The 5 most disappointing teams since the start of the NBA! The Clippers became a laughing stock, and the three favorites fell

In this year's offseason, the extreme giants who suffered defeat last season are not willing to continue to repeat the mistakes of the past in results. As a result, they have worked hard in the transfer market and completed several big deals that shook the league. The Suns make up the Big Three of Durant + Booker + Beal; The Warriors used Poole and Paul to complete the swap to form a new Death Five formation; The Bucks closed the trade and made Lillard the new partner; The Clippers succeeded in bringing Harden to Los Angeles at a relatively small cost after the start of the season.

Originally, I thought that these teams would be able to make a name for themselves and become the top teams in terms of results and performance in the new season. As a result, after a few games, they did not show a trace of the demeanor of a strong team at all, but were beaten a little embarrassed, which exposed many problems in the lineup.

Clippers: Fighting on their own, without cooperation

Current record: 3 wins, 6 losses (five in a row)

Stats: 11.2 steals per game (first in the league)

Ever since the Clippers acquired the Clippers in the summer of 2019, the team has been the title favourites to watch. Although each season has a luxurious configuration, the slogan of "Clippers championship" has never been realized. When the healthy combination of Cayenne returned to the court in the new season, and the addition of Harden, a heavyweight, it once again ignited fans' expectations for the Clippers to win the championship. It's a pity that this dream hasn't been done for a few days, and it was ruthlessly poured with cold water by reality.

Originally, it was envisioned that the addition of Harden could effectively connect the team's offense, allowing the Clippers, who lacked ball handling and organization, to have better tactical options. But when Harden actually started playing, he realized that the Clippers were playing more chaotic on the offensive end now. In the end, Tyronn Lue's tactical choice was only to hand over the ball to Leonard. While the Clippers' offensive efficiency is a mess, the defense is naturally full of holes. Harden and Westbrook are not good defenders in their own right, and the interior is still dominated by an unintimidating center like Zubac. As a result, the Clippers' defense remained in shambled form for most of the game, with them ranking second in the league for rebounds and blocks. If there were no defensive guru like Leonard, it is estimated that the defensive efficiency would be even lower. The Clippers are currently only 11th in the West, and for Lue, the focus of his next job will be to deploy the roster so that the Big Four can get the best out of it.

Sun: Change the soup but not the medicine

Current record: 4 wins, 6 losses (two in a row)

Stats: 7.3 blocks per game (2nd in the league)

The Suns were the team with the biggest roster changes in the offseason, and they only retained the duo of Durant + Booker, and the rest of the players were changed over and over again. The owner's intention is very obvious, that is, to take advantage of Durant's good form and find a way to fight for the team to win a championship trophy. So we saw a very strange salary lineup, except for Durant, Booker, Beal's three maximum salary contracts, and Nurkic's relatively normal contract, the rest of the players are all at the league's base salary level.

After the start of the new season, the Suns were full of ambition to create results, but the continuous absence of Booker and Beal still made Durant, who led the team very hard. Compared with the problem of incomplete lineup, the Suns are currently facing a more severe test or focus on the weak bench lineup; There are two aspects of the lack of defensive strength. In particular, the defensive problems of the starting line-up will be an obstacle for them to achieve good results. After all, Booker and Beal are not known for their defense, Durant is unlikely to be able to play both offensive and defensive ends, and Nurkic is only a role player at the tactical level. Therefore, even with a coach like Vogel who is good at defense, the Suns' defensive problems are still difficult to effectively solve.

Warrior: Death is five small, only death remains

Current record: 6 wins, 5 defeats (three consecutive home defeats)

Stats: 45.6 rebounds per game (5th in the league)

The Warriors got off to an almost fantastic start, and they proved with a winning streak that Paul was the right choice. Paul's performance naturally lived up to expectations, leading the bench to play extremely high offensive efficiency, even exceeding the scoring performance of the main team. However, after being double-killed by the Knights, the Warriors' problems were completely exposed. In the face of a lineup with twin towers on the inside and a very impactful lineup on the outside, the Warriors' defense is basically not much different from paper, and they can only watch the formation be completely dispersed.

And another key reason for these losses is that the offensive efficiency of the main team and the bench is declining. Although Curry can still score points at critical moments in every game, the performance of Klay, Wiggins and others is not good, especially Klay almost does not have much individual play except for that stunner. And it is impossible to expect the substitute lineup to explode every game, this probability is too low. And once you can't play your full strength on the offensive end, with the current set of old and short "Death Five", naturally there is no way to bring too many turnarounds on the defensive end.

Bucks: Another year without a crown?

Current record: 5 wins, 4 losses (2 defeats in a row)

What is certain is that after the Bucks successfully won the second championship in team history, management did not choose to be pampered because of this. In the past two years, they have been looking for more improvements, actively working to improve the strength of the squad. This offseason, the team successfully completed the contract extension of the core member, and also let the alphabet brother choose to stay in Milwaukee. More importantly, replacing Holiday with Lillard gave the team's perimeter offense a huge boost. However, when the game started, the combination of Brother Alphabet + Lillard seemed to have no chemistry at all.

All the tactics of the Bucks in the game still revolve around Brother Alphabet, and most of the time we will still see Brother Alphabet holding the ball to organize the offense. This is undoubtedly a sign of self-defeat, after all, Lillard is the kind of player who needs to carry the ball to kill, and now let him play without the ball, and then catch the ball in the open space to complete the shot, which is obviously not his habitual style of play. As a result, Lillard has only had two games since coming to the Bucks to play the effect the team wants to see, and most of the time it has been very entangled.

Pelican: The fall of genius hurts Zhongyong

Current record: 5 wins, 4 losses (5 straight losses)

Zion + Ingram, as well as a group of talented young talents, this lineup has a chance to make its mark in the league no matter how you look at it. But it's a pity that Zion, the champion who had high hopes, completely lost himself in injuries again and again. And in this summer, weight problems and peach incidents have made his personal life even more anxious. So even if he completes his comeback again, he can't make fans have more expectations. Although he still has an average of 20+ data per game, his efficiency value is very low, and he is too lazy on the defensive end, which has also been criticized and questioned by many people.

Under his performance, the whole Pelicans team seems to have completely lost that agile momentum. Zion and the team seem to have become the kind of pathos of "Hurt Zhongyong", and now the Pelicans are only in 10th place in the West. Coupled with the continuous rise of youth armies such as the Thunder, Kings, Pacers, and Rockets, the Pelicans, who have been regressing, are obviously no longer the darlings of the league.