I’m Really Playing Basketball

Jimmy Butler came to the Spurs from the Bobcats last season. Many people are not optimistic about the performance of the Spurs and Jimmy Butler this season.

After all, Jimmy Butler is similar to Leonard. They are both players who are not very talented but rely on hard work to develop.

Even compared to Leonard's static talent, Jimmy Butler still has shorter hands than Kobe.

Moreover, Leonard has been the boss for a season, so he has experience in leading a team.

Jimmy Butler's first season with the Spurs was the first time in his career that he became the boss of the team.

In this case, it would be strange to be optimistic about Jimmy Butler's performance with the Spurs this season.

What's more, Jimmy Butler is still a "fighting bitch" who is hated by many NBA players. After what happened to the Bobcats, many people respect Butler's efforts, but more people actually think Butler is a disgusting person. The 'bitch' who only knows how to work hard and how to get involved.

If you want to work hard, work hard, and if you want to involute, then do it. Why should you force your teammates to work hard with you and involute?

It can only be said that most players in the NBA are not the kind of people who are willing to fight for the championship at all costs.

So Jimmy Butler and Popovich like him very much, but the same cannot be said for other Spurs players.

However, the Spurs are really different from other teams. In the Spurs, as long as you have the support of Popovich, then you have the support of this team.

So after coming to the Spurs from the Bobcats, Jimmy Butler felt that respect.

Popovich and the Spurs respect his basketball philosophy so much that they are willing to put the entire team on Jimmy Butler's shoulders and put Jimmy Butler above everyone else on the team.

To have so much faith in Jimmy Butler is unbelievable.

In order to support Butler, the Spurs even did not hesitate to send away the team's backup center Gobert.

Gobert was quite honest when he was with the Warriors. After all, Chen Xiao was there to hold the line.

But after going to the Spurs, it was different.

After all, he is a player from the Warriors. When he comes to the Spurs, he is here to guide you.

According to "Bleacher Report" reporter Rick Buche, a player who plays for the Spurs and a Spurs scout talked about Rudy Gobert in an interview with him. They believed that Gobert came to the Spurs. After that, the way you treat your teammates is just wrong.

Because he is obviously a defensive player, but he always tries to do more on the offensive end.

Obviously, after leaving the Warriors and coming to the Spurs, Gobert didn't want to be a role player who could only defend. He wanted to be a star.

"Some people are very disappointed with Rudy (Gobert), but he's a former Warriors player who has great achievements and he's privileged with the Spurs and no one dares to accuse him.

And he's very focused on becoming a greater player, and he wants to show that he can do more than just defend. But when he misses the shot, he gets frustrated, and then the defense loses focus and becomes unfocused on his teammates. It also became very unfriendly, which is very bad. Of course, there are NBA players with worse personalities than Rudy. I don’t want to make too many comments, but what I can say is that Jimmy’s arrival changed everything. Jimmy is very I hate selfish people. "A Spurs player who did not want to be named said this.

"After Rudy came to the Spurs from the Warriors, at some point he didn't do what we wanted him to do. He was obsessed with offense. He was a very difficult person to get along with. He could only do so little on the offensive end. But he has to do a lot, and he doesn't have many outstanding offensive skills." This is what the Spurs scout said.

Gobert is a player from the Warriors and a teammate of the true basketball god. With this status and his own desire to break through, even Popovich has nothing to do with him. You can't say Gobert is working hard. Is it wrong to go up?

In addition, Leonard is a boring gourd and basically doesn't say anything.

Therefore, before Butler came, Gobert was simply the dominant player on the Spurs, and no one dared to mess with him.

But as soon as Jimmy Butler arrived this season, he dealt a heavy blow to Gobert, the Spurs' dominant player.

On the training ground, they were crazy about naming Gobert, hitting Gobert in various ways, and then criticizing Gobert for not even understanding the defense and messing around with the offense.

Indeed, Gobert did not do well when being called out by outside offensive players.

After all, as a big center, if he is taken out by outside players to play small and big, he will indeed be very powerless.

Historically, every time the playoffs come, Gobert will be called out crazily by outside superstar players.

