The jersey number is the code name of the player on the court, in order to facilitate the referee to use gestures to indicate the player's data, but also can become a symbol of the image of a superstar. On the stage of the NBA, where superstars are gathered and stars are shining, when the No. 23 is mentioned, it will subconsciously think of the Bulls legend superstar, the basketball god Jordan, and the mention of No. 8 or No. 24 will think of the Lakers, Black Mamba Kobe. Although numbers do not bring any attributes to players, they can be legendary because of the legendary growth experience of athletes.
Today, take stock of the six active NBA stars starting from scratch. (Note: The number is player 0).
Sixth place: Best Sixth Man Clarkson
Clarkson, who averaged 16 points, 3.5 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 41.9 percent shooting, 31.8 percent three-point shooting and 82.8 percent free throw shooting in the 2021-22 regular season.
Clarkson was selected by the Lakers with the 46th pick in the second round in 2014. A second-round stylist, Clarkson beat Ross to the Sixth Man title in 2020-21, demonstrating significant scoring potential and above-average organizational skills.
In the 2014-15 season, the fledgling Clarkson showed the potential to change his life against the odds, and in that season Clarkson not only continued to break the personal scoring record with his excellent scoring smell. In 2015, in the game against the Thunder, Clarkson was even more bold, and when facing the Thunder double giant, he showed the momentum of the newborn calf not afraid of the tiger, cutting down the all-around data of 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game, and once became the first Lakers rookie to get at least 30 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists in a single game since the 1985-86 season. Clarkson was also named to the All-Rookie First Team after the season ended with an outstanding performance.
The following season, Clarkson continued to grow, but due to Kobe's retirement, the Lakers entered a period of invisibility, Clarkson also fell victim to the team's trade again, in 2018 Clarkson was sent to the Cavaliers, in the game against the Nuggets, Clarkson from 23 minutes, a single game to cut 11 points, career total score exceeded 4,000 points.
In the 2019-20 season, Clarkson was once again sent to the Jazz, and in his debut against the Blazers, Clarkson played an aberrant and scored nine points in a single game. In 2020, in the game against the Nuggets, Clarkson ushered in a burst, scoring 37 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists in a single game, and in the fourth quarter, the team scored 24 points of 30 points, according to statistics, Clarkson became the player with the highest single-game scoring by a substitute player since 1988.
In the 2020-21 season, after reaching a 4-year-5200 middle-class contract with the Jazz, Clarkson ushered in the peak of his career, facing the Warriors, Clarkson played 25 minutes, 3 of 8 three-pointers, and scored 21 points in a single game, according to statistics, Clarkson hit at least one three-pointer in the 64th consecutive game, once again setting a new team record.
In May 2021, against the Warriors, Clarkson scored 41 points and 7 rebounds in a single game, which is also Clarkson's second feat of 40+ after cutting 40+ against the 76ers, and Clarkson also became the second player to win this honor in the 2018-19 season after Lou Wei, and Clarkson is also the only player in the history of the Jazz to cut 40+ multiple times as a substitute.
Clarkson averaged 18.4 points, 4 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game that season, and was also named the best sixth man in the regular season with his outstanding performance. During the playoffs, Clarkson played a little abnormal, although there was not much fluctuation in the data, but after Mitchell's injury, Clarkson's control of the team and the team's ability were still not hot enough to play the performance of the stars, which also made the Jazz lose to the Clippers in the semifinals after Mitchell's injury, and once again ended the season of high and low.
In the 2021-22 season, the Jazz suffered from the contradiction of the double locker room, which has also spread throughout the season, as the best sixth man in the past, during the regular season, Clarkson's performance can be described as decent, and there is not much fluctuation, but he still has not achieved much in leading the team, and the Jazz's record has also fallen sharply, and the regular season only entered the playoffs as the fifth place in the West, and even lost the first advantage.
Facing the young Lone Ranger in the first round of the playoffs, Clarkson still performed steadily, averaging 17.5 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game, as a bench bandit, Clarkson can be described as an excellent job, but the Jazz's decadence made Clarkson unable to make up for it with hard work, and finally the increasingly conflicted Jazz lost to the young Lone Ranger, following last season's semi-finals, and returned in the first round.
