Phoenix Nirvana! The Raptors Van Jordan went from no one to the biggest contract in the history of the draft player.
Recently, the Toronto Raptors and the team’s point guard called "Van Jordan" Fred Van Fleet signed a four-year agreement. The $85 million contract is the highest value of a single contract for a draft player.
Van Fleet was undrafted in 2016. His good performance in the 2016 Summer League attracted the Raptors to sign him. His annual salary in the 2016-2017 season was only $543,000.
He is a small point guard and a small combo guard. How he went from losing the draft to signing a big contract that no one cares about, from his career average data can also reflect all the changes, the work has come naturally.
In his first season, he averaged only 2.9 points, 1.1 rebounds, 0.9 assists, 35.1% shooting from the field and 37.9% from the three-minute field. He played 37 games off the bench this season, which is entirely the data of a team water fountain manager. However, Van Jordan's three-point shot was OK, and he adapted to the current style of small ball play. The team signed with him for the second season for $1.31 million.
In his second season, he averaged 8.6 points, 2.4 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 42.6% field goal percentage and 41.4% three-minute field goal percentage. Van Fleet was successfully promoted to the team's first substitute this season, the main scoring point and offensive initiator of the team's second team. After the 2017-18 season, the team signed with him for $18 million for 2 years.
In his third season, he averaged 11.0 points, 2.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 41.0% field goal percentage and 37.8% three-minute field goal percentage.
This season's Van Fleet successfully counterattacked the Bucks in the Eastern Conference finals of the playoffs. In the fourth game, he shot 5 of 6 shots, 3 of 3 three-pointers, scored 13 points, and netted. Winning points +25 points, shooting 7 of 13 from the field in the fifth field, 7 of 9 three-pointers, scoring 21 points, a field goal difference of +28 points, shooting 5 of 6 from the field and 5 three-pointers in the sixth field. He made 4 of the shots and scored 14 points. The field goal difference was +12 points. His Raptors were also behind 0:2, pulling 4 games in a row, reversing and successfully reaching the finals.
His fourth season averages soared to 17.6 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.6 assists, 41.3% shooting from the field and 39.0% from the three-minute field.
This season's Raptors, despite the departure of the top star Leonard, the team's record is still ranked second in the East. The team reached the semi-finals in the playoffs and unfortunately lost to Kay in the tie-break. Elts.