Paul was never favored, but he was able to do miracles every time. How many teams have successfully revived with Paul's help, and these achievements have been counter-attacks to those questioned by Mr. Forty Million. Especially when you come to the stage of the finals with the sun, everyone knows that Paul is the key to a team's victory. What is the value of this traditional point guard who is only one meter and eight in height and can only be regarded as a small man in the league?
Quite simply, his value is resource integration. Paul can always use his abilities to help the team achieve unexpected results. You can understand that without Paul, the team is always a mess. The team with Paul is to use all kinds of resources to become an efficient fighting team. It is precisely because of this terrible ability to integrate resources that Paul can give many teams the opportunity to regain their top on the basis of not having to make major changes. At least for most of the regular season, Paul has always given the fans that feeling.
There may be many fans who do not understand, why can Paul have this ability? This begins with Paul's own talent. When Paul entered the league, the scouting report had already explained it. Paul is a top-notch player with all the strengths other than his height weaknesses. It can be said that if Paul is given another ten centimeters, he can change this alliance.
First of all, the first point, explosive power. The scouting report at the time described that no one could stop Paul from hitting the basket, not even the big guys with physical advantages. A lot of people think it's just a matter of speed, but there's a more critical reason behind it, paul's strength is very strong. This power is not partial, but is revealed from a multiplicity of positions. This includes speed, coordination, and confrontational ability, which require strength as a support. Specific to a certain part, that is, the legs, waist and abdomen, and the flexibility of the upper limbs.
Before he was seriously injured, Paul had actually done everything a traditional defender could do. Because of his skilled dribble, Paul can appear in almost any area. This ability to hold the ball ensures that Paul can have the opportunity to create multiple conditions for his teammates to score, such as time, space and so on. Of course, this is also the basic responsibility of a point guard. Most of the point guard functions have been obscured now, and they will be a swing variant of the number one or two positions. Some point guards don't even focus on coordinating the offense anymore, but on their own offense, which in the strict sense deviates from the meaning of this position.
Paul's play on the court is basically based on efficiency and practicality. This is also one of the strengths of traditional point guards, who consider the best results with minimal time and effort. So in terms of ornamentation, Paul's perception of the game is not as strong as that of players like Irving. Of course, that doesn't stop people from liking Paul.
Speaking of the topic of strength just now, Paul's sense of strength is reflected in the fact that when confronting opponents, it is not easy to fall into the inferior position. Because of the strength advantage, Paul can use his next plate to open up a more objective space area when breaking through. At this time, if the opponent does not make up for the defense in time, Paul will choose to go directly to the basket. This is the simplest and most efficient scoring scheme. So what if the opponent makes up for it? Don't worry. Paul would use his ass against his opponent.
In fact, the small defender is very afraid to contact the opponent in this way, if his strength is not enough, it is easy to be squeezed by the opponent and deformed. But Paul didn't have that concern, and his next game was very stable. Therefore, when confronting the opponent, it basically has no impact on your own advance, shots and all subsequent actions. This is the main reason why we say that Paul's experienced opponents are helpless. No way, Paul is so sophisticated.
This power advantage of the next game was used by Paul to the fullest. In the process of traveling, Paul can find the opponent's rhythm gap, and then suddenly accelerate to open up the space, at this time many opponents may be pulled apart because they can't keep up with the rhythm. Paul didn't have to worry about not finding space at all, a change of footstep could be pulled apart. This requires not only a sense of rhythm, but also a strong leg strength as a support.
Some say Paul isn't that kind of flying style of play. In fact, Paul has this foundation, his vertical bounce reaches 32 inches, and the running bounce jump reaches 38 inches. It's a pretty good result in the same position, but a lot of times Paul doesn't need to rely on these advantages to score, he has a lot of moves and a lot of skills. Using other strengths to have chemistry with his teammates is what Paul wants.
This extends to another advantage, Paul's vision. The basis of the pass assist instinct is the vision, it can be said that Paul is basically in the first echelon in this area. No one of the same height could surpass Paul. Other players are able to have the same passing vision, and a lot of that is due to their height advantage. Take three goals, for example, James. Paul's vision is very strange, you can also say that it is based on a judgment of timing, most people do not actually have this quality, this is called God to appreciate the meal.
Paul himself said that his memory, judgment, and ability to predict timing can be strong. So mixing these things together becomes something that we know as God's vision. Of course, having vision is certainly not enough, and the player also needs to have the ability to create passes later. The techniques we talked about earlier are Paul's additions to his vision. Create threats with skill, create opportunities, and then send them to your teammates in time to complete the score. This is very suitable for the current magic ball theory, Paul is one of the middle distance scorers, this area does not interfere with the big men on the inside, but also to create space for the shooter on the outside. If the opponent is not paying attention, Paul can complete the assist.
Jordan Jr., Griffin, Ayton, these players have all performed well around Paul, and the fundamental reason is that they can eat cake. Paul's ability is to make them a steady stream of pie and then let them play their offensive value on the field. What you see is these big men scoring, and what is fearful is the ability of Paul to connect, organize, and coordinate behind him.
What do you say Paul is worth? These are his values. If your team already has a part of the foundation and wants to try a new possibility, trading Paul is the best option.