But there are also some "different" players in the league. Although the data is not gorgeous enough, it is irreplaceable! Counting seven stars whose data can't reflect value:
In 2020, in order to get rid of the status quo, the new york Knicks hired the defensive master Spudu as the head coach. At this time, Randall is the biggest player in the team, a power forward without personal honor, and his teammates Barrett, Robinson and Gibson are also unknown.
In order to improve the team's competitiveness, Xibodu chose to run counter to the era of small balls, giving up the offensive and defensive conversion attack and focusing on the defensive position. Last season, the Knicks averaged 97.4 rounds per game, ranking first in the league. The slow pace of the game also made the audience have no experience of watching the game.
The boring positional warfare made the Knicks' defense indestructible, and the team's record began to maintain the top eight in the East. With the addition of Derek Ross in the middle and late season, the Knicks have plenty of offensive firepower on the bench and their record has begun to climb forward.
In the end, new york, a "gold-sucking" team, returned to the playoffs with the fourth place in the East after nine years, which also made arrogant Manhattan fans turn their anger on the Atlanta Hawks. However, the gap between the comprehensive strength of the two teams and the level of the stars is too big. Randall only contributed 18 points per game and shot less than 30%. If veteran Ross doesn't get 19.4 points per game, the team will be "shaved" by the hawks.
Experience the taste of the playoffs, Knicks management began recruiting last summer:
With the addition of two offensive players, Walker and fournier, Ross voluntarily sacrificed part of the ball and was willing to play the role of a green leaf on the bench. However, the head coach Spurdu, who has two "brushes" in defense, has a poor command on the offensive end. At present, the team's offensive efficiency is 108.2, ranking the last ten in the league. The defensive position of the signboard has also been disrupted by several players who can't defend, showing the status quo of "four unlike".
Ross is still the most stable player in the team, ranking sixth in the team in scoring per game, but his defensive efficiency on the field is as high as 103.3, ranking 42nd in the league (the first in the team). It is the veteran's respect for the game to make up for the position without hesitation. On the other hand, Randall and the new stars are not even as focused on the game as rookie players, so it is reasonable that the team's record is not good.
Two weeks ago, Ross underwent surgery on his right ankle and is expected to be absent for two months. Without a stable sixth substitute, the Knicks' recent record has steadily declined. Fortunately, the team is only one victory away from the eighth Hornets in the East. Ross's return still has a great chance to hit the playoffs.
This season's data: 10.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 3.6 assists.
The shooting percentage was 39.3%, and the three-point shooting percentage was 3 1.5%.
As 14 in the 20 15 draft, Payne's early career was full of ups and downs. Due to the foot injury, he was abandoned by Thunder, Bull, Raptors and Cavaliers one after another and left the NBA for several months until the summer of 2020.
This year, the NBA was shut down for several months due to the epidemic. After the league announced the rematch, the Phoenix Suns, who wanted to hit the playoffs, chose to sign Payne to reinforce the point guard line. This "unintentional" operation has changed the career of teenagers.
In the eight games after the rematch, Payne averaged 10.9 points, shot 48.5% and shot 5 1.7%, which helped the team win the game. Although the Suns did not enter the playoffs as expected, Payne Jr. won the appreciation of the Suns' management and got a contract with an annual salary of $654.38 +0.98 million to return to the NBA.
As a substitute for Paul last season, Payne averaged 8.4 points, 2.4 rebounds and 3.6 assists per game, shooting 48.4% from the field and 44% from three-pointers. According to statistics, Payne 19 scored in double figures, and the Suns finally won 17 games. Excellent performance prompted the team to win. Payne gained a firm foothold in the team by virtue of his own strength, and also successfully got a 3-year190,000 USD renewal contract.
So far this season, Payne's efficiency on the offensive end has declined seriously, but as the only player on the bench who can organize the team's attack, his excellent overall situation on the court has become the key to the Suns' scoring, helping the team rank fourth in the league with a substitute score of 38.7 points per game. Personal defense efficiency 100.8, league ranking 14. Being a suitable perimeter defender has greatly saved Paul's physical strength.
This season's data: 7.8 points, 5.5 rebounds and 2. 1 assists.
The shooting percentage is 50.5% and the three-point shooting percentage is 46.2%.
