The basketball team is a whole, if you have to divide you and me, I think it can be divided into two parts: superstars and role players, but these two parts are also a whole, one wins and one loses.
Knowing this layer of basics, it is very easy for us to look at the comparison between James and Durant at 34 years old.
First of all, the conclusion, Durant is eaten by the lineup.
Obviously, Durant's Nets did not become a whole with Durant, and although this lineup was made by Durant, it was not the lineup that best matched his technical characteristics.
At the same time, whether it is the offseason or the course of the season, the Nets' affairs outside of basketball are too complicated, and they have experienced transactions that have seriously affected the structure of the lineup, which are affecting Durant's philosophy.
If Harden is there, the Celtics can't produce the desired effect of packing Durant, nor will they attack Irving recklessly, because Harden can always make some response. At the same time as Harden's personal response, it is also necessary to produce a series of linkages, and the Nets as a whole will be revitalized, which is not easy for the Green Army to control.
Therefore, harden's structure is the most crucial structure of the Nets' current lineup. Teacher Yang Yi said that when Harden was traded, the Nets had withdrawn from the championship competition, which was nothing more than this meaning.
In the regular season, the Nets were actually Durant saving the game.
How many games were saved by Durant?
If you count carefully, in several games before Durant was injured, the Nets were saved by Durant's final play. Harden's departure actually shows that he sees through this, and if he wants to go to a better team, the Nets are essentially a team that must rely heavily on Durant.
Durant was also regurgitated by his own anger.
The Nets face so many problems, Nash is still in a stable position, Irving is still in and out, what is the essential reason? It's not that Durant thinks he can.
Yes, that's it, Durant always thought he could before the playoffs. This is based on his state after the big injury, the level of scoring this season, and the psychological feelings derived from years of public opinion, but this is not the case.
In theory, Durant is still OK, but the Celtics carefully studied the way to defend him, and then constantly engaged in his mentality, but also cut his connection with the role players, while the role players are soft and weak in nature is highlighted, and Durant is not good.
After Durant couldn't do it, his mentality also had problems, and he began to doubt himself, doubt his own playing style, so that he wasted two precious games. This apparent dilemma of reality spread to his teammates, and the Nets role players in Game Four had psychologically given up in the last few minutes.
At the end of the day, Durant was eaten back by this lineup.
Don't forget to praise the strength of the Celtics, it is their hard personality and adequate preparation that infinitely magnifies the Nets' problems, and they have such a destiny, which also stems from the accumulation of multiple seasons.
They have accumulated since James' 18-year season, when James met the junior greenshirts.
The level of the Green Army in 18 years cannot be compared with today, and today's lineup is more stable and balanced, and the main stars are of a higher grade. So James, with a more mature lineup, attacked the younger lineup, and occupied this advantage first.
Secondly, the maturity of James's lineup is far greater than that of the current Nets lineup.
James has recruited too many people to form a lineup in 18 years, some of which are suitable and some are not suitable, but the final lineup is in line with the composition of the James system. It's just that Irving's departure has led to his loss of the role of indiscriminate tackler, which is a structural loss.
Compared to Durant, James's lineup only lacks a structure, the other is a fairly good composition, but Durant's Nets have some problems in every position, and it is not in line with Durant's philosophy.
What is Durant's philosophy?
Because Durant participated in the Warriors, and the Warriors are a complete system, Durant can only rely on the Warriors, and has no chance to build a team based on his personal technical characteristics, so it is impossible to accurately judge what kind of lineup based entirely on Durant is.
Durant is generally considered to be a super attacker, so in theory he is also suitable for triangle attack, but this system is now unattended.
In terms of pure attack power, James's body is obviously better, even the peak Durant can not be compared, so the effect of breaking through the hard Celtics is always better than Durant's. Coupled with the positive impact of the lineup on James, he can play better.
Durant's side could not form an effective, lethal breakthrough because of physical reasons, coupled with the fact that the lineup could not form a positive impact on him, but a negative impact, so after he was regurgitated, he presented an embarrassment that we had never encountered.
So is James better than Durant this season? Obviously, James played better, and as for the pure superiority of the two people, it can't be too clear...