Build a Dream Dynasty

The injury and retirement of core players is a big problem for many teams. Relatively speaking, the Nets can be regarded as a team with some capital to resist this unfavorable factor. It is a big killer on the wing position of the league, and Porzingis on the inside can also have more shots and tactical position on the offensive end. After the game with the Mavericks, the Nets got a total of three days of vacation. Stevens consciously added a lot of tactical training in training, and frequently whistled during training, pointing out what the players did wrong.

Van Vleet, who was forced to step forward, became Stevens' key training object. Between Livingston and Van Vleet, Stevens prefers Van Vleet. A more serious problem for the Nets is that once the team's passing and cutting cooperation cannot be achieved, the players on the team will be more vulnerable. They prefer to use shooting to solve problems, and from time to time become "death five shots". Although the shooting ability of the Nets players is the best in the league, but the lack of offensive organizational ability, no one will attack and compress the opponent's defense. Make the opponent's defense more targeted. Van Vleet's abilities in other aspects are relatively mediocre at the moment, but his breakthrough ability and willingness to break through are still reasonable. It is a good idea to arrange him to be the main force to mix and mix.

Of course, an undrafted pick does not grow into a qualified point guard after a few days of training. Stevens' back-up is Joe Johnson. This veteran's ability to organize offense is still outstanding. Let him make a cameo for a short time The role of point guard is also an option as an option. This is also the solution that Stevens can fiddle with under the current deformed lineup.

Although the Nets defeated the Mavericks in the last game, it was entirely because the Mavericks were too weak and were aiming for a bad performance. It did not mean that the Nets had come out of the trough. The team once again made an expedition to the west and challenged the Denver Nuggets away to the plateau, which was a real challenge.

Since George Karl left the team, the image of the "Denver Athletics" of the Nuggets has changed a lot. Last season, they developed the potential stock of "Bai Kao God" Jokic and found their own team building core , and then it is to build a lineup around Jokic.

Jameer Nelson, Gary Harris, McDermott, Gallinari, Jokic. The Nuggets lineup looks average, but the team is also a model with strong shooting ability and a lineup built entirely around Jokic. Although McDermott and Gallinari seem to be white shooters, their physical fitness is not bad. McDermott was known as a "running back" in college, while Gallinari was a tall and thin shooting monster in his early days. Players who are second only to Durant at this level have considerable athletic ability.

The offensive power of the backcourt players can only be said to be average. The Nuggets can't handle the weakest point of the Nets, but the Nets' weak internal confrontation problem was also caught by Zhuge Malone. Jokic and Porzingis is an insider from Eastern Europe, but his style of play is completely different. For Porzingis, after joining the NBA, the Nets did not arrange for him to gain weight brainlessly. They would rather sacrifice the team's basket confrontation and ensure that he brings more solutions to the team on the offensive end. And Jokic, who has everything in "hot pot, rice, and chicken", has always been a fat guy. His fat body makes people worry about whether his knees will be able to hold up in the future. He has excellent shooting touch and the number one inside pass in history. Under the ball skills, the ability to score in the paint is also top-notch. Whether it is post-up singles or mid-range jumpers, they are very threatening.

If the offensive threat itself is not enough, then no matter how good the passing skills are, it will be difficult to play out. This is for sure. You can see that it is difficult for Rondo to sign a big contract now.

Jokic technically slams Porzingis inside. Although he is not like Embiid, Porzingis who gouges every ball is completely unstoppable, but he has more offensive methods to ravage Porzingis , the insult is also stronger. At the same time, Jokic's super vision and passing skills also forced the Nets not to double-team easily. After the absence of Dream Chaser Green, the Nets' defense rotation system has not yet been fully adjusted. The Nuggets have extremely strong outside shots and are extremely threatening.

Jokic, Embiid, Towns, Gobert, plus the Nets' own Porzingis, the league's center position has experienced a period of low ebb, and has re-launched a group of players with strong potential. inside line. Everyone has their own characteristics, and at the same time they can meet the requirements of the small ball era.

The inside line was sluggish, and the Nets still had an advantage in the wing position. Leonard and George, who had heavy responsibilities on their shoulders, played a clear advantage against Gary Harris and McDermott. George exploded in the first quarter of the game, shooting 6 shots 4 of 4, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 12 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists, leading the team alive.