Last March, 36-year-old Tucker's tactical position in the team continued to decline as Harden went to Brooklyn. In order to continue his career, the veteran had to apply to the team management for a deal. In the end, Bucks and Rockets made a deal. The former sent Augustine and Wilson, while the latter got PJ Tucker and Kurut from the rocket. This sparse and ordinary transaction became the last piece of the puzzle for the bucks to win the championship.
In the playoffs, 36-year-old Tucker was entrusted by coach Buden holzer with the important task of defending Butler, Duran and other superstars. The veteran with perfect defensive attitude, with "intimate" tackles again and again, made Butler's shooting percentage less than 30%. Durant was exhausted in overtime. On the stage of the finals, Paul and Booker remained oppressed after changing their defenses, and finally helped the Bucks win the cup successfully.
After the contract with Bucks expired, Tucker chose a two-year contract of $654.38+048,700 offered by Heat, which not only earned money (the current total salary of his career was only $5,696,5438+000), but also extended his career. The 36-year-old veteran won the respect of Miami Heat with the highlights of last season.
Coming to the Heat, a defensive team, Tucker put more energy into the offensive end. The bottom corner three points, once familiar to rocket fans, were once again staged at American Airlines Arena. At present, his 46.2% three-point shooting percentage is second only to Cody Martin of the Hornets, ranking second in the league.
Tucker's data is unremarkable, but it has become a "hot potato" in the eyes of giants. The biggest advantage is his big heart defense ability at the critical moment. With this veteran, Miami Heat is confident to fight against strong teams such as Nets and Bucks. Even Durant, the strongest scorer in active service, doesn't want to be entangled in the seventh series by Tucker.
This season's data: 12.9 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5 assists 1.8 steals.
The shooting percentage is 4 1. 1%, and the three-point shooting percentage is 4 1%.
Last summer, 20 17 No.2 show Longzo Bauer became a restricted free agent, and his agent team wanted to find a salary contract with an annual salary of more than 20 million US dollars. Due to the Pelican's unilateral refusal, the offensive, defensive and well-organized backcourt player had to test the free market.
For this versatile point guard, Clippers, Raptors, Bulls and other teams have given up the olive branch. After careful weighing, Bauer finally chose the bull with higher price. In order to complete the final transaction, the bull and the pelican reached an agreement to sign first and then exchange. The former sent Satoransky, Temple and the second round to Pelican, and finally got Longzo Bauer, with a four-year contract of $80 million.
After coming to Chicago, Bauer's task on the court is more clear than that on the Pelican team, with a three-point open shot and the team attacking the engine. When it comes to Demar DeRozan and Lavin, Bauer doesn't need to take on the task of scoring again. It is the core task of head coach Donovan to give this excellent point guard a big picture.
So far this season, Bauer has done very well in both tasks. At present, his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 465,438+0%, and he can hit three three-points per game, which is second only to Lavin's 3.2, ranking second in the team. In the organization he is good at, Bauer currently contributes 5 assists per game. Although it has not reached the average level of his career, considering that both Lavin and Demar demar derozan in the team have certain assists, this figure is excellent enough.
It is worth mentioning that the defender line composed of Langzopol and caruso can contribute 3.8 steals per game, ranking first in the league's double defender group. These two men have made great contributions to both offensive and defensive ends, making the whole team more integrated. They also successfully helped the Bulls rank first in the East with a record of 25 wins, 65,438+00 losses.
This season's data: 14.3 points, 2.9 rebounds and 5.3 assists 1 steals.
The shooting percentage was 46.8% and the three-point shooting percentage was 42.9%.
In the summer of 20 16, Memphis grizzlies offered Conley a five-year1530,000 USD sky-high contract. This contract with an average annual salary of over $30 million instantly caused an uproar among outside fans. You know, James' annual salary in 15- 16 season is only $22.97 million.
It was also at this time that Conley, a "graceful gentleman", officially entered the field of vision of the fans. As the No.4 show in the 2007 draft, he averaged 14.9 points, 3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game, shooting 44% from the field and shooting 38. 1% from three-pointers. All the data are bland.
Selflessness and low profile have always been Conley's label. He has never had a technical foul in his career, and he is simply a good gentleman in the NBA. Grizzlies can offer him such a high salary, on the one hand, it is recognition of his strength, on the other hand, it is also a reward for his unknown contribution to the team in the past ten years.
In the summer of 2065438+2009, Grizzlies won the third runner-up show Morant, which made Grizzlies choose this as the core to rebuild. In order to give the teenager enough room to grow, Grizzlies traded veteran Conley to Utah Jazz.
