6 NBA players off to disappointing starts including Trae Young

Acquired by the Pelicans this offseason, it wouldn’t have surprised anyone if Bledsoe saw more of a role in New Orleans now that he was outside Giannis Antetokounmpo’s shadow. Instead, his 11.3 points and 4.1 assists per contest so far are his lowest since the 2012-13 season.

Not only is Graham’s 30.1 percent shooting from the field atrocious, he is shooting an unsightly 27.9 percent from inside the three-point arc. He does own an impressive near 5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio though which is 11th-best in the league according to NBA Team Rankings.

Nurkic was extremely impressive in his 13 regular season/postseason games in the bubble posting averages of 16.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.8 assists, and 1.3 blocks after not playing in a regular season game prior to the shutdown. The momentum hasn’t continued to this season (averages of 9.8 points and 7.7 rebounds), and he is now expected to miss at least eight weeks with a broken wrist according to Hoops Rumors.

The Warriors traded for Oubre Jr. after Klay Thompson went down with a season-ending injury prior to the season beginning. Chucking up 5.5 threes per game and making less than 20 percent of them (19.7) isn’t what Golden State had in mind.

While his shooting numbers are solid, Williams has been far less productive than he’s been in over a decade. The three-time Sixth Man of the Year. In his first 12 games this season, Williams has seen his scoring and assist average sliced by more than half of what they were over his first three seasons with the Clippers.

One of the most dynamic offensive players last season, Young thus far has seen his scoring average drop by 6.7 points compared to 2019-20 while shooting less than 40 percent from the field and 30 percent from deep. Two times this season, he has scored seven points or less which is something he did only once all of last season.