On February 18, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued. The Milwaukee Bucks' away challenge to the Philadelphia 76ers drew the attention of fans, and although James Harden was unable to play, the game was still seen as a preview of the Eastern Conference Finals. Compared to the Nets, Heat and Bulls, the Bucks and 76ers have a higher star profile and fewer troubles and problems. Therefore, the US media and a number of basketball commentators have also been hotly discussing this game.
Among them, former NBA star Maddy said on the show: The Bucks are indeed a championship team and are likely to defend their title successfully. The main reason why they succeeded was because of Brother Alphabet, who seemed to be unsolvable. However, Maddy then said another paragraph, which caused controversy. He said: In our day, the alphabet brother would be very tough, he would play very hard, because at that time the interior line was too crowded, the defense was too good. Shame on the letters! Maddy sarcastically: In my day, he couldn't do it! The Bucks reinforced 2 more men to rush to the first place.
There is nothing wrong with Maddy's words, although we can't put the alphabet brother into that era to play and verify that Maddy's words are correct. However, the performance of Brother Alphabet in the international arena in recent years is really difficult to compliment. The international arena is very different from the NBA, and there is no rule of defending for 3 seconds, so many players will pile up in the three-second zone when defending, especially the inside players are crunched in the three-second zone, which causes great interference to the breakthrough of the outside players. If we look at the performance of the U.S. men's basketball team in the international arena, James is not the best, but Cameron Anthony and Durant are insoluble existence.
Alphabet Brother's most powerful move is to break through, rampage attack, so that the players defending him are powerless. However, the projection shortcomings are obvious, which is the root cause of the poor play in international competitions.
Why did Maddy say such a thing? In fact, he is humiliating Alphabet's shot and satirizing his offensive style. However, times are changing, and it has to be admitted that the alphabet is a BUG in today's league, a monster that cannot be defended. Contributions per game this season: 29.4 points, 11.3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1.4 blocks, shooting 54.7%, shooting 30.4% from three-point range and 72% from the free throw line. He was number one on the league's scoring list. On the MVP list, he is in third place. Due to the Bucks' injury problems, the early record was not good.
With the return and combination of Alphabet Brother, Holliday, Middleton and Portis, they have climbed to 3rd in the East and are expected to hit the first place in the division. When Lopez will return is still unknown, and on this year's trading market, the team has acquired Ibaka, Bemburi, the top 2 defensive players through operation.
Ibaka was sent to the Bucks, the former league block king, who, although old, but has a wealth of defensive experience and three-point shooting ability, is definitely the perfect championship puzzle. Averaging just 15 minutes per game this season, he was able to contribute: 6.6 points, 4.3 rebounds, 1 assist and 0.7 blocks, shooting 49% from the field and 38.7% from three-point range.
Bembry was because of Harden's trade, and the Nets did not have enough places to admit Curry Jr., Drummond, and Ben Simmons because they were laid off. As a very good forward defensive player, he can play the role of PJ Tucker in the championship season, and has contributed an average of 5.8 points, 3.2 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1 steal this season, shooting 56.8% from the field and 41.7% from three-point range.
Currently, the first in the East is the Bulls, the second is the Heat, and the Bucks are 2 wins behind the Bulls. The reigning champions, with a new look, are next to attack the first place in the East.