On April 24, the Suns were swept out by the Timberwolves, becoming the first team to be swept in this year's playoffs, and the Suns' Durant played mediocre, scoring 33 points and 8 boards. At this point, Zhan Duku has only one seedling left in the NBA for more than ten years, and people can't help but sigh that time flies so fast, and it is time for the old and the new to alternate.
A few days ago, basketball commentator Yuan Fang actually said that the forty-year-old James is still the first person in the league, and Curry and Durant are also 36 years old, and they are still the top five in the league!
This season, although these three still have bright statistics and a certain amount of influence, their team's records are not satisfactory, and such a ranking is difficult to convince.
James' Lakers team finished seventh in the West through the play-offs, and almost went home early yesterday, relying on the "right time and place", double the opponent's free throws, and barely pulled back a game, but it is currently 1-3 behind the Nuggets, and the chance of a comeback is very small, not surprisingly, the next game is the Lakers' last game of the season.
Curry's Warriors were sent home by the Kings early in the playoffs and failed to enter the playoffs.
Looking at the performance of Janduku in the regular season, the three main statistics of points, rebounds, and assists, none of the three veterans performed too well, and only Durant barely scored in the top five, Curry tied for ninth, and James did not enter the top ten. None of them had anything to do with the top 10 rebounds. James barely finished fifth, with the other two not making the list.
James first, Dooku top five, if you put it in the years when James entered the playoffs for eight consecutive years, I think it can be true.
But to say such things now is obviously a bit out of place. If the three of them occupy three spots in the top five, then how many are Jokic, Antetokounmpo, Davis, Doncic, Tatum and others?
I think that purely talking about football skills, there is no so-called first person in the league at present, and these people who have just been named can enter the top ten, but it is difficult to rank in order and compete for hegemony!
In terms of influence, because of the popularity accumulated by Zhan Duku for more than ten years, the traffic of the three of them can indeed be firmly ranked in the top five!
It is a natural law for athletes to grow old, flowers have a reopening day, no one is young, there are talents in the basketball world, and the players of the generation of Zhan Duku who have accompanied us through youth will eventually grow old!