preface:
Speaking of Zach Lavin, what was his first impression on your mind? Is it the successor of the man who entered the league in the 13th order? Or the flyer who won the dunk contest for two consecutive years and did not lose to Jordan and Carter in the dunk? In fact, none of this is true, but Lavin is like a Chicago lone warrior, moving forward alone on the road of dynastic revival, and for him, when he puts on this red Chicago battle robe, the burden completely weighs down on his own shoulders.
Chicago's Lone Brave
Since Michael Jordan led the team to complete the second triple crown in 1998, the Dynasty Chicago Bulls fell apart overnight, Jordan retired, Pippen left the Bulls no longer have the possibility of competing for the title. Chicagoans have also entered years of silence, who will revive this dynasty bull? This seems to be the biggest problem bothering fans, although the Bulls have also come out of the annual lottery circle after the Bulls selected Ben Gordon in 2004, but Gordon is ultimately talented, you can't expect him to lead the team to win the championship, and it is clear that he is not the one who revived the dynasty.
In the first round of 2008, the Chicago Bulls selected Derrick Rose, and three years later he became the youngest MVP in NBA history, the Chicago Bulls recorded first in the league for two consecutive years, but the injury brought the dynasty's revival to an abrupt end, although Rose struggled for a time and brought the Bulls to the Eastern Conference semifinals after recovering from injury, but it still seems far from the championship. Then the youngest MVP also left Chicago and began a wandering journey. The "three refusals" of Butler, Wade and Rondo after that were obviously more hopeless, and the revival of the Bull Dynasty came to a standstill.
Then the Bulls had their new hope, zach Lavin. Although the cruciate ligament injury in the knee did not affect LaVine's competitive state, Lavine averaged 23.7 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game in his first year with the Bulls, giving the team new hope. Unlike Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler, however, Lavin is destined to be the lone warrior on the road to the revival of the Bull Dynasty. In the first three seasons in Chicago, LaVine did not have Pippen, no Rohr Dun, no Boozer, Noua, not even elderly stars such as Rondo and Wade, and he was destined to be the lone brave on the road to revival.
But Lavin, like Jordan back then, started by improving his abilities until he met pippen who belonged to him. In the first three years of playing for the Bulls, LaVine improved his average points per game from 23.7 points to 27.4 points, from the unknown Timberwolves sixth man to a member of the Eastern Conference All-Star team, in three years the Bulls record improved by 9 games, LaVine gradually brought the Bulls out of the quagmire, until this season met DeRozan's joining, which means that Jordan has Pippen by his side and Batman has Robin by his side.
Hope for dynastic revival
Lavin and DeRozan, what a wonderful combination of the two, the Bulls are about to enter the playoffs in the real sense after Butler left, the first step of the dynasty revival is about to begin, and this step Lavin took 3 years. Everything went well for the Bulls early in the season, with deRozan and Ravin's combination being quite aggressive, and while both are point guards and forward swingers, in this day and age, two players with similar styles can actually coexist on the field. Everyone has attributed the Bulls' improved record this season to DeRozan, who has also become the all-Star starter, but Lavin's role is still irreplaceable.
DeRozan scored a large number of shots, LaVine can still average 24.8 points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.6 assists per game, maintaining a high degree of efficiency. Lavin did not regard himself as the boss because DeRozan was an outsider, but gave DeRozan enough respect, and it was Ravin's selfless comeback and courage to sacrifice that made DeRozan usher in the second spring of his career. Recreating the Chicago Dynasty hegemony is what Lavine wants, as for whether it is the boss, as for the limelight is not here, LaVine does not care about all this at all, just like when he won the Dunk King of the Century War, LaVine can only smile slightly, this is Zach Lavin.
However, the road to the championship has been smooth, the Chicago Bulls are once again full of holes, the ball brother, Caruso fell one after another, and DeRozan also suffered from injuries, and the helpers who just arrived lacked successive injuries, perhaps this is the fate, LaVine is the lone brave, and the burden of dynastic revival can only be carried by him. In the absence of DeRozan, Lavin once again familiar with himself, once again put the burden of the Bulls on his shoulders, 30 points, 4.8 rebounds and 6.2 assists, which was Ravin's answer sheet when DeRozan was absent, although the record was only 2 wins and 3 losses, but it was difficult to hand over such data in the case of injuries.
Lavin's style of play is picturesque, which all fans recognize, but Ravin is quite low-key, and there are few scandals, as if he is just concentrating on playing. Perhaps it was Mike Jordan's 6 championships that cost the Chicago Bulls luck, and in recent years the Bulls have had cornerstone-level players, but they have quickly fallen due to injuries. This year, the Bulls originally had the strength of the first place in the East, but it seems that injuries are going to ruin all this, but for LaVine, he is enough to play on the field, he is just a lone warrior in Chicago, it is so easy to revive the dynasty, the Celtics have used more than 20 years, the Lakers have used 10 years, and the Bulls are coming to the 24th year, Lavin is still moving forward!
epilogue:
"Love your tattered clothes, but dare to gamble on the gun of fate." Maybe there is no helper around, Lavin still dares to be the lone brave who reshapes the dynasty, this persistence has allowed him to surpass many people, a good player must learn to move forward alone, and the sun will eventually shine into the ruins of the dynasty!