During his two seasons in Jazz, Conley continued to play steadily in Grizzlies, averaging 15+3+5 data per game, among which the three-point shooting rate was close to 40%, and he was the most trusted ball handler of head coach Snyder. With the arrival of the traditional point guard, Jazz core Mitchell played more calmly on the offensive end, and the data has come to the ranks of superstars, averaging 30+ in the playoffs for two consecutive years.
This summer, jazz fans witnessed Mitchell's dilemma in the playoffs (Conley missed many games due to injury). In order to keep this veteran with excellent overall situation, the management of the team offered him a three-year contract extension of $68 million. Because they know that the role of center Gobert is limited to the defensive end, the team wants to go further and needs Conley's play on the offensive end and the organizational end.
This season's data: 18.5 points, 4.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists 1.6 steals.
The shooting percentage is 50.4%, and the three-point shooting percentage is 37.7%.
In the summer of 2020, the two-time regular season MVP winner Letter Brother had the player's own choice and could jump out of the contract and become a free agent. In order to keep this single-handedly trained superstar, Bucks decisively sent Hill and Bradso, three first-round signings and two first-round signings in exchange, and got a backcourt player with both offensive and defensive skills, Holliday.
Subsequently, Brother Alphabet felt the efforts of the team's management at the reinforcement end and decided to renew the contract with the team for five years with an ultra-high salary of $228 million, which also created the highest single contract amount in the league so far.
Last season, Holiday performed fairly well in the regular season, averaging 17.7 points, 4.5 rebounds and 6. 1 assists 1.6 steals, shooting 50.3% from the field and 39.2% from three-pointers. His offensive efficiency far exceeds the average level of backcourt players in the league.
With his innate defensive awareness and enthusiasm, Holiday was successfully selected for league defense for a period of time last season, and the Bucks renewed their contract with $654.38+35 billion for four years in the middle of the season. Alphabet+ Middleton+Holiday's lineup will cooperate for at least four seasons.
Against strong teams in the playoffs, Holiday's shooting percentage is only 40.6%, and his offensive efficiency is not high, but he ranks first in the team with 8.7 assists and 1.7 steals per game, which holds up the important task of the Bucks' organization and defense. In 23 playoff games last season, Holiday's cumulative positive and negative values reached as high as+159, the highest in the league. The truly interpreted data can't reflect the true meaning of the sentence.
So far this season, Holiday's data is still not up to the All-Star level, but his all-round play at both ends of offense and defense has helped Milwaukee Bucks to rise to a higher level. Compared with Trey Young (28.4+9.5) with better data but worse team record, Holiday obviously deserves an all-star spot.
This season's data: 8.3 points, 7.9 rebounds and 7.7 assists 1.5 steals.
The shooting percentage was 54.3% and the three-point shooting percentage was 29.3%.
It is hard for fans to imagine that the Golden State Warriors, which struggled for playoff tickets last season, miraculously returned to the top of the league this season without high-priced signings. The most important thing behind this is that the team found the defensive dominance during the "five small deaths" period.
At present, Warriors average 10 1.5 points per game, average defensive efficiency 102.2, limit opponents' hit rate by 42.6%, limit opponents' rebounds by 4 1.7 and limit opponents' assists by 2 1.4 times, ranking first in the league. Such horrible defensive data has also become the return of the Warriors.
Behind the team's efficient defense, Draymond Green is undoubtedly the core player. The player who entered the league with the fifth overall pick in the second round of the 20 12 draft has won the best defensive player once, the best defensive lineup nine times and the first steal king. Although his actions on the court are sometimes a little bad, it is difficult for the whole NBA league to find a player like him in terms of defensive input.
In recent seasons, Dream-Chasing Green has completely given up attacking. He has not averaged double digits in four consecutive seasons, but he has always maintained the level of 8+8 in organization and rebounding. Such a paranoid defensive player has witnessed the highlights and lows of the Warriors. This season, he helped the Warriors to complete the counterattack in his best way, which also became the guarantee for the team's winning percentage to exceed 80%.
"The uniqueness of chasing dreams has no less influence on the Warriors than any player, including Curry. If you want someone to join the MVP discussion, Dream green is the player you are looking for. Maybe his data is different from other players, but he has been playing football in his own way! " -Sir Snyder