preface:
This season, the Brooklyn Nets with the big three only ranked fourth in the East, did not show their due dominance, on the contrary, the Golden State Warriors only had Curry an All-Star, but still won the second record in the West, much better than the Nets, why the star-studded Nets can not compete with the current Warriors, a team, only three people can not win the championship, to the whole team in unison. Now the Warriors are worth learning from the Nets, and if they want to turn over in the second half, the Nets must not rely on the Big Three alone, but give more opportunities to role players.
It is difficult to walk alone, and it is difficult to clap alone
Relying too much on superstars has always been a problem for teams with big three, and as early as 2011, the Miami Heat fully demonstrated this problem. The Miami Heat, sitting on the Big Three, was sniped by the Dallas Mavericks in the Finals, and the only core of the Mavericks was Nowitzki, why could the single-core Mavericks beat the Big Three Heat? The root cause is that role players play too well. Tyson Chandler guarded the penalty area to make the Heat's breakthrough no longer baptized, Jason Kidd's outside defense gave the Heat enough pressure, jason Terry series played the same average as James, is a miracle on the bench. On the other hand, the Heat, only the Big Three are struggling to support, while James has dropped the chain, and other role players have played very poorly, except for the Big Three, only Chalmers has scored in double figures. Basketball is a sport for five people, and it is simply unrealistic for you to pin all your hopes on three people.
Look at how the Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns did this season, although only one Curry scored more than 20, but other role players like Poole and Wiggins are very good, and their impact on the game is actually no less than Curry's many games are saved by the role players, and the Suns have a passing master like Chris Paul who makes the role players play more freely, for example, Biyongbo as a firefighter is activated by Paul as an interior giant. Role players aren't superstars, but if you give them a chance, they'll reciprocate. Team basketball is superior to superstar basketball, which can be fully reflected in the finals of the Spurs and Heat in 2014, the Spurs will show the team basketball to the fullest, while the Miami Heat's superstar basketball is unable to give an effective response, the Spurs like a tidal wave of offense, making the Heat end in a fiasco. With a lesson from the past, don't the Nets understand the importance of activating the role players around the Big Three?
It's not that there isn't, it's that you don't practice
Some people have said that if you want role players to play well, the premise is that you have to have strong role players, how many role players are there in the Nets now? Slightly better Harris is still basically in a state of season reimbursement due to injuries, and the two old Mills and Ade have also tried their best, which role players can the Nets rely on? In fact, the Nets are not without good players, but these players have been hidden by Nash and have not been able to perform. For example, Thomas, who made a big splash in the preseason, has not been able to perform in the regular season, and his fellow Sharp and Edwards have already entered the starting lineup, and I really don't know what Nash thinks.
In fact, Thomas's personal ability is very strong, he has the potential to become a good player, the previous game on the bench, he scored 25 points in less than 26 minutes, have been so efficient, Nash still only let him play 26 minutes, which is not obviously a waste of resources. Thomas's draft pick is actually similar to the Warriors' Poole, and look at the fact that Poole has now become the warriors' real killer, saving the team many times in the game, and his success today is largely due to Kerr's reuse, the previous two years of experience gave him the opportunity to adapt to the NBA, and similarly, if Thomas gets the opportunity like Poole, maybe he can develop better. Thomas's type is like Irving, the kind of player who belongs to the offensive kaleidoscope, maybe it is unrealistic to become a top star, but it is possible to look forward to him as a super sixth, the rookie player must let him practice, if he does not exercise how can he play his full strength, in the big three, he should get more opportunities, after all, the big three attract a lot of defensive resources, but Nash does not let him exercise, as long as he plays in garbage time. Even if the Big Three are all absent, Nash only let him play as a substitute, and in the case of efficient play, he only let him play 26 minutes, more than one minute is not willing to give, do not know what such a manager is thinking, why is it so conservative? Compared to Edwards and Sharp, Thomas is likely to be the key killer of the game, and he is the most worthy of training. If the Nets don't want to make the team lose on the role players, then they must practice Thomas hard, and the management must find ways to convince its manager that only he can bring substantial help to the Big Three.
epilogue:
When the big three fit together, the Nets have embarked on a "no win is defeat" road of no return, now that a season and a half have passed, the Nets have not improved at all, but gradually drifted away from the championship, which also proves from the side that only the big three is completely insufficient. There are good role players in the team who need to give them enough opportunities to exercise, no one is born a superstar, everyone needs trial and error, not to mention Thomas who was selected at the end of the first round, he has talent, he can help the team, and I hope Nash can also cherish this potential stock. It's not too late, the Nets have a good record, so there is room for trial and error in the second half of the season, so why not gamble on role players?