After losing yesterday, the Lone Rangers are 37-41, eleventh in the West and one win away from the Thunder, who are tenth in the West. In other words, the play-off qualification is also in the balance. What is this equivalent to a concept? That is to say, in the next game, the Lone Ranger must hope that the Thunder will lose streak in the case of winning all of them to qualify for the play-offs.
Since Owen came to the Lone Ranger, the Lone Ranger's ranking has been like a waterfall, flying down three thousand feet. In their last seven games, the Lone Ranger has a 1-6 record. Meanwhile, Irving and Doncic have a record of just 4-10. That said, the combination of the two was a mistake from the start.
In this regard, many fans and media have scolded Irving, saying that he is an expert in team dismantling and a team shitshell. Irving made a very strong statement:
One thing to say, I don't deny that Owen is indeed a problem youth, comparing himself to himself, and blowing up wherever he goes. It is also not denied that the Lone Ranger did collapse after Irving arrived. Of course, this is not Irving's responsibility, because he and Doncic did better on their own than they were both present, which only proves that they are not suitable, and it is not simply Irving's fault.
But I agree with some of the points Irving said, one is that it is difficult to win championships with the ball core, and the other is that Irving has experience in winning championships. Since the Lone Ranger has traded Irving, there are only two options, first, to give up this season and trade Irving in the summer, and second, to use Irving to help Doncic win the championship.
Harden's past is Doncic's future, and if Doncic wants to win championships, Irving may not be his good partner. This summer, the two will grind issues such as ball distribution and strengthen the team to win next season.
Speaking of this, there are already many Doncic fans who are not happy, Doncic has proven himself before Irving came, many times and in the Western Conference finals, and the MVP list has never fallen off the top five, and has repeatedly competed for the top position, breaking one record after another in the league, why say that his style of play hurts the team?
In fact, it is not that it hurts the team, but his style of play raises the lower limit and limits the upper limit. Similar to Harden in the Rockets period, it is true that this style of play has brought Harden three scoring champions, an MVP, countless scoring records, stable playoff spots can even impact the Western Finals, but just can't win the championship, this is a hard injury!
So Irving, as a once excellent second-in-command, if he can really firm his original intention of playing, then it should be feasible to help Luca win the championship. Of course, this season is hopeless, and Cuban and Doncic will have to think about this in the offseason, and how to choose is not only Doncic's future, but also the future of the Lone Ranger. What Cuban should want is Doncic to be the next Noble King, not the next James or Durant! And is Doncic the next James, or Karl Mallon? That's unknown!
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