Now is different! A five-star high school student second only to Cunningham, but he once had no balls to play. You are only 23 years old!

Although the 2021 rookies showed some discomfort after entering the NBA, which once made fans feel that they were overrated, as Cad Cunningham, Evan Mobley, Scotty Barnes and others have fulfilled their talents and become the core of their respective teams, fans have finally seen their abilities. It has to be said that their class is indeed worthy of being the title of New Year rookie. The players we are going to talk about today are also rookies of this class, and before entering the NBA, he was second only to Cunningham and Jaylen Green, and he can be said to have both talent and potential. However, it is extremely embarrassing that he is not the same now as before. Cunningham, Green and others have already obtained good contracts, but he is close to the situation where he has no ball to play. This person is none other than BJ Boston. Let’s take a look at what this young man has experienced!

1. The king of high school was in the NCAA.

Speaking of Boston, I have to talk about his kingly performance in high school. He had already performed well as a while in Norcross' high school, especially in his senior year, where he averaged 18.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.9 steals per game, leading the school team to the state semifinals. This year, he showed his talent and performed extremely explosive aerial homework many times. It is precisely because of this that he was nominated for the MaxPreps All-American Team 1,216. In his senior year, he transferred to California's Sierra Canyon High School, where Brownie James and Zaire Wade became teammates. With the exposure of the sons of the two famous stars, Boston also received huge traffic and quickly became the focus of attention in the United States. Boston is also very successful. He averaged 19.7 points and 7 rebounds per game in his senior year, helping the school team to achieve a record of 30 wins and 4 losses, winning the Open Championship in the Southern High School Division and the High School League in California respectively. As the core, he was successfully selected for the McDonald's All-American Team and Jordan Classics, and was also elected as the Basketball Master in California.

can become famous around the two sons of legends and surpass these two to become the core, which shows Boston's ability. Therefore, in the summer of 2020, he became the third in the United States after Cad Cunningham and Jaylen Green in the five-star high school student rankings selected by major media. It is precisely because of this that many NCAA prestigious universities have given him olive branches, and Boston eventually chose the University of Kentucky. However, after entering the NCAA, Boston has not been able to continue his outstanding state in high school. Although the school uses him as the core to build the system, he averages only 11.5 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game, with only 35.5% and 30% shooting percentages respectively, and his shooting is very unstable. Therefore, although he was selected into the SEC region's best freshman lineup, he did not have any honors. This caused his draft market to plummet, but he still insisted on his own and participated in the 2021 NBA Draft.

2. He was once close to losing to the NBA and became a marginalist in the Clippers.

And besides his poor performance in the NCAA this year, Boston also has other shortcomings, especially his thin body, which makes many scouts worried about whether he can gain a foothold in the NBA. The result was that Boston, who was full of confidence, was not selected by the Grizzlies until the 21st pick in the second round, that is, the 51st pick in the total. In other words, he was very dangerous at the time and was likely to be defeated. Not long after being selected by the Grizzlies, Boston was immediately abandoned by the team and sent to the Clippers. In his first year or day of entering the NBA, he felt the cruelty of the NBA. If he is not careful, he is likely to be eliminated by the NBA. But no matter what, he successfully entered the NBA, and the Clippers had a very good lineup at that time. Under the leadership of Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, they had the ability to compete for the championship. However, due to the serious injuries of the two, the Clippers lost their competitiveness in the 21-22 season. However, for Boston, this should be an opportunity, but he failed to seize it. Although he scored 27 points and 24 points respectively in the game against the Celtics and the Cavaliers, he did not impress Tyron Lu.

played 51 games, averaged 6.7 points, 2.2 rebounds and 1 assist, and shot less than 40% from the field, which is the data given by the Boston rookie season. In the 22-23 season, George and Leonard made a comeback one after another, which made Boston's chances even more slim. Tyron Lue himself didn't like to use rookies, as a result, Boston's playing time was shortened to 11.3 minutes, and his average number was still only 6.5 points and 1.4 rebounds. What made Boston even more helpless is that in the 23-24 season, the team introduced James Harden, and even Russell Westbrook needed to play as a substitute. In addition, he had a Terence Mann before, so it can be said that he had no chance at all. In this season, he averaged only 5.2 points and 1.6 rebounds per game. In the entire Clippers' three-year career, he only got 105 opportunities to play, and with the end of the season, he was also given up by the team.

3. There was no ball to play at one time, but fortunately the Pelicans gave him a chance.

Last summer, 22-year-old Boston felt confused. He was obviously the focus of the national basketball world three years ago, but now he has become an injury to Zhongyong and may be eliminated by the NBA at any time. Although the Spurs gave him a training camp contract, he still failed to get the team's favor. Fortunately, there is no way out. The Pelicans, shrouded in injuries, found Boston with the full camp of wounded soldiers this season and handed him a basic salary of $2.16 million a year.. This time, Boston did not let the opportunity slip away, and the average game data increased to a career-high 10.7 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.3 steals. The overall shooting percentage has improved a lot, and the performance on the defensive end is also satisfactory. However, Boston seemed to be entangled by the curse of injury. He also felt discomfort on his left ankle and had to undergo surgery. He finally played 42 games and said goodbye to this season. Fortunately, his performance this year is still good, and he is relatively young, so he still has the opportunity to continue to stay in the NBA.