Appreciating the step-by-step rise of young teams has always been a uniquely charming thing.
Jerry West’s foresight and planning for several years attracted Leonard George to invest in reshaping the dominance, which is of course very popular; Pat Riley turned his hands to make the layout for the cloud, and the South Coast Big Three rose from the ground, which is also exciting enough
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But relatively, looking at the Golden State Warriors in 13-16; the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2009-12;
Your own division champions, you’ll have a better feeling if you’ve watched them start.
Type “SHOW ME THE MONEY” on the keyboard, or use the ICE modifier to call up the bomber to dry back stab your Zulu in the Iron Age of “Civilization 5”, of course it will bring enough joy, but seriously
Yes, the sense of accomplishment is definitely not as good as successfully marrying Xiaomei Xiaoyuan Sakura in the RPG developed by love…
We did pay attention in front of Murray, Harris, and Jokic, whose game and weight loss are equally smooth.
Watching the same core lineup play together since entering the league, patching up their own game every summer, using the same core of building the team and filling it with high-quality role players, and finally marrying your beautiful girl Madoka to pass the level-it doesn’t get any better than this.
It makes people believe in love, especially in today’s turbulent times.
In the chaotic West next season, the Nuggets have a chance to cash in on it all.
What was missing from the Nuggets last season?
The free throw rate in the regular season was 17.5%, the league’s fourth-worst. Among the teams that entered the playoffs, only talent was relatively lacking. The Eastern Conference’s seventh-ranked Magic and Celtics were even worse than them;
Let the opponent’s more than 30% of the shots be completed at the basket, the league’s eighteenth; the opponent’s basket shooting rate is as high as 67%, the league’s twentieth.
I have to mention that among the defensive teams last season, the Bucks ranked first and second in these two items, the Raptors ranked eleventh and eighth, and the Jazz ranked fourth and ninth;
Sitting on the league’s first inside axis, the center Jokic with the most passing influence in history[1], so the number of assists per 100 rounds is second in the league, and the first is the Warriors.
But with so many passes and such good dynamic sharing, the number of three-pointers attempted is 15th in the league, and the shooting percentage is 18th in the league.
Ranked 20th in the league in restricting opponents’ assists per 100 rounds, 15th in the league in causing opponents’ turnovers, and 15th in the league in allowing opponents to shoot 32.6 three-pointers per 100 rounds (but the shooting rate is very good, first in the league)
[1]: I think the most interesting point for many fans now is that they easily add the title of “history” to some things that are not really outstanding, but when the real “history” level appears, they
He began to favor the past and depreciate the present again, bringing out a bunch of people to prove his experience.
Jokic’s passing is definitely better than Walton and Sabonis in the NBA in any season, and of course it is better than Chamberlain who raises his hand high and bullies everyone out of reach.
So, to sum up, what’s wrong with the Nuggets?
Defensive end:
1. They are short on the outside and have mediocre wingspan resources. They rely on Craig and Harris’ solid and sticky footsteps to match up and make rotations, but they can’t apply pressure. They can only reach the league pass line by making mistakes and counterattacks.
But without over-pressing the perimeter, interior defense is poor on strong teams.
2. All the outsiders are short, so they can’t see strong shots and one-on-one fights (how can the tiebreaker be killed one-on-one?), and it is difficult to assist the penalty area to protect the frame; the two insiders, Millsap maneuvers
He has a good sense of sex and frame protection, but he is also short after all, and he is really old. You can’t expect him to fill the position with all his strength during the 30 minutes he played; Jokic has a good sense of position and will fill the space with a streaky body, but he moves slowly.
, it is hard to say that air control and defense are the best choice.
3. Some new problems.
In today’s era when the defensive end tests the team’s skills, rotation details, insiders have to participate in peripheral pursuit, and outsiders have to help block shots at the basket, the Nuggets’ defensive adaptability and switch defenses are average.
——Take the series lost to the Trail Blazers as an example. The Nuggets, who didn’t have a big wing, used Craig and Harris to match Lillard and McCollum, so they had to use Murray to defend the front line.
So he was rebounded by Harkless and shot by Hood.
——If Jokic has to go to the front line to face Curry, Harden, LeBron and Lillard these top misplaced one-on-one ball holders, the defensive effect will be disastrous, and it will also affect the offense.
You don’t even need to find a teacher to single out. If you encounter a team with excellent off-ball screens and only rely on the weak side to block and cut Jokic away from the low post, the size of the Nuggets’ wings is not capable of protecting the frame.
——What to do, pinch?
So back to the previous question, when they force the ball holder to play, whether it is to make up for the screener or to make up for the peripheral transfer of the shooter, the Nuggets’ staffing and the area control brought by the wingspan will allow them to fill in.
And the rotation is not lethal enough.
Why is the Nuggets suffering from the Rockets?
Because Harden’s ability to find misplacements is too strong, Jokic can’t hide; even if it is not called a pick-and-roll, Harden is good at finding space for one-on-one strong shots, and the Nuggets are not good at defending against strong shots from the outside;
Pella hits the frame well, there are many outside shooters, and the rotation pressure is too great. Every shot hits the Nuggets’ seven inches.
Offensive end:
A very straightforward and obvious thing is the solution of the Nuggets