Assisting King missed the best team, with a loss of up to $116 million. Harden has also experienced this helplessness

NBA has officially announced the 2024-25 regular season best team for several days, but the heat of discussion around this 15-man roster has not diminished at all. When everyone was amazed at the fact that James and his old horse were selected for 21 consecutive seasons, feeling relieved for Harden's return to the best team after five years, and applauded Cunningham's rise, few people noticed that an All-Star in the East fainted from the toilet - he was Trae Young of the Atlanta Hawks.

Young Master Yang has played 76 regular season games for the Hawks this season, and is considered to be a model worker level. In his 36 minutes of playing time, he can hand over a report card of 24.2 points, 3.1 rebounds and 11.6 assists, which is quite impressive. In particular, his average assists per game is 1.4 times higher than that of the second-place teacher Yo, and he is the undisputed assist king. This data bar still makes Trae Yang missed the selection of the best lineup, which directly led to a significant reduction in his revenue in the next few years.

According to NBA salary expert Bobby Max, if Trae Young can enter the best team this season, he will receive a super maximum salary of $345 million for five years with the Hawks, but because he missed the selection, Young Young and the team can only sign a general maximum salary of $229 million for four years. This time, it was a total of $116 million left! If Trae Young feels indifferent and doesn't feel sorry for this, it must be a lie.

Of course, the blacksmith still needs to be strong himself. The reason why Trae Yang was not selected was that he could not achieve decent results in leading the team in the competition with a number of defenders. After all, although the Eastern Conference is the top scorer, as long as he can keep his own three-point area, it is still not difficult to enter the playoffs. But the Hawks eventually lost to the Magic and trades in the playoffs and sent Butler's Heat away, and ultimately failed to catch the last bus to the playoffs, which was undoubtedly a point reduction. It can only be said that if you want to get rid of the title of "data brush", Trae Yang has a long way to go. He needs to achieve better team-leading results in the journey after his career.

Speaking of the assist king not being able to enter the best team, Harden has also experienced such helplessness. In the 2022-23 season, Harden was crowned the assists champion for the second time in his career. That year, he played 58 times in the regular season, just meeting the individual award selection criteria. Moreover, he and Embiid led the team to play third in the league. No matter how you look at it, Brother Deng should get the respect he deserves, but he just failed to get the favor of the authoritative media. It is a pity that he lost the election.

With Harden's past lessons, Trae Young doesn't need to be too discouraged. He should earn back with his own efforts. Just like when Dunge was injured this season, carrying the Clippers alone and struggling to move forward. These media all saw it. Even if he didn't like Harden anymore, he finally convincingly voted for him. So, for Young Master Yang, losing 116 million US dollars is not the worst. The key is that it cannot be looked down upon by the media. In your opinion, can Trae Yang, who was once as famous as Doncic, become shameless and return to the best team selection?