Vol 3 Chapter 645: One step further

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A conversation with Donovan made An Luo feel at ease. At the same time, he also has greater expectations for the upcoming new season.
What is certain is that Anlo will get more possessions on the offensive end next season. This is something that was decided when Presti made his choice. Originally, a large part of the Thunder's offense was concentrated on Anluo and Paul George. Now if the two are gone, the remaining one will naturally get more opportunities on the offensive end.
Next season, An Luo finally has the confidence to compete for the personal honors he has long envied. For example, the scorer. As a shooting guard, it would be terrible if you don't want to take the lead in scoring.
In fact, last season, An Luo wanted to fight for the top scorer from the beginning. Moreover, at the beginning of the season, his scoring average was always at the forefront. But as the season progressed, Paul George began to exert his strength, An Luo's ball rights gradually decreased, and his scoring also dropped. If the Thunder can concentrate more of the ball in his hands, An Luo never thinks he will be inferior to Harden. This season, it's time for him to go further.
However, while having better opportunities, Anluo will also face greater challenges. After all, the reason why he was able to score so comfortably in the first two seasons was that Paul George's containment power played a huge role. Of course, he and Paul George are in a mutually fulfilling state in the Thunder. Both are excellent scorers, one-on-one defense, basically unable to limit them. Once the two are on the court at the same time and rush to support each other, it is a very severe test for the opponent's defense. In this league, there are almost no teams that can limit these two guys at the same time.
But now, the opponent can use tighter defense to limit An Luo. Anyway, the offense of others in the Thunder can't produce that burst effect. The new Gallinari may be able to provide some help for An Luo, but it is still difficult to do Paul George's.
Therefore, An Luo must have richer offensive methods. Just like Harden, his three-point, two-point and one-point ability are all top. The only person who can completely restrain him is himself. If Anluo wants to go further this season, he must become more perfect from himself. It is not realistic to rely on more possessions.
Of course, Anluo has the capital to make himself stronger. In his mind, he has a clearer idea, but he still needs to understand the characteristics of the team's lineup next season. Only the most suitable lineup can help him achieve his goals to the greatest extent.
From this point of view, the biggest beneficiary of Paul George's deal may be An Luo. He should feel lucky! But for Oklahoma City Thunder fans, this deal is very irritating. Of course, they were not angry that Presti sent Paul George away while leaving Anro behind. Rather, he was angry at Paul George's departure. The general public will never know the most real situation. They have always seen scales and claws, and they are easily influenced by media news.
In the eyes of most fans, Paul George’s behavior is not much different from Durant’s departure from Oklahoma two years ago, even if Paul George’s trade has brought a wealth of assets to the Thunder. .
In fact, the anger of the fans comes more from Paul George's own reluctance. When the Thunder won the championship last year, he vigorously told everyone that he would stay in the Thunder and join hands with Westbrook and Anlow to develop a greater career. Sure enough, Paul George soon signed a four-year contract extension with the Thunder. At that time, Oklahoma immediately went down to City Hall and ordinary fans cheered for Paul George's choice. Paul George joined the Thunder to make up the last link of the team's championship. His renewal brought greater hope to the Thunder.
Sure enough, in the last season, they once again appeared on the stage of the finals and defeated the Toronto Raptors, who were also desperate for a championship, and successfully defended their title. At this time, although the Thunder are facing An Luo's contract renewal problem, at least in the following season they can still maintain a stable lineup. It is not impossible to establish a dynasty.
Throughout the history of the NBA, there are many teams that can win championships and many can defend them, but there are too few teams that can successfully complete three consecutive championships and build a dynasty. The Thunder have a chance to become a new dynasty team, which is definitely a great honor for the city of Oklahoma. Countless Oklahomaians are looking forward to their team's continued improvement of the lineup during the offseason~EbookFREE.me~ and then triumphantly, defending again.
It is a pity that Paul George's deal makes all this out of reach.
Perhaps for the Thunder themselves, this has minimized the loss. The problem of choosing one of two is difficult to deal with, not to mention that such a choice is likely to determine the team's present and future.
But the fans do not know these things! Everything was fine, Paul George suddenly left the Thunder, and left without warning. For Thunder fans, this is undoubtedly a betrayal.
They suddenly turned into the injured people from the lively crowd eating melons before, and countless Thunder fans felt very disappointed. So, they made a crazy move two days after George was traded, and that was to burn the jersey. Earlier, Irving left the Celtics and Butler left the 76ers. The fans of both sides also burned the other's jerseys mercilessly to show their anger.
However, it didn't take long for everyone to let go. Because Thunder's management stepped up to expose some unknown inside stories. It turned out that when the Thunder renewed Paul George in 2018, they once told George that Paul George could renew before the Thunder. After the renewal, the Thunder can send him to the team he wants to go to at any time. The performance of the Thunder's management in this offseason is obviously not breaking their promises and getting fat, really sending Paul George to Los Angeles where he wants to go. Since there is something to say first, then there is no deception.
Of course, these are all things to follow. Both the Thunder and Thunder fans quickly came out of the unhappiness that Paul George left. Although the Thunder has changed from a Big Three team to a Big Two team, the current lineup is not bad. They still believe that under the leadership of Westbrook and An Luo, the Thunder is not without hope for completing the dynasty.