this season.
Smart
Celtics after the Pierce + Garnett + Ray Allen era, they can rise thanks to the Nets sent a number of first-round picks that year, Tatum, Brown are the Nets to them, although before Tatum, Celtics also had a period of glory, but it was only a flash in the pan, until the arrival of Tatum in 18 years, the Green Army found the future, 18 years under the leadership of Tatum + Brown + Horford trinuclear they reached the division finals.
After the departure of Irving, Hayward, and Horford, although the Celtics are still a playoff team, but the distance from the championship is gradually drifting away, until last offseason they brought back Horford, the team reopened the team basketball mode and suffocating defense, which has the second place in the regular season division, the first round of the playoffs swept the Nets, and now the core of the Green Army's defense is no longer Horford, but Smart.
During the regular season, Smart helped the team play the league's first defensive efficiency with excellent defense, and won the best defensive player, Smart's defense in the playoffs is still excellent, because Durant needs to pinch the target, so Irving needs a person to defend, fortunately Smart did a good job, he locked Irving, and the team can stand up when the offensive end needs him.
In the fourth game of the series, Tatum left the court with 6 fouls, it was Smart's key rebounds and three points that killed the suspense of the game, scoring 20 points and 11 assists, and so far in the playoffs, Smart has averaged 16.5 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists, 1.2 steals per game, shooting 42%, scoring per game, stealing the team third, assists second in the team, very good.
Valanciunas
The Pelicans have been tepid in the past few years, although they have super interior lineman Anthony Davis, but also only played in the second round of the playoffs once, because it was a small ball city and did not make decent progress for many years, and finally the thick eyebrow brother left the team, but they also got Ingram and the ball brother in the thick eyebrow trade, and also won the signing to Zion, but the team's extreme talent was delayed until this season, the Pelicans woke up, the trade got CJ and Valanciunas, and the team also reached the playoffs.
CJ and Varán are players who have been playing in the league for many years, experience is what the Pelicans need, and both have a more stable offense, which also contributes to the pelicans' end of the offensive end, as the eighth team in the West they are now inseparable from the Suns, CJ and Ingram have contributed on the offensive end, and Varan has done the frame and rebound, as the three bosses he has done a good job of dirty work.
So far in the playoffs, Varan has averaged 15.4 points, 15.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, shooting only 46%, but his average rebounds per game are the first in the league, and he can also grab 6.2 frontcourt rebounds per game, which also gives the Pelicans 6-7 more second offense opportunities in a game, and his frontcourt rebounds are also the first in the league, which is very good.
Varan's contract expires in the offseason, and he is a perfect fit for the team, able to carry out interior killings and the protection of the frame It is estimated that the Pelicans will renew his contract, and it is not a problem to win a long-term contract of about 15 million. Speaking of which, do you have anything to say about these five players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.