Although the scale is small, it weighs thousands of pounds. This philosophical proverb also applies to the NBA arena. On a star-studded and star-studded stage, sometimes seemingly inconspicuous role players, or superstars who have lost their peak form, can often become the biggest variable for the team, and even become the ceiling for the team to win or lose.
今天，盘点本赛季打出身价的五大球星。
5th place: tough guy Caruso
Caruso averaged 9.5 points, 3.4 rebounds and 2.3 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 55.3% from the field, 46.8% from three-point range, and 79.5% from the free throw line.
Caruso as a defensive giant, excellent defensive awareness and defensive ability, let Caruso become the team's core defensive titan, in the Lakers period, Caruso has a very good performance, after being abandoned by the team, Caruso still has a very good competitiveness, excellent defensive ability, not as good as the continuous improvement of the game details to handle the ball, all make Caruso a defensive warrior to be reckoned with.
In the new season, Caruso's performance continued to improve, and in the year of play, Caruso once again ushered in an outbreak, with a succession of outstanding performances, allowing Caruso to show extremely strong competitiveness at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends.
In the face of the Lakers, Caruso's performance was still stable, with 15 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists in the whole game, comprehensive technical characteristics, and the attributes of a big heart at critical moments, which also became the key factor for the Bulls to beat the Lakers.
As a defensive giant, Caruso at the age of 29, once again played a bottoming performance, stable output ability, as well as super defensive efficiency and defensive aggressiveness, all of which made this blue-collar player in his playing years more competitive, and also made the former Lakers' abandoned baby play the expected game again.
Fourth place: Corinthian on the rise
Collins, in the 2023-24 regular season, averaged 13.7 points, 8.1 rebounds and 0.8 assists per game, shooting 47.5% from the field, 39.6% from three-point range, and 78.1% from the free throw line.
Collins was selected by the Hawks with the 19th pick in the first round in 2017. As a young star, Collins has excellent athleticism and shooting ability, excellent impact, and personal ability, which makes Collins very competitive on the court, excellent outside projection ability, and finishing performance in the restricted area, making him a very intimidating star, and even in the Hawks' dark horse season, Collins' outstanding performance is also the absolute core player of the team, which also makes him a young and promising young star.
After getting the big contract, Collins's state deteriorated, and the contradictions and conflicts that were incompatible with the team also made his value plummet, and he was even put on the trading shelf by the team, making Collins from a future star to an abandoned baby to be slaughtered, and even once became a victim on the road to the team's reconstruction.
In the 2023 offseason, Collins was traded by the team, and after joining the Jazz, Collins played a very shocking game, and the current situation of a gorgeous turn also made Collins dream of the year again, playing an excellent performance, Collins's transformation and improvement, not only let him play an excellent performance again, but also bring great competitiveness to the team, as an all-round power forward, Collins's bottoming out, also made the Jazz competitive again, and even brought new competitiveness to the road of future reconstruction, and also made its precarious value rise again, once again play the former competitiveness, as well as good deterrence, and become a young man with a promising future.
3rd place: Hardaway the best sixth man
Hardaway averaged 18 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 41.1% from the field, 36.2% from three-point range, and 87.2% from the free throw line.
Hardaway was drafted by the Knicks with the 24th pick in the first round in 2013. As a second-generation star, Tim Hardaway Jr. has the height of a shooting guard, above-average athleticism, excellent mid-range shooting, very efficient pull-up jump shots, an excellent passer, and solid defensive skills. Soft touch and athleticism allow him to generate more pressure off the ball, but he is not good at sharing the ball, and his poor defense is Hardaway Jr.'s fatal flaw and a well-known factor in limiting the former teenager's reputation as a former rookie of the year.
In the new season, after a very poor performance last season, Hardaway Jr.'s performance on the bench was extremely bright, and he played the best sixth man in succession, which also made him a very competitive player for a while, and it was also the key to the team's ability to stabilize the record after Irving's injury.
The continuous improvement of the game detail processing ability, as well as the projection performance at key moments, have made Hardaway very aggressive on the offensive end, although the defensive end is still not good enough, but the improvement of enthusiasm and concentration has also allowed Hardaway to gradually make up for the shortcomings, after all, the ultimate offensive performance, still covers up the weakness of the defensive end, so that the player, who was once criticized by the team, was once promoted to the team's proud bench bandit, and even became a blockbuster at the beginning of the Mavericks season, the absolute core star, and the team's bench bandit.
Hardaway's increasing competitiveness not only allowed him to get rid of the downturn last season, but even allowed him to play at the peak of his career for a while, while helping the team improve its overall strength, Hardaway's performance will also allow it to continuously improve its own deterrence, and even is expected to increase its value again, making it a bench bandit with strong competitiveness, and even expected to launch an impact and challenge to the best sixth man, becoming a real core star.
