As a top basketball temple, the NBA has never lacked legends. As an era of materialistic business alliances, interests have become the primary starting point and foothold for stars to stay.
Although, in the era of the business league, there are still legendary stories of the Lakers and the Black Mamba one person, but this moving legend is only a flash in the NBA, more often, the team for the sake of interests, not hesitate to abandon the partners who have been with each other for many years, and even help the team to make meritorious stars, so in the NBA, a big dye vat full of the same smell, loyalty is sometimes worthless.
Today, take stock of the five stars who are afraid of being unloaded and killed this season.
Fifth place: Strategizing São Paulo
Chris Paul, averaged 9.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 10.3 assists per game in the 2022-23 regular season, shooting 36.8% from the field, 31.3% from three-point range and 100% from the free throw line.
Paul was selected by the Hornets with the 4th pick in the first round in 2005. As a master organizational guard, Paul has the ghostly passing ability of traditional guards, the five-time assist king witnesses Paul's super organizational skills, and as a point guard, Paul has a strong degree of adhesion, can be plug-and-play, bringing a huge improvement in the team's record, stable mid-range projection ability, but also makes Paul's deterrence continue to improve, Paul is also the only active 20,000+ points and 10,000 assists of the first person.
In the offseason, there were many conflicts between Paul and the Suns, and Paul's public mockery of the team owner's insults to women made the point guard guru almost risk being traded, and at the same time, Paul's team status was once weakened by two consecutive critical moments, resulting in championship losses and brainless remarks, and even plagued by trade turmoil.
After the start of the 2022-23 season, Paul was greatly affected by public opinion, and his competitive status also declined significantly, in the three games he played for the team, Paul performed extremely sluggishly, and even almost lost the ability to score, becoming a small version of Green, completely losing the threat on the offensive end, the Sun also once fell from the backcourt double star to Booker single-core to lead the team, Paul completely became a master of organization, completely lost the offensive threat, Paul's slump, but also led to Booker's increasing pressure, making the team's injury management regenerate.
As a superstar with an annual salary of 30 million, Paul's performance in the new season is indeed eye-popping, but as a superstar who led the team to the top from the fish belly team, the team's dislike of Paul has also become an important factor in the decline of the master point guard's status, but the business league has always been cruel, if Paul cannot adjust his mentality and return to the top, and even Paul will face the risk of being traded again, the 37-year-old gun is likely to start a turbulent drifting career again.
Fourth place: Green, the best defensive player
Draymond Green, averaged 9.5 points, 5 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in the 2022-23 regular season, shooting 64 percent from the field, 25 percent from three-point range and 83.3 percent from the free throw line.
Green was selected by the Warriors with the 35th pick in the second round in 2012. As a four-time champion, Green's outstanding physical talent and insight into the big picture make Green not only have strong defensive ability, but also can become a team organizing forward on the offensive end, connecting the entire team, Green has also become the Warriors after Curry, the team's second engine, is an important bridge connecting the Splash Brothers and the team, and Curry and Thompson are called the Warriors Iron Triangle.
The 2021-22 season Warriors made a comeback and won the championship that season, which is also the Warriors after Durant's departure, dormant for three years to break into the Finals stage again, but as the team's former core player, this championship, Green's role is significantly reduced, not only due to physical factors, Green's multitasking attitude, but also makes Green completely lost on the offensive end, Green once became the biggest stumbling block on the team's way to win the championship, and even during the Finals, Green was pressed on the bench by Cole, From an inside leader to a spectator to the team, after Wiggins and Poole stepped forward, Green's value to the team is gradually being marginalized.
In the offseason, Green's punching incident against Poole continued to ferment, once putting the Warriors on the cusp, although the team's quick response and lightning speed stopped the incident in the bud, but Green's damage to the team has become an indisputable fact, causing the team to be dissatisfied with the core star whose form has dropped sharply and constantly erupted in locker room conflicts.
After the start of the 2022-23 season, Green's role in the team is still not outstanding, completely losing the performance of the peak, Green's deteriorating state, but also making the Warriors' record fluctuate sharply again, it is reported that Green has not given up the pursuit of the top salary, I believe that if Green continues to be sluggish, or even refuses to reduce salary, the Warriors will send the former team's meritorious star away in advance before Green becomes a free agent, and timely stop loss for the team will also become a sure fact.
