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Chapter 820 An Unusual Year
Chapter 820 An Unusual Year
The year 2019-2020 will definitely be an unusual year for the NBA. The offseason in the summer of 2019 can definitely be called the most turbulent offseason.It is precisely because of the magnificence of this period that the upcoming new season is destined to be unusual.
In the NBA, the most valuable assets are superstars.The transfer of a superstar can sometimes directly change the fate of two teams.So, when a superstar is traded or signed to a new team, it becomes big news.But in the past, things like this tended to happen over long periods of time.But this summer is an exception. Superstar transfers are like turbulent waves, wave after wave, completely breaking people's previous views on superstar transfers.Before that, it was a rare thing, but now, it has become very common.
The transfer of a top player will affect the structure of the league, not to mention that 10 stars will change their clubs this summer, which will completely subvert the structure of the league.The NBA in the new season will undoubtedly undergo earth-shaking changes.
Since the 2010-11 season, James has ruled the Eastern Conference for eight years. He reached the Finals for four consecutive years with the Heat, and later joined the Cavaliers and reached the Finals for four consecutive years.In the West, since 2015, the Warriors dynasty has started. They have entered the finals for 3 consecutive years and won 2 of them.Then the Thunder defeated the Warriors for two consecutive years and won two championships.Although the team is changing, from the Heat to the Cavaliers, from the Warriors to the Thunder, they all have a very obvious characteristic, that is, the team has at least three All-Star players at the same time.
The entire NBA league has entered the mode of superstars teaming up to compete for the championship.Many basketball fans of the older generation find it difficult to accept such a basketball concept, and they prefer to see the pattern of one person, one city.But God seemed to be on the side of these people. With a wave of his hand, everything turned around and returned to the way it was many years ago.
In the 2019-20 season, the NBA will enter a new era.There are no real Big Three teams in the league, but a dual-core team has emerged instead.The Thunder has Westbrook and Anlo, the Lakers have James and Davis, the Clippers have Leonard and Paul George, the Nets have Durant and Irving, the Warriors have Curry and Thompson, and the Rockets have Harden and Paul George. Paul, the Bucks have Antetokounmpo and Middleton, the Blazers Lillard and McCollum, the 76ers have Embiid and Simmons, the Nuggets have Jokic and Murray, and the Jazz have Mitchell With Gobert, the Spurs have Aldridge and DeRozan...
In recent years, before the start of the season, both the Warriors and the Thunder are the biggest favorites to win the championship, and they are far ahead in the championship odds list.But in the upcoming new season, the ownership of the championship will be more suspenseful.There are about ten teams in the league that have the opportunity to compete for the championship. In the West, there are the Thunder, Clippers, Lakers, Warriors, Rockets, Nuggets, Jazz and Trail Blazers. Of course, Popovich's Spurs cannot be missed.In the East, there are the Bucks, 76ers and Nets.Last season's Eastern Conference champion Raptors fell out of the championship sequence, but they, like the Heat with Butler, are regarded as spoilers in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
The Thunder's road to three consecutive championships has become extremely difficult.But they were not discouraged, especially after An Luo returned to the team and all the players practiced together, Donovan became more confident.
The first is the change of An Luo.It's not that his technical ability has changed significantly, but An Luo has become more confident and active in terms of mentality and temperament.Donovan found that An Luo has been able to switch between scoring and passing the ball very freely in the game.He shot more resolutely, his hit rate remained at a very high level, and his scoring efficiency was quite stable.There is another point that Donovan didn't expect. Just when he started to use double-team tactics to limit An Luo, the latter used his tricks instead and played a very good cooperation with Gallinari.Although everyone thinks that Gallinari is impossible to match Paul George, what Donovan needs is not a new Paul George.
Gallinari's performance is another reason for Donovan's confidence.A striker who has a certain deterrence on the offensive end and above-average defensive ability, but will not compete with An Luo for the ball. Donovan thinks Gallinari should be the most suitable partner they can find for An Luo players.
The 31-year-old Gallinari is a tall and tough winger who is good at straight-line breakthroughs and fouls. He is accurate on three-pointers. Although his defensive ability is average, his excellent height and wingspan give him some advantages in the third position, which can make up for it. Some deficiencies in defense.Gallinari is a scorer who can take into account both three-pointers and free throws, with a high true shooting percentage.Like An Luo, they are both extremely efficient scorers.I believe that under the influence of Westbrook and An Luo in the new season, Gallinari will definitely become a very important offensive weapon in the Thunder.
Another reason is that the Thunder's rotation has improved a lot compared to last season.The second lineup composed of Alexander, Bolton, Diallo, Grant, and Noelle can completely withstand the rotation lineup of 90.00% of the league's teams, and even face the main lineup of some weak teams. downwind.
In fact, Donovan is not the only one with full confidence.After a week of collective training, both Westbrook and An Luo felt the strength of the current Thunder team.Although it seems to be weaker than last season, it is mostly due to Paul George's super personal ability.But for a team, although personal ability is important, the chemical reaction of the team is also very important.Sometimes, the fighting power of a team composed of several well-understood players will not be weaker than that of several superstars.
When An Luo and Gallinari fired at the same time in the confrontation match, Donovan and his coaching staff seemed to have seen the way An Luo and Paul George went berserk at the same time last season, and vaguely seemed to have seen it at the time. The picture of the Warriors' "Splash Brothers" killing the Quartet.
No one knows what the current Thunder looks like, and Donovan and the players are also tight-lipped, not revealing any information about the team's running-in effect.What most people can see are only the conjectures and speculations of those media.However, no matter how you guess, there are only a small number of people who are optimistic about the Thunder.Few people believed that the Thunder, which lost an All-Star player, could accomplish great things in such an unusual season.
(End of this chapter)