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"If we can win more games and improve our rankings, then VanVleet should be an All-Star." This is the speech of Raptors coach Nas after today's game.
It may surprise you, but this sentence is indeed supported by data.
However, in the matter of voting, the King of the North, the Raptors, have never taken advantage. What's more, today's Raptors only have 17 wins and 17 losses, ranking 7th in the East.
In a quiet corner, there are no stars, and everyone's eyes naturally do not pay attention to the Raptors. The last time we talked about the Raptors was when Yuta Watanabe cut two pairs.
But if You pull out VanVleet's recent stats and put them on a few well-known teams, the discussion may have already been boiling.
So what kind of performance did VanVleet play? According to statistics, in the past five games, VanVleet averaged 31.4 points, 8.4 assists, 4.4 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.0 turnovers per game, shooting 50.1% from the field, 47.5% from three-point range and 97.5% from the free throw line. During this period, the Raptors won 3-2.
In today's Raptors' 129-104 victory over the Spurs, VanVleet played 32 minutes in the whole game, shooting 12 of 23 from the field, 7 of 14 from three-point range, 2 of 2 from the free throw line, and hit a game-high 33 points plus 2 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.
This is the third consecutive game in which VanVleet has scored at least 30 points, the sixth in franchise history since Leonard, Lowry, DeRozan, Carter and Mike James.
Although the Raptors are somewhat un-rich, such a data performance should enjoy some superstar treatment for any player.
After all, there's also an NBA record that belongs to VanVleet, who became the first player in NBA history to have at least 30 points and five assists in two consecutive games, hit 5+ three-pointers, and make zero turnovers.
But for VanVleet's call to enter the All-Star, almost no one mentioned it. For example, today's 5 NBA official website reporters gave their minds to the Eastern Conference All-Star starters this season.
For the choice of two backcourt players, five reporters chose Trae Young, another four chose DeRozan and one chose LaVin.
I believe that there will be people who choose Harden, Holliday and others after that, and VanVleet should be the most neglected role. So the Raptors, from players to coaches, are also building momentum for him.
Raptors player Penny Chan said: "All-Star, everything he does is incredible. He played a great performance and proved to the world that he deserved an All-Star spot. For me, without any prejudice, I felt he deserved to be selected as an All-Star. It's funny to watch what he's been doing, man. ”
But it was precisely the words that Nas said that really stopped VanVleet's All-Star obstacle. After all, for the Raptors, which is not a popular team in itself, such data can not attract people.
Even an All-Star regular like DeRozan has basically locked up this year's All-Star spot after completing a series of kills. So to get attention, VanVleet also needs to have enough stories to resonate.
You might say that 5 games is just a small sample event for VanVleet. But even when discussing the performance of the whole season, VanVleet's performance is relatively good.
This season can be said to be the pinnacle of VanVleet, who averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 assists and 4.9 rebounds per game, all three of which are career highs, in addition to his career-high 44.1 percent shooting percentage and the second-highest career 40.5 percent three-point shooting.
With more possession, VanVleet's efficiency not only did not decrease, but also improved.
In addition, he also averaged 1.6 steals and 0.5 blocks per game, averaged 3.8 league firsts in the scrambling data, averaged 1.2 saves per game, and was a good defender.
So far, he has averaged 3.6 three-pointers per game, third in the league behind Curry and Hield, and of the top ten players, only Mills and Lavin are more accurate than VanVleet's three-pointers.
In other words, VanVleet is at least one of the league's top five three-point shooters this season.
There are three points, assists and defense, and combined to see VanVleet's performance now, it is a bit like the role that Lowry played in the Raptors, and the data is basically similar, and Lowry has been a six-time All-Star player.
"I think VanVleet is all-Star level and we all know what he can bring to the team – victory, leadership, scoring, defense. He should get into the All-Star discussion. Nas spoke for him like this.
In terms of high-order data, VanVleet is even more terrifying. The Raptors beat their opponents by 5.9 points per 100 possessions when VanVleet was on the floor this season and 14.6 points per 100 possessions when he wasn't.
In the last game, the broadcaster gave such a statistic: when VanVleet was on the floor, the Raptors won 21.4 points more per 100 rounds than when he was not, a figure that ranked second in the league after Jokic and overwhelmed Curry.
Think about Jokic's state of being a father and a mother, if you compare it to Van Vleet, do you think that Van Jordan is also quite hard.
As for whether he can be an All-Star, VanVleet is more calm: "I'm not very good at dealing with these praises, or touting myself, so just do it, I feel good enough." 」 ”
Of course, this good sense of self, everything starts from the day his son was born.
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