For all Liaoning fans, the biggest surprise of this season's playoffs is the outbreak of Moland, who was once thought to be reunited with the Liaoning men's basketball team after playing this season, but he pretended to be dead in the regular season and seemed to be a different person in the playoffs, and even the bad free throws (37.3% in the regular season) have achieved a qualitative change (70.6% in the playoffs), and I even wonder if he has been acting?
If you look at Morland's stats for the last four games, you'll be amazed at how well he's currently in a steady position:
On April 14, against Guangdong, he played 27.5 minutes and scored 14 points, 18 rebounds and 4 assists.
On April 16, against Guangdong, he played 28.8 minutes and scored 12 points, 12 rebounds and 5 assists.
On April 20, he played 28.4 minutes against Guangsha, scoring 11 points, 13 rebounds and 5 assists.
On April 22, he played 18.4 minutes against Guangsha and scored 10 points, 7 rebounds and 5 assists.
Obviously, the regular season Liaoning men's basketball trial third foreign aid to his stimulation is only a flashpoint, this is not the reason for Moland's perfect evolution, everyone can talk as a terrier, today's dumb sister to help you dig out what are the deeper reasons behind his perfect transformation?
Reason 1: A season was used to adapt to the team, and in the playoffs, his position was finally determined by Yang Ming
It can be said that the Liaoning men's basketball team is a very strange team, they have a top ball holding core like Guo Allen, and the foreign aid that can be adapted must ensure that the ball holding + no ball playing style can be switched at any time. At the end of the day, you can hold the ball, but you can't have the ball to affect the team's system, but more importantly, you have to be without the ball and used to being dominated by the ball.
Therefore, when he first came, Morland's positioning of himself was not very clear, in the past, he was a big package, the inside line was single-handed, and now he was very unaccustomed to eating cakes, so that he lost himself. This is the situation of failure to integrate into the system, only clear positioning, integration into the system can play their own value, just like the Bass at that time, Bass in Liaoning in those years is better than Bailan. But you're on other teams, maybe Branda is far better than Bass. Because Branda eats the ball, it is necessary to have a single ball as a tactical initiation point. But I have too many points to hold, it is impossible to give Bai Lan a lot of ball rights to digest, and his shortcomings are the lack of lethal finishing ability under the basket, and the mid-range projection of receiving the ball is unstable.
Reason 2: The right one is the best, and Yang Ming gave him trust
The most attractive part of Moland is defense, so in Yang Ming's system, Moland is the core of defense, infinite change of defense, assistant defense, Moland's small body, flexible footsteps, in the defensive end to establish enough confidence, he slowly transitioned from a blue-collar player to an all-round player.
From his actions, it can be seen that he is one of the most eager athletes in the team to win, his free throws are more stable, now look at his free throws feel more reassuring than the Discipline Committee Allen, the average of 4+ assists per game shows that he cherishes the success rate of each attack, the grasp of offensive opportunities under the basket, the active scramble for the floor ball, the attitude of every ball must be fought and actively defended, and the chagrin when he plays bad cash, which fully shows that this young man is completely a trustworthy and excellent athlete.
Bass has no ball, smashes under the basket, wins fouls, and stabilizes CS jump shots. You let Bass go to another team, and those few moves simply can't sustain the team's scoring requirements for big foreign aid. The same is true for Morland, he is not a top foreign aid now, you let him go to many teams, he will still be useless. It can only be said that in addition to the kind of foreign aid that can be done by the real invincible core + role blue-collar work, other foreign aid, you have to match according to the local configuration of your own team. The best is always the best, not necessarily the strongest is the best.
The third point: familiar with teammates, adapted to the coach
People who like to play know that when you start to contribute on the field to help the team and teammates start tacit understanding, the whole will play very smoothly, the more you play the better, the winning culture is also very important, the Liaoning basket has always had a harmonious atmosphere, plus Fergus as a lubricant, the natural relationship is closer, Morland himself is a person with a straight temper, if you do not enter the team will go to the other extreme, just like before Shanxi exchanged scolding him, surely he will not be convinced, but it is counterproductive.
Playoffs Morland just look at his inner feeling on the court is very stable, he found a sense of belonging in Liaoning, found the joy of playing, found a trustworthy group of teammates, such Liaoning is really strong, hope he gets his first CBA championship ring! This is the value of a good team, everyone has room to play, there is a reward for giving, victory is natural, and the sense of belonging of the "foreign monk" is strengthened. Our two foreign aides may not be the strongest in the league, but they are the most fighting and the best integrated.
Happily, Moland and Liao Basket have a wonderful chemical reaction, and I hope that he can develop some stable offensive methods, mainly to ensure that Guo, Zhao, Jin, Fu, and Mo's infinite change of defense lineup can achieve a real dead-end attack. At the beginning, many people questioned his ability, Da Mo was originally a foreign aid that Yang Ming's guidance liked, introduced by one hand, and now the effect is so good, Yang Ming is the greatest.
I hope that Moland will continue to maintain competitiveness, maintain a positive attitude, and bring more passion and vitality to our Liaoning men's basketball team!