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The protagonist of this article: Chet Holmgren.
As the big man selected by the Oklahoma Thunder with the second pick in the first round of this year's draft, Homegren has already made his own reputation in high school, although he and his varsity team were eliminated by the opponent during the crazy March, but Homegren's outstanding performance on the field of play is still the attention of everyone.
Thanks to his excellent offensive and defensive performance on the field, in the eyes of many scouts, he has long been the winner of this draft. Although there are occasional doubts, he is still in the top three for his draft picks.
As a big man with excellent ball-handling ability and consistent shooting performance, let's discuss Homegren's personal technical strengths and weaknesses.
The first is the strength, the most obvious advantage on him is the excellent physical fitness and height arm span, which allows him to give the most interference to the attacking players on the defensive end. Before entering the league, homegren was one of the NCAA's finest defensive players, homgren averaged 3.7 blocks per game.
Behind the excellent defensive data, what is shown is Homegren's excellent defensive sense of smell and game reading on the court, as a big man with strong frame protection ability, he is very good at controlling his own number of fouls on the defensive end, and from the NCAA's performance last season, he averaged only 2.7 fouls per game.
In addition to his defensive ability, his excellent mobility on the field, combined with his excellent arm span in the same position far exceeding that of other players, ensures that he can interfere with the opponent's defense from any position on the court. Considering the infinite change strategy of today's league, in the advocating fast-paced style of play, Homegren's excellent game speed can give him an advantage in the offensive and defensive conversion.
In addition to the above, the most different thing about Homegren from other big men is his stable shooting ability. Since high school, he has maintained excellent outside shooting ability on the field, and on the NCAA stage, his outside three-point shooting rate has been stable at more than 40%.
As a big man with shooting ability, his appearance can provide the team with an interior defense while also opening up enough space on the offensive end, and he also has more means of handling the ball on the offensive end. For such a player, there is undoubtedly something that many teams want.
Judging from the records of the scouting report, Homegren also has a stable and good performance in the organizational offensive ability of the face frame and the ball-holding end, he can briefly help the ball-handling players on the field to share a certain amount of organizational pressure, and can also become a turning point in the attack.
Not only that, but his sense of running position on the no-ball end is also quite good, thanks to his excellent shooting performance, he is often placed on the no-ball end as a finisher, coupled with his excellent ball holding and organizational skills, such a player presence is undoubtedly a threat to opponents in all aspects.
Next, look at the shortcomings on his body. The first and most obvious point is his relatively thin body type, which makes him slightly in a weak position in physical confrontation. Although he has a very good sense of card position in the inner penalty area, due to the shortcomings in body shape, he often loses his rightful place after fighting against opponents. And against teams that actively advocate physical confrontation, Homegren's performance on the field will be quite uncomfortable.
And the most direct impact on him is the subsequent injury hazards, and there is no shortage of meat shields on the NBA stage that are actively confronted by the inside, and Homegren is difficult to take too much advantage in facing this type of player.
Secondly, although he has a certain ability to organize the ball, his ability to create scoring opportunities on the offensive end still needs to be strengthened. It's something he needs to keep training in future games, but if the team keeps allowing him to single on the pitch, it's a waste of his other potential. And it will also have other implications for the team, which is a problem that Homegren and the team's coaching team need to solve in the future.
And there is also a most obvious place, that is, most young players will have a problem when entering the NBA stage, they are not very accurate in their choice of timing when they encounter the opponent's defensive bag, Homegren is no exception, and this is the first problem he needs to solve after entering the NBA stage.
For the future development of this player, considering his good performance at both ends of the attack and defense, as well as his excellent shooting ability, even if he does not make much progress in his personal ball-holding attack, he still has the ability to become a hot 3D player in the league. For the Thunder who chose him, what they have to do now is to develop the other potential in him as much as possible and cultivate more of his self-propelled offensive ability.
And from the current performance, Homegren in the future development ceiling should be relatively high, his existence for the team is naturally an offensive end of the combat force, although his thin body size will limit his development to a certain extent, but the team coaching team will inevitably help him strengthen this aspect in subsequent training, and if he can solve this most basic problem, then this is a very development space for himself and the team.