The Strongest Bishop in the NBA

Trading Jordan for Tyson Chandler is a very loss-making deal in the eyes of many people.

One is a young man who is only 25 years old, with outstanding defensive ability, abnormal physical fitness, and great potential in the future, and the other is a 32-year-old veteran whose career has begun to decline, even if there is a first-round pick It is not worthwhile to use power as compensation.

With the strength of the Knicks on the books, Anthony + Deron + Stoudemire + Jordan can barely be counted as a combination of the Big Four, even if there is no good chemical reaction, only relying on the stars alone, The Knicks' record in the East will not be too bad.

Currently, the Knicks are ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference. Although it is not high, the draft picks do not meet the requirements of the lottery zone.

Excellent centers are extremely scarce these days. Jordan, McGee, and Whiteside have all received tens of millions of annual salaries. It is completely priceless. How many teams will send out potential centers?

It can be seen that the Blazers really couldn't bear Jordan.

In fact, although the shark-cutting tactic worked well for Jordan, it was not to the extent that the Blazers could do so.

After all, although Jordan's free throws are inaccurate, his defensive ability cannot be ignored. When he is on the court, he often limits the opponent's scoring efficiency to be lower than his own free throws.

This is also the reason why he became a fragrant bun in another time and space, and was robbed by the Clippers and Mavericks frantically.

However, when facing the Wizards, Jordan's defense was greatly weakened.

The Wizards have too many shooters, and most of the offenses are launched from the outside, which limits Jordan's defensive ability to a great extent. After all, although his physical fitness is good, it is impossible to cover the defensive range Go outside.

Every time he faced the Wizards, Jordan became a breakthrough for the Wizards, making the Blazers powerless to fight back.

The tragic sweep of the finals in the first two seasons has fully explained the problem.

The Trail Blazers with Jordan may be able to dominate the Western Conference, and even the Spurs can suppress them, but they are definitely not the opponents of the Wizards.

It can be said that the Blazers' management has already spent all their money for the championship, and will not hesitate to sacrifice the future in exchange for the present.

This is somewhat ironic, because their current biggest opponent, the head coach of the Wizards, Wang Xiao, was kicked out by them.

Who would have thought? A few years later, relying on Wang Xiao's draft, the Blazers reached the finals for two consecutive years.

Who can think? It is also because of Wang Xiao that the Blazers' experience in the two finals can be called a nightmare.

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Jordan's exchange for Chandler did feel like exchanging the future for the present, but such behavior really took effect.

Chandler is not Jordan. Rather than jumping up to block the opponent, he prefers to get stuck in the right position, and properly stretch out his hand to interfere with the line of sight so that the opponent loses the feeling of shooting.

This kind of defense looks naturally soft, far inferior to Jordan's hot pot fanning the opponent's blood, but the defensive efficiency is better.

Of course, this slight improvement in defensive efficiency is not the point. The point is that when Durant, who has been a top scorer in history, started to go crazy, the Wizards could no longer disrupt his offensive rhythm with shark-slashing tactics. !

Durant seemed to be a scoring machine, constantly attacking and scoring. Although Leonard defended very hard, he still couldn't stop the opponent from scoring.

This is normal. Even the best defensive player in the history of the league cannot successfully limit a super scorer every time. After all, defense is always on the passive side compared to offense. Judgment can only be made after action is taken.

The worst thing about the Wizards is that in this game, facing Matthews, who is good at defense, Thompson has been unable to find his form, and his offensive efficiency is extremely low. The entire Wizards are only supported by Curry's scoring, but Curry Li's three-pointers did not open up the situation, and the three-pointer shooting rate has been barely maintained at about 35%.

Relying on a better bench lineup, the Wizards are only slightly at a disadvantage, and the point difference has not widened the gap.

But Wang Xiao didn't dare to let Curry stay on the court for a long time.

George is already injured. If Curry is folded, then the Wizards don't have to play, breaking the 72-win record, and defending the three consecutive championships will be in vain.

Even after George was injured, Wang Xiao still strictly controlled Curry's playing time.

"Kawhi, whether the team can continue to win or not depends on you!"

Now is the best time to let Leonard take over the offense!

Although Durant is a historical scorer, he is not particularly good in defense.

Playing in the league for many years, Durant has won numerous honors, including the scoring champion, the best team, and even the MVP of the regular season and the MVP of the finals. However, he has never been selected to the best defensive team throughout his career. Not even once.

Although he has a height of more than 2.10 meters and a pair of arms that few people in the league can match, his defensive area is exaggerated, but he is so thin that when facing most small forwards in the same position, his Power comes from downwind.

As a shooter, the gap in strength is not a problem when attacking, but the lack of strength is very troublesome when defending.

In another time and space, Durant has competed with James for many years, but he rarely defends James directly. In the Thunder, it was Ibaka who defended James, while in the Warriors, it was Green and Iguodala. Take turns to play, because with the strength of James, Durant can be easily knocked upside down.

Leonard, as the existence that can single-handedly resist James, is naturally very strong. Facing Durant is the best opportunity to build confidence!

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After a short timeout, players from both sides came on the field. The Wizards have replaced Curry, while Durant is still on the court for the Blazers.

Unlike Wang Xiao's cautious use of Curry, Durant's average playing time for the Blazers has always been more than 36 minutes per game.

In fact, this is the treatment that superstar players should have.

Stars like James, Kobe, Anthony, Durant, etc., all averaged more than 36 minutes per game, and when they were young, they averaged more than 38 minutes per game in a season.

A star like Curry who only maintains an average playing time of just over 30 minutes per game is an outlier.

But after his appearance this time, Durant unexpectedly discovered that Leonard standing in front of him actually looked like he was holding the ball to attack.

This can't help but surprise Durant a little.

Leonard's defense is still fresh in his memory. After all, there are few players in the entire league who make him feel very awkward and uncomfortable playing like Leonard.

But in the past two years, the two have faced each other dozens of times, but Durant hardly defends Leonard who is attacking with the ball like this.

This guy seems to only be able to play fast breaks and open catch and shoot outside the perimeter.

But now, he was going to hit himself with the ball alone!