The rookies in 2018 and 2020 collectively broke out this year, but were the Clippers and Warriors injured?

I have always emphasized a point of view:

Look at the quality of a rookie, it is not about how popular the media and scouts have made them before the draft, nor about how outstanding they are in the first year.

can identify the quality of a rookie, which can only be seen as good as 5 years or as long as 7-8 years.

For example, the highest quality "golden generation" in recent years-2009. In addition to the No. 1 pick "Griffin" Griffin, the Spanish golden boy Rubio, and the "two-double machine" Hansblu, who swept the major awards of NCAA that year.

The best in the 09-10 season was Jennings, who scored 55 points in a single game, and Tyrek Evans, who won the best rookie that year and was directly promoted to Kings boss.

But it took four or five years to come to know that the best players in that class were No. 7 pick Stephen Curry, Tanhualang James Harden, and the first "post-90s All-Star" Ju Holiday.

And this year's playoffs seem to have become a collective report performance for the 2018 and 2020 rookies. Their speed of their scramble for power made the whole world vague. Among the four teams that advanced to the Eastern and Western Finals, the 2018 rookies include:

Thunder boss, new MVP Alexander (11 pick)

Knicks "Iron Man" Bridges (10 pick), substitute center Mitchell Robinson (6th pick in the second round)

Timberwolves "Three-point Cannon" DiVicenzo (17 pick in the second round) and Jaylen Bronson (3rd pick in the second round) this season, which almost all teams missed.

2020 rookies include:

The No. 1 pick at that time, the Timberwolves boss Edwards,

and the defensive champion around him, the league's top 3D McDaniels (28th pick)

Pacers boss Halliburton (12th pick), forward player Obi Topin (7th pick), and outside sharp knife Nesmith (14th pick).

Knicks substitute forward Achouva (20th pick) and Thunder substitute guard Isaiah Joe (19th pick in the second round).

The two groups of players not only include the absolute bosses of the four teams, but also the best among all types of players, and the solid rotation substitutes now.

It can be said that at least this year's playoffs have proved that the rookies in these two sessions are fresh blood of quite high quality in recent years.

And the Thunder, Pacers, Timberwolves and Knicks are the biggest beneficiaries.

Let's say one by one, the luckiest of them is undoubtedly the Indiana Pacers.

In 2022, they got Hilde and Halliburton through the Sabonis Jr. In July of the same year, he got the frustrated Nesmith from the Celtics in a big deal with Brogdon, and a year later he got Toppin with just two second round picks.

The three of them were not chosen by the Pacers themselves, but made a fortune by trading with small profits, and now they have made a lot of money.

In addition to Turner, Mathering and Nemhard, whom he trained over the years, has built a solid long rotation team around Halliburton and Siakam.

This is also the fundamental reason why they were able to reach the Eastern Conference Final for two consecutive years.

Let's talk about the New York Knicks, Mitchell Robinson is the second round of their own dig in 2018. He has played for seven years and once became the "king of ending efficiency" in the league and is also the player who has played in the team for the longest time.

Of course, their biggest gain is naturally the team leader Bronson.

The Villanova champion guard fell into the second round in the 2018 draft due to lack of hard talent, allowing the Mavericks (get Doncic) who had already gained a lot of money that year to win two future NBA super ball holders in one go.

But under the account of Carlisle, the Mavericks coach, he did not receive full trust and was the team's substitute guard for the first two years of his career. It was not until the arrival of another great point guard, Jason Kidd, that he had his talents thoroughly tapped.

Now, it's time for Bronson to settle accounts with Carlisle. In the west, Edwards naturally needs no need to say. He is still the best No. 1 pick in the comprehensive combat power and talent limit in the past five years, and he is making solid progress almost every year.

The interesting thing is actually McDaniels. The Timberwolves' first round pick actually came from the Los Angeles Lakers.

But the Lakers, who just won the championship that year, packaged this first-round pick and Danny Green to the Thunder, in exchange for the second place of the "Sixth Man" of the season.

At that time, the rookie-ridden Thunder did not find his potential, and gave him to the Minnesota Timberwolves in a three-team big deal two days later.

Medan's luck was that he met Coach Chris Finch, the mentor, and under his training, he gradually became the best outside defender in the league.

This year, McDan has defeated the Lakers who once gave up on him, and it is his turn to settle the score with the Thunder in the next Western Conference Final.

And it goes without saying that the Thunder have obtained Alexander, the most mature combat power among the two rookies.

The reason why they lead the Rockets, Spurs, Magic, and Pistons that are also rebuilt is because their cornerstone is the most stable, that is, the strongest combat power.

Of course, when it comes to Alexander, we have to mention two unlucky guys - the Hornets and the Clippers.

2018 draft, the Hornets who had already won Alexander's 11th pick in the first round, but sent him to the Clippers for two second round picks and got Miles Bridges.

Although Bridges has now grown into a striker with 20+ per game in the Hornets, he is no longer a player of the same level as Alexander.

Michael Jordan's vision once again suffered a Waterloo.

This is not over yet, the Clippers are the bigger sucker.

His first year with the Clippers was enough to shine. Not only did he become the team's starter, but he also made rapid progress with the support of an old senior like Lou Wei. He also played very smoothly in the first round of the playoffs against the Five-Star Warriors and Stephen Curry.

Just when everyone thought he would be the cornerstone of the team's future team building, the Clippers packaged five first-round picks with him and Garlinari to trade Paul George from the Thunder, and formed the famous "contemporary Jordan-Pippen combination" with Leonard.

Now it seems like a complete joke.

This is also the biggest failure of the late "LOGO Master" Jerry West, who is known as the "manager GOAT" of NBA, and no one of them.

In recent years, whenever Alexander performed brilliantly and gradually grew into a league super giant every year, only the Clippers management and fans beat their chests and stamped their feet:

They lost their own Kobe Bryant.

Of course, there are more than one unlucky guys. The Warriors also had the second best pick at the 2020 draft. But this team, which has always been mainly engaged in offenses from outside, chose a center forward, James Wiseman.

Kor, who has not used centers well throughout his coaching career, has no idea how to install this child who should have too many things to learn in his system, so he eventually became a popular person after three years of wasting his team.

The Warriors missed three goals, Halliburton, and Maxi, who can succeed Curry's top ball holder, or Desmond Bain who can replace Clay's three-point shooting.

No matter how bad it is, you can choose Avdia, Vassel, and Quickley to be more effective than Wiseman.

Watching the Warriors today still rely on Curry, Butler, and Zhu Meng, the 108-year-old iron triangle, and watching the younger generation of Poole be beaten away, Kumingga, Moody, and Pojemsky disappointed the fans and management again and again.

Looking at the 2020 rookie who is now shining in the playoffs, I don’t know what the Warriors management and fans will think now.