Second place: Draft legend Van Jordan
Van Jordan averaged 17.5 points, 4 rebounds and 8.6 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 39.9% from the field, 38.7% from three-point range, and 87.4% from the free throw line.
As an undrafted pick, Van Jordan has a strong rhythm control and a super high basketball IQ, but he is short in height and mediocre in physical fitness. At the same time, Fred VanVleet has a big heart, rarely makes mistakes in passing and receiving the ball in key moments, and has an excellent assist-to-turnover ratio as a point guard. But as the core of the ball, Van Jordan holds the ball for too long, plays sticky balls, and sometimes chooses to be overconfident and easy to delay the timing, but the flaws, phenomenal scoring ability, and excellent organizational skills still make him a draft legend.
After experiencing the stage of the Raptors from prosperity to decline, Van Jordan left the Raptors this summer and signed with the Rockets with a 3-year 130 million contract, although due to age and other factors, this contract was once criticized, and believed that Van Jordan was not worthy of this heavy big contract, after all, Irving only got a 3-year 126 million contract, for a while, Van Jordan also became the focus of public opinion, and even this big contract was also scheduled as a premium contract, so that Van Vleet once again from the former Van Jordan to a rejected draft that everyone spurned.
In the new season, Van Jordan's performance is still excellent, although it is not enough to blink in the data, but as an experienced veteran, Van Jordan can play a good role as a veteran, that is, he can assist young people to rise and grow, and he can stand up at critical moments to help the team win, this is Van Jordan's job, and it is also a necessary experience and should be done to play with young people.
It is precisely because of the injection and transformation of Van Jordan that the Rockets have the momentum of the Rockets, so that the team that was at the bottom of the league in the past once played a winning streak like a rainbow, and even still ranked tenth in the West, and even crushed the Warriors, with playoff competitiveness.
As a veteran of the team, Van Jordan is also a leader, bringing great competitiveness to the team, and also leading the young people to grow together, so that the rebuilding team can get out of the trough as soon as possible and welcome their future and hope. As the core player of the former Raptors championship-winning period, Van Jordan's strong experience and cold-blooded scoring ability at critical moments will be technical means that young people do not have, so the arrival of Van Jordan not only improves the team's record, but also allows the Rockets to truly grow and let young people achieve transformation and maturity as soon as possible. In other words, this once-undrafted legend who was not favored by the draft has also metamorphosed and sublimated again in the Rockets, not only playing the style of a veteran, but also making his value soar and becoming a real leader and a rising commander of the team.
First place: Rochier, who killed all sides
Rochill averaged 23.6 points, 3.9 rebounds and 7.2 assists per game in the 2023-24 regular season, shooting 46.3% from the field, 37% from three-point range, and 85.4% from the free throw line.
Rochier was drafted by the Celtics with the 16th pick in the first round in 2015. As a young star, Terry Rozier has super athleticism and great physical fitness, shooting and handling the ball very well, and offense is a strength. Defensively, Rochier is extremely good, with an aggressive defensive style and a defensive attitude that leaves no stone unturned, making him competitive and energetic, but the downside is that his shot selection is sometimes not wise, and his height and weight are at a disadvantage among players in the same position. But on the whole, Rozier has a bright future ahead of him, with a lot of room for improvement on both offensive and defensive ends. He has super athleticism and physical fitness, a good defensive attitude, full of energy and regardless of physical strength.
In the new season, Rochier's performance is still extremely good, although Ball is the hope of the Hornets in the future, but as the team's No. 2 man, Rochier's scoring explosiveness, and athleticism, not to mention much, after Ball's injury, Rochier got the opportunity to show his talent again, although the Hornets are in the rebuilding and the overall strength is not good, but Rochier's excellent individual ability is still extremely shocking.
In the face of the Sun's game, Rochier once again showed a strong scoring explosiveness, in the face of the Sun's Big Three, Rochier is also incarnated as Lu Bu, playing a very shocking game presentation, even at the critical moment, the Suns can only choose to limit Rochier in the way of the bag, forcing him to play, it can be seen that this young star, once brought a lot of pressure to the Big Three, Rochier frantically watched 42 points, 4 rebounds and 8 assists in the whole game, and his comprehensive performance once again showed the charm of a dual-energy guard, as well as shocking super personal ability.
Even after Ball's return, the Hornets still regard this young man as the future and hope of the team, but Rochier's successive miraculous performances will still be a great improvement for the star who is in his prime, and it will even be expected that Rochill can get a big contract even if he tests the free market, which will not only enhance his popularity, but also make Rochier's value soar, become a promising future, and even be expected to be scrambled by many teams to become a very competitive, young star with super individual ability, Rochier's efforts will also earn a bigger contract for his future, and more teams competing to bring new value and competitiveness.
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