Basketball's most talented forward is on the left

The season is over and the playoffs are announced. In these two free days, what people are most concerned about must be the rankings of the major lists and the predictions of the major awards.

And every time this time comes, Zuo Li is a name that cannot be avoided.

If Zuo Li showed his prowess in his rookie year and amazed the media and fans with his position on major lists, then Zuo Li in the following two years has already stood at the top and made people look up to him.

Ranking first in three rankings for two consecutive seasons and ranking in the top 40 in five rankings for three consecutive seasons, Zuo Li refreshed people's awareness time and time again.

So when this season's list was released, people could only say one thing: get used to it.

However, habits are habits. When seeing Zuo Li's specific data, everyone still has to sigh: It's too shocking.

In the 2011-12 season, Zuo Li played in 65 of 66 games, with one rest, and started all appearances. His average playing time was 36.5 minutes per game, ranking in the middle of the league, behind all other core or important players of the 29 teams.

In addition, the left fielder averaged only 16 shots per game. He averaged 29 points, 16.5 rebounds, 6.5 assists, 5.5 blocks, and 1 steal per game.

Zuo Li scored a total of 1,885 points, 1,073 rebounds, 423 assists, 358 blocks and 65 steals this season.

The above data are all behind last season.

But this is normal. Firstly, the number of games has shrunk, and secondly, due to the transfer of other Knicks players, Zuo Li is often "trapped" by the curse of clocking out in the third quarter.

The playing time is proof. This is the least playing time he has averaged in the past four seasons. It is not even as good as many role players on other teams. He is also the only one among the top 15 in the scoring list who averages less than 40 minutes per game.

What is reflected behind this is that in addition to the depth of the Knicks' lineup, reasonable lineup, strong strength, and good rotation of German coaches, it also reflects Zuo Li's efficiency.

This season, Zuo Li only averaged 16 shots per game, hitting 11 goals per game, and the overall shooting rate was as high as 68.75%. It doesn’t seem like much, and there is limited improvement over last season. However, this is after Zuo Li increased his three-point shots.

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Zuo Li has made a total of 228 three-pointers this season, averaging 3.5 times per game, with a shooting percentage of 48.5%. These statistics rank among the top three in the league.

Under such circumstances, the overall hit rate remains so high, which is enough to show Zuo Li's progress.

In addition, Zuo Li's free throw shooting percentage also increased to 85.8% for the first time, ranking first among all insiders in the league, almost twice as high as Howard...

This also allowed Zuo Li to successfully top the scoring list this season, and he became the first player in the new century to win the scoring title for three consecutive seasons.

In terms of scoring title, he has surpassed O'Neal, Kobe Bryant and Tracy McGrady, who have won two scoring titles, and tied McAdoo, who has won three times.

On the list of all-time scoring champions, the only ones ahead of him are George Gervin and Iverson with 4 times, Chamberlain with 7 times, and Jordan with 10 times.

But everyone believes that the future belongs to Zuo Li. After all, he is the player who has won the most scoring titles in the first four years of his career.

The scoring data composed of these high-level data has amazed the outside world.

However, Zuo Li himself is still not satisfied. Next season, in addition to becoming the youngest player to score 10,000 points in history, his goal is to continue to improve his three shooting percentages.

"You still have to keep practicing. Basketball is really not that simple." After reading the data, Zuo Li touched his chin and shook his head. He still had the possibility to continue to improve.

If Durant, who has ranked second in the scoring list for two consecutive seasons, heard this, he would probably vomit blood.

After all, he really worked hard for the data this season, but in the end he only averaged 28 points per game, which was one point behind Zuo Li. The most uncomfortable thing is that people said that Zuo Li didn't use all his strength to score.

, otherwise it will definitely be over 30...

Uncomfortable!

But it is true. Zuo Li is a person who puts in his best efforts on both offense and defense. If he tries his best to score, it will not be difficult for him to average 35 points per game.

And his distractions allowed him to become the rebounding leader for the fourth consecutive season, which has already tied him with Bill Russell and Wolf King Garnett. In front of him, Moses Malone only has 6 times and 7 times.

Rodman once and Chamberlain 11 times.

Tied for fourth in history...

No wonder people once asked Rodman, "When can Zuo Li tie your rebounding championship?" Rodman said carelessly: "I have seven, it will take about 7 years to tie me... Zuo Li will take about 7 years."

, and then surpass me in the eighth year.”

Now it seems that this is very likely to happen.

In addition to rebounds, Zuoli's shot-blocking title has always been in Zuoli's bag. Many people had already predicted this when Zuoli entered the league. After all, his wingspan and height were too exaggerated.

But four seasons later, when Zuo Li averaged 5 blocks per game and averaged 1,560 blocks, people really got a real sense of it.

This is a guy challenging Olajuwon...

The current leader in shot blocks in NBA history is Olajuwon, with a total of 3,830. This number is already exaggerated, and it is not easy to get close to him. The second is Uncle Mu, who has 3,289. In addition to the two of them, there are also

There are two people with more than 3,000 blocks, namely Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in third place and the ancient great Mark Eaton in fourth place.

The one who is currently closest to 3,000 blocks is Shiver Duncan. He has already got 2,756 blocks. Before he retires, 3,000 blocks should be no problem.

But the biggest problem seems to come from Zuo Li. In four seasons, he has taken more than half of Duncan's more than ten seasons. According to Zuo Li's increasingly crazy state, maybe in five years, he will reach 3,000+ blocks.

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Duncan never thought that one day he would worry that he was not the best shot blocker currently.

"This is crazy, but if it was him, it seems to make sense." Uncle Mu said in an interview.

With unparalleled talent and a keen sense of the court, Zuo Li has long been considered a natural shot-blocker.

Winning the shot-blocking title for four consecutive seasons also made Zuo Li the first player to win the shot-blocking title for four consecutive seasons since the statistic of blocks was introduced in 1982.

Previously, Uncle Mu and Camby were the block leaders for three consecutive years.

In terms of the total number of shot-blocking leaders, Zuo Li has reached the joint first position in history.

He tied Mark Eaton, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Camby who also won it four times, and surpassed Olajuwon, Uncle Mu, Ratliff and George Johnson who had won it three times.

In the field of blocking shots, Zuo Li is already an out-and-out king. According to ESPN statistics, Zuo Li may become the first player in history to block more than 4,000 shots.

And in this way, Zuo Li completed the top three rankings for three consecutive seasons.

For four seasons, you can stand up to others for a lifetime.

At the same time, the left fielder averaged 6.5 assists, only 0.1 less than Ty Lawson, ranking tied for 11th in the league, the same as Conley, one step shy of entering the top ten, and the only center in the top 20.

Rondo leads the league in assists with 11.7 assists per game.

The king of steals was captured by Paul, who averaged 2.5 times per game. Zuo Li ranked 50th in the league.