In the offseason, the management who is extremely dissatisfied with the status quo of the team, has sent Gobert and Mitchell away, so that the team has completely embarked on the road of reconstruction, as the team's former sixth man, Clarkson, although he still has the strength of bench bandits, but for the rebuilt Jazz, leaving this star with an annual salary of tens of millions is worthless, and sending Clarkson away has also become the Jazz's next priority, this successive Lakers, Cavaliers dormant, once in the Jazz peak of Clarkson is afraid that he will face a wandering career again. No matter how magnificent the 29-year-old star's heart is, leaving has become an established fact, and it has become an irreversible trend to start an unknown journey again.
5th place: Flower Beauty Boy Lefu
Love's 5th pick in the first round in 2008 was selected by the Grizzlies. After being sent to the Timberwolves, as the Timberwolves after Garnett, another new wolf king, as the fourth position, Love's talent on the offensive end can be described as talented, that is, he can shoot steadily at medium and long distances, and he can also fight on the inside line, as the initiator of the single change of knights and 2 Yuanlang, it can be seen that Love's super strength.
In 2008, when LeFu first entered the league, he showed great strength, in the regular season, Lefu scored 11.1 points, 9.1 rebounds and 1 assist, and was selected to the 2008-09 Rookie Second Team.
In 2010, Lefu continued to grow, facing the Knicks game, Lefu scored 31 points and 31 rebounds in a single game, once refreshing the NBA single-game scoring and rebounding high, becoming the first person in NBA history since Moses Malone in 1982 to hand over a single game and rebounds 30+. The 31 rebounds set a new record in the history of the Timberwolves, so the Timberwolves fell behind double digits in the third quarter, achieving a shocking reversal.
In the following season, Love's continued growth and once showed all-round performance, in the 2013-14 season, Love's average of 26.1 points, 12.5 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, once playing the peak of his career competitive state and data performance, Love's promotion from a young star to an absolute leader of the Timberwolves.
In 2014, James returned to the Cavaliers, and in order to form a big three team, the Cavaliers once again had the strength to compete for the championship, and was willing to send two champions, so as to get the happiness through a three-way transaction, so that the team formed a big three team.
In the 2015-16 season, despite the formation of the Big Three, the Lefu data suffered a blow, but as an interior star, Lefu's help to the team is still a huge improvement, facing the Bucks' game, Lefu cut 24 points and 14 rebounds in a single game, not only harvesting career milestones, but also showing Lefu's all-round performance.
During the playoffs, the overall play of Lefu is also remarkable, facing the finals of the defending champion warriors, Lefu is also the third scorer of the team, in the seven major battles, Lefu cut 14 rebounds, 9 points, 3 assists and 2 steals, all-round data performance, once helped the team reverse to win the Warriors, becoming the absolute hero of the team's earth-shattering reversal, Lefu with excellent performance, helped the Cavaliers win the first championship in team history, and also successfully won the first championship trophy of their career.
The following season, Irving and James broke out in the locker room conflict, Irving's departure, so that the Cavaliers strength greatly reduced, 2018-19 season, successive finals in the finals returned, successive defeats also made James discouraged, once again brought the talent to Los Angeles, joined the Lakers.
After James's departure, the Cavaliers entered a dormant period, as an old cannon, Lover also began an early retirement journey, not only a slight decline in data, low attendance, but also made Lover completely reduced to an optional All-Star player.
In the 2021-22 season, the Cavaliers rose, and Lover was once again eye-catching with its short-lived performance, but as the game deepened, Love's original form was revealed, and during the play-offs, Love's was even more helpless for the team, which also made the Cavaliers helpless to end the season of high and low.
In the offseason, the Cavaliers are determined to rise, and Lover is once again put on the trading shelf, after the signing of Mitchell, the Cavaliers postpone the trade for Love, but since the Cavaliers have moved the idea of trading Love, once the new season of Love's poor performance, the star who has made great achievements for the Cavaliers will be ruthlessly abandoned by the team again and start a wandering career of turbulence.
4th place: Kuzma returning to the top
Kuzma was selected by the Los Angeles Lakers with the 27th pick in the first round of 2017. As a low-overall draft pick, Kuzma once accompanied the Lakers to win the championship, and also became the key hero of the team to win the championship after the two giants at that time.
When Kuzma first entered the league in 2017, he scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in the game against the Clippers, a perfect data performance that also shocked the league in Kuzma's debut.
