NBA: James wants to team up with me

Chapter 312 Kobe and World of Warcraft almost fought

Howard missed both the All-NBA and All-Defensive teams. What's the problem? Was he playing poorly?

During the regular season, he averaged 18 points, 12 rebounds and 2.4 blocks per game. Logically speaking, this performance is not bad. However, after joining the Lakers, the outside world's expectations for Howard have been too high, hoping that he can become like O'Neal or Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. Super center.

But people who understand Howard's technical characteristics know very well that Howard is essentially a super blue-collar man with explosive physical fitness. His super physical fitness makes him like a superman on the court, especially on the defensive end. He can protect the basket at the same time. Together with the help of defense, he single-handedly supports the entire team's defensive system.

But on the offensive end, which is a must for superstars, Howard seriously lacks the ability to independently attack. He mainly relies on catching balls under the basket and scoring on second offense. He has no inside footwork, no mid-to-long-range shooting ability, and no free throws. This makes him There are many limitations on the responsibilities that can be assumed on the court.

In the Lakers, he became Kobe's right-hand man. Without the team's first core position, Howard's blue-collar attributes became more and more prominent.

This is thanks to the fact that after joining the Lakers a year in advance, Howard did not suffer the serious injuries he should have suffered with the Magic in the 11-12 season, and his physical condition and explosive power did not decline significantly.

On the other hand, whether it is the best team or the best defensive team, the selection requires horizontal comparison.

Howard's performance on the court is indeed pretty good, but the problem is that compared with Duncan and Gasol, he has almost no advantage. Even if he is slightly ahead in rebounding, there is a huge gap between the previous team records.

Howard belongs to the Los Angeles Lakers, which has the super Big Three. They are the defending champions. He plays for such a super team. As a result, they only achieved the fourth record in the Western Conference in the regular season. Why should they compete with the Bulls who have the first place in the league such as Gasol and Gasol? Are Tim Duncan competing for the No. 1 Spurs in the Western Conference?

Being able to continue to be selected to the All-NBA team for Kobe and Paul is already a great honor to the Lakers. Howard's failure to be selected is the position among the Lakers' Big Three that needs to take the blame, which is basically equivalent to Bosh of the Heat next door.

Both Curry and Gasol have completely grown up and can basically stand alone. Even without Wang Chong, they can still have strong players who perform well.

I never thought that the Bulls would change their main lineup at the speed of light. Curry and Gasol connected seamlessly. How can others play with this? How many championships do the Bulls plan to win during Wang Chong's peak?

On May 2013, 5, the second round of the playoffs began.

But at this time, no one knew what happened.

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The Bulls also gained a lot in the selection of defensive lineups. The five-man All-Defensive First Team roster is: Chris Paul, Tony Allen, LeBron James, Wang Chong and Gasol.

Since forming the Heat's Big Three, Bosh has gained nothing in terms of personal honors. Not only that, whenever the team loses, he is often the one who is blamed and blamed, commonly known as the scapegoat.

How could Howard endure such a situation in just two seasons with the Lakers?

He really regrets coming to the Lakers now. It's just that he is PUAed by Kobe every day. Now he can't even get personal honors. Even if he wins the championship, he still has a hammer? That was Kobe's championship.

What Wang Chong said before has come true. Looking at the Bulls with current eyes, everyone will be surprised to find that the Bulls are really a team with a fairly complete lineup structure, and this lineup can basically guarantee the next five years. It will be capable of competing for championships within eight years, provided of course that there are no injuries.

The Pacers were naturally unwilling to sit back and wait for death. They made a lot of preparations before the game and tried to fight to the death.

The Lakers have been shot while lying down. The management has worked hard to coax them all season long, but they didn't expect to fall apart in advance because of the result of a best selection. It's really no one.

Although the playoffs are still in progress, once the best lineup was announced, Howard immediately contacted his agent and made it clear that he would never renew his contract with the Lakers next season.

Howard was different. For several years in a row, he was the leader in rebounds, blocks, and Defensive Player of the Year. He was said to be able to replace James alone, and his reputation was not even a little bit bigger than Bosh.

Before this set of duels officially started, the outside world was basically optimistic about the Bulls.

This conclusion really makes people feel a little desperate. After finally surviving the aging of Garnett and Billups, the old three of the Bulls, I thought that the Bulls would sink for a while.

The Bulls, who had just played against the 76ers, were not used to the intensity of the Pacers' confrontation. Curry made consecutive mistakes on the outside and the opponent took the initiative on the field.

After the opening game started, the Pacers showed great fighting power, fought very fiercely, and made some big moves in the game.

There is no way, who among the Big Three has the worst performance and the worst statistics? You deserve to take the blame. Who asked you to join forces to form the Big Three, but you still can't compete for the boss?

But Howard is different from Bosh after all. Before forming the Heat's Big Three, Bosh only had one All-NBA Second Team and several All-Star honors, and the overall honors were lackluster.

Defensive second team: Rajon Rondo, Dwyane Wade, Paul George, Gisele Ibaka and Tim Duncan.

The Indiana Pacers came to Chicago to challenge the league's No. 1 Bulls away from home.

No way, the gap between the two teams in terms of the number of stars and team strength is too huge. The Pacers played really well before and eliminated the Knicks with Rose and Anthony, but they can only be considered unlucky when they encounter the Bulls.

After Wang Chong and Curry were both selected to the best first team, Gasol was selected to the best first defense together with Wang Chong. It perfectly demonstrated the dominance of the Bulls this season and also proved that the Bulls' Big Three are indeed the real team. Well deserved.

However, Wang Chong's experience is too rich. After all, he has never missed the playoffs since the beginning of his career, and he has never even been eliminated in the first round. He knows very well what to do to make his teammates Calm down from the panic of a bad start.

In fact, it's very simple, attack strongly and use scoring to stabilize the morale of the army.

The Pacers are responsible for guarding Wang Chong, David West. Although the 2-meter-tall West is a power forward, there is a huge height gap between him and Wang Chong.

His technical characteristics are somewhat similar to those of the Bulls' old player Paul Millsap. Although he is shorter among inside players, he has a stronger body, agile feet and a pretty good mid-range shooting ability.

The peak period of David West's career was undoubtedly the years when he partnered with Paul in the New Orleans Hornets from 08 to 10. As Paul's pick-and-roll insider, West relied on his excellent mobility to play with Paul. Paul plays a very good pick-and-roll effect, and his personal data can stably reach around 20+8.

After joining the Pacers, West's personal data has declined significantly, but even so, for the Pacers, he is still the main scorer in the interior, at least in terms of tactical status, he is much higher than center Roy Hee. Bert.

The greatest honor of West's career is the two championships he won after joining the Warriors in the future. However, at that time, he was no longer qualified for the team's main position and could only serve as a substitute player and contribute at certain times. of residual heat.