The genius about to disappear: In just 4 years, he has become a "temporary worker" from his first round pick

Maybe it won't take long before we hear stories about him in a certain issue of "The Disappearing Genius".

Although he is the No. 26 pick in the first round, he is known as the best offensive talent in the 21st class and has the attributes of a super sixth man. However, in his four years of career, he has been in four teams, from holding formal contracts and the main rotation of the championship team, he has gradually become a fringe player who is on the back of a two-way contract and may be cleared by the NBA at any time. He is Nashaun Hyland, who makes people love and hate.

Hyland's growth experience is very inspiring, which is why many people like him.

In 2000, Heyland was born in Wilmington, Delaware, one of the top ten worst neighborhoods in the United States. However, due to his good protection by his family, Heyland was almost unaffected and went smoothly on the road of basketball. Until one day in 2018, Heyland was already the main force of St. Georges Technical High School and had broad development prospects, but the sudden fire caused a huge change in his life.

The fierce fire and the smoke made Hyland unable to distinguish the direction. Out of instinct, he ran towards the window. During the landing, Hyland's knee hit the corner of the stairs. A few minutes later, the rescue team rushed him to the hospital for treatment. After diagnosis, Hyland was diagnosed with a torn patellar ligament. Although the operation was successful, fans familiar with basketball knew what this injury meant. Look at Andre Robertson and Jeremy Lin, these are all living examples. The doctor was also very straightforward. He told Heyland, 'You may never be able to play again', but before Heyland was sad, his family told him another bad news that his best grandmother died in the fire, and his one-year-old cousin also left with her.

Helland was very upset and blamed himself. He blamed himself for running out alone. He should look for his grandmother and cousin. For a long time, Heland was very depressed and lost the motivation to survive. His body became thinner. Fortunately, the psychologist intervened in time, so Heland did not make him do stupid things that hurt him.

"The days have to go on, especially those who survive by chance, and they have to live every day wonderfully for the deceased." After being discharged from the hospital, Heland immediately began to resume training, although he could only sit in a wheelchair. In just 4 months, Heland miraculously returned to the field and led the team to the quarterfinals of the state championship. In the 18-19 season, Heyland, in his last year of high school, played a more dazzling performance than before being injured, averaging 26.6 points, 6.6 rebounds and 4.6 assists. He was elected as the State Basketball Master and was selected as the All-American Team. Winning a scholarship from Virginia Commonwealth University, despite his slim body, Hyland quickly gained a foothold with excellent offensive skills. In his second year of college, he averaged 19.5 points, 4.7 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 1.9 steals, with a shooting percentage of 44.7% and 37.1% from three-pointers.

scout report shows that Hylander has the hope of becoming Jordan Clarkson-style sixth man. He has good dynamic talent, fast speed, strong dribbling breakthroughs, excellent rhythm, balanced left and right hands, can complete shooting in extreme space, and is very efficient, has super explosive scoring. He once scored 52 points in a single game in the high school league. His only disadvantage is his poor organizational ability and he will not share the ball at all. Even if he encounters double-teams, his first choice is to shoot, rather than giving a better teammate.

It is precisely because of this "lone wolf" attribute that Hyland was not selected by the Nuggets until the 26th pick.

Of course, no one is perfect, but if you can find your position and do what you are best at, you can still become a top puzzle, but Hyland, he has to be the core of the team.

Due to the injury of the main player, Heyland got a lot of playing time and opportunities when he first arrived at the Nuggets. Although his performance was not dazzling, it was also a passing grade for a rookie. However, with Jamal Murray and others returning, Heyland's living space was squeezed, which made him very dissatisfied. Returning to the field, the Nuggets with a well-rounded lineup launched a new attack on the championship. They needed to implement the tactical design of coach Malone, but whenever the ball was transferred to Heyland, the tactics could not be implemented.

Hyland only has a basket in his eyes, and he can't see Murray with his hands stretching out his hands to ask for it. In addition, he has poor defense and cannot take on excessive tasks. Therefore, when he is on the court at the same time as Murray, the latter often has to do the dirtiest and most tiring work, and keeps the opponent's core in the game.

Everyone saw that Murray could not play at the same time as Hylander, and coach Malone could only choose to DNP the latter. Hylander, who was already dissatisfied, broke out completely. He and Malone had a quarrel in the locker room. Not long after, the Nuggets packed Hylander and sent it to the Clippers.

In the words of team general manager Booth: We cannot have 2 players who are not defensive, nor can we have 2 guys who are too self-centered.

Watching his younger brother encountering such "injustice", Heyland's sister starts the croaker passionately and squires about social media with Murray.

For NBA stars, doubts never stop. The only thing you can do is to keep proving that Hyland needs an opportunity to prove that he is a better player than Murray, but obviously, he can't do it at all. His shooting is not as stable as Murray, and the organization is even more different..

After changing the environment, Hyland still has not changed. Although he doesn't play much, his average of less than 20 minutes per game, his number of shots can reach 9.8 times. As for his efficiency, he is still very low, because he has 51% of his shots, which is forced to make moves (superplanet). In addition, he averages 5.1 breakthroughs per game, which can only get 0.7 assists. It is a pure tactical "killer", not to mention defense. In the 23-24 season, Hyland was the player with the most air cuts in the NBA, with 1.4 defense losses per game. It is really a defensive plus-minus value -2.1, the 7th last in the league.

After playing 71 games for the Clippers, Hyland was sent to the Hawks and was immediately cut. Four months ago, he signed a two-way contract with the Timberwolves. However, until the end of the season, Hyland only played 4 games for the Wolves, with a cumulative playing time of less than 17 minutes.

From the ruins of the fire to the NBA, although Hyland converted trauma into fuel, to continue walking, he still needs to increase his horsepower, then drive into a brand new lane, re-forge himself and change himself. The NBA will not give him too much time, either reborn from the fire or turned to ashes.