The 2021-2022 NBA regular season has been playing for more than a week, and most of the teams have performed as expected by the media, such as the first Utah Jazz in the league last season, the Warriors who almost fully returned, the Bulls who are in place, etc., have played very beautiful games so far, and the team's record is also rising. However, there are also some teams that do not play the expected results and even have difficulty seeking a victory, which disappoints the media and fans alike. Some of them have absolute talent, and some teams have a lot of immediate combat strength, but it still does not prevent them from going in the opposite direction, let's take stock of the 4 teams that have performed the worst this season.
1. New Orleans Pelicans
After the chris Paul era, the team was mired in a weak position, even under the leadership of "Thick Brow", Rondo and Holliday, the team once beat the Blazers to reach the Western Conference semifinals. But for now, this is only a flash in the pan. The Pelicans have had good talent players for the past decade, but every year they are wasting their talent, and eventually the new stars can't bear the team's record and choose to leave the team.
This season, the team's record is still not improving, and the ranking is the first in the West. Brandon Ingram, who has improved year by year, is currently averaging 25.6 points, 7.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, while shooting nearly 50% of the three-point and shooting percentages, and he has become an All-Star, and he is very eager to play in the playoffs. However, the team is still a completely weak team. His partner, Zion Williamson, is also a top-talented player who may even become a superstar in the future, but due to the excessive weight of the tonnage, he is still recuperating, which of course has also affected the strength of the team. However, it is difficult to ensure that he will be able to return to form immediately, and in the process, the team will have to lose a few more games as a price. In addition, there are strong new stars such as Graham and Alexander Walker in the team, and the inner line also has experienced veterans such as Valanciunas, and the team's lineup is not as good as the giants, but it still has a certain depth.
However, at present, their record is really difficult to satisfy the fans, and what makes them even more sad is that the team has top talent, but it is constantly wasted. If there is still no improvement after that, whether it is Ingram or Zion, it is very likely that they will leave the Pelicans in the future.
2. San Antonio Spurs
As perhaps the most successful small-ball city team in NBA history, the Spurs have shown fatigue over the past few seasons. The spurs in the post-Duncan era may be very difficult to win the championship again, especially in the last season, the core of the team, Aldridge, DeRozan, left San Antonio.
As a model of "team basketball", the Spurs' record this season has been all the way down, and currently ranks at the bottom of the pelicans. The reason is nothing more than the lack of an absolute core, looking at the past few games, losing to the Lone Rangers, Lakers, Bucks, the score is actually not too big a gap, the team at a critical moment no star can stand up and score, which is the biggest obstacle to the Spurs to win. The core figures of the current team, Dezhangtai Murray and Kelden Johnson, although they all have a good performance and perform relatively better than the rest of the team, but it is likely that this is their bottleneck.
In the two years of high-level rookies, Vassell and Primo are not like players who can become "GDP". Therefore, although "team basketball" is still pursued, the Spurs will most likely accept continuous defeats after that. The current situation of the team is also difficult to attract big-name players to join, and the most promising possibility is to cultivate new talents through the wisdom of the draft and experience pain.
3. Detroit Pistons
As the biggest winner of this year's draft, the Pistons who selected The Champion Cadet Cunningham have also placed high hopes on the media, after all, a rare physical talent, Cunningham is very much hoping to become the proud son of Detroit.
However, Cunningham's injury disrupted the Pistons' plans, but the embarrassing scene of a difficult win so far has also disappointed fans. Whether it is the "Bad Boy Army" period or the decade of the early new century, the Pistons are a strong team in the East, and they have won a total of 3 championships in history, and they also have a deep foundation that does not lose to other championship teams.
However, the team's poor performance in recent years has humiliated Detroit's superstars. In fact, although the team's lineup is worse than many teams, but there are also good players such as Jerami Grant and Sadiq Bay, coach Casey is also a person who has won the best coach award, it is reasonable to say that even if losing is the norm, but a win is not deserved. With the return of CC imminent, after the Pistons have a main backbone, the team's tactics and game status will improve, and they must also make changes, otherwise it is likely that this year will still be the bottom of the fate.
4. Indiana Pacers
The Pacers are like "outliers" on this list, especially last year when they were ninth in the East, only to lose to the Wizards in the playoffs and ultimately miss the playoffs.
Moreover, they have also made the playoffs in the previous years, which is a true eastern powerhouse, but so far this season, they have only won one game, and the arrival of Dallas's meritorious coach Rick Carlisle does not seem to have brought special changes to the team. The team's main players LeVert and TJ Warren are currently unable to play due to injury, and Craig and Lamb on the bench are also suffering from injuries, but in the games in which Brogdon and Sabonis Jr. have all played, the team's record should not be just like this. At present, the number of mistakes in the whole team has reached 17.4, ranking 4th in the league, and behind this is not only injuries, but also the incompatibility with the new tactical system, and the lack of running-in of the team.
Of course, with the return of the main players from injury, the Pacers still have a high probability of catching up later, but the poor performance so far in the season really needs to be criticized.