The playoffs are a stage for stars to express themselves, and some players are regular season stars, but not after the playoffs. Some of the players are real playoff stars, and they can play at a very high level. You can look at the Mavericks' Irving, who is the playoff star. Let's make a data comparison, during the regular season, Irving averaged 25+5+5 per game, shooting 49.7% from the field, and 41.1% from three-point range. It stands to reason that in the playoffs, those numbers have slipped a bit, but in the first six games of the first round, Irving told you that he was a real supergiant. He averaged 26.5 points per game while shooting 51.4 percent from the field and 44.9 percent from three-point range.
If you want to talk about the playoff scoring champion, it is naturally Brunson. Brunson is a tough player and plays really well. Compared with the regular season, the playoffs are also a huge improvement. In the regular season, Brunson averaged 28.7 points and 6.7 assists per game while shooting 47.9 percent from the field and 40.1 percent from three-point range. In seven playoff games, Brunson was the No. 1 guard in the East. Not to mention averaging 36.6 points per game, he also has 8.6 assists, including career highs in points and assists. What's more, Brunson scored 40+ points in 4 consecutive games, which is no one can compare to him in this season's playoffs, this is the only existence, Edwards and Doncic have not done it.
Among the eliminated teams, we need to pay attention to Maxi, the guy is also waiting. Maxey's playoffs this year are the year he really stands up for the backcourt alone. In previous seasons, Maxey still had a good defender partner by his side. Compared with the regular season, Mac's second playoff game is also a certain improvement. In the regular season, Maxey averaged 25.9 points and 6.2 assists per game, and in the playoffs, Maxey averaged 29.8 points and 6.8 assists, shooting 47.8% from the field and 40% from three-point range. In terms of single-game performance, G5 scored 46 points and 9 assists against the Knicks, which can be said to be the best playoff game of his career, and gave the team a chance to play Game 6.
Maxey has played at a price, has left Poole and other players of the same type, and really embarked on the journey of stardom. I have to say that Harden's deal was really successful, correcting Maxey and making great space for the team. As everyone knows, Maxey became a free agent this summer, and his previous contract was only 4 years and 12.15 million, which can be said to be quite cheap. So how big will Maxi get in the next contract? Judging from the relevant situation, Maxi is expected to get a 5-year contract of 204.5 million. With Maxey's price, giving such a contract is really not much, and it is also very suitable for him. In terms of this improvement, it is also quite large.
What we also need to know is that the 76ers can also free up a lot of salary space this summer to sign a top supergiant, and George is the one to pursue. If a supergiant can be signed, plus Maxey and Embiid, as long as Embiid remains healthy, the league will come to an end. The 76ers have been operating all these years not just to play the playoffs. With a first-round exit this year, there will definitely be a lot of ideas in the offseason. I have to say that this guy Maxi is also very lucky. At the beginning of his career, he met Simmons, who was doing things, and then Harden took the initiative to leave the team, and Maxey also seized the opportunity.