After the start of the NBA playoffs, the biggest feeling for me is that the league has changed, after the Nets were eliminated in the first round, Durant and James have missed the second round of the playoffs at the same time for nearly 17 years, James, although still able to cut 30+, but has not been able to do everything, single-core team to play a good result, Durant although still in the league's top five levels, but Tatum in strength and technology has been able to break his wrist with him.
Today we will talk about the outstanding young players in the playoffs, there are many young players who have been able to stand alone, and some of them may become the front of the league in the future, and some of them can become the existence of the top ten levels of the league.
Tatum is 24 years old
Tatum is the 2017 tanhua, I have to say that Angie's operational ability and vision are too unique, in the case of holding the first sign, they traded the first-round signing to the 76ers, knowing that the magicians want the ball brother, the 76ers want Fultz, the Green Army got the favorite Tatum and got a first-round pick. Tatum also lived up to Angie's expectations, helping the team reach the division finals in the first season of his career.
In the years that followed, although Tatum often used some of the idol Kobe Bryant's difficult mid-range moves, but because of the very inefficient and questioned, but Tatum did not waver, because his arsenal has been very rich, coupled with the precipitation of these years, his shooting has become more and more accurate, with the iron training of his accurate three-point and mid-range, close and has become the league's top killer, in this season's regular season he led the team to achieve the second place in the division.
In the playoffs, facing Durant, a player in the league's top five, Tatum responded to the opponent with his incomprehensible performance, locked Durant on the defensive end, and the offensive end was able to respond well when the opponent started, very stable, and under his leadership, the Green Army swept the Nets that were expected to win the championship.
Tatum averaged 29.6 points, 4.5 rebounds, 7.3 assists, 1.8 steals, 0.8 blocks, shooting 45.6%, 42% three-point shooting, and averaging 3.3 three-pointers per game, he and durant were able to average 26.3 points, 5.8 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, but the shooting rate was only 38.6%, three-point shooting rate was 33.3%, and Tatum exploded the Grim Reaper.
Doncic is 23 years old
Doncic is 18 years of tanhua, he won the MVP in the Europa League only 18 years old, the talent is visible to the naked eye, but the Kings and the Suns are afraid that European players can not adapt to the league, they gave up choosing him, but Cuban has always been obsessed with European players, for this reason sent a No. 5 pick + first round pick in exchange for the tanhua sign to win Doncic, after coming to Dallas, Doncic did not disappoint Cuban, leading the team to the playoffs twice in the first three years of his career, the data is comparable to James in the same period.
At the beginning of the season, because the league changed the rules, Doncic's three-point line foul was no longer practical, plus the weight was too large, so the play was not good, but then Doncic chose to lose weight to increase his flexibility and mobility, which also allowed him to re-play superstar-level performance, leading the team to achieve a fourth division record in the regular season, facing the Jazz who was the first in the league last season in the playoffs, Doncic led the team to stabilize them.
Doncic just returned two games in the playoffs, the first game of the comeback team accidentally lost, Mitchell said: "Doncic made the lone ranger slower", which sounds full of sarcasm, and the next battle of Tianwangshan, Doncic led the team to beat the opponent by 25 points, so far in the playoffs, both battlefields have averaged 31.5 points, 11.5 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 1 steal, shooting 51.2%, three-point shooting rate of 35%.
Just look at his two-game performance is indeed too small, and career-far Doncic's playoffs averaged 33.3 points, 9.1 rebounds, 8.9 assists, 1.2 steals, shooting 49.6%, three-point shooting rate of 38.6%, the data can even be comparable to Jordan, jazz's Mitchell career playoffs so far averaged 28.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.2 steals data, although the data is also good, but the overall shooting rate is only 43% and Doncic is much worse.
Brunson is 25 years old
Brunson and Doncic are the same draft, Doncic is the first round of the flower, and Brunson is the second round of the flower, it is estimated that Cuban did not expect that he actually selected the team's two future cores in a year, to know that last season Brunson was just a blue-collar worker with an average of 12 points per game, the Lone Ranger did not consider renewing him, but after Kidd's arrival, he saw Brencen's potential, allowing Brunson to replace the hardaway team's second ball core position, fortunately he did not live up to Kidd's expectations and helped the team play the fourth position in the division.
