Saying that melons are the tumor of the team is basically old fans who have watched the ball for a long time. Because only by combining the performances of the previous seasons will everyone feel that Anthony is a cancer on the team. Destroy the original chemistry, change the rhythm of the team, take most of the offensive ball, and at the same time inactively on the defensive end. All kinds of manifestations will be defined as cancerous tumors. But combined with the seasons after the Blazers, melons are not only not cancerous, but also the thighs of the team. To be honest, just look at the Lakers' performance this season. Melon has been the savior more than once, and early in the season, the team even needed to rely on melons to save. With such results, you say melon is now a cancer? This statement needs to be divided into time periods, at least at this stage, melons cannot be questioned as a cancer.
What about the time before that? If you look at the early results, in fact, melon is not a cancer. At least until season 11, melons can't be called cancers. Leading the team to the Western Conference Finals was the best result the Nuggets had before they did without Jokic, and the Nuggets at the time were also known as one of the most promising rosters. In the third year of entering the league, James is still in the Cavaliers, and Anthony at this stage is already a figure who can compete with Ko. Bryant scored 81 points that year, shocking the world. But that year, Melon's average score per game also reached 26.5 points. Melon of this period was at its peak in the true sense of the word, shooting 48 percent from the field and over 56 percent from the field. At the end of the in-line era, which did not pay attention to efficiency at least, this data of melons was particularly terrifying!
Among the players of the same period, melons are basically at the top level. The ability to hold the ball is top notch, and the organization is not as good as Wade and James, but the need for organizational ball possession is much less. Defense is not at the top level, but it definitely doesn't pull down. If used well, this is a top scorer. Having a scorer in a lineup who can hold the ball can at least guarantee a decent regular season spot.
Therefore, it can be understood that the reason why melons have the title of poisonous tumors is actually during this period of wandering. Or, when the small ball era appeared and melon's playing style was not accepted, the infamy of the tumor also followed. If you study closely, you will find that most of the characteristics of melons are actually contrary to the requirements of the small ball era. It is because it cannot adapt to this change of the small ball, the melon will fall a little bit, and finally wander and even have no ball to play.
The three most basic characteristics of the small ball era: speed up, conversion offense to keep up, blocking and dismantling and changing defense arrangements. Practice these three axes well, which can be called the era of adapting to small ball by fans. Why are these three requirements? The driving force behind it is still the Heat and the Warriors. The Heat piled up the shooter group, amplified the role of the James system, and let everyone see the value of the shooter. Nash and the Sun's run-and-bomb tactics, solving problems with speed streams and high turn-based systems. The set of the culmination is the Warriors team led by Curry. All of this change is too sudden, so that low ball rights, more adaptable shooters have room to survive, and inefficient ball-holding singles players, began to be no longer taken over by the team. Of course, there is also a shadow fueled by the magic ball theory.
And what is the power of melon? He had the best and most threatening back advantage of any small forward at the time. Of course, james in the later stages, especially after entering the Heat, has been practicing this technique hard, and the proficiency is definitely similar to that of melons. But remember, Melon has honed the technology in a short time since entering the league, many years ahead of James. Melon's physical fitness is very good, the shot after the back is very smooth, the footsteps change, and immediately you can make a suitable space to shoot, which many players can't easily do.
Secondly, there is the prickly step of the melon. This trick evolved into three threats, which is just as useful today, such as the game against Zion, which is a famous scene. The threat of the probe step is no less likely than the fake action of a ball-holding shooter on the outside line after receiving the ball. Finally, there is the low-rate run-in tactic, and Melon loves one-on-one singles, which is the biggest feature of players in this era. Including Kobe Bryant, these players like to win in this way. One-on-one heads-up, melons have too many ways to score on the opponent's head.
The combined characteristics of these techniques are that he needs positional warfare, he needs to grind slowly, and melon's team cannot play fast, otherwise it will easily disrupt his offensive rate. At the same time, the team also needs to provide a lot of ball rights to melons, otherwise one ball carrier will not be able to play its full strength. This is melon's appeal to the team, but in exchange for these appeals, it is a suboptimal efficiency value and game record. If you were team management, would you let that happen go on? Most likely not. Of course, the team still gave the opportunity to adjust, after all, every player transition needs a period of adaptation. Unfortunately, the arrogant melon did not take such a thing to heart at all!
Melon still plays according to his own ideas, and the first thing after holding the ball is three threats, which is the priority of the probing step. Teammates start running, the shooter has been obviously vacant, sorry, this period of melon will not pay attention to you. He still focused on his own singles, and even rarely used to cooperate with the opponent's blocking cover. What is this? This behavior of melon directly intervenes in the formation of the team's chemical reactions. When the opponent responds to you with more efficient tactics, you are still carefully polishing your own heads-up, do you think there will be a chance to win? So, the name of melon began to appear. The collision between two different styles of play is born! The end result is that the melon deviates from the times and is finally abandoned.
Speaking of a final summary, just look at the career of melon, is it a cancer? Personally, I don't think so. If you need to be more rigorous, the conclusion is that melons are not cancerous in the early and late stages of their careers. Only in the middle of the transition period, it was not recognized by everyone. Is not being recognized as a cancer? After all, this era has changed so quickly, melon himself did not think that he had practiced the technology of a lifetime, and his most proud technical means, the times said no, do not want it.