Then, the conflict between the two intensified.

And Gobert was also the first person on the Spurs to angrily call Jimmy Butler a struggling player.

Amid such intensified conflicts, the Spurs resolutely chose to support Jimmy Butler.

And sent Gobert to the Western Conference rival Jazz.

Yes, I would rather send Gobert to the Jazz than let him compete with Jimmy Butler for a long time in the Spurs.

That's props to Butler.

If Gobert is kept for sale, it will only make Butler feel that this is connivance to Gobert and will make him very disappointed.

And Butler did not disappoint the Spurs. He performed very well with the Spurs this season.

This season, he averaged 25 points, 6 rebounds, 5 assists, and 2.4 steals per game in the regular season, with a shooting percentage of 47%. These statistics are exactly those of Ron Howard at his peak, and his offensive and defensive organization can be described as a handful.

In the playoffs, Jimmy Butler's performance went even further. In the series with the Clippers, he averaged 27 points per game and his shooting percentage reached 50%. His performance in the playoffs was better than that in the regular season. Be good.

This former important member of the Bobcats dynasty, the apprentice of basketball god Chen Xiao, and one of Marquette's third-generation Three Eagles players has really opened the eyes of the Spurs this season.

A player with such talent can actually be so powerful. The last time they saw them was Leonard and Ron Howard.

Of course, for Spurs fans, Butler has a much stronger character than Leonard, a young kid, and is definitely more suitable to be Ron Howard's successor than Leonard.

Yes, so far this season, after the Spurs defeated the Clippers in two games, Spurs fans have completely forgotten about Leonard.

Even Gobert, who was sent to the Jazz, was ridiculed by Spurs fans.

You, a mere former teammate of the basketball god Chen Xiao, became so arrogant and disrespectful to the Spurs when he arrived.

If you look at Jimmy Butler, his background is the third generation of Maguire's Three Eagles alongside Beasley and Curry. This is the origin of a top powerhouse.

And you are just a mere Frenchman.

Let’s look at the background of Jimmy Butler. He is the disciple of the God of Basketball, and he is the kind of direct disciple who was promoted by one hand.

And you are just a former teammate of the God of Basketball. The God of Basketball has countless former teammates.

Let’s look at the honors of Jimmy Butler. He is an important player who followed the God of Basketball to complete the dynasty with the Bobcats.

And you have not yet completed the dynasty with the God of Basketball, and you are even just a small substitute.

Where do you get the courage to go up against a player like Jimmy Butler?

Although Gobert performed very well after joining the Jazz, he made great contributions to the Jazz winning second place in the Western Conference this year.

But for Spurs fans, Gobert's performance with the Jazz can't even see Jimmy Butler's back.

Of course, Gobert was belittled too much by Spurs fans.

Although Gobert has some shortcomings, his defense is indeed very strong.

Especially in the Jazz's system, Gobert's defensive system plays a very obvious role as the pillar.

You know, historically, Gobert is the victim of the current Lakers' Big Three of Jokic, Leonard and Paul George.

When these three met Jokic, their performances were far below their career averages.

Historically, when Paul George played the Jazz with the Thunder, he was sprayed to death by Westbrook fans after finishing 2 of 16 in the G6 game.

And Leonard, can you believe that 9 of 26 and 6 of 24 are Leonard's offensive statistics?

Moreover, two games in a row in one season!

And Jokic, with the Lakers this season, was fouled six times by Gobert in 16 minutes. He was also 1-for-6, which was miserable.

Although Gobert is easy to be named in single defense, not just any little man can single out Gobert.

The ones who criticize Gobert the most are Durant and Curry.

Durant's super terrifying big change of direction and big arm pull-back, to be reasonable, it is normal for Durant to beat him one-on-one with a single point.

And Curry, with Curry's flexibility and shooting speed, it would be difficult for any big man.

But Leonard, Paul George, and Jokic, none of them have such strong single-point blasting ability.

Leonard's breakthrough is not as sharp as Durant's, and his pull-up is not as high as Durant's.

