From a top salary of 47 million to a base salary of 780,000! The NBA's fastest-regressing superstar, it's no wonder the Lakers abandoned you

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2024-05-18 02:18Published in Hebei

The NBA playoffs are intensifying, and now only the Celtics have reached the division finals, and the other teams that are playing in the second round are struggling to tell the winner, especially the Timberwolves and Nuggets, who need to play a tie-break to decide who advances. The Knicks and the Pacers are also indistinguishable, but judging from the current trend, the Knicks' hopes of advancing are still very high. Speaking of the team that was defeated in the first round, everyone may think of the Los Angeles Clippers, the Clippers win the championship every offseason, but every year in the playoffs, they can't collapse, the reason for this, I think the Clippers' star is not good, especially Leonard, he can't be called great at all.

The Clippers also have a problem with their playing ideas. Let's talk about Wei Shao, which proves that the player is indeed very righteous and has a good character, but his ability on the field is really average. Aside from character, in the past 30 years, only Embiid has been the MVP of the regular season.

Wei Shao's efficiency this season is not high, especially in the playoffs, he can only average 6.3 points + 4.2 rebounds + 1.7 assists + 1.2 steals + 0.5 blocks per game, the overall shooting rate is only 26%, and the three-point shooting rate is 23.5%, how can this be called a "giant"? Therefore, the Clippers are the Big Three, not the Big Four, and Wei Shao's current capabilities are still too far behind. Let's analyze the technical capabilities of Wei Shao at both offensive and defensive ends.

In terms of offense, Wei Shao is still one of the best physical guards in the NBA league, his body is strong, his confrontation ability is strong, even at the age of 35, his speed is not slow, and his fast offensive ability is even better. Wei Shao is a star who relies on his body to play, and now his physical functions are declining, which also leads to his very low efficiency in playing, and his shooting feel is not soft enough, so he can't open up space at all, and even taking the ball is a blind beating, and wave shooting also happens from time to time. In the playoffs, he didn't even have the breakthrough point that he was best at, averaging 1.7 assists per game, but averaging 1.7 turnovers per game, isn't this a war criminal? All in all, I think Willis is a side effect on offense, one of the least offensive efficient guards in the NBA today.

Defensively, Willis ranks 40th in the league with a defensive efficiency of 108.6, which looks pretty good, but that's just a statistic presentation of the team's defense. In fact, Wei Shao's defense is often absent-minded, his single defense ability is very poor, his co-defense ability is average, and his ability to defend against the ball is almost non-existent, not to mention any internal and external defensive flexibility. Fortunately, his physical fitness is okay, he can go to top some small forwards, he can also launch a fast-break counterattack after stealing, and his ability to impact rebounds is okay, all in all, the defensive level of Wei Shao in the playoffs is at a medium level. He's a commanding defender, somewhat similar to James, but now the team doesn't allow him to command, after all, the Clippers are not his team.

When I was with the Lakers, I heard the saying that "give Wei Shao enough balls, he is still the same Megatron back then". Seeing this, I can't help but want to smile, even if he can average 20+9+9 per game? Since leaving Durant, he has not reached a single division finals, only played in the second round of the playoffs once, was eliminated by opponents in the first round six times, and was swept by gentlemen four times. In fact, we can't blindly blame the Lakers back then, because after Wei Shao left, the Lakers directly entered the division finals, although they were shaved by the Nuggets, they also completed the black seven, and also defeated the powerful Golden State Warriors. Fortunately, Wei Shao only has a base salary of about 4 million now, and he only got 780,000 when he joined the Clippers, if it is still 47 million US dollars, the Clippers must be booed at home.

All in all, Wei Shao's style of play is very problematic. When the physical fitness was okay, it was very difficult to defend, the mid-range zombie jump shot was very accurate, the three-point shot production was okay, the breakthrough ability was very good, and the fast break was even better. But Wei Shao has been really average in recent years, and he is a war criminal everywhere, and I would like to call him the fastest regressing superstar in the NBA in recent years. Of course, I don't deny his character, Wei Shao is a very righteous person, but in this NBA stage, he may really fade out.

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