New Century Basketball Frenzy

Chapter 347 New Spurs Lineup

Because the Warriors lost another game, the San Antonio Spurs, who had one game less, have surpassed them and are currently ranked second in the West.

Of course, the Los Angeles Lakers are still the unshakable top choice, although the game over the Warriors is still controversial.But if they can beat the Spurs again, then their status as the strongest team in the league will be truly established.

In fact, no matter who wins or loses in this game, everyone will not be surprised.Because too many unbelievable things have happened to these two teams this season.

For example, the Spurs have already defeated the Warriors and New York Knicks in previous games, and it is not the last anxious battle.

Facing last year's East and West champions, they all played hearty victories.If it weren't for the fact that Curry was in a state of rest when he played the Warriors, the critics might even change this year's favorite from the Warriors to the Spurs.

Although Zhang Yi and Curry are the hottest players in the league now, because Thomas plays intermittently and his performance is very unstable, Simpkins' strength is recognized by more people.

With an average of 31 points per game, he can be said to have completely liberated his offensive ability. Although he is still not ranked first in the league scoring list, if he can maintain this state, it is really possible to make up for the previous few. It is a pity that there is no scoring champion in the season.

The strongest part of 'Mechanical Killer' Simpkins is of course his terrifying defensive ability, which can be seen from his dominance of the two lists of blocked shots and blocked shots.

His height is obviously not an insider, but he can defend from position 1 to position 5.The most typical game is that Simpkins actually played the fifth position after the team's center was injured.

At first, people thought the Spurs were really desperate to make such a crazy choice.But it's clear that Simpkins shut everyone up with his terrifying defensive prowess.

In addition to stealing the 7-footer, this not-so-high three-position player has an amazing performance against blood-capped opponents.

People don't know what else this guy can't do on the court.Everyone also understood from this game that Simpkins' strength lies not in offense, or even in defense.

Almighty, these two Simpkins may be more suitable than Curry.The most comprehensive superstar in the league, although he did not play a performance that everyone worships, but those who like him will naturally like him.

The player other teams most want may not be Curry, who is on the verge of retirement, or Thomas, who is in an ups and downs, or even Zhang Yi, Curry's successor, who has played a super rookie performance.

Simpkins has become a real big fish in the trade market.Because the team that gets him can really make a comeback.Regardless of whether he has the background of other stars, this 'mechanical killer' can guarantee the team's lower limit.

Just like what he did in the Spurs, in fact, the Holy City's lineup configuration is not good, and even apart from the core Simpkins, there is no one who can rank among the top 20 stars in the league.

But this is a manifestation of his ability. The Spurs' tactics have always been like that, and other teams can follow suit.But why no one else can play such a performance, the problem is of course Simpkins.

So regardless of whether Simpkins will choose to continue to renew his contract with the Spurs until this year's contract year, the entire league has already offered him an olive branch.

In fact, why the Lakers were able to get the other two first-round picks and get so many strong bench players is also related to Simpkins' future decisions.

Because for teams that want to recruit Simpkins, the condition for their invitation is to come up with a lineup that is enough to hit the championship, or even has the potential to hit the championship.

Trading with lottery picks is undoubtedly the best way.That's why the Lakers got so many deals after packing all the stars out.

Although it seems that those teams that bet on the future have definitely made the wrong choice.Because the level of players in this class is too high, God knows if there will be another superstar comparable to Simpkins in the future.

But many people just don't understand this truth. In addition, the most popular Zhang Yi has been picked up by the lucky Lakers. Many teams will choose to give up this year's draft.

No matter what time it is, it is not as fast as directly gaining immediate combat power when the big waves wash the sand.While such losses can be huge, for many small ball markets, they can't afford to gamble.

In fact, no matter how powerful Zhang Yi and others played, at least from the current point of view, the players in the first round still scored the most, and they were almost wiped out in the second and third rounds. Of course, Wall-E was definitely an accident.

Of course, the Kings, who traded with the Lakers for the reason at the beginning, would not regret it. After all, without Zhang Yi and Robert with Wall-E, it is unknown whether he can play well.

Because it is another key game, the ratings once again broke the Spurs' record for this year's game.Especially the webcast, whether the Lakers internal strife that has been raging before will continue to this one is also a point of concern.

Also, the head coach of the Lakers regarded this game as another version of the preview of the Western Conference Finals, so he said before the game that the team will strive for the best performance this year.

Some of the tactics that were not played on the Warriors, Wacker also hopes to try on the Spurs with a more rigorous structure and a more unified offense and defense.

And now whether Zhang Yi can break the wrist with Simpkins who is at full power, let alone Wacker has no idea now, even Zhang Yi himself, who has always been very confident, is skeptical.

Because Simpkins' personal performance this season is so good that people even think that this year's MVP does not need to be selected at all.

More people also said that it was because of the loss to the Lakers in the preseason that Simpkins played such an excellent performance.

With the official start of the game, except for small forward Simpkins on the Spurs side, the rest of the lineup has been slightly adjusted from the previous regular starters.

内线把2米16的非洲内线换下，拿上首发的是2米09的新人内线更壮速度更快的胡克。大前锋是2米06的南美第一球星法玛尔。

The back line is served by the newly traded Raj and Felton.These two two-gun combinations also averaged more than 10 three-pointers per game in the few games the Spurs played.

This set of Spurs can be said to be dynamic, defensive, and offensive.If it weren't for the Lakers making the best start in history, the Spurs would definitely be the first candidate when selecting the current best team.

(End of this chapter)