In the following games, Kuzma continued to explode performance, scoring 15 points and 10 rebounds against the Raptors and 21 points and 13 rebounds against the Nets, Kuzma continued to peak form, but also made the unknown young man show amazing talent and potential.
In the 2018-19 season, against the Pistons, Kuzma scored 41 points, setting a new career high. Kuzma scored 35 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block in the All-Star Rookie Game, and was named the All-Star MVP of this year, once again making the young man famous.
In the 2019-20 season, the Lakers got Davis through reinforcements, and the Lakers tried their best to keep Kuzma, and the Lakers' decision also laid the foundation for them to win the championship in the finals, and in the 2019-20 season, the playoffs, Kuzma averaged 10 points, 3.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game, which made up for the continuous output of the team's offensive end, 43% shooting percentage, 31.3% three-point shooting rate, and also made Kuzma the team's most stable scoring point.
Although, the following season, Kuzma played poorly, and was sent away by the Lakers, but joined the Wizards, Kuzma once again like a fish, in the 2021-22 season, the regular season Kuzma averaged 17.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game, all the data have been greatly improved compared with last season, the low pick star after changing the team, once again bottomed out.
As a legend with a low pick, Kuzma was once the hope of the Lakers, and Kuzma also proved his value with his strength, even after winning the championship, the state fluctuated for a time, but Kuzma, who joined the Wizards to bottom out again, once again showed his potential and scoring ability that could not be underestimated.
Third place: Lillard who lost his watch
Lillard was selected by the Blazers with the 6th pick in the first round of 2012, as a super scorer, Lillard has been selected for the All-Star Team 6 times in his career, 2 times the championship of the skill game, and has entered the best team many times, Lillard has super explosive power and athleticism, and the three-point shooting ability of the knife is also the ability to make Lillard once a top star with a super big heart, and Lillard time has also once swept the United States.
Lillard, who entered the NBA league in early 2012, showed the momentum of the newborn calf not afraid of the tiger, in the debut against the Lakers, Lillard debuted, facing the son of the wind Nash, Lillard had no fear, 7 of 17 shots, 8 of 8 free throws, the whole court cut 23 points, 3 rebounds and 11 assists, a perfect interpretation of the ability to play the heart, Lillard also became the third player since Robertson, Thomas to cut 20 points and 10 assists in the NBA debut.
In 2013, against the Warriors, Lillard played 43 minutes, shooting 15 of 25, scoring 37 points in the game, once again setting a new personal scoring record. That season, the Blazers played in 82 regular season games, averaging 19 points, 6.5 assists, 3.1 rebounds and 0.9 steals per game, getting a very comprehensive data performance, Lillard hit 185 three-pointers in a single season and broke the three-point rookie season record held by Curry, Lillard also won the best rookie with his outstanding performance, and entered the rookie first team.
In the 2013-14 season, Lillard continued his rookie season and continued to grow, in the game against the Cavaliers, Lillard cut 36 points and 10 assists, and shot a fatal three-pointer 0.4 seconds before the end, showing Lillard's heart-playing attributes and personal super scoring ability. In 2014, Lillard participated in five competitions, including the All-Star Three-Point Contest, the Slam Dunk Contest, the Skills Game, the Rookie Challenge, and the All-Star Game, becoming the first person in NBA history.
Lillard continued to grow the following season, and after Aldridge left the team, Lillard became the team's unique super leader. Lillard also led the Blazers into the playoffs stage several times, in the 2018-19 season, Lillard led the Blazers to the division finals with his personal outstanding performance, but in the face of the defending champion warriors, the overall strength of the innate deficiency, so Lillard was powerless, but also fell under the wings of the warriors, but Lillard's super scoring ability is still fresh in the memory.
In the 2021-22 season, the Blazers coach change storm once caused Lillard to be dissatisfied, the team's absolute leader and management constantly broke out estrangement and contradictions, and once acted into a trading storm, which also once made the Blazers and Lillard suffer from trade storms, last season, Lillard also suffered from the influence of public opinion and injuries, Lillard once appeared a very rare state of sharp decline, Lillard's slump, but also made the Blazers completely fall, in the middle of the season, Lillard was even more due to surgery With the announcement of season reimbursement, the Blazers have also been reduced from playoff regulars to a bottom-of-the-bottom team in the West.
