The Spurs' 2021-22 season is over, something to say.
Dejunta Murray played this season for the Spurs, which was parker's best guard season since 2013 — Parker was the Spurs' regular season and playoff scoring and assist king, sixth in the regular season MVP vote, the Spurs finally reached the Finals, and he himself won the jump shot in the first shot of the Finals.
Of all the guards in Spurs history, only Gervin's 1977-1982, Ginobili's 2006-08, and Parker's 2011-13 season, are evenly matched or better than Murray's season.
For the first time in Spurs history, such a one-armed season relied on a single player, it was Duncan's 2001-02 season.
In other words, the last time the Spurs peaked in team history was in the 2016-17 season.
There were 61 wins in the regular season and a playoff past the Grizzlies and Rockets. In the first game of the Western Conference Finals, the half-time led the invincible Warriors by 20 points.
What happened after that is well known.
Leonard's injury actually ended an era for the Spurs.
Spurs players on that day:
Aldridge, Mills, Danny Green, Leonard, Gasol, Ginobili, Simmons, David Lee, Murray, Bertans... Now only Murray is there.
When I watched Murray that year, I always thought he was the teenager Popovich was looking for to make up for George Hill's regrets.
- Popovich found George Hill with a 193 cm 206 cm arm span and regarded him as a treasure. Later, in order to trade Leonard, he sent it away.
This is Popovich's knot.
Popovich has always liked such a capable child with long hands and long feet, so he recruited Murray: 193 cm tall and 208 cm arm span.
— By the way, the 2017 Spurs, and the human squirming essence Anderson. Everyone says that Anderson has something good, it is true that he runs and jumps in general, but his movement is flexible and his brain is smart, and he is 206 cm tall and 221 cm arm span.
Popovich loves long-armed, smart, steady, and astute players, just look at Leonard and Duncan.
After that, Leonard left, and the Spurs dispersed and began to rebuild.
Until now, this season's Spurs have entered playin.
The average is 24.5 years old, between the Timberwolves and the Knights.
Of course, it can't be compared to others: the Timberwolves have Towns, Edwards and Russell, and the Cavaliers have Mobley and Garland. Those are all talented figures at a glance.
spur?
Vassell has surpassed the average 3D player, Colton Johnson is already an excellent perimeter offensive threat, and Bortel provides the league's top basket.
But the Spurs are really wrists, that is, Murray.
Murray averaged 21 points, eight rebounds, nine assists and two steals per game this season.
It is said that in the history of the NBA, he and Jordan have averaged 20 points, 8 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals per game in a single season.
But with so many prerequisites listed, it doesn't really mean much.
Let's talk about something interesting.
Murray averaged 21+8+9 per game this season, which is not too scary. After all, Wei Shaodu averaged a triple-double this season, and Luca has averaged 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists per game for three consecutive years.
Just right:
In his final season with the Thunder, Westbrook averaged 23 points, 11 rebounds, 11 assists and 4.5 turnovers per game.
Luca averaged 28 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 4.5 turnovers per game this season.
Murray averaged 21 points, eight rebounds and nine assists this season, with 2.6 turnovers.
For reference:
Paul averaged 9.5 assists and 2.4 turnovers per game.
Changxi was at the peak of the Pistons season, running the incredibly sophisticated Pistons Five Tigers, averaging 8.6 assists and 2.1 turnovers per game.
In terms of organizational thinking, although Murray also averages nearly three-doubles per game, he is not like Westbrook, nor is he Luca - he is not as good as Luca's personal attack threat - but closer to Changxi and Paul, old spicy.
And Murray is only 25 years old.
Even, allow me to transgress...
Murray, 25, made 18 shots per 36 minutes, 22 points, nine rebounds and 10 assists.
Oscar, 23, shot 25 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists in 19 shots per 36 minutes.
Murray is a tall organizational defender. Long hands and feet, but steady, precocious, alert, with a wide field of vision.
Can push back, can fall into the position, but not reckless, not a sticky ball.
He dribbles less than 5 times after each touch, similar to Mitchell.
There's no great jump — genius, that's not in the hands of the Spurs — but it's well balanced, good at rubbing, good at card slots, able to hold the ball in all kinds of scratches, find teammates, or make one yourself.
Reliable commander at 25 years old.
His low turnovers are due to the large number of similar passes:
Watch your teammates walk in empty positions, and give the ball when the other party has a communication error.
Interestingly, this time the ball went, the fastest reaction to find a defensive loophole on the other side was to be taken advantage of by Murray, it was Kyle Anderson...
He's also good at getting in like this, finding teammates with a wide field of view.
He is also good at drilling, maintaining a center of gravity, and finding vacancies at a glance.
It's more similar: rubbing, keeping your balance, throwing with a straight arm — Parker, Leonard, and he,' all of them are good at it.
Vision, team, balance, footsteps, feel, calm, alert, hard work.
Interestingly, off the field.
Popovich said that Murray is like Parker: learning anything fast, not afraid of being reprimanded, and burying his head in practice when he is trained.
But Murray wasn't just Parker's character.
He's 25 years old, but he's a big brother in the team. He himself was very young, but he was teaching young people discipline.
Carlton said Murray was a great leader, "I didn't get a chance to play duncan, but Murray was very patient!" ”
—— A bit like Sima Yi said Xun Yu: The book has been passed down from afar, and I have seen and heard from my ears and eyes, and in the hundreds of decades, the sages have not reached the xun lingjun.
Interestingly, among the veterans, the one who admires Murray the most is Changsi Billups – Changsi believes that every player is different, so he has to treat his teammates differently. Such was the case with Murray.
——Changxi himself was a nugget as soon as he arrived, so that melon and JR two hippie teenagers changed their personalities and listened to him, all the way to the Western Conference Finals.
Murray's own account: He was trying to teach as many new people as possible to the first and second graders of the team.
He wants everyone on the team to improve, "If they improve, we improve." ”
That's a very spurful thing.
As I said, genius can't fall into the hands of spurs.
Murray was the 29th rookie of 2016 only. For example, Parker is 28th and Ginobili is 57th.
Leonard is a 15th, and the Spurs have to use George Hill to trade.
In that year's draft report, Murray was considered to be weak in strength and jump shots: 29% of his freshman three-point rate and 66% of the free throw rate. Explosive power is good, but only 77 kg weight.
The worst part was that he made poor decisions: averaging 4.4 assists and 3.3 turnovers per game in college, "To improve organizational skills!" ”
Over six years, he's had a 33 percent three-point percentage, 79 percent free throw percentage, 9.2 assists, 2.6 turnovers per game, and 82 kilograms of weight (a bit sick lately).
Organizational skills, decision-making skills, baskets, all improved.
What had been his greatest weakness— organization and decision-making— became his greatest strength.
He wasn't a genius, just a serious and diligent effort.
As long as you listen to the coach, practice well, you can always practice.
Like, in the 2011 draft report, Leonard was considered to be not strong enough, the offense was unstable, the technique was not solid, the ball-holding attack was not strong, the shooting was not stable enough, and the feel was not good enough.
- Yes, this is the same person as Leonard, who later had shoulder widths as a chariot, offense as steady as a robot, floor kung fu first class, 2019 playoffs all the way invincible, no dead angles in the middle shot, and nearly 90% free throw rate. When he was in college, he was indeed a player with a three-point rate of less than 30% and a free throw rate of more than 70%.
So this season's Murray — including Kelden, Vasell, and Boltell — is proof:
No matter what the starting point is, listen to Popovich, practice well according to the rules of basketball, and finally practice.
As long as you practice well, play correctly, and even the shortcomings you say in the draft report, in a few years it will become your strength.