Van Vleet, who was originally regarded as the team's biggest weakness, performed fairly well in the first quarter. On the offensive end, he steadily handed the ball to the two cores of George and Leonard, and then actively moved without the ball. Although the containment power is not as strong as Curry, he is a big living person after all. Nelson has to follow up and defend. George and Leonard have more room for singles.

After Curry was injured, creating the most comfortable singles opportunities for the two core players on the wing is the core of the Nets' tactics. Compared with Stevens' expectations, the Nets lacked an insider with a strong support ability. There is one less point guard who handles the ball more reasonably, but within the lineup, Stevens is already doing well in this situation.

The game came to the second quarter, and the competition between the two sides' rotations began. The Nuggets' bench lineup was expensive, with Plumlee at 16 million, Faried at 12 million, and Wilson Chandler at 8 million. This lineup was definitely considered a top bench lineup five years ago, but it is very troublesome now. Both Faried and Plumlee don't have much shooting ability. They rely on fighting to get big contracts inside. They can only play one of them. Chandler's shooting ability is not bad, but not top-notch. Putting it next to Faried and Plumlee cannot solve the problem of compact space.

However, despite the various problems with the lineup, the Nuggets still have an absolute advantage in the inside line against the Nets team De and Landry. In comparison, the Nets' two insiders are really limited and too "weak".

Since the establishment of the Nets team, the long-term thinking has been to focus on shooting and ball quotient. The superstar level is okay. After all, a low player can still become a superstar. After much deliberation, Westbrook is the only one in the league. His BUG-like body is rare in the league, but when it comes to the selection of role players, if he is extreme , it is easy to go wrong.

In the past few years, Jiang Mingliang has been avoiding the extremeization of this kind of problem and doing both as much as possible, but this offseason, after winning George, the remaining events for the team are too short. For Jiang Mingliang, it is no longer panning for gold in the sand, but looking for a needle in a haystack. This is why he clearly knows that Yi Jianlian and Landry have their own problems in the NBA, but he still recruits them because he has no choice.

This was already the limit of what Jiang Mingliang could do as a traverser. Thinking about the Warriors, which can almost be called the strongest team in history, there are also such and other problems. Jiang Mingliang is very fortunate that the team he built by himself, even without Curry, even if there are many problems, it still has the league's first-class combat power . This is not as simple as simply deducting an MVP-level player, but the team is overcoming the dependence of many players playing with Curry. Without the space Curry created for them, they can still play normally.

Veteran West, on the contrary, is the most reliable presence in the power forward position of the Nets. This is a kind of trust and a hidden danger. Because West can only play 16 to 20 minutes in a game now, the longer the time, the worse the decline in efficiency. In the playoffs, it is impossible for the team to rely on this veteran to support the power forward position. Both Yi Jianlian and Landry need to make more efforts to improve the team's competitiveness in this position.

In the second half of the second quarter, all the main players returned, and the Nets regained their advantage on the scene. Leonard, who performed relatively mediocrely in the first quarter, began to explode after his appearance in the second quarter, making mid-range shots one after another, leaving McDermott and Gallinari helpless. The Nuggets' lineup is quite a bit of a magic ball effect. The biggest weakness on the defensive end is the mid-range range. The defensive strength is not enough, and the shots of Leonard and George in this position are enough to kill people.

Because of Curry's relationship, and the fact that he did play magic balls in the early days, he did not hesitate to sacrifice defense and use two outside shooters, Korver and Anderson, to open up space, so many people have the impression that the strongest part of the Nets lies in the outside. projection. However, since last season, an obvious change for the Nets is the steady increase in the proportion of mid-range shots on the offensive end.

This kind of change has actually been carried out steadily for a long time. Why is there no obvious adjustment in statistics until last season? Because in the 1314 and 1415 seasons, Leonard suffered at least two months of injuries during the regular season. Whether it was Butler or Aminu who replaced him, he couldn't maintain a good mid-range efficiency. It wasn't until last season, when Leonard returned to health, that this transformation was reflected in the statistics.

The tactics of the Nuggets pay attention to the use of offense instead of defense, but it turns out that Gallinari is definitely not Jokic's ideal inside partner. He can't help Jokic make up for his weakness of slow defensive speed and small defensive range. The famous Jokic, nicknamed "Bai Kao Shen", is a very grumpy Eastern European guy. When Kato's hands are not yet mature, when he frequently has problems on the defensive end, his offensive performance will also fluctuate significantly.

Need to fully match Jokic's potential, the Nuggets still have a lot to do!