On February 28, 2022, the Lakers lost the Pelicans 95-123, and the camera swept to the thick eyebrow brother who was watching the game on the sidelines, his eyes were firm but helpless, and he had the heart to contribute but could not play, which was really a sad story for the thick eyebrow brother. Today we will talk about the top inner line thick eyebrow brother in depth.
Basics
Anthony Davis, abbreviated as Thick Brow Brother, born on March 11, 1993, 29 years old, 208cm tall, weighing 114kg, plays as a big forward, and was also selected as one of the 75 big stars selected by the NBA official on the occasion of the 75th anniversary. Currently earning $35.36 million, he currently plays 601 regular season games in his career, with five major statistics of 14318 points, 6128 rebounds, 1399 assists, 820 steals, 1409 blocks, an average of 23.8 points, 10.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists, 1.4 steals and 3.3 blocks; playoff games have played 39 games, and the five major statistics are 1065 points, 402 rebounds, 109 assists, 52 steals, 71 blocks, 27.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 1.8 blocks per game. Won one championship, one All-Star MVP, three block kings. This season is his 10th season and so far he has averaged 23.1 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 1.2 steals and 2.3 blocks per game.
Three advantages are impressive
Rich offensive means. Thick eyebrow brother is not a very traditional inside line, unlike O'Neal, Howard these traditional inside line, relying on the inside line hand-to-hand combat, thick eyebrow brother offensive means are very rich, throw aside the fluctuations of this season, thick eyebrow brother relative to the traditional inside line, he has three-point ability, has a soft mid-range feel, flexible breakthrough, the traditional center line of the empty connection and second rebound attack He also did a very good job, free throws are much better than ordinary interior players, career free throw shooting rate of 79.4%, close to 80%, This is very good for an interior player. Like his teammates, the traditional inside Howard shootout rate is 56.6%, Jordan Jr. is 47.4%, the strongest interior O'Neal in history is 52.7%, and the current top traditional interior Gobert has a free throw shooting rate of 63.5%.
Top-notch rim capabilities. On the ability to protect the frame, the thick eyebrow brother is one of the best in the NBA, after entering the league, his number of blocks has always been at the forefront of the league, took three blocks king, the current ten seasons, 8 seasons of the average block more than 2 times, no more than 2 times, Respectively, 1.8 times in the rookie season and 1.6 times in the 2020-21 season, there is his town to guard the inside line, the team is really relieved a lot, there is no thick eyebrow brother, the team's defensive performance is more than one grade difference, today's game is one of the epitome, the Lakers inside line without the thick eyebrow brother is abused badly, the defense is useless, and the rebounds have lost 13 (38-51).
Excellent ball handling skills. Compared with the top defenders, the thick-browed brother has the same possession, but for an interior player, he is definitely the elite of the elite, which also benefits from the fact that he played the role of point guard when he was a child. Excellent ball handling skills can make him more flexible and varied when breaking through, and the ball is not easy to concede. Ordinary insiders are difficult to use the trick of holding the ball to break through, because the possession of the ball is not good, and it is easy to break through with the ball.
Thick eyebrow brother has a lot of advantages, not only the ones we mentioned above, but the shortcomings are also there, the most fatal point is that it is easy to get injured, a little bit of glass properties, to ask why, it is not easy to say, anyway, long time will be absent for a period of time, after entering the league, thick eyebrow brother played more than 75 seasons in a single season How many seasons? The answer is 0, in contrast, a breakthrough-oriented player like James has 1 season of full attendance and 12 seasons of playing more than 75 games in a single season. The number of games played in each season of the thick eyebrow brother is 64 games, 67 games, 68 games, 61 games, 75 games, 75 games, 56 games, 62 games, 36 games, 37 games, and the number of absent games is still relatively large.
Where to improve
The first is the strength of the lower limbs. Lack of lower limb strength is very easy to turn to the foot, as a top internal player, the lower limbs must be full of strength, so as to reduce foot injuries, in order to make the movement more accelerated, thick eyebrow brother's upper limb strength is very good, but the lower plate is not solid enough, sometimes in the top of the big center, or it seems to be very difficult.
The second is the stability of the shot. Looking back at the past, the thick eyebrow brother itself is not a player with three-point ability, the first three seasons of his career, the thick eyebrow brother basically does not shoot three-pointers, the first three seasons only shot a total of 27 three-pointers, hit 3, with the advent of the small ball era, he only began to shoot three-pointers, from the 2015-16 season to date, the three-point shot has become the weapon of the thick eyebrow brother, the three-point shots shot began to increase, the average shot per game is more than 1.8 times, and the three-point shooting rate of the entire career is also maintained at 30.3%. However, this season, his three-point shooting has fallen off a cliff, shooting only 18.2%, a 12.1 point drop from the average, directly making his offensive threat much smaller. This is something he needs to improve. If it is acceptable to say that it is slightly lower than the average performance of the career, but this cliff-like decline cannot be forgiven, so it is still necessary to do better in the stability of the three-point shooting.
Another point is the puzzling free throw of the thick eyebrows. Thick eyebrow brother's free throws, overall is very good, we also mentioned that his career free throw shooting rate is 79.4%, but in fact, his average free throw shooting rate has been pulled down by the free throw shooting rate of these two years, the first 8 seasons of his career, the average free throw shooting rate per game is more than 75%, more than 80% of the four seasons, but the free throw shooting rate in the past two seasons has dropped somewhat severely, and the free throw shooting rate this season is only 70.9%, which is the lowest value of his career. The 2020-21 free throw shooting rate is 73.8%, which is the second lowest in his career, and the previous season, that is, the 2019-20 season, his free throw shooting rate is still 84.6%, this decline can be said to be very large, very puzzling, according to the reason, the free throw thing is the easiest to control, that is to say, the most stable, but it has dropped by more than 10% at once, which is very strange, this is also the place where the thick eyebrow brother needs to reflect and improve.
Finally, the time back to the 2019-20 season, the thick eyebrow brother in the inner line to kill four sides, for the Lakers to win a difficult championship, he also officially entered the league's strongest inside line ranks, once known as the league's top five players, is the end of this small ball era, but after winning the championship, the situation seems to take a sharp turn, without the sharpness and lethality of the past, thick eyebrow brother can be said to be a player who is loved and hated. However, the thick eyebrow brother is only 29 years old now, he is still in his peak years, although it is easy to get injured, this is a fatal absence, but his three major advantages are also obvious, as long as he can work hard in training, he can still return to the glory of the championship season, back to the top five seats in the league, and even the winner of the MVP.