This year's NBA offseason is particularly lively, for those sought-after free agents, the teams are eager to recruit, in the first day of the opening of the free market to complete a large number of signings, after the end of the draft, there will be a large number of young players with unlimited youth to join, followed by a group of veterans who can not move to choose to retire, there are also a number of players who have experienced many seasons of struggle but still can not adapt to the departure, they either change careers or go to low-level leagues, but there are also some special players, They are obviously in the year of playing, have proved themselves in the league, and have a certain amount of immediate combat strength, but they have not signed with any team for a long time, and today we will take stock of such 3 players (in no particular order below).
1st place: Avery Bradley
Bradley was the 19th pick in the first round of 2010, he is 191cm tall, has an arm span of 201cm, and has averaged 28 minutes in his career, contributing 11.5 points, 2.9 boards, 1.8 assists and 1 break, and shooting 36.3% from three-point range.
Although Bradley is the height of a guard, but he is physically strong, excellent defensive ability, especially for the outside of the oppressive force is very strong, the offense has a three-point level above the league average, and does not have the ball, this year in the Heat can also get 8.5 points 1.8 board, three-point shooting rate of 42.1%, although he was traded to the Rockets after the state is nothing, but does not mean that his strength is not good, but the rebuilt Rockets are not suitable for him, he is a playoff-level team jigsaw puzzle player, This year, he is only 31 years old and has no major injuries, and he has not reached the point of degeneration at all.
The biggest reason why Bradley has not won a contract so far is the 2019-20 season, as the team's main guard, he refused to participate in the Lakers' park rematch, did not put the interests of the team in the first place, fortunately, the Lakers won the championship in the end, or he is the biggest sinner, other teams must consider whether they will make trouble in the playoffs after signing him, and then it may not be as lucky as the Lakers.
2nd place: Bismarck Biyombo
Bi Yongbo is the 2011 first-round No. 7 show, he is 203cm tall, the arm span reached a terrifying 229cm, averaged 20.2 minutes in his career, contributed 5.1 points, 6.1 boards, 1.3 blocks, shooting 52.7% from the field.
Biyombo is a stout blue-collar interior, his offense is rough, but very willing to do dirty work, has a very good rim protection ability, excellent rebounding in the frontcourt, in the 2015-16 playoffs, still in the Raptors' Big Three Cavaliers led by James met in the Eastern Conference Finals, he dominated the interior line in the third game, grabbed 26 rebounds, including 8 frontcourt rebounds, and it was this highlight moment that allowed him to get a 4-year, 72 million contracts from the Magic, At that time, Biyombo was only 24 years old, and the magic saw his potential, but in the following 4 years, he did not make any progress and became the representative of the garbage contract.
This year's official age of Biyongbo is only 29 years old, all playoff teams lack defensive centers, according to the reason, a basic salary contract is still worthy, if you find him from the Congo in Africa, you may know the reason why he did not get a contract, the original 29 years old just entered the peak of the age, Biyongbo has begun to decline, which shows that his real age must be much older, no team can guarantee that his state next season can adapt to this league.
Third: Meyers-Leonard
Leonard was the 2012 first-round 11-pick pick, 213cm tall, 221cm arm span, averaged 16 minutes in his career, contributed 5.6 points and 3.9 boards, shot 48.2% from the field and 39% from three-point range.
Leonard is a functional center, on the offensive end, his excellent three-point ability can take the opponent's inside line out of the box, greatly enriching the team's offensive tactical system, defensive end he has enough weight to fight against the weight center, he is a playoff team very much needed inside type, can become a secret weapon at a specific moment, because of this, the average data per game is not outstanding, he got a 4-year 41 million contract with the Blazers, and reached a 2-year 19 million contract with the Heat, an absolute winner in life.
However, Leonard should be a typical example of himself dying alive, he is 29 years old, he could have fought in the league for many years, but because of a sentence in the game that led to his unemployment, he touched the bottom line problem that should not be touched, the Heat made him truce indefinitely, and then traded to the Thunder after choosing to cut him, although he said many times that he was unintentional, but after all, he offended most of the league's financiers, and it seems that the return is hopeless.
In the top league of the NBA, there has never been a shortage of talented players, in addition to their own strength, there are many factors that will affect their careers, Bradley and Leonard have paid the price for their actions, and Biyombo has deceived the entire league, and whether we can see them in the new season has become unknown.