With an annual salary of $4,700, the NBA's real working emperor!

After a quarter of the NBA regular season this season, the dark horses have been in good shape, and several traditional championship giants are also getting better. On the western side, the Timberwolves and Thunder both have the league's top defense + Mesozoic superstars, and the attributes of being strong + the perfect configuration of the lineup indicate that their lower limit will not be low in the future. From the third place Mavericks, to the tenth place Pelicans, there is essentially no gap, the Lakers + Clippers two teams, one got rid of injury troubles and won the midseason championship, and a new Big Three combination (Harden + Leonard + Paul George) has ranked first in the league in offensive and defensive efficiency in the last 11 games. The Warriors have reached the point of being terminally ill this season, Klay's overconfidence + Wiggins' disorientation, and Curry is alone. Since the Nuggets won the championship last season, there has been a steady loss of personnel.

Coupled with Murray's hamstring injury this season, Jokic averaged 28.6 points + 12.9 rebounds + 9.8 assists per game, including several high-level statistics that are the first in the league, but he is more tired than Curry, finishing + strategy + defense. As the only team that was able to drag the championship Nuggets to Game 6 in the playoffs last season, the Suns are in an even worse position this season. The opening game was 12-10, and they started into three phases, with Booker and Beal both suffering injuries in the first stage, and basically Durant led the team alone, with a team record of 4-6. After Booker's return, the United Durant played a wave of 7 consecutive wins, and in the last 5 games, Durant and Booker have both been injured again, basically leading the team alone, and the team is 1-4. Coach Vogel has repeatedly said that the team can only grit its teeth to tide over the difficulties.

Durant is one of the most tired players. Played an average of 36.7 minutes per game, fourth in the league, second only to Maxey, VanVleet and Sharpe of the Trail Blazers, and being caught in each game has become his daily routine, the key is that Durant basically led the team alone, playing an average of 31 points, 6.5 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, scoring third in the league, with a two-point shooting rate of 52.1% (27th in the league) + 50% (3rd in the league), no one can limit Durant alone, and the opponent's defense of Durant is very simple, pinch +This situation did not improve until Booker's return, Booker averaged 27 points and 8 assists per game this season, he was forced to transform, but he was also plagued by an ankle injury, and Durant also suffered from injuries due to fatigue.

In the offseason, the Suns sent away Paul and Ayton, in addition to getting Beal, they also got Gordon, Yuta Watanabe, Nurkic, Allen, Diop, Eubanks and others, like Gordon averaged 14.3 points + 40% three-point shooting per game, Allen averaged 12.3 points per game + 46% three-point shooting rate, Nurkic averaged 11.7 points, 9 rebounds and 4 assists per game, it can be said that Durant, including Booker, and several key role players, have performed their tasks well. But the Suns' regular season bottom, or the one who gave the most energy, should be Beal. Durant and Booker, as the league's strongest scorer combination, should be players who raise the ceiling, not guarantee the lower limit, and force them to overdraft their bodies in the regular season, with only one result: injury and fall, serious and even affect the whole season! But what about Beal?

suffered a lower back injury in the preseason, and took half a month off at the beginning of the regular season, played 3 games, averaged 17 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3 turnovers per game, and the shooting rate was as low as 38%+33%, and then missed a month due to a lower back injury! Beal's previous super cap salary contract with the Wizards was actually paid for by the Suns, counting this season, Beal's salary in the next 4 years were: $46.74 million + $50.2 million + $53.67 million + $57.13 million, the Wizards were wronged and gave Beal a trade veto + 15% of the trade margin. But what about the Suns? They took out Paul + Shamet in exchange for Beal, who averaged 23 points per game + 45 games per season over the past two years.

Even if Beal can play this comeback, no one knows if he will fall down again due to his back injury! I don't know how long Durant and Booker can last in this situation! But Beal is really the No. 1 winner in the NBA, with Durant and Booker around him as a historical-level super scorer, he only needs to sit on the bench to get money, and he can be called the NBA's No. 1 working emperor! But from another perspective, Beal was only willing to play for the Suns, otherwise he would use his trade veto, but did he come to Durant to compete for the championship? Not to mention his poor efficiency on the offensive end and his vulnerable defense (like Lillard, he has never been a blue-collar worker and needs someone around him to plug his leaks), does he have the ability to control the court? With only 6.6 assists per game in his prime? That's not as good as Booker playing point guard part-time.

Before the Suns traded Beal, they also had some scandals with Harden and Irving, but in the end, choosing Beal was actually the worst option. Last season, Paul and Ayton were competitive in the regular season, and this season, Durant's overdraft has already had some signs of being in the Nets, and playing the No. 4 position is more physically draining for Durant. The most terrible thing is that Beal still has 4 years left on his contract, and there is also a trade veto, once the Big Three fail to win the championship this season, Beal is really rotten!