In the past, the focus of basketball games was on the inside, and the inside line won the world, and the four legendary centers led the way for decades. Now the league's center of gravity is more outward- and the defenders are full of energy.
Although looking at the core players of the team that has won the championship in the past decade, in fact, everyone has also found that the number of times the team has won the championship with the small forward as the core, such as James, Xiao Ka and Durant. But that doesn't mean anything, nor does it mean that winning the title is easy, so let's discuss it in depth.
The first is James, although he is the first small forward in history, James's personal playing style and role are not limited to small forwards, and there is a difference between small forwards in the traditional sense.
For example, James's passing ability, and it is this ability that allows James to have more ball rights, otherwise if a normal team really takes small forwards as the core and then competes for the championship, it will be very difficult. Because small forwards who are not good at holding the ball and passing the ball can not be the core of the team, the lower limit is blue collar, the upper limit Durant and James.
Next is Durant, don't really think that Durant won two championships, he is the only true core! At that time, the Warriors' posture was unbeatable, and Durant certainly played a very important role, but in my heart, the core of the Warriors at that time was still on the outside, because of the strong attraction of the splash. Look at the Nets now centered on Durant, and you know where the gap is.
In 2019, the small card led the Raptors to win the first championship in team history, but how bumpy and lucky this road is, everyone is also very clear. First of all, the playoffs played the second round with the 76ers to grab the seven, with the last goal of the small card into the basket wading through the danger, the finals faced the main force of the warriors who were injured, 4-2 finally won the championship.
This is the real situation at the core of the team that has won the championship in the past decade, and the position of small forward is definitely not the first choice as the core of the championship. Looking at the dynastic teams that have built three consecutive championships in the past, the absolute core is not the interior line, or the defender, and there are almost no small forwards.
So why are there core small forwards like James, Durant and Ka Jr. who can lead the team to the championship in the last decade?
In addition to the above respective reasons, the main reason is that the era of basketball has changed. Small striker players are becoming more and more versatile, and their role in the team is constantly rising. And with the advent of the three-point era, the presence of interior players has been weakened, and the ball that can be divided has increased, and it has been divided among small forwards and guards.
Look at the 30 teams in the league right now, and you'll see that in addition to teams like the Nuggets and the 76ers, which are center-centered, most teams are still defenders, and there are not many teams with small forwards as the core. After all, there are only a few small forwards with top level, and the full blooming defender players, whether old or new, are the core of their own team.
So, I personally think it's harder to lead a team to win the championship with a small forward as the core, even in today's basketball era, not all small forwards are James and Durant.
The main skeleton of the sport is the interior and the defender, and the front line is always the skin that can be fat and thin.
[The "ball" is the same, I am the God on the right hand]