As for Jokic, he is an inside player, and Gobert's inside defense is really tough, so it is naturally difficult to beat.

Comparatively speaking, among the three, the best player against Gobert is actually Paul George.

Paul George has the strongest athletic ability and can also break through, but his finishing ability is a level above Leonard's.

If you give Leonard the athleticism of Paul George, it would be perfect.

But how could this happen.

By the way, the Warriors and Spurs are obviously playing in the conference semifinals, why are they talking about Jokic and Jimmy Butler?

It's very simple, because in the Western Conference semifinals, the Warriors played the Spurs and the Jazz played the Lakers. Most fans did not pay attention to the performance of the two teams. The Spurs could not beat the Warriors anyway. Everyone focused on Jimmy Butler and Gobert. This group of old enemies who have been in trouble this season performed in isolation.

You Spurs fans are so cruel, and you are so cruel to my Gobert.

People who don't know the truth think that my Gobert's performance is poor, and Gobert's performance in the regular season and playoffs is also very good, okay!

Therefore, facing the aggressive Spurs fans, Jazz fans said, let's fight together to the Western Conference Finals. See you in the Western Conference Finals!

Yes, logically speaking, when the Warriors play the Spurs, the Spurs should regard their opponent as the Warriors, but the Spurs regard their opponent as the Jazz.

Of course, the Jazz also targeted their opponent, not the Lakers, but the Spurs, which is embarrassing.

The Lakers and Warriors didn't think anything of it.

The Jazz and Spurs do have a lot of grudges this season.

If the Jazz and the Spurs had no grudges and the Jazz beat the Lakers, Spurs fans would definitely support the Jazz in beating the Lakers and Leonard.

It can only be said that what Gobert said after leaving the Spurs was indeed unpleasant.

Again, Gobert is really not a worry-free person, nor is he a good-tempered person.

Even in the Jazz, if it weren't for the big brother Yi Jianlian, Gobert would still be able to jump up.

Gobert is French and comes from FIBA, but who is Yi Jianlian?

Yi Jianlian is a four-time Olympic champion in 2004, 2008, 12, and 16, and is the MVP of the Olympic Games and the 'Goat' at the power forward position of FIBA.

After the UAE led the team to win the Olympic championship in 2016 and won the Olympic MVP, he became the Goat at the FIBA ​​power forward position. After all, the Chinese team in 2016 did not have Chen Xiao or Yao Ming.

Although the American team and Sevilla finally blew themselves up and died together, the Chinese team won the championship with luck.

But luck is also a type of strength, not to mention that a champion is a champion and an MVP is an MVP.

Therefore, even though Yi Jianlian does not seem to have any outstanding honors in the NBA, just like Yao Ming saw Sabonis, would Yao Ming think that he has more NBA honors than Sabonis, so he would be in front of Sabonis?

Chen Xiao, Yao Ming, and Arab League are the idols of many young players in the FIBA ​​basketball world.

Just like Milicic looks down on American players, Gobert also doesn't think highly of American players because he grew up in an environment where the Chinese team dominated FIBA ​​and various international teams beat the American team.

Therefore, when Gobert arrived at the Jazz, he attacked the Jazz's new star Mitchell. He felt that Mitchell attacked too much. If these offensive opportunities gave him Gobert, maybe the Jazz would be better.

All I can say is that this guy is really arrogant.

Before arriving in the NBA, Gobert disdained the strength of American players. He grew up watching the Chinese team, Spain, Argentina and even France beat the American team. After arriving in the NBA, he followed the FIBA ​​basketball god Chen Xiao. Killing everyone, coupled with his own personality, it is strange that he would like American players.

So the Spurs finally chose Butler instead of Gobert. He was really angry and felt insulted. Naturally, he said a lot of other things after leaving.

So Spurs fans really criticized Gobert for a season.

However, what makes Spurs fans break the defense is...

The Spurs ultimately failed to advance past the Warriors to advance to the Western Conference Finals.

On the other side, Gobert and the Jazz actually lead the Lakers 3-2!

The Lakers play the Jazz and Leonard plays Gobert. This matchup is indeed too unfriendly to Spurs fans!