As the top basketball league, the NBA competition is quite cruel. Here there are many new people, strong hands, if you are not careful, you will be surpassed by others. Maybe today is still a hot superstar, tomorrow will become a burden that no one cares about. Next, we will take stock of the 5 tragic players who were once infinitely brilliant and now in a desolate situation:
5. Joakin Noah
The mention of Noah may make many fans feel both familiar and strange: familiar because Noah was once the top center in the league, strange because he had not heard from him for a long time. Just five years ago, Noah won the double of the year and was an indispensable defensive core for the Bulls. But now, injuries have dragged down his body, and the offensive trends of the small-ball era have made him seem out of place. Noah played just 42 games with the Grizzlies last season, averaging 7.1 points and 5.7 rebounds per game, completely degenerating into an ordinary interior blue-collar worker. At present, it seems that the veteran who is about to turn 35 may not be far from retirement.
4. Mario Chamos
A few seasons ago, Chambers was the main point guard of the championship Heat, with good defensive awareness and strong three-point shooting was his label, but he was no longer brave when he encountered "Achilles tendon fracture". In the 17-18 season with the Grizzlies, Chambers averaged just 7.7 points per game, shooting 37.9 percent from the field and 27.7 percent from three-point range. Poor performances left him without the ball in the 18-19 season, and no team wanted to take over a defender who shot so poorly. At present, Chamos is still training and maintaining his form, he still believes that he can return to the NBA season, and he does not know whether he will see this former championship defender again next season.
3. Cameron Anthony
Anthony's tragedy makes people lament that basketball trends change too quickly. As the league's former offensive killer, Anthony is known as the "offensive kaleidoscope", and the iconic mid-range jumper is quite powerful. But as the pace of NBA games increases and the pace picks up, Anthony's slow pace on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends is difficult to integrate into the whole. Whether it is in the Thunder or the Rockets, Anthony will always drag down the team's tactical system on the court, so in the end he will not escape the fate of being abandoned. This offseason, Anthony is actively preparing for a comeback, and the Lakers are likely to become his next home. Maybe he and his old rival James will meet in Los Angeles to fight for the championship together.
2. Demarcus Cousins
Another top superstar who was completely destroyed by the "rupture of the Achilles tendon". Before the injury, KaoShen was undoubtedly the league's first center, with strength, skill, and explosion, and his ability to finish under the basket was extremely strong, and his ability to dominate the ball was outstanding. But all this ceased to exist with a serious injury to the Achilles tendon. From last season's performance in the Warriors, it can be seen that Cousins's legs have lost explosive power, he can't complete the strong attack under the basket, and the defensive end is because the slowness of the foot has become the team's fatal weakness. Cousins was so confused by the brutal status quo that he recently sent a message to the whole league: he wanted a mid-class contract of about 12 million, but no one responded. Watching ordinary stars who were once inferior to themselves sign big contracts one after another, I don't know how sad this former top superstar is.
1. Isaiah Thomas
He was once the strongest on the surface, the top three in MVP, but now he can only struggle for a basic salary, he is the saddest star in recent years: Isaiah Thomas. In fact, only 3 years ago, Thomas Jr. was still in the green shirts, the performance of nearly 30 points per game shocked the league, and the scene of the playoffs with injuries made fans think of the "answer" of that year. But after the peak, it was an endless trough, and the injury to the hip destroyed the speed advantage that Thomas Jr. relied on to survive, and he could not shake off the defenders, but could only force a shot, and the efficiency could be imagined. Coupled with the natural height disadvantage in defense, his role on the field is greatly reduced. On July 2, Thomas Jr. finally got an olive branch from the Wizards, and although he only had a one-year base salary contract, it gave him the opportunity to prove himself again, hoping that he would have a good performance next season!