Third place: Defensive stalwart Sebul
Cybull was selected by the Celtics with the 20th pick in the first round in 2019. As a defensive stalwart, Russell's athleticism and keen defensive awareness have allowed the youngster to excel on the defensive end and be in the All-Defensive Team for two consecutive seasons.
As a defensive stalwart, Cyble is not very good on the offensive end, and compared to Maxi, Cybull's sluggish performance on the offensive end is indeed unflattering.
But as a defensive master, once the hero of the first record in the East, Seibul's play did play a crucial role in the team's rise, but for two consecutive seasons, Cybull failed to make achievements on the scoring end, which also made the team and head coach Rivers extremely dissatisfied, and once put it on the trade shelf.
In the first three games of the 2022-23 season, Rivers only let the youngster play a total of six minutes, completely reducing from the core player of the team last season to the season's water cooler administrator, such a large gap, which also made Seble suffer from the embarrassing situation of not playing the ball in his fourth season.
Second place: Low pick legend Middleton
Middleton was selected by the Pistons with the 39th pick in the second round in 2012. A highly creative mid-range scorer, Middleton is a superstar who relies on skill and consistent shooting ability, with a high quotient and a knack for finding holes in defense to get easy scoring opportunities.
In the 2021-22 season, after the Bucks won the championship, Middleton's athletic status suffered huge fluctuations, emotional ups and downs, and also caused Middleton to be plagued by injuries, and in the first round of the playoffs, Middleton was reimbursed due to injury, and the Bucks stopped in the semifinals, and the dream of winning the championship was shattered again.
After the start of the 2022-23 season, Middleton still hangs the no-play card, although in the offseason, the Bucks once officially announced that Middleton was in good shape, but Middleton has never been able to usher in a comeback in the new season, and after the lack of Middleton, the team does not seem to be subject to much fluctuation, in the case of the alphabet brother supergod, López, Portis and other role stars stepped up, and the team is still firmly in the ranks of the strong team.
As a core player of the team, Middleton's long-term absence will not only affect the competitive state at his peak, but also make the team lose patience and trust in Middleton, and even once the team continues to play well in this lineup, the team is likely to give up the former champion, making the sharpshooter who played at his peak from the second round pick start a turbulent drifting career again.
First place: alternative blooming superstar Davis
Anthony Davis, averaged 24 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2 assists per game in the 2022-23 regular season, shooting 52.7 percent from the field, 18.2 percent from three-point range and 76.2 percent from the free throw line.
Davis was drafted by the Pelicans with the first pick in the first round in 2012. As the chosen son, Davis's growth experience is legendary, this young man who was still playing guard in high school, due to a sudden surge of 20cm, Davis has also been promoted from a guard to a power forward, which also makes Davis not only have the skills of a guard and the ability to break through the dribble, but also have the strong physical talent of an inside player and a solid inside footwork, Davis has also become another all-round power forward after the wolf king.
In the 2019-20 season, Davis joined the Lakers and joined forces with James to win the NBA championship that season, Davis also completed the pursuit of the championship, Davis after winning the championship was obviously subject to huge mental fluctuations, not only the domineering character gradually broke out, and began to multitask, it is reported that Davis once spent his mind on forming a professional standing team, opened a new era in the network, and completely gave up his enthusiasm and vitality for basketball. Not only that, Davis' emotional changes also made the historical superstar once reduced to a glass man, and thus made the Lakers unable to win the championship for two consecutive seasons.
In the 2022-23 season, Davis ushered in the return, as a superstar, Davis' return performance is gratifying, but after Davis returned this time, the outside projection ability was almost completely exhausted, completely losing the deterrent power of the outside line, not only that, Davis's talent on the organizational end was also completely wiped out, which also made Davis completely cut off the connection with other stars, making the Lakers' deterrent power continue to plummet, Davis' subtle changes, but also made the Lakers encounter Waterloo again, In the new season, the Lakers suffered three consecutive defeats in the case of the combination of the big three, completely losing the momentum and strength of the dynasty team.
It is reported that in the 2022 offseason, the Lakers once had the idea of putting Davis on the trade shelf, and now Davis' state can not bring the team back to life, if the next game, Davis can not adjust the state, so that his deterrence continues to improve, the Lakers and James in order to win the championship, the champion hero, once again become the team's pursuit of the championship, has also become an irreversible fact.