Countless fans are criticizing Wei Shao's crotch pulling performance, in fact, there is another star who is not as good as Wei Shao, but there is no Wei Shao's fame to use Wei Shao's shield, less gossip. He was D'Angelo Russell.
Remember the Timberwolves' playoff first round against the Grizzlies? Russell's performance was disastrous, averaging 33.3 percent from six games. According to statistics, among the players who have averaged more than 12 shots per game in the playoffs, Russell's shooting rate ranks second to last, and the first place is the familiar Trae Young. It didn't take long for the Timberwolves to start peddling Russell in the offseason, but like Westbrook, no one cared about the draft leaderboard, the Cornerstone of the Lakers, and the Nets top card in just a few seasons, which was so lamentable.
Entering the league becomes the lakers' façade
In 2015, the Lakers chose Russell with their own list sign instead of the fiery Okafor at the time, which was to see Russell's talent. Hoping to cultivate a "post-Kobe" superstar to become the new banner of the Lakers, Russell has also become the Lakers' highest-ranking Rookie lakers in nearly 30 years (except for magicians). For a while, the news that the lake people chose the cornerstone once rushed to the hot search.
Russell in college managed to overshadow Okafor in the draft with an average of 2.7 three-pointers per game and a three-point shooting rate of more than 40%. Three-pointers became his killer in Russell's rookie season, averaging 36 percent from 2.5 goals per game, which looks welcome, but hasn't improved much in two consecutive seasons. It is stable but shows no signs of progress.
Russell's biggest disappointment is his offensive ability to hold the ball, as a point guard, especially the top-notch show, only scored 0.72 points per offensive round, which is only higher than the 35% of players in the league, and the ability to hold the ball is too weak. After two seasons in his rookie season, Russell's scoring efficiency showed a clear downward trend, averaging 13.2 points per game and 35% shooting from three points in the 2015-2016 season. In the 2016-2017 season, he averaged 15.6 points per game and shot 35% from three-point range. There is no improvement in the three-pointer, and the offense with the ball has not improved and there has been a regression.
The Blue Net period is lurching
The Lakers dismissed the idea of grooming Russell and traded him to the Blue Nets. However, after Russell came to the Nets, his first season was mediocre, averaging 15.5 points, but in the Second Season of the Nets, the 2018-2019 season, Russell was very powerful, averaging 21.1 points per game, leading the Nets to the playoffs and being selected for the All-Star Regular Game for the first time in his career, but this did not dispel doubts about him.
After the Nets performed well, Russell also briefly played for the Raptors and Timberwolves, and then the Warriors got Russell through the trade, appeared 33 times in the Warriors, averaging 23.2 points per game, and then was traded by the Warriors as a chip to Wiggins, in the eyes of Kerr and Miles, Russell was not suitable for the Warriors and did not recognize his ability. When you can't control your own destiny, you can only become a chip for others, and this saying is really correct in Russell.
The Timberwolves period was flat
However, after coming to the Timberwolves, Russell was tepid and never averaged 20+ points per game. It's not that the Timberwolves don't want to trade him, it's that no one wants to get him, it's like a chicken threat, don't use it, there are also points averaged ten points per game, and using it doesn't have much effect on the field!
I hope that Russell can get lost and realize that his most powerful is actually his three-point ability, and further strengthening the three-point shot is the way out. After all, in today's small ball era, only by constantly polishing your skills can you survive in the NBA.
Russell, born in 1996, is only 26 years old this year, and is still far from reaching his peak, it should be said that he has never reached it, although there is still a big contract in his hand, but the contract will expire one day, and the vision should be long-term After all, the road ahead is still very long, isn't it? Russell!