In the offseason, the Blazers shook hands with Lillard again with a 2-year, 110 million contract extension, and this farce ended, after a season of adjustments, and the blessing of a large contract, the historical scorer next season is likely to be resurrected again with blood, and even lead the Blazers to start a new conquest, Lillard time is also very likely to reinvigorate the jianghu after a period of time, reinventing the prestige of Lillard time.
Second place: Kobe Bryant's disciple Tatum
Tatum was selected by the Celtics with the 3rd pick in the first round in 2017. As a disciple of Kobe, Tatum debuted with super scoring explosiveness and the temperament of a leader.
In the 2017-18 season, Tatum showed great potential when he first entered the league, facing the Thunder, Tatum scored 23 points and 11 rebounds in a single game, surpassing Anthony Walker and becoming the youngest player in Celtics history at the age of 20 years and 17 days but often cutting 20+10.
In the face of the Raptors' game, Tatum cut 8 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game, the total score of the rookie season reached 1081 points, once became the eighth rookie score in the history of the Celtics, in the super-star-studded Celtics, Tatum can still occupy a place, which shows the potential of this young man and the fearsome strength of the future.
That season, Tatum played 80 regular season games, averaging 13.9 points and 5 rebounds per game, shooting 43.4% from three-point range, showing good scoring prowess. After Curry, he also became a rookie who scored at least 1,000 points in a single season and shot more than 40% of his three-point shooting percentage.
During the playoffs, Tatum, who was only a first-year student, led the team to successfully break into the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, and once led the team to play seven series of games with the Cavaliers defended by James, so that James had to play a full 48 minutes to win the Celtics.
The following season, Tatum gradually completed his transformation, and after Owen left the team, Tatum stole the position of team leader from Brown with excellent and consistent play.
In the 2021-22 season, Tatum has become the team's well-deserved leader, and in the middle of the season, the team relied on Tatum's amazing performance, successively cutting 50+ scoring feasts, helping the team to rise from the fringes of the Eastern Conference playoffs to the second place in the East.
This season's regular season, Tatum averaged 26.9 points, 8 rebounds and 4.4 assists per game, once playing a superstar performance, but also in the Browns downturn, single-core to support the entire team. And in the final battle, when the Bucks and 76ers have deliberately released water to avoid the Nets, the Celtics choose to swim against the current and face any opponent, in addition to the strength of the team, Tatum's super personal ability has also become the biggest source of motivation for the Celtics not to fear any opponent.
After the playoffs began, Tatum showed a very stunning competitive state, facing Irving's outbreak in the first round, Tatum almost whistled the basket in the last moment, helping the Celtics kill the Nets and also setting the tone for the series. In the following game, Tatum continued to play against the two giants of the Nets, completely suppressing the death god Durant at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and also making Durant extremely rare and completely lost in the entire series, Tatum's ultimate game presentation, but also became the series 4-0 sweep of the Nets, the biggest contributor to the successful revenge.
In the semi-finals, facing the defending champion Bucks of the alphabet brother, Tatum is still extremely stable, completely retreating from the youth and ups and downs of the 24-year-old, and more sophistication and calmness.
When losing 2-3 behind Tennoyama, Tatum G6 was even more crazy output, in the fourth quarter when the team was in a slump, it scored 10 points in a row, and the whole court slashed 46 points, in the confrontation with the alphabet brother, it did not fall behind at all, and also improved the morale of the team for the seventh game. After returning to the home court to light the Bucks again, after a year, he once again led the team to the stage of the Eastern Conference Finals, which was also the third time that Tatum era led the team to the division finals, witnessing the growth trajectory of the young people.
In the East Finals against Butler after the transformation, Tatum is still extremely calm, after losing a city first, the mentality has no fluctuations, and successfully led the team to grab back the home advantage, in the key King Mountain, Tatum cut 22 points, 12 rebounds and 9 assists, not only suppressed Butler's firepower output, but also used the ultimate quasi-triple-double data to help the team series 3-2 Heat, get the match point of the series, and stabilize the output in the seven major battles, after 12 years, Tatum successfully led the team to the finals stage.
After the opening of the finals, in the face of the old hot warriors and historical superstar Curry, the young Tatum fluctuated slightly, as the first time to face such a big scene of young people, Tatum's ups and downs are also expected, but despite this, Tatum is still the team's number one scorer, and the comprehensive strength is also the team's strongest, and with its own deterrent and super scoring ability, to the Warriors to create huge trouble, although the final defeat, but as the first Finals trip, Tatum is also a loser, during the playoffs, Tatum averaged 25.6 points, 6.7 rebounds and 6.2 assists per game, and his all-around performance also witnessed Tatum's steady and sustained growth trajectory.
