What is the current situation of the top ten players in the 21st draft? The Rockets selected the second place in the second place, and the No. 1 pick lived up to expectations

In this year's NBA All-Squad, we can still see familiar faces like James, Curry, and Harden, but at the same time we can also see many new faces, such as Mobley, who was selected for the All-Squad for the first time in his career, and he was selected for the All-Defensive Team for the second time this year. So now let’s look back at the players who were selected in the top ten picks in this draft. How did they develop after entering the league? Among them, the Rockets were unlucky and chose the second place in the square-cutter. If he was successful, the Rockets would not be eliminated in the first round this year!

10. Zaire Williams averaged 8.3 points, 3.2 rebounds and 1.2 assists in his career. Zaire, who was famous in high school, has obviously not achieved as expected after entering the NBA. The Grizzlies have trained him for three years and have not improved at all, so he was also traded to the Nets in 2024. Zaire's performance has improved significantly here, but at best he can only be regarded as a blue-collar player with no accurate 3 points. His biggest role on the court is defense. However, Zaire's career-high three-point shooting percentage this season is also good news. If he can continue to improve his shooting later, he can still gain a foothold in the league.

9. David Mitchell averaged 7.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists in his career. Mitchell is also a defensive player. Although he is only 1.83 meters, he has solid strength, his movement speed and defensive ball quotient are also excellent. After being traded to the Heat this season, Mitchell's progress is also obvious. His three-point shot seems to be really saved. He has only 34.4% of his career three-point shooting percentage. This year, he has a 50% shooting percentage against the Cavaliers in the playoffs. The Heat's ability to enter the playoffs is due to his outbreak in the playoffs. He continues to maintain such a state. He has no worries about his work in the NBA at all.

8. Wagner Jr. averaged 19.1 points, 4.8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1 steal in his career. Wagner Jr. is the most surprising player among the top ten picks. He averaged 15.2 points, 4.5 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game in his rookie season. Moreover, compared to the data, his comprehensive skills on the court are even more overwhelming. After that, Wagner Jr. has been evolving continuously. After experiencing a trough in the playoffs last year, he has proved himself again this season. Although this playoffs is still the first round, his average of 25.8 points, 4.8 rebounds, 5.6 assists and 1.2 steals per game. The only thing is that he really has to practice three-pointers well. His shooting percentage is only 18.9%. If it weren't for the poor shooting, the Magic might have won 1-2 more games.

7. Kumingga averaged 12.5 points, 4 rebounds, 1.8 assists in his career. Kumingga is a player with particularly obvious advantages and disadvantages. His advantage is that he has a certain ball-holding skills and explosive physical fitness. His disadvantages are that his ball quotient is low and his shooting is poor. These two points directly lead to his inability to gain Kerr's trust, so he said that he would be DNP if he was DNP. Considering the relationship between Kumingga and Cole, it is likely that it will be difficult for him to renew his contract with the Warriors during the offseason, but his shortcomings are not to give him a weak team that fully believes in him to give him a chance to level up for a long time, otherwise if he still joins a playoff-level team, he will most likely not be able to play.

6. Giddy has averaged 14.1 points, 7.5 rebounds and 6.1 assists in his career. As a 2.03-meter defender, Giddy is indeed very comprehensive on the court. He has averaged 12+7+6 per game in his rookie season, but due to his shortcomings in defense and shooting, he has never been able to become the Thunder's core holding the ball. So after Alexander and Jewish both played, the Thunder decisively traded Gidey last year, which was a mutual help. After joining the Bulls, Gidey got more ball rights, which also allowed him to play games better on the court in the way he was good at. In the second half of this season, Gidey played at a quasi-All-Star level, which also brought difficulties to the Bulls. In the absence of certainty whether he was short-lived, it also requires careful consideration to give Gidey the offseason contract.

5. Sages averaged 12.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 1.3 steals in his career. As Sages, his development in the NBA is undoubtedly lower than expected. Although he has become a player at the best defensive lineup, his offense is really bad. From 2021 to now, Sargers has averaged more than half of his shooting per game for two seasons, and he is not a top scorer, with only 32.9% shooting percentage in his career. The reason why he does this is entirely because except for three-pointers, his other scoring methods are even more unreliable. The most important thing is that even though Sargus exposed his serious shortcomings, the Magic signed a big contract with him last year, which also led to the team's offensive space not being improved.

4. Barnes averaged 17.2 points, 7.5 rebounds, 5 assists, 1.2 steals and 1 block in his career. Barnes, who has outstanding physical conditions, has a talent that can be seen from the naked eye, and he can do a lot of things on the court. However, Barnes is still too rough on the offensive end. His three-point shooting percentage has been only 30% in his career, and his scoring methods are not very rich. It is often seen that he is playing on the court purely by his body. What level of player Barnes will become in the future depends on his offensive attainment. With his physical condition, if he trains the offensive level of the true All-Star ball-holding core, he is expected to become a regular in the best lineup..

3. Mobley averaged 16.4 points, 9 rebounds, 2.9 assists and 1.6 blocks in his career. As the best defensive player among these 10 players, Mobley was selected for the All-Defensive Team for the second time this season, which was not disappointing the outside world's expectations for him at the beginning. Moreover, Mobley's offense has also improved this season, averaging 18.5 points per game in the regular season, and averaging 1.2 three-pointers with a shooting percentage of 37%. While helping the Cavaliers to the All-Second Team, he was also successfully selected for the All-Second Team. However, if the Cavaliers want to win the championship around Mobri, his progress speed is obviously not enough. He also needs to speed up his pace later, otherwise the team may reorganize the lineup at any time.

2. Greene averaged 20.1 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.4 assists in his career. As the most disappointing player among the top ten picks, it is not that Greene is the most fancy among these 10 players, but that his development is too lower than expected. Although Green seems to be averaging 20+ games now, he has no idea of ​​trusting high-end games. This year's playoffs, he is only good at scoring against the Warriors, and he averages only 13.3 points per game, with a shooting percentage of 37.2% and a three-point shooting percentage of 29.5%. As long as he is more competitive, the Rockets can be said to be able to eliminate the Warriors at any time. The most important thing is that Green not only has some technical problems, but his mentality is also quite immature. As the core of the team's outside line, he often doesn't even dare to shoot, so he basically has no value for training.

1. Cunningham has averaged 22.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 7.4 assists and 1 steal in his career. In the past three years, Cunningham has been ridiculed a lot, but this season he finally proved himself. He was successfully selected into the All-Star and the All-Star team with an average of 26.1 points, 6.1 rebounds, 9.1 assists per game. Under his leadership, the Pistons also entered the playoffs. Although he was eliminated in the first round, Cunningham's average of 25 points, 8.3 rebounds, 8.7 assists and 1.8 steals per game undoubtedly proves that he did not disappoint the Pistons, but his ending, ball-holding and turnover control after the confrontation still need to be polished.