With an annual salary of 54.13 million, he was injured and fell down again! As a fragile super giant, should thick eyebrows consider retiring?

The new season has just started for more than a week. Some of the top teams predicted by the US media to win the championship have not shown corresponding strength and are all hovering in the middle and lower reaches of the division. A typical example in the Western Conference is the Clippers + Rockets + Timberwolves. Three brothers are in trouble. Every family has its own experience. Here with the Clippers, after Powell left, Bill was plagued by injuries. Although the Clippers had Collins as the nominal starting number four, Tyronn Lue insisted that Kawhi Kawhi play the fourth position; including Paul, whom Tyronn Lue had high hopes for, failed to work after the start of the regular season. The team had no competitiveness, and only Harden was left to maintain the basics. The Timberwolves fell down because Edwards suffered a hamstring injury, and the team lost consecutive games! The Rockets have gone from a 2-game losing streak to a 2-game winning streak and are showing signs of recovery, but Amen is not the right candidate for point guard.

In addition to these teams, there is another team that is actually even more helpless, that is, the Mavericks. In the first five games of the season, the Mavericks defeated the Spurs by 33 points and an upset loss to the Wizards by 10 points. Although they could beat the Raptors and the Pacers, who were struggling to put together a lineup, they lost again against the Thunder. Losing is not terrible, the team has two problems that cannot be solved. First of all, Flagg, who is known as the most talented No. 1 pick, was fixed at the No. 1 position by Kidd. He was seriously out of tune. He averaged 13.4 points, 6 rebounds and 2.8 assists per game, and his two shooting percentages were as low as 40% + 26%. His performance was far inferior to second place Harper and No. 3 overall pick Edgecombe! Flagg himself can't do anything, and Kidd can't do anything either, because the team is too bloated and they still want to train Flagg. Naturally, the problem comes back to thick eyebrows.

In these 5 games, Nongmei averaged 20.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.6 steals per game. First of all, this is definitely incomparable with the Lakers and even the Pelicans. He wanted to play the fourth position, and Kidd satisfied him. After all, the team has Lively and Gafford inside. Even if Gafford is injured, there is also Powell, the center is enough. But the thick eyebrows playing the fourth position are still fragile! During the offseason, the thick eyebrows underwent retinal repair surgery. The doctor required the thick eyebrows to wear protective glasses for the rest of their career. After the fourth game against the Thunder, Nongmei suffered a bilateral Achilles tendon injury. During the game against the Pacers, the team originally wanted him to recuperate, but Nongmei insisted on playing. He only played 7 minutes and scored 4 points. He suffered from soreness in his left calf and retired from the game early!

Only looking at the past year, in fact, in the last two months of his Lakers career, Thick Eyebrow suffered a lot of injuries: retinal problems, swelling of his left eye that could not be opened, numbness in his shoulders, including abdominal muscle strain and left ankle sprain. I don’t know if this was the last straw for the Lakers, and I don’t know if the Mavericks knew about it, but after coming to the Mavericks, Big Eyebrow only played 1 game before he suffered a left adductor strain. The team wanted him to be reimbursed for the season early, but he refused! In the first five seasons of his Lakers career, Big Eyebrow suffered injuries of various sizes more than 30 times. He was so fragile that a gust of wind might blow him down. I still remember the words of a Lakers team reporter: Whenever I see Nongmei fall to the ground, I always feel nervous, afraid that he will not be able to get up.

It is undeniable that Big Eyebrow's competitiveness and fighting spirit are undeniable, but he has indeed become one of the most vulnerable super giants in the league. To make the simplest comparison, in recent seasons, Embiid has been plagued by injuries among the super giants, but the situation of Embiid and thick eyebrows are different. If Embiid plays center with peace of mind, picks and rolls, and relies on his lethality to lead the team in the paint, there is no problem. But if he has to hold the ball, pull it to the outside, and compete with defenders and forwards to change direction and accelerate, his knees can't stand it. As for the thick eyebrows, he really doesn't want to play the fifth position, but during the Lakers period, the team was not willing to satisfy him. When he gets to the Mavericks, can he play the fourth position? There was no projection, the weight skyrocketed, and the tendons in both legs, including the groin, couldn't hold it at all!

Big Eyebrow's annual salary this season is 54.13 million, which is the same as Butler + Tatum + Antetokounmpo, tied for fifth in the league. But Nongmei’s efficiency in playing the fourth position for most of the season is really exaggerated. Let’s look at some data: Nongmei’s On-Off value this season is 0. Regardless of whether he is on the court or not, the Mavericks lose 7.6 points per 100 rounds to their opponents, and when Nongmei is on the court, the team’s offensive efficiency is even lower! Secondly, the four-man combination of Big Eyebrow + Flagg + Clay + Washington lost a net loss of 24.4 points to the opponent per 100 rounds. Clay is old, and Washington has to make up for the three people. Flagg is not in a position he is familiar with. Where is the dominance of Big Eyebrow? What's even more embarrassing is that when Big Eyebrow and Flagg are on the court at the same time, the Mavericks lose their opponents by a net of 18.6 points per 100 rounds!

To put it simply, playing the fourth position with thick eyebrows is a torture for Flagg, and it is also a loss for the entire team's lineup. The team's space is too crowded, no one can shoot three-pointers, and the average points per game and shooting percentage are at the bottom level! What's more, in the fourth position, he will face more pressure on his ankles and knees. The nature of the confrontation while standing at the basket is different from the rotation of defense and movement that the fourth position needs to participate in. How long can it last? Knowing that he wants to prove himself, when the continuous injuries accumulate to a certain extent, the thick eyebrows are really hanging. To be honest, it's time to consider retiring. His career has been more complete than that of many super giants.