Vol 3 Chapter 647: An unusual year

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The year 2019-2020 will be an unusual year for the NBA. The offseason in the summer of 2019 can definitely be called the most magnificent offseason. It is precisely because of the magnificent waves of this period that the upcoming new season is destined to be unusual.
In the NBA, the most valuable asset is the superstar. A superstar transfer can sometimes directly change the fate of two teams. Therefore, when superstars are traded or signed with new teams, it will become sensational news. But in the past, such things often happened after a long period of time. But this summer is an exception. Superstar transfers are like a turbulent wave, wave after wave, completely breaking people's previous views on superstar transfers. Before this, 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 club this summer, which will completely overturn the structure of the league. The NBA in the new season will undoubtedly undergo radical changes.
Since the 2010-11 season, James has ruled the Eastern Conference for eight years. He has reached the Finals with the Heat for four consecutive years, and then joined the Cavaliers to reach the Finals for four consecutive years. In the West since 2015, the dynasty of the Warriors began. They entered the finals for three consecutive years and won two championships. 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 feature, that is, the team has at least three All-Star players at the same time.
The entire NBA league has entered a mode where superstars cling together to compete for the championship. Many basketball fans of the older generation find it difficult to accept this kind of basketball philosophy, and they prefer to see a one-man, one-city pattern. But God seemed to be on the side of these people too. With a wave of his big hand, everything turned a corner and returned to the way it was many years ago.
In the 2019-20 season, the NBA will enter a new era. There is no real Big Three team in the league, but a dual-core combination has emerged. The Thunder have 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, the Rockets have Harden and Paul, the Bucks have Antetokounmpo and Middleton, the Trail Blazers Lillard and McCollum, the 76ers have Embiid and Simmons, the Nuggets have Jokic and Murray, the Jazz have Mitchell With Gobert, the Spurs have Aldridge and DeRozan...
In recent years, before the start of the season, the Warriors and the Thunder were the biggest favorites to win the championship, leading the odds list. But in the upcoming new season, the ownership of the championship is more suspenseful. About ten teams in the league have a chance to compete for the championship. The West has 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 were regarded as the spoilers of the Eastern Conference playoffs just like the Heat with Butler.
The Thunder's three consecutive championships have become extremely difficult. But they were not discouraged, especially after An Luo returned to the team. After all the players worked together, Donovan's heart became more emboldened.
The first is the change of An Luo. It's not that he has changed significantly in technical ability, but in terms of mentality and temperament, An Luo has become more confident and active. Donovan found that Anlo was able to switch between scoring and passing very easily during 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 the double-fighting tactics to limit An Luo, the latter actually did the trick and played a very good match with Gallinari. Although everyone thought Gallinari could not be comparable to Paul George, what Donovan needed was not a new Paul George.
Gallinari's performance is another reason why Donovan is full of confidence. A striker who has a certain deterrence on offense and a defensive ability above the standard, but does not compete with Anro for the ball. Donovan thinks Gallinari should be the most suitable partner they can find to partner with Anro. The players.
Gallinari, 31, is a tall and tough wing. He is good at straight-line breakthroughs and fouls. He is accurate in three-pointers. Although his defensive ability is average, his excellent height arm exhibition allows him to occupy some advantages in the third position, which can make up for it. Some defensive abilities are lacking. Gallinari is a scorer who can balance three-pointers and free throws ~ EbookFREE.me ~ has a high true shooting percentage. Like Anluo, he is an extremely efficient scorer. I believe that under the influence of Westbrook and Anlo in the new season, Gallinari will definitely become a very important offensive weapon for the Thunder.
There is another reason. The Thunder's rotation has improved a lot from last season. The second team composed of Alexander, Bolton, Diallo, Grant, and Noelle can completely withstand the rotation of 90% of the league's team, even facing some weak teams' main lineup. Can also not let the wind fall.
In fact, Donovan is not the only one who is full of confidence. After a week of collective training, both Westbrook and An Luo felt the strength of the current Thunder. Although it looks weaker than last season, it was mostly due to Paul George's super personal ability. But for a team, although individual ability is important, the team's chemistry is also very important. Sometimes, the combat effectiveness of a team composed of a few tacit players will not be weaker than that of a few superstars together.
When Anro and Gallinari fired at the same time in the match, Donovan and his coaching staff seemed to have seen Anro and Paul George run at the same time last season, vaguely as if they still saw the original The image of the Warriors' "splash brothers" killing all quarters.
No one knows what the Thunder is like now, and Donovan and the players are tight-lipped and didn't reveal any information about the team's running-in effect. What most people can see is only the conjectures and speculations of the media. However, no matter what the guess is, the people who are optimistic about the Thunder are in the minority. Few people believe that the Thunder, which lost an All-Star player, can accomplish something in such an unusual season.