The top three scorers in the NBA are currently Russell Westbrook of the Thunder, James Harden of the Rockets and Isaiah Thomas of the Celtics.
Among them, Westbrook averages 32 points per game, Harden averages 30.4 points per game, and Thomas Jr. currently averages 29.4 points per game.
After Durant left the team, Westbrook completely let himself go. With no one to compete with him for the ball, Westbrook performed at the peak of his career. Not surprisingly, Westbrook's final average per game data this season
He will settle on averaging a triple-double of 31.6 points, 10.7 rebounds and 10.4 assists per game.
The entire league was shocked by Westbrook's exaggerated personal data.
This is not the era of Oscar Robertson. Basketball has developed to this day, the rules of the game have been extremely perfect, and the NBA has gathered almost the best players in the world.
It is indeed a bit exaggerated to want to average a triple-double per game in the new era, and to be a big player who scores 30+ points and averages a triple-double per game.
Even though Westbrook's data is quite watery and he is a bit suspected of cheating, he still gets high praise from all walks of life. After all, if you have the ability, why don't you give it a try? If you don't have enough strength, even if you want to, you can't.
It simply can't be done.
Not only Westbrook’s performance is amazing, but his former comrade James Harden, one of the Thunder’s three young players, also has extremely luxurious personal data this season. He is currently averaging 30 points and 11.8 assists per game, which is more efficient than Westbrook.
, only slightly inferior in rebounding.
As for Isaiah Thomas, his performance in terms of personal data is slightly worse than the first two, but he also has a reputation bonus, that is, he is the strongest on the surface at 175.
Isaiah Thomas, who is nearly 1.75 meters tall, is the only player in league history who averages more than 29 points per game.
This is really unbelievable in an alliance of giants.
In the 2016-17 season, so many incredible things happened. The birth of the five-star Warriors, the king of triple-doubles per game, the strongest player on the planet with 175 points...and of course, Wang Feng.
Someone has imagined that if Wang Feng was allowed to have the ball and shot rights like the top three in the scoring list, what standard would his scoring reach?
Most people believe that Wang Feng's score will definitely reach 30+ or more.
A small number of people think that he can achieve 35+. Of course, some people think that Wang Feng will not be better than he is now, and his scoring average is even lower than that of the Cavaliers.
Things that didn't happen can only be imagined.
But in the eyes of most people, it may be difficult for Wang Feng to renew his contract with the Cavaliers next season. After all, the Cavaliers simply cannot offer a maximum salary contract to keep Wang Feng.
By that time, without Curry, James and other top superstars in the league, it will become clear what level Wang Feng can perform alone.
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After Wang Feng was elected Player of the Week, the Cavaliers went through four more games and achieved 3 wins and 1 loss, and the time came to February 16.
All-Star Weekend is coming!
The 2017 NBA All-Star Weekend is hosted by the New Orleans Pelicans. The main schedule is the Rookie Challenge on February 18, individual events starting on February 19, Skills Challenge, Three-Point Contest and Slam Dunk Contest.
The final highlight, the All-Star Game, begins on February 20th.
Starting from February 16, all games of all teams in the league were suspended, and Wang Feng also took a plane to New Orleans with his Cavaliers teammates.
"Wang, have you thought about your actions for the dunk contest?"
On the plane, James asked Wang Feng. "If you don't have a good idea, you can actually talk to me... But it may be a bit late now."
Although James has never participated in a dunk contest, he is indeed recognized by the league as an actual dunk master. There are very few players who are better than James in this field.
But there are only 2 days left before the start of the slam dunk contest, and it's already too late.
"It doesn't matter, I just went with the mentality of focusing on participation. It doesn't matter even if I don't get results." Wang Feng smiled and said nonchalantly.
"It's best to think so." James nodded.
In fact, he also thought so in his heart.
In his opinion, Wang Feng's daily dunking ability was too low. It was difficult for such a level to stand out in the dunk contest. He couldn't figure out why Wang Feng would sign up for the dunk contest and humiliate himself.
"I think it would be better if you put the main focus on the three-point contest and the final All-Star game."
Since Wang Feng came to the Cavaliers, James has been taking the initiative to show goodwill to Wang Feng. I have to admit that James is a player with a very high IQ and EQ. It is hard to imagine that this is a player who participated in the draft after graduating from high school.
Even if many NBA players go to college, they are still far behind James.
Wang Feng knew very well why James did this. On the one hand, his recent outstanding performance made James very satisfied. The latter used this method to express his attitude towards Wang Feng in the locker room.
As a result, basically no player is willing to provoke Wang Feng, even Irving.
In fact, Wang Feng feels that James' main purpose is to make Irving calm down. After all, because of the issue of ball rights, Irving has contacted Tyronn Lue many times to respond, and even directly contacted the general manager of the Cavaliers.
No matter what, in James' view, at least this season, the atmosphere in the Cavaliers' locker room must be stabilized. In order to win the championship, all other matters can be put on hold until the summer.
On the other hand, James also wants to show their sincerity to Wang Feng in this way, so as to try their best to renew his contract with Wang Feng in the summer.
Wang Feng, who is half a year younger than Irving, has really unpredictable potential.
As for Wang Feng, he could guess what James was thinking, and he was happy to do so. With James taking care of him, Wang Feng could save a lot of trouble.
I have to admit that as a role player, a leader like James is absolutely great. You can at least drink some soup with him. Tristan Thompson, JR Smith, and James Jones are all good examples.
, they all received salary contracts around James that far exceeded their own strength.
It's just that what Wang Feng wants to do is not just as simple as second-in-command, but systematic help. His goal is to defeat the entire league. In this case, James, as the number one player in the league, is undoubtedly what Wang Feng needs to surpass.
Even if the Cavaliers have no problem with their salary space and can offer him a maximum salary, as long as he is on the same team with James, he will always be regarded as a Pippen-like player.
Therefore, the Cavaliers can only be a team that Wang Feng stays in temporarily during his transition period, and will never stay for a long time.