The times create heroes, this sentence is universal in all fields, including today's NBA field, if you watch the ball for more than 20 years, then you must know that today's game is completely different from the past, on the one hand, the space is getting bigger and bigger, on the other hand, the speed of offensive conversion is getting faster and faster, which has created a group of superstars suitable for the development of the small ball era, and also buried a lot of talents, such as the following six, which are at an ordinary level today, but if you put it to 20 years ago, They are definitely the material for star players!
Drummond: In this era, pure rebounding space is really getting smaller and smaller, even the 4th rebounding king Zhuang Shen can only mix with the salary contract now, the reason is very simple, zhuang shen without range has no space ability at the offensive end, and he is easy to be pulled out of the military training by the opponent's small players who move too slowly at the defensive end.
Okafor: On the offensive end, Okafor is an offensive kaleidoscope, but his main problem is that the defense is too watery, in today's league, it is basically a big and four small model, if as a fifth player does not have the ability to protect the basket, it is basically difficult to stand. In addition, Okafor's range has not been developed beyond the three-point line.
Lonzo. Ball: Before entering the league, Ball was known as Kidd's successor, the next triple-double monster, but now many years ago Ball still failed to live up to all the expectations of him, in addition to his own reasons, now the league is actually not so high for the all-rounder of the player, otherwise Westbrook would not have been the strongest point guard, in the end, the value is like Curry, Lillard and other top projection ability of the backcourt players, because they can open up space for the team, and this is precisely what Ball is missing.
Bamba: As the No. 6 show in 18 years, until today Bamba can be regarded as a stable starting position, Bamba's rim protection ability is unparalleled, his template is Mutombo, but nowadays it is difficult for players to press the inside line to defend like Uncle Mu, today's big players are very good at outside projection, small men are very good at using the characteristics of slow movement after blocking and dismantling, in addition, the ability of big players on the offensive end today Is not at all, But this season may be a turning point, after all, Vucevic left, a lot of playing time was left.
Wendell. Carter: Today's Bamba teammate, Carter Jr. is a very reliable player, the ceiling may not be much higher, but if in the era of the standard No. 4 position, he was definitely a good inside player, he could do like Carlos. The things that Boozer did back then, but in this era, the requirements of the No. 4 player are completely different, and the little Carter who has no spatial ability and does not move quickly enough is not unusual.
Valanciunas: Pure No. 5 player, the whole league is no more than 10 now, but Valanciunas is definitely one of them, whether it is scoring efficiency or rebounding efficiency, Valan has always been very good, but today only two centers in the league have the so-called offensive autonomy, can crouch under the basket like the center 20 years ago, one is Jokic and the other is Embiid, compared to these two people, Varan is obviously not the core level of the team's building, plus there is no outside projection ability, All along, Varan can only be a small man's side of the horse, 15 million a year, no more!