NBA 2020-21: 5 stars who have disappointed the most this season

3. Blake Griffin

Blake Griffin #23 of the Detroit Pistons poses for a portrait during the Detroit Pistons

Blake Griffin is no longer the high-flying dunker that fans were used to seeing. He has not dunked in an NBA game since December 6, 2019. Sadly, that fact is just an embodiment of his NBA career lately.

Blake Griffin hasn’t dunked in an NBA game since 2019 pic.twitter.com/I6HkXwbuU4

— NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) February 12, 2021

The galvanizing, versatile power forward who can handle the ball and create for himself so naturally seems to have disappeared.

Griffin is averaging just 12.1 points and 5.4 rebounds on 36.4% percent shooting this season. He has been very inefficient, and players just don't respect his game as much as they used to.

4. Jamal Murray

Denver Nuggets Jamal Murray #27 of the Denver Nuggets brings the ball down the court

Jamal Murray has been performing at a stagnant pace this NBA season. It's not so much these numbers that have vastly changed, because they haven't. He's still averaging around the same numbers as last year, with 18.1 points, 4.4 assists and 3.9 rebounds.

Offensively, Murray just hasn't taken his game to the next level this NBA season. After making it to the NBA Western Conference finals last season, Murray was expected to continue his rich vein of form in the current campaign. However, he has largely failed to live up to the potential that he showed in last season's playoff run.

5. D'Angelo Russell

D'Angelo Russell #0 of the Minnesota Timberwolves looks on against the Miami Heat during the second half

D'Angelo Russell is neither helping the Minnesota Timberwolves progress nor is he elevating his game as a player.

After his dominant 2019 NBA All-Star season, the Timberwolves made him their go-to guy and the focal point for their offense. However, much like Jamal Murray, he is just not meeting expectations this season. Offensively, he is still playing well, but his defense remains an issue.

It appears that the 24-year-old is just not at a point in his game to be able to carry one of the weakest teams in the NBA.