Fans who rarely follow the CBA may ask when they see the headline, who is Morland? Ever played in the NBA? Are you sure it's not "King of the Century" Morant or "Grim Reaper" Durant?
Sure not! The NBA has played, and it has won the NBA championship! At the same time, I'm sure that asking such a question means that you must not have seen this year's CBA playoffs!
Because Eric Morland is the "Person of the Year" of this year's CBA! He almost single-handedly reversed the balance of power between the two giants of the Liaoning-Guangdong League, and then let Liaoning push down the mountain that had been pressing overhead for many years in the semi-finals, without the Morand town to guard the basket, the semi-final forbidden area full of bloody rain should belong to Guangdong - belong to the old and strong Yi Jianlian, belong to the rich and powerful Zeng Fanri, and belong to the Weems of the MaTa Lian Camp!
In fact, the reality is that Moland is like a very crazy beast, he locked Yi Jianlian, Zeng Fanri and Weems all in the semi-finals! There is no doubt that Morland proved his worth in this great war of the century.
In the Finals, in the absence of Guangsha's new MVP Hu Jinqiu due to injury, Moland completely dominated the game, and when all his teammates were up and down, Moland was extremely stable and efficient, he even played the 2015 NBA's list of the north, and he himself was just the NBA's 2014 nobody's no-one draft.
Now after the first three games of the finals, in the case of an unbeaten run in Liaoning, Molander is at the top of the FMVP list with a performance quality value of 7.6 points, and if there is no accident, in the case of Moland's normal play, he will be the most likely person to get the FMVP.
And Liaoning's 2021-22 CBA championship is almost certain, then, in this case, Morland will become the only foreign aid in CBA history to win both NBA and CBA championships!
Some people may think that he won the championship in the first season in Liaoning, which is just lucky, but few people will see the setbacks and failures that Moland has experienced, and few people will see Moland's dedication and enthusiasm for basketball, and few people will notice Moland's repeated struggles in the game.
As mentioned above, Morland is the NBA's 2014 draft, because in the NCAA four years, in addition to a slightly admirable number of blocks, other performances are indeed difficult to raise interest, the loss of the NBA should be expected, the report before the draft pointed out that Morland's advantage is excellent defensive ability, the disadvantage is the lack of offensive technology, easy to make mistakes, to put it bluntly, it is too thick to live, mainly to eat cake.
Fortunately, though, not long after the defeat, the NBA Kings took a fancy to his defensive prowess, and on the last day of July 2014, Morland signed a formal NBA contract with the Kings, which was his first contract. However, the good times are not long, with Morland's original physical condition, perhaps in the NCAA can play some advantages, but in the NBA, his defense can only be regarded as the middle and lower level, not to mention that he can not help the team on the offensive end.
His playing style is the fifth position, but the physical condition is the third and fourth position, and the contradiction between technology and body ultimately determines that Morland is difficult to gain a foothold in the NBA.
Before coming to China in 2019, Morland had been tossing between the Kings, Cavaliers, Pistons, Raptors, Suns and Thunder in 5 years, leaving him with 83 games in the NBA, as well as dismal statistics of 1.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 0.7 blocks per game.
To be honest, such data is mediocre in most of the CBA's foreign aid, so it can be said that Morland's break in the NBA was a failure, not only because he did not end up in the NBA, but also because he did not have any technological progress in these years. Maybe the body is stronger, but the finishing ability under the basket is still so bad.
However, you can also say that he was successful, because Morland was lucky to win a championship ring with the NBA Raptors, which is something that many players dream of, even if he is not the main force of the team, not even the rotation.
In the 2018-19 season when Leonard led the Raptors to victory, Morland actually played only 4 games in the regular season, playing a total of only 7 shots in 38 minutes. Morland averaged only 3.5 minutes per game in the playoffs, he often only played in garbage time, and the only mark left on fans in that year's playoffs was the killer goal that Leonard hit in the last moment of the semifinal seven-game game, Morland became the background board for the classic shots that swept the world, and with him topped the headlines of major plates was Jeremy Lin.
After the Summer Raptors reveled in the north of Canada, instead of uniting to continue to attack the defending title, it was the departure of Leonard, the core of the team, leaving Jeremy Lin, the only Chinese who won the NBA championship, who cried goodbye to the NBA and came to China, which has always been open to him. And Morland, who was not noticed by anyone, went down the same path.
Jeremy Lin went to Beijing, while Molander joined Shanxi.
Under Ding Wei, Shanxi's two-year record has been "stable" outside the playoff ranks, Moland and Franklin did not bring surprises to the team, his performance in Shanxi for two years was decent, he was a big outsider who lacked scoring ability after all.
Fortunately, for his physical condition, in the CBA can fully play center, in fact, 2 meters 08 is not high, Morland's advantage is flexible movement, big and powerful, so he can still get a foothold in the CBA no matter what - although still can't lead the team to a new level.
In the summer of 2021, Shanxi hired a new coaching team, and champion coach Yang Xuezeng returned to Shanxi, abandoning Franklin and Moland because they did not fit his tactical system. But this has become the key to Liaoning's ability to reach the peak today.
You can say that Morland is also lucky in the CBA, because he is a league strong, a championship team, And Moland not only met the right "people", but also met the right time.
Before joining, Liaoning was just defeated by Guangdong in the finals again, last year's finals Liaoning misestimated the length of the peak of the career of Dahan, who was plagued by injuries and has aged, and higher estimated the strength of Xiao Zhu, who was blown into the sky in the regular season, Liaoning Basket thought that the fifth position configuration of Dahan + Zhu Rongzhen could compete with Guangdong, and it turned out that Dahan and Xiaozhu could not withstand the wave of basket impact in Guangdong, and G3 they lost a lot of rebounds.
Dahan's strength decline is not false, but Xiao Zhu did not share some of the pressure for him is also true, for the veteran, the most needed thing is to be able to have time to breathe, but Xiao Zhu's crotch on the field, so that Da Han has not swallowed the second breath to become re-dressed, this season Xiao Zhu only played 2 minutes in the playoffs.
Last year's fiasco made The Liaoning basket painful, they planned for the reinforcement of the interior in the offseason, and Morland entered the vision of the fans at this time.
However, the liaoning basket that has failed too many times has now become very calm, and no matter what Molander does in the regular season, it does not seem to attract enough attention, because everyone is clenching their fists to try to climb over the mountain, and fans are not very satisfied with Moland's performance before the playoffs.
But it wasn't until the playoffs that I found out that Morland was so good.
He not only let the inner strength of the Liaoning basket suddenly return to the peak of the Korean period, but also made the attack of the Liaoning basket suddenly change, and the Only Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei who could pass the ball in the Liaoning basket array were not only Guo Allen and Zhao Jiwei, but Alsoland could even make plans on the line.
At the same time, what moves Liao basketball fans the most is that Morland's attitude in the game is tearful, he will throw his body out for a rebound, or a floor ball, which we have seen several times in the playoffs.
In addition, Moland and the Liaoning team get along very well, he will post a funny photo with Fu Hao on the Internet, and will boldly set Yang Ming's "囧 photo" as an avatar, and as a result, Yang guides Weibo to comment "I Nima"!
Because of the addition of Moland, Liaoning Basketball is not only about to realize the dream of a second championship, but also injects vitality into the team, which represents the pleasant atmosphere of the team and the unity on the court.
I believe that Moland will be the most successful choice in the history of Liaoning Basketball, and Liaoning Basketball will also become the last team Moland will play.
His career has never been stable, this time, will the Liaoning basketball be the end?
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