Unconsciously, the Holy City Spurs once again beat the Los Angeles Clippers to reach the 12th position in the West. As a championship-winning giant who is still brilliant in the past, the Holy City Spurs are definitely the youth of many veteran fans. The GDP combination of the former League and Leonard, who led the team to the last championship trophy, their performances are all amazing. However, with the development of the small-ball era and inexplicable historical reasons, today's Spurs have missed the playoffs for two consecutive seasons, becoming a soft persimmon in the eyes of other teams.
But in fact, Popovich never chose to compromise, and the Holy City Spurs never gave up the opportunity to impact the playoffs. In the past two years, they have not only sent Aldridge to the Nets, but also sent DeRozan and veteran Mills. Under a series of crazy moves, almost everyone thought that the Spurs would enter the reconstruction phase and find the puzzle that could help the team rise. But their actions this season have completely broken our guesses! In the glory of the league for many years, the Spurs have almost no rookie players with high picks except for a 2016 first-round No. 9 pick, Porter. Instead, reverse charts like Murray, Johnson, and Derek Wyant have been hoarded.
In the eyes of most people, it is almost impossible for a player with a low pick to have a head start. But in popovich's hands, he can always create a lot of miracles. The most obvious example is the Clippers' star Leonard, who was just a first-round No. 15 show, but was trained by Popovich to be the leader of the team that led the team to win the championship. And this season, we're in the Spurs camp again, as if we've seen the next little card! De Zhangtai Murray was selected by the team in 2016 with the 29th pick in the first round. The 25-year-old, under popovich's teaching, has gradually developed his value and moved closer to the identity of the all-powerful leader.
So far this season, Murray has played in 38 games for the team, averaging 19.1 points, 8.3 rebounds and 8.9 assists in the time he averaged 34.4 minutes per game. Compared with Leonard in the same period, Murray's ability on the scoring end is certainly lacking, but his comprehensive data performance can completely integrate any championship-winning team to become the best championship-winning puzzle. Indeed, with an average of 8.9 assists per game (fourth in the league), it is second only to Paul in the entire West, but its average of 2.1 steals per game (the league's first) is better than Paul's average of 1.9 steals per game.
Of course, seeing deRozan play so happily with the Chicago Bulls this season, the Spurs may regret it. But they have to admit that after sending DeRozan, the team has a lot of opportunities to cultivate Murray's reverse eye. History is always amazing acquaintance, and Leonard also took over the Spurs after all the former GDP members of the Spurs ended, and obtained the status of the absolute leader of the team. Today, Murray has also shown the strength of an all-round leader after the team has no absolute core, and he really has to be happy for the Spurs. However, we still have to recognize a reality, with Murray's help alone, the rise of the Spurs is still not difficult!
To qualify to continue playoffs, they have to see the right moment to bring in quality players who can help the team. Perhaps Popovich should indeed make a change so that the outside three points will no longer be a burden to the team's loss!