The NBA play-offs and playoffs are exciting, with the Lakers and 76ers already advancing to the playoffs by winning the playoffs, while the Warriors and Hawks are out of the playoffs and miss out on the playoffs. Summing up the season, Jokic, Doncic and Alexander are the candidates for MVP, Doncic is the scoring leader, Sabonis Jr. is the rebounding leader, Haliburton is the assist king, Fox is the steal king, and the new champion Wembanyama is the block king. Throughout the season, which player has been the most impressive in terms of performance or super rise?61 points + 50 points!No. 1 in history!NBA league's most underrated star, from the bench to the boss.
According to the official poll of American media ESPN, the most impressive team in the NBA league this season is the Knicks, and the fastest rising star is Brunson. It is estimated that the whole league did not expect that the Knicks would actually have the second record in the East (50-32). The Knicks are no longer the "mud can't hold up the wall" team, they have Brunson, the league's fourth-leading scorer, Anunoby, the strongest 3-and-D forward, and players like Bogdanovic, DiVincenzo and Hart (the only fly in the ointment is that Randle missed the playoffs due to injury).
This season, Brunson has played incredible stats and performances: averaging 28.7 points per game (fourth in the league) + 3.6 rebounds + 6.7 assists + 0.9 steals, shooting 48% from the field, 40.2% from three-point range, and 84.7% from the free throw line. If it was the beginning of the season, no one in the league would have imagined that Brunson would become the league's fourth-leading scorer. Brunson's stats and efficiency levels are among the best among defenders. In the middle of the season, Lillard beat Brunson to be elected as an All-Star starter, and Brunson was relegated to the All-Star bench.
This season, Lillard averaged only 24.3 points + 4.4 rebounds + 7.0 assists per game, shooting 42.4% from the field and 35.4% from three-point range. In terms of scoring and efficiency, Lillard has not been as good as Brunson this season. This season, Brunson has bombarded 61 points + 4 rebounds + 6 assists + 2 steals in a single game, 50 points + 6 rebounds + 9 assists + 5 steals in a single game, 45 points + 5 rebounds + 8 assists in a single game, and so on. NBA reporters reported that Brunson scored 40+ points in a single game 12 times this season. Can you believe that Brunson was once a substitute who averaged 8.2 points per game?
Brunson is the first player in NBA history to score at least 50 points + 5 rebounds + 5 assists + 5 steals + 5 three-pointers in a single game. In the last 10 games of the regular season, Brunson averaged 37.8 points + 4.1 rebounds + 8.3 assists + 1.2 steals per game, making him the sixth man in NBA history (only 5 people such as Chamberlain, Jordan, Abdul-Jabbar, Kobe Bryant and Archibald did it before). According to the American media ESPN expert reporter poll, Brunson is the most underrated star in the NBA league this season, he has gone from a second-round pick and a bench player to a team leader who averages 28.7 points per game, leading the Knicks to the second place in the East.
In the playoffs last season, Brunson averaged 27.8 points + 4.9 rebounds + 5.6 assists + 1.4 steals per game, leading the team to defeat the Cavaliers led by Mitchell and Garland. In this year's playoffs, the Knicks are going to play the 76ers, and the 76ers have Embiid + Maxey + Harris + Hield + Oubre + Lowry and other fierce players. What level of league star do you think Brunson is right now?