As the Celtics' well-deserved star and the only non-sale, Tatum's growth is visible to the naked eye, this 24-year-old young man has gradually surpassed the Celtic star Pierce, but he is still extremely young, and the next 5-10 years Tatum is very likely to lead the Celtics to regain their past glory and glory, becoming the next legend of the Celtics.
First place: Three Shuang Wang Wei Shao
Westbrook was selected by the Thunder with the 4th pick in the first round in 2008. As a person with excellent physical fitness, large pace and strong air stasis ability, Wei Shao has super breakthrough ability, as well as good basket finishing ability, and a master passing ability, as well as a keen sense of rebounding, which also makes Wei Shao a triple double king of Zhengu Shuojin.
In 2009, Wei Shao first entered the league, he showed a good strength, in December he won the best rookie, in the game against the Mavericks, Wei Shao cut 17 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists, in and out of the hut, he showed the potential of the triple-double king and good explosive power. As a result, Westbrook was named to the best rookie first team.
In the following season, Wei Shao continued to grow, continued to explode performance, and called the Thunder three less with Durant and Harden, and Wei Shao also once became the second boss of the Thunder team after Durant.
In the 2015-16 season, the Thunder once again ushered in the biggest outbreak of their careers, once breaking into the stage of the division finals, and leading the defending champion Warriors 3-1, holding three match points, facing the madness of Curry and Klay, the Thunder once again encountered Waterloo, becoming the background board for the Warriors to counterattack.
In the 2016-17 season, Durant parachuted into the Golden State - Warriors, Wei Shao faced the betrayal of Durant, once angered the triple double king to have the morale, that season with unlimited firing power of Wei Shao completely broke out, that season averaged 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game, becoming the first person in history to cut such a triple-double data per game, Wei Shao also successfully suppressed Harden and won the regular season MVP of the season.
The following season, after the Thunder experienced the defeat of the new Thunder Three Less, Wei Shao also began a wandering journey after the Thunder rebuild, and was sent to the Rockets and Wizards one after another. Although Wei Shao completed the surpassing of the famous house in the Wizards and became the three-double king of history, Wei Shao's sluggish ability to lead the team is still worrying.
In the 2021-22 season, Wei Shao was sent to the Lakers to form a big three, this transaction has also become the last straw for Wei Shao to fall off the altar, Wei Shao not only lost the explosive power of the peak period, the timing of shooting and the performance of no chemical reaction with James, have become the bliss of the Lakers' lost mouth, Wei Shao was not only humiliated by Vogel, pressed on the bench, but also constantly placed on the trading shelves by the Lakers, accepting the doubts and hot discussions of fans and teams.
In the offseason, after James renewed his contract with the Lakers, the Lakers are extremely urgent to send away Wei Shao, helpless Wei Shao's 47 million contract, once became the biggest obstacle, but the Lakers never seem to give up the trade for Wei Shao, even if Wei Shao made a commitment to the head coach and the team, the Lakers still did not change the dynamics of the transaction, especially after the outbreak of locker room contradictions between James and Wei Shao, this historical superstar, the attitude towards sending Wei Shao is extremely firm.
Recently, after the Lakers brought in Beverley and Schroeder, the Lakers' guard line was once extremely crowded, and Wei Shao once again faced the fate of playing a substitute for two role stars, which will undoubtedly be a huge insult to Wei Shao, but as a player with a contract, Wei Shao naturally dares to be angry, after all, Wei Shao is still fantasizing about the end of next season and the next big contract, but this may just be Wei Shao's dream, wishful thinking.
As a triple double king, whether in the Thunder three or two less period, Wei Shao was once one of the team's few top superstars, even in the Wizards, Wei Shao is also the absolute core of the team after Bill, and now, after joining the Lakers, Wei Shao has not only been pressed on the bench, but even has been entangled in the trade storm, completely from the superstar to the prisoner of the order, there is no autonomy to speak of, for the way forward, Wei Shao is extremely confused, and can only be resigned to it, becoming a prisoner of the order, allowing people to slaughter.