In the playoffs, we also talked about it just now, the first three games of the Lone Ranger and the Jazz Didn't play doncic due to injury, in this case, I didn't expect Brunson to stand up and stand alone, under his leadership the Lone Ranger led the Jazz 2-1 in the first three games, his calmness, the overall view and the control of the rhythm of the game does not look much worse than Doncic, the only difference may be the stability of the score.
Even after Doncic's return, Brunson still has a stable performance, so far in the playoffs, Brunson has cut 20+, averaged 28.6 points, 5.2 rebounds and 4.6 assists so far in the playoffs, shooting 47.7% from the field and 34.5% from three-point range, which is more eye-catching than Jazz boss Mitchell in the series, Mitchell has averaged 26 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5 assists so far in the series, shooting only 38% from the field and 19.5% from three-point range.
The original lone ranger could have used a 4-year, 55 million contract to renew Brunson in advance, and now there is no big contract estimated that Brunson will not stay, according to the US media revealed that the Pistons and Knicks are very interested in Brunson, and Brunson's father also said that his son accepted a big contract after that, a second-round show can be alone in the playoffs, it is really unexpected, he is indeed worth a big contract.
Ingram is 24 years old
Ingram is the 16th list, and Doncic, Tatum are all high draft picks, but Ingram and Doncic, Tatum is not the same type of player, he is more introverted and does not like to show himself, but also because Ingram as the eye of the lake as the eye of the lakers did not get too much ball to prove themselves, but also because too introverted caused the Lakers to think that he did not have leadership temperament, and finally became a trading chip sent to the Pelicans in exchange for thick eyebrows.
In the first season with the Pelicans, due to the injury of Zion, the Pelicans gave Ingram unlimited firing rights, he also successfully entered the All-Star, with excellent performance, coupled with Zion has been plagued by injuries, Ingo gradually became the team boss, in this season the Pelicans brought in CJ McCollum and Varan to assist him, Ingram eventually led the team to the playoffs.
Playoffs facing the first sun in the division, Ingram is still a rookie in the playoffs, everyone is waiting to see Ingram pay tuition, did not expect that he led the team but played with the Suns to play difficult points, now it is only 2-3 behind, fully promising to complete the black eight, Ingram in this round of the series can average 28.2 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists, shooting 48.5%, three-point shooting rate of 43%.
This round of the series Ingram proved his star temperament and leadership temperament, when the team needs to score will stand up and never throw the pot. His performance is not even inferior to the Suns' boss Paul, Paul has averaged 20.2 points, 4.2 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals per game so far in the playoffs, shooting 48.7% from the field and 28% from three-point range, but paul is a player of what level everyone knows, Yingge has begun to cash in on his template Durant's talent, very strong!
Morant is 22 years old
Morant is the eye of 19 years, in his body I saw Rose's shadow, when he entered the league known as the god of point guard, everyone thought that this was the next Trae Young, can blow, but the strength is not too strong, but the actual is Morant is indeed very powerful, in the third year of his career led the Grizzlies to achieve the second record in the league, the last 22-year-old to do or Rose, the playoffs faced the Timberwolves with two titles and one eye, Morant still led the team to suppress them.
So far in the playoffs, Morant averaged 22.4 points, 8.8 rebounds, 10.4 assists, 1.6 steals, 0.6 blocks, shooting 40.2%, three-point shooting rate of 26.7%, don't look at the efficiency, his breakthrough killing ability is very strong, averaging up to 10.8 free throws per game, the Timberwolves simply can't balance his breakthrough, even if the inside line is full of people, the result is that G5 is still killed by Morant's layup.
At one point in the series G5 team trailed by 13 points, it was Morante who led the team to complete the reversal, he alone won the team's last 13 points, the last playoff to do this is Still James in 2007, that season James single-handedly picked out the Pistons Five Tigers. Morant's star temperament and talent are fantastic, which is much stronger than the Timberwolves' 15 years of title and rankings.
Morant's talent gives him the capital to chase history, he is very similar to Rose and Iverson, but these two also know that in the end, they were all destroyed by injuries, and Morant's playing style is also very injurious, I hope he can stay healthy, speaking of which, what do you want to say about these five players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.