The top five picks in the 23rd class have 4 people cashed in on their talents, and only Henderson was below expectations!
Judging the gold content of a draft in the NBA, then the title of the draft year is undoubtedly the biggest recognition of a draft, as far as the 18th, 09th and 03rd classes have reached the height of the draft year, and the 23rd class that participated in the draft last summer was originally considered a small year of the draft, and the result is now, they played a sense of the big year, and then I will take a look at the top five picks in this draft and how they performed in the rookie season.
No. 5 pick Orsa Thompson
Alsa's original draft template was Jaylen Brown, he has athleticism and body comparable to Brown, after being taken by the Pistons, the team also used him as a cornerstone to cultivate, in the early months of the season, Orsa has been in the top three of the rookie list for a long time, but as the season deepened, Monty began to try the lineup, and also brought Orsa from the starter to the bench, which also affected Orsa's play.
However, Orsa's talent is still visible to the naked eye, he is very well-rounded, if he can develop better three-point shooting, then he will be even better, so far this season Orsa has averaged 8.8 points, 6.4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1.1 steals and 0.9 blocks in 25 minutes per game, averaging 2 frontcourt rebounds per game, but his three-point shooting rate is only 18.6%, and he has 8 rebounds double-doubles this season, ranking second on the rookie list.
No. 4 show Amen Thompson
Both brothers are in the top five, and it can be seen how good their talent is, Amen Thompson's draft template is Ben Simmons, he is also very athletic like his brother, but Amen is also better at his playmaking, but he also has the same shortcomings as Orsa, his projection ability is also very poor, and they didn't give Orsa too many opportunities at the beginning of the season because the Rockets wanted a record.
But with Shen Jing's injury Orsa into the starter, his play is very good, in the past period of time the Rockets won 11 consecutive wins, he is indispensable, during the 11 consecutive wins Orsa can average 15.6 points, 9.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.2 steals and 0.7 blocks per game, shooting rate as high as 61%, looking at the current Orsa play, and Green's excellent performance, maybe after the end of this season, the Rockets will correct them and give up Shen Jing.
No. 3 show Henderson
Henderson's original draft template was Wei Shao, he had the ability to play in the NBA before entering the league, very good confrontation and athleticism, but Henderson's ball quotient is very low, and his projection ability is not good enough, although the Trail Blazers gave him the core position but the performance has been below expectations, so Billups even let him play the sixth man, and recently with multiple core injuries, Henderson also returned to the starting list and got the core position.
I thought he had been playing for almost a season, Henderson could prove himself, but his performance was still very poor, so far this season he has averaged 13.3 points, 3.1 rebounds and 4.9 assists per game, you may think it's not bad just by looking at the data, but his shooting rate is only 38%, three-point shooting rate is 30%, the efficiency is really unwatchable, before the Heat, he also played the worst record in history with a plus-minus of -58, and the third-worst plus/minus in history is also maintained by him, which is -56.
No. 2 show Miller
Miller's original draft template was George, and he entered the league in the early stage because of the existence of three balls and Rozier, and he didn't get a chance, but then three balls were injured, Rozier was traded, and Miller also got a chance to start, he relied on stable projection ability, and quickly cashed in on his talent to prove himself, and when everyone was discussing who would be the best rookie in Holmgren or Wemban, Miller actually had the ability to enter the discussion.
Miller averaged 16.9 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 0.9 steals per game this season, shooting 43.5% from the field, 37% from three-point range, and 2.4 three-pointers per game.
Champion Wenban
Wemban's original draft template was Durant and Boshen, what Wemban's current play is, it is estimated that everyone already knows, he has fully met everyone's expectations of him, if it were not for Popovich's various restrictions on his playing time at the beginning of the season, maybe Wemban's performance would be even more amazing, after 03 James, he is the most amazing rookie, Wemban not only played an excellent scoring ability, the key is that his defense is more terrifying.
He is more like a combination of Olajuwon + Durant, how inexplicable such a player will be when he enters the peak of his career, everyone can imagine that Wemban's average this season can score 21 points, 10.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.2 steals and 3.4 blocks per game, shooting 47%, the league's first average block per game, he has the opportunity to become an epoch-making player, speaking of which, what do you want to say about these five players? Welcome to leave a message to discuss.