Strong in the middle! The top five stars in the playoffs are not true: Mitchell's talent, Downs is too soft

The second round of the NBA playoffs was very fierce, and now the Lone Rangers and Suns, 76ers and Heat are all playing a big score of 2-2, and the Warriors and Grizzlies, Bucks and Celtics are 2-1, which is also difficult to score. Previously, the 76ers were the most worrying, because of Embiid's injury, they were led 2-0 by the Heat, and as a result, after the return of the emperor, the 76ers won two consecutive sets, Harden had the emperor to involve him, but also played the feeling of dreaming back to the peak.

Other teams like Curry, Alphabet Brother and Doncic have also played the performance that a leader player should have, which is why these teams can reach the second round of the playoffs. Just in response to that sentence - the playoffs are the stage of the stars, the place to test the quality of the stars, so what are the stars who have a great reputation in the playoffs so far and are actually very strong? Today we will take a look at five stars in the league who are strong in the outside world.

Trae Young has limited talent

Trae Young was the NCAA's leading scorer in college, averaging 27.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 8.7 assists per game in his freshman year, plus Template Curry, when Trae Young was also considered a top five pick in the draft. His dominance in college was so good, why wasn't he a hit? The main reason for this is that Trae Young has limited talent, with a height of 1.85 meters, an arm span of 1.90 meters, and a weight of 80 kilograms, and both the arm span and weight are the worst in this draft.

If it weren't for his outstanding performance in college, just look at his static talent, and the best prospect would be a second round show. However, Trae Young's star temperament is very good, the psychological quality of playing key balls is excellent, so the Eagles also gave Trae Young unlimited firing rights to let him play the big core of the ball, the result is that Trae Young also did not disappoint the team, averaging 29 points and 9 assists per game in the second season of his career, and led the team to the division final in the third season.

Because of his outstanding performance in the third year of his career, Trae Young's status is also rising, and some fans believe that he is already a league superstar level player. But as everyone knows, the opponents encountered in the 21-year Hawks playoffs are obvious problem teams whether the Knicks or the 76ers, the Knicks' Randall likes to play with flowers, the 76ers Simmons did not shoot far, but any more perfect team will not let a young team like the Hawks advance to the division finals.

Trae Young is eating this dividend, and this season in the playoffs they face a more perfect lineup of the Heat, has been no one to disobey Trae Young has been convinced by the Heat's unlimited change of defense, the playoffs average 15.4 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists 6.2 mistakes, shooting rate of only 32%, three-point shooting rate of 18.4%, the offensive end because of talent can not play out, the defensive end is targeted by the opponent, become the opponent's cash machine.

He is not yet a league superstar level player, Trae Young should increase weight, increase confrontation ability, develop more practical technology, this season to touch porcelain is not good, Trae Young is also weakened, in the case of talent is not good to become the league's top star, can only rely on ball business and technology to make up.

Downs was still soft

Downs is a 15-year champion, and after Love was traded to the Cavaliers in 14 years in exchange for Bennett and Wiggins, the Timberwolves began to swing and won the downs next season. The reason why Downs is a center can become a champion in the era of small ball is because he has excellent shooting ability, and the defense is also very good, averaging 10.3 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.2 blocks per game in college.

In college, Downs's ability to lead the team was still very outstanding, when he led the team to win all 38 games in the freshman season, until the tournament final 4 tasted the defeat. Looking at Downs, whose leadership ability is so good and his playing style is so in line with the times, the Timberwolves have nothing to do with him, but after entering the league, Towns has changed greatly, and his good defense is not defensive, that is, he likes to brush data, and he does not care at all whether the team can win.

It was not until the arrival of Butler in 18 that he entered the playoffs with Wiggins and Towns, but in the playoffs, Towns was ridiculed for being too soft, and then Butler really couldn't look down on Towns who didn't work hard, so he forced the palace to leave the team. Wiggins was then traded, Towns became the team boss, and this season under Towns, the Timberwolves finally returned to the playoffs, and Towns was considered a tough leader.

As a result, in the playoffs, Towns softened again, averaging 21.8 points, 10.8 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 2 blocks, 0.7 steals, shooting 48.8%, three-point shooting rate of 45.5%, just look at the efficiency is really good, the data is also great, but Towns averaged 4.5 errors per game, 4.2 fouls per game, because his bizarre mistakes let the Grizzlies get a lot of opportunities to fight back, but because of his brainless fouls also put the team into passivity.

In terms of fouls and mistakes, Towns is still the same, he is not focused, the playoffs are still soft, this season the Timberwolves can rise, I even think Edwards and Beverley are the key, Towns is not a good leader.

DeRozan is not a contemporary Jordan

DeRozan was the ninth overall pick in 2009, his template was Wenscat, and DeRozan was known for his debut in the league as a buttoner. He and the same year of Tanhua Harden is a small hair, the relationship between the two has been good, but Harden can become a Tanhua for a reason, his ball quotient and adaptability is better than DeRozan, Harden won the regular season MVP in 19 years, and DeRozan was being called garbage brothers at that time.

