"It's a good time, thanks Curry"
With the last bottom corner three-point shooting, the 2022 All-Star Weekend three-point contest came to an end, and Downs from the Minnesota Timberwolves "accidentally" won the game, and his 29-point pick-up in the final stage also broke the previous record of 28 points held by Curry and Booker to become the new record holder. Although the All-Star Weekend is a big show built around entertainment and commerce, it is not easy to appear on such a glittering and high-profile stage, and it is not easy to specify without two brushes, not to mention that Towns won the three-point competition championship as an interior player, and the era attribute behind him is also highlighted.
"Did you catch the wrong place, Bro?"
Let's start with this three-point contest, in the contestants, in addition to Downs, almost all the teams on the scene are the outside sharp knives, including the prodigal son of 7.25 meters away, such as Blow yang, CJ, Van Jordan, even if the regular season 40.9% three-point shooting rate enters, but this data is only in the middle of the level among several people, if you want to predict the championship, how can not turn our beautiful country Lisa, let alone record-breaking jokes, but after the first round of competition, Downs's feel gradually opened, the fans on the sidelines and in front of the live screen felt more and more that this brother might have something to do tonight, not to mention that those who were threatening were also eliminated one after another, and this premonition became stronger and stronger. Sure enough, in the final round, Towns completely broke out, a wave of 29 points directly took away the game, leaving the back of the Yang yang and Kennad out of reach.
"Who can understand the pain of the brothers"
After the game is told, let's talk about the attributes of the times behind Downs' victory. As the league's main golden signboard, for many years, the outside players have been the main object of promotion, the reason is nothing more than two points, wonderful skill and visible talent value, simply put, playing good and excellent quality, then in this regard, the big men who have been stationed in the inner line for many years are more "bitter", after all, when fighting and fighting, you can't care about whether it is good or not, scoring is the ultimate goal. But with the excellent skills of Towns, Embiid, Jokic, and the emergence of comprehensive interior lines, the main theme of the league has slowly changed in a quiet way.
"We're better defensive than anyone else"
Downs joined the league at the time of the two style of the era of staggered changes, for many old fans, the early Towns can not be called a qualified inside line, although the technical ability tends to be comprehensive, and it is the champion and the first of the year, but from time to time in the game, the outside line shooting and disproportionate interior attack, so that the seniors who are accustomed to seeing the inside line fight, muscle collision are easy to think of the word "soft egg", coupled with years of poor record and unenterprising game attitude, In those years, fans affectionately referred to Towns and Wiggins as the "second oldest" of Minnesota who looked down on everything.
"Minnesota Occult Two Elders"
However, with the deepening of small-ball doctrine, more and more players have joined the ranks of the outside line, and the identity and attributes of the inside players have also changed, and the hammer in the traditional sense has gradually shifted to flexible and changeable inside and outside. This forced the early inmates who stuck to OG to start looking for ways to transform, such as the later Ade and Griffin. But like Downs early on the establishment of the style of the inside line, the road ahead is relatively clear, in the style of play and play in line with the current trend trend, although the record is still not improving, but fans who have watched downs games are not difficult to find that Towns in the game to realize more and more free, from the outside to the inside, a player can almost do all-round coverage, of course, defense and attitude this piece is indeed more hahaha. Casually mentioned, the chemical reaction thing really can not just look at the book, more or less past cases have demonstrated this, talent is piled up, the stars shine may not be able to bring how high achievements, so it is not Butler who can not move, nor Lavin did not cash in on the talent, nor did it depend on Rose, can only show that Towns and Wiggins are really not suitable for together, divorce is only a matter of time.
"What position do you play, I call position 12345"
Far from it. Under the influence of the small ball era, more and more insiders began to study outside projection techniques, although there is still a distance from the prodigal sons of the genuine outside, but in terms of tactical arrangement and execution, the proportion of insider players participating is increasing, for example, our clichéd Warriors tactics, Green is an important part of the outside attack tactics, and even many times will design an outside shot strategy specifically for Green. Of course, Green and Towns are in a different position, after all, one is a key person, one is the team beam, so in this situation, the inside players have begun to gradually expand new areas, such as organizing and combing the whole team's attack, such as the outside line carrying thunder to kill the inside line.
"Without my Hellfire, the Warriors can win the championship?"
Thus, a new term was born - "swing man in the whole field", although this word is somewhat ridiculous, but a player who can dribble, pass, shoot, break through, will play back, will grab the board, will cover, will be 12345 position all the skills of the inside player, is undoubtedly the existence of a big killer, even in today's environment that does not pay attention to defense, such a player who encounters it will have a headache. Carefully, we also found that in recent years, there are more and more internal players on the MVP list, which is very similar to the competition for the inner line in the early years, but the current way and method are different. Here's another thing, in order to prove that the work of the interior players is not bad, Downs also participated in the Skill Challenge on the weekend of the 2016 All-Star, and eventually won the championship, which made Thomas Jr., the second knife in the league at the time, directly fall, and later the tournament evolved into the degree of the inside player's participation than the work of the inside players - the 21-year All-Star Game Skills Game, champion Sabonis Jr., runner-up Vuccesic.
Whether Downs can lead the Timberwolves out of the quagmire this season, or embiid and Jokic who can win the title of "strongest man", or which big man who plays the game can win the goal, it is undeniable that in the context of the small ball era, big players have begun to eat more and occupy more in order to survive. To be honest, there is really not much time left for outside players, or think about practicing basketball and grabbing rebounding skills during the holidays, otherwise you really have to find a factory to screw.
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