On October 24, 2021, Beijing time, the Lone Ranger reversed the Raptors and won the first win of the season, avoiding two consecutive defeats! 103:95 seems to be an 8-point difference, the Lone Ranger won easily, but in fact, friends who have watched the process know that in the face of back-to-back and rebuilding Raptors, the Lone Ranger was suppressed by the opponent for more than half a minute, until the third quarter to complete the score reversal, a sigh of relief. In the first game, the Lone Ranger faced the Eagles, which can be described as no resistance, and Doncic faced his lifelong enemy Trae Young, the whole performance can be described as a disaster, and he was compared to Trae Young in the face-to-face duel. Doncic, the popular fried chicken doncic who forced away meritorious coach Carlisle in the offseason and led Slovenia to make history and reach the final four in the Olympic Games, may not be overestimated, but his playing style is really not suitable for the championship.
Doncic became famous as a teenager, and before entering the NBA, he took the honor of the European Basketball League over and over again, and even joined forces with Dragic to lead the Slovenian men's basketball team to win the European Championship. After entering the NBA, it is seamlessly connected with the NBA with its excellent ball quotient, one footprint a year, and is now considered to be the top five superstars in the league. It was two consecutive years of fighting with the Clippers in the playoffs, and last season almost overturned the Clippers on his own, with such a blow-up performance, after he had a conflict with the Lone Ranger's meritorious coach Carlisle, Cuban decisively stood for him, fired the meritorious coach, and hired a coach suitable for young people, Kidd, and also offered him a maximum salary contract, which can be described as full of love. I believe that Doncic's ability will definitely continue to play the explosive performance and live up to Cuban's expectations. However, if you think about it, maybe Doncic's style of play can only bring the team to the ranks of the strong team, and it is not suitable for the championship.
What is Doncic's style of play? Without strong physical fitness and a quick first move, Doncic relies mainly on the superiority of the ball dealer and the change of rhythm to get rid of the defender to complete the score or assist. However, Doncic's style of play is too much of a possession, and the use rate of the round has been at the top of the league for many years. In addition, Doncic does not put the activation of teammates and the revitalization of the team in the first place like the traditional organizational defender, once as a forward swingman, his first choice most of the time is to score, of course, his overall view is very good, so when his teammates run out of opportunities, he can also smoothly feed the ball and complete assists. Notice that's the difference between him and the traditional point guard, who feeds the ball when his teammates run out of opportunities, while traditional point guards like Paul and Rondo, in addition to waiting for teammates to run out to feed the ball, observe the form on the court and distribute the ball to the player who is most favorable to the offense. At the same time, if a teammate feels like a blow in a game, even if the opportunity is not good, the traditional point guard will try to feed it. These organizational traits, to be honest, Doncic don't currently possess.
So last year Porzingis will complain that he has no tactical status, to be honest in the Lone Ranger not only he does not have, should all the players not, all the tactical initiation points are Doncic, as long as Doncic is present, all the players have to wait for Doncic to play, to choose their own offense or "card" to teammates, to put it badly, this way of playing actually has a feeling of ball hegemony. Friends who have played the ball know that sometimes if the state is good, whether it is a chance or not, you can always get the ball in, and sometimes if you don't touch the ball for a long time without a feel, even if the absolute vacancy and opportunity may not be able to score. So, good organizers can always find the most suitable offensive teammates and the best teammates for them to pick, and Doncic is to find teammates who have a chance. In this way, the teammate who gives the opportunity must have a super sense of the ball and the ability to adjust, otherwise there will be a situation where even if the opportunity is out, the ball is fed, but it is impossible to score, in this case, you can only be a back pot man.
Obviously, Porzingis is the kind of player who needs to touch and dribble to adjust the feel, but he can't always get the ball on the field to adjust the feel. But because of his height, he can always get good opportunities, so he always appears, his opportunities come out, Doncic's ball also passes, but he always can't shoot, and he keeps becoming the lone man's back pot man.
After all, Doncic is still a cornerstone player, with his own system and ability to lead the team. But his style of play may really only lead the team to the ranks of the strong teams and not to the ranks of the title race. Because his style of play really needs specific players to be the most powerful, he needs players who can shoot without adjusting the ball and can pick up the ball. At present, Hardaway is the player who is most in tune with him. And thinking about the current league, the only players who meet this trait seem to be Durant and Thomson at the peak, but after a team has Durant and Thomson, it may not be able to eat Doncic!