He can't play a hard battle, under his leadership the Raptors have not crossed James for many years, Ugery sent DeRozan in exchange for Leonard, who did not know how to recover from injury, he would rather bet on an injured person than let DeRozan waste the team's time, come to the Spurs, DeRozan is still my own way, although you are a small ball era, I am playing mid-range, disdainful of playing magic ball.

Looking at such a stubborn DeRozan, Popovich also did not consider renewing his contract, just when LaVine asked the Bulls to play in the playoffs, DeRozan was recruited by the Bulls to Chicago, where he can play a lot of players, DeRozan also got enough space, he played a single-season performance averaging 28 points per game, but also the king of the last quarter, the king of the middle distance, and the title of contemporary Jordan, at that time everyone thought that DeRozan had changed, he had become a league superstar.

The result is that everyone is wrong, in the playoffs facing a high-intensity defense, DeRozan is not confident again, the playoffs averaged 20.8 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.8 steals, shooting percentage of only 41%, three-point shooting rate of 0%, compared to the Bucks' alphabet brother, DeRozan's leadership temperament is really poor, there is still a gap between people and people, the regular season DeRozan can break the wrist with the top three levels of the league players, and in the playoffs, people are still stable, and he has become that garbage brother!

Mitchell was gifted

Donovan Mitchell is the first round of the 13th pick in 17 years, Mitchell's draft template that year is Oladipo, to be honest, his talent is still a lot worse than the star show Audi, Mitchell is 1.91 meters tall, arm span 2.08 meters, weight 97 kg, although the size is not bad in the point guard, but he mainly plays the No. 2 position, his body is facing the No. 2 player, but fortunately there is Gobert in the team.

Gobert with excellent defensive and co-defensive ability to help Mitchell check the gaps in the defensive end, so the two have never missed the playoffs since the cooperation, last season's playoffs Mitchell played an average of 32.3 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game, at that time, there were also many US media experts who believed that Mitchell was close to the level of the league's top stars, and as a result, this season hit the face, under the leadership of Mitchell and Gobert, the Jazz have so far gone to the second round of the playoffs.

Mitchell's choice on the offensive end is unreasonable, and the problem of very inefficient is also exposed, his height is OK to play the No. 1 position, playing the No. 2 position is still almost, plus several problems mentioned above, which also creates his inefficiency on the offensive end, this season's playoffs can average 25.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists, the data alone is still very fierce, in fact, his overall shooting rate is only 37.8%, three-point shooting rate of 20.8%.

Mitchell played poorly this season for similar reasons to Trae Young, last year they were able to reach the second round of the playoffs, to be honest, it was a playoff rookie Grizzlies, and the team's regular season record is still the first in the league to have home advantage, against the Grizzlies let Mitchell brush out the data, his performance against the Clippers is very bad, as far as Mitchell's talent, it is difficult for him to be an efficient weapon in the future, to be honest, I think he is more suitable for being the second boss of the team, not suitable for the cornerstone of the team.

CJ McCollum is a false top two boss

CJ is the 13th pick pick, he and alphabet brother a session, the CJ template is Curry, in college he showed a good projection ability, and in the first year of high school CJ is only 1.5 meters, until the fourth year of high school he grew to 1.8 meters, if not his perseverance, probably most players in the first year of high school because of too short and give up basketball, it is every day in the face of the enemy of the elderly, CJ has trained this excellent shooting.

In addition, this season, CJ has averaged more than 20+ points per game in the regular season, although he has not been selected as an All-Star, it is estimated that few fans think that CJ does not have the strength of an All-Star, and was once considered one of the best two leaders in the league, but why was he so good that he was eventually abandoned by the Blazers? One of the main reasons for this is that CJ has no appearance, and the ability to fight hard battles is really not flattering.

Take this season, during the regular season, CJ can average 22.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.1 assists and 1.1 steals per game, shooting 46%, three-point shooting rate of 38.8%, averaging 2.9 three-pointers per game, and the true shooting rate of 55.3% is very good. In the playoffs, CJ averaged 22.2 points, 6.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per game, and looking at the data alone, everyone may think that CJ's play is better, in fact, he has more shots and ball rights, but the efficiency is very bad, shooting 39.2%, three-point shooting rate is 33.3%, and the true shooting rate is only 48%.

Can't fight a hard battle is the reason why the Blazers gave up CJ, the current Pelicans urgently need to reach the playoffs to appease the fans, CJ is more suitable for such a place, but if you want to win the championship in the future, CJ definitely does not have the level of two bosses, he faces the opponent's high-intensity defense is difficult to play the performance of the regular season, let alone play at a high level, he is more suitable to be a three-boss. Speaking of which, what do you want to say about these five players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.