A list of the 8 top picks James has worked with before, the twilight Sharks are on the list, and the strongest eyebrows are

According to Shams and other major reporters, Ayton has now signed a two-year contract of 16.6 million with the Lakers. At present, this is expected to become a win-win cooperation between the two sides. First of all, the Lakers' paper lineup has been strengthened, and Ayton can join forces with cake feeding masters like Doncic and James in the Lakers. He is also expected to achieve a higher value in his contract year in the new season. It is also worth mentioning that Ayton also became the 9th No. 1 pick in James's career. Next, we will take stock of the 8 No. 1 picks that James has worked with before, and see what performances these players have performed when they joined forces with James!

8. When Oden participated in the draft in 2007, he became the No. 1 pick without any suspense. At that time, the outside world also commented on him that he could become a center forward of O'Neal's level. However, after entering the NBA, injuries completely destroyed Oden's career, so he was given up without playing many games with the Trail Blazers. Later in the 2013-2014 season, Oden, who re-raised the NBA, joined the Heat. He averaged 9.2 minutes per game in the regular season and was able to contribute 2.9 points and 2.3 rebounds. However, after the Heat failed to compete for the championship, he was still eliminated. Since then, he has never scored in the NBA again.

7. Bogut

In 2005, Bogut was selected by the Bucks in the first round. As a blue-collar center, it was really good that he was selected into the All-Star, Best Team and Best Defensive Team at his peak. Later, when he joined the Warriors, Bogut won the championship, and later he was traded to the Cavaliers, but he was reimbursed due to injury as soon as he joined forces with James, so his Cavaliers career soon ended.

6. Joe Smith

Joe Smith was the No. 1 NBA pick in 1995. When he played for a bad team like the Warriors in his early days, he also played good personal data, but he soon revealed it later. So after leaving the Warriors, Joe Smith changed teams a lot. In the mid-regular season of the 2007-2008 season, he was traded to the Cavaliers. He played for the latter in 27 games that season, and averaged 8.1 points and 5 rebounds per game. But not long afterwards, Joe Smith was sent to the Thunder as a bargaining chip, and he retired within a few years.

5. Howard, the No. 1 pick, was selected one year after James. His physical fitness is also very outstanding. The Magic created a one-star quad-shooting system around him, which was also a certain success. In 2009, they also eliminated the Cavaliers led by James in the Eastern Conference Finals and entered the finals. However, after leaving the magic, Howard quickly declined. In addition, at the beginning, he couldn't accept the system that was not centered on himself, so his reputation also took a sharp turn for the worse.

With the advent of the small ball era, centers like Howard encountered a greater impact, so he became a basic center later. Fortunately, Howard finally realized his current situation in the end, so he chose to return to the Lakers to prove himself. In the 2019-2020 season, he averaged 7.5 points, 7.3 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, and also played a very critical role in the playoffs. In the end, he also joined hands with James to win the championship.

4. Ross

In 2008, the Bulls selected Ross with the No. 1 pick. Since his draft pick was higher than Jordan that year, fans naturally had high expectations for him. Later, in his third season of his career, Ross won the MVP, and he became the youngest MVP in history. However, when fans thought this was just the starting point of Ross' peak, he soon fell due to injury, and in the end the Bulls had to trade him. After leaving the Bulls, Ross changed many teams, but he never returned to the top during this period. Ross also teamed up with James in the Cavaliers in the 2017-2018 season. At that time, he averaged 9.8 points, 1.8 rebounds and 1.6 assists per game. However, due to another injury, he once had the idea of ​​retirement early.

3. O'Neal

O'Neal was the first to enter the league in this list. He was selected by the Magic in 1992, and then transferred to the Lakers in 1996 and reached his peak in Los Angeles. Under O'Neal's leadership, the Lakers won the championship for three consecutive seasons in 2000, 2001 and 2002, and he personally achieved three consecutive FMVP achievements. However, due to injuries and age, O'Neal failed to live his life in the Lakers. He was traded to the Heat in 2004 and then changed teams many times in the league.

In 2009, 37-year-old O'Neal joined the Cavaliers. At this time, he was obviously unable to compare with himself at his peak, so he could only contribute 12 points and 6.7 rebounds per game in the new season, and both of these data also hit career lows. Later, O'Neal's performance was even more limited in the playoffs. He averaged 11.5 points, 5.5 rebounds and his shooting percentage dropped to 51.6%. In the end, O'Neal played for a season with the Cavaliers, and then he joined the Celtics and retired soon.

2. Irving

James had just left the Cavaliers, and then they won the No. 1 pick in 2011, and then they chose Irving. James returned to the Cavaliers in 2014, and part of the reason he made this choice was that he could see the potential in Irving. As expected, under the leadership of James and Irving, the Cavaliers quickly returned to the championship ranks. If Irving had not been injured in the 2015 Finals, they would have hoped to win the championship..

Fortunately, the Cavaliers successfully took revenge in 2016. James and Irving both performed very outstandingly in the finals this year, but immediately after losing to the Warriors in 2017, Irving suddenly applied for a deal, and the Cavaliers had to break up his and James combination. Later we can see that James still likes the player Irving very much. He has publicly praised him more than once, and he has also pushed the Lakers management to fight for a deal to get Irving in the past few years, but unfortunately the result was indeed not as he wished.

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James left the Cavaliers to join the Lakers in 2018. His arrival made the giant team re-competitive, but unfortunately, due to injury in the first year, the Lakers still failed to make the playoffs. However, the most important thing about James' arrival is to enhance the attractiveness of the Lakers. The reason why Davis applied for a deal in 2019 was designated as the Lakers because he wanted to join forces with James. On the one hand, the two of them played were compatible with the naked eye, and on the other hand, he was a fan of James since he was a child.

In fact, James and Davis had a very good chemistry. The two teamed up to be selected for the first team in the first year and successfully won the championship together in the playoffs. In the later career, although the Lakers' record has fluctuated, there has never been a conflict between James and Davis. In the minds of many James fans, Davis has become one of the best teammates James has ever met in his career. Unfortunately, Davis still failed to accompany James to retire in the end. For the Lakers' management, they cannot refuse the young Doncic.